EemsGas—one of the largest green gas production facilities in the Netherlands, with an investment of €100 million—has received €30 million in DEI+ investment subsidies from the Dutch government, Perpetual Next, which holds a 50% stake in EemsGas, has announced.
According to Perpetual Next, the subsidy will be used for the construction of a plant that produces green gas from scrap wood.
The subsidy award—almost one-third of the total 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.
The EemsGas project aligns closely with the recommendations of the Wennink Report on public investments in energy and climate technology, published in December.
For the Netherlands, the new plant represents an opportunity to significantly scale up green gas production, based on the gasification of demolition wood, using a blueprint that can be replicated at other locations in the country and beyond.
EemsGas has partnered with TNO (the Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research), which is supplying the gasification technology for the project.
The plant, featuring cutting-edge technology, will produce 18 million cubic metres of green gas per year—many times the output of conventional green gas production facilities.
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