Stephen Lonie, chairman of CS Energy, said that the plant’s dry cooling technology would use one tenth of the water compared to a similar sized wet-cooled power station.
Mr Lonie said: This technology means it would take a decade to consume the same volume of water that a traditional power station of this size would use in a year. In addition, Kogan Creek power station’s greenhouse profile represents a significant improvement on the national average.
If the five-year oxyfuel demonstration proves successful, CS Energy plans to retrofit the technology to Kogan Creek power station to achieve near zero greenhouse emissions.
