Marking the UK-based company’s 50th commercial project, Carbon Clean’s technology is expected to capture 70,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year from a biomass-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.

The FlagshipONE project, set to be Europe’s largest green methanol project, will combine biogenic carbon dioxide with renewable hydrogen to produce up to 50,000 tonnes of eMethanol per year for use in the shipping industry.

In September last year (2022) Ørsted and Liquid Wind – owners of the project – partnered with Stena Line and DFDS to establish an e-fuels hub in the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden, to see it become a bunkering point of hydrogen in the liquid form of eMethanol.

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H2 View understands the carbon capture plant will use Carbon Clean’s CRDMax technology in a modular, ease-of-construction designed solution. Following off-site testing, modules will be transported and assembled at the FlagshipONE site in autumn 2024, with the entire plant expected to be operational in 2025.

“The FlagshipONE project not only demonstrates the role carbon capture must play in decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors, such as shipping, but also that the technology is ready and there is absolute confidence in our ability to deliver at scale,” said Aniruddha Sharma, Chair and CEO of Carbon Clean.

Sharma added, “We speak often about the storage of captured carbon, but this project is a perfect example of utilisation – the ‘U’ in CCUS – and we are thrilled to be working alongside Ørsted to deliver this project.

The project is set to be Ørsted’s first commercial-scale Power-to-X (P2X) facility and which is hoped to come as an important steppingstone towards its ambition of taking a leading position in renewable hydrogen and green fuels.

Anders Nordstrøm, Chief Operating Officer of Ørsted P2X, commented, “FlagshipONE is a milestone project for Ørsted and for the decarbonisation of the maritime industry – and we’re very happy to be working with Carbon Clean, as we embark on the journey to transform global shipping.”

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has set the target of cutting the maritime industry’s emissions by 40% by 2030, based on 2008 figures. Speaking at H2 View’s Mobility Snap Summit in November (2022), Dipak Mistry, Director of Commercial Partnerships at Ceres suggested alternative fuels such as methanol, could be transitional fuels for the industry ahead of pure hydrogen introduction.

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Mistry highlighted that fuel cell technologies could play a key role in the future of maritime. He said, “Advanced fuel cell technologies provide a much higher efficiency, they are fuel flexible, so you can use the technology today with available fuels and later transition to future fuels,” telling the summit fuel cells offer a “no regrets solution.”