Magnum IGCC Power Station

Magnum IGCC Power Station in Eemshaven, Netherlands is proposed by Nuon to have an installed capacity of 1300 megawatts and cost 1 billion euros to construct. The plant, which was originally proposed in September 2005, has been approved to run on syngas derived from coal. Power in Europe noted in Spetember 2007 "Nuon decides to build this plant in phases because of doubling of costs relating to construction and equipment for gasification plant. A 1.2-GW natural gas-fired combined cycle plant will be built first (completion foreseen 2011), followed by coal/biomass gasification plant, replacing natural gas with syngas. Nuon expects within two years to take a decision on the construction of the gasification plant." The newsletter noted that the "the station is to be CO2-capture-ready at latest by 2013."

In 2011 it was reported that the power station will be ready at the end of 2012 and will supply two million households. However, Nuon said it was postponing coal gasification technology. The technology would consist of a coal and biomass gasification element combined with the capture and storage of CO2. The decision was the result of rising coal prices and a long-running challenge by environmental organizations, in which Nuon agreed that it will not bring the gasification part of the plant online before 2020.

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