Norwegian utility Veas announces pioneering carbon capture project

The removal of carbon dioxide from biogas using a scrubber is to be installed in a commercial project. GWI discovers how the utility is making the process profitable.

Norway's largest wastewater treatment plant operator, Veas, has announced it will install a carbon capture project at its treatment plant in Oslo. The project is a collaboration with the publicly-owned utility and its commercial subsidiary Hoop CO2, as well as carbon management company Inherit. The project is touted as the first in the water industry to both capture carbon using this method, and then realise the value chain of selling carbon credits.

The plant is projected to capture between 7000 and 8000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year when it starts running in late 2025, with the potential for this to be increased in the future, to 8000-10,000 tonnes. This would be with the addition of commercial and industrial wastewaters, such as from fish processing activities.

The technology, which will be owned by Hoop CO2 and purchased from Dutch biogas handling and carbon capture specialist Bright Renewables, removes the carbon dioxide from produced biogas at the plant using a scrubbing system.

Source: Veas/Hoop CO2

To read about the Veas project, as well as further carbon capture activities in the wastewater treatment space, visit the full article on GWI's website: Norwegian utility Veas announces pioneering carbon capture project.