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PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A.
3rd March, 2011
CCS Demonstration Plant fully
integrated into new unit 858 MW
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PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A.
3rd March, 2011
CCS Demonstration Plant fully
integrated into new unit 858 MW
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Technical specification
of CCS Installation (Basis for Design)
The
Bełchatów CCS Project will include the following key
components:
q Power Plant with gross electrical output 858 MWe
q Carbon Capture Plant & Integration: an integrated post-
combustion Carbon Capture Plant (CCP) with an installed size of
260MWe gross electricity output. The CCP utilizes an Advanced
Amine Process technology with a CO2 capture efficiency of at least
85%. This component will also include the modifications necessary
to the base installation, i.e. Power Plant, to make it capture ready.
q CO2 Transportation: this component will include a pipeline and
an associated infrastructure to transport the CO2 captured and
compressed by the CCP to the storage site.
q CO2 Storage: this includes the injection of pressurized CO2 into
a deep saline aquifer for permanent storage
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Major elements of complexity of the CCS
Project
The new 858 MWe power generation unit which is under last phase
of the construction was originally not designed to be ‘CO2 Capture
Ready’. This means that some modifications to the installation will
have to be implemented to ensure an integration of the CCP. The
key modifications include:
q Re-engineering and re-location of equipment from areas
identified for the CCP.
qTie-in for off-take and return of cooling water required for the
CCP.
qTie-in for off-take and return of flue gas to the main flue gas
ducts.
qModification of IP/LP turbine crossover pipes.
qControl tie-in.
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CCS value chain
Scenario 1: vertical wells
Flow lines
Storage
I1
I2
I3
I4
M1
Manifold
Scenario 2: horizontal wells
Vertical Wells (Scenario 1)
Horizontal wells (Scenario 2)
M1
Entry of main storage Manifold
I1
Injector well 1
Injector well 1
I2
Injector well 2
I3
Injector well 3
I4
Injector well 4 (if applicable)
Injector well 4
Flow lines
Storage
I1
M1
Manifold
I4
Pipeline
Pipeline
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CCS Project Programme
q Capture installation
q Building permit validation: 22 Feb 2010 - completed
qCompletion of Capture Ready modifications: October 2010 completed
qMechanical completion: May 2014
q Transport
q
EIA study: Aug 2012
qBuilding permit: July 2014
qConstruction completion: April 2015
q Storage
qStorage site selection: June 2011
qSite characterization: Jan 2014
q Surface Facilities construction completion: July 2015
q National Injection permit: Sept 2015
q Optimization process completion and CCS final acceptance - Dec
2015
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Current critical tasks
q Geological work of phase I completion and storage site selection
by the end of I half of 2011
q 2 Gravimetric pictures - ~1000 km2/ per structure
q Seismic survey - ~500 km length of 2D seismic profiles
q 2 appraisal wells, drilling tests, cores examination
q Modeling, seismic inversion, injection scenarios, risk assessment, site ranking
using all criteria – 3 structures
q Completion of capture FEED study for capture
q Early work programme for capture – detail engineering for key
equipment
q Setting forth procedures for further evaluation of CCS
components
q Public awareness campaign
CCP 3 D visualisation
Status of storage component - I phase
Site selection was originally scheduled for the end of 2010. Currently it is
anticipated to be completed by the end of first-half of 2011. The reasons
for this delay are:
q public procurements rules implicated in
longer the tender
proceeding on geology work contractors selection (protests, ex
ante control)
q problems with public acceptance - large numbers of protests
expressed by communes authority representatives amplified by
environmental NGO’s with reference to
the geology and
geophysical field work
q eventually work programme was done, currently gathered data
are
under
processing/interpretation/modelling
by
Polish
Geological Institute/SLB
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CCS Project Contracors
q Capture island
q Alstom Group – Partner in development of „advanced amine” technology
q Dow Chemical – Supplier of selected solvent to capture CO
2
from industrial flue
gas stream
q Integration – „Capture ready”
q Alstom Group
q Transport
q Gazoprojekt – Feasibility Study
q Contractor for engineering and construction – to be selected
q Geology
q Polish Geological Institute (PIG) and Schlumberger – Support during first
appraisal phase
q Additional subcontractors – PBG Ltd, Geofizyka
Toruń, Sp z o.o., PRWiG
PGE Mining and Conventional Power JSC
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CCS Project risks
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Technology is not commercially available yet, risk of scaling up
from pilot to industrial level, constantly exists
q Necessity of optimal project financial structure concept
q Power net efficiency reduction caused by CO
2
capture process
q Possibility of lack on public acceptance for CCS, and particularly
concerning CO
2
transport and geological storage additionally
amplified by some local environmental NGO’s
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Risk of unobtaining during II phase storage component realisation
to confirm possibilty of permanent and safe geological CO
2
storage within selected geological structure
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CCS financial structure
q Non - returnable:
q EEPR –
180 mln EUR
– Grant Agreement signed with EC, May
5th, 2010.
q Financing Sources Under Consideration
q NER 300
q Norwegian Financing Mechanism
q European Investment Bank European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
q Own equity
External public engagement campaign according
to phase I - site selection
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Thank you for your attention
Marzena Gurgul
CCS Project Director
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