Getting IGCC a seat at the table
A dominant theme at the Gasification Technologies Conference in Washington, DC in early October was how all parties need to step up to assure integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology finds a place at the power generation table. That included a call for utilities and their ratepayers to be willing to accept more risk than they are accustomed to assuming. John Hofmeister, president and CEO of Shell Oil Company chided lawmakers and regulators for hindering progress by not adopting uniform regulations for carbon dioxide emissions. Among Shell's IGCC projects is Australia's equivalent of the United States' FutureGen Project - a 275 MW power production facility in Queensland that is expected to achieve 99.8% CO{sub 2} capture with sequestration and produce hydrogen. Randy Zwirn, president nd CEO of Siemens Power Generation, said OEMs must develop a philosophy for IGCC that he terms RAM - reliability, availability and maintainability. Texas Railroad Commissioner, Mike Williams described how his state has welcomed IGCC plants that can capture carbon and has established the groundwork for using or sequestrating it. Presentations reviewed in this article include status updates of more than a dozen IGCC projects underway. 1 photo.
- OSTI ID:
- 20838334
- Journal Information:
- Power Engineering (Barrington), Vol. 110, Issue 11; Conference: Gasification technologies conference, Washington, DC (United States), 1-4 Oct 2006; ISSN 0032-5961
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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