Nuada completes major biomass trial

Nuada has successfully completed a major trial of its second pilot plant, Nuada Scout, at the Energy Innovation Centre at the University of Sheffield in England, marking a significant step towards commercial-scale carbon capture deployment.
Designed, built and commissioned in under a year, the industrial-scale system has been capturing one tonne of CO₂ per day from biomass flue gases with consistent purity and stable performance.
The pilot is part of a project funded through the UK Government’s CCUS Innovation 2.0 programme, within the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.
Nuada’s metal-organic framework (MOF)-based vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) technology aims to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors such as cement, lime and energy-from-waste.
Unlike conventional carbon capture systems that rely on complex chemical plants and consume high amounts of energy, Nuada’s solution uses a sponge-like material that selectively adsorbs CO₂ molecules, requiring up to 90% less energy to operate.
The company says this modular approach significantly reduces both integration and capital barriers.
The technology can be installed at the "end of pipe," eliminating the need for large-scale infrastructure and making carbon capture a more practical and affordable option for industry.
“With this second successful pilot, Nuada is ready to move from demonstration to commercial-scale deployment. Our low-energy, compact system removes the cost and integration complexity barriers that have long held back industrial carbon capture,” said Dr Conor Hamill, co-CEO at Nuada.
“Carbon capture must move from aspiration to implementation. This pilot proves that Nuada’s technology is ready to meet that challenge practically, affordably and at scale.”
The pilot demonstrated key results, including stable operation of the MOF-VPSA system, validation of performance across biomass and cement applications, and efficient CO₂ removal from waste-derived flue gases.
Visitors from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Carbon Capture and Storage Association, and investors were recently given a first-hand look at the plant’s operation.
Nuada’s next step is scaling the technology to commercial installations, targeting industrial emitters looking to decarbonise without major disruption or cost.