- Xebec Adsorption Inc. in Canada sells equipment to remove CO2 from biogas: "Xebec to supply Sapio Group with biogas upgrading plants".
- Audi operates plants to upgrade CO2 to methane and to upgrade CO2 mixed with biogas to methane using hydrogen made from renewable energy: "New method for producing the synthetic fuel Audi e gas".
- Great Plains Synfuel Plant operated by Dakota Gasification Company has been separating CO2 from synthetic natural gas for 25 years: Products > Pipeline and Liquified Gases > Carbon Dioxide
- The ExxonMobil Longford Gas Conditioning Plant removes 1 million tonnes of CO2 a year from raw natural gas to make it suitable for injection into natural gas pipelines: "EPA grants works approval to Esso gas plant".
Reinventing the Wheel
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| "...the investment in research programs will yield industry applicable technologies and methodologies in the near term." |
Australian governments are spending millions to find out how to separate CO2 from different sources. This process is commonly referred to as "reinventing the wheel".
Why this is so remains an unexplained mystery.
"...our capture research has also made progress on several fronts. CO2CRC won a competitive $1.2 million grant from the NSW government’s Coal Innovation Fund to develop cost-effective carbon capture technology at the Vales Point power station in NSW. The plant has been relocated from the closed Hazelwood power station in Victoria to Vales Point and is currently being modified to use both solvent and membrane technologies. The funding enables us to combine the advantages of both solvent absorption and membrane gas separation methods of capturing CO2, while overcoming the drawbacks of both technologies.
Capture projects were also significantly enhanced in October when we installed our proprietary capture skid at the Otway National Research Facility. The capture plant has been designed for use in offshore natural gas applications, with varying percentages of CO2 content. It has been made to be robust, small and efficient, and will also applicable to different capture requirements in the future.
These developments are the result of our deep commitment to cutting-edge research. In 2016-17 we extended our research base through the opening of several new Australian CCS Research Laboratories Network (CCSNet) facilities.
In September 2016, we opened new capture, CCS modelling, and storage laboratories at The University of Melbourne.
The $7.56 million facility was opened just 12 days after the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, the Hon Darren Chester MP, opened CCSNet’s $2.3 million analytical laboratory at Federation University.
And, in November, the Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, opened our $5.04 million storage research facilities at the Australian National University.
As CCS research gains momentum, we also remain focussed on ensuring government and key decision makers understand the value that CCS has to Australian emissions reduction and national energy security. Our detailed and costed retrofit studies, submissions to government and presentations to senior decision makers were well received by governments.
With the commitment from staff, the collaboration of our research partners and the support of our members and the community, CO2CRC has reached a pivotal point where the investment in research programs will yield industry applicable technologies and methodologies in the near term. Thank you for sharing our vision for CCS.
Tania Constable
Chief Executive Officer
CO2CRC Annual Report 2016/17
Capture projects were also significantly enhanced in October when we installed our proprietary capture skid at the Otway National Research Facility. The capture plant has been designed for use in offshore natural gas applications, with varying percentages of CO2 content. It has been made to be robust, small and efficient, and will also applicable to different capture requirements in the future.
These developments are the result of our deep commitment to cutting-edge research. In 2016-17 we extended our research base through the opening of several new Australian CCS Research Laboratories Network (CCSNet) facilities.
In September 2016, we opened new capture, CCS modelling, and storage laboratories at The University of Melbourne.
The $7.56 million facility was opened just 12 days after the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, the Hon Darren Chester MP, opened CCSNet’s $2.3 million analytical laboratory at Federation University.
And, in November, the Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, opened our $5.04 million storage research facilities at the Australian National University.
As CCS research gains momentum, we also remain focussed on ensuring government and key decision makers understand the value that CCS has to Australian emissions reduction and national energy security. Our detailed and costed retrofit studies, submissions to government and presentations to senior decision makers were well received by governments.
With the commitment from staff, the collaboration of our research partners and the support of our members and the community, CO2CRC has reached a pivotal point where the investment in research programs will yield industry applicable technologies and methodologies in the near term. Thank you for sharing our vision for CCS.
Tania Constable
Chief Executive Officer
CO2CRC Annual Report 2016/17
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