In Portugal, a consortium of stakeholders has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch feasibility studies for the industrial production of sustainable alternative aviation fuel (SAF) using carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from a municipal waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in the city of Maia, north of Porto.
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In an interdisciplinary consortium, LIPOR (Intermunicipal Waste Management of Greater Porto), Veolia Portugal, and P2X Europe, a joint venture company of H&R Group and Mabanaft, are launching studies to investigate the feasibility of producing green synthetic aviation electro-fuel (e-fuel) using CO2 captured from the municipal waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in the city of Maia, north of Porto.
This project sets a good example of how waste management systems can make a relevant contribution to the decarbonization of the economy and to Carbon Neutrality. And more than contributing, they can lead, paving the way through innovative projects like the one that we are going to implement and which will also contribute to positioning Portugal among the first countries to invest in the circular carbon economy, said José Manuel Ribeiro, President of LIPOR.
Said to be a first in Europe, this project is expected to “revolutionize the municipal waste-to-energy industry” with its innovative technology.
The waste-to-energy facility uses both fossil-derived e.g. plastic packaging, and biogenic non-recyclable waste as fuel, approximately 60 percent of its CO2 emissions are considered biogenic.
This carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in the LIPOR municipal waste-to-energy plant consists of extracting and purifying up to 100 000 tonnes of CO2 from the plant and converting the clean CO2 into green synthetic electro-products such as e-kerosene, e-diesel, and e-chemicals using low-carbon or carbon-negative electricity.
By capturing CO2 from the waste gas stream before being released into the atmosphere, the “Waste-to-Jet” project gives non-recyclable municipal waste a climate-friendly afterlife. Integrating PtL technology into existing WtE plants provides a unique solution for the simultaneous decarbonization of waste management and air travel, said Christoph Weber, co-CEO, P2X Europe.
By integrating the carbon capture technology with the energy recovery facility, the solution will improve the environmental and energy balance of municipal waste recovery while adding alternative fuel production.
A real breakthrough for the waste-to-energy industry, this alternative fuel production will accelerate the transition to a circular economy, in line with Portugal’s energy and climate policies and its 2050 carbon neutrality targets.
Carbon capture technologies are part of the journey for decarbonizing our industrial processes. Reducing or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions has its own limits, therefore capturing, storing, or using these gases is critical for successful global results. This project is an excellent example of collaboration between various industrial players for the ecological transformation, towards innovative and challenging solutions that will create a benchmark and hopefully inspire others to follow, said José de Melo Bandeira, CEO, Veolia Portugal.
