Carbon Capture Technology to Support the Realization of a Carbon Neutral Society

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation

Carbon capture technology refers to the part of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) that captures CO₂ emitted from factories, thermal power plants, and elsewhere before it is released into the atmosphere. By introducing such technology, it is possible to reduce CO₂ emissions.
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation has started the demonstrated operation of a facility that separates and captures CO₂ at the Mikawa Power Plant (Omuta, Fukuoka) of Sigma Power Ariake Corporation in October 2020.

The Mikawa Power Plant generates biomass power that uses PKS (Palm Kernel Shell) as its main source of fuel, and is the world's first large scale BECCS (Bio-Energy with CCS) facility which captures CO2 emitted from the biomass power plant. Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation has been conducting demonstrative operation of the plant to go beyond carbon neutral into the realm of carbon negative.

• Initiatives for CO₂ Emissions Reduction (Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation)
• Toshiba Starts Operation of Large-Scale Carbon Capture Facility (Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation)