America’s power generation company Calpine has announced a cost-sharing agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for a full-scale carbon capture demonstration project at its Baytown Energy Center near Houston. The Baytown Decarbonisation Project aims to capture 95% of CO2 emissions from two of the three turbines at the facility, enabling it to produce firm, dispatchable, low-carbon electricity and steam for collocated industrial use.
Calpine will now begin the first phase of the DOE cooperative agreement. Subsequent phases will follow upon the successful completion of phase one and the finalisation of plans for future stages.
“We are pleased to have reached another milestone in the development of our Baytown Decarbonisation Project. This initial Phase 1 commitment by the DOE will support the engineering and design of the project, further our community engagement, and advance project planning,” said Caleb Stephenson, Calpine’s Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations.
