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Advanced Fossil Energy Technologies: Presentation by Southern Company
1. Atlantic Council
“Advanced Fossil Energy Technologies”
Washington, D.C. - September 9, 2013
Southern Company Perspectives on Energy R&D
Randall Rush
GM, Gasification Technology
2. Southern Company R&D Attributes
“Learn by Doing”
• Centrally located research engineers
and scientists
• Laboratories dispersed across
operating assets
• Active collaboration with utilities,
universities, vendors
• Heavily leveraged by external funding
partners
• Intellectual property positions that
do not impede technology
deployment
• Research portfolio provides hardened
technology options delivered in close
cooperation with in-house
Operations and EPC capability
5. Development
1-10 MWe
Demonstration
10-100+ MWe
Commercial
250 MWe +
SCR systems
FGD systems
Baghouse w/ activated
carbon
Research
< 0.1 MWe
Carbon Dioxide
(Capture & Storage)
Coal-based Technology Development Directly Resulting
from DOE/Southern Company R&D Partnership
Low NOx burners
6. Confidential and Proprietary
Development
1-10 MWe
Demonstration
10-100+ MWe
Commercial
250 MWe +
SCR systems
Crist Clean Coal Project
1992-1995
9 MW
SEI Birchwood 1996
250 MW
18,000 MW
8,000 MW
FGD systems Scholz 1978
23 MW
Yates Clean Coal
1992
100 MW
Baghouse w/ activated
carbon
Miller 1995
1 MW
Gaston 2&3 1996 &
2001 2*250 MW
Research
< 0.1 MWe
Carbon Dioxide
(Capture & Storage)
Daniel 2009
SECARB II
3000 tons
Barry 500 tpd
2011 - 2014
25MW
Citronelle
2009 - 2020
SECARB III
100k tpy
National
Carbon
Capture Center
Coal-based Technology Development Directly Resulting
from DOE/Southern Company R&D Partnership
Industry
Southern
100,000 MW
11,000 MW
8,000 MW*
1,600 MW
• Denotes estimate
• provided by EPRI
500 MW
325,000 MW
22,000 MW
Low NOx burners
Hammond Clean Coal
1991
500 MWSmith Clean Coal
1992
180 MW
Kemper
3 MM tpd
2014 - 2054
584 MW
7. Confidential and Proprietary
Development
1-10 MWe
Demonstration
10-100+ MWe
Commercial
250 MWe +
SCR systems
Crist Clean Coal Project
1992-1995
9 MW
SEI Birchwood 1996
250 MW
18,000 MW
8,000 MW
FGD systems Scholz 1978
23 MW
Yates Clean Coal
1992
100 MW
Baghouse w/ activated
carbon
Miller 1995
1 MW
Gaston 2&3 1996 &
2001 2*250 MW
Research
< 0.1 MWe
Carbon Dioxide
(Capture & Storage)
Daniel 2009
SECARB II
3000 tons
Barry 500 tpd
2011 - 2014
25MW
Citronelle
2009 - 2020
SECARB III
100k tpy
National
Carbon
Capture Center
Coal-based Technology Development Directly Resulting
from DOE/Southern Company R&D Partnership
Industry
Southern
100,000 MW
11,000 MW
8,000 MW*
1,600 MW
• Denotes estimate
• provided by EPRI
500 MW
325,000 MW
22,000 MW
Low NOx burners
Hammond Clean Coal
1991
500 MWSmith Clean Coal
1992
180 MW
Kemper
3 MM tpd
2014 - 2054
584 MW
8. Confidential and Proprietary
Development
1-10 MWe
Demonstration
10-100+ MWe
Commercial
250 MWe +
SCR systems
Crist Clean Coal Project
1992-1995
9 MW
SEI Birchwood 1996
250 MW
18,000 MW
8,000 MW
FGD systems Scholz 1978
23 MW
Yates Clean Coal
1992
100 MW
Baghouse w/ activated
carbon
Miller 1995
1 MW
Gaston 2&3 1996 &
2001 2*250 MW
Research
< 0.1 MWe
Carbon Dioxide
(Capture & Storage)
Daniel 2009
SECARB II
3000 tons
Barry 500 tpd
2011 - 2014
25MW
Citronelle
2009 - 2020
SECARB III
100k tpy
National
Carbon
Capture Center
Coal-based Technology Development Directly Resulting from
DOE/Southern Company R&D Partnership
Industry
Southern
100,000 MW
11,000 MW
8,000 MW*
1,600 MW
• Denotes estimate
• provided by EPRI
Kemper
3 MM tpd
2014 - 2054
584 MW
500 MW
325,000 MW
22,000 MW
Low NOx burners
Hammond Clean Coal
1991
500 MWSmith Clean Coal
1992
180 MW
9. R&D Portfolio: Carbon Capture and Storage
Coal Seam Injection Study
Pilot Capture Demo
Groundwater Impacts Study
Underground Carbon Injection
1 MW Solid Sorbent Pilot
Kemper County IGCC
Geologic Suitability Study
National Carbon Capture Center
University Training Program
Biomineralization Study
UAB Cap Rock Lab
25 MW CCS
10. R&D Portfolio: Carbon Capture and Storage
Coal Seam Injection Study
Pilot Capture Demo
Groundwater Impacts Study
Underground Carbon Injection
1 MW Solid Sorbent Pilot
Kemper County IGCC
Geologic Suitability Study
National Carbon Capture Center
University Training Program
Biomineralization Study
UAB Cap Rock Lab
25 MW CCS
11. 25 MW CCS Demo
Integrated CO2 capture, compression, pipeline transportation, and geologic sequestration
• 90% CO2 capture
• Integrated Operations August 2012
• 171,400 tons of CO2 captured , 78,100
tons injected
•
Plant Barry
14. Development of the Transport Coal Gasifier for
Power and Chemical Production
TRIGTM Leverages Long History of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Expertise
Late
30's
1942
1951
Early
1960's
1976
1980's 1990 1996 1996 China 2011 USA 2014
First
Commercial
FCC Unit
for Exxon
Orthoflow™
A Design
Orthoflow™
C Design
Resid
FCCs
Orthoflow™ F
Design
Design Based on
FCC Technology
Pilot Plant
Tech Center
Grand Forks, ND
2,600 Hours Test Run
PSDF at Wilsonville, AL.
>19,000 hrs in
gasification including
>3,000 hrs on Miss.
Lignite thru Aug‘13
TRIGTM In Kemper
County, MS, USA
15. Kemper County IGCC
Plant SitePlant Site
Test results from the NCCC allow
~40MW more output than would
have been possible from higher
Steam/CO ratios required in
refinery applications
• 15+ years of development at the NCCC
• 524MW on syngas w/ 65+% CO2 capture
• CO2 & other emissions ~equal to NG
• 3 MM TPY CO2 for EOR
• Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plus treated effluent
from City of Meridian, MS and moisture from coal
drying as makeup water
18. Southern Company’s
Diverse Generation Portfolio
Potential 2020 Range
Average Actual Low Gas Price High Gas Price
‘07-’08 2012 High Coal Price Low Coal Price
Natural Gas 16% 45% 57% 34%
Coal 69% 36% 22% 45%
Nuclear & Other 15% 19% 21% 21%
Generation Mix by Fuel Source
The reliability of our generation fleet and the flexibility to utilize the least
expensive fuel source keeps retail prices low and less volatile
19. National Carbon Capture Center
Wilsonville, Alabama
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
Mississippi Power Plant Ratcliffe
Second Largest U.S. Solar
Cimarron Solar Facility
Largest U.S. Biomass
Nacogdoches Generating Facility
Mercury Research Center
Gulf Power Plant Crist
25-MW CCS
Alabama Power Plant Barry
Water Research Center
Georgia Power Plant Bowen
Power Delivery and End-Use
Technology Lab
U.S. first New Nuclear
Georgia Power Plant Vogtle
Smart Grid: Integrated Distribution
Management System
Air Quality Science Center
SEARCH network; ARIES; mercury
Savannah Seaport Electrification
All-electric Crane Demonstration
Campo Verde Solar Facility
Imperial County, California
Apex Solar Facility
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Spectrum Solar Facility
Clark County, Nevada
Granville Solar Facility
Granville County, North Carolina
R&D Delivers Benefits to the Industry
Recent Southern Company Projects with R&D Foundations
20. National Carbon Capture Center
Wilsonville, Alabama
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
Mississippi Power Plant Ratcliffe
Second Largest U.S. Solar
Cimarron Solar Facility
Largest U.S. Biomass
Nacogdoches Generating Facility
Mercury Research Center
Gulf Power Plant Crist
25-MW CCS
Alabama Power Plant Barry
Water Research Center
Georgia Power Plant Bowen
Power Delivery and End-Use
Technology Lab
U.S. first New Nuclear
Georgia Power Plant Vogtle
Smart Grid: Integrated Distribution
Management System
Air Quality Science Center
SEARCH network; ARIES; mercury
Savannah Seaport Electrification
All-electric Crane Demonstration
Campo Verde Solar Facility
Imperial County, California
Apex Solar Facility
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Spectrum Solar Facility
Clark County, Nevada
Granville Solar Facility
Granville County, North Carolina
R&D Delivers Benefits to the Industry
Recent Southern Company Projects with R&D Foundations Non-Coal Focus
21. Benefits from Investments in Clean Coal Technology
+183%
-82%
-88%
Sources: EPA National Air Pollutant Emission Trends
EIA Annual Energy Review
-96%
Coal-fired Generation Emission Rates
Between 1970 and 2008 U.S. SO2, NOx, and particulate
emissions from coal-fired electric power plants were
reduced by 82 to 96%, while coal-fired generation almost
doubled.
Between 1990 and 2010 Southern Company’s SO2, NOx,
and mercury emissions from coal-fired electric power
plants were reduced by 60 to 80%, while coal-fired
generation increased by 40%.