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Hydrogen Economy Drivers and Barriers: Power-to-Gas and CCU at a waste-to-energy plant

Hydrogen Economy Drivers and Barriers: Power-to-Gas and CCU at a waste-to-energy plant

BalticSeaH2 publishes a Drivers and Barriers report series about the drivers and barriers we face in the implementation of a large-scale, interregional hydrogen valley.

The first Drivers and Barriers report about power-to-gas and CCU at a waste-to-energy plant has been published. This barrier was identified as one of the investment cases planned to be a part of the project could not be implemented.

Vantaa Energy had planned to build a Power-to-Gas (P2G) plant, which would have been the first facility in Finland to produce carbon neutral synthetic methane on a commercial scale, with a fuel capacity of 10 MW. Additionally, Vantaa Energy was exploring solutions for the recovery and utilization of carbon dioxide. Hydrogen played a major role in both projects.

After the submission of BalticSeaH2 project funding application, RFNBO regulation advanced with more specific calculations for GHG emission reductions and specifications on what components can be used for e-fuels.

Read the whole report below:

Barrier – Power-to-Gas and CCU at a waste-to-energy plant

The main reason for disinvestment decision was that CCU is not recognized as an emission reduction action in waste-to-energy plants and produced district heat still remains to have high share of fossil CO2.

Current regulation fails to promote the circulation and effective use of CO2 in situations where emissions cannot be avoided.

Regulation of CCU/S should encourage long-term applications, such as recyclable plastics, provided that all recyclable materials have been processed before incineration.

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