Two Pre-FEED studies will be occurring simultaneously and the plan for this, is for Fluor to support one project, whilst Technip Energies operates the other through a partnership with Suez. Fluor will focus on the existing energy-from-waste facility at the Haverton Hill Industrial estate on Teesside and on the other hand, Suez and Technip Energies will be dedicated to working on the energy-from-waste facility base at Wilton.

SUEZ is a well-known recycling and recovery UK based company, which in the past has worked with Preliminary Front-End Engineering and Design (Pre-FEED) contractors. The work this company has done with these contractors, was based around two of its carbon capture projects, which are located in the East Coast Cluster. They chose to conduct this project in preparation for an application for funding through the Industrial Carbon Capture Track-1 Expansion project from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.

The drive behind completing these projects, was that the implementation of them would go towards paving the way for a large scale roll out of the carbon capture solutions throughout Suez’s energy-from-waste plant portfolio and alongside this, plans are already being developed in other parts of the UK.

The East Coast Cluster will become an exceptionally large part when it comes to helping the UK to achieve Net Zero. This is evident through the way the Government’s Climate Change Committee depicted the process of Carbon Capture as  ‘a necessity rather than an option to achieve Net Zero by 2050.’

As this project is so significant to the carbon capture industry, funding has already begun for the main East Coast Cluster pipeline for Teesside. The purpose of this project will be to take the carbon captured from a range of products and transport it across Teesside to an aquifer that is located 145km off the coast, specifically beneath the North Sea. It is this location which will be capable of storing the captured CO2 permanently and safely.

Technical Development Director for SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, Stuart Hayward-Higham, commented, “As a leader in environmental services, SUEZ is committed to driving the ecological transition in the waste and water sectors. Carbon Capture is vital to decarbonisation and we have the expertise to make this a reality. We are confident in our strategy and are ideally placed to showcase what this technology can do. Our technology partners, Fluor and Technip Energies, were chosen based on their experience, capture rate and design costs. We’re hopeful that government will back these projects to maximise the potential that can be captured across Teesside and Humber.”

Hayward-Higham continued, “Fluor is proud to assist SUEZ in meeting its goal to decarbonise its energy-from-waste facility at the Haverton Hill Industrial Estate at Teesside,” said Jason Kraynek, President of Fluor’s Production and Fuels business. “Our Econamine FG PlusSMcarbon capture technology is perfectly suited to assist SUEZ in creating a more sustainable future. Fluor is a global leader in decarbonisation technologies and is excited to provide our energy-efficient and cost-effective carbon capture solution to SUEZ.”

SVP Decarbonisation Solutions in Technip Energies, Christophe Malaurie, added, “Our partnership with SUEZ for two carbon capture projects in the UK demonstrates our joint commitment to decarbonising hard-to-abate industries and building a sustainable future. By leveraging Technip Energies’ Canopy C200 modularised solution powered by the proven Shell CANSOLV® CO2 Capture system, we are taking a step forward to achieve our Net Zero goal while ensuring cost and delivery certainty.”