UKCCSC Theme A Review

18th April 2007, Nottingham

Adina Bosoaga

Quick review/update of current activities

Identify key research topics to address the CCS

Possible opportunities

Industry partners

Future activities

Quick review/update of current activities

Reading University Overall assessment of lifecycle costs and emissions of fossil fuel supply options - Completed

• List of fossil fuel supply – defined

• Methodology applied for PC, NGCC and IGCC-but still need to consider oxyfuel and biomass co-firing (if data is available)

• Report on life cycle emissions from non-CCS and CCS technologies and comparison to renewable and nuclear – April 2007

Aberdeen University Cost Supply Curves for Capture and Transport, EOR + Storage: 1st paper submitted 2006, 2nd

paper May 2007 Assessment of impact of future energy supply scenarios

• Modelling prospective production of oil and gas from UKCCSC to 2030 – paper submitted 2006

• Modelling prospective end of field lives and economic end of infrastructure in UKCCSC to 2030 – paper submitted 2006, further paper May 2007

Transport options & cost modelling – paper submitted 2006

Quick review/update of current activitiesImperial College

High-level review of deployment options

High-level CO2 capture plant models, including identifying key operating features

Developed steam cycle model for coal-fired plant, initial focus on capture - ready

Developed generic capabilities in solvent-based CO2 capture system design

Modelling plant flexibility and real-time impacts

Cranfield University

Technology reviews – completed:

• Coal gasification and IGCC, Co-gasification of coal with renewable fuels

• Coal underground gasification technology

• Pre-combustion capture technologies

• Lime capture & chemical looping technologies

Nottingham University

Technology reviews – completed:

• Gasification cycle data

• Catalytic cracking of methane at low temperatures

Newcastle University

UK Source /Sink analysis

Technical review for pipeline and ship transport

Assessment of impact of future energy supply scenarios o Model for predicting performance, economics and life cycle emissions of different technologies is

almost ready to be used for scenario analysis

o Impact of future scenarios of the lifecycle analysis of CCS and non-CCS schemes

o Techno-economics of CCS in the UK and the impact of different scenarios on the feasibility of CCS

Technology reviews

o Potential for biomass co-firing with CO2 capture; Use of H2 (from pre-com. capture); Post-com capture options; Oxyfuel with coal options; Liquid fuels with polygeneration and CCS from biomass and coal; CO2 injection and reprocessing plant.

Development of amine models using thermodynamics & kinetics Apply steam cycle model to other issues Develop integrated model of power plant with amine capture

Continue work on plant flexibility and real-time modelling of power plants with CO2

capture in electricity network Develop, investigate and assess catalysts which allow photo catalytic reduction in

supercritical CO2

Policy and incentives for capture - Integration Sub-theme Transport options and scenarios for the UK including economic analysis

Modelling economic incentives for CO2 capture transportation

Ongoing Activities

Identify Key Research Topics

To address the CO2 capture & transport using current UKCCSC

work in order to promote our side of technology and with industrial partners’ support to move on to new proposals in CCS area

Identify a number of possible proposals supported from research

teams that align with the vision of the current/ future calls

Possible OpportunitiesDTI ( Research councils are also supporting academic partners on recent DTI projects)

EPSRCo £2M through the EON/EPSRC partnership

o possibly more for CCS through other EPSRC routes, especially for longer term research

o £29m cut from its budget by the Government

FP7

ECSC

ETI o £1 billion budget and a 10-year lifespan

TSEC continuation funding?

Industry Partners

Identify possible industry partners we want to

have involved to support our research

o Doosan, Alstom, Siemens, RWE, EDF, SSE, Air Products,

E.On, BP, Shell, Drax, Scottish Power, Linde, Coal Industry

people, AMEC, Sectors which aren’t power generation…

Future Actions

UKCCSC Theme A Stakeholder Session o To be held in Cranfield

o Possible dates: 13th or 20th June – to be confirmed

o To report early results

o Inform attendees about current UKCCSC plans/ progress

o Encourage stakeholder engagement/ support for future work

Possible joint papers

Draft on each proposed topic agreed in Cranfield meeting as starting point for discussions to the stakeholder meeting

Thank you for your attention