Enfinium, Eni to develop CCS project in Wales

UK’s energy from waste business Enfinium and Italy’s Eni have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Enfinium’s Parc Adfer facility in North Wales, the UK firm said on August 2.

Enfinium plans to capture CO₂ from its existing infrastructure, effectively removing substantial amounts of emissions from the atmosphere using CCS technology, also known as 'carbon removals' or 'negative emissions.'

Eni UK, the UK subsidiary of Eni, is responsible for developing and operating the CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure for the HyNet North West cluster. This cluster is one of the two priority projects selected by the UK government to deploy carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in two industrial clusters by the mid-2020s, as part of the Track-1 CCS Cluster Sequencing Process.

Parc Adfer, operated by Enfinium on behalf of five councils across North Wales, diverts 200,000 tonnes of unrecyclable waste from landfill each year, converting it into energy that powers over 45,000 UK homes and businesses.

With the implementation of carbon capture technology at the site, Enfinium said, it could achieve a net removal of over 100,000 tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere annually.

The CEO of Enfinium, Mike Maudsley, said that energy from waste with carbon capture is a proven long-term solution for sustainably managing unrecyclable waste while reducing and capturing emissions. If connected to the HyNet North West cluster, the Parc Adfer facility could not only take emissions out of the atmosphere but also generate carbon-negative electricity to support Wales's renewable power targets, he added.