Germany builds
world's first non-poluting coal power plant
May 29, 2006 - Xinhua English Newswire
Germany builds world's first non-poluting coal power plant
BERLIN, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Germany broke ground on Monday for the
world's first coal-fired power plant which will emit no greenhouse
gases.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of the Swedish energy
giant Vattenfall inaugurated the construction site for the plant,
scheduled to go into operation in 2008.
Vattenfall has invested 50 million euros (about 63 million U.S.
dollars) in the facility, located near the border between the eastern
German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, according to the German radio
Deutsche Welle.
Vattenfall CEO Lars Joseffson hopes to write "coal history," the
report said.
"This investment in a new technology should pave the way and be a
model of high-tech power generation on the basis of coal," he said.
The plant will process coal through Oxyfuel to produce electricity,
but resulting in clean smoke separated from the carbon dioxide.
However, efficiency suffers during the process, which makes 35
percent of the coal become electricity, compared to 45 percent by
traditional coal plants.
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