WOOD ITALIANA SRL

Their core work

Wood Italiana is the Italian arm of Wood (formerly Amec Foster Wheeler), a global engineering and consulting firm specializing in process design for energy-intensive industries. In H2020, they contribute process engineering expertise to carbon capture, gasification, and gas cleaning projects — particularly for decarbonizing the iron and steel sector. Their role centers on industrial process integration, techno-economic assessment, and engineering design for CCUS and bioenergy conversion systems.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Early H2020 work (2015-2017) focused on specific decarbonization technologies: CO2 removal via SEWGS in steelmaking and compact gasification for transport fuels. From 2020 onward, the scope broadened to include industrial CCUS cluster integration, policy dimensions, and flexible biomass-to-gas conversion. The trajectory shows a shift from single-technology demonstrations toward systems-level thinking about carbon management across industrial value chains.

Moving toward integrated CCUS systems and flexible bioenergy conversion, positioning them well for Europe's industrial decarbonization push under the Green Deal.

How they like to work

Wood Italiana operates exclusively as a participant, never leading consortia — consistent with their role as an engineering services provider contributing specialized technical input to research-driven projects. With 44 unique partners across 15 countries from just 4 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia typical of major EU energy demonstrations. This broad partner base suggests they are a trusted engineering partner that research consortia actively recruit for industrial process expertise.

Connected to 44 unique partners across 15 countries through 4 projects, indicating participation in large pan-European consortia. Their network spans the industrial decarbonization and bioenergy research communities across Western and Northern Europe.

What sets them apart

As an Italian subsidiary of a major global engineering firm, Wood Italiana brings industrial-scale process design capability that most academic or research institute partners cannot match. Their dual expertise in both CCUS for heavy industry and biomass gasification makes them a rare bridge between carbon capture and bioenergy communities. For consortium builders, they offer credible engineering validation and scale-up know-how that strengthens proposals requiring industrial feasibility assessment.

Highlights from their portfolio

• C4U
  Largest funding (€415K), most recent project, and broadest scope — combining technical carbon capture with CCUS cluster integration and policy/business model work for the steel industry.
• FlexSNG
  Represents a strategic pivot toward flexible biomass and waste gasification for synthetic natural gas and biochar, diversifying beyond their traditional CCUS focus.