Facts:

Main developer: E.ON

Although E.ON has been approaching CCS technologies carefully, E.ON is now planning seven smaller pilot plants, all of which are aiming to optimize post combustion methods for capturing CO2. E.ON plans to pursue the development of post combustion technologies with a budget of € 100 million until 2014. Four of the projects are planned in Germany in cooperation with Siemens, Fluor, Consolv and Mitsubishi. One of the projects is located at E.ON’s coal fired power plant in Wilhelmshaven and is scheduled to start operation in 2010.

In cooperation with Siemens E.ON is planning a pilot at the Staudinger power station near Hanau east of Frankfurt. The pilot plant will have a capacity of 1 MW and will be run with part of the flue gas from Staudinger’s unit block 5 between 2009 and 2010. The project has a budget of € 10 million.

Timing:

Operational late summer 2009.

Companies involved

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