The NCS delivers carbon accounting and carbon management courses both online and through face to face workshops. The NCS developed Australia's first accredited short course in carbon accounting, and Australia's first Diploma of Carbon Management
Market opportunities for waste derived fuels and process heatRicardo- AEA
AEA's Kathryn Warren presents at an event hosted by Envirolink at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
This year’s Landfill Tax rise to £64 per tonne plus disposal charge means that sending waste to landfill is becoming an uneconomical option. In a climate where customers are looking to get the best deal possible on their waste disposal costs, recycling and waste companies are under pressure to find alternatives to landfill. Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) or Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) offers a potential to utilise the combustible fraction of waste as a fuel within the energy, combined heat and power (CHP) and cement industries.
This event provided an introduction to SRF markets in the UK and Europe; testing standards and protocols; best practice refinement equipment; the perspectives of endusers and case study examples.
Kathryn's presentation looked at the "Market opportunities for waste derived fuels and process heat"
The NCS delivers carbon accounting and carbon management courses both online and through face to face workshops. The NCS developed Australia's first accredited short course in carbon accounting, and Australia's first Diploma of Carbon Management
Market opportunities for waste derived fuels and process heatRicardo- AEA
AEA's Kathryn Warren presents at an event hosted by Envirolink at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
This year’s Landfill Tax rise to £64 per tonne plus disposal charge means that sending waste to landfill is becoming an uneconomical option. In a climate where customers are looking to get the best deal possible on their waste disposal costs, recycling and waste companies are under pressure to find alternatives to landfill. Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) or Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) offers a potential to utilise the combustible fraction of waste as a fuel within the energy, combined heat and power (CHP) and cement industries.
This event provided an introduction to SRF markets in the UK and Europe; testing standards and protocols; best practice refinement equipment; the perspectives of endusers and case study examples.
Kathryn's presentation looked at the "Market opportunities for waste derived fuels and process heat"
Jeffrey Brown – Summit Power Group – Texas Clean Energy Project: coal feedsto...Global CCS Institute
Jeffrey Brown, Vice-President, Project Finance, Summit Power Group, presented on the Texas Clean Energy Project’s coal feedstock poly-generation plant with CCUS at the Global CCS Institute's Japanese Members' Meeting held in Tokyo on 8 June 2012
Renewable and low carbon energy capacity study for the East of Englandcrifcambs
Richard Summers from The Landscape Partnership and Andrew Turton from AECOM shared their findings from work commissioned by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to identify the potential for renewable energy in the East of England. This study highlighted the renewable energy resources for Cambridgeshire.
Presented to Councillors on 28 September 2011.
Low-CapEx approach to synthetic transport fuels from biomass – From laborator...Ilkka Hannula
The ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement cannot be met without significant decarbonisation of the transport sector. In Europe, the revised version of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII) will enter into force by the end of 2019 and will govern European biofuel policies during the next decade. The directive will gradually phase out unsustainable palm oil –derived biodiesel, while simultaneously creating European wide demand for “low ILUC risk” biofuels. Minimum target for low ILUC risk biofuels will be 3.6% by 2030.
In the attempt to accelerate the market introduction of low ILUC risk biofuels, VTT has developed a “Low-CapEx” concept for biomass-to-liquids (BTL) that can be realised at an intermediate scale of 100-150 MW biomass input (corresponding to 30-50 ktoe annual production of transportation fuels) with an estimated investment cost for a first-of-a-kind plant of around 200 - 300 M€. The proposed concept is suitable for non-edible lignocellulosic feedstocks and features an atmospheric steam-blown dual fluidised-bed gasifier combined with a simplified hot-gas clean-up train and a small-scale
Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis.
The pilot-scale development work was started in a national research project BTL2030 during 2016-2018, and is currently being continued in a H2020 project COMSYN. Based on Aspen Plus simulations, the overall efficiency (to both FT fuels and saleable heat) of the process is 79 – 87 % (LHV). Based on a prospective economic analysis, 1100 – 1300 €/tonne production cost is expected for a first-of-a-kind commercial plant, depending on the price of feedstock. However, significant cost reduction potential exists for subsequent plants through learning-by-doing.
We present main results from our R&D work to date, together with a roadmap on how low ILUC risk biofuels could be deployed during next decade in Europe to meet the targets set in REDII.
CIB TG66 South America Webinar 2010-11-04 5 Roberto LambertsINIVE EEIG
The South American session of the international webinar series,"THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS POLICIES IN 5 CONTINENTS" was held on November 4, 2010, 10 pm - 12:30 pm, Brasilia time.
The agenda for the free 2.5-hour webinar was:
· 10:00 Introduction - Jean Carassus, TG 66 Coordinator
· 10:10 "The Ordinance on Buildings Thermal Quality for the City of Maracaibo-Venezuela" - Nastia Almao, Emeritus Professor, University of Zulia
· 10:30 "Energy efficiency in buildings in Colombia" - Carlos Valles, UPME (Energy Planing Unit), Ministry of Mines and Energy
· 10:50 "Energy efficiency in buildings in Argentina" - Gautam Dutt
· 11:10 "Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Buildings in Emerging Economies. Strategies to start actions: The case of Uruguay." - Alfonso Blanco, Mechanical and Industrial Engineer of UdelaR University
· 11:30 "Chilean Building Thermal Performance regulations: what we´ve done and what we haven´t." - Waldo Bustamante, Professor at the School of Architecture. P. Catholic University of Chile (PUC)
· 11:50 "The Brazilian Energy Efficiency Label for Buildings" - Roberto Lamberts, UFSC, Professor, Federal University of Santa Catarina, South Brazil
· 12:10 Conclusions - Jean Carassus, TG 66 Coordinator
Low-grade fuel to high-quality energy by gasificationIlkka Hannula
Talk held at the International Conference on Thermochemical Conversion Science in 2013. It covers past and current development activities in the field of biomass and waste gasification
Jeffrey Brown – Summit Power Group – Texas Clean Energy Project: coal feedsto...Global CCS Institute
Jeffrey Brown, Vice-President, Project Finance, Summit Power Group, presented on the Texas Clean Energy Project’s coal feedstock poly-generation plant with CCUS at the Global CCS Institute's Japanese Members' Meeting held in Tokyo on 8 June 2012
Renewable and low carbon energy capacity study for the East of Englandcrifcambs
Richard Summers from The Landscape Partnership and Andrew Turton from AECOM shared their findings from work commissioned by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to identify the potential for renewable energy in the East of England. This study highlighted the renewable energy resources for Cambridgeshire.
Presented to Councillors on 28 September 2011.
Low-CapEx approach to synthetic transport fuels from biomass – From laborator...Ilkka Hannula
The ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement cannot be met without significant decarbonisation of the transport sector. In Europe, the revised version of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII) will enter into force by the end of 2019 and will govern European biofuel policies during the next decade. The directive will gradually phase out unsustainable palm oil –derived biodiesel, while simultaneously creating European wide demand for “low ILUC risk” biofuels. Minimum target for low ILUC risk biofuels will be 3.6% by 2030.
In the attempt to accelerate the market introduction of low ILUC risk biofuels, VTT has developed a “Low-CapEx” concept for biomass-to-liquids (BTL) that can be realised at an intermediate scale of 100-150 MW biomass input (corresponding to 30-50 ktoe annual production of transportation fuels) with an estimated investment cost for a first-of-a-kind plant of around 200 - 300 M€. The proposed concept is suitable for non-edible lignocellulosic feedstocks and features an atmospheric steam-blown dual fluidised-bed gasifier combined with a simplified hot-gas clean-up train and a small-scale
Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis.
The pilot-scale development work was started in a national research project BTL2030 during 2016-2018, and is currently being continued in a H2020 project COMSYN. Based on Aspen Plus simulations, the overall efficiency (to both FT fuels and saleable heat) of the process is 79 – 87 % (LHV). Based on a prospective economic analysis, 1100 – 1300 €/tonne production cost is expected for a first-of-a-kind commercial plant, depending on the price of feedstock. However, significant cost reduction potential exists for subsequent plants through learning-by-doing.
We present main results from our R&D work to date, together with a roadmap on how low ILUC risk biofuels could be deployed during next decade in Europe to meet the targets set in REDII.
CIB TG66 South America Webinar 2010-11-04 5 Roberto LambertsINIVE EEIG
The South American session of the international webinar series,"THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS POLICIES IN 5 CONTINENTS" was held on November 4, 2010, 10 pm - 12:30 pm, Brasilia time.
The agenda for the free 2.5-hour webinar was:
· 10:00 Introduction - Jean Carassus, TG 66 Coordinator
· 10:10 "The Ordinance on Buildings Thermal Quality for the City of Maracaibo-Venezuela" - Nastia Almao, Emeritus Professor, University of Zulia
· 10:30 "Energy efficiency in buildings in Colombia" - Carlos Valles, UPME (Energy Planing Unit), Ministry of Mines and Energy
· 10:50 "Energy efficiency in buildings in Argentina" - Gautam Dutt
· 11:10 "Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Buildings in Emerging Economies. Strategies to start actions: The case of Uruguay." - Alfonso Blanco, Mechanical and Industrial Engineer of UdelaR University
· 11:30 "Chilean Building Thermal Performance regulations: what we´ve done and what we haven´t." - Waldo Bustamante, Professor at the School of Architecture. P. Catholic University of Chile (PUC)
· 11:50 "The Brazilian Energy Efficiency Label for Buildings" - Roberto Lamberts, UFSC, Professor, Federal University of Santa Catarina, South Brazil
· 12:10 Conclusions - Jean Carassus, TG 66 Coordinator
Low-grade fuel to high-quality energy by gasificationIlkka Hannula
Talk held at the International Conference on Thermochemical Conversion Science in 2013. It covers past and current development activities in the field of biomass and waste gasification
Air Capture & Carbon Negative Technology - The Global Context; in the Short and the Long Run - Graciela Chichilnisky (October 16, 2012 @ Institute of Mechanical Engineering, London)
This presentation prepared by NNFCC Senior Consultant Andrea Muñoz García for the IrBEA Webinar Series provides an introduction to
AD Deployment in Ireland. An overview of the biogas and biomethane sectors in Ireland, including current and planned deployment, key regulatory aspects and funding opportunities available.
This presentation prepared by
Lucy Hopwood, NNFCC's Lead Consultant for Bioenergy & Anaerobic Digestion provides an introduction to the Anaerobic Digestion Market in the UK
5 steps to a sustainable biobased product economy (slideshare).pdfNNFCC
A chemicals and materials industry based on fossil inputs extracted from the geosphere is inherently unsustainable and can never achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions.
A transition to alternative raw materials is required. However this transition cannot be based on simply switching one type of raw material for another. The approach to transition must be wider and based on a re-engineering of the way the economy and society approaches manufacturing and the consumption of products.
The linear model of consumption (take, make, dispose) needs to end, as must approaches to consumerism such as fast fashion. To speak metaphorically, we must put the brakes on the material economy and change direction.
To be successful the biobased economy must overcome two critical challenges: cost and acceptance. The latter being the key to overcoming the former. The widespread acceptance by politicians, industrialists, and consumers, of the need to move away from fossil-based materials and that practical means of doing so exist, would unblock a flow of resources and market interventions allowing the scale up of technology, market development and learning-by-doing, which will inexorably reduce production costs.
The legitimacy of a biobased economy has been widely questioned by both NGOs and the academic community , , , , , although criticisms have been largely targeted at biofuel production, these concerns do apply to biobased products. Questions over biodiversity impacts, social concerns around food security and even questions on the potential for greenhouse gas emission reductions, serve to reduce the acceptance of biobased products as a positive change for good.
This position has resulted in the discrepancy seen between positive policy statements, recognising the need to reduce fossil inputs in material production , and the inertia in the actual practical implementation of policy , . This issue is widely recognised in the UK and across the EU, although the biobased economy is attractive in many ways; for too many stakeholders, it’s complicated and fraught with risk, resulting in a wait and see, or a let’s focus on simpler issues mind set.
Therefore, unlocking the full potential of the biobased economy rests on achieving a consensus between stakeholders on what a transition could look like and how it should be managed.
At the heart of societies environmental crisis lies the issue of overconsumption , . This isn’t just a fossil fuel problem but an issue which cuts across the extraction of all natural resources whether it be water for food production, sand for concrete manufacture or precious metals for mobile phones. ‘Earth overshoot day’ creeps earlier each year and it is argued that without intervention, by 2030 we will need 2 planets to meet both our resource needs and absorb societies wastes.
Five steps to a sustainable biobased product economy - Adrian Higson.pdfNNFCC
A chemicals and materials industry based on fossil inputs extracted from the geosphere is inherently unsustainable and can never achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions.
A transition to alternative raw materials is required. However this transition cannot be based on simply switching one type of raw material for another. The approach to transition must be wider and based on a re-engineering of the way the economy and society approaches manufacturing and the consumption of products.
The linear model of consumption (take, make, dispose) needs to end, as must approaches to consumerism such as fast fashion. To speak metaphorically, we must put the brakes on the material economy and change direction.
To be successful the biobased economy must overcome two critical challenges: cost and acceptance. The latter being the key to overcoming the former. The widespread acceptance by politicians, industrialists, and consumers, of the need to move away from fossil-based materials and that practical means of doing so exist, would unblock a flow of resources and market interventions allowing the scale up of technology, market development and learning-by-doing, which will inexorably reduce production costs.
The legitimacy of a biobased economy has been widely questioned by both NGOs and the academic community , , , , , although criticisms have been largely targeted at biofuel production, these concerns do apply to biobased products. Questions over biodiversity impacts, social concerns around food security and even questions on the potential for greenhouse gas emission reductions, serve to reduce the acceptance of biobased products as a positive change for good.
This position has resulted in the discrepancy seen between positive policy statements, recognising the need to reduce fossil inputs in material production , and the inertia in the actual practical implementation of policy , . This issue is widely recognised in the UK and across the EU, although the biobased economy is attractive in many ways; for too many stakeholders, it’s complicated and fraught with risk, resulting in a wait and see, or a let’s focus on simpler issues mind set.
Therefore, unlocking the full potential of the biobased economy rests on achieving a consensus between stakeholders on what a transition could look like and how it should be managed.
At the heart of societies environmental crisis lies the issue of overconsumption , . This isn’t just a fossil fuel problem but an issue which cuts across the extraction of all natural resources whether it be water for food production, sand for concrete manufacture or precious metals for mobile phones. ‘Earth overshoot day’ creeps earlier each year and it is argued that without intervention, by 2030 we will need 2 planets to meet both our resource needs and absorb societies wastes.
From Mills to Refineries - The Evolution of BiorefiningNNFCC
This presentation was given at the 2nd BBNet Conference: “Green Futures” What’s next for biorefineries?
The presentation considers the concept of biorefining and the origin of biorefineries. How renewable energy is increasingly being integrated into biorefinery operation is discussed and the consideration of carbon dioxide as feedstock for chemicals and fuel production.
Five steps to a sustainable biobased product economy - Adrian Higson.pdfNNFCC
This presentation was given at the CHEMUK 2022 - The UK Chemical & Process Industries Expo. The presentation discusses the need for societal, systems and technological change to enable a move from the current petrochemical industry to an industry based on the use of sustainable carbon resources. A presentation is accompanied by a discussion paper which can be accessed at https://www.nnfcc.co.uk/news-transition-biobased-economy-steps.
The role of biomass in the drive to Net-Zero?NNFCC
At the UK Biomass Biorefinery Network (BBNet) Annual Conference 13-15th October 2021, NNFCC's Director and Lead Consultant on Biobased Products, Dr Adrian Higson, gave a presentation:
'The role of biomass in the drive to Net Zero?'
The UK Government aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) conclude that sustainable biomass can play a significant role in achieving this, providing it is prioritised for the most valuable end-uses.
At the Inventu Bioplastic Innovation Forum on 4-5th November 2021, NNFCC's Director and Lead Consultant on Biobased Products, Dr Adrian Higson, gave a presentation titled 'Perspectives on feeding a hungry bioeconomy'.
In this presentation, an outlook on using biomass as a feedstock for bioenergy, biofuels and biobased materials is given.
Sustainable biomass can play a significant role in meeting long-term climate targets, if used effectively.
Each month we review the latest news and select key announcements and commentary from across the biofuels sector, including bioethanol, biodiesel and advanced biofuels.
Each month we review the latest news and select key announcements and commentary from across the biobased chemicals and materials sector including biodegradable and compostable plastic
When it comes to the bio-based product market, are we climbing the slope of enlightenment or stuck in the trough of disillusionment? It’s now nearly 20 years since polylactic acid entered the market as a promising new commodity plastic, so what’s changed and is the industry developing as quickly as expected?
Bio-based products compete in a world dominated by fossil derived chemicals and materials. These fossil derived incumbents have the market advantage of proven technology and mature value chains, only through long-term innovation can bio-based products hope to build a significant market share.
However, too often innovation is considered solely in the context of technical development. A far more complicated series of actions is required to transform an inventions or scientific discovery into a product or process which provides value, in other words, something innovative.
A key requirement for successful innovation is the legitimacy of the activity. Without legitimacy, policy and funding support is likely to remain poor and market demand will fail to materialise.
In this presentation we’ll look at the current bio-based product market and ask if its proponents are doing enough to convince stakeholders of its legitimacy.
Anaerobic Digestion deployment in the United KingdomNNFCC
NNFCC publishes a definitive annual report on Anaerobic Digestion Deployment in the UK. The report provides a comprehensive regional breakdown of sector development in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the 10 regions of England, giving detailed information on feedstock requirements, installed capacity and output type.
A recent history of industrial biotechnology, bioenergy and bioeconomy in the ukNNFCC
Over the last 10 years the UK has been developing its Industrial Biotechnology Strategy and investing in the infrastructure, such as open access pilot plants, to support innovation. In recent years UK strategy has started to move towards the development of it bioeconomy.
A recent history of industrial biotechnology, bioenergy and bioeconomy in the uk
Options and opportunities in advanced electricity production from wastes
1. NNFCC
Options and opportunities in advanced
electricity production from wastes
Dr Geraint Evans
Head of Biofuels and Bioenergy
October 2012
2. NNFCC
Content
• UK Government’s recently published Bioenergy strategy
• Opportunities for gasification
– Waste
– Heat
– Advanced biofuels
– Coal conversion
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Bioenergy Strategy - April 2012
• Sets out the Governments approach to ensuring that the
benefits from bioenergy are secured.
• Four principles ensure:
– Looking out to 2050, genuine carbon reductions are
achieved
– Bioenergy is cost effective
– Regular assessment of potential unintended
consequences
• Uncertainty is not sufficient to justify inaction. Lower risk
pathways have been identified:
– Use of wastes
– Heat (direct biomass and biomethane)
– Transport, in particular advanced biofuels
– Electricity, primarily coal conversion but also CHP –
longer term, CCS becomes important.
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Flexible / “no regrets” technologies
• Mitigate against inherent uncertainties of projecting deployment scenarios over long
timescales (including the uncertainties around CCS)
– Emerging analysis (TINA) suggests that the development of advanced conversion
technologies, in particular reliable gasification and clean-up at scale, is crucial in
allowing us to realise this “insurance”.
• Crucial gasification variants identified are
– Advanced biofuels (e.g. FT fuels)
– Biopower
– Heat (biomethane/bioSNG)
• Technology innovation needed to reduce cost and increase efficiency to support the
development of flexible bioenergy which can adapt to inherent uncertainties.
6. NNFCC
Opportunities
• Use of wastes
• Heat (direct biomass and biomethane)
• Transport, in particular advanced biofuels
• Electricity, primarily coal conversion to biomass but also CHP – longer
term, CCS becomes important (strong ETI interest in bioCCS).
• Longer term opportunities in bio-based chemical production
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RO banding review – ROO 2013
• Original half and two ROCs offering stalled developer interest
– Arup report
• NNFCC review of costs and performance
• Recent response
– All gasification is emerging and all need help
– Unified ROC offering – 2 ROCs per renewable MWh
with degression
– No difference between (less risky) steam and engine
systems
– Syngas sampling?
– Bio content deemed at 50% or measure (C14)
• Should there be a drive in EMR to realise increased
efficiencies and deliver flexibility?
9. NNFCC
Survey represented about 800 MWe.
Most projects use steam; where power is produced using an engine or turbine, the
gasifiers are either downdraft or use plasma in some way
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• Close coupled gasifiers emerging slightly more quickly for processing wastes – now
operating at low capacity
• There is interest in using downdraft gasifiers for generating power.
• Over the next 2 years gasifiers with steam cycles and gasifiers with plasma producing
power via an engine or IGCC, are expected to grow at similar rates.
• The use of non-plasma gasifiers to produce power via engines or gas turbines will
remain limited until enhanced gas cleaning technologies become available.
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Gasification and heat - bioSNG
air tars
Char natural
gas network
combustion
C0 Syngas CH4
Gasification H2 cooling & Methanation Purification
cleaning
(steam) H2O
H2O CO2
heat
wood (steam) UK electrical
grid
water
Dual gasifier with steam, Syngas cleaning to Methanation at high Purification to
and indirect heating remove tars and pressure, with ensure bioSNG
from char combustion. other contaminants removal of excess meets network
First plants plan to use to the ppb level heat to generate standards before
only dried clean wood power and steam injection
feedstock
13. NNFCC
BioSNG – natural gas substitute produced by methanation
of biosyngas and “identical” to biomethane from AD
• The Bioenergy Strategy, Carbon Trust bioTINA, ETI and National Grid demonstrate
increasing interest in bioSNG
• RHI support for bioSNG injection into gas grid
• Three key developers; use of indirect gasifier is most ideal – limited development on
wastes
• At a tariff level of 4p/kWh, plus the projected wholesale UK gas price in 2020, the
sale price for bioSNG would be around 6.3p/kWh
– This would give plant NPV and IRRs of £38.8M / 9.3% and £159.8M / 16.7% for
the 30 and 100 MW cases
Plant size (MWbioSNG) 30 (15 MWe equiv.) 100 (50 MWe equiv.)
Capital costs (£m 2009) 46.0 100.4
Specific capex (£m / kWbioSNG) 1,500 1,000
Operating costs (£m/yr) 2.5 4.7
Feedstock costs (£m/yr) 4.0 21.8
Co-product revenues (£m/yr) 1.3 5.8
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BioSNG production costs are higher than 2020
natural gas prices
• BioSNG production costs derived are between 4.8 and 5.2 p/kWh - much higher than
wholesale UK natural gas prices of 1.2 – 3.3 p/kWh
• Capital and feedstock costs dominate
30 MWbioSNG plant
7.0
• Increasing plant capacity
Cumulative bioSNG production cost (p/kWh)
6.0
from 30 to 100 MWbioSNG
decreases the production 5.0
cost slightly. Economies of 4.0
scale are largely offset by
the increase in the 3.0
feedstock cost from more 2.0
expensive imports
1.0
0.0
Capex Feedstock Staff Insurance Maintenance Other costs Electricity Heat sales Total
cost sales
15. NNFCC
• Biomass gasification to produce bioSNG is only at the demonstration stage, with limited
experience in downstream fuel synthesis integration
• Three developers now active:
Developer Project Location Stage Size and start-up year
1 MWbioSNG unit built at the 8 MWth Güssing CHP plant in June
BioSNG Güssing Austria Pilot 2009, as part of the EU Bio-SNG project. Previous 10kWbioSNG
test-rig in 2003
Eclépens
REPOTEC-CTU Gazobois Commercial 21.5 MWbioSNG plant starting in 2012
Switzerland
20 MWbioSNG in 2012 + 80 MWbioSNG in 2015/6 with Goteborg
Gothenburg
GoBiGas Commercial Energi & E.ON
Sweden
Possible 200MWbioSNG plant with E.ON after 2015
Petten 25 kWth input test-rig started in 2004.
Pilot
Netherlands 800kWth CHP pilot plant (no bioSNG) in 2008
ECN ECN
Not yet Plans for a 50MWth plant in 2016, after demonstrating CHP
Demo
determined plant at 10MWth with HVC
APP / Prog Eng Plans to convert existing APP pilot plant to produce bioSNG. 1st
APP Swindon Pilot
/ Nat Grid on waste. 2013-15
16. NNFCC
Biomass to Liquids
• Ineos Bio Process to produce ethanol via gasification is about to be
demonstrated at commercial scale in Florida; UK plant planned for
Teesside.
• This, UK plant along with the BA/Solena jet fuel plant, will leapfrog the
UK in a world leading position with respect to BTL.
17. NNFCC
Illustrative BA/Solena Jet Fuel Plant Schematic
BA in partnership with Solena plan to build a waste to jet fuel plant in London (2015)
Gas cleaning /polishing
and conditioning
Syngas cleaning Fischer Wax
Gasification
& conditioning Tropsch upgrading
18. NNFCC
Coal conversion to biomass and co-firing
Metso are building a 140 MW fluidised bed wood gasifier
in Vaasa, Finland to co-fire syngas with coal
• €40 million
• 25-40% coal replacement
• Removes ash from combustion process
Biomass can be brought on line during planned
shutdown – commissioning due December 2012
• Power station still can operate on 100% coal if
necessary