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Flexible Operation of Coal Fired Power Plants with Post Combustion Capture of Carbon Dioxide

It had generally been considered that fossil power plants with CCS would have to be operated as steady-state base-load generation, but this was an early publication demonstrating the technical scope and the economic justification for flexible operation. This work led directly to an international workshop that helped to raise the profile of the topic (http://www.ieaghg.org/index.php?/20100113168/workshop-on-operating-flexibility-of-power-plants-with-ccs.html). Flexible operation of CCS plant is now accepted as likely to “play a significant role in ensuring security of [electricity] supply” (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/201021/CCS_Cost_Reduction_Taskforce_-_Final_Report_-_May_2013.pdf). Further developments of this work are included in the £2.5M EPSRC-funded Gas-FACTS consortium (EP/J020788/1).