TES and the Swiss association of waste-to-energy plant operators (VBSA) have reached a partnership for carbonization at plants that emit around 4 million tons of CO2 per year, according to a press release.
TES and OGE are cooperating to build a 1,000-kilometer-long CO2 transport system in Germany, connecting the TES Green Energy Hub in Wilhelmshaven with several industrial sites, where the CO2 will be shipped and then sequestered or reused for the production of eNG. Switzerland’s strategic locations such as Basel can be connected to this infrastructure via train or pipelines.
The scope of the partnership will be to establish how much CO2 should be removed from Switzerland and over what period of time, so that these quantities can be taken into account when dimensioning the transport network in Germany as well as any connecting routes.
TES’s green energy hub in Wilhelmshaven will act as a catalyst for a circular carbon economy. The recycled CO2 will serve as a carrier to transport green hydrogen: it will be captured at the source and transported to locations where it can be either sequestered or combined with green hydrogen to create eNG, giving rise to a circular, closed zero-emissions energy loop. The Wilhelmshaven Green Energy Hub will become a primary entry point for green, safe and affordable energy in Europe.
“The cooperation between TES and VBSA will accelerate the decarbonization of Switzerland by defining a clear transport strategy for the 29 waste-to-energy plants that will pave the way for the Swiss industry to be connected to a larger European CO2 infrastructure,” says Rafael Löhrer, Business Development Switzerland TES.