Flintshire Council has approved a £200m carbon capture unit at Parc Adfer, a waste-to-energy plant in North Wales. Operator Enfinium plans to capture 95% of the site's carbon emissions and send the CO2 through the Hynet pipeline for permanent storage. The project was approved after a delay caused by a consultation issue with neighbouring authorities in Cheshire West. The plant treats 232,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste a year and exports 21 MW to the grid. The capture facility would use the equivalent of 38,000 homes' annual electricity to run, which is a significant energy penalty and a key detail to watch. If the project delivers, it could become a reference point for how waste-to-energy plants fit into UK carbon capture plans.
