FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCE) has announced the selection for negotiation of a $23.7m cost share carbon capture project with the support of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy.
Sponsored by the National Energy Technology Laboratory, the project is to install and operate a two-megawatt Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) system configured for carbon capture in addition to power generation.
The carbon capture fuel cell system will be a modification of the company’s commercial DFC3000® fuel cell power plant and will be installed next to an existing coal-fired power plant to capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the exhaust of the coal plant.
FCE expects to finalise the award with the DOE by the end of September 2015. The company is evaluating multiple sites with interested utility and independent power producers that operate coal-fired power plants, and expects to announce the site selection in the fall of 2015.
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