EUCANWIN

CHALLENGE

Despite ongoing research efforts, harvesting, quality and cost of forest biomass remains a significant challenge for the bioenergy sector due to the lack of accurate volume estimations, minimal operational experience of practitioners, challenging economics and a lack of transparency in the supply chain. In addition, Conventional technologies for power production from biomass (biopower) suffer from low electricity efficiencies. Europe and Canada need improved technologies that are more cost-efficient and open the possibility for carbon capture and storage.

SOLUTION

Based on a EU Biomass Atlas, EUCANWin! will build a prototype Forest Biomass Atlas to be applied across Canada, enabling a more accurate evaluation of forest biomass resources and will develop and test an On-Board Intelligent Biomass Analyser. Partners will analyse the feasibility of tree-length harvesting in Nordic conditions. The project will also develop and validate the Biomass fired Top Cycle (BTC) concept that integrates the gasification of biomass residues with a novel steam-injected gas turbine (Top Cycle), will quantify the CO2 capture cost for the conditions in the BTC process.

RESULTS

Eucanwin! Will Strengthen the European and Canadian technology base and accelerate the development of sustainable fuels to replace fossil fuel alternatives, increase the viability of advanced biofuels and bioenergy in the EU and Canada and create new market opportunities, reduce the environmental impact of energy production and Contribute to Mission Innovation, a global initiative to catalyse action and investment in research.