Plans have been unveiled by Enfinium, the UK’s largest energy-from-waste operator, that they will install the UK's first pilot carbon capture storage (CCS) system at one of their energy-from-waste plants.
With help from technology specialist Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI), they plan to install a new carbon capture system at Ferrybridge 1 energy-from-waste plant in West Yorkshire. They aim to capture of up to one tonne of CO2 per day from the facility.
The technology will be a scaled-down ‘containerised’ version of a CCS system which Enfinium hope could be used at energy-from-waste facilities on a bigger scale.
This scheme is one of Enfinium's latest measures to transrofm their operations and reach net zero goals. They are investing £800 million to install CCS systems at both their Ferrybridge 1 and 2 energy from waste plants. With CCS installed at both sites, this would become one of the largest carbon removal projects in Europe.
They estimate that CCS at both plants could capture more than 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 every year.
The pilot CCS scheme is expected to begin this summer and will operate for 12 months.
Enfinium's CEO Mike Maudsley, commented: "Installing carbon capture technology on energy from waste facilities is the only way the UK can decarbonise its unrecyclable waste. It also offers benefits including creating durable carbon removals, or negative emissions, at scale and generating reliable homegrown carbon negative power."
"This ground-breaking partnership with HZI will allow us to test multiple capture techniques that could in the future be deployed across our facilities at scale."
National Grid have described carbon capture as "a way of reducing carbon emissions, which could be key to helping to tackle global warming. It’s a three-step process, involving: capturing the carbon dioxide produced by power generation or industrial activity, such as steel or cement making; transporting it; and then storing it deep underground."
