In this initial study phase, GE and CPECC will evaluate the cost and performance of an IGCC design.
Steve Bolze, president & CEO for GE Power & Water, said: “Coal is an abundant and low cost resource in China and the US Gasification technology allows us to use it in a much cleaner way. To achieve significant reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, cleaner coal power generation technologies such as IGCC must be part of the solution; GE is pleased to be working with CPECC and USTDA in this important endeavor.”
This follows the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between CPECC and USTDA in November as part of the US-China Clean Energy revelations made by President Obama and President Hu in November 2009.
IGCC and carbon capture technologies have been commercially demonstrated and will need to be deployed to enable low cost power generation from domestic energy resources, while at the same time achieving reductions in carbon dioxide emissions globally, GE said.
The company claims that Gasification technology has become a critical tool in the expansion of the Chinese economy, allowing a variety of industrial products and fuels to be created from low-cost, abundant coal resources. GE’s gasification technology is one of the widely applied technologies of its kind in China, with more than 40 licensed facilities.
In addition, as gasification projects in China get larger and more complex, advanced technologies such as GE’s new larger scale quench gasifier and higher-pressure gasification technology will be critical to reducing overall project cost.
