The viability of Carbon Captures and Sequestration (CCS) technology for coal-fired power stations took another step forward on 29th May 2009.
Scottish Power started trials of a test CCS unit at its Longannet plant on the Firth of Forth. The coal burnt at the plant produces 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually to produce 1 megawatt of power.
But the test unit is not full size. If it was, then Scottish Power calculate that it would use one third of the plant’s electricity output and would not be commercially viable.
Scottish Power hope to learn from the test unit how to improve the efficiency of the CO2 ’scrubbing’ chemicals. More efficient chemical reactions would increase the commercial viability of CCS.
If this trial is successful, then the consequences for global power generation could be enormous.
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