The World Bioenergy Clean Vehicles and Fuels conference took place in Stockholm 16-18 October.

Almost 800 delegates from more than 50 countries took part in the event. The strong representation of renewable energy gases was evident. Both biogas (anaerobic digestion) and thermal gasification of biomass had their own sessions. In addition there were many presentations in the other sessions that involved gaseous biofuels.

Several suppliers of biogas equipment and processes as well as the Swedish Gas Association were present as exhibitors. Most notable was the biogas powered STCC-car from Volkswagen.



The 285 hp strong biogas powered VW Scirocco does 0-100 km/h in approx. 5 seconds and participates in the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC).

Session 22 addressed Thermal gasification of biomass.
In this session prof. Martin Kaltschmitt, Deutsche BiomasseForschungsZentrum, presented an analysis of different biofuel routes from an resource and system perspective. Dr. Christian van der Meijden presented the gasification activities at Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and the plans to build commercial plants for production of biomethane. Ragnar Stare, project leader at Chemrec, presented the gasification of use black liquor in the pulp and paper industry as a mean to produce bio-DME. Georg Schaub, Engler-Bunte Institute Karlsruhe, presented different systems for production of Fischer-Tropsch diesel from biomass.


From left, Dr. Christiaan van der Meijden, M.Sc. Ragnar Stare, Prof. Georg Schaub and Prof. Martin Kaltschmitt.

The session was chaired by Jörgen Held, SGC.

Links to the presentations
Prof Martin Kaltschmitt Renewable Energy from Gasification in the Future European Energy System – A Vision
Dr. Christiaan van der Meijden The Milena Gasification Process for the Production of Bio-CNG
M.Sc. Ragnar Stare Thermal Gasification of Black Liquor in Piteå, Sweden
Prof. Georg Schaub Integrated Biomass Gasification and Fischer-Tropsch Systems