Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been awarded $764,000 to develop a zero emission fossil fuel power plant that incorporates a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycle, renewable energy, oxygen storage and carbon capture.
SwRI is leading one of twelve teams that received a competitive award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct Phase 1 of ARPA-E’s FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) programme which supports research to develop enabling technologies that better respond to grid conditions
At the conclusion of Phase 1, a sub-set of teams will advance to Phase 2 of the programme, receiving additional funding to focus on building components, unit operations and prototype systems.
During Phase 1, SwRI engineers will collaborate with Air Liquide, 8 Rivers Capital LLC and SoftinWay Inc. to design, model and optimise plans for the innovative new zero emission power plant.
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