Here in the EU: “We produce almost all of our electrons, yet almost none of our molecules”
Europe has made real progress in renewable electricity, but the molecule system remains exposed. Gas, liquid fuels, chemical feedstocks and future materials still rely heavily on fossil supply chains. These molecules cannot be replaced by electrons alone. They must be manufactured again, differently.
This is where TITAN changes the scale of the conversation.
A typical anaerobic digestion plant may produce around 2 million cubic metres of renewable gas per year. That is useful, but it does not move national energy security. TITAN is designed for a different class of output. In Phase One Swing–Swing mode, producing renewable methane and ethanol side by side, a TITAN site can produce around 22 million cubic metres of RNG equivalent per year. With the first 50 MW of a future 100 MW RNG capability installed in Phase One, the same site has the installed pathway to move beyond this level toward 44 million cubic metres of RNG, with one of ten planned full TITAN sites capable of more than 80 million cubic metres of RNG equivalent per year.
This is not a marginal improvement. It is a step-change in renewable molecule infrastructure.
TITAN achieves this scale by combining Hydrogen Producer Gas with industrialised biotechnology. Hydrogen Producer Gas creates the controllable carbon feedstock. Methanogenic fermentation converts that feedstock into renewable methane. Acetogenic fermentation converts it into 2G ethanol for SAF intermediates. These outputs are not competing products. They operate side by side in Swing–Swing mode, where shared gas supply, heat integration, utilities, operational flexibility and market optionality allow each pathway to support the other.
The result is not simply renewable gas production and not simply ethanol production. It is an integrated carbon-to-molecule platform.
This matters because Europe needs both gas and liquid fuels. Renewable methane can replace fossil LNG in existing gas logistics, virtual pipeline systems and industrial demand centres. 2G ethanol can support the alcohol-to-jet pathway for sustainable aviation fuel. Together, they create a stronger platform than either output alone.
Syngas Project’s first base is Poland. The long-term objective is to establish the platform capacity required to support a Polish SAF refinery capable of producing 1 million litres per day by 2035, while also building the renewable gas infrastructure needed to deliver approximately 1 GW of RNG-equivalent capacity through Swing–Swing deployment.
Europa potrzebuje cząsteczek odnawialnych w skali przemysłowej
Europa osiągnęła znaczący postęp w obszarze odnawialnej energii elektrycznej, jednak system cząsteczek pozostaje narażony. Gaz, paliwa ciekłe, surowce chemiczne oraz przyszłe materiały nadal w dużej mierze opierają się na łańcuchach dostaw opartych na paliwach kopalnych. Tych cząsteczek nie da się zastąpić wyłącznie energią elektryczną. Muszą być wytwarzane na nowo — w inny sposób.
W tym miejscu TITAN zmienia skalę dyskusji.
Typowa instalacja fermentacji beztlenowej produkuje około 2 milionów metrów sześciennych gazu odnawialnego rocznie. To użyteczne, ale nie wpływa na bezpieczeństwo energetyczne na poziomie krajowym. TITAN został zaprojektowany dla zupełnie innej klasy produkcji. W trybie Swing–Swing w Fazie Pierwszej, produkując równolegle metan odnawialny i etanol, pojedyncza instalacja TITAN może osiągnąć około 22 milionów metrów sześciennych ekwiwalentu RNG rocznie. Przy zainstalowanych w Fazie Pierwszej pierwszych 50 MW z docelowych 100 MW zdolności RNG, ta sama instalacja posiada ścieżkę wzrostu do około 44 milionów metrów sześciennych RNG, przy czym jedna z dziesięciu planowanych pełnoskalowych instalacji TITAN może przekroczyć 80 milionów metrów sześciennych ekwiwalentu RNG rocznie.
To nie jest marginalna poprawa. To skokowa zmiana w infrastrukturze odnawialnych cząsteczek.
TITAN osiąga tę skalę poprzez połączenie Hydrogen Producer Gas z uprzemysłowioną biotechnologią. Hydrogen Producer Gas tworzy kontrolowalny nośnik węgla. Fermentacja metanogenna przekształca go w metan odnawialny. Fermentacja acetogenna przekształca go w etanol drugiej generacji jako półprodukt dla SAF. Te produkty nie konkurują ze sobą. Działają równolegle w trybie Swing–Swing, gdzie wspólne zasilanie gazem, integracja cieplna, infrastruktura pomocnicza, elastyczność operacyjna oraz opcjonalność rynkowa pozwalają obu ścieżkom wzajemnie się wzmacniać.
The operating philosophy is deliberately conservative.
TITAN operates its gasifiers within their optimum operational envelope rather than continuously at maximum capability. The installed design envelope provides additional gas-manufacturing capacity when required and enables individual gasifiers to be rotated offline for cleaning and maintenance while the remaining units maintain HPG production.
TITAN HPG — Design Basis
Parameter
TITAN Basis
Technology provider
ANKUR Scientific
Production gasifier
PG2200
Gasifiers per island
6
Island arrangement
3 pairs × 2 PG2200
Islands per cluster
2
Gasifiers per cluster
12
Clusters per phase
1
Maximum TITAN build-out
3 clusters
Maximum TITAN islands
6
Maximum PG2200 gasifiers
36
Training gasifier
1 × PG350 — Sector 3
Gas treatment
ANKUR Ultra Clean Gas Mode
Primary feedstock
Prepared forest residues
Nominal biomass consumption
~420 t/day
Preferred biomass-energy input
~70 MW
Peak design envelope
~100 MW
Conditioned HPG at header box
51.5 MW
Nominal conditioned HPG flow
20,000 Nm³/h
Biochar design basis
~30 t/day per cluster
Downstream conversion
Acetogenic + Methanogenic
Design philosophy
Optimum operation + substantial headroom
The difference between the preferred operating point and the installed design envelope is intentional.
It provides flexibility for feedstock variation, gasifier rotation, cleaning, maintenance, operating reserve and increased HPG manufacture when required.
2. ANKUR Technology Pedigree
ANKUR has developed and supplied modular gasification systems since 1986.
TITAN therefore starts with an established gasification platform and integrates it into a larger HPG production, gas-cleaning, energy-recovery and microbial-conversion system.
ANKUR Experience
Position
Basis
Established
1986
Gasification experience
40 years
Successfully gasified feedstocks
50+
Geographic operating experience
Four continents
Serviced installations
1,500+
TITAN production platform
PG2200
TITAN production configuration
6 PG2200 per island
TITAN cluster configuration
12 PG2200
TITAN training platform
PG350
The PG2200 provides TITAN with a repeatable modular production unit rather than requiring development of a single very large bespoke gasification reactor.
The architecture is deliberately repetitive.
Pair → island → cluster → phase → TITAN.
The same gasification module is repeated as TITAN expands.
3. Syngas Project — Direct Gasification Experience
TITAN is not Syngas Project’s first physical experience with ANKUR gasification technology.
Syngas Project previously built, installed, commissioned and operated two full-size ANKUR gasifiers at RUMIA, Poland.
RUMIA Experience
Activity
Syngas Project Position
Full-size ANKUR gasifiers
2
Construction
Direct experience
Mechanical installation
Direct experience
Electrical installation
Direct experience
Commissioning
Direct experience
Firing
Direct experience
Producer-gas operation
Direct experience
Gas measurement
Direct experience
Maintenance
Direct experience
Polish operating conditions
Direct experience
Packing / stuffing documentation
Retained
Installation documentation
Retained
Photographic evidence
Retained
RUMIA provides direct construction and operating experience behind the present TITAN design.
Producer-gas measurements obtained during this work also provide a practical comparison with the representative European forest-residue gas data used for TITAN.
4. Modular Construction and Rapid Installation
The PG2200 is designed for manufacture, packing, transportation, rapid assembly and replication.
Syngas Project retains the ANKUR packing, stuffing and erection arrangements used during its previous gasifier programme.
Installation
Installation Item
Practical Position
Transport
Modular packed equipment
Unpacking
Defined sequence
Mechanical assembly
Repeatable
Foundation
Prepared holding-down bolts
Positioning
Conventional lifting and positioning
Mechanical installation
Less than one week per gasifier with an experienced team
Electrical installation
Principal local-team programme variable
Instrumentation
Standard installation and commissioning
Replication
Repeated installation sequence
ANKUR’s own test facilities demonstrate this modularity particularly clearly.
A gasifier selected for testing can be taken from storage, positioned on the test bed, assembled, connected and brought into operation rapidly.
Factory Sequence
Select gasifier → move from storage → position on test stand → assemble → connect mechanical services → complete electrical and instrumentation connections → load feedstock → fire gasifier → establish producer-gas operation
In practical demonstrations experienced by the project team, a gasifier selected the previous day could be installed on the test bed and fired the following morning.
The installation window is therefore influenced principally by the organisation and experience of the local installation team — particularly electrical and controls personnel — rather than by the mechanical complexity of the gasifier.
5. Operating Envelope, Headroom and Gasifier Rotation
TITAN operates its PG2200 gasifiers within their optimum operational envelope.
The principle is similar to driving a car.
A car is designed with considerably more power and speed than is required for normal driving. You drive at the optimum speed for the road, the conditions and the local speed limit, while retaining additional power when you need it.
TITAN operates its gasifiers on the same principle.
The design envelope establishes the installed capability of the gasification system.
The operational envelope is where the gasifiers provide the best combination of stable HPG production, gas quality, efficiency and equipment performance.
The difference provides the additional power — the “oomph” — when TITAN needs it.
Operating Envelope
Parameter
TITAN Basis
PG2200 gasifiers per island
6
Arrangement
3 pairs
Preferred biomass-energy input
~70 MW
Peak design envelope
~100 MW
Conditioned HPG design output
51.5 MW
Conditioned HPG flow
20,000 Nm³/h
Normal philosophy
Optimum performance
Available headroom
Additional HPG capability
The reserve is therefore not created by permanently leaving a gasifier idle.
During normal operation the gasification system operates comfortably within its available capability.
When an individual PG2200 is taken offline, the remaining five can increase their contribution within the available operating envelope and pick up the required HPG duty.
Gasifier Rotation
6 gasifiers operating within the optimum envelope
↓
1 PG2200 selected for rotation
↓
5 PG2200 increase duty within available headroom
↓
Required common HPG production maintained
↓
Offline gasifier cleaned and inspected
↓
Gasifier recharged
↓
Gasifier prepared for the next operating rotation
This is an important part of TITAN’s operating philosophy.
There is no permanently designated standby gasifier.
Instead, the modular paired arrangement allows individual units to move through an operating, cleaning and maintenance cycle while the island continues manufacturing HPG.
The distinction is simple:
Design envelope = the power available.
Operational envelope = where we normally achieve the best performance.
Operating headroom = the additional power available when the process requires it.
6. Biomass Consumption
TITAN budgets approximately 420 tonnes/day of prepared forest residues.
Biomass Operating Basis
Parameter
TITAN Basis
Nominal biomass requirement
~420 t/day
Average equivalent feed
~17.5 t/h
Preferred energy input
~70 MW
Peak design envelope
~100 MW
Feed control
HPG requirement + reactor condition
Individual PG2200 feed is not treated as a fixed tonnes-per-hour number.
Feed varies according to reactor-bed condition, biomass characteristics, operating configuration and required HPG production.
The control philosophy is straightforward:
adjust the input to maintain the required gas output.
The substantial difference between preferred operation and the peak design envelope also allows TITAN to accommodate changes in the usable energy contained within the biomass.
7. Forest-Residue Specification
The PG2200 uses prepared, relatively coarse woody biomass rather than finely pulverised material.
ANKUR PG2200 Feed Basis
Parameter
Basis
Net calorific value
>3,600 kcal/kg at 20% moisture
Moisture
<20% wet basis
Bulk density
>250 kg/m³
Ash
<5% dry basis
Ash deformation temperature
≥1,200°C
Volatile matter
≥75% dry basis
Fixed carbon
≥18% dry basis
Width
25–100 mm
Length
100–125 mm
Thickness
>25 mm
Material below 25 mm
Screened
The relatively coarse specification is important.
The PG2200 does not require finely milled biomass.
This reduces unnecessary dust and fines, while screening removes undersize material before it enters the principal gasifier feed.
8. Biomass Preparation and Natural Variation
Preparation Sequence
Stage
Function
Gather
Recover forest residues
Chip
Establish required dimensions
Screen
Remove undersize fines and foreign material
Dry
Control moisture where required
Store
Balance continuous plant demand
Feed
Supply individual PG2200 units
Gasify
Manufacture HPG
Forest residue is a natural material.
Moisture, density and calorific value vary between batches.
This is normal.
TITAN Response to Feedstock Variation
Feedstock Variation
TITAN Response
Moisture
Dry / adjust feed
Calorific value
Adjust feed
Density
Adjust charging
Particle distribution
Screen
Ash
Maintain specification
Seasonal variation
Adjust operating conditions
Lower usable energy
Increase feed within available envelope
Higher usable energy
Reduce feed
Required HPG
Maintain downstream requirement
The wide gasification operating envelope is one of the mechanisms through which TITAN accommodates this normal variation.
9. Char, Ash and Biochar
Gasification converts the majority of useful biomass energy into HPG while retaining a solid carbon and mineral fraction.
TITAN recovers this material through the dry char and ash handling system.
Parameter
TITAN / ANKUR Basis
Feedstock ash
<5% dry basis
Ash deformation temperature
≥1,200°C
Solid discharge
Dry char / ash fraction
Removal system
Water-cooled screw conveyor
Carbon-rich fraction
Char / biochar
TITAN biochar design basis
~30 t/day per cluster
Handling
Collected and cooled
Final specification
Confirmed through operating analysis and product qualification
The raw gasifier discharge and final qualified biochar product are not automatically treated as identical.
The recovered carbon-rich fraction is characterised and processed as required against its final product specification.
10. Carbon Pathways
Carbon entering TITAN is deliberately distributed between gaseous, liquid and solid products.
Carbon Pathway
TITAN Output
CO in HPG
Microbial conversion feed
CO₂ in HPG
Conversion / recovery
Acetogenic conversion
2G ethanol
Methanogenic conversion
Renewable methane
Solid carbon
Biochar / char
Recovered CO₂
Separate product stream subject to final configuration
Gasification is therefore the first carbon-conversion stage, not the final product stage.
The principal purpose of the HPG system is to transform solid renewable carbon into a controlled gaseous molecular feedstock that can be directed to the downstream conversion platform.
11. Inside the PG2200
Process Zone
Function
Drying
Remaining moisture removed
Pyrolysis
Volatile material released
Oxidation
Process temperature generated
Reduction / gasification
Carbon converted into gaseous molecules
Char / ash removal
Solid fraction recovered
Gas outlet
Hot producer gas transferred to cleaning
Temperatures within the active high-temperature gasification environment can exceed 1,000°C.
The gas subsequently cools progressively through the downstream treatment train.
Reactor temperature, hot-gas temperature, filtration temperature and conditioned-gas temperature are therefore separate operating conditions.
12. ANKUR Ultra Clean Gas Mode
TITAN uses the ANKUR Ultra Clean Gas configuration before the HPG reaches microbial conversion.
Stage
Equipment / Process
Function
1
PG2200
Gasification
2
High-temperature filtration
Hot solids removal
3
Cooling
Gas-temperature reduction
4
Condensate removal
Liquid separation
5
Mist eliminator
Droplet / aerosol removal
6
Fine filter
Fine particulate removal
7
Pleated filter
Further polishing
8
Parallel filtration
Final polishing / flexibility
9
Dry blower
Gas movement
10
Header box
Conditioned HPG delivery
Mist, condensate and particulate removal are routine elements of gas conditioning rather than exceptional operating events.
The objective is a stable conditioned HPG stream suitable for the downstream biological conversion systems.
13. Representative European Forest-Residue HPG
The current TITAN gas composition is based on controlled ANKUR gasification testing of representative European forest residues.
The resulting gas envelope is aligned with Syngas Project’s producer-gas measurements from its full-size ANKUR gasifiers at RUMIA.
It therefore represents the best available representative dataset for the present pre-FID project stage.
Representative Conditioned HPG
Component
Representative Conditioned HPG
Hydrogen — H₂
~21 vol.%
Carbon monoxide — CO
~34 vol.%
Carbon dioxide — CO₂
~12 vol.%
Nitrogen — N₂
~24 vol.%
Methane — CH₄
<4 vol.%
Oxygen — O₂
<1 vol.%
H₂O + inert gases
<4 vol.%
H₂ + CO
<55 vol.%
Aromatics
300–340 ppm
Tar
<10 mg/Nm³
Fine particles 1–5 μm
<5 mg/Nm³
The representative composition is applied to the TITAN design flow of:
20,000 Nm³/h per island
14. Representative Gas Envelope
Forest biomass is a natural feedstock.
Precise gas composition changes with feedstock, moisture, season and operating conditions.
TITAN therefore designs around an HPG operating envelope, not the assumption that every hour will reproduce one laboratory analysis exactly.
Project Stage
Gas Basis
Current pre-FID
Representative European forest-residue ANKUR dataset
Operating comparison
RUMIA measurements
Detailed engineering
Multiple representative Polish samples
Commissioning
Installed TITAN PG2200 measurements
Operation
Continuous process measurement and control
This deliberately moves the project from representative design data toward site-specific measured operating data as TITAN progresses through engineering, commissioning and operation.
15. HPG Energy Cross-Check
Parameter
Value
Conditioned HPG
51.5 MW
HPG flow
20,000 Nm³/h
Implied TITAN energy density
~9.27 MJ/Nm³
Representative European gas
~9.13 MJ/Nm³
Difference
~1.5%
The representative gas dataset and the current TITAN HPG energy basis are therefore closely aligned.
16. Header Box — The Engineering Boundary
The header box establishes the engineering boundary between HPG manufacture and downstream biological conversion.
ANKUR HPG Production
Prepared forest residue
↓
6 × PG2200 — 3 paired lines
↓
Hot filtration
↓
Cooling
↓
Condensate removal
↓
Mist elimination
↓
Fine polishing
↓
HEADER BOX
20,000 Nm³/h
51.5 MW HPG
Conditioned Hydrogen Producer Gas
↓
Biological Conversion
Acetogenic conversion
and/or
Methanogenic conversion
↓
WGS where required
↓
Fermentation
↓
Product recovery
↓
Thermal integration
The interface is deliberately clear:
ANKUR produces and conditions the HPG. The downstream systems convert the conditioned molecules into products.
17. HPG to Products
At the standard 50:50 operating position:
Parameter
Acetogenic
Methanogenic
HPG allocation
~25.75 MW
~25.75 MW
Principal product
2G ethanol
Renewable methane
Product energy basis
~19 MW
~25 MW
Process heat at design duty
~4 MWth project basis
~4 MWth project basis
The 50:50 position is an operating basis, not an inherent restriction.
TITAN can adjust the allocation of conditioned HPG according to product requirements and market demand.
This is fundamental to the platform:
the common intermediate product is HPG; the downstream allocation determines which final products TITAN manufactures.
18. Electrical and Thermal Balance
TITAN’s electrical philosophy is based on minimising parasitic consumption and maximising energy recovery.
The objective is specifically to avoid consuming saleable renewable methane simply to operate the plant.
Identified Electrical Demand
Electrical Consumer
Current Basis
Electrochaea process equipment
~0.850 MWe
ANKUR pumps, conveyors and auxiliaries
~0.950 MWe
LRNG-related electrical equivalent
~1.500 MWe
Identified operating demand
~3.300 MWe
Recovered and Renewable Electrical Supply
Electrical Source
Current Basis
Header-gas turbine
~2.0 MWe
ORC / heat cascade
~2.0 MWe
Base recovered generation
~4.0 MWe
Rooftop solar
Additional renewable contribution
BESS
Storage / peak management
Gas engines
Reserve balancing capability
Additional renewable reserve
To be maximised where practical
On the current basis:
4.0 MWe recovered generation − 3.3 MWe identified demand = ~0.7 MWe base operating window before rooftop solar.
This is an operating margin, not an assumed permanent export.
19. Resist the Use of Own Gas
The electrical hierarchy is deliberately structured to preserve TITAN’s renewable methane as a saleable product.
Priority
TITAN Electrical Strategy
1
Reduce electrical consumption
2
Recover electricity from available gas-energy streams
3
Maximise recovery from the heat cascade / ORC
4
Use rooftop solar whenever available
5
Use BESS for peak shaving, starts and transient balancing
6
Secure additional renewable reserve power where practical
7
Use gas engines only when required for balancing or resilience
TITAN is therefore designed as an actively managed electrical island.
Gas-engine generation remains available without requiring interruption of HPG or fermentation production, but it is not intended to become the normal source of plant electricity.
The objective is to preserve the highest practical proportion of renewable methane for LRNG production and sale, rather than consume it internally for routine power generation.
20. BESS and Renewable Reserve
BESS and rooftop solar are integral operating components of the TITAN energy system.
Function
Contribution
Rooftop PV
Renewable daytime generation
BESS
Peak shaving
BESS
Motor / equipment starting support
BESS
Short-duration generation-demand mismatch
BESS
Load levelling
BESS
Renewable-energy capture
BESS
Electrical-island stability
Renewable reserve
Reduces requirement for gas-engine operation
Gas engines
Final flexible reserve
As TITAN moves through detailed engineering, every practical opportunity will be taken to reduce consumption, increase heat recovery, increase renewable generation and optimise storage.
21. Modular Operation and Maintenance
The six-PG2200 island architecture provides significant operational flexibility.
Operating Response
Situation
TITAN Response
Normal operation
6 PG2200 within optimum envelope
Individual gasifier cleaning
Take selected unit offline
Individual maintenance
Isolate selected unit
Remaining gasifiers
Increase contribution within available headroom
Offline gasifier
Clean / inspect
Recharge
Prepare for return to operation
Gasifier rotation
Repeat across units as required
Lower-energy biomass
Increase feed within available envelope
Higher-energy biomass
Reduce feed
Increased HPG demand
Increase gas manufacture within design envelope
Normal objective
Maintain required HPG at header box
The modular architecture means maintenance does not automatically mean stopping HPG production.
When one gasifier is removed from service, the remaining five have available headroom to pick up the required duty.
The offline gasifier can then be cleaned, inspected and charged ready for the next operating rotation.
ANKUR’s historical TITAN engineering summarised the modular principle simply:
“You can run any line any Gasifier as per requirements.”
22. ANKUR Continuous Technical Presence
ANKUR’s involvement does not end at equipment delivery.
As TITAN expands from one cluster to two and ultimately three clusters, the operating knowledge established on the first twelve PG2200 units is therefore transferred directly into subsequent phases.
23. Sector 3 — PG350 Training Gasifier
In addition to the production PG2200 units, TITAN installs a dedicated ANKUR PG350 training gasifier in Sector 3.
PG350 Training Facility
Function
Position
Location
Sector 3
Production role
None
Operator training
Yes
Start-up / shutdown
Yes
Feedstock training
Yes
Process adjustment
Yes
Inspection
Yes
Maintenance
Yes
Troubleshooting
Yes
Technician development
Yes
Rollout-team training
Yes
The PG350 allows practical training without using a commercial PG2200 production unit as the classroom.
Together with ANKUR’s continuous technical presence, Sector 3 becomes TITAN’s permanent HPG operating, maintenance and training capability.
24. HPG Open Kimono — Final Position
Question
TITAN Position
Production gasifier
ANKUR PG2200
Gasifiers per island
6
Arrangement per island
3 pairs × 2 PG2200
Islands per cluster
2
PG2200 per cluster
12
Cluster per phase
1
Maximum clusters
3
Maximum islands
6
Maximum PG2200
36
Training gasifier
1 × PG350 — Sector 3
Previous Syngas Project ANKUR builds
2 full-size gasifiers
Previous operation
RUMIA, Poland
Nominal biomass
~420 t/day
Preferred biomass-energy input
~70 MW
Peak design envelope
~100 MW
Conditioned HPG
51.5 MW
HPG flow
20,000 Nm³/h
Biochar
~30 t/day per cluster design basis
Gas treatment
ANKUR Ultra Clean Gas Mode
Representative CH₄
<4 vol.%
Representative tar
<10 mg/Nm³
Fine particulate
<5 mg/Nm³
Identified electrical demand
~3.3 MWe
Base recovered electricity
~4.0 MWe
Base electrical operating window
~0.7 MWe before solar
Solar
Additional renewable generation
BESS
Integral balancing and resilience
Gas engines
Reserve, not preferred normal generation
OEM presence
Rollout / minimum five-year extended guarantee
Operating reserve
Available within gasification envelope
Maintenance philosophy
Rotating individual gasifiers
Additional gas capacity
Built into installed design envelope
HPG Design Position
TITAN uses a modular gasification architecture based on six ANKUR PG2200 gasifiers per island, arranged as three pairs.
Two islands form one cluster, giving twelve PG2200 gasifiers per cluster.
Each TITAN phase adds one complete cluster. At maximum build-out, TITAN comprises three clusters, six islands and thirty-six PG2200 gasifiers.
The production system is deliberately operated within its optimum operational envelope rather than continuously at maximum capability.
Approximately 70 MW of preferred biomass-energy input supports the design basis of 51.5 MW / 20,000 Nm³/h of conditioned HPG, against a peak design envelope of approximately 100 MW.
That difference is intentional.
Like a car that is normally driven at the optimum speed for the road while retaining additional power when required, TITAN operates its gasifiers where they perform best while retaining substantial additional capability.
That headroom has an important operational purpose.
An individual PG2200 can be taken offline for cleaning, inspection and maintenance. The remaining five gasifiers can increase their contribution within the available operating envelope to maintain the required common HPG duty.
The offline gasifier is then cleaned, inspected, recharged and prepared for the next operating rotation.
There is therefore no permanently designated standby gasifier.
The reserve is built into the operating capability of the gasification system itself.
TITAN simultaneously seeks to minimise its own consumption of the products it manufactures.
Current identified electrical demand is approximately 3.3 MWe, against approximately 4.0 MWe of base recovered generation from the header-gas turbine and ORC heat cascade, before rooftop solar.
BESS, rooftop PV and additional renewable reserve power are integral to this strategy.
Gas engines remain available as flexible reserve generation, but the objective is explicitly to resist consuming saleable renewable methane for routine plant electricity.
The TITAN HPG operating principle is therefore:
Prepare the forest residue → operate all PG2200 gasifiers within their optimum envelope → manufacture conditioned HPG → rotate individual gasifiers for cleaning and maintenance → use installed headroom to maintain production → recover char/biochar → recover available energy → minimise internal electrical consumption → preserve renewable gas for sale → increase HPG manufacture when required.
Europe is beginning to rediscover a hard industrial truth.
Electricity and storage are essential, but they do not provide full resilience. They keep systems powered. They do not, by themselves, produce the molecules that keep society alive, industry operating, hospitals supplied, aircraft flying or logistics moving when the world becomes unstable.
Civilisation runs on molecules: Jet A1, diesel, methane, ethanol, butanol, acetone, solvents, proteins, enzymes, organic acids, polymers, plastics, chemical intermediates, fertiliser inputs, specialist materials and industrial feedstocks — all of which can be fermented, supported or replaced through fermentation and local carbon conversion.
That is the infrastructure Europe has not yet built at sufficient scale.
For the last decade, Europe has invested heavily in electrons. Wind turbines expanded. Solar farms multiplied. Battery systems accelerated. Grid investment became central to the energy transition. These investments are useful and necessary, but they are not sufficient.
A solar farm does not produce Jet A1.
A wind turbine does not produce diesel.
A battery park does not produce ethanol, acetone, butanol, proteins, enzymes, solvents, plastics or specialist industrial materials.
Europe built capacity in electricity while neglecting capacity in molecules.
That is the strategic gap.
In normal times, the gap is hidden. Global supply chains deliver what is needed. Fuels arrive. Chemicals arrive. Industrial inputs arrive. Food-system materials arrive. The system looks efficient because the world is calm enough for efficiency to dominate.
This is one of the most important realities often overlooked in public discussions surrounding biomethane, renewable gas and future decarbonisation systems.
Producing renewable molecules is only part of the challenge.
The second challenge is quality.
Industrial systems do not operate on slogans. They operate on specifications.
Pipelines require specification compliance.
Industrial burners require consistency.
Marine engines require fuel stability.
Cryogenic systems require purity.
Storage systems require predictable composition.
Large-scale logistics systems require standardisation.
Without these characteristics, renewable gas remains limited to small regional applications rather than becoming part of strategic national infrastructure.
This is one of the reasons TITAN was designed differently from the beginning.
The platform was not designed simply to produce “green gas.”
It was designed to produce infrastructure-grade renewable molecules capable of integration into real industrial systems.
This distinction matters enormously.
Many first-generation renewable gas systems were developed around local agricultural digestion projects where gas quality variability could often be tolerated within relatively small operating environments.
TITAN operates at a different industrial scale and under a different infrastructure philosophy.
The objective is not merely local energy recovery.
The objective is national-scale renewable molecule distribution through existing logistics and industrial infrastructure.
This requires molecule quality to become a central engineering priority.
TITAN therefore focuses heavily on gas conditioning and polishing.
The Hydrogen Producer Gas platform creates a controlled gas-phase feedstock which is then biologically converted into Renewable Natural Gas through advanced methanogenic systems.
From there, the molecule undergoes additional upgrading and conditioning processes designed to produce stable, high-purity Renewable Natural Gas suitable for industrial use, liquefaction and infrastructure integration.
This is where pipeline-grade and marine-grade specifications become important.
Pipeline-grade gas means the molecule is compatible with national gas infrastructure requirements and industrial applications requiring stable composition and reliable performance.
Marine-grade gas means the molecule is suitable for future LNG-compatible marine fuel infrastructure, bunkering systems and heavy transport applications where consistency, cleanliness and energy density are critical.
To jedna z najważniejszych rzeczy często pomijanych w publicznych dyskusjach dotyczących biometanu, odnawialnego gazu i przyszłych systemów dekarbonizacji.
Produkcja odnawialnych molekuł to tylko część wyzwania.
Drugą częścią jest jakość.
Systemy przemysłowe nie działają na sloganach. Działają na specyfikacjach.
Gazociągi wymagają zgodności parametrów.
Palniki przemysłowe wymagają stabilności.
Silniki morskie wymagają stabilnego paliwa.
Systemy kriogeniczne wymagają wysokiej czystości.
Systemy magazynowania wymagają przewidywalnego składu.
Wielkoskalowe systemy logistyczne wymagają standaryzacji.
Bez tych cech odnawialny gaz pozostaje ograniczony do małych regionalnych zastosowań zamiast stać się częścią strategicznej infrastruktury krajowej.
To jeden z powodów, dla których TITAN od początku projektowano inaczej.
Platforma nie została zaprojektowana wyłącznie po to, aby produkować „zielony gaz”.
Została zaprojektowana do produkcji infrastrukturalnych odnawialnych molekuł zdolnych do integracji z rzeczywistymi systemami przemysłowymi.
To rozróżnienie ma ogromne znaczenie.
Wiele systemów odnawialnego gazu pierwszej generacji rozwijano wokół lokalnych instalacji fermentacji rolniczej, gdzie zmienność jakości gazu mogła być akceptowalna w stosunkowo niewielkich środowiskach operacyjnych.
TITAN działa w zupełnie innej skali przemysłowej i według innej filozofii infrastrukturalnej.
Celem nie jest wyłącznie lokalny odzysk energii.
Celem jest krajowa dystrybucja odnawialnych molekuł przy wykorzystaniu istniejącej infrastruktury logistycznej i przemysłowej.
To oznacza, że jakość molekuł staje się kluczowym priorytetem inżynieryjnym.
Dlatego TITAN koncentruje się na kondycjonowaniu i oczyszczaniu gazu.
Platforma Hydrogen Producer Gas tworzy kontrolowany gazowy surowiec, który następnie jest biologicznie przekształcany w Renewable Natural Gas przy wykorzystaniu zaawansowanych systemów metanogennych.
Następnie molekuła przechodzi dodatkowe procesy oczyszczania i stabilizacji mające na celu uzyskanie wysokiej jakości Renewable Natural Gas odpowiedniego dla zastosowań przemysłowych, skraplania i integracji infrastrukturalnej.
TITAN is designed around a simple industrial principle: do not lock a valuable feedstock into only one product.
At the centre of TITAN is Hydrogen Producer Gas. This gas is produced from forest residues and other renewable carbon resources. It contains the carbon and hydrogen needed to make useful molecules. Once this gas has been created, TITAN does not have to follow only one route.
It can shift.
This is what we call Swing–Swing.
In one operating mode, TITAN can direct more Hydrogen Producer Gas toward methanogenic fermentation to produce Renewable Natural Gas. RNG can be compressed, liquefied and distributed through existing gas and LNG logistics. It supports energy security, industrial heat, transport fuel and replacement of fossil natural gas.
In another operating mode, TITAN can direct more Hydrogen Producer Gas toward acetogenic fermentation to produce ethanol. This ethanol can support the Alcohol-to-Jet pathway for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, as well as other fuels, chemicals and materials.
The same platform can therefore support two strategic molecule markets: renewable methane and renewable ethanol.
This matters because energy markets are volatile. Gas prices move. Ethanol markets move. Aviation fuel policy develops over time. Industrial demand changes. A rigid plant is exposed to these changes. A flexible plant can respond to them.
TITAN is not product-limited. It is Hydrogen Producer Gas-limited.
That means the platform is built around the controlled production and allocation of gas. The value is not only in the final product. The value is in the ability to decide where the gas should go, based on demand, price, regulation and strategic need.
This is very different from a conventional biomethane project. A typical biomethane plant is built to make biomethane. That is its product. If market conditions change, the plant has limited options.
TITAN is different.
It is a gas-to-molecules platform. Methane is one output. Ethanol is another. Future pathways can include chemicals, proteins, materials and other fermentation products. The system is not designed as a single-output facility. It is designed as production infrastructure.
Swing–Swing also improves bankability.
Banks and investors do not like dependency on one market. They prefer assets that can survive different price cycles. A plant that can produce RNG when gas demand is strong, and ethanol when SAF demand grows, has stronger commercial resilience than a plant dependent on only one commodity.
TITAN został zaprojektowany zgodnie z prostą zasadą przemysłową: wartościowego surowca nie należy blokować wyłącznie w jednym produkcie.
W centrum platformy TITAN znajduje się Hydrogen Producer Gas. Gaz ten powstaje z pozostałości leśnych oraz innych odnawialnych zasobów węgla. Zawiera węgiel i wodór potrzebne do produkcji użytecznych molekuł. Po wytworzeniu tego gazu TITAN nie musi podążać tylko jedną ścieżką.
Może się przełączać.
To właśnie nazywamy Swing–Swing.
W jednym trybie pracy TITAN może skierować większą część Hydrogen Producer Gas do fermentacji metanogennej w celu produkcji Renewable Natural Gas. RNG może być sprężany, skraplany i dystrybuowany z wykorzystaniem istniejącej infrastruktury gazowej oraz LNG. Wspiera bezpieczeństwo energetyczne, ciepło przemysłowe, paliwa transportowe oraz zastępowanie kopalnego gazu ziemnego.
W innym trybie TITAN może skierować większą część Hydrogen Producer Gas do fermentacji acetogennej w celu produkcji etanolu. Etanol ten może wspierać ścieżkę Alcohol-to-Jet dla Sustainable Aviation Fuel, a także produkcję innych paliw, chemikaliów i materiałów.
Ta sama platforma może więc obsługiwać dwa strategiczne rynki molekuł: odnawialny metan i odnawialny etanol.
Ma to znaczenie, ponieważ rynki energii są zmienne. Ceny gazu się zmieniają. Rynki etanolu się zmieniają. Polityka dotycząca paliw lotniczych rozwija się stopniowo. Zmienia się także popyt przemysłowy. Sztywna instalacja jest narażona na te zmiany. Elastyczna instalacja może na nie reagować.
TITAN nie jest ograniczony produktem. TITAN jest ograniczony ilością Hydrogen Producer Gas.
Oznacza to, że platforma została zbudowana wokół kontrolowanej produkcji i alokacji gazu. Wartość nie znajduje się wyłącznie w produkcie końcowym. Wartość znajduje się także w możliwości podjęcia decyzji, dokąd gaz powinien zostać skierowany, w zależności od popytu, ceny, regulacji i potrzeb strategicznych.
For more than a century, heavy industry has been built around combustion.
We burn carbon to create heat. We use heat to create motion, electricity, pressure and industrial chemistry. This model shaped the modern world. Steel, cement, chemicals, refining, transport and power generation all grew from the age of combustion.
But combustion has limits.
Combustion is efficient at releasing energy, but inefficient at preserving molecular value. Once carbon is burned, most of its industrial usefulness disappears into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, low-grade heat and emissions.
The next industrial era will increasingly focus on something different.
Not burning molecules.
Building them.
This is where fermentation becomes important.
Fermentation is often misunderstood because most people associate it with beer, wine or food production. In reality, fermentation is one of the most powerful industrial manufacturing systems ever developed. Modern fermentation can produce fuels, chemicals, proteins, pharmaceuticals, materials and industrial gases at enormous scale.
Microorganisms are not primitive chemistry.
They are molecular factories.
Inside every fermentation system, biology performs highly selective chemical conversion using carbon, hydrogen and energy. Instead of forcing reactions through extremely high temperatures and pressures, fermentation allows living systems to assemble molecules with extraordinary precision.
This changes industrial logic completely.
Traditional heavy industry relies on thermal force. Fermentation relies on biological intelligence developed through evolution over billions of years.
The future of heavy industry will increasingly combine both systems.
Thermal systems will continue to play an important role in areas such as gasification, metals, ceramics and high-temperature process industries. But fermentation will increasingly take over the role of precision molecule manufacturing.
This transition has already begun.
Around the world, industrial fermentation is moving beyond food and pharmaceuticals into energy, aviation fuel, chemicals, plastics and advanced materials. The growth of Sustainable Aviation Fuel alone is accelerating investment into fermentation technologies capable of converting renewable carbon into ethanol and other intermediates.
Przez ponad sto lat przemysł ciężki był oparty na spalaniu.
Spalamy węgiel, aby wytworzyć ciepło. Ciepło wykorzystujemy do produkcji ruchu, energii elektrycznej, ciśnienia i chemii przemysłowej. Ten model ukształtował współczesny świat. Hutnictwo, cementownie, przemysł chemiczny, rafinerie, transport i energetyka rozwijały się w epoce spalania.
Jednak spalanie ma swoje ograniczenia.
Spalanie skutecznie uwalnia energię, ale bardzo słabo zachowuje wartość molekularną. Gdy węgiel zostaje spalony, większość jego wartości przemysłowej znika do atmosfery w postaci dwutlenku węgla, niskotemperaturowego ciepła i emisji.
Kolejna epoka przemysłowa będzie coraz bardziej koncentrować się na czymś innym.
Nie na spalaniu molekuł.
Lecz na ich budowie.
W tym miejscu fermentacja staje się niezwykle ważna.
Fermentacja jest często źle rozumiana, ponieważ większość ludzi kojarzy ją z piwem, winem lub produkcją żywności. W rzeczywistości fermentacja jest jednym z najpotężniejszych systemów produkcyjnych, jakie kiedykolwiek opracowano. Współczesna fermentacja może produkować paliwa, chemikalia, białka, farmaceutyki, materiały i gazy przemysłowe na ogromną skalę.
Mikroorganizmy nie są prymitywną chemią.
Są fabrykami molekuł.
W każdym systemie fermentacyjnym biologia wykonuje niezwykle precyzyjne przemiany chemiczne z wykorzystaniem węgla, wodoru i energii. Zamiast wymuszać reakcje przy ekstremalnych temperaturach i ciśnieniach, fermentacja pozwala żywym organizmom budować molekuły z wyjątkową dokładnością.
To całkowicie zmienia logikę przemysłu.
Tradycyjny przemysł ciężki opiera się na sile termicznej. Fermentacja opiera się na biologicznej inteligencji rozwijanej przez miliardy lat ewolucji.
Przyszłość przemysłu będzie coraz częściej łączyć oba systemy.
Systemy termiczne nadal pozostaną ważne w takich obszarach jak zgazowanie, hutnictwo, ceramika i procesy wysokotemperaturowe. Jednak fermentacja będzie coraz częściej przejmować rolę precyzyjnej produkcji molekuł.
For much of the industrial world, volatility is viewed as a threat.
Energy prices rise and fall. Commodity markets move unexpectedly. Regulation changes. Geopolitical tensions disrupt supply chains. Technologies evolve faster than expected. Entire sectors can become exposed to sudden shifts in economics or policy.
Traditional industrial infrastructure struggles in this environment.
Most industrial plants are designed around one core assumption: stability.
A refinery is optimised for a specific feedstock. A power plant is designed for a fixed operational profile. A conventional biomethane installation is built to produce biomethane. A chemical plant is often designed around a narrow process pathway.
This model worked well during periods of predictable markets and long industrial cycles.
But the world is changing.
Energy markets are becoming more dynamic. Carbon regulation is increasing. Molecule demand is evolving. Europe is attempting to reduce strategic dependence on imported fuels and industrial feedstocks while simultaneously decarbonising its economy.
In this environment, flexibility becomes increasingly valuable.
This is one of the reasons TITAN was designed differently.
TITAN is not built around a single product. It is built around controlled Hydrogen Producer Gas production and flexible molecule conversion pathways.
This distinction is important.
Traditional infrastructure often becomes vulnerable when its primary output loses competitiveness. A rigid system can only respond in limited ways to changing markets. If prices fall or regulation changes, the infrastructure itself may lose strategic value.
TITAN approaches this problem differently.
The platform is designed around optionality.
Hydrogen Producer Gas can be directed toward multiple downstream pathways depending on market conditions, regulation, demand and strategic priorities. In one operating environment, renewable methane may provide the strongest value proposition. In another, ethanol for Sustainable Aviation Fuel may become more attractive.
The same infrastructure remains relevant across multiple industrial cycles.
This changes the risk profile of the platform.
Volatility becomes less of a threat when infrastructure can adapt to it.
This does not eliminate risk entirely. All industrial systems face operational, regulatory and market challenges. But flexibility changes how those risks are managed.
A rigid system absorbs volatility.
A flexible system can respond to it.
This principle already exists in other forms of infrastructure. Modern logistics networks, data systems and manufacturing platforms increasingly rely on adaptability rather than fixed operational assumptions. The same logic is now beginning to emerge in industrial molecule production.
The future industrial economy will likely reward systems capable of continuous adjustment.
Dla dużej części świata przemysłowego zmienność jest postrzegana jako zagrożenie.
Ceny energii rosną i spadają. Rynki surowców zmieniają się nieprzewidywalnie. Regulacje ewoluują. Napięcia geopolityczne zakłócają łańcuchy dostaw. Technologie rozwijają się szybciej niż oczekiwano. Całe sektory gospodarki mogą zostać narażone na nagłe zmiany ekonomiczne lub polityczne.
Tradycyjna infrastruktura przemysłowa ma trudności z funkcjonowaniem w takim środowisku.
Większość instalacji przemysłowych została zaprojektowana wokół jednego podstawowego założenia: stabilności.
Rafineria jest zoptymalizowana pod konkretny wsad. Elektrownia działa według stałego profilu operacyjnego. Klasyczna instalacja biometanowa została zbudowana do produkcji biometanu. Zakład chemiczny często opiera się na jednej, wąskiej ścieżce technologicznej.
Ten model dobrze funkcjonował w okresach przewidywalnych rynków i długich cykli przemysłowych.
Jednak świat się zmienia.
Rynki energii stają się coraz bardziej dynamiczne. Regulacje dotyczące emisji węgla rosną. Zapotrzebowanie na molekuły ewoluuje. Europa próbuje jednocześnie ograniczyć strategiczną zależność od importowanych paliw i surowców przemysłowych oraz przeprowadzić dekarbonizację gospodarki.
W takim środowisku elastyczność staje się coraz cenniejsza.
To jeden z powodów, dla których TITAN został zaprojektowany inaczej.
TITAN nie jest budowany wokół jednego produktu. Jest budowany wokół kontrolowanej produkcji Hydrogen Producer Gas oraz elastycznych ścieżek konwersji molekuł.
To bardzo ważne rozróżnienie.
Tradycyjna infrastruktura staje się podatna na ryzyko, gdy jej główny produkt traci konkurencyjność. Sztywny system może reagować na zmieniające się rynki jedynie w ograniczony sposób. Jeżeli ceny spadają lub zmieniają się regulacje, sama infrastruktura może utracić strategiczną wartość.
TITAN podchodzi do tego problemu inaczej.
Platforma została zaprojektowana wokół opcjonalności.
Hydrogen Producer Gas może być kierowany do różnych ścieżek końcowych w zależności od warunków rynkowych, regulacji, popytu i priorytetów strategicznych. W jednym otoczeniu rynkowym największą wartość może mieć odnawialny metan. W innym bardziej atrakcyjny może stać się etanol dla Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
Ta sama infrastruktura pozostaje użyteczna podczas wielu różnych cykli przemysłowych.
To zmienia profil ryzyka całej platformy.
Zmienność przestaje być wyłącznie zagrożeniem, gdy infrastruktura potrafi się do niej dostosować.
