Aker Solutions Develops Carbon Capture and Liquefaction Technology

Great Technology Developed by Aker to Capture and Store CO2 Instead of Releasing It into the Atmosphere Is One of Norway’s Major Steps to Meet the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015.

Aker Solutions has signed an agreement for the delivery of carbon capture and liquefaction at the Twence waste-to-energy plant in Hengelo, Netherlands. The solution that will capture Twence’s CO2 emissions is called Just Catch, a modular carbon capture system developed by Aker Solutions to be as simple, cheap, and eco-friendly as possible.

Twence converts 1 million tons of waste into energy every year from households and other sources. Most of the waste comes from biomaterials. To contribute to the Netherlands’ progress towards the goals set in the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, Twence carried out a public procurement process to find a supplier of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). The key determining factors to win the competition were price, implementation time, and environmental attributes. Aker Solutions gained the necessary experience to meet these requirements through a long-term commitment to CCUS.

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Reliable Technology

“To eliminate our impact on the environment, we needed an easy, cheap, and efficient solution to capture the carbon we produce,” said Marc Kapteijn, director of Twence. “We also needed to be able to trust the technology and the process to be as eco-friendly, robust, and effective as possible. Just Catch meets all our requirements.”

“Twence’s trust in us proves that we are delivering an appealing solution for the market,” said Luis Araujo, CEO of Aker Solutions. “Our focus is on reducing costs and simplifying CCUS technology. Our goal is to make carbon capture accessible and affordable. CCUS is one of the three main pillars of Aker Solutions’ decarbonization strategy. The other two are the decarbonization of oil and gas facilities and floating offshore wind.”

Aker Solutions had previously gained a year of operational data collection and carbon capture experience at a similar waste-to-energy plant to Twence. The capture and liquefaction facility at Twence has a capacity of 100,000 tons of CO2 per year (TPA) and is planned to operate in 2021. Once the CO2 is captured and liquefied, it will be supplied by tank trucks to users such as nearby greenhouses, where it will increase the yield of plants and vegetables. This offering replaces emissions from the traditional method of producing CO2 for greenhouses: burning fossil fuels.

Standardized Modules
Just Catch is standardized and can be delivered in various different sizes, currently ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 TPA. Just Catch can, therefore, meet the needs of different-sized operations, such as waste-to-energy, fossil fuel power plants, or cement factories. It will help customers realize their carbon capture ambitions with predictable costs, implementation time, and physical footprint. Once the system is manufactured, Aker Solutions can deliver the four process container modules by truck, in a single shipment.

“Aker Solutions was part of the world’s first large-scale carbon capture and storage project in 1996 at the Sleipner field off the coast of Norway,” said Oscar Graff, vice president and head of CCUS at Aker Solutions. “Over the past two years, we have seen a significant increase in interest from various market segments and are now involved in numerous bids and projects worldwide. One of them is the CCS FEED for the Norcem cement plant in Norway, which is developing a large 400,000 TPA capture and liquefaction facility for permanent CO2 storage.”

“In parallel, we have developed Just Catch, an innovative standardized modular product that is winning international CCUS bids,” said Graff. “Our engineers have done innovative work in developing Just Catch. It has reduced the capture plant’s footprint by about 90% and thus significantly lowered material and manufacturing costs. With our proprietary technology and solvent that absorbs CO2 from the flue gas, we have the most efficient, robust, and eco-friendly CCUS technology on the market.”