UK-Finland Sustainability Knowledge Exchange 19-21 October 2020

1. Clean Energy
UK-Finland Sustainability Knowledge
Exchange
20.10.2020
Dr. Eemeli Tsupari
19/10/2020 VTT – beyond the obvious

2. 22/01/2020 VTT – beyond the obvious
VTT today
27%
of Finnish innovations
have links with VTT’s
competences
2,103
employees
patent families
406
of turnover from abroad*
47%
9 M€ Other operating income
89 M€ Government grant
147 M€ Turnover (parent 147 M€)
EUR
245M
VTT
is under the state ownership steering of the Ministry
of Economic Affairs and Employment
*VTT Group 2019

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Private sector Public sector
22/01/2020 VTT – beyond the obvious
We renew entire industries together with
our customers
Energy
Electronics industry
Biotechnology, pharmaceutical and food industries
Machines and vehicles industries
ICT industry
Forest industry
Chemistry and environment
Services and logistics industries
Real estate and construction industries
Other sectors
Metal refineries
*Sales revenue from business operations
*

4. CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCE
SUFFICIENCY
GOOD LIFE SAFETY AND
SECURITY
INDUSTRIAL
RENEWAL
LOW CARBON
MOBILITY
Mikko Pihlatie
RENEWABLE
MATERIALS
Ali Harlin
DISRUPTION OF
WORK
Mika Nieminen
RESILIENT SOCIETY
Anna-Mari Heikkilä
DESIGN FOR
FUTURE
Juha Kortelainen
ENERGY
INTELLIGENCE
Kari Mäki
CIRCULAR PLASTICS
Holger Pöhler
CITIZEN CENTRIC
CARE
Marc van Gils
CYBER
SECURITY
Kimmo Halunen
RE-BIRTH OF
PRODUCTION
Riikka Virkkunen
LOW CARBON
ENERGY
Eemeli Tsupari
REDESIGN MINERAL
AND METAL LOOPS
Elina Huttunen-
Saarivirta
SMART BUILT
ENVIRONMENT
Pekka Tuominen
AUTONOMOUS
SYSTEMS
Heli Helaakoski
DISRUPTIVE
BUSINESSES
Nando Malmelin
CARBON REUSE
ECONOMY
Juha Lehtonen
LOW-CARBON
INDUSTRY
Ilkka Hannula
FOOD ECONOMY 4.0
Nesli Sözer
VTT’s Lighthouses and Opportunities
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6. 19/10/2020 VTT – beyond the obvious
Electrification
 Development of renewable energy (wind and solar),
decreasing costs and subsidies decrease electricity
prices and carbon intensity of electricity use
 Electrification is turning economically feasible and an
effective option to decrease emissions
• Global megatrend in several sectors: Electric vehicles, heat
pumps, industrial processes… PtFood
 Indirect electrification via hydrogen
• Further conversion to hydrocarbons (methane,
methanol…gasoline and diesel)

7. Hydrogen
Waste
heat
recovery
19/10/2020
VTT – beyond the obvious
Geothermal
Solar
Wind
Bioenergy
CCS
Advanced
combustion
Power and heat
Industries
Transportation
”Negative emissions”
Ocean/
wave
Batteries
Residues
Nuclear
Biogas
Renewables
Smart systems &
solutions
CO2
Carbon neutral
energy sources
Conversions
Hybridsolutions
Adjustables
Storages
Gasification
Fermentation
Digestion
Electrolysis
Syngas
Liquid
hydrocarbons
SNG
CCU
Systemlevelefficiency
(e.g.sector
integration,district
heatsolutions)
Smart
cities
Electrification
Pyrolysis

8. Hydrogen
Waste
heat
recovery
Geothermal
Wind
Bioenergy
CCS
Advanced
combustion
Ocean/
wave
Batteries
Residues
Nuclear
Biogas
Renewables
Smart systems &
solutions
Carbon neutral
energy sources
Conversions
Hybridsolutions
Adjustables
Storages
Gasification
Fermentation
Digestion
Electrolysis
Syngas
Liquid
hydrocarbons
SNG
CCU
Systemlevelefficiency
(e.g.sector
integration,district
heatsolutions)
Smart
cities
Electrification
Pyrolysis
Power and heat
Industries
Transportation
”Negative emissions”
CO2
Solar

9. SOLETAIR PILOT SITE
ELECTROLYSISDAC SYNTHESIS
SOLAR PV PLANT
SUPPLEMENTARY GAS
SOLETAIR SITE WAS OPERATED IN
SHOWCASE MODE DURING
SUMMER 2017

11. Decarbonate
co-innovation project
Converting cost to revenue

12. Hydrogen
Waste
heat
recovery
Geothermal
Wind
Bioenergy
CCS
Advanced
combustion
Ocean/
wave
Batteries
Residues
Nuclear
Biogas
Renewables
Smart systems &
solutions
Carbon neutral
energy sources
Conversions
Hybridsolutions
Adjustables
Storages
Gasification
Fermentation
Digestion
Electrolysis
Syngas
Liquid
hydrocarbons
SNG
CCU
Systemlevelefficiency
(e.g.sector
integration,district
heatsolutions)
Smart
cities
Electrification
Pyrolysis
Power and heat
Industries
Transportation
”Negative emissions”
CO2
Solar

13. Numbers (public project)
19/10/2020 VTT – beyond the obvious
• 24 months (10/2019 – 10/2021)
• 11 industrial partners
• 1.2 M€
> 2 principal scientists
> 7 senior scientists
> 7 research scientists
> 1 senior technician
> 4 unique pilot facilities + operators

14. Strong consortium
VTT – beyond the obvious
Co-funding
partners
BF-supported
projects
Inkind-
partners

15. 19/10/2020 VTT – beyond the obvious
Difficult to avoid, easy to capture
CaCO3 + heat = CaO + CO2
Shifting from fossil fuels to
electricity decrease the amount of
CO2 by roughly 50%
Almost 100% concentration!

16. Scale up to integrated container size trials
PEM electrolyser (21 kWe)
Mobile synthesis unit
(MOBSU)
Indirectly heated rotary kiln
for production of CaO and CO2
(~110kg CaO/h, 300 kWe)
Carbon
neutral gases
and liquids
• SNG (CH4)
• FT liquids
CaO
oxyCFB
(100 kWfuel)
In-Line PCC™
Flue
gasCO2 separation

17. 19/10/2020 VTT – beyond the obvious
Heat And Waste Utilization Joint Action

18. Smart
cities
CCS
Hydrogen
Waste
heat
recovery
Geothermal
Bioenergy
Advanced
combustion
Ocean/
wave
Batteries
Nuclear
Biogas
Renewables
Smart systems &
solutions
Carbon neutral
energy sources
Conversions
Hybridsolutions
Adjustables
Storages
Gasification
Fermentation
Digestion
Electrolysis
Syngas
Liquid
hydrocarbons
SNG
CCU
Systemlevelefficiency
(e.g.sector
integration,district
heatsolutions)
Electrification
Pyrolysis
Power and heat
Industries
Transportation
”Negative emissions”
CO2
Solar
Residues
Wind

19. Biogas and methanation
19/10/2020 VTT – beyond the obvious
• Effective CO2 reduction if the alternative is
raw material decay without utilisation
• Already economically feasible for customers
• Biogas is 30-40% CO2  need to be
separated before transportation
 Attractive for methanation (insitu and exsitu)
 More biogas!

20. Utilisation of waste heat
for drying, district heat
or power

21. Do not hesitate to contact
Eemeli Tsupari (D.Sc.)
Senior Scientist /VTT
+358 40 720 7363
eemeli.tsupari@vtt.fi
@EemeliTsupari