First CO2 capture equipment mounted aboard Ørsted’s eMethanol facility

Carbon Clean has mounted its equipment on the FlagshipONE project (source: Carbon Clean)

UK-based Carbon Clean said it has mounted the first equipment on the structural steel of the first module, marking the start of the module assembly process on Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project. The CaptureX semi-modular technology for this project is being fabricated at Schwartz Hautmont’s site at the Port of Tarragona in Vila-seca, Spain.

Once operational, Carbon Clean said the device will be capable of capturing 70,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 per year for use in Ørsted’s renewable hydrogen-based methanol fuel facility in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.  

Carbon Clean chief executive Aniruddha Sharma said, “Carbon capture technology is essential in decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping, but it also brings economic benefits through the development of local supply chains.” 

Carbon Clean and South Korean giant Samsung Engineering are conducting a joint agreement to explore the use of Carbon Clean’s CO2 capture technology, Cyclone CC, on board ships. 

FlagshipONE will be Ørsted’s largest commercial-scale Power-to-X facility and Europe’s largest eMethanol plant, and is expected to be operational in 2025. It will supply up to 55,000 tonnes of eMethanol per year to the shipping industry, which today accounts for around 3% of global carbon emissions.  

FlagshipONE was developed by Liquid Wind, a company specialising in developing commercial scale electro fuel facilities. Liquid Wind said it has plans for several additional plants in the Nordics, and in February 2024, together with Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Siemens Energy and Topsoe, opened an eFuel Design & Performance Centre in Hørsholm, Denmark.

source: rivieramm.com