(Source: Datamonitor)
Skyonic Corporation has received $25 million from the US Department of Energy to support Phase II construction of the Capitol-SkyMine project, a for-profit, commercial carbon capture plant.
Utilizing Skyonic's patented SkyMine CO2 mineralization process, the project will implement new methods for removing CO2 and heavy metals from the flue gas stacks of power plants or other industrial sources and produce products with economic value, the company said.
Construction of the Capitol-SkyMine plant will begin in fall 2010 at Capitol Aggregates, in San Antonio and it is expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2012.
The grant, paired with private investment, will reportedly cover the material and construction cost of the facility. The Capitol-SkyMine plant is targeted to capture 75,000 metric-tons of CO2 emitted by Capitol Aggregates's cement plant and mineralize the CO2-emissions as high-purity baking soda.
In addition to removing CO2 at the facility, Skyonic will remove sulfur oxides, nitrogen dioxide, mercury and other heavy metals from flue gas streams, the company added.
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