CO2 capture at power plant

CO2 shall be captured in Meri-Pori with post-combustion technology supplied by Siemens Energy. Siemens' post-combustion solution is considered especially promising in terms of energy efficiency and environmental performance.

The capture system will treat 50 % of the plant's flue gases on full capacity. Carbon capture requires significant investments and decreases plant net efficiency from 43 % to 38 %. Also the plant output decreases from 565 MW to 500 MW. The target is to reach a CO2 capture rate exceeding 90% of the treated flue gas flow with more than 1.2 MtCO2 captured annually.

Illustration of the Meri-Pori CCS plant