Advanced Fossil Fuels: Technology Information Sheet
Fossil fuel power plants produce the majority of electricity in the EU, mainly through pulverised coal (PC) combustion. But most pulverised coal plants are over 15 years old and are relatively inefficient. As fossil fuel power generation is the biggest contributor to carbon dioxide emissions, any gains in conversion efficiency would translate to substantial carbon dioxide savings.
Using the best available technologies, such as ‘advanced supercritical plants’ and ‘ultra-supercritical plants’, can increase efficiency by allowing higher steam conditions (temperature and pressure). Combined cycle plants using natural gas or biomass in pulverised coal power plants, and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants, which turn coal into gas, can potentially reduce emissions even further, especially with CO2 capture.
Advancedfossilfuel.pdf
—
PDF document,
858 kB (878,890 bytes)
