Aker Carbon Capture selected by Viridor as partner on pre-FEED study for Runcorn CCS

07 Dec 2022 08:00 CET

Aker Carbon Capture will support Viridor in the provision of a pre-FEED study
for the Runcorn CCS project, which is located around 20 km from Liverpool. When
in operation, the facility will be one of the first large scale carbon capture
projects at an energy-from-waste facility in the world. The pre-FEED study
explores the installation of a carbon capture plant in the HyNet cluster, part
of the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Track 1
sequencing process, capturing around 1 million tonnes CO2 per annum.

"We are delighted to partner with Viridor on this exciting project that could
realize major emission reductions in a hard to abate sector. Viridor is the
largest waste company in the UK. Given its ambitious decarbonization targets, it
can play an instrumental role in helping reach Britain's climate goals, and
together we see CCS as a great opportunity to create green jobs in the UK," said
Valborg Lundegaard, Chief Executive Officer at Aker Carbon Capture.

Viridor has a publicly committed plan to become the first net zero waste company
by 2040 by implementing CCUS and the extraction of plastic from residual waste
streams for more circular recycling.

Kevin Bradshaw, Chief Executive Officer at Viridor, commented: "Our vision for
Viridor is to be the UK's leading innovator in resource recovery and recycling
to deliver a climate positive future. This collaboration with Aker Carbon
Capture to bring our combined focus on the delivery of CCUS at Runcorn targets a
significant milestone in realizing that vision."

This collaboration builds on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that Viridor
and Aker Carbon Capture signed last year. In this MOU, both parties announced
plans to help the UK accelerate its decarbonization agenda through a partnership
for next-generation CCS.

Energy from waste with CCS could play a leading role in the UK's decarbonization
efforts. If all facilities in the UK were fitted with CCS, approximately five
million tonnes of negative emissions could be stored each year. At Runcorn CCS,
around half of the waste originates from biogenic sources, enabling half a
million tonnes of negative emissions, effectively removing these from the
atmosphere.

"The potential to implement CCS at energy-from-waste facilities in the UK and
help deliver deep decarbonization is massive. Today, Aker Carbon Capture is
already building a carbon capture facility at Twence's waste to energy plant in
the Netherlands, a first-of-a-kind standardized design. At the Runcorn facility,
Viridor will benefit from modularity in the Aker Carbon Capture Big Catch
portfolio, reducing complexity and cost," concludes Lundegaard.

ENDS

Media contacts
Aker Carbon Capture: Yannick Vanderveeren, mob: +47 458 36 358 (http://tel:+47
458 36 358), email: yannick.vanderveeren@akercarboncapture.com
Viridor: communications@viridor.co.uk
Investor contacts
David Phillips, mob: +44 7710 568279 (http://tel:+44 7710 568279), email:
david.phillips@akercarboncapture.com
Christian Yggeseth, mob: +47 915 10 000 (http://tel:+47 915 10 000), email:
christian.yggeseth@akerhorizons.com

About Aker Carbon Capture
Aker Carbon Capture is a pure-play carbon capture company with solutions,
services and technologies serving a range of industries with carbon emissions,
including the cement, bio and waste-to-energy, gas-to-power and blue hydrogen
segments. Aker Carbon Capture's proprietary, carbon-capture technology offers a
unique, environmentally friendly solution for removing CO\2\ emissions.

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About Viridor
Viridor is one of the UK's leading resource and waste management companies. Its
ambition is to build a world where nothing goes to waste. In May 2021, Viridor
committed to becoming the UK's first climate positive waste management company
by 2045 - removing more emissions from the atmosphere than it creates.

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