Application of the ITS-UCD Model for the Assessment of CO2 Compression and Transport Costs for the Simeri Crichi - Botricello1 Route in a Theoretical CCS Retrofit Project of the Simeri Crichi Thermal Power Plant

Abstract

The power plant of Simeri Crichi (Calabria Region, Italy) under study was already managed by Edison S.p.A. and it is fueled by natural gas. This study is dealing with the hypothesis to perform a retrofit device of the plant, with the addition of a standard “CO2 Capture”, able to perform a capture rate up to 90%; it has been proposed here the sizing of the compression station and the pipeline which connects the plant to the injection site Botricello 1, studied in the frame of a gross screening of the storage sites in the Calabria Region in Italy. This study took into account the costs of construction, operation and maintenance (O&M) of both the compression plant and the sound pipeline. Eventually, an estimation of the gross static storage capacity of the Botricello1 reservoir is provided.