Babcock & Wilcox Awarded Contract to Study Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) Conversion for Coal Power Plant in Michigan
July 26 2023 - 5:30AM
Business Wire
- Study is first phase of an anticipated large-scale commercial
project to retrofit Filer City Station power plant with biomass and
decarbonization technologies to replace coal.
- When complete, 75-megawatt power plant would use sustainable
biomass as fuel to generate power, with net-negative CO2
emissions.
Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that
it has been awarded a contract by NorthStar Clean Energy to conduct
a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) engineering
study to convert a coal-fired power plant in Michigan to use
biomass fuel and retrofit the plant with B&W’s SolveBright™
carbon dioxide (CO2) capture process.
The study is the first phase of a commercial-scale project
partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Babcock &
Wilcox Construction Co., LLC, will manage construction and
mechanical scope of the study and commercial phase.
NorthStar Clean Energy plans to eliminate CO2 emissions from the
plant by converting the 75-megawatt TES Filer City Station power
station in Filer City, Mich., to use sustainable biomass as fuel.
The plant is jointly owned by NorthStar Clean Energy (a subsidiary
of Jackson, Mich.-based CMS Energy Corporation) and Houston,
Texas-based Tondu Corp. The CO2 generated by the plant would be
captured using B&W’s unique SolveBright post-combustion CO2
scrubbing process which provides for flexibility in the regenerable
solvent used to isolate CO2 for sequestration or utilization.
“BECCS projects hold tremendous potential in helping the world
achieve a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050,” said Joe
Buckler, B&W Senior Vice President, Clean Energy. “Capturing
CO2 from biomass combustion allows a plant to generate energy and
be a net-negative emitter of greenhouse gases. This in turn allows
the plant owner to offset emissions from other sources such as
through the sale and trade of carbon credits.”
“For post-combustion carbon capture, B&W offers
pre-treatment technologies to clean the flue gas prior to carbon
capture and our SolveBright process that can be tailored to support
the preferred solvent of our customers,” Buckler said.
“NorthStar Clean Energy brings our expertise and creativity to
help our clients reach their decarbonization and business goals
quickly,” said Brian Hartmann, President of NorthStar Clean Energy.
“The Filer City carbon capture project is a prime example of how we
can use innovation to make that happen. We look forward to
partnering with B&W to showcase this technology’s potential in
Michigan.”
Joe Tondu, President of Tondu Corp, also expressed his
excitement about the project.
“We have had a long and successful relationship with B&W and
are pleased to be working with them again on our ground-breaking
Filer BECCS conversion,” Tondu said.
When the biomass and carbon capture conversion is complete, TES
Filer City Station will be able to provide power to more than
70,000 homes while producing net-negative CO2 emissions.
About Babcock & Wilcox
Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises,
Inc. is a leader in energy and environmental products and services
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and learn more at babcock.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
B&W cautions that this release contains forward-looking
statements, including, without limitation, statements relating to a
contract for an engineering study to convert a coal-fired power
plant in Michigan to use biomass fuel and retrofit the plant with
carbon dioxide capture technology. These forward-looking statements
are based on management’s current expectations and involve a number
of risks and uncertainties. For a more complete discussion of these
risk factors, see our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K.
If one or more of these risks or other risks materialize, actual
results may vary materially from those expressed. We caution
readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this release, and we
undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statement, except to the extent required by applicable law.
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