RETROFITTING CCS: ENHANCING AUSTRALIA’S ENERGY SECURITY Dr Geoff Bongers

2017 NETL CO2 Capture Technology Project Review Meeting. 21-25 Aug 2017, Pittsburgh, PA. USA.

•  Toexaminethecostsandperformanceofretrofi3ngPostCombus9onCapturetechnology•  toexis9ngblackandbrowncoal-

firedpowerplants.•  toanexis9ngnaturalgas-fired

powerplants•  ToexpandontheAPGT2015dataset.

Aims

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QuickScaleContext

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•  AsasignatorytotheParisAgreement,Australiahasagreedtoholdtheincreaseinglobalaveragetemperaturetowellbelow2degrees.ThiscanonlybedonethroughtheinclusionofCCS.

•  Australia’senergyproduc9onhastradi9onallybeensomeofthecheapestintheworld.Anyneworreplacementlowemissionstechnologywillbemoreexpensivethanthecurrentfleetinuse.

•  Carboncaptureandstoragemustcommencedeploymentby2030acrosscarbonemi3ngindustriesbroadly,toachievenetzeroemissionsbyAustraliabeyond2050.

ReportContext

Part1

RETROFITTINGCCSTOCOAL:ENHANCINGAUSTRALIA’SENERGYSECURITY

•  RetrofitcoalwithCCSmustbeavailableonitsmeritstoassureenergysecurityandaffordability,andtoguaranteefutureemissionsreduc9ontargetsaredeliveredatthelowestcost.

•  AbrownorblackcoalsingleboilerthathasbeenretrofiMedwithCCScoststhesame(orlessforblackcoal)tobuildascomparablesolarPV.Theplantcapturesalmost90percentofCO2andisavailable24/7.

•  Theconserva9vecostofretrofi3nginAustraliais$2.45bforasingle500MWeboilertoasliMleas$1.48bwithlearningbydoingbenefitsandadvancedsolventsused.

Keyfindings–Summary(1of2)

RETROFITTINGCCSTOCOAL:ENHANCINGAUSTRALIA’SENERGYSECURITY

•  CommercialscaleCCSisexpandingrapidly,withlearningbydoingreducingcostsby20–30percent.

•  NewbuildbaseloadcoalwithCCScanuseexis9nginfrastructure. •  Oil,gasandmanufacturingcanberetrofiMedtoCCSandu9liseexis9ng

transporthubandstorageinfrastructure. •  HighvaluedirectandindirectjobswillbecreatedinsomeregionsLatrobe

ValleyVIC,CentralCoastNSW,NorthQLDandnewjobscreatedfortransportandstorage.

•  Immediatedecisionsneedtobemadenowtofacilitategridscale,24/7,reliableandavailabletransi9ontocleanenergy.

•  CCSretrofitissuitableforsomecoalplantsandregions,butnotall.

Keyfindings–Summary(2of2)

Keyfindings–BlackCoal

Keyfindings–BrownCoal

Part1

RETROFITTINGCCSTOCOAL:ENHANCINGAUSTRALIA’SENERGYSECURITY

•  Securebaseload,lowcarbonemissionselectricitywillbeachievedfromnaturalgascombinedcycleplantsretrofiMedwithcarboncaptureandstorage.

•  RetrofitofnaturalgascombinedcyclegasturbineswithcarboncaptureandstoragehascapitalcostssignificantlylowerthancomparablesolarphotovoltaicarraysandmayactasanaffordablestepinestablishingacarboncaptureandstorageindustryinAustralia.

Keyfindings–Summary(1of2)

RETROFITTINGAUSTRALIANGASPOWERPLANTSWITHPOSTCOMBUSTIONCAPTURE

•  Acarboncaptureandstoragehubwillrepresentthelowestcostpathwayfornaturalgasandcoalbasedelectricitygenera9onandothercarbonintensiveindustriestobeginthetransi9ontofulldecarbonisa9ongiventheuniquegeologyrequirementsofstorage.

•  Allnewloworzeroemissiontechnologiesdeployedinterna9onallyandinAustraliawillcostconsumersmorethanthecurrentelectricitymix.

•  Highvaluedirectandindirectjobswillbecreatedinsomeregionsandnewjobscreatedfortransportandstorage.

•  Immediatedecisionsneedtobemadetofacilitategridscale,anda24/7diverseelectricitysectorabletodeliverreliableandavailableenergytosupportongoingeconomicprosperitywithzeroemissionsby2050.

Keyfindings–Summary(1of2)

RETROFITTINGAUSTRALIANGASPOWERPLANTSWITHPOSTCOMBUSTIONCAPTURE

Keyfindings–NaturalGas

Keyfindings–NaturalGas

•  Solventimprovementsarevital

•  Capitalreduc9onsneedtorealised

•  Reduc9onsinparasi9cloadcon9nuallyimproved

•  Flexibilityofopera9onwillbevaluable…andmoresoin9me

FINALTHOUGHTS

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