Bioenergy has a significant potential to substitute fossil fuels and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for heating, high temperature processes and electricity production. The use of biomass according to the cascade principle, first for food and goods and then the use of resulting residues…
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Biomass has great potential in Switzerland for future heat and electricity generation and fuel production. This potential is far from being exhausted. Energy derived from wood, farm manure and waste can be stored and whenever there is no wind or sunshine. For the first time, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Resear…
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Nasse Biomasseabfälle bieten ein grosses Potential zur energetischen Nutzung. Die am PSI entwickelte Technologie der katalytischen hydrothermalen Vergasung erlaubt die Herstellung von Biomethan aus diesen Abfällen ohne vorherige energieintensive Trocknung. In Kooperation mit dem Schweizer Konzern Nestlé gelang nun die Umsetzung von…
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The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and Energie 360° have achieved an important milestone in the production of renewable gas from biogas plants. Thanks to the innovative fluidized bed methanation technology, the production of biogas can be increased by 60%. In future, CO2 in a biogas processing…
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The joint SCCER activity CEDA (Coherent Energy Demonstrator Assessment) has successfully started. The project will be coordinating Swiss research on demonstrator and pilot plant infrastructures. One example is the SCCER BIOSWEET’s ESI Platform (Energy System Integration Platform) at PSI. The goal…
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Fiber-rich biomass as a sustainable source of bioenergy is abundant in Switzerland, such as harvest residues, straw, corn husks and the solids of dairy cattle manure. However, the conversion to biogas is challenging, because of the low hydrolysis rate of these materials. A novel pretreatment…
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