A waste-to-energy plant in North Wales could in future help to remove over 100,000 tonnes of CO2 under proposals that would see the facility fitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
The move comes after UK energy-from-waste firm Enfinium, which operates the Parc Adfer combined heat and power plant near the border with England, yesterday announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian oil and gas giant Eni to develop CCS plans for the site.
The Parc Adfer plant has the capacity to convert 200,000 tonnes of household waste into enough energy to power around 45,000 homes and businesses. But by installing a CCS system the firms hope to deliver the net removal of over 100,000 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year.
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