Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle

Cleaner Fuels + Cleaner Power, All in One Package

Practical integration of clean-coal gasification technology with high-output, high-efficiency combined-cycle generating units is the next big leap in the development of reliable, environmentally-compliant, baseload-class electrical power plants.

As a pioneer in the design and demonstration of Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC) generating technologies, Mitsubishi is ahead of the curve, with demonstrated technology and systems that are ready for commercial application, today.

• Mitsubishi’s 250MW IGCC Demonstration Plant, designed and built for Japan’s Clean Coal Power R&D consortium, has been in operation since 2007. The plant employs a two-stage air-blown entrained gasifier and a combined-cycle power unit incorporating a Mitsubishi gas turbine, HRSG and steam generator.
• Fuel-matched turbine combustion designs yield high thermal efficiencies, even with low-Btu gas fuels.
• Innovative combustion strategies – coupled with post-combustion SCR and pre-combustion desulfurization systems – achieve significant reductions in CO₂, NOx, SOx and particulate emissions, for enhanced environmental performance.
• Mitsubishi is currently developing a 530MW IGCC power station for the ZeroGen project, a clean-coal generating initiative that will be owned and operated by the state government of Queensland, Australia. The plant is scheduled to begin commercial operations in 2016. In addition to the IGCC installation itself, Mitsubishi will design and build the associated systems for CO₂ capture and compression.