Maire Completed Italy’s First Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Plant at Eni's Ravenna Hub Delivering a Reduction of Over 90% of Co₂ Emissions, Leveraging Its Technological and E&C Integrated Approach

• NEXTCHEM has designed and implemented novel and tailored CO_2_ capture solutions (now part of its NX Decarb™ technology) to support ENI’s Ravenna CCS Phase 1 project
  
• KT has completed the full Engineering, Procurement and Construction works
  
• The project involves the detailed design of a facility to capture the CO2 emissions from ENI’s Casalborsetti natural gas plant, estimated at approximately 25,000 tonnes per year
  

Milan, 5 September 2024 – MAIRE (MAIRE.MI), through its subsidiaries NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions) and KT (Integrated E&C Solutions), acted as technology integrator and completed the full Engineering, Procurement and Construction works for a carbon plant at the ENI natural gas treatment plant of Casalborsetti, near Ravenna, Italy.

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The facility, which has just started up its operations, is designed to separate, purify and compress a CO2 emissions volume estimated at approximately 25,000 tons per year. The project is delivering a reduction of over 90% of CO₂ emissions, which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Operating at carbon concentration lower than 3% and at atmospheric pressure, making the facility the world’s first industrial-scale project with such high levels of carbon capture efficiency.

This project is the first carbon capture plant in Italy and, by supporting the phase 1 of Ravenna CCS, it represents a milestone to consolidate the complete CCS value chain, from capture to sequestration, which is a decarbonisation solution of growing importance playing a critical role in environmental sustainability.

As a technology provider, NEXTCHEM has developed its own innovative process design to integrate a third-party technology, effectively enabling CO_2_ capture from emissions gasses with high efficiency and low power consumption even at extremely low concentrations.

With this project, NEXTCHEM strengthens its track record in CO₂ capture solutions, which are now part of the NX Decarb™ technology aiming at enhancing the efficiency of carbon capture by optimizing heat management and energy use.

Alessandro Bernini, CEO of MAIRE, said: “As a Group, we are dedicated to the development of new high-performance solutions which help decarbonize the hard-to-abate industries. This project is a recognition of our technology offering for prominent market players and our role in boosting the Italian industrial supply chain*.*”