National Carbon Capture Center

Milestone reflects more than 15 years of advancing carbon capture technologies through real-world testing. The National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) has reached a major milestone: more than 175,000 hours of technology testing completed in support of the development of carbon capture solutions for power generation and industrial applications. Managed and operated by Southern Company for […] The po…

A significant step forward in carbon capture is underway at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC), where KC8 Capture Technologies’ (KC8) advanced UNOGAS system – featuring the innovative UNO MK3 solvent process – has been installed for pilot-scale testing.  This leading-edge system is designed to capture 95% of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from industrial sources […] The post National Carbo…

The National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) proudly recognizes the achievement of technology developer Aircapture, which, in collaboration with 44.01, recently won a $1 million XPRIZE award for their innovative Project Hajar. Supporting the win Aircapture, a leader in direct air capture (DAC) solutions, removes carbon dioxide (CO₂) directly from the atmosphere and supplies it as […] The post NCCC T…

The National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) is set to host testing of SRI’s promising new carbon capture technology. SRI is developing a novel mixed salt process (MSP) technology with support from the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, energy technology company Baker Hughes and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Pilot bay, engineering-scale testing of […] The post National Carbo…

NETL expertise and oversight played a significant role in completing the first successful field test of a direct air capture (DAC) technology at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC). “Results of the field test, which was completed in July at the NCCC in Wilsonville, Alabama, advanced the development of a system that has potential to […] The post NETL, Partners Complete First Direct Air Captu…

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) recently announced $29 million in federal funding for 12 research and development projects. Five projects will focus on developing and testing technologies such as engineering and advanced process control approaches to address non-greenhouse gas emissions in the context of carbon capture. Three […] The post…

The National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) is excited to announce that EPRI is coming to the NCCC to test another promising carbon management technology. EPRI and a research team, including Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), RTI International (RTI) and the NCCC, recently began engineering-scale testing in the NCCC’s Pilot Solvent Test Unit (PSTU) of a […] The post EPRI and Collaborators…

The National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC), managed and operated by Southern Company for the U.S. Department of Energy, launched a new digital brochure highlighting how it drives innovation for a clean energy future. The brochure proudly showcases Southern Company’s significant achievements at the NCCC and the benefits the test facility offers to industry sponsors, technology […] The post National…

The National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) is excited to announce that CORMETECH’s lower-cost transformational technology – designed to capture at least 95% of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue gas of natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC) power plants – will be tested at the Center beginning in June of 2024. The NCCC, located in Wilsonville, Alabama, is […] The post National Carbon Capture Center tea…

Furthering its collaboration with diverse energy industry leaders, the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) has finalized an agreement welcoming Chevron as the project’s newest industrial member. Chevron joins BP, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies as NCCC Industrial Advisory Committee members, along with AEP, ClearPath, EPRI, NRECA, TVA and Wyoming ITC. The NCCC’s private-industry membership now incl…

Revolutionizing the building blocks of construction. In July 2021, the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) announced its first carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization test as the facility successfully demonstrated the production of ultra-low-carbon concrete using an innovative technology – the UCLA CarbonBuilt team’s NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE-winning process – which reduced the embodied carbon intensity…