The project Nordic network in solid fuels towards future energy systems (NEST) aims to develop a strong network among researchers and PhD students in Nordic universities working with solid fuels in order to maximise synergies among them.
Solid fuels play important roles for the energy systems in Nordic countries today and will continue to be important in the future. One part of the transition in energy systems towards a more sustainable future is to utilise waste and biomass residues as a replacement for some of the fossil solid fuels currently used in heat and power generation, and in energy intensive industry. In accompany with the fuel transition, new technologies, such as Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) and Pulverised Biomass Combustion, are being developed and/or applied in industry in Nordic countries. One of the major challenges in the fuel transition, especially for the new technologies, is that the ash in waste and biomass residues can cause operational problems, such as deposition, corrosion, and bed agglomeration.
