Oxy-Fuel Demonstration Project: Project Overview

B&W is ready to build the first commercial scale (100 MWe net) CCS demonstration plant with Black Hills Corporation and Air Liquide using B&W's Oxy-Coal Combustion process.

Black Hills Corp., B&W and Air Liquide have applied to the DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory's Clean Coal Power Initiative Round 3 (CCPI-3) for funding to supplement the construction and operation of the near zero emissions CCS coal-fired power plant.

It will be capable of capturing and geologically storing, or putting to beneficial use, approximately 1 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, which is greater than 90% of the proposed plant's total carbon dioxide emissions.

Project overview:

• 100MWe Oxy-fuel pulverized coal greenfield plant located in Campbell County, Wyoming
• Application submitted to DOE for CCPI-3
• Plant in-service by 2016
• Project Team: Black Hills Corporation, host utility; The Babcock & Wilcox Company; Air Liquide Engineering and Construction; Battelle, Pacific Northwest Division

Project objectives:

• Establish technical and economic viability of a Near-Zero Emissions (SO₂, NO_x, Hg and PM) plant for pulverized coal-fired power with CO₂ capture
• Safely capture and permanently store large volumes of CO₂ in deep saline/geologic formations or use for enhanced oil recovery
• Build knowledge to make informed CO₂ policy decisions for coal-based power plants
• Demonstrate the long-term viability of coal for electric power generation, since coal is one of our nation's and Wyoming's most abundant natural resources
• Develop a public education program on transport and permanent underground storage of large volumes of CO₂

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