Oil Patch Bits: Air Liquide to participate in power plant storage

Air Liquide Process & Construction Inc., part of the Air Liquide Engineering & Construction organization, said Oct. 7 that it has been named by the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in the development of FutureGen 2.0 — the world’s first full scale oxy-combustion power plant incorporating carbon capture and storage.

The recent agreement between DOE and Ameren Energy Resources Co. LLC is part of a commitment by DOE to award $1 billion to the U.S. federal funding for the clean coal power project, which includes sub-awards to Air Liquide and its technology partner Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc.

Carbon capture and storage is critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and making clean energy a reality. This project represents the first full-scale production initiative for clean coal energy using oxy-combustion technology and CCS. The project is designed to capture and store approximately 1.3 million tons of carbon each year, 90 percent of the plants carbon emissions.

Air Liquide, the world leader in gases for industry, health and environment and has been investing in oxy-combustion technology for more than a decade.