Cory has announced a strategic partnership with Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies on its planned carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in south-east London.
The proposed project will use Shell’s CANSOLV technology to capture the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted at Cory’s Riverside 1 and Riverside 2 energy-from-waste (EfW) plants. Once complete, the project will capture approximately 1.4 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030.
The project intends to use marine shipments to transport liquefied CO2 to an offshore subsea storage site, building on Cory’s maritime expertise which extends from the late 1700s.
A Development Consent Order application for the CCS project was submitted in March 2024 and has been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate.
Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies were selected as project partners because of their extensive expertise and strong track record in CCS.
Chris Girdham, Development Director at Cory, said, “We have ambitious plans to deliver an end-to-end solution for capturing, transporting and storing CO2, and having the right partners for this project is vital. By working with Shell and Technip we are bringing on board industry leaders with proven expertise in carbon capture, who will help us to make a material and positive impact on achieving our clients’, London’s and the UK’s Net Zero targets.”
Cory is aiming to be Net Zero by 2030, and capturing the CO2 from the non-recyclable waste it processes is central to its goals. It plans to invest more than £900m in operations and river infrastructure in the coming years.
The company’s CCS plans are well advanced, and it is partnering with the Viking consortium, led by Harbour Energy, Associated British Ports (ABP) and bp, to develop a CO2 shipping solution which would see the captured CO2 transported by ship to ABP’s Port of Immingham before permanent storage under the North Sea.
This has the potential to be the first project in the UK to ship CO2, rather than transporting it via a pipeline, helping to develop international opportunities for the UK and opening up decarbonisation routes for other coastal and river-based CO2 emitters in the UK.
Nick Flinn, VP Decarbonisation Technologies, Shell Catalysts & Technologies, said its CANSOLV technology is targets industrial emitters looking to cut their carbon footprint.
Christophe Malaurie, SVP Decarbonisation Solutions of Technip Energies, said it will leverage its experience in carbon capture projects and strategic alliance with Shell Catalysts & Technologies.
The waste processed by Cory contains approximately 50% biogenic content, which means that the planned CCS project will deliver negative carbon emissions once operational, removing more CO2 from the atmosphere than emitted by the EfW facilities.
