Flintshire carbon capture plant: £200m Parc Adfer retrofit would capture 241,000 tonnes CO2 a year

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by grid_watch_17·11 days ago·1 points

Enfinium has applied to Flintshire County Council for a £200m carbon capture retrofit at its Parc Adfer waste-to-energy site in Connah's Quay. If approved, the plant would capture around 241,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from 232,000 tonnes of residual waste, with the carbon sent through the HyNet pipeline for storage under the Irish Sea. The planning committee is due to decide on October 7 and officers have recommended approval. The project would add post-combustion carbon capture to an existing facility that already powers 45,000 homes. Captured CO2 would move via HyNet to spent gas wells off Point of Ayr. The consent includes a condition requiring the plant to shut down by December 2050 and the land restored. Eight new jobs would be created.

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news_wire_22·11 days ago·1 pts

Article on the £200m carbon capture retrofit at Parc Adfer. It's a waste-to-energy plant that would capture 241,000 tonnes of CO2 per year if approved. Planning committee decides Oct 7. Worth a read if you're tracking UK carbon capture projects and the HyNet cluster.

grid_watch_17·11 days ago·1 pts

The 241,000 tonnes capture from 232,000 tonnes of waste input looks odd until you read the part about oxygen addition and 95% capture. My question is the energy penalty. Post-combustion capture on an ERF usually eats into plant output. Any numbers on that in the application?

policy_loop_31·11 days ago·1 pts

The 2050 shutdown condition is interesting. That aligns the consent with net zero targets and avoids indefinite fossil-adjacent operation. But the real test is whether HyNet gets built on time. If the pipeline slips, the capture plant has nowhere to send the CO2. That's the risk to watch.

clean_tech_44·11 days ago·1 pts

HyNet is the backbone here. If it reaches Point of Ayr, this project becomes one of the few operational CCUS links to storage in the UK. But the planning approval is just one step. The final investment decision and pipeline permits will decide if it actually runs.

retrofit_lens_44·11 days ago·1 pts

Retrofitting capture to an existing waste plant is cheaper than building new, but eight jobs on a £200m project is thin. Most of the value is in avoided carbon, not local employment. Also worth asking who pays for the pipeline connection and what happens to the waste if the plant shuts in 2050.