Permanent Geological Sequestration
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement will require enormous reductions in global CO2 emissions. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), through Bioenergy with Carbon Capture (BECCS, which captures CO2 where it's emitted and sequesters it safely and permanently underground, is one of those important tools to putting the world on a path to sustainability. At the forefront of this ground-breaking initiative is Future Biogas contributing to develop a market for innovative solutions to achieve permanent sequestration and reshape the trajectory of climate change.
Each of our new BECCS plants will be able to capture 14,000-21,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 per year - all of which will be sent to permanent geological storage, delivering high quality GHG removals (GGR). Future Biogas also intends to install CO2-liquefaction plants on existing biogas upgraders on waste and crop-fed AD-plants in the UK.
Our plan foresees the capture of 200,000 t/a liquid CO2 from biogas. The CO2 will come from around 10 bolt-on units (referred to as CCS-plants) and around 6 new-build AD-plants with combined biomethane generation and CO2-liquefaction. The CO2 will be captured using a Pentair upgraded. The captured CO2 is compressed, liquified and then transported to the Humberside via HGV. It will then be transported by longship to be pumped deep down and injected into deep underground rock formations, usually at depths of one kilometre or more.
Having signed an MOU with Northern Lights to sequester 200,000 tonnes per annum, Future Biogas is positioned well to take advantage of their facility in development (although we are also closely monitoring the development of alternative facilities). The Northern Lights project is part of the Norwegian full-scale CCS project called Longship which will capture CO2 from industrial sources, transport it by ship to the west of Norway, and via a pipeline to a subsea location offshore in the North Sea for permanent storage.