Nuada
Belfast, GB · Founded 2012 · 66 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Nuada builds energy-efficient carbon capture machines using advanced materials science to reduce industrial emissions from hard-to-abate sectors. The company has deployed its technology at commercial scale in cement, biomass incineration, and energy-from-waste applications, achieving 90% improved energy efficiency over existing solutions.
Also known as MOF Technologies
Founders & leadership
Nuada was founded in 2012 by Dr Conor Hamill and Dr Jose Casaban.
Board
Investors · 2
Also in the syndicate · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Nuada is a vertically integrated carbon capture company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, that develops energy-efficient machines to separate CO2 from industrial off-gases. Its core product, the Adspire process, combines proprietary metal organic framework (MOF) solid sorbents with mature vacuum (pressure) swing adsorption technology, using pressure rather than heat to release captured CO2. The process is described as heatless and solvent-free, powered solely by electricity, and requires no steam, which the company states reduces the energy penalty by up to 90% versus incumbent amine/solvent systems.
The Adspire system is designed as an end-of-pipe, modular and retrofittable solution that operates independently of a plant's core processes, supports rapid capture-release cycles for variable point sources, and has a compact footprint intended to lower capital cost and balance-of-plant requirements. Target applications include cement and lime, steel, waste-to-energy and biomass incineration (including BECCS for carbon removals). The company also offers Nuada Scout, a mobile pilot plant used to run demonstration campaigns on a customer's actual flue gas.
Nuada operates a purpose-built 18,000 sq. ft manufacturing and development facility and has grown to a team of around 50 people. Leadership consists of Co-CEOs Dr Conor Hamill and Dr Jose Casaban, Chief Commercial Officer Didier Lequeux and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Monaghan, with a board that includes Beverley Gower-Jones (Clean Growth Fund), Andrew Challis (Barclays) and David Moore (QUBIS Ltd).
Founding story
The company's name is taken from the mythical king Nuada, whose name is said to mean "capture" and who was known for healing himself with a sword of air, chosen as a reference to capturing carbon and cleaning the air. The technology stems from a breakthrough combining the company's proprietary carbon capture material with a fully electric removal process.
Business model
Nuada supplies carbon capture equipment and systems to industrial emitters, engaging customers through a staged process of discovery call, needs analysis of the flue gas stream, and an in-field pilot project before larger deployment. It offers demonstration campaigns using a mobile pilot plant (Nuada Scout) and is progressing toward commercial-scale deployments at customer sites.
The company sells and deploys its Adspire carbon capture units for retrofit at industrial plants, with pilot and demonstration projects preceding commercial-scale installations; grant-funded projects from UKRI and the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero have also supported its work.
Traction
The company has deployed pilot-scale plants with industry partners in the energy and cement sectors, has worked with cement manufacturers Buzzi Unicem, Heidelberg Materials and Cementir Holding, and deployed a plant at Buzzi Unicem's Monselice site in northern Italy. Funding raised in 2023 supported construction of an additional pilot plant at a UK energy-from-waste facility. Nuada has since announced a demonstration with MLC at Singleton Birch in North Lincolnshire and a project with Idex in France to capture biogenic CO2, and states its technology has been validated in cement, biomass incineration and energy-from-waste settings. Headcount is around 50 with an 18,000 sq. ft manufacturing and development facility.
Latest developments
In January 2026 Nuada and MLC announced a project to deploy Nuada's carbon capture system at Singleton Birch in North Lincolnshire to validate a scalable pathway to net zero lime production. In March 2026 Catriona Schmolke CBE FREng was appointed Chairperson. In July 2026 Nuada and Idex announced a CO2 capture project in France in which an industrial plant based on the Adspire process will be deployed to capture biogenic CO2. The company reports it is focused on advancing to its next scale-up project and developing a first-of-a-kind commercial-scale facility.
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Market position
Nuada positions itself as a pure-play, vertically integrated carbon capture company offering a second-generation alternative to conventional amine solvent capture, built on more than a decade of advanced materials science work. It has validated its technology in multiple industrial settings including cement, biomass incineration and energy from waste.
Key claimed differentiators are up to 90% lower energy use than solvent-based capture, heatless operation requiring no steam, electricity-only power, absence of toxic solvents, a compact and modular end-of-pipe footprint that can be retrofitted without affecting core plant processes, and reliance on the mature, industrially proven vacuum swing adsorption process rather than a wholly novel unit operation.
Technology
The Adspire process pairs Nuada's MOF solid sorbent materials with vacuum/pressure swing adsorption (VPSA), a separation technology already applied industrially at scale for gas generation, which the company argues reduces scale-up risk and leverages existing supply chains. Because separation is driven by pressure rather than heat, the system needs no steam and runs on electricity alone, allowing renewable power to further reduce plant carbon intensity. It avoids toxic solvents that can evaporate and release hazardous emissions, uses stable solid sorbents, and is modular so capacity can be added incrementally.
Go-to-market
Nuada engages hard-to-abate industrial emitters directly and via project partners, beginning with a discovery call and flue gas compatibility assessment, then a piloting campaign using its mobile pilot plant to generate in-field performance data and de-risk investment decisions. It has partnered with cement producers, lime producers and energy operators, and works with government agencies and investors on funded demonstration projects.
Hard-to-abate industrial emitters, including cement and lime producers, steel makers, waste-to-energy plants and biomass incineration/BECCS facilities.
Geography
Headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a purpose-built manufacturing and development facility, and projects across the UK (energy-from-waste pilot; Singleton Birch in North Lincolnshire), Italy (Buzzi Unicem's Monselice plant) and France (project with Idex). The company states ambitions to enter markets on a global scale.
History
The business originated as MOF Technologies, built on more than a decade of materials science innovation, and rebranded to Nuada in April 2023 to reposition itself as a vertically integrated pure-play carbon capture company. In 2023 it raised additional equity from BGF on top of a £4.5m round co-led by the Clean Growth Fund, alongside nearly £3m in grant-funded projects from UKRI and DESNZ. It subsequently added venture debt through HSBC Innovation Banking and expanded from pilot deployments toward a first-of-a-kind commercial-scale facility. Catriona Schmolke was appointed Chairperson in March 2026.
Risks & controversies
As a capital-intensive climate technology company, Nuada faces the challenge of bridging early-stage venture capital funding and later-stage capital required for scale-up, and has diversified into venture debt and non-dilutive financing alongside equity and grants. Performance claims such as up to 90% energy savings versus amine systems are company-stated, and deployments to date have been at pilot and demonstration scale rather than full commercial scale.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsAn industrial plant based on Nuada's Adspire process will be deployed in France to capture biogenic CO2.
Nuada announced the appointment of Catriona Schmolke CBE FREng as its new Chairperson.
The project will deploy Nuada's carbon capture system at Singleton Birch in North Lincolnshire to validate a scalable pathway to net zero lime production.
BGF invested an additional £3.4M in Nuada, adding to a £4.5m round co-led by the Clean Growth Fund and nearly £3m of grant-funded projects secured from UKRI and the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. Proceeds were earmarked for an additional pilot plant at a UK energy-from-waste facility.
MOF Technologies announced it had renamed itself Nuada, repositioning as a vertically integrated pure-play carbon capture company alongside a new website and brand direction.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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- Nuadanuadaco2.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Nuada do?
- Nuada builds heatless, MOF-based vacuum swing carbon capture units that cut the energy penalty of capturing CO2 from industrial flue gas.
- Who founded Nuada?
- Nuada was founded by Dr Conor Hamill, Dr Jose Casaban in 2012.
- Who are Nuada's investors?
- Nuada's investors include Clean Growth Fund.
- Where is Nuada headquartered?
- Nuada is headquartered in Belfast, GB.