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The prospects for coal:
Where to go from here
The prospects for coal:
Where to go from here
Moderator:
Honorable Kara Brighton Fornstrom
Wyoming Public Service Commission
Panelists:
Jason Begger — Wyoming Infrastructure Authority, Executive Director
Maury Galbraith — Western Interstate Energy Board, Executive Director
Joe Hoerner — Pacificorp, Vice President of Energy Supply Management
Mayor John Williams— Colstrip, Montana
Next Generation Technologyfor Today’s Energy
Jason Begger, Executive Director
Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
The ITC• One of the world’s largest post-combustion demonstration scale test facilities
• 20+ MW of coal derived flue gas from the Dry Fork Power Station
• Simple design minimizes costs, provides flexibility & quick turnaround times
• Designed for maximum flexibility and scalability for testing
Credit: Basin Electric Cooperative
Who is invested in the ITC?• State of Wyoming - $15 million
• Basin Electric – Host at Dry Fork Station
• Tri-State G&T - $5 million
• National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association - $1 million
• Wyoming Infrastructure Authority – Managing Entity
• Black Hills Corp. and Rocky Mountain Power providing
technical expertise and in-kind contributions
• XPRIZE Foundation – First tenant
Construction
Photo Credit: Basin Electric Cooperative
• Multi-phase, started in
2016 during DFS shutdown
• Completed in May 2018
• Approximately $2.5 million
(17%) under budget
• Cost savings rolled into
O&M over eight-year lease
Site of XPRIZE competition - Small Test Bays
XPRIZE is a temporary tenant of the ITC and at the completion of the competition, the space will be
available to new testers.
Small Test Bay
XPRIZE competition
XPRIZE is a temporary tenant of the ITC and at the completion of the competition, the space will be
available to new testers.
Breathe (Bangalore, India) – Led by Dr. Sebastian Peter, the team is producing methanol, a common fuel and petrochemical feedstock, using a novel catalyst.
C4X (Suzhou, China) – Led by Dr. Wayne Song and Dr. Yuehui Li, the team is producing chemicals and bio-composite foamed plastics.
Carbon Capture Machine (Aberdeen, Scotland) – Led by Dr. Mohammed Imbabi, the team is producing solid carbonates with applications to building materials.
CarbonCure (Dartmouth, Canada) –Led by Jennifer Wagner, the team is producing stronger, greener concrete.
Carbon Upcycling UCLA (Los Angeles, CA, USA) –Led by Dr. Gaurav Sant, the team is producing building materials that absorb CO2 during the production process to replace concrete.
Large Test Bay
Large Test Bay
JCOAL – KHI Test
• July 2016 – State of Wyoming - JCOAL (Japan
Coal Energy Center) MOU
• April 2017 – WY delegation meetings in Japan
• Sept. 2017 – JCOAL/UWSER conference in
Gillette
• March 2018 – WY delegation meetings in
Japan
• April 2018 – Announcement of JCOAL-KHI
(Kawasaki Heavy Industries) test at ITC – dry
sorbent, fixed bed technology
• May 2018 – Japan Ministry of Environment,
JCOAL and KHI trip to Gillette
Partnership Development
• University of Wyoming School of
Energy Resources
• International Carbon Capture Test
Center Network
• American Jobs Project
• Center for Carbon Removal –
Carbon Recycling Labs
• National Carbon Capture Center
Financing and pathway to commercialization is critical!
Dedication – May 16, 2018
Next Steps
• Additional Tenants
• Partnership opportunities with CarbonSafe, EORI, others
• Promote ITC to potential tenants
• Finalize operations and business plans
• Provide technical assistance to tenants
• Explore alternative financing mechanisms
• Accounting
• Investment products
Stay in Touch!
Jason Begger
Executive Director
Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
(307) 256-0098
wyomingitc.org
twitter.com/WyomingITC
facebook.com/WyomingITC
Changing Operation of Coal Units in the West
Maury Galbraith
Western Interstate Energy Board
2018 Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners
Boise, Idaho
June 6, 2018
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Essential Reliability Services
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Page 3CREPC-WIRAB – Fall 2017
Comparison of Flexibility and Reliability Attributes of Power Generating Technologies
Nuclear Coal Gas Wind Solar Hydro
Construction Duration (Years)16 6 3 3 1 3
Heat Rate (Btu/kWh)110,452 10,062 6,682 (CC) - 10,033 (CT)
Planned Outage Rate (%)16% 12% 5% (CT) - 6% (CC) 0.6%2 2%2 1.9%2
Forced Outage Rate (%)14% 8% 3% (CT) - 4% (CC) 5%2 0%2 5%2
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Notes and Sources: Full Capability
[1] "2016 Annual Technology Baseline," NREL, 2016. A base year of 2014 is provided for all results. Partial Capability
[2] "Cost Report: Cost and Performance Data for Power Generation Technologies," NREL, February 2012. No Capability
[3] "PJM's Evolving Resource Mix and System Reliability," PJM, March 30, 2017.
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• Unit-days of baseload operation decreased from 52% in 2001 to 22% in 2016
• Unit-days of shutdown increased from 9% in 2001 to 21% in 2016
• “Plants that aren’t on-line much don’t provide frequency response.”
– Alison Silverstein, Fall 2017 Joint CREPC-WIRAB Meeting.
• WIEB Webinar: https://westernenergyboard.org/category/webinars/
2018 Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners
The Prospects for Coal: Where to go from hereJune 6, 2018
Joseph HoernerVice President
Energy Supply Management
Paradigm Shift in Western Energy Markets
Responsive Coal and its Benefits
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The prospects for coal:
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