Ten years of technology development at the National Carbon Capture Center

摘要

The achievement represents more than 100,000 hours of neutral pilot testing to accelerate the development of technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fueled power plants.Since its creation in 2009,the National Carbon Capture Center-with DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory and other partners-has collaborated with third-party developers from the U.S.and six other countries.Located in Wilsonville,Alabama,adjacent to Southern Company subsidiary Alabama Power's Plant Gaston,the facility offers a pathway for carbon capture innovators from universities,industry and the government to move novel technologies out of the lab and into real-world operating conditions-a key step in future commercial deployment.Through the testing of approximately 60 technologies,the National Carbon Capture Center has already participated in the reduction of carbon capture costs from fossil-fueled power generation by one-third.The center is currently adding infrastructure to broaden its testing of carbon capture technologies for natural gas power plants.This new capability is expected to further reduce carbon capture costs,enable flexible operation on both coal and natural gas and help identify options for the continued use of fossil energy as a U.S.power generation resource.Reflecting its leadership in carbon capture technology innovation,the National Carbon Capture Center co-founded the International Test Center Network,a global carbon capture,utilization and storage(CCUS)technology coalition.