Longview Power, LLC, owner of the state-of-the-art power generation plant currently under construction in Maidsville, West Virgina, has selected Siemens Energy to conduct an innovative study analysing the applicability of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture technology.
The Longview Power project includes a new 695-MW rated (net) advanced supercritical pulverized coal power plant equipped with Siemens' advanced air pollution control equipment.
The study will include process design activities focused on the potential application of Siemens' second generation amino acid salt post-combustion CO2 capture (POSTCAP) process.
In addition to the power generation equipment, Siemens provided the air quality control system (AQCS) and therefore is in a unique position to optimise the existing AQCS to accommodate the POSTCAP technology, it says.
Longview is on track to become one of the cleanest, most efficient and most technically advanced coal-fired power plants in the United States.
The $2B project includes a $500M investment in sophisticated environmental control systems. Longview Power is owned by Longview Power, LLC, which is in turn majority-owned by GenPower Holdings, L.P.
"GenPower is excited to participate in the advancement of technologies that further our commitment to the development of clean energy resources," stated Bob Place, CEO of GenPower Holdings, L.P.
"We see strong potential for the Siemens post-combustion carbon capture system to advance our clean energy goals."
According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA), the amount of CO2 produced from the combustion of fossil fuels in the United States is nearly 5.7 billion metric tons with approximately 33% coming from the coal-fired electric power sector.
"With the results of the study and the support of government funding, we hope to expand upon this agreement and eventually design and install a post-combustion plant demonstration unit," stated Randy Zwirn, CEO of Siemens Energy's Service Division.
"The United States will need a diverse mix of environmentally compatible sources of power to meet future needs for a clean, sustainable energy supply, and post-combustion CO2 capture can help meet our nation's ever increasing energy requirements, using the coal resources that are indigenous to the U.S."
