CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) is expected to be useful for the reduction of CO2 emissions
from thermal power stations. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), together with Southern
Company of the U.S., participated in an integrated demonstration test of capture, transportation,
and storage of CO2 from the flue gas of a coal-fired power plant. The project attained a cumulative
operation time of 10,000 hours and a CO2 storage amount of 100,000 tonnes or more by October
2013. In addition, in July 2014 MHI also received an order for the world's largest post-combustion
CO2 capture plant (with a CO2 capture capacity of 4,776 tonnes per day) from an Enhanced Oil
Recovery (EOR) project mainly promoted by NRG Energy Inc. and JX Nippon Oil & Gas
Exploration Corporation. This paper presents the results of the CO2 capture and storage
demonstration test and MHI's future actions.
