A Trash Incinerator in Norway Begins Carbon-Capture Testing
Since January, there have been attempts made to capture carbon dioxide from burning rubbish. In Oslo’s Klemetsrud incinerator household waste is burned and it is hoped this experiment will show a way to be successful and keep down costs.
Since January, there have been attempts made to capture carbon dioxide from burning rubbish. In Oslo’s Klemetsrud incinerator household waste is burned and it is hoped this experiment will show a way to be successful and keep down costs. With 200 countries now agreeing to try to limit climate change, new programmes are expected. Klemtsrud already heats buildings all around the city and the aim is to use all waste that cannot be used elsewhere according to Johnny Stuen.
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The intention is for 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year to be collected and so far there is a daily collection of 2 and a half tonnes. Espen Jorgensen, who is the site manager at Aker Solutions, says that there are restrictions on the unit preventing the figure from rising, but hopes are that this will change shortly. With luck and if the process is proved to be successful, by 2020 a plant could be built that would allow carbon dioxide to be stored below the bed of the North Sea and used to create pressure when injected into gas fields, and this will lead to increased production.
Costs are not being quoted at present and the end hope is that if the project is successful, there will be harmful emissions. If this happens, Aker Solutions will take the technology around the world as there are at present 700 waste to energy sites globally with 450 of them based in Europe.
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Helena Marsh
Helena Marsh is the Editor-in-Chief at TrendinTech, where she leads editorial strategy and oversees coverage across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise technology. With more than a decade in technology journalism on both sides of the Atlantic, she previously served as a senior editor at Wired UK and covered the technology sector for The Guardian, following the rise of the big platforms, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the regulatory push from Brussels and Washington. Helena holds an MA in Journalism from City, University of London and is a regular speaker at Web Summit in Lisbon and CES in Las Vegas. She believes technology reporting should be rigorous and plainly written, so readers understand what actually changes for them rather than what a company's announcement promises.
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