Carbon capture technology allows carbon dioxide to be extracted from emissions and then compressed and/or liquified. It can then either be used in industrial applications or can be pumped into underground stores, such as those under the North Sea. This helps to reduce the amount of CO2 released into the environment and promotes a carbon circular economy.
Alongside Carbon Clean, a global leader in low-cost carbon capture technology, Veolia is working on a project which will see it become the UK’s first operator of Energy Recovery Facilities (ERFs) which utilise this technology.
The latest Carbon Clean application is significantly smaller than other technologies, making it suitable to be retrofitted into ERFs to enable carbon dioxide to be extracted from combustion flue gas emissions.
The carbon captured by the new applications will either be stored permanently, or used in greenhouses to boost plant growth; in the production of building materials such as concrete; in the production of organic chemicals that make up solvents, synthetic rubber and plastics, and more.
