Viridor’s carbon capture and storage project at its Runcorn Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) is to advance to the next stage after agreeing a statement of principles with the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
Viridor’s ERF facilities generate electricity from waste which cannot be easily recycled or reused. With support from the UK Government, Viridor will invest over £500 million to capture the carbon produced at the project, which is part of the HyNet industrial cluster.
The facility was shortlisted for the final stage in the Government’s industrial carbon capture sequencing process at the end of March.
The cluster unites hard-to-abate industrials with ambitious plans to decarbonise through carbon capture and hydrogen. The HyNet ecosystem will see carbon captured, transported to Liverpool Bay and then safely stored in depleted oil and gas reservoirs under the seabed.
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