Nuada

Nuada, originally founded in Belfast in 2012 as MOF Technologies, is a Northern Ireland-based developer of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials for industrial carbon capture. The company rebranded to Nuada as it shifted its commercial focus from MOF licensing toward deployable point-source carbon capture systems for hard-to-abate industries such as cement, lime, steel, and waste-to-energy plants.

Its Adspire system pairs proprietary MOF solid sorbents with vacuum swing adsorption to pull CO2 out of flue gas using electricity instead of heat, a design the company reports uses up to 90 percent less energy than solvent-based amine capture. The modular, plug-and-play units retrofit onto existing kilns and stacks; customers include industrial plants that have hosted its mobile Nuada Scout pilot units in the UK and France.

1. MOF sorbent core: Uses proprietary metal-organic framework materials engineered to selectively adsorb CO2 from flue gas.

2. Vacuum swing capture: Applies pressure-based Adspire cycling instead of heat, cutting steam demand to zero.

3. Energy savings: Reports up to 90 percent lower energy use than conventional amine-solvent capture systems.

4. Modular retrofit: Ships as compact, plug-and-play units that attach to existing industrial stacks without redesigning the plant.

5. Mobile piloting: Deploys the Nuada Scout unit on-site to validate capture performance before full installation.

6. Multi-sector focus: Targets cement, lime, steel, waste-to-energy, and biomass incineration operators.