Carbon Capture Scotland (CCS), which is a carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), have launched Project Nexus.
The scheme aims to remove 1,000,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere per year, and to generate up to 500 jobs in rural Scotland, by 2030.
It is run by brothers Richard and Ed Nimmons and they recently welcomed Net Zero and Energy Secretary Michael Matheson MSP to find out more about their business.
They stated their focus on capturing biogenic CO2 emissions – CO2 that is produced via organic processes such as whisky fermentation, anaerobic digestion and biomass incineration – and transporting to sequestration sites where it is permanently removed.
The new £120m investment will consist of a series of infrastructure and supply chain projects that allow for a sustainable and commercial means of carbon dioxide removal, starting in 2023 with projects in Central and Northern Scotland. CCS have piloted a variety of CO2 capturing and processing technologies at their current headquarters in Dumfriesshire, where they currently capture and/or recycle over 10,000t CO2 per year for utilisation to make dry ice.
The brothers said: “We all need carbon capture and removal to be achieved at scale. At CCS we focus on simple, practical means of capturing, processing, transporting and removing CO2 and we look forward to leading the global path to net zero.
“Removing 1,000,000 tons of CO2 per year is the equivalent of decarbonising the gas and electricity of over 175,000 average UK homes. Project Nexus will achieve that, and we can start right now.”
Michael Matheson said their scheme will be a vital part of Scotland’s net zero energy transition.
He added: “Carbon Capture Scotland has been at the forefront of making CCUS technology a reality in Scotland, and I welcome its ambitious plans to scale-up its carbon capture operations, opening up further economic opportunities and green jobs for the region and across Scotland.”
