SigmaRoc, an AIM listed buy-and-build construction materials group with operations in Wales, has successfully installed its first carbon capture unit in Sweden.
The fully scalable carbon capture system, at Nordkalk's site in Köping in Sweden, utilises Aqualung's innovative membrane technology and has been described as the "first-ever implementation of its kind in the industry".
The carbon capture system has been developed by Aqualung Carbon Capture AS, a provider of membrane-based carbon capture and separation technology based in Norway.
During the course of the last year, SigmaRoc has reviewed technologies including amine absorption, solid absorption, membrane and cryogenic.
The Aqualung module installed in Köping can capture up to 25 per cent of the process emissions emitted from a standard kiln process at Nordkalk. It was initially designed as a 'capture and release' system to demonstrate the durability and efficiency of the membranes.
Nordkalk also secured part-funding from the Swedish Energy Agency for the implementation and scaling of the Köping carbon system. There is an intention to capitalise on the learning from the engineering, commissioning, and operation phase of the initial module.
SigmaRoc, an AIM listed buy-and-build construction materials group with operations in Wales, has successfully installed its first carbon capture unit in Sweden.
The fully scalable carbon capture system, at Nordkalk's site in Köping in Sweden, utilises Aqualung's innovative membrane technology and has been described as the "first-ever implementation of its kind in the industry".
The carbon capture system has been developed by Aqualung Carbon Capture AS, a provider of membrane-based carbon capture and separation technology based in Norway.
During the course of the last year, SigmaRoc has reviewed technologies including amine absorption, solid absorption, membrane and cryogenic.
The Aqualung module installed in Köping can capture up to 25 per cent of the process emissions emitted from a standard kiln process at Nordkalk. It was initially designed as a 'capture and release' system to demonstrate the durability and efficiency of the membranes.
Nordkalk also secured part-funding from the Swedish Energy Agency for the implementation and scaling of the Köping carbon system. There is an intention to capitalise on the learning from the engineering, commissioning, and operation phase of the initial module.
