• The UK government has mooted plans to set up sites with CCS operational by 2027.
• This technology will help the nation achieve its greenhouse gas reduction goals by 2035.

A new report from ERM, a top sustainability consultancy, sheds light on how Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the UK's Energy from Waste (EfW) sector.

The EfW has become popular in the UK over the past 20 years for reducing landfill waste and turning it into energy, like electricity.

The UK could meet nearly 27% of its greenhouse gas reduction goals by 2025 if it increases its use of CCS technology to capture carbon and also makes the country's electricity grid carbon-neutral by the same year, notes the report.

In addition, CCS could attract £19 billion in investment by 2050 and generate more than 14,000 green jobs.

The study says that it is the only technology that can directly reduce CO2 from EfW. Some of the EfW plants in the UK are planning to adopt it, and the UK government is already considering setting up two specific sites with CCS operational by 2027.

Silvian Baltac, Partner leading ERM’s Industrial Decarbonization practice, said: “ERM’s analysis shows that uptake of CCS across the UK’s EfW facilities is aligned with the UK’s net zero strategy and supports key government targets. It also provides significant opportunity for investment and green jobs in historic industrial areas that could support regional growth for decades to come.”

To learn more about the study, click here.

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Source: ERM