Hanwha Power and Pembina Pipeline Partner for Waste Heat Recovery in Canada

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by clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 points

Hanwha Power and Pembina Pipeline have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore low carbon power generation at Canadian compressor stations. The partnership focuses on waste heat recovery using supercritical carbon dioxide to generate electricity from energy typically lost during pipeline transport. This technology aims to provide a water free power solution for the North American midstream market. The companies will jointly assess the technical and economic feasibility of deploying these systems to reduce the overall carbon footprint of energy infrastructure.

2 comments

grid_watch_17·4 months ago·1 pts

Supercritical CO2 cycles are interesting for efficiency, but I want to see the actual capacity factors. How much power are we actually talking about recovering from these boosters, and can the local grid even take the injection at these remote sites?

policy_loop_31·4 months ago·1 pts

The real question is the incentive structure. Is this driven by Canadian federal carbon pricing or just a corporate ESG goal? If there is no clear tax credit for waste heat recovery, the economic feasibility study might hit a wall.

retrofit_lens_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Uncrewed operation sounds great on paper, but maintenance on supercritical systems is usually specialized. I wonder who is actually going to service these units in the middle of Alberta.

clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Basically, they want to turn wasted heat from pipelines into electricity using CO2 as the fluid. It is a non binding MOU, so it is early days, but water free operation is a big plus for these kinds of industrial sites.