How will the technology work and how much CO2 will it capture?
The integration of IGCC with CCS at commercial scale in the ZeroGen project has the potential to produce low-emission baseload electricity using coal that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by capturing, transporting and safely storing CO2 produced in the electricity generation process. At maturity, the technology has the potential to capture up to 90 percent of CO2 emissions for full sequestration. Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) is a power generation process that integrates gasification with a combined cycle power plant. The process allows CO2 and other impurities to be separated and captured before combustion in turbines, thereby preventing their release into the atmosphere. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a process of capturing CO2 from a process gas stream. Once captured, the gas is compressed and transported to locations with suitable geological formations for safe long-term storage (a process known as geosequestration).
