C-Capture is a G-Awards finalist for its pioneering carbon capture project in the glass manufacturing industry in partnership with Glass Futures and Pilkington UK, part of NSG Group.
Working together, the companies achieved the UK’s first demonstration of a carbon capture technology within the mainstream commercial glass manufacturing industry, when C-Capture’s innovative technology was trialled at Pilkington UK’s site in St Helens. The project is now in the final running for the ‘Sustainability Initiative of the Year’ category of the awards which recognise innovation, excellence and exceptional performance in the UK’s glass and glazing industry.
The trial forms part of C-Capture’s national project, ‘XLR8 CCS – Accelerating the Deployment of a Low-Cost Carbon Capture Solution for Hard-to-Abate Industries’. The project is testing the ability of the company’s carbon capture technology to remove CO2 from the flue gas emissions of three difficult-to-decarbonise industries including energy from waste, glass and cement manufacturing. Working with partners Wood, Heidelberg Materials, Glass Futures, and Pilkington UK part of NSG Group, carbon capture solvent compatibility units are being installed at sites across the UK.
Tom White, CEO, C-Capture, said: “Being a finalist in these national awards for the UK’s glass industry is fantastic recognition of the critical role our next generation technology can play in building a more sustainable future. Our technology is a true innovation in carbon capture and a potential game-changer for decarbonising industry – even those that are hard to abate.”
The winners will be revealed at the G24 Awards presentation on 29 November at London Hilton on Park Lane.
XLR8 CCS is funded with £1.7m from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero’s £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. The funding is part of the £20 million Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) Innovation 2.0 programme aimed at accelerating the deployment of next-generation CCUS technology in the UK.
C-Capture’s proprietary carbon capture technology removes CO2 from industrial emissions that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Based on fundamentally different chemistry to other current commercially available approaches, C-Capture’s solution does not rely on the use of amines, offering a safer and less expensive alternative.
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