SPOTLIGHT: Toshiba: Pioneering Carbon Capture Solutions for Over 50 Years

As a leader in energy solutions, Toshiba America Energy Systems (TAES) is pioneering carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) innovations to reduce emissions in the United States and worldwide. With over 50 years of experience delivering advanced energy technologies, including renewable power generation, TAES leverages their unmatched expertise to drive the development of CCUS. Through partnerships with energy producers, technology innovators and research institutions, by optimizing the carbon capture processes and identifying new ways to repurpose CO2, the company aims to enable cost-effective, sustainable carbon solutions that will be pivotal in the global transition to carbon neutrality. By driving CCUS research, collaborating to deploy projects and sharing knowledge, TAES is accelerating the adoption of transformative capture and conversion technologies. With their long history of leadership in the energy sector, TAES is at the forefront of pioneering carbon solutions to mitigate climate change.

A key achievement is an integration with Toshiba’s Mikawa Biomass Plant, paving the way for wide CCUS adoption. The innovative system achieves 90%+ capture rates with optimized energy use. By combining biomass power and future offshore storage, this project provides a real-world model for bioenergy with CCUS.

Beyond Mikawa, TAES is enabling the scalable integration of renewables and supporting the path to carbon neutrality with breakthroughs in areas like CO2 conversion, hydrogen storage and fuel cells by:
• Driving innovations in carbon repurposing and renewable energy storage to support the transition to carbon neutrality. Through a power-to-chemicals process, CO2 is efficiently converted into usable carbon monoxide using a proprietary high-efficiency electrocatalyst.
• Pioneering sustainable alternatives to greenhouse gases like SF6 for electric power systems.
• Advancing hydrogen solutions to address intermittent challenges.
• Optimizing hydrogen fuel cell technology, which provides reliable, renewable power for off-grid applications.

Join TAES’ Shane Hughes at the “How Decarbonization Incentives via Carbon Capture are Shaping the Future of Fuel and Power Production” session during the National Carbon Capture Conference on November 7th for his presentation about the Mikawa integration, "Lessons Learned from the Mikawa Post Combustion Capture Pilot Plant."

With expertise honed through Mikawa, TAES is ready to replicate their carbon capture achievements worldwide. Visit us at www.toshiba.com/taes to learn more about our innovative carbon neutral technologies.

Printed in Issue 2, 2023 of Carbon Capture Magazine