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News Leer nr 42 - Week 18 - 04.05.2012 The Conservative party proposes a whole new power station Photos By: Cathy Braathen The Norwegian Conservative party pose the question: “Why spend 73 million NOK for a job half done?” Longyearbyen power station, the only coal fuelled power station in Norway, is well over due for a face liſt. Aſter 30 years of operation the plant is more than a lile worn out. Local residents experience frequent power cuts that can last up to several hours at a time. What should be done? The environmental authorities have requested the cleansing of soot, sulphur and NOX on the power plant. The Conservative party calls for a re-think to this plan, considering the age of the power plant. Full carbon capture and storage could become a reality here in Longyearbyen. UNIS CO 2 Lab has drilled 6 potential storage and monitoring wells with 2 more scheduled for this summer. The pilot project has demonstrated that CO 2 could be injected into the subsurface, and is currently addressing the full storage potential. With a capture facility on the power plant, the CO2 project could realise the next step along the full CCS value chain. Having heard of our efforts, the Conservative party sent two of their representatives, Nikolai Astrup and Siri A. Mel- ing (from the parliament’s energy and environmental commiee), to Longyearbyen for an appraisal of the situation. Accompanying them was Lars Andreas Lunde (political adviser on energy and environmental issues) and Geir Hekne (a conservative representative in the local council). Ragnhild Rønneberg (Director of the UNIS CO 2 Lab) and Gunnar Sand (SINTEF / consultant to the CO 2 Lab) set the pace. With additional presentations by; Marie Bysveen (SINTEF), Marianne Stokkereit Aasen (managing director for the power station), Morten Oſten (Chief Geologist – Store Norske) and Malte Jochmann (Geologist –Store Norske) ; the program offered deep insight into CCS discussions of global value. Our parliamentary guests were also given a guided tour of the surrounding geology, the power station and Gruve 7. The conference came to a positive conclusion; why no utilise the competence that we have both here in Longyearbyen and on mainland Norway to construct a new power plant with full scale carbon capture and related storage. The pro- posal by the Conservative party is up for debate in the Norwegian parliament in May of this year. To read more see the article in Svalbardposten: hp://co2-ccs.unis.no/Pdf/hoyre2012.pdf By Cathy Braathen - Unis CO 2 Lab: Outreach - [email protected]
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News Letter nr 42 - Week 18 - 04.05.2012
The Conservative party proposes a whole new power station
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The Norwegian Conservative party pose the question: “Why spend 73 million NOK for a job half done?”
Longyearbyen power station, the only coal fuelled power station in Norway, is well over due for a face lift. After 30 years of operation the plant is more than a little worn out. Local residents experience frequent power cuts that can last up to several hours at a time. What should be done? The environmental authorities have requested the cleansing of soot, sulphur and NOX on the power plant. The Conservative party calls for a re-think to this plan, considering the age of the power plant.
Full carbon capture and storage could become a reality here in Longyearbyen. UNIS CO2 Lab has drilled 6 potential storage and monitoring wells with 2 more scheduled for this summer. The pilot project has demonstrated that CO2 could be injected into the subsurface, and is currently addressing the full storage potential. With a capture facility on the power plant, the CO2 project could realise the next step along the full CCS value chain.
Having heard of our efforts, the Conservative party sent two of their representatives, Nikolai Astrup and Siri A. Mel-ing (from the parliament’s energy and environmental committee), to Longyearbyen for an appraisal of the situation. Accompanying them was Lars Andreas Lunde (political adviser on energy and environmental issues) and Geir Hekne (a conservative representative in the local council).
Ragnhild Rønneberg (Director of the UNIS CO2 Lab) and Gunnar Sand (SINTEF / consultant to the CO2 Lab) set the pace. With additional presentations by; Marie Bysveen (SINTEF), Marianne Stokkereit Aasen (managing director for the power station), Morten Often (Chief Geologist – Store Norske) and Malte Jochmann (Geologist –Store Norske) ; the program offered deep insight into CCS discussions of global value. Our parliamentary guests were also given a guided tour of the surrounding geology, the power station and Gruve 7.
The conference came to a positive conclusion; why no utilise the competence that we have both here in Longyearbyen and on mainland Norway to construct a new power plant with full scale carbon capture and related storage. The pro-posal by the Conservative party is up for debate in the Norwegian parliament in May of this year.
To read more see the article in Svalbardposten: http://co2-ccs.unis.no/Pdf/hoyre2012.pdf
By Cathy Braathen - Unis CO2 Lab: Outreach - [email protected]
