UK-based energy from waste operator enfinium wants to integrate carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at its Ferrybridge facility, the UK’s largest energy from waste site, in Knottingley, West Yorkshire.
Part of a £800m investment, the technology will capture around 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, including over 600,000 tonnes of high-quality carbon removals.
It is hoped that the CCS aspect of the site will be operational by 2030 and generate over 90MW of baseload, homegrown carbon-negative power.
Mike Maudsley, CEO of enfinium, believes the site to be one of Europe’s largest carbon removal projects. Focusing specifically on the UK, Maudsley adds that the country needs to find a way to produce carbon removal, or negative emissions, at scale.
The Climate Change Committee’s Carbon Budgets make clear that the UK needs to deliver carbon removals to achieve a Net Zero economy.
Despite progress to reduce waste and increasing recycling, it is thought the UK will continue to produce around 17 million tonnes of unrecyclable waste by 2042. enfinium’s Ferrybridge site currently diverts up to 1.45 million tonnes of unrecyclable waste from climate damaging landfill.
Olivia Powis, UK Director of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association, concluded, “enfinium’s planned £800m investment in CCS at Ferrybridge marks a critical milestone for carbon removal and clean power. For the UK to host one of Europe’s largest carbon removal projects, it demonstrates we are really leading the way in our journey towards a Net Zero future.”
European CO2 Summit 2024
An adage that captures the great CO2 paradox in one succinct sentence. Yet this paradox in carbon dioxide availability and sourcing is being challenged. How we see CO2 is changing.
CO2 is shifting from by-product and waste disposal to an integral circular value chain in its own right, but is it moving quick enough?
We know that sourcing has to change. We know the CO2 supply chain in Europe is fraught with instability and vulnerability; at the same time, demand continues to grow. We know that decarbonisation brings opportunities, but it could also present threats if invaluable CO2 is taken off the table and lost.
The clock is ticking, which begs the question, if CO2 is there to be captured and the proven technology exists to do that, what needs to happen next?
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