Installing carbon capture technology in California is essential to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 without compromising reliability. Calpine is utilizing federal incentives at the Los Medanos Energy Center (LMEC) to test the newest CCS technology needed to achieve California’s emissions goals.
LMEC, developed in 2001, is a highly efficient, natural gas-fired, combined-cycle cogeneration facility with advanced air emissions control technologies located in Pittsburg, California.
On July 14, 2023, Calpine unveiled Project Enterprise at LMEC, a first-of-its-kind carbon capture demonstration pilot that is testing advanced technology optimized to support a cleaner electricity grid.
Project Enterprise Hosted by Los Medanos
The innovative Project Enterprise is a Carbon Capture demonstration pilot that will advance technology designed to create a cleaner, more sustainable energy production system. The demonstration pilot, manufactured in the U.S. and constructed using union labor, will test ION Clean Energy’s transformational carbon dioxide capture technology adjacent to Los Medanos Energy Center and is a significant step towards achieving California’s net-zero greenhouse gas emission goals by 2045.
Over the next 18 months, the program will test and monitor emissions and track operational requirements to scale ION’s ICE-31 solvent technology.
Project Enterprise will utilize solvent-based technology developed and designed by U.S.-based ION Clean Energy. The success of the demonstration would validate the technology for commercial scale deployment in California and demonstrate it as a viable location for further Department of Energy funding to build and operate a commercial scale carbon capture project.
