Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering wins a front-end engineering design (FEED) study of a CO₂ capture plant applied to natural gas fired gas turbines for a repowered combined cycle power plant in Alberta, Canada from Capital Power Corporation, a power generation company based in Canada. MHIENG has achieved the world’s top share of the market with its CO₂ capture technology and has received high praise for its performance and expertise in this area.

The objective of this FEED study is to implement the CO₂ capture plant at the repowered Genesee Generating Station Units 1 & 2, owned by Capital Power in Alberta. MHIENG’s “Advanced KM CDR Process™” will be deployed at these stations. The total expected amount of captured CO₂ will be approximately 3 million tons per year. The captured CO₂ will be transported and sequestered underground. For the execution of the FEED study, MHIENG partnered with Kiewit Energy Group, a major North American construction and engineering company and both companies will work together with Capital Power for realization of the Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) project.

Capital Power is moving forward with repowering, deploying the GTCC system with MHI gas turbine toward the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through the company’s fuel conversion from coal to natural gas. Operation with this system is scheduled in 2023 and 2024 at Generating Station 1 and 2 respectively. The entire MHI Group will collaborate to support customer’s decarbonization strategy through the overall optimization between power generation facilities and CO₂ capture system.

“We are excited to collaborate with MHI Group and Kiewit to advance our Genesee CCS Project,” said Steve Owens, SVP, Construction and Engineering for Capital Power. “The Project is expected to capture 95% of the CO₂ emitted from our repowered, best-in-class Genesee 1 and 2 natural gas units. Undertaking this FEED study is a significant step forward in decarbonizing our Genesee Generating Station as we work to power a sustainable future for people and planet.”

“The Genesee CCS Project highlights Capital Power’s commitment to the energy transition, and we are excited to be a part of this important work,” said Rob Medley, Vice President at Kiewit. “The Project will have a tremendous impact on the decarbonization of the facility and advance the CCS industry as a whole.”

“We are proud to collaborate with Capital Power and Kiewit on this world leading project,” said Kenji Terasawa, President & CEO, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering. “We recognize Canada as highly proactive in pursuing environmental protection and is a promising market for decarbonization, and as an innovative solution provider, MHI Group is taking action to achieve a carbon neutral society by introducing our carbon capture technology. To realize this goal, we will work diligently with our partners to bring this project to fruition.”