In response to the climate change issues, the utilisation of biomass will play an important role in future energy supplies. Biomass gasification is the thermal decomposition of biomass feedstock in the presence of limited oxygen to produce combustible gas (syngas). It has the advantage that the product gas possesses ease of handling, storability and with the potential for conversion to liquids for use as transportation fuels. A further advantage of biomass gasification is that a range of feedstocks can be used, including agricultural residues, forestry residues, by-products from biorefineries, byproducts from the food industry such as brewery wastes and the biodegradable and plastic fractions of municipal solid waste. However, biomass gasification has several challenges towards deployment including feedstock availability, feedstock pre-treatment and low heating value of syngas, CO2 emission and ash agglomeration etc. In this presentation, solutions to the current biomass gasification challenges will be discussed. In addition, the further reduction of CO2 by integrating with carbon capture and utilisation technologies will be presented.
