Alstom at the 10th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies' International Conference

Alstom, a global leader in the development of CO2 capture and air quality control technologies joins the global experts who will gather in Amsterdam 19-22 September, focused on the advancement of technologies to reduce greenhouse gases.  

The worlds first integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Project for Power Generation 

Power generation is one of the biggest sources of man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the main anthropologic greenhouse gas. As the combustion of fossil fuels generates CO2 emissions, new technologies are required to enable the power sector to continue to meet the global demand for electric power, while controlling the CO2 emissions that contribute to global warming.

To achieve meaningful reductions, it will be necessary to develop technologies that can be applied to both greenfield projects and to the existing fleet through cost effective retrofits. Among those technologies under development, Alstom is pioneering the Post-Combustion Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) using the Chilled Ammonia Process (CAP) technology .


 

CCS application on Gas-fired Power plant, probably unavoidable 

The forecasted evolution of CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants will increase dramatically by 2030 if no actions are taken now to address this.

Although gas-fired power plants contribute ca. 50% by way of mass of the CO2 produced per MWh compared with coal-fired power plants, they are still projected to contribute about 36% of the total EU Power Generation CO2 emissions in 2030 under the recent IEA reference baseline, and so are relevant with respect to achieving the goal to decarbonizes electricity production and meeting the target fixed by the scientific community (namely a CO2 eq atmospheric concentration of 450 ppm). - Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to gas-fired power plants will be needed.

Official Website Link: www.ghgt.info