To deliver Net Zero by 2050, the UK must remove an estimated 80 million tonnes of GHGs from the atmosphere each year.

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is an essential means of delivering these GHG removals (GGR). Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is one such BECCS technology, capable of capturing a highly concentrated stream of biogenic CO₂ – i.e. carbon which originates from the atmosphere. This carbon can subsequently be stored within geological reservoirs for over 10,000 years, locking it away from the atmosphere. This process acts to reverse GHG emissions.

At the forefront of this ground-breaking initiative is Future Biogas, contributing to develop a market for innovative solutions to achieve significant carbon reductions.

Each of our new BECCS plants (as part of Project Carbon Harvest) will be able to capture up to 21,000 tonnes of biogenic CO₂ per year - all of which will be sent to permanent geological storage. These high quality GHG removals will be available to corporates to purchase, offsetting any of their unavoidable emissions.

Across our portfolio of plants, we aim to initially capture 200,000 t/a of liquid CO₂ from biogas. The CO₂ will come from around 10 bolt-on units (referred to as CCS-plants) and around 6 new-build AD-plants using a Pentair upgrader. This will ramp up over time with a target of 450,000 t/a by 2030 from 25 new-build-AD plants.

Having signed an MOU with Northern Lights to sequester 200,000 tonnes per annum, Future Biogas is positioned well to take advantage of their facility in development (although we are closely monitoring the development of alternative facilities). The Northern Lights project is part of the Norwegian full-scale CCS project called Longship which will capture CO₂ from a range of industrial sources.

For more information on how we use technologies like CCS to partner with businesses, please visit ‘Green Solutions’.