The UK’s first carbon capture pilot at an energy from waste facility has started at Ferrybridge.
The project, run by enfinium, will capture one tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) each day and operate for at least 12 months.
The technology, provided by Hitachi Zosen Inova, is designed to remove CO2 from the atmosphere by capturing emissions from waste processing.
The pilot uses a scaled-down version of the carbon capture technology that enfinium plans to use across its other sites.
Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire said: “To see this development from enfinium is massively encouraging, as our own modelling shows a need for carbon capture and storage to help us reach our net zero ambitions.”
Olivia Powis, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Capture and Storage Association, commented: “With millions of tonnes of unrecyclable waste produced by the UK, this is an important demonstration of the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to generate clean power via energy from waste, as well as providing a future route to establishing the UK’s greenhouse gas removal market and enfinium have taken a landmark step with its delivery.”
Mike Maudsley, Chief Executive Officer of enfinium, said: “CCS is also critical to generating carbon removals at scale so the UK can achieve net zero.
“Using carbon capture, the energy from waste sector can provide significant levels of carbon removals.”
