About Us

QuantifiedCarbon (QCL) is leading a two-year non-profit research and promotion programme dedicated to the repowering of coal power plants by clean heat sources such as nuclear and geothermal energy. We are grateful to the Founders Pledge who are funding our current study but also to The Rodel Foundation and the Quadrature Climate Foundation who supported previous studies on this topic.

Repowering Champions

Below are some of the leading Technology Vendors, Research Institutes, NGOs, universities and other organizations actively working on the decarbonization of coal plants. If you would like to be part of this movement, reach out to hello@repowercoal.org.

QCL is a consultancy specialising in technical assessments of clean technology options, energy systems modelling, and optimisation to support decarbonisation of energy systems and industries. It was established by Staffan Qvist in 2016 and employs a team of experts based throughout Europe.

staffan qvist

founder

simon wakter

strategic advisor

Anton Såmark-Roth

head of projects

Lukas Lundström

Senior Energy Analyst

Daniel Cox

Senior Developer

Sebastian Svanström

Senior Developer

Carl Hellesen

Head of Technology

bryony worthington

advisor

QCL is a consultancy specialising in technical assessments of clean technology options, energy systems modelling, and optimisation to support decarbonisation of energy systems and industries. It was established by Staffan Qvist in 2016 and employs a team of experts based throughout Europe.

staffan qvist

founder

simon wakter

strategic advisor

Anton Såmark-Roth

head of projects

Lukas Lundström

Senior Energy Analyst

Daniel Cox

Senior Developer

Sebastian Svanström

Senior Developer

Carl Hellesen

Head of Technology

bryony worthington

advisor

Our work:

We conduct general studies on issues relating to the clean repowering of coal stations and more detailed studies to assess potential in selected geographies.

Questions we want to answer include:

Can we dramatically reduce pollution and at the same time avoid stranding investments, firing the local workforce abandoning the site and infrastructure?

Can coal power plant sites continue to fill all their full current roles in the system without the continued burning of fossil fuels?

How can repowering be phased in so there isn’t a sudden loss of capacity?

How does replacing the sources of heat at a power station compare to other options such as blended co-firing of waste, biomass or ammonia/hydrogen?

Our work:

We conduct general studies on issues relating to the clean repowering of coal stations and more detailed studies to assess potential in selected geographies.

Questions we want to answer include:

Can we dramatically reduce pollution and at the same time avoid stranding investments, firing the local workforce abandoning the site and infrastructure?

Can coal power plant sites continue to fill all their full current roles in the system without the continued burning of fossil fuels?

How can repowering be phased in so there isn’t a sudden loss of capacity?

How does replacing the sources of heat at a power station compare to other options such as blended co-firing of waste, biomass or ammonia/hydrogen?

Working in partnerships we have already published studies on coal repowering in Poland and China. We are now expanding our area of focus to include India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea.