California To Start Certification Process For CCS Plant

August 26, 2009

Bloomberg News reports that California’s Energy Commission said that “it will consider approving a carbon-capture plant proposed by a joint venture of units of Rio Tinto Plc and BP Plc.” The project, which “will require more than $1 billion in investment,” will “convert blends of petroleum coke and coal into hydrogen that will be used to fuel a power station,” and “will also capture 90 percent of the carbon dioxide produced.”

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