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{{stub}}{{CoalSwarm}}The '''GreenGen coal gasification plantpower station''' in Tianjin, China, is a US$1.5 billion [[proposed coal gasification and carbon capture and storage]] project of a consortium of Chinese companies(CCS) plant in Tianjin, including China’s state-owned [[Huaneng Group]], with [[Peabody Energy]] of St Louis, Missouri.<ref name=jt>Jeff Tollefson & Richard Van Noorden, [http://www.nature.com/news/slow-progress-to-cleaner-coal-1.10411 "Slow progress to cleaner coal,"] Nature, April 11, 2012China.</ref>

==Location==The first phase is a 250-megawatt [[integrated gasification combined cycle]] power map below shows Alberta, the approximate location where the plant, which will convert coal into ‘[[syngas]]’ — a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen — to be burned in specialized turbines to produce electricity. The second phase will would be a smaller pilot plant designed to send a "clean" stream of hydrogen through fuel cells and turbines to produce electricity, with carbon dioxide being captured for industrial usebuilt. The third phase, scheduled for 2015–20{{#display_point:55, will be a 400-megawatt power plant with full-scale [[carbon capture and storage]] in underground rock layers. The 2020 goal represents a delay beyond the original completion date of 2015.<ref name115|width=600|height=500|type=normal|zoom=jt/>7}}

==Background==GreenGen Ltd. Co. China was originally seen established by the [[China Huaneng Group]] and seven other Chinese state-owned companies in January 2006. [[Peabody Energy]] joined the consortium in December 2007 as the only non-Chinese participant in the program. The goal of the GreenGen program in Tianjin is to develop a followlarge-up to the US's scale [[IGCC]]–[[FutureGenCCS]]demonstration project in China, whose fate at an estimated cost of US$1.5 billion. The program is uncertainbeing carried out in three phases.<ref name=jt>Jeff Tollefson & Richard Van Noorden, [http://www.nature.com/news/slow-progress-to-cleaner-coal-1.10411 "Slow progress to cleaner coal,"] Nature, April 11, 2012.</ref>

The first phase is a 250-megawatt [[integrated gasification combined cycle]] power plant, which will convert coal into ‘[[syngas]]’ — a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen — to be burned in specialized turbines to produce electricity. Construction of the plant began in 2009 and was completed in 2012.<ref name=gccs>[http://www.globalccsinstitute.com/project/huaneng-greengen-igcc-project-phase-3 "Huaneng GreenGen IGCC Project (Phase 3),"] Global CCS Institute, accessed December 2014</ref>  The second phase is a pilot plant designed to send a "clean" stream of hydrogen through fuel cells and turbines to produce electricity, with carbon dioxide being captured for industrial use.<ref name=jt/> Construction of Phase II began in early 2014.<ref name=gccs/> The third phase will be a 400-megawatt power plant with full-scale [[carbon capture and storage]] in underground rock layers. The original planned completion date was 2015 but was then pushed back to 2020.<ref name=jt/> The CO2 may be used for [[enhanced oil recovery]] at the Tianjing Dagang oil field.<ref name=gccs/> GreenGen was originally seen as a follow-up to the US's [[FutureGen]], whose original start date has also been delayed.<ref name=jt/> ==Project Details==*'''Sponsor:''' China Huaneng Group (52 per cent interest), seven Chinese energy enterprises (each 6 per cent interest) and Peabody Energy (6 per cent interest)*'''Location:''' Lingang Industrial Park, Binhai New Area, Tianjin, China*'''Coordinates:''' (approximate)*'''Status:''' Operating (coal gasification unit); Pre-permit development (CCS unit) *'''Capacity:''' 650 MW (Coal gasification unit: 250 MW, CCS unit: 400 MW)*'''Type:''' [[Coal gasification]] and [[CCS]]*'''Start date:''' 2012 (coal gasification unit); 2020 (CCS unit)*'''Coal Type:''' sub-bituminous coal*'''Coal Source:''' *'''Source of financing:''' ==Articles Resources and resourcesarticles==

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