DOE Allocates $309M to 4 Pilot Projects Aimed at Capturing CO2
RTI International will work with Amazon, International Paper and oil field services firm Schlumberger.
Four pilot projects focused on innovative carbon dioxide capturing methods will receive a cumulative total of $309 million in funding from the Department of Energy.
DOE announced Friday that its Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations chose four proposals in two power plants, a pulp and paper mill and an oil refinery in Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas and Wyoming as part of the Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilot Projects Program.
One of the pilot projects is led by energy company PPL and will be carried out in its natural gas combined-cycle power plant in Kentucky. Its team will purify and convert captured CO2 into beverage-grade CO2.
RTI International will work with Amazon, International Paper and oil field services firm Schlumberger, or SLB, to trap 120,000 metric tons of CO2 annually and place it in a permanent geologic storage facility.
Israeli conglomerate Delek‘s U.S. business is utilizing its Big Spring Refinery Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit in Texas to transport residual CO2 through pipelines leading to a permanent storage site.
The fourth project, which is led by TDA Research and also supported by SLB, will set up a carbon capture system and use pipeline transport to move CO2 at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center.