Mike Morris, chief executive officer of Columbus AEP, informed that the company is working on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology in West Virginia .
Morris in an interview with Reuters, said: I’m convinced it will be primetime ready by 2015 and deployable. Then, it will probably spread across the system in the next half decade (after 2015).
The company’s three-fourths power is generated from coal-fired plants. The technology developed to capture carbon would be a key element for energy policy.
The US has plenty of coal resources, and half of the power in US is generated through coal. A growth for power demand of 20% is expected by 2030 in the US.
