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New Oxford Institute for Energy Studies paper on Carbon capture from energy-from-waste (EfW) in the context of UK 👉 Link to OIES Paper:  https://lnkd.in/emNUDjRd Key points 💠 Revenue stream of typical energy from waste (EfW) facility consists predominately of gate fees charged to consumers for treatment of residual waste after recycling of waste collected through local authorities in addition to sale of electricity produced in process 💠 In UK baseline scenario is that from 2028 EfW sector will enter UK-ETS where unabated EfW facilities will become exposed to carbon pricing on the fossil portion of CO2 they emit 💠 Biogenic emissions emitted by that facility exempt from carbon pricing under current UK-ETS proposal although UK Government has signalled its intention to include green house gas removals (GGRs) within scope of UK-ETS (without a firm timeline for its inclusion at time of writing) 💠 Under this same compliance market an abated facility would incur significant costs for CCS deployment and maintenance over the project’s lifetime in addition to revenue loss from heat and power consumption associated with CCS  💠 Assuming capture rates close to 100%, CCS retrofit means facility will no longer be subject to carbon pricing for its fossil-based emissions and an economic benefit in form of cost avoidance is reaped in an ETS world 💠 From an EfW facility’s and its local authority’s perspective, if carbon cost savings due to CCS outweigh needed increase in gate fees without CCS, revenue can be generated and potentially shared amongst both in a gainsharing mechanism 💠 In addition to a premium gate fee and cost avoidance under the ETS other monetary benefits can be generated due to carbon removal for instance through sale of negative emission credits in voluntary carbon market (VCM) 💠 A fourth financial benefit for an EfW+CCS operator generated in form of zero-emission energy which can sell at a premium especially as electricity typically generated by an EfW facility is highly carbon intensive (around 500-600 gCO2/kWh) #energyfromwaste #ets #carbonpricing #vcm #ccs #carboncapture #negativeemissions #carbonremoval

📢 The UK’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot at an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant has gone live. The trial is taking place at enfinium’s facility in Knottingley, West Yorkshire and will run for at least 12 months. 🏭 The project is expected to capture 1 tonne of CO2 per day in a containerised version of the CCS technology which it plans to roll out across all of it’s UK facilities in line with its net zero transition plan. By 2030s, Enfinium aims to capture 1.2m tonnes of CO2 per year. ⚡ The project comes as pressure mounts on the UK to increase its decarbonisation efforts if it is to meet its targets in this area. In July, the UK’s Climate Change Committee reported that the country must accelerate carbon removals if it wishes to stay on track for net-zero emissions in the longer term. For the article: https://lnkd.in/eS6jU94i #RDF #SRF #alternativefuels #wastederivedfuel #refusederivedfuel #wastemanagement #energyfromwaste #EfW #WDF #CCS #carboncaptureandstorage #netzero

We are excited to share our latest 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨! This paper is in response to the Commission's Communications on Industrial Carbon Management (COM(2024) 62 final) and the 2040 Climate Target (COM(2024) 63 final). We welcome the focus on CCU, defossilisation and the inclusion of carbon as a feedstock, but urge the rapid and coherent implementation of further policy measures. 🔍 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: 𝟭. 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗢𝟮 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: - The focus on industrial CO2 management is insufficient. To fully meet climate targets and ensure a sustainable carbon supply, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱. We advocate managing all forms of industrial carbon and promoting renewable sources such as biomass, CCU, and recycling. - The Commission needs to clearly 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗢𝟮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 for effective policy development. 𝟮. 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱: - Progress in reducing fossil fuel dependency is commendable, but policy-based support mechanisms for the chemical and materials industries to transition to renewable carbon are still lacking. - While the regulatory framework for CCS has progressed, CCU remains underdeveloped which is contrary to circular economy principles. CCU supports a circular economy, unlike CCS, which perpetuates a linear model. 𝟯. 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻: - We call on the EU to 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻. - Regulations should create market demand, be technology and feedstock neutral, and 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯-𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Member States should be responsible for developing renewable carbon activities and removing barriers to the development of facilities for the capture and use of recycled carbon. 🌍 Read our full position paper https://lnkd.in/exmVuapt and get involved in the conversation! #IndustrialCarbonManagement  #CircularEconomy #RenewableCarbon 

𝗘𝗨'𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁: 𝗔 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 - The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) promises to transform the EU's clean energy landscape by mandating significant carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment. - Aiming to secure 40% of domestic demand for 'net-zero' technologies by 2030, the NZIA aligns with the Critical Raw Materials Act to ensure access to essential elements like lithium and rare earths. - With a global market share target of at least 15% in key low-carbon technologies by 2040, the NZIA positions the EU to compete with US and Chinese clean energy initiatives. - The Act places responsibility on oil and gas producers to develop CCS infrastructure, aiming for the permanent storage of 50 million tonnes of CO2 annually, thus shifting the financial burden from taxpayers to industry leaders. #NetZeroIndustryAct #CleanEnergy #CarbonCapture #CCS #EUClimatePolicy #RenewableEnergy #GreenTech #SustainableFuture #ClimateAction #EnergySecurity https://lnkd.in/gaGVpFyB

Industry calls for technology-open approach for CO2 standards revision [Promoted content]: As more organisations, companies and even governments join the call to accelerate the revision of the EU’s CO2 emission standards regulations, the Policy Director of the European Biodiesel Board (EBB), Domenico Mininni, sets out what such a revision should look like. The key principle: technology openness.

Big news for #CarbonCapture in the #EU as 16 #CarbonManagement projects selected to move forward with funding by the European Commission's #Innovation Fund today! Lots in there but some highlights include: #Spain gets a commercial scale #CO2 storage project, #Hungary gets an onshore carbon removal and storage project! This year's ICM Forum host #France also has a project selected, and a cement plant in #Aalborg in #Denmark, the host of the last forum also selected. A floating CO2 storage and injection project, now that's pretty innovative! Millions of tonnes of #Emissions are set to be prevented from entering the atmosphere due to these projects. And these projects aren't just handouts, they're competitively assesed with other technology options and are chosen based on their cost effectiveness, innovation and emissions reduction impacts. For a full breakdown on what this all means for industrial decarbonisation have a read of our press release. https://lnkd.in/ewNh5TJR

UK's £22 Billion Carbon Capture and Storage Plan. See how the technology aims to capture carbon emissions from power plants and heavy industries >> https://lnkd.in/gUka2ZcU The UK government recently announced a massive £22 billion investment into carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects over the next 25 years. #unitedkingdom #ccs #carboncredits #carbonemissions #carbonoffsets #carbonprices #carbonpricing #carbonscapture #carbonmarkets #carbonnews #carbonprices #carbonremoval #ccs #ccus #cdr #climatechange #cleanenergy #decarbonization #emissionsreduction #energytransition #esg #greenhydrogen #ghgemissions #netzero

This week the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies published a new report, ‘Carbon capture from energy-from-waste (EfW): A low-hanging fruit for CCS deployment in the UK?’, supported by CCSA members enfinium. The report assesses the opportunity for retrofitting CCS across the energy from waste facilities in the UK. The key conclusions from the report are: 🔹 60-65% of the existing energy from waste facilities in the UK could feasibly be retrofitted with CCS – accounting for 74-78% of the total CO2 emissions from the sector. 🔹 Negative emissions equating to 5-8 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) could be captured from the UK energy from waste fleet, depending on the assumed emissions factor of the waste combusted. 🔹 There are many financial benefits of CCS retrofit, which have the potential to outweigh the added costs of retrofitting. 🔹 Pipeline transportation of CO2 provides the lowest cost and lowest CO2 emissions for EfW facilities in England, Scotland, and Wales, yet some sites may have limited access to pipeline infrastructure. Non-pipeline transport (NPT) modes such as rail and shipping are therefore key, especially for dispersed EfW facilities. 📄 Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/e6sSyn6j #NetZero | #CCUS | #CarbonCapture

I recently had the opportunity to work with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies on a report evaluating the potential for carbon capture and storage (#CCS) in the UK Energy from Waste (#EfW) sector. The report we wrote was published this week (see link below). Implementing CCS in the EfW sector is particularly appealing because approximately 50% of the carbon in UK waste is biogenic. Permanently sequestering biogenic carbon with CCS provides an opportunity to create negative GHG emissions which can be used to offset other emissions which are more challenging/expensive to directly abate. There is significant interest in the UK EfW sector in implementing CCS not only to abate direct emissions, but also to create revenue from these associated negative emissions.

“We cannot afford to waste people’s hard-earned money, nor do we have the time to bank the future of our climate on an untested and unsustainable scheme.” In January, the UK government approved a bioenergy with carbon capture scheme (BECCS) at Drax – however, this technology is unproven and unsustainable, while this specific project could be one of the most costly energy projects in the 🌍. In an op-ed for Byline Times, EJF CEO and Founder Steve Trent argues that they UK public will pay for BECCS in three ways: 💰 Tax money for subsidies 📈 Higher energy bills 🌡️ Worsening impacts of the #ClimateCrisis In a time when the UK is suffering from intensifying climate impacts and a real energy transition is needed to respond, this project will only send more trees and cash up in smoke. The UK government must reverse its decision to approve this scheme and instead, invest in truly clean, local energy. Read the op-ed here: https://lnkd.in/eSe68m4b