Capsol Technologies has been awarded a feasibility study for the CapsolEoP® (end-of-pipe) carbon capture technology with a European energy company at one of their biomass-fired energy-from-waste (EfW) plants. The study, which will be conducted in second 2024, is for a plant aiming to capture 180,000 tons of CO2 per annum. Capsol Technologies aims to make carbon capture technology viable for more emitters to accelerate the transition to net zero.

EfW and biomass are two of the company?s key segments, which are often combined as is the case with this plant. The superior HSE performance, and ability to recover waste heat and effectively return it to the district heating system and as a result increase energy efficiency, is what makes Capsol?s solution particularly attractive for these segments. With 70% of global waste destined for landfills being potentially recoverable, yet only 11% of this potential is currently being utilized, there's a significant opportunity for waste recovery, according to Wood Mackenzie.

This provides a strong backdrop for growth for the EfW industry as government policies are implemented. EfW plants that use biomass as an input factor can generate negative emissions credits from carbon capture and storage which can be utilized or sold, improving the economics of decarbonization. Capsol Technologies?

traction within biomass and EfW to date: In total, Capsol Technologies has nine engineering studies for the EfW industry, totaling a potential of about three million tons of CO2 to be captured annually. In July 2022, Capsol was awarded a license agreement for using CapsolEoP® at Stockholm Exergi?s biomass-powered combined heat and power plant at Värtaverket in Stockholm, Sweden. In December 2023, Capsol was awarded a frame license agreement for using CapsolEoP® at an EfW plant of a European utility.

In September 2022, a CapsolGo® carbon capture demonstration campaign was initiated at O¨resundskraft´s EfW plant Filbornaverket in Helsingborg, Sweden. Capsol is currently running a 12-month CapsolGo® demonstration campaign for a major German energy company, including a campaign on an EfW plant. Capsol is currently executing a CapsolGo® demonstration campaign at EEW?s energy-from-waste site in Hannover, Germany.

In October 2023, Capsol signed a contract for the delivery of two CapsolGo® demonstration campaigns to be executed at Sumitomo SHI FW?s client base, one of them an EfW plant in the Nordics.