Rolls-Royce, ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd (ASCO), and Landmark Power Holdings (LMPH), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing scalable solutions for clean power generation with carbon capture from mtu gas reciprocating engines. This strategic partnership is expected to help enable power generation customers to achieve their net zero ambitions. Rolls-Royce is committed to becoming a ’net zero’ company by 2050 and supporting customers in doing the same.
The plan is to make the captured CO2 available for use in various industries such as food production, Efuels, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), cement and plastic production. The captured CO2 will also be ready for transportation should permanent sequestration be preferred.
To the partnership Rolls-Royce is contributing its experience and global network in the field of decentralised power generation to the co-operation through its Power Systems division with the mtu product portfolio. The contribution of LMPH, a developer of combined heat and power projects, is its patented FlexPower Plus concept, combined with technical expertise and patented technologies. ASCO has over 50 years of experience in developing and building carbon capture plants.
The technology that will be used in a scalable solution that is already being showcased in a first-of-its-kind decarbonised flexible power generation and carbon capture plant that is currently under construction in Rhodesia, Nottinghamshire, UK. The plant is the first to be developed under the Landmark Power Holdings, FlexPower Plus concept for flexible power generation with natural gas-powered mtu engines and ASCO carbon capture technology. The plant will support the UK electricity grid, providing power for those living in the area, while turning the resulting CO2 emissions into food-grade carbon dioxide.
Image: mtu's recently opened remanufacturing and overhaul centre in the USA
