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TOWARDS CARBON NEUTRALITY
Aker Carbon Capture awarded feasibility study

for e-fuel project in Finland

Norway-based Aker Carbon Capture The award of this fea- in gaseous form as a replacement
(ACC) has been awarded an integration sibility study is further for traditional methane.
feasibility study for an e-fuel project in validation that the CCUS
Finland. The company will investigate market is accelerating,” he At Twence’s waste-to-energy
fully integrating one of its standardised added. facility in the Netherlands, ACC is
and modularised ‘Just Catch’ carbon currently delivering a ‘Just Catch’
capture units into the e-fuel process at a The ‘Just Catch’ unit unit with a capacity of 100-ktpa
waste-to-energy facility. The ‘Just Catch’ will capture CO from of CO . In May of this year, the
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unit could capture up to 100-ktpa CO , the fl ue gases from the company started the delivery of
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enabling the initial production of 20-MW waste-to-energy facility, which will then fi ve ‘Just Catch’ units to Ørsted’s bio-
of e-methane per year. be conditioned and sent directly to a cata- energy facilities in Denmark, with a design
lytic methanation plant. There, it will capture capacity of 500-ktpa of CO .
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“Projects such as these will be instru- be combined with green hydrogen, pro- At the CCS project at the Klemetsrud
mental in achieving Finland’s ambitious duced through electrolysis of water using waste-to-energy plant, ACC, Aker Solu-
target to become carbon neutral by 2035,” renewable electricity from wind power, tions and Celsio have through the FEED
said Mr. Jon Christopher Knudsen, Chief to produce sustainable e-methane. Today, established a framework for an intention
Commercial Offi cer, ACC. “We have methane originates mainly from fossil to execute an engineering, procurement,
recently strengthened our foothold in the sources. It is used for heating, chemical construction, installation, and commis-
modular CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilisa- processes or in industrial furnaces. To sioning contract. These fl agship projects
tion, and Storage) market with a number increase security of supply and achieve contribute to ACC’s mission to standar-
of strategic awards, including a FEED for lower emissions, this project is assessing dise and modularise carbon capture plants,
Hafslund Oslo Celsio’s CCS project on the possibility of producing e-methane. with reduced footprint and signifi cant
their waste-to-energy plant at Klemetsrud The e-methane can be liquifi ed to pro- cost and energy benefi ts, for the small and
in Norway. duce sustainable LNG, or it can be used mid-scale emitter market.
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
Sumitomo Chemical readies pilot plant for methanol

from CO
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Sumitomo Chemical has com- Sumitomo Chemical has resolved
menced operations at a pilot facility at these issues through joint development
its Ehime Works (Niihama City, Japan) with Prof. Koji Omata of Shimane
to establish a highly effi cient process University Interdisciplinary Faculty
for producing methanol from carbon of Science and Engineering, leverag-
dioxide (CO ). ing the internal condensation reactor
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(ICR), a technology Prof. Omata has
The company aims to complete the been developing. The ICR enables the
demonstration of this technology by condensation and separation of metha-
2028, and start commercial production nol and water within the reactor, which
using the new process and license the is impossible with conventional tech-
technology to other companies in the version processes have faced challenges, nologies. This helps to improve yield,
2030s. such as low yield due to the reversible downsize equipment, and achieve higher
nature of the reaction and catalyst degra- energy effi ciency, while preventing cata-
Conventional CO -to-methanol con- dation caused by by-product water. lyst degradation.
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156 Chemical Weekly December 26, 2023

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