Fortum to discontinue Meri-Pori carbon capture and storage project
Fortum CorporationPress release27 October 2010Fortum to discontinue Meri-Pori carbon capture and storage project For the past couple of years, Fortum and Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) havecollaborated on the Finncap project, the aim of which has been to build alarge-scale demonstration plant for carbon capture and storage (CCS) at thecompanies' jointly-owned Meri-Pori power plant. Based on studies that have been done and on the company's updated strategy,Fortum has now decided to not continue with the project. Consequently, theFinncap project will not pursue being part of the European