ExpoBiogaz
GRTgaz, a French gas transmission operator committed to the energy transition, will be present on 2 and 3 September at ExpoBiogaz (Lille Grand Palais), the gold standard meeting for renewable gas in France. The company will hold two conferences to contribute to the growth of the national renewable gas sectors: one on the Right to Injection after six months of activity, and the other on Hydrothermal Gasification. GRTgaz will also launch Connect, a digital and educational model for the general public that aims to improve people’s knowledge about future gas networks. Expobiogaz2020 will take place in strict compliance with health measures (for more information click here).
Launch of Connect to increase knowledge about future gas sectors
Connect is a digital and interactive information model for all those involved in the energy transition, including local authorities, project leaders, customers, schools, etc.
Connect aims to increase people’s knowledge about the various renewable gas sectors: renewable gas from organic materials (anaerobic digestion1), solid waste treatment (pyro-gasification2), liquid biomass treatment (hydrothermal gasification3) and electricity from renewable sources (Power to Gas4). Connect is also a useful training tool for the teams of companies and organisations involved in the ecological transition.
Connect consists of four main topics.
To understand the operation of the historic gas chain and recognise the main gas structures.
To understand the operation of the four main processes by which biomethane is injected into the pipes.
To discover the key role that new digital technologies play in supporting the energy transition.
To better envision the future and visualize the creation of a 100% hydrogen network.
Users can browse freely to find answers to the questions that drive players in the energy transition: How does the gas network operate today? How can it be made even smarter with new technologies? What is pyrogasification? What are the stages of anaerobic digestion? What will the network or tomorrow look like? And finally, what is a “smart grid”?
See GRTgaz at Stand B06 for Connect demonstrations throughout the exhibition.
1 anaerobic digestion is a process for decomposing organic materials in the absence of oxygen. It produces a renewable gas - “biogas” - and digestate, which is an alternative to chemical fertilisers.
2 Pyrogasification is a process for recovering solid waste that breaks down matter into different gaseous molecules by heating them at very high temperatures (between 800-1500°), with little (or no) oxygen.
3 Hydrothermal Gasification: gas from hydrothermal gasification is the product of a thermochemical conversion in which the rapid biochemical conversion of a liquid biomass produces natural gas.
4 Power to Gas: a process that involves transforming and storing renewable electricity in the form of gas.
A GRTgaz stand presenting the company's renewable gas activities
10:45 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.: Conference: “Right to Injection: the situation after six months of activity”, presented by Jean-Marc Le Gall, Biomethane Project Director and Nathalie Cloatre, Biomethane Product Manager at GRTgaz.
12:15 p.m. - 1 p.m.: Conference: “Hydrothermal Gasification: a promising technology for the circular economy”, presented by Mathieu Morel, Support for the Hydrothermal Gasification Project Director at GRTgaz.
GRTgaz, a player committed to renewable energies
To step up the ecological transition, GRTgaz invests in innovative solutions and places its network at the service of the region’s energy transition. GRTgaz thus promotes the emergence of a French sector for the local production of renewable or low-carbon gas (startups, SMEs, local authorities, waste companies, competitiveness clusters, industrial companies). Gas is gradually becoming a renewable energy. It also offers local authorities new solutions inspired by the circular economy, allowing them to rethink their policies regarding waste treatment, regional revitalisation and alternative mobility. A 2018 study led by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), concluded that by mobilising different renewable gas production sectors (anaerobic digestion, pyro-gasification, Power to Gas, etc.), 100% of the gas consumed in France could be of renewable origin by 2050.