Sep 9 2010
The U.S. DOE (Department of Energy) has selected CES (Clean Energy Systems) for providing funds of $30 million under the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) towards accelerating the development of power plants with zero emission by way of using various fuel sources.
The funding will be towards supporting oxy-fuel turbine in commercial scale, which is crucial to the technology of CES.
This oxy-fuel turbine could use diverse sets of fuels that include gasified petroleum coke, refinery off gases, biofuels and natural gas, while capturing almost all CO2. The total program would cost around $43 million towards building and testing a 150-MW turbine by 2012, using the accompanying CES technology. This program is anticipated to contribute thousands of indirect job opportunities and more than 150 direct jobs during the next decade.
The funding stems from work initiated during 2005 under the Advanced Turbine program of the U.S. DOE. CES, working along with its partners Florida Turbine Technologies and Siemens Energy, has finished the necessary engineering for developing oxy-turbine in commercial scale. Siemens Energy will be supporting turbine manufacture, materials testing and design efforts from its facilities located in Houston and Orlando. Manufacture as well as the testing of turbines is likely to commence within a few months from now.