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Carbon Capture Equipment Finance

Finance modular industrial carbon capture equipment from £300,000 to £5,000,000+, for point-source emissions from industrial processes. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.

Can you finance a carbon capture equipment?

Yes, carbon capture equipments are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £300,000 to £5,000,000, and most deals are written over 12–84 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.

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Typical Cost

£300k – £5000k

Approval Speed

24–48 hours

Point-source projects only, bespoke terms

Rates From

6.0% APR

What would a carbon capture equipment cost per month?

£1,200,000
10%
60 months
9%
£0

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Finance options

Hire Purchase (HP)

Rate
From 6.5% APR
Term
12–84 months
Deposit
10–20%
Ownership
Yours at the end
Best for
Businesses wanting to own the capture plant outright

Finance Lease

Rate
From 6.0% APR
Term
12–84 months
Deposit
None required
Ownership
Return or buy (balloon payment)
Best for
Tax-efficient, claim 100% of payments against profit

Operating Lease

Rate
From 7.0% APR
Term
24–60 months
Deposit
None required
Ownership
Return at end
Best for
Off balance sheet for large, emerging-technology plant

Representative example

On a purchase price of £1,200,000: a 10% deposit of £120,000, then 48 monthly payments of £25,314 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £1,335,072, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.

What buyers actually specify

Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.

Machine or specification Guide price Type
Modular Point-Source Capture Skid (up to 10,000 tCO2/yr) £600,000 – £1,200,000 Modular Capture Unit
Mid-Scale Industrial Capture Unit (up to 50,000 tCO2/yr) £1,800,000 – £3,500,000 Industrial-Scale Capture Plant
CO2 Compression & Storage Skid £250,000 – £600,000 Compression & Storage

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Tax benefits

Carbon capture equipment generally qualifies as plant and machinery for capital allowances, so a business can typically set some or all of the cost against taxable profits through the Annual Investment Allowance or other first-year reliefs, subject to your total qualifying spend for the year. Given the pace of change in UK carbon capture and industrial decarbonisation policy, confirm current treatment and any available government support directly with gov.uk or a specialist advisor rather than assuming a previous scheme figure still applies.

Market context

This category is aimed at industrial businesses with a genuine, measurable point-source of CO2 emissions, such as a cement, steel, chemicals, refining or energy-from-waste plant, rather than businesses seeking a general offsetting solution. Modern modular systems, such as UK-based Carbon Clean's CycloneCC technology, are built as compact, factory-assembled skids intended to be retrofitted onto existing industrial plant with a smaller footprint and faster installation than older, custom-built capture plants; the manufacturer states a cost-of-capture target of around $30 per tonne of CO2 for its CycloneCC system, though actual project cost of capture depends on the specific flue gas composition, concentration and plant integration, so this should be treated as a manufacturer target rather than a guaranteed figure for any given site. What happens to the captured CO2, whether it's compressed for transport, used in an industrial process, or stored, is a separate infrastructure question that needs resolving alongside the capture equipment itself.

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Several of our 200+ lenders specialise in businesses with imperfect credit histories. You may need a larger deposit or personal guarantee, but options exist. Checking your options here does not affect your credit score, because we do not run a credit search to match you. A lender will run their own checks only if you decide to apply.

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of business actually needs carbon capture equipment?
Businesses with a genuine, concentrated point-source of CO2 emissions from an industrial process, such as cement, lime, steel, chemicals, refining, or energy-from-waste, where the emissions come from a specific flue or stack that can be fitted with capture technology. It's generally not applicable to businesses seeking to offset general emissions without such a point source; a diffuse emissions profile is usually addressed through efficiency and electrification rather than point-source capture.
What happens to the CO2 after it's captured?
This depends on the project: it might be compressed and transported for permanent geological storage, used in another industrial process (such as in construction materials or fizzy drinks production), or in some cases piped to a shared regional transport and storage network where one exists near your site. This 'downstream' question needs resolving alongside the capture equipment itself, since capturing CO2 without somewhere for it to go isn't a complete project, and is usually a bigger driver of project feasibility than the capture technology choice.
How is capture equipment sized for my plant?
Sizing depends on your flue gas volume, CO2 concentration and how much of your emissions you want or need to capture, which varies significantly by industrial process. Modular systems like CycloneCC are designed to be added in units to scale to a given emissions volume, but the correct configuration needs a proper engineering assessment of your specific flue gas stream rather than a generic capacity estimate.
What deposit is needed for carbon capture equipment finance?
Given the scale and relative novelty of most projects in this category, deposit and security terms are generally assessed on a bespoke, project-by-project basis rather than a fixed percentage, often starting from around 10–20% for hire purchase depending on the engineering study, any offtake or storage agreement, and your business's track record and balance sheet. Where a deposit does apply, it's usually calculated as a percentage of the total invoice including installation, not just the headline equipment price, so it's worth checking exactly what the quoted deposit is based on before comparing offers between suppliers or lenders.
How long does a carbon capture project take from finance to operation?
Considerably longer than most equipment finance, since projects typically involve detailed engineering assessment of the flue gas stream, environmental permitting, and resolving the downstream transport or storage of captured CO2, before installation of even a modular skid system can begin. We'd recommend working with a specialist capture technology provider to establish a realistic project timeline before applying for finance. Providing a full set of recent accounts and a firm, itemised supplier quote at application stage generally speeds up the underwriting process, since most delays come from lenders chasing missing paperwork rather than from the credit decision itself.

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