Hitachi begins construction of test facility for CO2 capture technology

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Hitachi Ltd has begun construction of a Carbon Capture Test Facility (CCTF) designed to capture CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants. Hitachi and its partner, Saskatchewan Power Corp (SaskPower), agreed to build this demonstration project in March of 2012.

Construction work is expected to be completed during the fall of 2014, and the CCTF will be operational by the end of that year. The goal of the demonstration project is to determine the necessary properties required to scale up to a large, commercial-size facility, and demonstration tests will be conducted to comprehensively evaluate the facility’s overall reliability and economic feasibility.

Canada is currently promoting the development of Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) technology, and the implementation of demonstration projects as part of its national energy management strategy. SaskPower, in line with this initiative, is now working to further develop CCS technology for various clean coal projects. Hitachi began researching and developing technology to capture CO2 in the 1990s. Since then, the company has conducted demonstration projects using its own research equipment and it is using pilot facilities in Japan and overseas.