The last decades in which we live represent a higher level of pollution and the consequent deterioration of public health. This is mainly due to the increased use of fossil fuels. Accordingly, by adopting various action plans and strategies, the EU wants to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and make the transition to a climate-neutral economy. Biomass represents a large and indispensable part of the energy debate regarding renewable energy sources. It is clean energy, abundant in resources and environmentally friendly. We made an overview of the existing wood biomass gasification projects in the EU and compared their installed capacities. The plants are smaller in size and are in the range of up to 20 MW. Based on a review of the literature, we found that the most perspective technology for achieving high purity gas is an entrained flow gasifier, with oxygen as a gasification agent. The produced gas contains solid particles which are removed by a moving bed filter, sulphur compounds which are removed by mixed metal oxides as adsorption material. Due to the high-temperature operation, there are few organic impurities and they are removed on the fly. The analysis of gasification for the purpose of biomethane production showed that wood biomass residues are most often used as a source of wood biomass.
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