Creating a network of SMEs and non-outsourceable jobs is a key priority, said Alessandra Barba.Īccording to her, this multi-criteria methodology makes it possible to assess any impact on the greenhouse gas (GHG) effect and on the consumption of water, electricity, and other resources. The idea is to make the supply chain competitive with other renewables and thereby encourage its local development. This approach is well reflected in the ten research partners and value-chain stakeholders that ENGIE has in the project. Unlike other, higher-capacity biomass supply chains, GAYA aims to meet smaller-scale, decentralized needs from a few dozen megawatt-hours (MWh), in order to use local biomass deposits, reduce transport, and minimize the carbon footprint. Technology and economyįundamentally a scientific and technical research and development project to remove the main technical barriers from the process of converting dry biomass-to-gas, GAYA is unique in its ultimate aim of developing a sustainable and competitive industrial concept that includes the supply chain. Here we see that gasification can play a critical role,” said Alessandra Barba, Biogas Lab Manager – ENGIE Lab CRIGEN, the Corporate Group’s Research & Development centre (photo courtesy ENGIE Lab CRIGEN).
While upgraded biogas from anaerobic digestion in agriculture and wastewater treatment plants is expected to contribute, we will also need other technologies that can use other available feedstock sources. “In France, the greening of the gas grid is of strategic importance, as is reducing biowaste going to landfills. In addition, the Act targets a 50 percent reduction in the quantity of waste going to landfill by 2025 compared with 2010.
GAIA PROJECT APES DRIVER
Green gas a driverĪ key driver though is the 2015 Energy Transition Act that amongst other things sets a target of 10 percent green gas in the French national grid by 2030. It transpires that Lyon’s Chemical Valley is a major European energy and chemical industry hub and is the “cradle” of the French chemical industry sector reputedly accounting for some 25 percent of all R&D in France.Ī global energy provider like ENGIE has of course several reasons for initiating and leading a project like GAYA, pushing its knowhow and role in the circular economy and increasing the share of renewables in its energy mix. The total (2019) investment is up at EUR 60 million. Located in the heart of Lyon’s “Chemical Valley” in Saint-Fons, south of Lyon itself, the GAYA project was launched in 2010.Ĭoordinated and led by ENGIE, a considerable EUR 47 million budget was allocated at the launch which included some EUR 18.7 million in support from the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME). Strategic locationĮNGIE has deliberately taken its time with the GAYA project.
GAIA PROJECT APES UPGRADE
In short, the big deal with ENGIE’s GAYA project is demonstrably being able to gasify dry (≈20 percent moisture content) biomass or SRF, clean the synthesis gas (syngas), convert it catalytically into biomethane (aka renewable natural gas – RNG), upgrade and condition the RNG for injection into the (French) gas grid.Īll at a semi-industrial scale, and as a continuous high yield process – 1 tonne of dry feedstock yields ≈600 Nm3 of biomethane as well as heat.
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