Bio360 expo is an international event that offers visitors both an international trade fair and a conference programme dedicated to the advancement of bioenergy, bioeconomy and atmospheric decarbonisation.
The event is particularly focused on highlighting solutions capable of accelerating the bio-transition through the scaling of transformative and often disruptive technologies, with different themes:
– Production of energy (in liquid, solid or gaseous form) from a wide range of different biomass raw materials and processing technologies.
– Energy recovery in the form of heat, electricity and mobility (by land, air and sea).
– Replacement of daily petrochemical products derived from our daily lives with those produced from biomass or CO raw materials2.
With nearly 8,000 visitors expected and 450 exhibitors, Bio360 Expo covers the themes of bioenergy (solid, liquid, gaseous), renewable and bio-sourced construction materials, carbon capture, use and storage. In parallel, six conference courses are offered with simultaneous translation (French/English), as well as an innovation competition. For more information: www.bio360expo.com.
Biohydrogen conferences
Among these conferences, one day will be dedicated to hydrogen. On February 9, in the Green Gas room, you will have the opportunity to attend various conferences presented by several players in this sector. We invite you to discover some of the speakers in preview with the following program:
Biohydrogen production: biomass alternatives
10 h Plasmalysis, pyrolysis of methane;
10 h 10 IBBK with SEID;
10 h 30 Producing carbon negative hydrogen with biomethane, Spark Cleantech (fr);
10 h 50 Membrane reactors for process intensification: green hydrogen from biogas in the MACBETH project and beyond, European Lighthouse Catalytic Membrane Reactor (it);
11 h 10 H2SITE (en) ;
11 h 30 Production of bioHydrogen by culture of microorganisms: Where are we? How to produce it industrially? At what price? With what economic model? Athena Research.
Conversion of solid biomass and non-recyclable waste into biohydrogen
14 h Hydrogen from energy recovery plants: a contribution to decarbonization and national energy security, Hitachi Zosen Inova (ch).
Other companies will unveil their proposals at 2:20 p.m. Plagazi (se), at 2:40 p.m. Boson Energy (mo) and then at 3:00 p.m. Seata Group (au), 3:20 p.m. Cortus (se) and at 3:40 p.m. Haffner Energy (fr).
Boson Energy: recycle all your waste
Boson Energy’s next-generation thermochemical waste treatment technology radically improves recycling performance and cost-effectiveness – making virtually all of the world’s otherwise non-recyclable household and commercial waste recyclable.
Boson Energy has developed and proven gasification technology and solutions for the clean, efficient and competitive production of two molecules important for the functioning and decarbonization of our society – hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2). In addition to strengthening national energy security by producing these molecules locally and around the clock, the fully circular system can also produce the “cellular glass” building material that replaces high-carbon concrete.
The competitive price and availability of this local hydrogen from waste not only allow direct use, but also the rapid hydrogen charging of fleets of electric heavy-duty vehicles or the support of the electricity grid. Applied to zero-emission transport, one tonne of waste is worth about 250 litres of diesel and 2 to 3 tonnes of CO2 saved. Green ammonia is another production option and the recombination of CO2 green produced in the process with hydrogen allows the production of green urea or methanol.
Boson Energy is currently developing 10 projects included in the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance (ECH2A) project pipeline – totalling over 60 kt of annual hydrogen capacity. Jan Grimbrandt, CEO and Founder of Boson Energy: “You can’t solve new challenges with old solutions. Fortunately, hydrogen from waste is not really technically complicated. But, and this is a big but, you need to know both electrons and molecules – and think in systems.”
Plagazi: plasma recycling
Plagazi is a Swedish cleantech company that offers an innovative green hydrogen production process based on the complete recycling of currently non-recyclable waste.
The patented Plagazi process converts non-recyclable waste into large-scale production of green hydrogen through plasma gasification. This solution reduces greenhouse gas emissions and provides hydrogen production to meet Europe’s ambitious climate targets and clean energy independence.
The production process has a lower negative carbon footprint than electrolysis production and does not produce any hazardous or environmentally harmful by-products. Plagazi can therefore extract renewable energy from non-recyclable waste, such as automotive shredder residue (ASR), contaminated plastics, wind turbine blades, industrial waste, hazardous waste, difficult biomass, etc. Plagazi enables the creation of new and circular solutions that take care of waste while reducing large amounts of CO2 emissions. The green hydrogen produced is of fuel cell quality.
Macbeth : reformage du biogaz
With the Macbeth project, GECs and Politecnico Milano are working on a promising option for hydrogen production with the use of biogas, whose potential availability is able to cover 20% of the current global demand for natural gas. Biogas can be converted into hydrogen through a reforming process. Membrane reactors can be an efficient and cost-effective solution for biogas reforming, allowing the process to be significantly intensified.
The EU-funded Macbeth project (https://www.macbeth-project.eu/), is currently developing a prototype membrane reactor for green hydrogen production of 100 kg/day, among other processes being studied.
A spin-off company, Modelta BV, was also created within the project to collect know-how on this technology.
SEID: cold pyrolysis of methane
As part of the Horizon Europe Project launched in June 2022, Seid has accelerated the development of a novel cold plasma (non-thermal plasma) reactor for the production of sustainable hydrogen alongside high-value carbon. The ColdSpark is born from SEID’s 25 years of experience in non-thermal plasma and high-voltage power systems. This proprietary cold methane pyrolysis (CMP) process requires less energy than conventional hydrogen production technologies per kg of hydrogen produced, all with an ultra-low carbon footprint. An additional by-product could be acetylene.
A cold plasma reactor operates with an ultra-high voltage electrode array, energized with an extreme pulse voltage several thousand times per second to produce miniature split-second flashes. This creates an energetic electron stream that interacts with CH molecules4splitting it step by step into its two components, H2 and carbon black. No CO2 is produced in the process, hence there is no need for carbon capture and storage.
This process creates H₂ with an ultra-low carbon footprint, without NOX ni SOX and a valuable by-product, carbon black. This low-carbon carbon black can/will replace conventional carbon black products produced in refineries, with extreme emissions and pollution problems.
With applications in several industries, such as rubber and car tires, batteries, paints, electronics and, above all, metal smelting processes. The same principle applies to the production of hydrogen from biomethane, except that the methane concentrations are not the same.
