The partners have applied for clean coal technology funding available under the restructured FutureGen project of US Department of Energy (DOE).
Laura Snyder, senior communications coordinator of Black Hills, said to Star-Tribune: “While we can confirm that Black Hills has submitted an application to the DOE, unfortunately, DOE application rules restrict us from discussing details.”
The plant will use B&W’s Oxy-Coal Combustion process in which coal is burned within a regulated oxygen environment rather than air.
B&W states that the plant will be able to capture and store approximately 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year, which is greater than 90% of the proposed plant’s total carbon dioxide emissions. According to B&W, the plant is expected to be in service by 2015.
