GE is constantly refining its power generation technologies to achieve near zero-carbon emissions from gas-fired power plants that provide reliable, affordable, and resilient electricity for homes and businesses.
Working with Northern Lights and other clients to create carbon dioxide sequestration technologies and processes will help reduce carbon emissions in the power generation sector.
goal for removal of carbon dioxide emissions with CCS
plan to deploy the technology commercially
CCS is a necessary solution to reduce emissions from the power and heat market in the EU. While green energy solutions such as solar and wind power are being developed, CCS contributes to reducing or removing emissions from hard-to-abate industries where limited alternatives are available. The collaboration between Northern Lights and GE seeks to reduce emissions from the power generation sector.
Martijn Smit
Business Development Director, Northern Lights
GE Gas Power and the Norwegian company Northern Lights JV DA have entered into a memorandum of understanding to develop end-to-end carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions, including carbon dioxide capture, transportation, and storage for power plants that use GE gas turbines.
Both companies will develop technical and logistical solutions to capture, transport, and store carbon dioxide. GE scientists say that carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies will play a crucial role in reducing carbon emissions in the power generation sector, and the company has developed relationships with providers and customers to advance innovation including agreements with Linde, Technip, NetZero Teesside, and Southern Company.
In 2022, GE’s front-end engineering design study “Retrofittable Advanced Combined Cycle Integration for Flexible Decarbonized Generation” received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a detailed plan for integrating carbon capture technologies with a natural gas-combined cycle plant to capture approximately 95% of carbon dioxide emissions. The goal is to deploy the technology commercially by 2030.
In March 2023, GE announced a collaboration with Svante to develop and evaluate innovative solid sorbent technologies for carbon capture from natural gas power generation. GE also successfully tested its first Direct Air Capture prototype unit at its Climate Action@GE Lab in Niskayuna, N.Y.
The “Powering Now” docuseries takes a closer look at carbon capture research, testing and development being done across the country.
