In the Netherlands, the EemsGas project (formerly known as ‘Torrgas Delfzijl’), a joint venture of Gasunie and Perpetual Next, has secured EUR 30 million in DEI+ investment subsidies from the Dutch government for the construction of a green gas plant at Chemiepark Delfzijl.
The subsidy award – almost a third of the total EUR 100 million investment – is the result of a technical and economic evaluation of the project, its contribution to the energy transition, and the financial commitment of the shareholders.
Once completed, the EemsGas biomass gasification facility will produce approximately 18 million Nm3 of green gas annually from residual wood.
The EemsGas project aligns seamlessly with the recommendations of the Wennink Report on public investments in energy and climate technology, published in December.
Collaboration with TNO
For the Netherlands, the new plant represents an opportunity to substantially scale up green gas production, based on the gasification of demolition wood and a blueprint that can be applied at other locations in the Netherlands and beyond.
Eemsgas partnered with TNO (Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research) for the project, which is supplying gasification technology for the plant.
Perpetual Next converts organic waste into high-value, renewable commodities—chiefly biomethanol, the sustainable, drop-in substitute for fossil methanol used in chemicals, plastics, coatings, and as a zero-emission marine and road fuel.
The company is building a network of large-scale plants in the Netherlands, Estonia, and the United States, with additional sites in development, leveraging a standardized technology blueprint to replicate production globally.
