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Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)
With fossil fuels accounting for 60% of electricity production by 2030*, the third approach to address the climate change challenge is the application of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies.
Alstom is currently focussing on to two main categories of CCS, Oxy Combustion and Post Combustion Capture.
This strategy arises not only because we believe that these technologies will be the most economically viable and sustainable solutions for our customers, but also because these technologies can be retrofitted to the installed base - an essential component to meeting future emission targets.
Alstom continues its significant R&D efforts in the field of CCS and is currently validating the technologies at a number of pilot and demonstration projects throughout the world, working closely with our partners toward full scale commercialisation that we believe will be available to market in 2015.
During this validation process of the CCS solutions, to avoid the risk of stranded assets, Alstom offers its customers a 'CCS Ready' plant concept.
This concept takes into account the needs of customers who purchase plants today that will ensure they are not penalised financially when the technology becomes available. Capture ready will limit the time for plant outages and unnecessary expense and ease the integration at the time of installation of the CO2 capture plant.
* IEA World Energy Outlook 2008
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