Technology overview and environmental considerations for post-combustion carbon capture in Switzerland

• Research unit: FOEN
• Project number: ExSt.2025.1791

Key words (German)

Luft, Studien

Key words (English)

Air, Studies

Key words (French)

Air, Études

Key words (Italian)

Aria, Studi

Short description (English)

Switzerland aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 % by 2030, with a goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. A central element of this strategy is the application of carbon capture technologies, particularly targeting emissions from point sources which, in Switzerland, are mostly waste-to-energy (WtE) and cement plants. Five technologies – absorption, adsorption, membranes, cryogenics, and oxyfuel – were analyzed in this report for their performance in WtE and cement plants, as well as their environmental impacts.

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Contractor (English)

ETH Zürich, Zürich

Charged budget (English)

BAFU

Legal basis (English)

Art. 57 Abs. 1 RVOG | Art. 57 al. 1 LOGA. | Art. 57 cpv. 1 LOGA

Copyright (English)

Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities

Information (English)

BAFU, Abteilung Luftreinhaltung und Chemikalien, 3003 Bern