Dongguan Taiyangzhou IGCC with CO2 Capture Project

In December 2009 China News  reported that the Dong Guan Power & Chemical Industry Co had negotiated an agreement with Southern Company to build a 800 megawatt IGCC power plant in Hongmei Taiyangzhou, Dongguan City, Guangdong province, China. The proposed plant will be based on a design by Southern Company.

In a company newsletter, South Company stated that the proposed project will "be the site of the first worldwide commercial implementation of the Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIG™) technology" which it states "is compatible with lower rank coals that are abundant in China."

Southern stated that the technology was developed by Southern Company, KBR Inc., "and other partners, including the U.S. Department of Energy, at the DOE’s research facility in Wilsonville, Ala., that is managed and operated by Southern Company."

Background
Southern Company states that the TRIG technology "will be added to an existing gas turbine combined cycle plant so it can use clean synthetic gas from coal as its fuel for generating electricity, rather than fuel oil. The 120-megawatt plant, which is expected to begin operation in 2011, will demonstrate an example of advanced U.S. IGCC technology that is being developed in partnership between the DOE and industry. The technology is compatible with carbon capture, and its deployment in China is an important step toward positioning IGCC for future integration with carbon capture technology."

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