Aker Solutions today started a five-month test programme to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the municipality-operated waste-to-energy Klemetsrud plant in Oslo in Norway.
The company said the project is the first of its kind globally for a waste-to-energy plant.
The project comes after Aker Solutions in December signed a contract with the city government.
The project is funded by Gassnova, the state enterprise that supports the development and demonstration of technologies to capture CO2.
The programme will be conducted using the company’s mobile test unit for carbon capture.
The gas released from Klemetsrud contains about 10% CO2 and is treated in several steps before it enters the mobile unit. The plant emits about 300,000 tons of CO2 per year.
Aker Solutions head of carbon capture and storage Oscar Graff said: “We expect to capture up to 90% of the CO2.
“The tests will verify important operating parameters such as energy consumption, solvent degradation, losses and required solvent make-up.”
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