Gasification Workshop Presentations

PRESENTATION TITLE	SPEAKER	ORGANIZATION
INTRODUCTION/OPENING REMARKS
Overview of Biomass to Biofuels and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production through Syngas	Dr. Valerie Sarisky-Reed	BETO
FECM’s Hydrogen Activities including Flexible Feedstock (solid wastes) Gasification Using Biomass to Produce Hydrogen Combined with CCUS for Achieving Net Zero Carbon or Net-Negative Carbon Energy Systems	Mark Ackiewicz	DOE, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
GASIFICATION OVERVIEW & EXPERIENCE
Biomass Gasification to Fuels and Chemicals	Zach El Zahab	GTI
Coal and Combined Feedstock Gasification to Fuels, Chemicals, and H2	Santosh Gangwal	KeyLogic
TEA and LCA on Coal, Coal/Biomass, and Biomass Gasification with CCs	Eric Lewis	National Energy Technology Laboratory
LCA Methods and Challenges for Biomass, Plastics, and Combined Feedstocks	Michael Wang	Argonne National Laboratory
GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS
Challenges and Lessons Learned in Commercial Biomass Gasification and Co-Gasification of Waste	Kevin Whitty	University of Utah
GoBiGas Lessons Learned	Henrik Thunman	Chalmers University of Technology
Overcoming the Biomass Barriers: The Taylor Gasification Process	Mark Paisley	Taylor Biomass Energy
Meeting Syngas Quality Requirements/Feeding Challenges	Joshua Stanislowski	Energy & Environmental Research Center
Commercial Scale Coal Gasification – Lessons Learned and R&D Needs	David Denton	KeyLogic

This was last updated March 25, 2026.