Babcock & Wilcox Awarded Contract to Evaluate Carbon Capture System for Sweden Waste-to-Energy Plant
11 November 2024 - 10:30PM
Business Wire
Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that
it has been awarded a contract to conduct a full-scale feasibility
study of its SolveBright™ carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology
to be integrated into Mälarenergi AB’s waste-to-energy plant in
Västerås, Sweden.
Mälarenergi’s goal is to capture 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions
annually, permanently store the CO2 and achieve carbon neutrality
by 2035.
B&W’s SolveBright scrubbing system is a post-combustion
carbon capture technology that absorbs CO2 directly from a plant’s
flue gas in an absorber using a regenerable solvent.
“We’re pleased to collaborate with Mälarenergi on this
feasibility study to demonstrate how B&W’s advanced SolveBright
technology can dramatically reduce the Västerås plant’s greenhouse
gas emissions,” said B&W Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morgan.
“We look forward to contributing our many decades of expertise in
waste-to-energy and flue gas purification in support of this
important customer.”
The study will focus on the integration of B&W’s SolveBright
system with the waste-to-energy plant and district heating system,
the management and identification of usable heat, the optimization
and rebalancing of the waste-to-energy facility and selecting the
best technical configuration for higher operational efficiency.
“We are excited to work with B&W on the integration study of
the capture plant in our waste-to-energy facility,” said
Mälarenergi Project Manager Ivette Farias. “This project will
facilitate our path towards energy transition, driving our company
to our ambitious net-zero target.”
Mälarenergi’s waste-to-energy plant supplies 50 percent of
Västerås’ district heating, helping reduce electricity consumption
and ensuring energy is available for other needs. By integrating
carbon reduction efforts and capturing emissions, waste-to-energy
facilities such as the Västerås plant play a pivotal role in
advancing Sweden's goal of reaching net-zero emissions.
B&W’s SolveBright technology is part of its ClimateBright™
suite of clean energy and decarbonization technologies. B&W's
ClimateBright technologies can reduce carbon impact in a multitude
of ways: with post-combustion or pre-combustion carbon capture, by
utilizing cleaner-burning fuels, or by harnessing the energy from a
vast array of feedstock to generate hydrogen, steam or syngas with
carbon isolation.
About Babcock & Wilcox
Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises,
Inc. is a leader in energy and environmental products and services
for power and industrial markets worldwide. Follow us on LinkedIn
and learn more at babcock.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
B&W cautions that this release contains forward-looking
statements, including, without limitation, statements relating to
the receipt of a contract to conduct a feasibility study of carbon
capture technology for a waste-to-energy plant in Sweden. These
forward-looking statements are based on management’s current
expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. For a
more complete discussion of these risk factors, see our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most
recent annual report on Form 10-K. If one or more of these risks or
other risks materialize, actual results may vary materially from
those expressed. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statement, except to the extent required by
applicable law.
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