Carbon cure [industrial power plants]

Abstract

This paper describes a project for the construction of the first ever industrial-scale power plant to generate electricity using hydrogen manufactured from natural gas. A collaborative effort between BP, Shell and ConocoPhilips along with Scottish and Southern Energy, the project not only holds the promise of storing more than a million tons of the greenhouse gas every year but also hopes to revive the near-exhausted oilfield. While there is nothing revolutionary about the project, the real excitement lies in the fact that this is the first time so many different aspects of carbon capture and storage (CCS) are being melded in a single project on an industrial scale. The project is expected to cost almost $600 M and be operational in 2009.