Electrabel, E.ON Kraftwerke and Hitachi intend to cooperate in a joint research project aiming to design, build and operate a test facility to investigate the CO2 capture from flue gases under real flue gas conditions.
The test facility shall be able to treat up to 5 000 Nm³/h flue gas and shall be operated during four years alternatively for periods of 12 to 24 months on a site of Electrabel and a site of E.ON Kraftwerke. The pilot installation can move to locations in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium or other European countries whatever is technically most interesting.
Discussions between partners are at the final stages and preparations are ongoing (engineering, commands, licenses …). As from September 2009, the installation could be operational in a coal-fired power station.
