Southern Co. clean coal tech gets China test
Southern Co. reported Thursday its new low-emission coal-based electricity production technology will gets its first commercial testing in China.
The technology is called Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIG) — an advanced integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology that produces electricity with lower emissions than traditional coal power plants. It also is compatible with lower rank coals that are abundant in China, Southern Co. said.
The technology was developed by Southern Co., KBR Inc., and other partners, including the U.S. Department of Energy, at the DOE’s research facility in Wilsonville, Ala.
The companies will provide Beijing Guoneng Yinghui Clean Energy Engineering Co. Ltd. with licensing, engineering services and proprietary equipment for the implementation of TRIG at a 120-megawatt power plant operated by Dongguan Tianming Electric Power Co. Ltd. in Guandong Province.
At the facility, TRIG technology will be added to an existing gas turbine combined cycle plant so that it can use clean synthetic gas from coal as its fuel for generating electricity, rather than fuel oil.
The plant is expected to begin operation in 2011.
Atlanta-based Southern Co.’s (NYSE: SO) Mississippi Power unit has asked for regulatory approval to build a 582-megawatt plant using TRIG technology in Kemper County, Miss.
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