| ENCAP is a project whose objective is to
develop new pre-combustion CO2 capture technologies and
processes for power generation. It aims at technologies
which meet a target of at least a 90% CO2
capture rate and a reduction in the cost of capture of 50%
compared to present. The future large-scale development of
these technologies will depend on significant improvements
in their cost and other aspects that may improve their
competitiveness against conventional energy sources and
renewables. The results from ENCAP will enable power
companies to decide to launch a new design project by
2008-2010 aimed at a large demonstration plant with the
potential for wide commercial exploitation in the horizon of
2015-2020.
ENCAP is organised as an integrated project (IP) and has
structured
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its research activities in order to have an
impact in the medium to longer term. The project is
supported by the European Commission under the 6th
Framework Program. Contract No: SES6-CT-2004-502666.
ENCAP aims at technologies that meet the target of at
least 90% CO2-capture-rate and 50%
CO2-capture-cost reduction. A group
of 33 legal entities comprising 6 large European fossil fuel
end users, 11 leading technology providers, and 16 high
ranked RTD providers has agreed to establish the ENCAP
consortium.
ENCAP is organised as an integrated project (IP)
having an impact of the results on the medium to longer
term. The objective is to develop new pre-combustion CO2-capture
technologies and processes for power generation based on
fossil fuels - mainly hard coal,
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lignite and natural gas - that are conceived as affordable and clean, and which
can be integrated with sustainable energy systems.
The RTD activities are structured in 6 sub-projects that directly meet the
stated objectives of the Work Programme (WP). These sub-projects are:
SP1: Process and Power Systems
SP2: Pre-Combustion Decarbonisation Technologies
SP3: OxyFuel Boiler Technologies
SP4: Chemical Looping Combustion
SP5: High-Temperature Oxygen Generation for Power Cycles
SP6: Novel Pre-Combustion Capture Concepts
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