Dive Summary:

• The concept for emissions-free power currently only exists on paper, but a key mechanical component will be ready for testing in about four months.
• To achieve zero emissions, something that many experts claim is “a marketing slogan wrapped around a physical impossibility,” the plant would have to elevate the pressure at which natural gas is burned by a factor of several times, a feat that has only been achieved in the aerospace industry.
• NET Power, the next-generation developer of the zero-emissions project, is backed by 8 Rivers Capital, a privately funded high-technology commercialization firm in North Carolina.

From the article:

The emissions-free concept exists only on paper today, but a key mechanical component is getting readied for testing in about four months. It would have to elevate the pressure at which natural gas is burned by a factor of several times, a thermodynamic feat that has only been achieved in the aerospace industry but is limited to computer simulations in power plants.

Many remain skeptical, saying that a zero-emissions power plant is a marketing slogan wrapped around a physical impossibility. ...