BIZ BRIEF: MHI will compete for CO2 system for power plant

July 04, 2012

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) has been selected by Statoil, an international energy company with headquarters in Norway, to conduct verification testing for a technology qualification program (TQP) for one of the world's largest carbon dioxide (CO2) capture facilities, MHI announced on July 4.

The approximately 3,400 tons-per-day CO2 recovery system will be installed at a 280-megawatt (MW) gas-fired combined heat and power plant (CHP) at Mongstad, on Norway's west coast. MHI will vie against other companies in a competition encompassing CO2 capture technology, facility performance, and construction and operation costs.

The planned CO2 capture project is aimed at qualifying a design suitable for removing, capturing, compressing and storing CO2.

Plans call for a final decision on construction of the full-scale CO2 capture facility to be made around 2016.

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