GE’s Integrated Gasification and Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) converts coal into a high-value, cleaner burning fuel. Using this fuel, a power plant can significantly reduce its key pollutants compared to a conventional coal power plant.
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Environmental Benefits
A GE Radiant Quench (R-Q) IGCC plant with 90% carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is designed to emit 40% less total criteria emissions, 15% less CO2, and 55% less mercury per MWh supplied to the grid than a typical U.S. supercritical pulverized coal plant with 90% CCS.
Operating Benefits
A 543 MW GE Radiant Quench (R-Q) IGCC plant with 90% carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is designed to save over 1.8 billion gallons of water per year compared to a 543 MW supercritical pulverized coal plant with 90% CCS, equivalent to the annual water use of nearly 14,000 U.S. homes per year.
