A commercial-scale geological storage complex in Macon County, IL, that could store 50 million tonnes or more of industrially sourced CO2. The target reservoir is the Mt. Simon sandstones. The project is part of the Storage Complex Feasibility phase of the Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) Initiative.
In May 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory gave a $17,7m award to University of Illinois’ Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at Prairie Research Institute under its CO2 Transport and Storage investments to complete site characterization efforts for the Cambrian Mt. Simon Sandstone/Eau Claire Formation storage complex, for storage of CO2 from… Continue reading Dallman Cambrian Mt. Simon Sandstone/Eau Claire Formation CO2 Storage Complex
In May 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy selected the University of Illinois’ Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at Prairie Research Institute for a project to conduct an integrated capture, transport, and geological storage study of CO2 emissions at Dallman Unit 4. DOE is allocating $4.7 million for this front-end engineering design study, which will explore… Continue reading CWLP Dallman Unit 4 200-MW CCS
A carbon capture project at the City Water, Light and Power (CWLP) plant in Springfield, Illinois. The project is supported by DOE’s NETL and it is led by the University of Illinois, in partnership with the Linde Group, BASF Corporation, Affiliated Engineers, Inc., Affiliated Construction Services, Inc., and Visage Energy. The large pilot testing will evaluate… Continue reading CWLP 10MWe Dallman Unit 4 Carbon Capture Pilot Project
A carbon capture and storage project developed by ADM after the successful completion of the Decatur project. On July 25, 2011 the permit applications for the 2 injection wells were submitted. After a delay of almost 3 years, the EPA granted in April 2014 the project its draft Class VI well permits and then the full… Continue reading Illinois Industrial CCS Project
The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium’s Illinois Basin-Decatur Project (IBDP) is a collaboration of the Illinois State Geological Society, the Archer Daniels Midland Company, Schlumberger Carbon Services, and other subcontractors. The project injected approximately 1 million metric tons of CO2 derived from biofuel production into a saline reservoir, the Mt. Simon Sandstone, in Decatur, Illinois. Operational… Continue reading Illinois Basin-Decatur Project
A carbon capture and storage project at an east central Illinois ethanol facility owned by One Earth Energy. One Earth Energy, which produces 150 million gallons of ethanol annually in Gibson City, has partnered with the Illinois State Geological Survey since 2020 to study whether the half-million tons of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) it generates… Continue reading One Earth Energy CCS
The retrofit of Unit 2 (816 MWe) of Prairie State Generating Station’s coal-fired power station with a capture plant using Mitsubishi Heavy Industries post-combustion CO2 capture technology. The station is in Marissa, Illinois. University of Illinois, along with project partners Kiewit Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., and Sargent & Lundy, performed multiple feasibility and… Continue reading Prairie State Generating Station CCS Retrofit
The Midwest Hydrogen Hub network spans Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, with the potential to expand into other Midwestern states. Located in a key U.S. industrial and transportation corridor, the Midwest Hydrogen Hub will enable decarbonization through strategic hydrogen uses including steel and glass production, power generation, refining, heavy-duty transportation, and sustainable aviation fuel. The decarbonization… Continue reading Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen — MachH2 (Selected for DOE funding)
Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) plans to test the feasibility of deploying at-scale novel DAC solutions by developing a DAC hub powered by nuclear energy for the Midwest. The Midwest is the second largest regional emitter of carbon dioxide in the United States and is home to both heavy-emitting industries and a rich ecosystem of innovation… Continue reading Midwest Nuclear DAC Hub (MINDAC)
