In a world’s first, HiRECORD will demonstrate at TRL 6, a modular CO2 capture plant that will comprise a Rotating Packed Bed (RPB) absorber and an RPB desorber with integrated spinning reboiler (RPB-ISR). The plant will operate with the advanced, CDRMax solvent and will enable internal energy recovery using a high temperature heat pump. The plant will be tested with real flue gases, as it will be operated at the premises of a natural-gas power plant (ELPED- 4.5 vol. % CO₂, no SO_x), and of a quicklime plant (CAO- 12 mol% CO₂ with SO_x and NO_x), highlighting the high modularity and flexibility of RPB processes with flue gases of different specifications.

The project will investigate the costs, technical requirements, operational and safety impacts of the necessary transportation infrastructure for storage in selected geological sites in close proximity to the emitting sites, using the findings as a pilot for other areas around the world. As an alternative to storage, the potential of an industrial cluster in the area of Thessaloniki, Northern Greece comprising (1) a quicklime plant, (2) a cement plant, (3) a steel mill, (4) a pulp & paper plant, (5) a refinery and (6) a natural gas power plant, emitting approximately 3.5 Mt CO₂ /year, for:

- the production of highly-valuable, precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) nanoparticles, as a business model for plants (1), (2), (3) and (4)

- the production of synthetic natural gas (SNG) from CO₂ and renewable hydrogen, as a business model for the refinery (5) and the power plant (6).