Event

Exploring new biogas to syngas pathways: key outcomes from the ēQATOR project

22.06.2026

To mark the conclusion of the ēQATOR project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon programme, the project’s final conference is taking place on 22 June 2025, from 09:30 to 16:45 at the Maison des Associations Internationales, Brussels, to explore a breakthrough approach to biogas valorisation and its role in Europe’s energy transition.

The ēQATOR project has pioneered a technology that directly converts biogas into syngas through electrically heated catalytic reforming reactors, replacing fossil-based heating with renewable electricity and enabling cost-competitive production of renewable methanol.

The conference will cover :

  • The key results and technological breakthroughs of the ēQATOR project
  • Opportunities for deployment and collaboration across the biogas sector
  • The role of innovative valorisation pathways for biogas
  • Perspectives from experts shaping the future of green fuels and catalytic processes

Preliminary Agenda:

11:00 to 11:30 Registration and welcome coffee

11:30 to 12:30

  • Welcome: Context and introduction of ēQATOR project, Richard H. Heyn, Sintef, Project Coordinator
  • Catalyst development:
      • Catalyst MWH technology, Yves Schuurman, IRCE Lyon
      • Catalyst resistive heating technology, Elias Klemm, ITC University of Stuttgart

12:30 to 13.30: Lunch

13.30 to 15:00:

  • Catalyst engineering:
    • Resistive heating reactor engineering, Lukas Möltner, MCI
    • Microwave reactor engineering, Vincent Goovaers, MEAM
  • Sustainability impact assessment, Nils Rettenmaier, IFEU
  • Roadmap scale up update and replication, George Osei Owusu, EBA

15:00 to 15:30 Coffee Break

15.30 to 16.45: Advancing Sustainable Technologies: Collaborative Innovation Across EU Horizon Projects

  • Marilena Radoiu, Moderator
  • David Farrusseng, Titan Project Coordinator, CNRS
  • Richard H. Heyn, ēQATOR Project Coordinator, Sintef
  • Joris Thybaut, e-CODUCT Project Coordinator, University of Ghent
  • Wei Zhao, Process Design Center
  • Patricia Benito Martin, Storming Project Coordinator, University of Bologna

Registration is open!