Japan’s largest carbon capture plant moves forward with MHI design contract
Japanese industrial group Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will provide the front end engineering design for what is slated to be Japan’s largest carbon capture and storage project.
Located at the Tomato-Atsuma power station owned by Hokkaido Electric Power Company (HEPCO), the facility is expected to capture 5,200 tonnes of CO2 from the flue gases emitted from the power station.
The project stems from a partnership between HEPCO, Idemitsu Kosan, and Japan Petroleum Exploration, who worked with Japan Organisation for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) for the design work of a CCS project in the Tomakomai area of Hokkaido.
According to the agreement, CO2 captured at the power station will be stored in deep saline formations in the area, with the aim of storing approximately 1.5 million to two million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030 offshore Tomakomai city.
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