Replacing natural gas — with climate-friendly synthetic gas from waste materials
Sustainable energy for industrial thermal processes
Our Re² gasifiers produce a combustible synthetic gas from regional waste materials – directly usable for industrial high-temperature processes at over 1,000°C.
More about our wood gas technology
Sustainable
CO2-neutral,
resource-efficient,
climate-friendly
High temperature resistant
> 1,000 ºC for thermal processes
Existing components can be used
Our wood gasifiers are easy to integrate
Industrial solution
Ideal for brickworks, concrete and metal or food industries
Scalable
Flexible technology, perfectly suited to your energy needs
Direct gas application
Our Biomass power plants generally consist of two components: a wood gasifier and a wood gas CHP plant (for generating electricity from the synthesis gas downstream). For direct use, only the wood gasifier is installed. The synthesis gas is not used to generate electricity, but is used directly for thermal energy – e.g. via gas burner lances in industrial furnaces.
With this innovative direct gas utilisation, we offer an attractive solution for economically replacing natural gas or other fossil fuels in industrial processes. The synthesis gas, or syngas for short, is produced decentrally in our gasifiers from wood chips, pellets, or residual materials.
Your benefits:
- Decentralised, CO2-neutral gas production
- Substitution of fossil fuels
- Energy independence and planning security
- Use of regional energy sources
- Increase in the value chain
- Improved economic efficiency
Practical example: Lücking brickworks
1 MW burner output with syngas instead of natural gas
August Lücking GmbH & Co. KG relies on Re² gasifiers with direct gas application in its production. The syngas is buffered and distributed via gas burner lances.
The result: climate-neutral brick production using regional wood chips.
FAQ—Replacing natural gas with synthetic gas
What is synthesis gas?
Synthesis gas—syngas for short—is a gas mixture consisting mainly of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H₂) that is obtained from waste materials or biomass in our energy plants. If only wood chips are used in the plant, the gas is also referred to as wood gas. The gas can, for example, be converted into electricity via a combined heat and power plant or fed into a burner as a substitute for natural gas.
How does syngas from Spanner Re² wood gasification plants replace natural gas?
Spanner Re² wood gasifiers produce clean gas from (biogenic) waste materials. This gas can be used directly in industrial thermal processes, thereby replacing natural gas in a sustainable manner (known as direct gas utilisation). Alternatively, the gas can also be converted into electricity via a combined heat and power plant (CHP plnat). If a CHP plant is connected downstream to convert the gas into electricity, this is referred to as combined heat and power (CHP). This process generates both electricity and heat.
What residual materials can be used in biomass power plants from Spanner Re²?
A wide variety of fuels can be used in Spanner Re² wood gasification plants: wood chips from forest residues, beetle-infested wood, processed roadside green waste, waste wood, sawmill by-products, pellets, biogenic residues such as nut shells, kernels, and even plastic waste.