DOE will award $41m over three years to these projects that are focused on reducing the energy and cost penalties associated with applying currently available carbon capture technologies to existing and new power plants.
According to DOE, the projects can capture at least 90% of CO2 emissions from power plants while reducing the added costs at the plants with carbon capture systems to no more than a 35% increase in the cost of electricity.
The carbon capture projects are managed by DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.
DOE secretary Steven Chu said charting a path toward clean coal is essential to achieving the government’s goals of providing clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
