World’s First Integrated CCS of Coal-fired Power Plant Emissions Begins
MHI, Japan: A carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) demonstration project jointly under way by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Southern Company, a major U.S. electric utility, has begun underground injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) recovered from emissions from a coal-fired power generation plant. The event marks an important milestone in the world’s first integrated CCS project for flue gas from a coal-fired power plant – which contains significant quantities of impurity – on a scale of 500 metric tons per day (mtpd). Based on the results, MHI intends to provide highly reliable system ahead of other companies and contribute to efforts to solve global warming issue (Source http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1209141573.html)