Calpine | Sutter Decarbonization Project Yuba City
USA
Demonstration
Overview
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Demonstration
Region
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North America
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USA
State
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California
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Calpine
Proponent
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Calpine
Output
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
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Description
The Sutter Decarbonization Project will demonstrate and deploy a commercial-scale carbon capture system at the Sutter Energy Center, a 550-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle power plant.
The project will then transport the CO2 and sequester it permanently and safely more than half a mile underground in saline geologic formations.
This project will deploy an air-cooling system at a carbon capture facility, which will eliminate the use of cooling water and minimize freshwater usage.
In December 2023, the project was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations alongside another Calpine project, the Baytown CCS Project, for a combined $540m of funding. In August 2024, Calpine announced that it has executed a cost share agreement with the U.S. DOE for the project.