Imagine a power plant that doesn't just stop polluting, but actually cleans the air by sucking carbon out of the atmosphere. It uses leftover plant waste and a special way of burning it with pure oxygen instead of air to make heat and electricity. This process captures the carbon before it escapes, effectively turning the plant into a giant vacuum for greenhouse gases.
Biomass power plants struggle with high emissions, inconsistent feedstock quality, and the high cost of carbon capture, making them less competitive against wind and solar.
The project developed validated kinetic sub-models for CFD, upgraded lab-scale oxy-combustion facilities, and regional datasets for biomass residue characterization.
If you are a municipal energy utility dealing with high carbon taxes and aging biomass boilers — this project developed oxy-combustion and chemical looping technologies that turn your heating plant into a negative emissions facility. This allows you to sell carbon removal credits while providing heat.
If you are a green hydrogen plant operator dealing with the cost of disposing of waste oxygen from electrolyzers — this project developed a way to use that oxygen for biomass combustion. This lowers the cost of carbon capture compared to standard methods.
If you are a biomass residue processor dealing with inconsistent feedstock quality like olive pomace or seaweed — this project developed pre-treatment and pelletization methods that make these wastes energy-dense and ready for high-efficiency power plants.
Based on available project data, the project reduces costs by using waste oxygen from hydrogen electrolyzers and improving the efficiency of oxy-combustion and chemical looping combustion.
The project is currently advancing technologies through lab-scale facilities and regional showcase studies to develop tools for next-generation plants, but it is not yet at full industrial scale.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned, but the project focuses on developing best practices and digital tools for scaling BECCS technologies.
The system is tested with pellets, olive pomace, forestry residues, and seaweed blends across Nordic, V4, and Iberian regions.
The project runs from 2024-05-01 to 2027-04-30, focusing on research, modeling, and regional showcases during this period.
The consortium is well-balanced for technology transfer, consisting of 9 partners across 5 countries. With a 33% industry ratio (3 industrial partners), the project ensures that the 3 universities and 3 research centers are developing solutions with direct commercial application in mind.
Contact SINTEF ENERGI AS in Norway for technical specifications on oxy-MILD and CLC.
Contact us to match with the BioNETzero consortium for early adoption of BECCS tools.
