24.08.2022
OCAP and GIDARA Energy have received funding to convert household waste to green methanol and CO2.
The Netherlands’ many greenhouses produce 17.5% of the country’s total export revenues. Natural gas is an important component in this, and the industry is responsible for 9% of the total domestic consumption of natural gas. It provides heating, light and CO2 – all essential for the greenhouses. This energy consumption resulted in 5.7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2018. OCAP, the Linde-based network of pipelines for carbon transport, alone provides around 0.5 million tonnes of CO2 captured from various industrial sources for use in greenhouses, and so contributes to reducing the consumption of natural gas and therefore reducing carbon emissions for the country overall. Demand for CO2 is reported to be high, and interest in connecting to more CO2 suppliers and users is growing. Higher carbon prices in the quota market are making users look for “climate-neutral” CO2 sources based on biogenic sources or from incinerating waste that cannot be recycled.
In May, it was announced that OCAP, along with the local company GIDARA Energy, has received €110 million in funding from Dutch authorities to use household waste from the Amsterdam area for the production of 90,000 tonnes of green methanol and 84,000 tonnes of CO2 per year for horticultural greenhouses. At the same time, Aker announced that it has received a contract from Netherlands-based Twence for the delivery of a carbon capture facility for the production and delivery of 100,000 tonnes/year of CO2 to local greenhouses from a waste-to-energy plant in the east of the country. This project also received support from authorities because the project contributes to reducing Dutch carbon emissions.
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