Editing Petra Nova (section)

== Reception ==
Petra Nova has been cited by proponents as a key demonstration of large-scale post-combustion capture on coal-fired flue gas, including DOE’s characterization of the facility as the world’s largest post-combustion carbon capture system at startup.<ref name="DOE2017CommOp" /> It has also been used in public policy and regulatory discourse as an example of power-sector CCS feasibility in the United States.<ref name="ReutersRestart2023" />

Criticism has focused on project economics, particularly reliance on CO<sub>2</sub>-EOR revenue and exposure to oil-price volatility. A public case study summarized the project’s vulnerability to fluctuating oil prices and noted the 2020 reserve shutdown amid the pandemic-era price collapse.<ref name="NYSERDA" /><ref name="ReutersRestart2023" /> An IEEFA report argued that Petra Nova captured less CO<sub>2</sub> than projected during its first three years of operation (reporting a shortfall of 662,000 metric tons between a target of '''XXX''' and an actual captured of '''XXX''') and presented the shutdown as an example of financial risk for similar coal-retrofit CCS concepts.<ref name="IEEFA2020">url=https://ieefa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Petra-Nova-Mothballing-Post-Mortem_August-2020.pdf</ref>. IEEFA has produced '''NO/OTHER''' further commentary since Petra Nova was restarted.