'World's largest': Cory plots carbon capture system for Thames waste-to-energy plant

Michael Holder
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Cory's Riverside Resource Recovery Energy from Waste Facility in Belvedere, London | Credit: Pterre
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Cory's Riverside Resource Recovery Energy from Waste Facility in Belvedere, London | Credit: Pterre

Waste and resources firm claims plan would create the 'world's largest single site energy from waste decarbonisation project'

Cory has announced plans to fit carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to its existing energy-from-waste plant on the banks of the River Thames, in a move it estimates could save 1.5 million tonnes...

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