SEMPRE-BIO PROJECT

SEMPRE-BIO project will test new cost-effective biomethane production solutions that facilitate compliance with the European Green Deal. This initiative will seek to reduce the investment and operating costs of biomethane production plants and extend the biomethane production potential through new waste valorization routes. Likewise, SEMPRE-BIO will also propose alternative monetization sources, such as the valorization of biogenic CO2 or the commercialization of biochar. The implementation of the solutions proposed in the project is expected to promote circular economy projects at the local level and reduce dependence on imports of natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG). On a large scale, SEMPRE-BIO aims to promote the use of biomethane as a substitute for fossil fuels used in transportation and the natural gas grid, with an estimated reduction in CO2 emissions of 213 million tons per year by 2050. This initiative is part of the Horizon Europe funding program of the European Commission. Under the leadership of Cetaqua, Centro Tecnológico del Agua, the SEMPRE-BIO project consortium is formed by the Spanish companies Aigües de Barcelona, Naturgy, Cryo Inox and Inveniam, Propuls from Germany, TerraWatt from France, Innolab and NV De Zwanebloem from Belgium; the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona as a public entity; the research centers DBFZ from Germany, SINTEF from Norway, and Biogas-E, from Belgium. From academia, the Technical University of Denmark, Ghent University in Belgium, and the BETA Technological Center of the UVic-UCC in Spain will participate.