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EMPHATICAL (Efficient Methanol from Pumped Heat and Calcium Looping) project focuses on advancing sustainable e-methanol production through innovative carbon capture and utilisation technologies. Running from 2024 to 2029, the project aims to develop and demonstrate an integrated process that captures carbon dioxide from electrified metallurgical industries and converts it into renewable methanol using green hydrogen. By combining novel oxy-blown calcium-looping carbon capture, gas purification, and methanol synthesis technologies, EMPHATICAL aims to significantly improve the energy efficiency and economic competitiveness of e-methanol production. The project will validate its approach through a first-of-a-kind TRL7 demonstrator, targeting a 25% reduction in both energy consumption and production costs while supporting the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate industrial sectors.
The Bio-FlexCLC project develops and demonstrates an innovative combined heat and power (CHP) technology that achieves negative CO₂ emissions. By integrating chemical-looping combustion with conventional circulating fluidised bed boilers, the project enables CHP plants to efficiently use low-value biogenic residues as fuel. This approach reduces harmful emissions, improves energy conversion efficiency, and offers flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions—providing a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to traditional fossil-fuel-based systems.
BeBOP concept consists of a disruptive Power Biomass to X (PBtX) system integrating a solid oxide electrolysis cell unit (SOEC) within the syngas conditioning line for syngas upgrading through electrochemical separation of excess oxygen, to produce bio/e-methanol.
Biomass-derived liquid transportation fuels offer a promising solution to mitigate climate change, and many countries are supporting this with incentives to boost bioenergy use. However, the current reliance on food-related sources for most biofuels is negatively impacting food production. In addition, the development of cost effective solutions that utilise non-food based feedstocks, minimise carbon waste and inhibit biogenic effluent gas emissions in sustainable biofuel production processes are still in their early stages.
Flexby aims to change this by developing advanced biofuels through innovative, cost-efficient processes and cutting-edge digitalisation tools, paving the way for more sustainable biofuel production and making significant steps towards minimising carbon waste and reducing biogenic effluent gas emissions.