International Ccs Technology Survey, Issue 5, July 2009
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INTERNATIONAL CCS TECHNOLOGY SURVEY, ISSUE 5, JULY 2009 International CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) technology survey Report prepared for Gassnova by Innovation Norway. Issue 5 - July 2009. Contact: Per Christer Lund, IN Tokyo. [email protected], +81-3-3440-2611 INTERNATIONAL CCS TECHNOLOGY SURVEY, ISSUE 5, JULY 2009 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 INTRODUCTION 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 CANADA AND USA 6 GERMANY 8 UK 11 FRANCE AND ITALY 12 JAPAN 14 AUSTRALIA 16 CHINA 19 CANADA AND USA 21 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES 21 CURRENT CCS PROJECTS IN CANADA 37 CURRENT CCS PROJECTS IN US 42 CCS TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN CANADA 51 CCS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 51 BRAZIL 59 GERMANY 60 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES 60 CURRENT CCS PROJECTS IN GERMANY 64 CCS TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN GERMANY 69 CCS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 70 UK 75 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES 75 CCS PROJECTS IN UK 82 THE CCS INDUSTRY IN UK 90 USEFUL UK REFERENCES 92 FRANCE 94 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES 94 CURRENT CCS PROJECTS IN FRANCE 94 CCS TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN FRANCE 96 ITALY 98 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES 98 CCS TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND INSTITUTES IN ITALY 98 CCS INITIATIVES IN ITALY 99 THE NETHERLANDS 101 CCS PROJECTS IN THE NETHERLANDS 101 JAPAN 103 Page 3 of 144 INTERNATIONAL CCS TECHNOLOGY SURVEY, ISSUE 5, JULY 2009 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES 103 CURRENT CCS PROJECTS IN JAPAN 107 CCS TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN JAPAN 112 CCS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 115 AUSTRALIA 118 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES 118 CURRENT CCS PROJECTS IN AUSTRALIA 122 COMPANIES ENGAGED IN CCS ACTIVITIES IN AUSTRALIA 132 CCS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 134 CHINA 137 GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES 137 PROJECTS IN CHINA 139 OTHER PROJECTS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 140 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. 143 OTHER REGIONS 145 ALGERIA 145 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 145 Page 4 of 144 INTERNATIONAL CCS TECHNOLOGY SURVEY, ISSUE 5, JULY 2009 Introduction This report is compiled by Innovation Norway as part of a joint project with Gassnova SF. The purpose is to maintain an updated overview of CCS projects and strategies around the world, and the report will be updated twice per year. This is the 5th version. The report is written by Innovation Norway “CCS task team” which consists of: Dr. Per Christer Lund (project manager)1, Tokyo Ms. Alana Prashad2, Toronto Ms. Teresa Völker3, Hamburg Dr. Pernille Holtedahl4, London Contributions have been given from other Innovation Norway international offices, and from various Norwegian embassy counsellors. The global survey is not complete, as it is covering only the following countries: USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Japan, Australia and China. There are significant CCS activities in other EU countries such as Netherlands, France and Eastern Europe, but they are not comprehensively covered in this version of the report and may not be fully up to date. The project scope is to collect information and compile a report from these regions addressing: Governmental programs and political ambitions related to CO2 management, especially CCS Public funding an programs dedicated for CCS research and demonstration projects Listing of current, completed and planned CCS projects Listing of main CCS technology companies and institutions Brief overview of CCS research organizations The methods used to collect and qualify information has been meetings and conversation with key persons with the CCS community in each region; combined with extensive data search in media and on Internet. The report is published at Gassnova’s web site: www.gassnova.no Disclaimer: Innovation Norway has to the extent possible under the scope of this project tried to verify the information obtained and presented in this report. However, errors, inconsistencies and incomplete information may occur since much of the information is obtained from conversations and public websites. Innovation Norway resumes no responsibility or liability for any damages resulting from such situations. 1 [email protected] . +81-3-3440-9929 2 alana.prashad@ innovationnorway.no +1 416-920-0434 3 Teresa.Volker@ innovationnorway.no +49 40 22 94 15 99 4 [email protected] +44 207 389 8805 Page 5 of 144 INTERNATIONAL CCS TECHNOLOGY SURVEY, ISSUE 5, JULY 2009 Executive Summary CANADA AND USA Governmental Programs and Strategies Canada Oil sands operations were once seen as a blight in the middle of Canada’s heartland, and seen as completely infeasible and totally dirty. The government as well as many private stakeholders have come up with plans to address cleaner upgrading (much bigger issue than just CO2), making permitting a simpler process and to strongly encourage new upgrader proposals to include CCS lest they be turned down. Environment Minister Jim Prentice says that CCS is not the answer to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands projects in northeastern Alberta. While Ottawa and Alberta are spending billions of dollars on CCS demonstration projects, the minister has acknowledged what critics have said all along: The technology has limited application at the energy-intensive mines and insitu projects that extract the bitumen from the ground. However, CCS could play a major role in virtually eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from upgraders that process the bitumen into synthetic crude oil, thereby reducing the carbon footprint of oil sands projects over all. The industry will have to rely mainly on other technologies to reduce emissions at the production sites. US The American election which saw Barak Obama elected was a strong vote for clean coal development. The regional sequestration partnerships continue to be an internationally impressive initiative and many of the partnerships have been granted funds to complete their phased projects. Once the new government takes shape and someone is appointed to run the Department of Energy, the agenda for CCS will become clear. The DOE is continuing with its breakthrough CO2 projects listed in previous installments of this report, and the IEA has just announced that it views the US/ Canada partnership program as the most aggressive in the world. This is excellent re-branding and public relations for the US after the Futuregen project was seen as a failure by many. Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission – Regulation update for US and Canada On September 26th, the IOGCC released a clear and comprehensive model for legal and regulatory framework for storage that should meet the unique requirements for each Canadian province and American state. The report recommends the provinces and states actively solicit public involvement as early as possible in the site selection process, and that the process remains as transparent as possible. It also stresses that CO2 is viewed in a manner that allows beneficial uses of CO2 following removal from regulated emission streams. Hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen oxide and sulphur oxide should remain highly regulated for public health, safety and environmental concerns. Public CCS funding and programs US DOE Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership has the following timeline: Characterization- 2003-2005 Validation 2005-2009 Deployment 2009-2017 During the validation phase, each partnership will focus on conducting small-scale field tests in different geographic regions and geologies. Deployment, planned to begin in 2009 will focus on implementing several large volume sequestration tests. Proposals include 25 geologic sequestration tests to be conducted, and between 1,000 and 525,000 ton of CO2 will be injected at each site. Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership (PCOR) The PCOR are developing CO2 sequestration opportunities for the central interior of North America. PCOR includes 50 partners from industry, government and NGOs (Non-Governmental Organization). PCOR is involved in Page 6 of 144 INTERNATIONAL CCS TECHNOLOGY SURVEY, ISSUE 5, JULY 2009 sequestration issues and is one of 7 regional partnerships that the US DOE and the NETL established to assess carbon sequestration opportunities that exist in the United States and Canada. PCOR efforts support the president’s global climate change initiative, which seeks to reduce CO2 intensity in the US by 18% by 2012. US DOE’s Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) - Round 3 The United States Department of Energy’s CCPI has invited private industry to partner with government to demonstrate new clean coal tech at a commercial scale at the beginning of October. This has been released for public comment. Public comment begins immediately in November. The CCPI is a ten-year $2 billion project initiated in 2002 in response to the Bush administration’s support for clean-coal technology to demonstrate advanced coal-based power generation technology at the commercial scale. The DOE is seeking new and innovative technologies rather than new applications or minor improvements to existing technology. Potential projects must ensure a minimum of 75% fuel energy input from coal, and a minimum 50% of energy-equivalent output is from electricity. Current CCS Projects The Canadian CO2 Capture and Storage Technology Network (CCCSTN) lists 48 Canadian projects related to CCS; including pre- and post-combustion capture; oxy-fuel combustion and storage (injection, reliability and assessment). Most of these are studies and analysis, and only a few are large-scale demonstration projects relevant for this report. The following are the significant demonstration projects for CCS in North America. The International Test Centre