Incineration in the Circular Economy

How does carbon capture actually work, and what does it take to make it commercial?

Jörn Jakob, Director Innovation at EEW, and Eike Diedecke, who oversees the carbon capture pilot at the Delfzijl site, share what they are learning from the pilot project.

What you'll hear in this episode: • Where the CO2 in waste actually comes from, and the impact of different waste compositions • How the capture process works step by step • What needs to fall into place for carbon capture to scale

The episode also covers why EEW chose the Netherlands as the first pilot site, and where the team is looking for partners on capture technology and CO2 utilisation.

This is the fourth episode in "Incineration in the Circular Economy," a series sponsored by NEEW Ventures.

People Jörn Jakob, Director Innovation at EEW https://www.linkedin.com/in/j%C3%B6rn-jakob-124192214/

Eike Diedecke, Carbon Capture Project Leader at EEW https://www.linkedin.com/in/eike-diedecke-365703221/

Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/

Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:35 Meet Jörn Jakob 2:52 Why incineration plants emit CO2 4:48 EEW's approach: amine scrubbing 5:32 The CC Mobile pilot at Delfzijl 6:46 Meet Eike Diedecke: inside the Delfzijl plant 8:36 How amine scrubbing works 11:38 Why carbon capture needs so much energy 12:35 The pilot's real success criteria 15:02 What captured CO2 looks like 16:57 Back to Jörn: storage and pipelines 22:49 Why the Netherlands, not Germany 23:19 Regulation and partner search 27:23 Outro

About EEW Energy from Waste GmbH (EEW) is one of Europe’s leading companies in the field of thermal waste and sewage sludge recovery. Today, EEW makes an important contribution to climate and resource protection and is therefore an essential part of the circular economy. At the company’s 17 current sites, around 5 million tonnes of waste per year can be used for energy recovery.

More than 1,400 employees take responsibility for using the energy in waste, reducing waste volumes, safely and harmlessly eliminating hazards from waste, and recycling scrap metal and composite materials. In addition, the energy contained in waste is used efficiently to generate process steam for industrial plants, district heating for residential areas and electricity produced in an environmentally friendly way.

Further Links https://www.neew-ventures.com/ https://www.eew-energyfromwaste.com/

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