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A post-combustion capture plant is operating at International Power’s Hazelwood Power Station. The solvent capture plant began operation in 2009 and is capturing and chemically sequestering 10,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. This project is partly funded by the Australian and Victorian Governments. [PDF]
This project is developing technologies for post-combustion capture from coal-fired power stations in the Latrobe Valley. The LVPCC involves International Power, Loy Yang Power, CO2CRC and the CSIRO, and is partly funded by the Victorian Government under the ETIS Brown Coal R&D fund. It comprises work at the Hazelwood Power Station within the CO2CRC H3 Capture Project and research activities by CSIRO at Loy Yang.
CO2 emissions are being captured from HRL’s research gasifier at Mulgrave in a pilot-scale capture project by CO2CRC. The capture technologies will be evaluated to identify which are the most cost effective for use in a coal gasification power plant. Partners include CO2CRC and HRL, with funding from the Victorian Government under the ETIS Brown Coal R&D program.
CarbonNet, organised by the Victorian Government, is a CO2 storage hub collecting captured carbon dioxide from Latrobe Valley industry, including coal-fired power plants. CarbonNet was chosen because it is near potentially suitable storage sites, both onshore and offshore, as well as having the potential to bring together a range of CO2 capture projects from a large industrial region. It aims to store between 3 and 5 megatonnes of CO2 per annum.
Galilee Power is proposing a new 900MW coal-fired station incorporating CCS, with storage of captured CO2 in the Galilee Basin, Central Queensland. Pre-feasibility studies are underway.
CSIRO and Tarong Energy will install a post-combustion capture pilot plant using an amine-based solvent at Tarong Power Station near Kingaroy. The $5 million pilot plant will capture 1500 tonnes of CO2 each year over a two-year research program, commencing operation in early 2010.
The Collie South West Hub project, southwest of Perth, would be a CO2 storage hub collecting captured carbon dioxide from surrounding industry, including coal-fired power plants. The hub was chosen because it is near potentially suitable storage sites and a large source region for CO2 capture – the industrial centres of Kwinana and Collie. It aims to store up to 3.3 megatonnes of CO2 per annum.
Located on Barrow Island off the coast of Western Australia, The Gorgon Project will produce Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and domestic gas from the largest gas resource discovered to date in Australia. The Gorgon Project is Australia’s biggest ever resource project and it will also feature the largest carbon geosequestration project in the world.