Producing Power using Previously Landfilled Waste Landfilling has historically been the most common method of disposing of solid wastes, but as these landfills fill up and the need for local energy sources rises, there is an increasing interest in a practice known as landfill mining. This involves excavating waste from an old landfill and processing it to recover materials and energy. The benefits of landfill mining include reducing the need for new landfills, reducing greenhouse ga...

Press release Espoo/Vaasa, Finland Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) has taken a further step in bringing modularized Hot Potassium Carbonate carbon capture plants to market. SFW has signed an agreement with WOIMA Finland Oy (WOIMA), extending the cooperation of the companies to carbon-neutral and even carbon-negative energy solutions worldwide. SFW has obtained the small-scale modular plant design developed by WOIMA for post combustion carbon capture. The c...

Small Carbon Footprint Power Generation by WOIMA - WOIMA Blog 2/2023 Carbon neutral is a term that refers to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions to zero or to a level that is balanced by activities that absorb carbon dioxide, such as reforestation. Net zero refers to a situation where the total amount of carbon dioxide emitted is equal to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed. This means that all emissions are either offset or reduced to zero.