Dry Fork

Dry Fork Station in Wyoming hosts multiple carbon capture pilot and development initiatives at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center (ITC), including DOE-funded large-scale demonstrations and commercial front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies evaluating retrofit pathways for coal-fired generation. A large-scale pilot led by TDA Research and SLB aims to test advanced sorbent-based post-combustion capture technology capable of capturing up to ~158,000 tCO₂ per year from a ~20 MW flue gas slipstream, targeting greater than 90% capture efficiency. In parallel, a commercial-scale FEED study led by Membrane Technology and Research evaluated membrane-based capture retrofits for the full 422 MW Dry Fork Unit 1, estimating potential capture of approximately 6,560 tonnes per day of CO₂ (~70% of plant emissions) and developing detailed engineering design and cost estimates to support future deployment. The Dry Fork site serves as a major CCS development hub combining pilot testing, FEED-stage engineering, and regional storage studies under DOE CarbonSAFE initiatives, although commercialization timelines remain uncertain amid evolving economics for coal-based CCS.