Coal with CCS Projects

In the United States, there are proposed coal plants that would use carbon capture and storage either when they open or within a few years of opening. Some of these projects are under construction, some have air permits, but some will likely be cancelled.

Below is a list of these US projects that use coal with CCS. In contrast to “FutureGen” which is designed as high capture and novel technology demonstration, these projects are “NowGens” that can be built as commercial scale with varying levels of CCS. The list was prepared by Clean Air Task Force from public sources and often with information and text supplied by project developers.

	Project Name	Description	Size	Capture Level	Storage	Status	Proposed Operation Date
1.	Name: Great Plains Synfuels Plant Operator: Dakota Gasification Company Location: Beulah, ND	Lignite to SNG plant with sequestration	18,000 tpd of lignite to SNG using gasification technology	3 million tons of CO2 per year.	EOR- pipeline transported to Weyburn Saskewatchen oilfield.	In operation	2000
2.	Name: Conoco Philips Plant Plant Operator: Conoco Philips Location: Sweeny, TX	IGCC with E-Gas gasification technology	680 MW	85%	EOR/CCS	In permitting process	2015
3.	Name: Kemper County IGCC Operator: Misssissippi Power, Southern Energy Location: Kemper County, MS	IGCC CCS Plant with TRIG gasification technology and Siemens turbines	582 MW ( Base Lignite Capacity: 524MW; NG Capacity: 58MW)	65%	EOR piped 61 miles.	Broken ground	2014
4.	Name: Texas Clean Energy Project Operator Summit Power Group Location: Odessa, TX	IGCC-Polygen, Siemens Gasfiiers and Turbines	400 MW	90%	EOR into Permian Basin	2014	2014
5.	Name: Hydrogen Energy California Project (HECA) Project Operator: SCS Energy Location: Elk Hills, Kern County, CA	IGCC (for petroleum coke) GE gasifiers and turbines	250+ MW net of low carbon base-load power	90%	EOR in Occidental's Elk Hills, 5 miles from site	Advanced permitting	2016
6.	Name: Leucadia Lake Charles Cogeneration LLC Project Operator: Leucadia Location: Lake Charles, LA	Petcoke to chemicals	4.5 M/t/yr		EOR	In permitting process	2014
7.	Name: Leucadia Project Operator: Leucadia, Mississippi Gasification LLC Location: Moss Point, LA		Will utilize petroleum coke feedstock to produce over 40 Bcf of pipeline quality gas		Local EOR	In permitting process	2014
8.	Name: Leucadia Indiana Gasification Project Plant Operator: Leucadia/Indiana Gasification, LLC/E3 Gasification Location: Rockport, IN	SNG with GE Quench gasification	40 BCF substitute natural gas (SNG) and 134 MW (net) electricity	90%	EOR/Denbury Pipeline	In Process	2015
9.	Name: Power Holdings Coal to SNG Plant Plant Operator: Powerholdings LLC Location: Mount Vernon, IL	SNG with GE Energy gasifiers GE Energy gasifiers SNG with GE	60 BCF	90%	EOR	Advanced permitting	2014
10.	Name: Secure Energy Plant Operator: Secure Energy LLC Location: Decatur, IL
11.	Name:Faustina Coal to Chemicals (CTC) Project Operator: Faustina Hydrogen Energy/Greenrock Energy Location: St. James Parish, LA	IGCC with CCS, Petcoke gasification facility with GE	4,000 tons of ammonia a day		EOR	Advanced permitting	2012
12.	Name: Good Springs IGCC Project Operator: Future Fuels (EmberClear) Location: Good Springs, PA	IGCC with TPRI technology, PRENFLO gasifier/boiler, ECUST	270MW	50 per cent of the CO2 at the early phases of operation with the aim of capturing nearly 100 per cent by 2020.	EOR/Saline	Advanced permitting	2015
13.	Name: FutureGen Project Operator: FutureGen Industrial Alliance, Inc. Location: Meredosia, Illinois	Oxy-combustion Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) technology. and Air Liquide	200MW	90% 1.3 million tons/year CO2 captured	Sequestration in deep saline aquifers	Preliminary development On August 5, 2010, the Obama administration awarded $1 billion to "FutureGen 2.0"	Restructuring. Mid-2016
14.	Name: Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant Project Operator: Coffeyville Resources Location: Coffeyville, KS	Plant converted from natural gas to petcoke to reduce costs by adding GE Energy gasifier	In 2009, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers produced 156,600 tons of ammonia available for sale, and also produced 677,700 tons of urea ammonium nitrate.	650,000 tonnes per year CO2 will be captured	EOR	In operation
15. UCG	Name: CIRI UCG Project Project Operator: Cook Inlet Region Inc (CIRI) and Laurus Energy Location: Beluga coal field in Alaska	An underground coal gasification (UCG) plant with planned EOR	100MW		Planned EOR	Began permitting process in 2009	operation by 2014
16. EOR Pipeline	Name: Denbury Midwest Green Pipeline Project Operator: Denbury Resources Location:	Industrial sources in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi to Denbury’s existing pipeline infrastructure in the Gulf Coast.	Capable of transporting approximately 800 MMcf/d of carbon dioxide	A feasibility study identifies two potential pipeline routes. The 713 mile East route would connect Illinois and Indiana to Mississippi. The 781 mile West route would connect Illinois and Indiana through Louisiana. The total estimated cost of the Midwest Pipeline is approximately $1.2 to 1.4 billion, depending on the maximum pipeline length.	EOR Project		If Denbury is able to contract for the requisite CO2 volumes, construction of the pipeline would begin in late 2010 or early 2011, with an expected operation date of mid-2013.
17.	Name: IMC Chemicals Facility Project Operator: Location:Trona, CA	CO2 can be captured at the plant each year and used for the production of soda ash (a commercial product)	35MW	315,000 t/y	Used for production of soda ash.	In operation	1978
18.	Name: Mountaineer Project Operator:American Electric Power (AEP) Location: New Haven, West Virginia	Pulverised Coal (PC) boiler combusting high-sulphur, bituminous coal, Alstom's chilled ammonia technology GE Energy RQ	Phase 1: (2009) 30 MW slide slip from the 1,300 MW Mountaineer Plant (1.5%of power plant). 0.1 MT CO2/Yr. Planned operation from 1-5 years Phase 2: ( 2016) 235 MW. 90% Capture.1.5 MT CO2/Yr	1.50%	Sequestration into the Mt Simon Sandstone	In operation	Pilot operation (2009). Scheduled to operate for 18 months (to 5 years). Phase 2 to start up late 2015 Pilot operation (2009). Scheduled to operate for 18 months (to 5 years). Phase 2 to start up late 2015
18	Name: Plant Barry Power Station Project Operator: Southern Energy. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Southern Company Location: Mobile, AL	Post-Combustion Capture with chilled ammonia. MHI technology.	25 MW slip stream of the 2567MW plant.	100,000 to 150,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year	Sequestration into the Citronelle Oil Field.	In permitting process	2011
19.	Name: Washington Parish Plant Project Operator: NRG Energy Location: Houston, TX	PCC Retrofit, Post Combustion. Flue Gas scrubbing using Fluor Corporation's Econamine FG Plussm technology	60MW. Capacity to sequester 400,000 MT CO2 per year	90%	Saline/EOR at Texas Gulf Coast oilfields near the Parish plant.	Advanced permitting	2017
20.	Name: Trailblazer Project Operator: Tenaska Location: Sweetwater, TX	Super critial pulverized coal technology with Siemens gasfiiers and Flour Corporation Econamine FG plus technology.	600 MW net.	85-90% capture rate	EOR into Permian Basin	In advanced permitting process	2015

The Clean Air Task Force- Coal Transition Project is working to:

Reduce the climate impact of coal-based energy
Publicly advocate for the widespread use of CCS
Ensure that federal policy demands carbon reductions and advances rapid deployment of CCS
Promote collaboration of CCS projects between the US and China
Support projects in the US that utilize advanced CCS technologies
Communicate the importance of CCS to the public
Proving out in a commercial scale CCS technologies such as UCG and EOR
Identify RD&D needs and opportunities for the CCS industry