Not exact matches
In order to get technologies, such as
integrated gasification and combined cycle
coal power
plants with carbon capture and storage, into the economic mainstream, a carbon price is needed.
A similar
integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC)
plant — in which
coal is turned to gas before being burned — capturing the same amount would produce electricity for roughly $ 103 per MWh.
«There is no
plant that
integrates gasification with capture and sequestration,» says physicist Ernest Moniz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who co-chaired a report on the future of
coal.
For the moment,
coal - fired power
plants dominate our share of generation, so ultra super critical or even I.G.C.C. [
integrated gasification combined cycle power generation].
The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an
integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power
plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions
coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissi
coal - fired power
plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean
coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissi
coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao
Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissi
Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a
coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissi
coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The American Lung Association does not support the construction of new advanced
coal - based generating facilities, including carbon capture and sequestration and
integrated gasification combined cycle
plants.
While some of the technologies GE sells — such as wind and solar power — are indeed carbon neutral, others — such as its «clean
coal»
integrated gasification combined - cycle
coal power
plants — are questionable.
But there's a new
coal - based power generation technology,
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle, or IGCC, which allows CCS systems in new
plants to more efficiently capture and store CO2 because the CO2 can be removed before combustion.
These include pulverised
coal combustion (PCC) with both subcritical and supercritical (the latter involving very high steam pressure and temperature) cycles, a natural gas - fired combined cycle
plant, and a review of current and future applications of
coal - fuelled
integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC)
plants.
The
coal industry has created a problem for itself by saying that «clean
coal» refers to
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power
plants where CO2 is captured and stored underground.
It becomes an
integrated CCGT when the fuel is syngas from a
coal or biomass
gasification reactor with exchange of energy flows between the
gasification and CCGT
plants.
The only
coal plants planned to come online in 2014 are the Kemper
integrated gasification combined - cycle (IGCC)
plant in Mississippi and a small conventional steam
coal plant in North Dakota, reflecting the challenging conditions for
coal plants caused by increased competition from natural gas
plants and impending environmental regulations.