MHI receives award for testing of recovery facility for Mongstad

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been awarded to undertake verification testing of a technology qualification programme (TQP) for the combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Mongstad on Norway’s west coast. The system is capable of recovering approximately 3,400 tonnes of CO₂ per day.

MHI is up against other companies in the competition encompassing CO₂ capture technology, facility performance, and construction and operation costs for the 280MW plant. Final decisions on construction of the plant will be made in 2016, following the ongoing front-end engineering and design (FEED) competition.

MHI is conducting testing of their CO₂ recovery technology at a test facility at the Nanko Thermal Power Plant of Kasai Electric Power in Japan. Their technology, the KM CDR process, uses the company’s proprietary KS-1 solvent for CO2 absorption and desorption.

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