Post-combustion CO2 capture (PCC) technology offers flexibility to treat the flue gas from both existing and new coal-fired power plants and can be applied to treat all or a portion of the flue gas. Solvent-based technologies are today the leading option for PCC from large coal-fired power plants as they have been applied in large-scale in other applications. Linde and BASF are working together to further improve a post-combustion capture technology incorporating BASF's novel aqueous amine-based process based on the results of the joint development of BASF, Linde and RWE at the PCC pilot plant in Niederaussem, Germany. This technology offers significant benefits compared to other solvent-based processes as it aims to reduce the regeneration energy requirements using novel solvents that are very stable under the coal-fired power plant feed gas conditions. BASF has developed the desired solvent based on the evaluation of a large number of candidates and long-term small pilot-scale testing has been performed on a lignite-fired flue gas. Linde has evaluated a number of options for capital cost reduction in large engineered systems for solvent-based PCC technology.