The significance of integrating Energy from Waste (EfW) with carbon capture in storage (CCS) when meeting climate objectives ‘cannot be overstated’, according to a new Oxford Institute of Energy Studies report.
Three key benefits are cited by using both technologies: diverting waste away from landfill, avoiding methane emissions; reducing emissions by capturing CO2 from the fossil content in waste (around half of waste is fossil-based); and perhaps most critically, they can generate negative emissions since a substantial portion of the carbon contained in residual waste is biogenic.
Negative emissions of around 5-8 Mtpa can be captured from the UK EfW fleet with an average of 6 Mtpa, the report found.
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