BioNETzero

BioNETzero is working to enable the realisation of near zero-emission, bio-based heat and/or combined heat and power (CHP) technologies, including carbon capture and storage (CCS). By doing so, the project is supporting Europe's goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Biomass is often used as a fuel for producing heat and power. Capturing and permanently storing the CO2 emissions from this process presents a practical and economically viable means of removing large quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, and is the only approach that can simultaneously remove CO2 while producing heat and power. However, several challenges to low-cost, low-emission and decarbonised CHP remain. BioNETzero is addressing these challenges by: 1. Advancing the European scientific basis of bio-based heat and/or CHP with CCS, and increasing the technological competitiveness and export potential of bioenergy, 2. Reducing the cost, and improving the technical performance and efficiency of bio-based heat and/pr CHP, and 3. Addressing the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of bio-based CHP. The project is coordinated by SINTEF Energy Research (Norway), with CSIC-INCAR (Spain), CIUDEN (Spain), Aalborg University (Denmark), Silesian University of Technology (Poland), AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland), Veolia Energia Polska (Poland), Svåheia Eiendom (Norway) and Air Liquide (France) as partners. This project is funded by the European Union under grant agreement no. 101146616. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.