Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Generation [electronic resource]: Case studies of recently constructed coal- and gas-fired power plants /
Henderson, Colin.
International Energy Agency.
International Energy Agency.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
To meet future energy demand growth and replace older or inefficient units, a large number of fossil fuel-fired plants will need to bebuilt worldwide in the next decade. Yet CO2 emissions from fossil-fired power generation are a major contributor to climate change. As a result, new plants must be designed and operated at highest efficiency. The case studies in this report respond to a request to the IEA from the G8 Summit in July 2005  to illustrate the degree of efficiency now achieved in modern plants in different parts of the world using various grades of fossil fuels. The plants were selected from different geographical areas, because local factors influence attainable efficiency.  The results of these analyses show that the technologies for high efficiency (low CO2 emissions) and very low conventional pollutant emissions (particulates, SO2, NOx) from fossil fuel-fired power generation are available now through PCC, IGCC or NGCC at a commercially acceptable cost.
Table of Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 DESIGNING FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY; Chapter 3 CASE STUDIES AND IGCC TECHNOLOGY REVIEW; Coal-Fired Plant 1 - Northern Europe; Sea water cooled ultra-supercritical plantNordjyllandsværket 3, Denmark; Coal-Fired Plant 2 - Northern Europe; Lignite-fired, inland ultra-supercritical PCC plantNiederaussem K, Germany; Coal-Fired Plant 3 - North America; Sub-bituminous coal-fired, inland supercritical plantGenesee 3, Canada; Coal-Fired Plant 4 - Asia; Bituminous coal-fired, coastal ultra-supercritical plantIsogo New Unit 1, Japan
Coal-Fired Plant 5 - AsiaBituminous coal-fired, coastal supercritical PCC plantYounghung Thermal Power Plant, Republic of Korea; Coal-Fired Plant 6 - Asia; Lean coal-fired, inland supercritical PCC plant Wangqu 1 and 2, China; Coal-Fired Plant 7 - Asia; High ash bituminous coal-fired, inland PCC plantSuratgarh, India; Coal-Fired Plant 8 - Africa; High ash bituminous coal-fired PCC plant with dry and wet coolingMajuba, South Africa; Natural Gas-Fired Plant: Europe; Enfield, United Kingdom; IGCC TECHNOLOGY REVIEW; Chapter 4 REVIEW OF CASE STUDIES AND GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; Introduction
Comparison of Performance and CostsFuture Developments; General Conclusions; Appendix A DATA ENQUIRY QUESTIONNAIRE; Appendix B ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
"Cleaner fossil fuels."
Includes bibliographical references.
To meet future energy demand growth and replace older or inefficient units, a large number of fossil fuel-fired plants will need to bebuilt worldwide in the next decade. Yet CO2 emissions from fossil-fired power generation are a major contributor to climate change. As a result, new plants must be designed and operated at highest efficiency. The case studies in this report respond to a request to the IEA from the G8 Summit in July 2005  to illustrate the degree of efficiency now achieved in modern plants in different parts of the world using various grades of fossil fuels. The plants were selected from different geographical areas, because local factors influence attainable efficiency.  The results of these analyses show that the technologies for high efficiency (low CO2 emissions) and very low conventional pollutant emissions (particulates, SO2, NOx) from fossil fuel-fired power generation are available now through PCC, IGCC or NGCC at a commercially acceptable cost.
Fossil fuel power plants.
Fossil fuel power plants