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Battelle Completes 15-Year CO2 Storage Project at Mountaineer Power Plant

COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–One of the first tests for geologic storage of carbon dioxide at a commercial, coal-fired power plant has concluded, more than 15 years after it began, completing a journey from an initial exploratory well to successful operations and site closure. Battelle started the carbon capture and storage (CCS) research project at the American Electric Power (AEP) Mountaineer Plant in New Haven, West Virginia in 2002 with research funding from the United States Department