Process Group in carbon capture project
Posted: 19 September 2007
Process Group reported a new contract with International Power that will see the Hazelwood Power Station retrofitted with carbon capture and sequestration technology.
“This contract announced today, will introduce and demonstrate technology that can be used for other coal power plants in Australia and overseas,” Managing Director of Process Group, Mr Craig Dugan said.
Designed and constructed by Process Group, this will be the first carbon capture plant to be installed into an Australian power station and will be among the largest demonstration units of its type in the World.
“Carbon capture and storage is going to be a significant part of the worldwide effort to reduce greenhouse emissions. We are excited to be at the forefront of the demonstration of this technology,” Mr Dugan said.
In another first, Process Group and International Power have developed a method whereby the carbon dioxide captured by the plant will be used to treat the power station waste water.
This will eliminate the need for expensive water treatment chemicals and the CO2 will neutralize the waste water forming chalk as a harmless by-product.
As part of Hazelwood 2030, the project includes an alliance with the Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) and was awarded a grant in October 2006 under the Federal Government’s $500 million Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund (LETDF).
With further funding provided by the Victorian Government ETIS fund, the capture plant has been designed to allow future research into other separation technologies to drive down costs of post combustion capture.
International Power Australia’s Hazelwood Power Station is one of Victoria’s most important infrastructure assets, generating up to 25 per cent of the State’s total power requirements.
Process Group is a leading supplier of packaged process systems for the oil and gas industry and is at the forefront of implementation of carbon capture and sequestration technologies. The company is based in Melbourne with a large facility also in the UAE.
Both as a supporting participant of the CO2CRC and through its technological development, Process Group is now able to offer a range of carbon capture and associated processes.
This expertise is now being sought by a number of large companies in the area of reduction of emissions from existing equipment and also development of integrated carbon capture processes for new equipment.
“This technology has the potential to provide a platform for a new generation of low emission Latrobe Valley based-load power stations,” Mr Dugan said.
Posted by Richard Price, Editor EnergyME.com
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