RWE starts carbon capture at UK coal plant
2013-01-18 10:05 by Anja Reitz
Over the next two years, the project at RWE's Aberthaw coal
plant in Wales will test retrieving carbon emitted by 3
megawatts (MW) of generation capacity and indicate whether
carbon capture technology can be expanded to a full-sized power
plant, a spokesman said. "This pilot plant at Aberthaw will provide invaluable data
on the viability of capturing carbon at an industrial scale, and
help RWE to better understand how this technology could be used
to reduce carbon emissions at coal-fired power stations," said
Kevin Nix, UK head of hard coal and gas at RWE's generation
unit. Carbon capture remains unproven at industrial scale and
costly to build, but if developed at large scale can curb carbon
emission from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Source: Reuters, LONDON |