Syncraft Opens Clean Power Plant That Provides Electricity, Heat, & CDR

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An additional new chapter in Europe’s clean energy story opened at the end of October 2024 with the inauguration of a Syncraft biomass power plant in Gänserndorf, Lower Austria. The facility, built by the world leading experts from the technology firm Syncraft, is generating renewable electricity and heat while actively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Syncraft has built more than 25 power plants that are all in continuous operation and have together clocked +800,000 hours of operation.  

The plant converts regional forest residues into energy using a patented gasification process. It delivers 500 kilowatts of electricity to the local grid and provides 750 kilowatts of heat for the town’s district heating network. A byproduct of the process is high-quality biochar — a form of “green carbon” that permanently stores about 30% of the CO₂ originally contained in the wood feedstock.

Unlike conventional biomass systems that emit all carbon back into the atmosphere, Syncraft’s technology creates thus a carbon sink. When the resulting biochar is used in long-term applications, such as in construction materials or metallurgy, it effectively locks away carbon for decades or even centuries.

Reverse power plants like the one now operating in Gänserndorf are increasingly recognized not just as renewable energy sources, but as tools for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), a field deemed essential by scientists for meeting climate goals.

The power plant was developed in partnership with PurEnergy, an Austrian energy services firm. At the inauguration ceremony, PurEnergy Managing Director Alfred Körner highlighted the plant’s significance: “Only green electricity, heat, and green coal are produced here. With the Syncraft plant, we are taking a promising and climate-friendly path into the future.”

Syncraft, headquartered in Tyrol, has emerged as a global leader in carbon-negative power plant technology. Its installations — known for their modular, decentralized design — are gaining traction across Europe and the US in response to growing interest in net-negative energy solutions. The deployment of technologies that generate clean energy while sequestering carbon is no longer a theoretical goal but an operational reality, and Syncraft’s institutional grade tech is seizing the opportunity.