GreenGen

GreenGen (Chinese: 绿色煤电; pinyin: lǜsèméidiàn; lit.: 'green colour coal electricity') is a project in Tianjin, China which aims to research and develop high-tech low-emissions coal-based power generation plants.

GreenGen
Country	China
Location	Tianjin
Status	Under construction
Construction began	2009
Commission date	2012
Owner(s)	China Huaneng Group China Datang Group China Huadian Corporation China Guodian Corporation China Power Investment Corporation Shenhua Group State Development and Investment Co. China Coal Group Peabody Energy
Operator(s)	China Huaneng Group
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	250 MW

History

Funded by a group of power companies led by SOE China Huaneng Group and the Chinese government's 863 Program, the GreenGen project commenced in 2005. A key technology in the project is the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), which is a coal gasification process that turns coal into a gas before burning it, hence allowing power generation to be more efficient and releasing less carbon and other pollutants.[1]

Project

The US$1 billion project is planned to have three stages of development.[2] The first stage involves building a 250 megawatt IGCC plant in Tianjin. Construction began in 2009 and the plant was scheduled to begin operation by 2011,[3] but since then delayed to 2012 spring. The work has also begun on the second stage, involving a smaller pilot plant which uses both fuel cell and turbine to generate electricity while converting CO₂ for industrial use at the same time. The third stage, 400 megawatt power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, is now scheduled for 2015-20.[4]

In 2007, the project was joined by Peabody Energy, the world's largest private sector coal company.[5]

See also

• Coal power in China

References

1. Oster, Shai (2009-12-15). "World's Top Polluter Emerges as Green-Technology Leader". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
2. "Timeline". GreenGen Project. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
3. "GreenGen Fact Sheet". Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program at MIT. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
4. Jeff Tollefson, Richard Van Noorden (2012). "Slow progress to cleaner coal". Nature. Nature Publishing Group. 484: 151–152. doi:10.1038/484151a. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
5. "Peabody Energy Joins China's 'GreenGen' to Develop Near-Zero Emissions Coal Plant". PRNewswire. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 22 December 2009.

External links

• GreenGen