Project details

Proponent: Tenaska Inc.

Website: www.tenaskatrailblazer.com

Tenaska Trailblazer Partners is proposing to build and operate the Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center, a new supercritical pulverised coal electric generating facility that will be designed to capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) at a commercial scale. Trailblazer will be a sub-bituminous coal-based power station with post-combustion CO₂ capture having an approximate 765 MW gross output and an approximate 600 MW net output (with CO₂ capture). The power station will be located nine miles east of Sweetwater, Texas, USA. Trailblazer will be designed for 85 to 90 per cent CO₂ capture (approximately 17,500 tonnes per day) or approximately 5.8 million tonnes per annum of CO₂.

Focus of support

The Global CCS Institute will provide AU$8.03 million in support of engineering and design studies into the development of the project.

Reports and outcomes

Knowledge sharing reports and case studies to be delivered will cover a wide range of topics including, technical, engineering and design considerations, storage options; technology performance; public engagement, consortium building and management; and financing scenarios.

Tenaska is committed to knowledge sharing, including participation in conferences, panels and workshops. Tenaska has also provided information to the Institute on topics such as:

• Development of the Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center
• CO₂ Technology Evaluation, Methodology and Criteria
• The Management of Public Engagement at the Local, State and Federal Levels for the Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center Project
• Sizing a steam turbine for a new pulverised coal plant with post-combustion CCS.
• Which carbon capture plant layout is more cost-effective?  “In-line vs. Right Angle”.
• How to build a consortium needed to develop, construct, and operate a new pulverised coal plant with CCS.
• A deep saline sequestration alternative to enhanced oil recovery for the Project.
• Bridging the commercial gap for CCS report (ERCOT base load power and EOR market factors).

Image posted with permission of Tenaska.