Oslo-based food waste and sewage carbon removal company Inherit has partnered with Norway’s largest wastewater treatment facility Veas and its subsidiary Hoop CO2 to develop a pioneering bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) system from wastewater.
The vision behind this first-of-its-kind project is to use carbon capture technology at Veas’ wastewater treatment plant. The captured CO2 will then be transported to locations where it will be permanently stored.
As part of this collaboration, carbon will be captured from wastewater generated by the Norwegian municipalities of Oslo, Asker, Bærum, and Nesodden. The Veas water treatment plant, which will host the carbon capture system, is owned by the municipalities of Oslo, Asker, and Bærum.
“With this development, Oslo, Asker, Bærum, and Nesodden are at the forefront of innovation in sustainable technology. When we first heard that this was possible, there was no doubt that we would be the first in the world to take such a quantum leap into the future,” says Jan Berge, CEO of Hoop CO2.
Through this innovative project, the collaborating parties hope to be able to offer the world a trustworthy solution that would help tackle our planet’s excess CO2 emissions.
In its initial stages, the novel BECCS project by Inherit and its partners is expected to capture and store over 6,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
Kaja Voss, Inherit’s co-CEO and founder, shared that the company is proud to collaborate with a player like Veas on the mission of making carbon removal from wastewater a reality.
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She said, “Wherever there is sewage, there will be CO₂, and this can be a source to also reduce the amount of CO2 from the atmosphere.”
Voss highlighted Inherit’s pride in the fact that the first project of this kind, for which according to the company there is massive global potential, will be delivered in Norway. She added that she believes that this project can be a precursor to similar ones worldwide.
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