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Hydrogen Energy California ("HECA") is an Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC) ?polygeneration? project. The Project gasifies a 75 percent coal and 25 percent petroleum coke (petcoke) fuel blend to produce synthesis gas (syngas). Syngas produced via gasification is purified to hydrogen-rich fuel, which is used to generate low-carbon baseload electricity in a Combined Cycle Power Block, low-carbon nitrogen-based products in an integrated manufacturing Complex, and carbon dioxide (CO<
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The power and products produced by HECA have a lower carbon footprint compared to power and products produced from more traditional fossil fuel facilities. This low-carbon footprint is achieved by capturing more than 90 percent of the CO<
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Highlights of HECA as conceived during the execution of FEED are as follows: <
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The Project is designed to operate on a fuel blend consisting of 75 percent western subbituminous coal and 25 percent California petcoke based on thermal input to the gasifier on a higher heating value (HHV) basis. <
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The feedstocks are gasified to produce syngas that is further processed and cleaned to produce hydrogen-rich fuel. <
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More than 90 percent of the carbon in the raw syngas is captured in a high-purity CO<
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High purity CO<
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The Combined Cycle Power Block produces over 420 megawatts (MW) of gross power, which yields during periods of maximum power production over 270 MW of low-carbon baseload electricity to the grid <
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An integrated Manufacturing Complex produces approximately 1 million tons per year of low-carbon nitrogen-based products, including urea, urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), and anhydrous ammonia, to be used in agricultural, transportation, and industrial applications.<
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