A demonstration test for capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide recovered from emissions from a coal-fired power generation plant, conducted jointly by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Southern Company Services, Inc. has completed an initial demonstration phase. This success brings into view the feasibility of a large-scale capture system for CO2 recovered from coal-fired power plants, which typically emit flue gas containing significant quantities of impurities. Based on this success, MHI will now accelerate its program seeking to achieve commercially viable technology for recovering CO2 from the flue gas of coal-fired plants.

The demonstration test is an integral part of a project focused on achieving recovery of CO2 from coal-fired power plant emissions on a globally unprecedented scale of 500 metric tons per day (mtpd). To conduct the test, a demonstration plant for separating and recovering CO2 was constructed on the premises of an SCS affiliate's coal-fired power plant in Alabama.