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Article: Canada : TransCanada to participate in TransAltas Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project.
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- December 19, 2008
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Byline: manish03
TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) today announced the participation of TransCanada Pipelines Limited in the development of Project Pioneer, Canada's first fully-integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant.
When complete, Project Pioneer will be one of the largest CCS facilities in the world and the first to have an integrated underground storage system. The project will pilot Alstom Canada's proprietary chilled ammonia process and will be designed to capture one megatonne (Mt) of carbon dioxide (CO2) from an existing coal plant in the Wabamun area west of Edmonton. The CO2 will be used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) as ...