Collaborative Innovation

ReCycle

ReCycle

Lead Organization: Technical University of Denmark

Project Period: April 2026 – April 2028

Pool: TRACE Pool 3.3

Project Status: NEW

This project targets to demonstrate the technical, economic and area-wise benefits of a biomass “ReCycle” infrastructure, which also can ensure a robust Danish energy system and offer seasonal storage (also in relation to geopolitics). The latter will enable further penetration of variable renewable energy sources (VRE: solar, wind).

The idea is to operate existing biomass fired combined heat and power plants (bCHP) asynchronous to an increased amount of VRE. Emerging power-to-X (PtX) will be operated primarily with the VRE, but will use stored (ReCycled) biogenic CO2 from the bCHPs. The PtX will supply O2 for cheap capture of CO2 using oxy-combustion. This asynchronous coupling will be enabled by new CO2 infrastructures.

Participating partners: Technical University of Denmark, Burmeister & Wain Energy ApS, Teknologisk Institut, University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Topsoe.

Themes: The project ReCycle is part of Theme 3 Engaged citizenship for large-scale transitions and Theme 4 Carbon balance and management.

Project Leader

Henrik Lund Frandsen

Mail: hlfr@dtu.dk

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