Gasification transforms biomass, biowaste, and waste feedstocks into high-value renewable fuels and chemicals, while simultaneously decarbonizing industrial processes. To ensure that these projects are both technically feasible and commercially viable, rigorous demonstration-scale validation is essential, as it mitigates technological risks and optimizes operational performance,…
We are proud to share an important milestone for CENER. Our Biorefinery and Bioenergy Center (BIO2C) has been honored with the BioCircular Innovation Award at the BioCircular Summit 2026, a recognition that reinforces our long-standing commitment to advancing sustainable, circular solutions…
After 30 months of design, construction and testing, the ZEBRA-LIFE pilot plant has been officially commissioned following 840 cumulative operating hours achieved across several continuous-processing campaigns. The pilot plant converts lignin, a by-product of the pulp and paper industry, as…
At CENER, we believe the transition to a circular bioeconomy is not just desirable, it is essential. Society must learn to valorize waste streams in an integrated, cascading manner, turning what was once discarded into valuable resources. To make this…
CENER is actively collaborating with a range of industrial stakeholders to carry out demonstration-scale testing assays at its BIO2C gasification unit in order to validate the technology under real-world, commercially relevant conditions. Demonstrating the long-term operational stability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness…
In the framework of ABATE Horizon Europe project, CENER in its the Biorefinery and Bioenergy Center BIO2C, will valorise the CO2 from the fast pyrolysis bio-oil subjected to catalytic hydrotreatment by means of a bioconversion to methane with a mixed…
We’re excited to share that CENER BIO2C will be taking part in the GreenInnovation Forum 2026, organized by AseBio (Asociación Española de Bioempresas), on April 21, 2026, in Salamanca! 🌱 Now in its 6th edition, the AseBio Green Innovation Forum highlights the…
The National Renewable Energy Center (CENER) has recently hosted in its facilities of the Biorefinery and Bioenergy Center BIO2C the initial meeting of the R&D&I project BIOOLE-UP, an innovative initiative that will develop a sustainable and efficient biorefinery process from…
Organized by AseBio, the Spanish Bioindustry Association, and the Government of Navarra through Sodena, a financial agent of the Government of Navarra, the 5th edition of the AseBio Green Innovation Forum will take place at the Baluarte Convention Center in…
CENER is actively working on developing the technology needed to torrefy biomass and convert it into an effective substitute for coal and petroleum coke in pulverized combustion for generating high-temperature heat in industrial processes. Among its various technological developments, CENER…