| Project Owner... |
BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH
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| Project name |
Syngas Platform Vienna
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| Status |
operational
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| Startup |
2022
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| Country |
Austria
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| Street |
11. Haidequerstrasse
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| City |
Wien-Simmering
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| ZIP |
1110
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| Type |
TRL 6-7 Demonstration
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| Technology |
Fuel Synthesis
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| Technology additional information |
Gasification with pilot scale FT-synthesis and several lab scale plants (e.g. FT synthesis, alcohol synthesis, APR, novel gas cleaning, gas storage,..)
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| Raw Material |
lignocellulosics
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| Input 1 |
Biogenic residues and waste (1 MW)
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| Output 1 |
FT liquids (44 t/y
)
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| Output 2 |
clean syngas
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| Output additional information |
FT capacity 1 BPD
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| Total Investment |
EUR 9,000,000
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| Funding Explanation |
COMET - national funding
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| Partners |
Wien Energie GmbH, Aichernig Engineering GmbH, SMS Group, Dieffenbacher Energy GmbH, Heinzel Paper, Wiener Linien GmbH, Wiener Netze GmbH, Austrian Forest Authority (Österreichische Bundesforste), BASF, H&R, Caphenia GmbH, Solarbelt FairFuel gGmBH, Yosemite Clean Energy. Scientific partners: TU Wien, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Lulea University of Technology.
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| Technology Brief |
The technological key ingredient of the process chain is a thermal conversion process turning waste materials into syngas which in turn can be converted into a variety of energy carriers such as green fuels, green gas, and green hydrogen. If the feedstock is renewably sourced (wood, wood waste, sewage sludge, biogenic waste, etc.), the final products are equally 100% renewable. Non-renewable residues such as non-recyclable plastics can also be processed. While less sustainable than the carbon from renewable feedstock, the carbon from non-renewable feedstock would be upcycled for multiple usage-cycles, similar to the system of paper recycling.
The gasification technology is highly flexible, enabling the production of a broad range of potential end products: not only can it be used to produce sustainable fuels for transport sectors in which batteries are generally unsuitable (e.g. agriculture, long haul transport, aviation), but the same technology can also be used to produce green gas for the natural gas grid, or green hydrogen for future mobility solutions and industrial applications.
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| Additional Information |
The Syngas Platform Vienna is driving the use of waste residues to produce hydrogen-rich syngas. The demo site focuses on waste fuels such as sewage sludge, residues from the pulp and paper industry, and mixtures with waste wood. In a second process step, the syngas is synthesized into liquid fuel (high quality diesel and kerosene). The future directive of the research is towards the increase of carbon conversion efficiency, CO2 utilization, chemical recycling, underused biomass-based feedstocks as well as the production of green gases.
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BEST Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH
office-wien@best-research.eu
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Last Update: 2026-07-09 07:33:24