Callide Oxyfuel Project

CALLIDE OXYFUEL project

Leading the World to Cleaner EnergY

The Callide Oxyfuel Project in central Queensland is a world-first demonstration of how we can dramatically-reduce global warming by adapting our existing coal-fired power stations to produce almost zero emission electricity.

Currently the world’s coal-fired power stations produce 11.4 billion tons of CO2 every single year - by far the largest single contributor to the over-heating of our atmosphere. The Callide Oxyfuel Project is a visionary commitment to pioneer practical, affordable solutions to the global warming crisis.

Using ground-breaking technology that enables CO2 to be ‘captured’ and stored deep beneath the Earth, the Callide Oxyfuel Project represents more than just a new way to make an old power station produce cleaner electricity – it is a blueprint for the very future of life on our planet.

When Will It Happen

In its Fourth Assessment Report, signed off by all UN governments, including the US, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s most authoritative scientific body studying climate change, has officially announced that there is "greater than 90% chance that climate change is being caused by the burning of fossil fuels and other human actions."

The US and China account for about 51.7% of global emissions. Imagine if we could export what we're developing at Callide to these two countries alone?

Dr Chris Spero, Project Director, Callide Oxyfuel Project.

 


How
Do We Know
It Will
Work?

We have already completed a pilot project at a scale of about one hundredth of the size of the Callide project. We then used modelling techniques to ensure we could scale the process up to 30 megawatts – the output of an existing Callide ‘A’ generator unit. We now know that scaling up to this size – or even much bigger –is achievable.

$200 Million

The estimated cost of the Callide Oxyfuel Project

Unique Oxyfuel technology you can "bolt" onto your existing coal-fired power station and reduce CO2 emissions by over 90%.

Once the Callide Oxyfuel Project is up and running, it has the real potential to become a prototype technology we can sell to the world.