JOINT RESEARCH UNIT OF RENEWABLE GAS

The Joint Research Unit of Renewable Gas Consolidation objective of is to increase knowledge not just of biogas and biomethane but also of other renewable gases such as green hydrogen and syngas, as well as assessing their impact on current infrastructures and end users.

To achieve this objective we have focused on 5 lines of research:

• Improving biogas production through co-digestion and recovery of nutrients.
• Generating green hydrogen by harnessing energy from pure water flows. This will be passed through turbines, generating hydrogen by means of water electrolysis.
• Producing biohydrogen through dark fermentation, a biological process (initial stages of anaerobic digestion) through which hydrogen is generated based on the degradation of organic matter.
• Gasification of sewage sludge to obtain bio-syngas (synthetic biogas).
• Studying the impact of using the various renewable gases and their mixtures, from the point of view of injection into the gas grid and its use in stationary and mobile (vehicle) applications.