Linc Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the German-based carbon capture and storage (CCS) research centre, GFZ, to develop and apply CCS technology to the company’s underground coal gasification (UCG) operations.
Under the terms of the agreement, GFZ will work on combined UCG and CCS exclusively for Linc Energy over the next three years and will conduct research to confirm the extent of carbon dioxide storage available in remaining UCG cavities once the UCG process is complete.
Linc Energy has agreed to contribute over $A34,000 per quarter towards the UCG-CCS research and will retain ownership of all intellectual property developed.
Linc Energy operates the Chinchilla Demonstration Facility in Queensland’s Surat Basin, which was established to prove that UCG and gas-to-liquids (GTL) technologies can be combined to produce cleaner power and fuels.
Linc Energy has also recently proposed a UCG power generation project in South Australia to commercially combine its UCG and GTL technologies.
Image caption: The underground coal gasification process.
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