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Industrial gas major Linde has partnered with Valmet to offer electrically driven carbon capture solutions for the pulp and paper industry.
The solution will be based on Linde’s bespoke carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology, which typically uses adsorption to capture CO2 from industries such as cement production.
By electrifying the process, the partners aim to separate CO2 without the need for steam or other thermal energy.
“Electrification is becoming a key enabler for industrial decarbonisation, and carbon capture solutions must evolve accordingly,” said Tobias Keller, Executive Director Adsorption & Membrane Plants at Linde Engineering.
This makes carbon capture particularly suitable for mills with limited excess heat availability and increasing electrification requirements.
“With Hisorp, we provide an electrically driven CO2 capture technology that avoids the need for steam and allows customers to leverage renewable electricity,” added Keller.
Europe’s pulp and paper industry emitted nearly 90 million tonnes of CO2 in 2023, according to SLB Capturi, while the US and Canada emits around 144 million tonnes per year.
The sector is considered relatively difficult to decarbonise due to high costs and energy requirements. While the EU paper industry has managed to reduce emissions by roughly 50% compared to 2005 levels, ongoing innovation in ‘dry forming’ and energy recovery remain critical.
“Pulp and paper mills offer unique opportunities for carbon capture, but successful implementation requires deep process knowledge and reliable integration at the mill level,” said Lari-Matti Kuvaja, Director, Environmental Solutions, Pulp, Energy and Circularity at Valmet.
Linde’s technology was selected to capture 1.5 million tonnes per year of CO2 at ADNOC Hail and Ghasha Project – of the world’s largest offshore sour gas developments in the UAE.
It was also chosen to capture CO2 at Cemex’s Ruedersdorf cement plant in Eastern Germany. The project, CO2LLECT captures and liquefies 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
