Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is an engineered carbon removal technology that captures and stores CO2 from biomass while producing low carbon energy, including electricity, heat, hydrogen and biofuels.
As the only scalable technology available today that can remove large quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, BECCS has a critical role to play in helping the UK to achieve its net zero targets. Using only locally sourced, C-grade waste wood as the feedstock is considered the most sustainable way to create carbon removals with BECCS.
Evero’s BECCS carbon removal projects
Our groundbreaking BECCS projects will contribute towards the carbon removals needed for the UK to achieve net zero. The projects will apply carbon capture technology to two of our waste wood to energy plants and will be the most sustainable form of BECCS. The two plants will be the first waste wood facilities in the UK to adopt the technology and will become an essential component of the HyNet industrial cluster.
Both plants will also continue to process 300,000 tonnes of locally sourced waste wood, which would otherwise go into landfill, into renewable energy. As a scalable and innovative carbon removal solution, our projects will be a pathfinder for the decarbonisation of the rest of the waste wood industry.
InBECCS
The Ince Biopower Carbon Capture and Storage (InBECCS) project is the first of our groundbreaking projects that will retrofit carbon capture to a waste wood to energy plant. Operational from 2029, it will see up to 250,000 tonnes of potential carbon captured annually.
Once constructed, the project will connect to HyNet, the UK’s most advanced carbon capture cluster, and use existing pipeline infrastructure to transport and store the carbon captured underground in the Irish Sea.
MBECCS
The Mersey Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (MBECCS) project is the second of our projects that will retrofit carbon capture to a waste wood to energy plant. Once constructed, it will see up to 200,000 tonnes of potential carbon captured annually.
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Tonnes of potential carbon captured per year
300,000
Tonnes of locally sourced waste wood
200,000
Jobs supported by creating a sustainable waste solution for the UK’s wood sector
10%
Of the government’s 2030 greenhouse gas removals target from Ince and Mersey
Addressing the climate crisis
Simply reducing emissions is no longer sufficient to achieve the crucial 1.5°C target. The world needs engineered carbon removals alongside emissions reductions to achieve this goal.
Sustainability
Our projects will generate positive impacts for both the climate and the local community by continuing our use of local suppliers and safeguarding jobs.
Permanence
The HyNet cluster will store captured CO2 in geological formations for thousands of years with minimal risk of reversal.
At Evero carbon capture is a part of our mission to restore balance in everything we do.
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FAQs
What is Carbon Capture?
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture and storage (CCUS) involves separating CO₂ from industrial and energy-related sources, transporting it to a storage location — in this case depleted gas fields in the Irish Sea — and isolating it from the atmosphere for the long term.
What is Biogenic CO₂?
Biogenic CO₂ refers to the carbon present in wood, paper, grass trimmings, and other biofuels, which was initially extracted from the atmosphere via photosynthesis. Under natural conditions, this carbon would eventually return to the atmosphere as CO₂ through degradation processes. Biogenic CO₂ is an essential component of the natural carbon cycle.
What are negative emissions?
Negative emissions can be achieved through a range of nature-based solutions or through man-made technologies designed to remove CO₂ at scale. These techniques can create a negative emissions balance, where more CO₂ is removed from the atmosphere than is emitted.
Why is Carbon Capture important for decarbonisation?
Carbon Capture and Storage is the only large-scale way to reduce atmospheric CO₂. CCUS is an enabler of least-cost low-carbon hydrogen production, which can support the decarbonisation of other parts of the energy system, such as industry, trucks, and ships. CCUS plays an enabling role in the provision of affordable and clean energy and can support the decarbonisation of industry, both through direct emission reductions and also indirectly through the supply of low carbon power.
Is Carbon Capture sustainable?
Carbon capture is a part of the broader sustainable practice of reducing CO₂ emissions. As we install CCS on our Ince and Mersey sites by 2029, we will create permanent negative emissions, in addition to the existing benefits of generating electricity and avoiding material going to landfill. This is why Evero’s Carbon Removals are the most sustainable form of Carbon Removals.
Technology partner
We have chosen to partner with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for our Carbon Capture project. Their technology has been commercially deployed at sixteen locations worldwide.
Get in touch with our Head of Development Alex Young about how you can make a positive impact and purchase carbon removals.