Petra Nova's Carbon Capture System works-and has proved its worth

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"It's worth repeating-Petra Nova's carbon capture system works,"says Beth Hardy,Vice-President,Strategy & Stakeholder Relations at the International CCS Knowledge Centre."NRG's & JX Nippon's CCS initiative at Petra Nova,located in Texas,at the W.A.Parish Generating Station,was not only successful in its project delivery in 2016(on time and on budget),and recipient of Power Engineering's Project of the Year(2017),but also had continued to operate successfully capturing 90% of C02 emissions."The plant is designed to meet its goals and it does."The great news is that Petra Nova logs-in with a 92.4% capture efficiency(Petra Nova's final technical report submitted to US Department of Energy)which not only surpasses its 90% target,but points to the plant's long-term reliability for the capture process,"explains Corwyn Bruce,Vice-President,Project Development and Advisory Services also at the International CCS Knowledge Centre.