Glencore’s CTSCo Carbon Capture Use and Storage (CCUS) Project in Millmerran power station in Queensland, Australia, has been awarded $35 million by the Queensland Government.
The CTSCo Project is one of Australia’s most advanced onshore CCUS projects.
The $210 million project will absorb CO2 from the Millmerran power station and store it deep below in Queensland’s Surat Basin.
Last year, Glencore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Huaneng Group to cooperate on carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology, commencing with the CTSCo Project in Queensland.
The CTSCo Project will use China Huaneng’s CO2 capture technology at the Millmerran coal fired power station to capture a stream of CO2 which will then be transported and stored permanently in a non-potable aquifer at a depth of more than 2 kilometres.
“The Government’s support for a broad suite of technologies from renewables to hydrogen and CCUS, is a positive and pragmatic approach. It balances investment in energy systems of the future and a pathway for materially reducing emissions from fossil fuels, while recognising the important contribution these industries make to jobs and the national economy”, said Darren Greer, General Manager of Glencore’s CTSCo Project in a media release.
In addition to Glencore’s funding, the Project has received industrial funding from Low Emissions Technology Australia (LETA).
