The importance of natural gas for industry and society has become increasingly evident with the current “gas crisis” in Europe, caused by the brutal attack of Russia on Ukraine. The challenge of moving away from fossil resources in the industry and increasing European self-sufficiency in energy and chemical feedstock is huge but completely necessary. Renewable natural gas can be produced from hydrogen produced with renewable electricity such as wind power and carbon dioxide. The current collaborative project between Åbo Akademi University, VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland), University of Naples Federico II (Italy), and Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) focuses on developing an efficient and economically viable process for renewable methane production from green hydrogen and CO2 in large scale utilizing recently developed novel technology. The project is part of the Technologies for a sustainable future research profiling area at Åbo Akademi University.

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