据油气新闻10月30日消息称，项目合作伙伴周一宣布，现场试验已经成功证明，艾伯塔省的森林残留物可以转化为可再生天然气。
总部位于温哥华的能源清洁技术初创公司G4 Insights公司在ATCO拥有的埃德蒙顿工厂内对PyroCatalytic加氢技术进行了为期六个月的测试。
根据加拿大自然资源协会、天然气创新基金、艾伯塔省创新基金、ATCO和FPInnovations发表的联合声明，在此期间，艾伯塔省首次对生产的可再生天然气进行了测试，并将其注入了ATCO配电网络。
这些合作伙伴为该项目提供了280万美元的赠款和实物资金。
项目合作伙伴表示，由可持续管理的森林残留物生产的可再生天然气排放的温室气体比传统燃料少85%。
合作伙伴说：“森林残留物包括树木的每一部分，可以转化为固体、液体或气体生物燃料，如RNG。然后它可以被用作燃料运输或工业过程中的替代能源。G4技术也可以用于将农作物废料转化为RNG。”
项目合作伙伴在一份联合声明中说，G4 Insights的技术一旦商业化，便可以将森林生物质能转化为可再生天然气，可以添加到现有的天然气分配系统中，并在不修改设备的情况下供客户交换使用。
ATCO副总裁Graeme Feltham表示：“来自木材废料的可再生天然气是一种很大程度上尚未开发的可再生资源，加拿大可以使用这种碳中性燃料为他们的家庭和企业供暖和供电。”
加拿大天然气协会首席执行官Timothy Egan补充说，G4 Insights项目可以帮助加拿大步入正轨，帮助实现天然气输送行业设定的到2030年可再生天然气份额达到10％的宏伟目标。
曹海斌 摘译自 油气新闻
原文如下：
G4 Insights converts Alberta forestry residues into pipeline-quality gas
A field pilot has successfully demonstrated that Alberta forestry industry residues can be turned into renewable natural gas, project partners announced Vancouver-based energy cleantech start up G4 Insights Inc. ran a test of its PyroCatalytic Hydrogenation technology for six months at a facility in Edmonton owned by ATCO.
During that period, for the first time in Alberta produced renewable natural gas was tested and injected into the ATCO distribution grid, according to a joint statement from the consortium Natural Resources Canada, the Natural Gas Innovation Fund, Alberta Innovates, ATCO and FPInnovations.
Those partners provided $2.8 million in grants and in-kind funding for the project.
Renewable natural gas produced from sustainably managed forest residue can emit up to 85 per cent fewer GHG emissions than traditional fuels, the project partners said.
“Forest residue, which includes every part of the tree, can be converted into solid, liquid or gaseous biofuels such as RNG. It can then be used as an alternative energy source to fuel transportation or in industrial processes. The G4 technology can also be used to convert agricultural crop wastes into RNG,” the partners said.
G4 Insights’ technology, when commercialized, will convert forestry biomass into RNG that can be added to the existing natural gas distribution system and used interchangeably by customers without any equipment modifications, said a joint statement by the project partners, they said.
“Renewable natural gas from wood waste is a largely untapped renewable resource that Canadians can use to heat and power their homes and businesses using a carbon-neutral fuel,” said ATCO vice-president Graeme Feltham.
Timothy Egan, CEO of the Canadian Gas Association, added that the G4 Insights project can help put Canada on track to help meet an aspirational target set by the natural gas delivery industry of 10 per cent RNG content by 2030.