IFAT Munich 2024 on 16.05.2024 11:30 am - Carbon Capture in Waste-to-Energy Plants: Which Path Will We Take?
To achieve the climate targets, the unavoidable CO₂ emissions from waste-to-energy plants must also be addressed. Solution concepts and the necessary framework conditions are analysed in terms of technology, economic efficiency, climate protection and the legal situation.
How can waste-to-energy plants contribute to net greenhouse gas neutrality? A solution is to capture the CO₂ in the flue gases and either store it permanently (CCS) or utilise it in other processes (CCU). Depending on the composition of the waste, this allows not only fossil CO₂ emissions to be avoided, but also biogenic CO₂ to be removed from the biosphere, resulting in negative CO₂ emissions.
In three impulse lectures, the session will present the challenges, solution approaches and current boundary conditions of the topic:
- Lecture 1: Ragnar Warnecke (Vorstandsvorsitzender ITAD - Interessengemeinschaft der Thermischen Abfallbehandlungsanlagen in Deutschland e.V.): CO₂ Emissions from Waste-to-Energy Plants: Challenges and Chances
- Lecture 2: Wolfram Dietz (bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH): CCU and CCS Technologies and Developments
- Lecture 3: Ling He (Umweltbundesamt): CCU and CCS at Waste Incineration Plants: Current Status and Outlook set out in the European and the German Carbon Management Strategies
Chairman: Thomas Nieborowsky (KUMAS - Kompetenzzentrum Umwelt e. V.)
The session is organised by bifa Umweltinstitut together with the Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Consumer Protection.