Alstom and TransAlta launch Project Pioneer

Alstom and major Canadian power company
TransAlta - along with their partners in the governments of
Canada and Alberta and Capital Power, an independent power
producer- announced on October 15th the creation of a partnership
to construct a large-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and
storage (CCS) demonstration facility at one of TransAltas
coal-fired generating stations in Canada. The project is a major
step toward advancing the capture of greenhouse gas emissions,
with over 500 million euros funded by the Canadian and Alberta
governments, and will be named Project Pioneer.

Project Pioneer will be located at the
Keephills 3 power plant and will use Alstoms proprietary
Chilled Ammonia Process, one of the most promising and
potentially lowest cost solutions for safe and reliable capture
of CO2 emissions. Keephills 3, a joint venture between Transalta
and Capital Power, is a 450 MW supercritical coal fired power
plant to be built adjacent to the existing Keephills power plant
in Wabamun, Alberta, Canada, about 60 km from Edmonton.

The demonstration project will be able to
capture approximately one million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
per year. It will be the first project in the world that will
capture and store CO2 at this magnitude, as well as the
first to have its own integrated underground storage system. The
project is one of the last major steps required by Alstom prior
to commercial availability from 2015 onwards.

The Canadian governments choice
of Alstom and Transalta confirms the recognition of
Alstoms technology leadership in the capture of
CO2, said Philippe Joubert, President of Alstom Power.
The significant size of this project demonstrates that we
are no longer in the testing phase, but are ready for
commercialisation. The lessons learned from Project Pioneer, as
well as other carbon capture and storage projects worldwide will
allow Alstom to answer to its engagement to commercialise its
carbon capture technology, he added.

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