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Alstom’s CCS activities

World Bank Workshop – CCS Perspectives for the Balkan Region

Dubrovnik, May 4th 2011

Philippe Paelinck

Director CO2 Business Development

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Efficiency: Plant

optimisation &

retrofit

First CO2 capture

demo plant in the

world

Alstom is the world leader in clean integrated solutions

Alstom Clean Power strategyCCS – A reality today

Wind, solar &

geothermal

N° 1

nuclear*

& biomass

N° 1 hydro

* Conventional islands

Realistic 2030

Target

Emissions CO2

(Gt/y)

Ref

2030

Efficiency

CCS

Technological mix


Agenda

• Update on CO2 capture within Alstom

• CCS Parasitic Power and cost

• CCS-Ready

• CO2 Capture Systems

• Conclusion


Technologies developed by Alstom

CO2 capture technologies pursued by Alstom

Post-combustion Oxy-combustion(New + retrofit) (New + retrofit)

• Chilled Ammonia

• Advanced Amines

• Oxy combustion with Air Separation Unit

• Chemical Looping Combustion


1st and 2nd Generation CCS: Alstom status

Operating

Vattenfall Schwarze Pumpe

Germany - 30 MWthOxy - Lignite

Total LacqFrance - 30 MWth

Oxy - Gas

Dow Chemical Co. USA, West Virginia

Advanced Amines - Coal

Alstom BSF WindsorUS - 15 MWthOxy - Coals

AEP MountaineerUSA - 58 MWth

Chilled Ammonia - Coal

DOE/Alstom WindsorUS – 3 MWth

Chemical looping - Coal

2nd GEN

RFCS EU - Darmstad Germany – 1 MWth

Chemical looping - Coal

2nd GEN

Oxy-Coal Oxy-Gas Chemical looping Post Combustion


Mountaineer - Validation pilot - USA WV - AEP

• Designed to capture & store 100,000 tCO2/year (flue gas from coal)

• Captured CO2 will be sequestered into two wells on the plant property

• Commenced engineering and permitting Oct07

• First CO2 captured in Sept 09, injection started 1st of October 2009

• Alstom responsible for CAP island, AEP responsible for

utilities to/from CAP island and CO2 storage (Battelle as

contractor)

• AEP and Alstom working to develop commercial scale

project (CSP) to capture 1.5 MTPY at Mountaineer facility

• Plant availability raised to 85/90% since early Jan 2011

• CO2 captured and injected near design values

Chilled Ammonia Process:Validation pilot - Montaineer

Alstom’s Chilled Ammonia Process at

AEP’s Mountaineer Plant


2nd Generation - Chemical Looping ProcessTechnology Overview

A Promising Break-through Technology

Principle• Solid oxygen carrier circulates between Air Reactor and Fuel Reactor: Carrier picks up O2 in the Air

Reactor, leaves N2 behind and burns the fuel in the Fuel Reactor

• Typically, Oxygen Carriers can be metal oxide or limestone-based. Alstom is developing both types

Advantages

• Avoids large costs and parasitic power of ASU

• Captures CO2 at temperatures higher than the power cycle temperatures, eliminating thermodynamic penalty associated with CO2

capture

• Uses conventional material of construction and fabrication techniques

• Largely based on Alstom’s proven CFB technology


Dedicated building

Darmstadt University

(Germany)

Fuel Reactor

Reducer

Air Reactor

Oxidizer

Chemical looping – 1 MWth MeOx Prototype - Coal

• Main objectives:

– Design and operation of a Chemical Looping

Combustion (CLC) 1 MWth prototype with coal

– Assessment of technical, environmental

and economical potential of CLC power plants

• 48 months program:

– Design of main components finalized in July 2009

– Hot Commissioning started in October 2010

– First tests with coal scheduled for 1Q 2011

• Total budget: 6.5 M€ - RFCS Funding : 2.27 M€

• Partners: TU Darmstadt, Chalmers, CSIC, SINTEF, Air

Liquide, Vattenfall, Alstom

2nd Generation - Chemical Looping ProcessECLAIR – Prototype - Darmstadt

TECHN SCHEI

UN VERS TÄTI I

DARMSTADT


NER300 appl.

1st and 2nd Generation CCS: Alstom status

Vattenfall Jänschwalde

Germany 250 MWe

Oxy - Lignite

Coming (in construction)

TCM MongstadNorway - 40 MWth

Chilled Ammonia - Gas

CET TurceniRomania

>250MWeChilled Ammonia

- Lignite

Selected for receiving EEPR fundingSelected by Alberta and Federal Canadian funding

Selected by US DOE to receive CCPI Round 3 funding

EDF – Le HavreFrance – 5 MWth

Adv. Amines - Coal

TransaltaCanada - >200

MWe Chilled

Ammonia - Coal

AEP Mountaineer

USA 235MWe

Chilled Ammonia -

Coal

Drax - SelbyUK

426 MWe Oxy:Hard

Coal

NER300 appl.

NER300 appl.

NER300 appl.

PGE Belchatow

Poland 260 MWe

Adv. Amines Lignite

Coming Pre-commercial Projects

TenderingExclusive

Exclusive Exclusive Exclusive

Exclusive

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Chilled Ammonia ProcessValidation Pilot - Mongstad

Mongstad - Validation Pilot - Norway

• European CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad

• Flue gases from natural gas CHP plant and a catalytic cracker (refinery)

• Designed to capture 80 000 t CO2/year

• Amine-based post tested in parallel

• Project schedule:

– Engineering started June 09

– Construction on going

– Plant Commissioning complete: Q1 2012

Concrete part of Alstom's absorber tower

completed (June 2010)

3D Model of Capture facilities


C2A2 - field pilot - Le Havre - France

• Designed to capture 25 tCO2/ day

• Advanced flow scheme & operation

validation

• Flue gas: slipstream from 600 MWe coal

plant (EDF host facility)

• Project partners: EDF and Alstom. Alstom

has a partnership with Dow

• Project schedule

- Overall 2010-2013 program

- Test from Q2 12 to Q1 13 (one year)

• No storage

• French funding by ADEMEEDF 600 MWe coal power plant

(field pilot represented in orange)

Advanced Amine Process: Field Pilot - Le Havre


Advanced Amine ProcessLarge scale demonstration - Belchatow

Belchatow - Large scale - Poland - PGE

• MOU between Alstom and PGE Elektrownia

Belchatow

• Large-scale CCS demonstration facility

• Host facility new 850 MW lignite unit constructed

by Alstom

• 1.8 million tonnes CO2 captured and stored per

year

• Selected for funding from EEPR

• Project schedule:

– Engineering for permitting started Jan10

– Operational in end 2014/early 2015

Belchatow Power Plant


Chilled Ammonia ProcessDemonstration project at Turceni

Romanian CCS Demonstration Project

• Integrated CCS demo: 1.5 Mtpa CO2

– Capture: 85% minimum capture

– Transport: onshore pipeline, with

tentative to use existing pipe route

– Storage: deep saline aquifers (>800m)

within a radius of 50 km

• Developers-Operators:

– Capture: Turceni Energy Complex

– Transport: Transgaz

– Storage: Romgaz

• Technical Consortium:

– Project Management and Technical &

Financial Consultant: ISPE (Institute for

Studies and Power Engineering)

– Capture Plant: Alstom

– Storage: GeoEcoMar, Schlumberger

• Alstom awarded a feasibility study

• Candidate for NER 300 funding

Turceni Power Plant4x330 MW

http://www.romgaz.ro/


Agenda



• CCS-Ready


• Conclusion


What we have achieved

Pilot operation confirm CO2 capture works and performances are improving

We Energies

Pleasant Prairie

USA - Coal - Chilled

Ammonia

Vattenfall Schwarze

Pumpe

Germany - Lignite &

Bit. Coal - Oxy

Dow Chemical

Co. Charleston

USA - Coal -

Advanced Amines

CO2

capture rateCO2

purity

Reached

>99.7%

>99.9%

>99.5%90%

90%

90%

Parasitic load [%] on net efficiency

Pilot phase Demo phase Commercial phase

Thermodynamic theoretical limit: assuming ideal separation and

compression processes*

Realistic limit

*Theoretical limit assumes ideal separation and compression processes (110bar): isentropic, no losses

AEP Mountaineer

USA - Coal - Chilled

Ammonia

>99%90%

15

20

25

10

First commercial units will

be at or below 20%


Source: Alstom

2030 CCS target line

2010 2015 2020 2030 Nuclear Onshore

Wind

Offshore

Wind

Solar CSP Solar PV

CoECoE

800 Mwe net new Coal/CCS vs other decarbonised power sources - Europe

2010 prices

Cost of decarbonised power 1/2

jfl

• CCS cost will decrease through learning effect

– Target: 15% energy penalty

– Cost of CO2 avoided : 55 €/t in 2015 to 30 €/t (2030)

• No clear winner among CCS technologies (ambient conditions/fuel)

• Competitive against any other decarbonised power,… from day one

CCS Learning Curve


- Monday, 23 May 2011 - P 17

Cost of decarbonised power 2/2

CCS even more competitive on gas than on coal !

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

CoE Cents€ per kWh CoE Europe – Low Carbon technologies ordered in 2010 – 2015 period

Source : Alstom analysis. CCS including T&S

Reference case


Agenda



• CCS-Ready


• Conclusion


CCS-ready

Queensland

• Scope: All coal-fired power plants

• Requirements:

− Use of world’s best practice low emission technologies − CCS-ready and− Commitment to retrofit that technology within five years of CCS being proven

on a commercial scale

NSW & WA

• Scope: Recommendation for all coal-fired power plants

• Implement CCS if it is economically and technically feasible

Australia

European Union

• Scope: All combustion plants >300 Mwe (coal and gas)

• Requirements:

− Assessment of availability of suitable storage

sites and technical and economical feasibility of

CO2 capture and transport

− Suitable space for future CO2 capture system if

conditions are met

• The UK has transposed the directive and requires

CCS-Readiness

World Bank

• Financing coal projects facing

polemic/debates due to CO2

• Looking at CCS readiness

A mounting requirement…


Capture-Ready studyIdentified pre-investments for future capture retrofit - Coal

Provisions in

arrangement planning

Steam Turbine:

reservations in turbine design for future

steam extraction

Electrical &

Control Building:

Extra space

Transformer Area:

installing an isolated bus

Stack duct:

potential longer

stack duct

Waste Water Treatment System:

foresee interconnection with

power block WWTS

FGD:

leaving space for

upgrade

Optimisation of the

Boiler heat transfer

surfaces according

Modifications

of heat load sharing

Optimisation of the cooling

system recovery of heat in

CO2 capture and compression

Alstom Capture Ready solutions developed upon three pillars:• Early and substantial investment in Capture technologies development

• Integrated power plant expertise (EPC supplier of turnkey power plant)

• Component supplier experience (supplier of a major equipment in 25% of the

worldwide installed power capacity)


INJECTORS

MONITORING

Alstom-Schlumberger Partnership

Combining two experts to cover the CO2

Capture, Transport and Storage chain


Agenda



• CCS-Ready


• Conclusion


Status

• Deal close on August 2009 with formerly

ABB Lummus

Rationale

• Reinforces CCS development team - 111

experienced employees with full EPC

capability

• Significant references in Oil & Gas, refining

& petrochemicals (especially in amines wash,

compression, ..) suitable for CO2 Capture

and transportation.

Wiesbaden acquisition

The European execution center for CCS


CCS business rationale

A dedicated business unit

• CCS moving to another stage:

- From small pilots large demos;

- From technology validation

industrialization & plant integration

• Requires solid engineering &

execution set-up

• Qualitative gap in resources (e.g.

chemical process engineering) needed to

be addressed

• Focus of resources on CCS projects, for

successful execution (incubator model)

CO2 Capture Systems business rationale

CCS EPC execution

centre Wiesbaden,

Germany

CCS R&D / Execution

center, Knoxville, USA

CCS Head-

office Baden,

Switzerland

CCS R&D labs

in Växjö,

Sweden

Oxy Labs

Windsor, US

CCS EPC

execution

centre

Beijing


Agenda



• CCS-Ready


• Conclusion


Conclusions

• A portfolio approach is needed: Renewables, Nuclear, Efficiency and CCS.

• Retrofitable CCS technologies are a must to have: Post and Oxy-combustion

• Alstom is currently developing CO2 capture technologies and is on the good path to go commercial by 2015. A dedicated business unit has been created to support this effort.

• CCS-Ready: Alstom has both expertise and partnership to support on the entire CCS chain

• Clear a stable business framework and regulations are needed for CCS to play its role along all other forms of decarbonised energy sources.

Alstom will be a key partner on the CCS value chain

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