GRID Back-Up and BECCUS from Sustainable Biomass, Introduction

Nils-Peter Astrupgaard/Board of IDA Energy

On this conference day IDA Energi will highlight how biomass is sustainable, how CO2 from utility plants is a prerequisite for large scale eFUEL/SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) production and how the plants in parallel can support the grid through fast ramping operation in condensing mode de-coupled from heat supply. Grid support is ever important since vital intercountry transmission lines are at stake – last the Norwegian development.

We need to look into how we succeed building up the renewable system in a new integrated tendering hub perspective with EPC consortiums covering the whole system chain in one proposal from behind the meter wind/solar coupled directly to electrolysis and succeeding eFUEL production on CO2 from preferably oxyfuel utility plants working in condensing mode backing-up the grid through fast ramping operation at the same time working with intermediate storage of CO2 for eFUEL/SAF production.