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Thursday, August 30, 2012

CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION BEGINS AT FULLY INTEGRATED COAL-FIRED CCS PROJECT



CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION BEGINS AT FULLY INTEGRATED COAL-FIRED CCS PROJECT
Injection of carbon dioxide began last week at one of the world’s first fully integrated coal-fired carbon capture, transportation, and geologic storage projects. The "Anthropogenic Test" conducted by the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (SECARB) transports carbon dioxide via a 12-mile pipeline from a 25-MW post-combustion carbon capture facility at Southern Co.'s 2,657-MW Plant Barry in Bucks, Ala., and sequesters it within a saline Paluxy Formation at the nearby Citronelle Oil Field operated by Denbury Resources. Read More »http://www.powermag.com/POWERnews/4936.html?hq_e=el&hq_m=2513241&hq_l=6&hq_v=30108e0773

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