Gasifying waste and residual wood for large scale Green Gas production

Thema:: Sustainable chemical industry

4 February 2026

EemsGas is taking an important step in greening the Dutch energy mix with the construction of a new plant that will produce green gas from waste and residual wood. This marks a major advance in scaling up national green gas production. TNO provides the core gasification and green gas technology, ensuring reliable and efficient industrial scale operation. The project will produce 18 million cubic metres of green gas annually—far exceeding the output of conventional facilities—and offers a blueprint that can be replicated across the Netherlands and internationally.

Innovation at industrial scale

By applying advanced indirect gasification, the EemsGas project enables high efficiency, large scale green gas production from renewable feedstocks. Indirect gasification produces methane instantaneously and, after upgrading, reaches an overall efficiency of around 70%.

TNO’s expertise forms the basis for a robust, scalable production system that contributes directly to a circular and climate neutral economy.

'This technology demonstrates how scientific knowledge can translate into practical energy transition solutions. The project gives the Netherlands an opportunity to substantially scale up green gas production while creating a blueprint with international relevance.

TNO project lead

From waste and residual wood to green gas with high efficiency

The plant is built around TNO’s integrated MILENA–OLGA–ESME technology chain — a proven route for converting solid biomass, including waste and residual wood, into high quality green gas:

MILENA (gasification) converts solid biomass into raw product gas with 100% conversion and flexibility in feedstock.
OLGA (tar removal) removes particulates and heavy hydrocarbons (tars), protecting downstream equipment.
ESME (methanation) produces grid quality green gas suitable for injection into the existing network.

Together, these technologies enable industrial scale production with high availability, low emissions and stable performance. This provides a key solution for using material streams from construction, demolition, and wood processing industries without competing with food chains.

Collaboration with Perpetual Next

EemsGas is an initiative of Perpetual Next, which converts organic waste into high value renewable feedstocks such as biomethanol — a sustainable alternative to fossil methanol for use in chemicals, plastics, coatings, shipping and transport. With large scale facilities in the Netherlands, Estonia and the United States, Perpetual Next is advancing global scaling of sustainable production technologies.

The project illustrates how collaboration can deliver innovative, scalable solutions that reduce CO₂ emissions, close material loops and support the Netherlands in moving towards a circular, climate neutral future.

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Berend Vreugdenhil

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Senior Scientist, Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals
I am the focal point for everything related to thermal conversion via gasification. I am interested in converting all kind of residues (biogenic, plastic or mixed) into useable product gas.

Through utilization of our extended R&D facilities we are capable of producing all kind of chemicals (BTX) and fuels. With gasification, cleaning and polishing we can make any type of syngas quality. Some great examples are methane from demolition wood, methanol from exhausted olive pomice and SAF from bagasse.

Contact me if you want to collaborate in the field of renewable fuels and/or chemicals.

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Jan-Willem Könemann

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Senior Business Developer
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