Alfa Laval has been selected by Saipem, the EPC contractor for Stockholm Exergi’s Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) project, to supply heat transfer equipment for one of Europe’s largest bioenergy carbon capture facilities.

The project, expected to begin operations in 2028, aims to capture, liquefy and permanently store up to 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually.

This would represent around 1 per cent to 2 per cent of current global carbon capture capacity.

The facility is being developed at Stockholm Exergi’s biomass-based combined heat and power plant and is designed to support Sweden’s climate neutrality ambitions and the EU’s broader climate strategy.

Once operational, it will capture CO₂ generated from the combustion of biogenic fuels, with Alfa Laval’s heat transfer technologies supporting energy efficiency and heat recovery.

“Carbon capture at this scale is one of the most demanding thermal engineering challenges in the energy transition and effective energy recovery is what ultimately makes it commercially viable,” says Thomas Møller, President of the Energy Division, Alfa Laval. ”Stockholm Exergi is setting a new standard for what net-negative emissions can look like at industrial scale, and we are honoured to contribute to this landmark project with our heat transfer solutions.”

”The plant will require a lot of energy to capture the CO2 from the flue gas and liquify it, but with the high quality Ziepack heat exchangers from Alfa Laval, we will be able to reclaim the energy used. This energy will go back in our existing district heating system, which contributes additionally to our carbon removal targets,” says Egil Nybakk, Director BECCS at Stockholm Exergi.

Alfa Laval will supply its Ziepack gas-gas interchanger along with multiple process plate-and-frame heat exchangers.

The equipment will support the core carbon capture process by improving energy recovery and overall system efficiency.

The equipment package was selected by Saipem as part of its EPC contract for the BECCS facility.

The project is intended to become one of the world’s largest facilities for capturing and permanently storing biogenic CO₂, supporting Stockholm Exergi’s goal of delivering large-scale net-negative emissions. -OGN/TradeArabia News Service