Evero is a well-known renewable energy company and recently they announced that their two CCS projects passed the ‘deliverability assessment.’ This assessment is part of the UK Government's Hynet Track 1 expansion process.

Achieving this milestone, means that the first steps towards laying a foundation for delivery of two world-class, large volume Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) facilities, have been taken. The company are hoping that this facility will be operational by 2030.

This news is not only beneficial to the company, but to the UK government as well, as right now the UK government has an aim of achieving 5Mtpa of GGRs by 2030, with this aim extending to 23Mtpa from 2035.

Both of the BECCS projects are a retrofit of Carbon Capture and Storage and they have been installed on the existing Ince Biopower plant, which is based near Ellesmere Port, as well as the Mersey Bioenergy plant, which is based near Widnes. Currently both plants are capable of processing more than 300,000 tonnes of waste wood which is locally sourced. This wood that is being used would normally go to landfill, but instead, through its involvement with Evero, it is now placed into the generation of renewable electricity.

Now that the two new BECCS plants have been added to the carbon capture industry, the assets will be able to generate an estimated 400,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDRs) on an annual basis.

CEO of Evero, Simon Hicks, commented, “We’re delighted that the UK government has recognised the quality of our CCS projects. They are of long-term environmental importance to the UK’s commitment to meeting our Net Zero targets, removing over 400,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere per year once both plants are operational by 2030. Evero’s BECCS (Bio Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage) projects will prove that GGRs from Biomass is deliverable. Our approach is considered the most sustainable form of BECCS, through the use of locally sourced waste wood feedstock. It’s a process that can be repeated across all the UK’s waste wood fuelled renewable electricity plants, with a total CO2 removal potential of 3.6 million tons per annum.

Hicks also said, “At Evero, we are delivering on our promise to be forever capturing carbon. This is a crucial milestone in the delivery of that promise and we look forward to contributing to the unlocking of a low carbon future across the north west of the UK. Well done to all our teams and partners in getting us to this stage.”

CEO, Carbon Capture and Storage Association, Olivia Powis, stated, “It's fantastic news that Evero’s Ince and Mersey Greenhouse Gas Removal projects have passed the deliverability assessment. Evero’s projects hit an important milestone for the development of the GGR sector in the UK. We now need to see equal progress from the government on the Greenhouse Gas Removal business model, so that these such projects can be deployed at sufficient pace to contribute to the target of 5 million tons of GGRs by 2030."