How can waste-to-energy plants contribute to net greenhouse gas neutrality? A solution is to capture the CO₂ in the flue gases and either store it permanently (CCS) or utilise it in other processes (CCU). Depending on the composition of the waste, this allows not only fossil CO₂ emissions to be avoided, but also biogenic CO₂ to be removed from the biosphere, resulting in negative CO₂ emissions.
 

In three impulse lectures, the session will present the challenges, solution approaches and current boundary conditions of the topic:

Welcome Note: Robert Winkler (Head of Department Climate Policy, General Policy, Sustainability; Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection)

● Lecture 1: Ragnar Warnecke (Vorstandsvorsitzender ITAD - Interessengemeinschaft der Thermischen Abfallbehandlungsanlagen in Deutschland e.V.): CO₂ Emissions from Waste-to-Energy Plants: Challenges and Chances

● Lecture 2: Wolfram Dietz (bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH): CCU and CCS Technologies and Developments

● Lecture 3: Ling He (Umweltbundesamt): CCU and CCS at Waste Incineration Plants: Current Status and Outlook set out in the European and the German Carbon Management Strategies

Chairman: Thomas Nieborowsky (KUMAS - Kompetenzzentrum Umwelt e. V.)

The session is organised by bifa Umweltinstitut together with the Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Consumer Protection.