CCS Project Database
Company/Alliance: Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and Taweelah Asia Power Company (TAPCO) and Emirates Aluminium (EMAL)
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Feedstock: Natural gas
Size: 2 Mt/yr
Capture Technology: Post Combustion absorption
CO2 Fate: EOR
Timing: Operation (2018)
Motivation/Economics:
The projected cost of this project is unknown.
Comments:
Masdar is proposing to integrate carbon dioxide (CO2) capture facilities to the Taweelah Asia Power Company (TAPCO) and Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) electric power generation units. Both TAPCO and EMAL power plants are natural gas-based.
The Masdar Initiative was launched in 2008 to deliver Masdar City, the world's first zero-carbon sustainable city. $15 billion is coming from the Abu Dhabi government for the project. Included in this venture is the plans to build large-scale CCS projects. Originally partnered with Hydrogen Energy, but now only with BP after Rio Tinto pulled out of the project, quoting to focus more on other CCS projects. The Masdar City is designed to have initially 50,000 people living on the site, with eventually facilitating a population of 100,000.
Project Link: Masdar Initiative website
Other Sources and Press Releases:
Masdar and ADNOC take carbon capture, usage and storage project forward at Emirates Steel's Mussafah facility (January 2012)
Carbon capture approval behind CCS project delay (April 2011)
Masdar delays $2.2 billion joint venture with BP (January 2011)
ADCO starts CO2 injection EOR project in Abu Dhabi (April 2010)
Masdar's first carbon capture in Abu Dhabi in 2012 (January 2010)
Masdar CCS project delayed due to technical issues (February 2009)
Masdar development overview [PDF]
Masdar awards Mustang Engineering with design contract (November 2008)
UAE CCS press release (January 2008)
UAE begins ground breaking CCS (March 2007)
