US-based NET Power is testing a new technique for carbon capture and storage that uses pure oxygen to burn natural gas, allowing CO2 to be extracted directly during the process. The overall process of turning the products of fossil fuel combustion into power is called an Allam cycle, named after contemporary British engineer Rodney John Allam. NET Power, which is testing the technology at a gas-fired power plant in La Porte, Texas, says its technology eliminates the need to sequester the CO2 separately and is a cheaper and more efficient alternative to systems that have mostly not been commercially viable. The company has already begun using it on one of its existing plants, but plans to expand into other plants as soon as possible.
US-based NET Power is testing a new technique for carbon capture and storage that uses pure oxygen to burn natural gas, allowing CO2 to be extracted directly during the process. NET Power, which is testing the technology at a gas-fired power plant in La Porte, Texas, says its technology eliminates the need to sequester the CO2 separately and is a cheaper and more efficient alternative to systems that have mostly not been commercially viable. The company has already begun using it on one of its existing plants, but plans to expand into other plants as soon as possible.