Besides the design, construction and operation of commercial wood gasification plants, research and (further) development of innovative bioenergy plant concepts are another mainstay of the agnion Group.

Projects are underway in the sectors listed below. The agnion Group is still interested in R&D partnerships and pilot projects. 

At present hydrogen (H₂) for large-scale production is mostly obtained from fossil fuels like natural gas. In this case, the synthetic gas is produced through partial oxidation or through steam reforming; basically a mixture of H₂ and carbon monoxide. Hydrogen can then be separated from the syngas.

Alternatively, the syngas can also act as the starting product for further chemical processes such as methanol synthesis or the Fischer-Tropsch process, for instance it can be employed in the production of liquid biofuels.

Second-generation biofuels are fuels obtained from plants that do not interfere with other kinds of land use and thus create no competition with food production.

The Heatpipe-Reformer offers the potential to replace in the long run fossil energy sources (like natural gas and oil) in the production of hydrogen and liquid biofuels with biogenic energy sources.

An additional positive aspect of the process concept is the utilization of woody biomass or biogenic waste as fuel in the Heatpipe-Reformer. Thus, the production of bio-H₂ and bio-syngas clearly falls under the category 'Second-generation Biofuels'.

Another field of research at agnion are biomethane fuel stations (BioCNG) and the local injection of biomethane into the natural gas grid for subsequent power generation / BioCNG utilization elsewhere.

In the future, natural gas service stations might be possibly involved in the sale of biomethane, since they are already equipped with a natural gas grid connection.