Nuada has successfully commissioned its next-generation carbon capture pilot at the enfinium Ferrybridge-1 energy-from-waste (EfW) facility.
The trial, set to run for at least six months, marks the first industrial demonstration of Nuada’s technology in the EfW sector and represents an important step in both companies’ decarbonisation strategies.
Enfinium, one of the UK’s leading EfW operators, views the project as a milestone towards deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) at scale across its six facilities.
Simon Forshaw, VP Engineering & Construction at enfinium, stated: “Deploying waste to energy carbon capture at scale is critical to decarbonise the UK’s unrecyclable waste and generate the carbon removals needed to achieve net zero.
With EfW responsible for processing millions of metric tons of residual waste every year, integrating CCS has the potential to transform the sector into a source of large-scale carbon removals.
Pioneering Metal-Organic Framework Technology
At the heart of the pilot is Nuada’s use of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials, which separate CO2 from flue gases using a vacuum swing process. This approach promises higher efficiency and lower energy consumption compared to conventional capture systems, strengthening its potential for commercial deployment.
EfW is uniquely positioned to deliver negative emissions. Roughly half of the residual waste stream is biogenic, which has already absorbed CO2 during its lifecycle.
By capturing and storing this biogenic carbon, EfW facilities can achieve permanent removals rather than emissions, a capability increasingly recognised by policymakers and industry.
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Dr Conor Hamill, co-CEO of Nuada, commented: “We believe that CCUS innovation like ours can help the EfW sector to efficiently unlock value from an existing waste stream CO2.”
The Climate Change Committee and The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies estimate that EfW could contribute between 5 and 8 million tonnes of CO2 removals annually by 2050.
Scaling technologies such as Nuada’s will therefore be central to meeting the UK’s net zero commitments while decarbonizing essential waste infrastructure.
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