Imagine turning city trash, winery waste, and greenhouse gases into high-quality fuel for planes and trucks. Instead of just one method, this project builds several different 'recipes' to convert waste into energy. It's like creating a series of specialized factories that clean up the environment while powering our vehicles.
Europe faces a need for secure, competitive, and sustainable energy supplies to replace fossil fuels in transport and power. Current fuel production often lacks integrated, sustainable value chains from waste feedstock to end-user.
Four TRL7 demonstration plants and 9 integrated value chains that convert CO2, digestate, and urban waste into biofuels and RFNBOs.
If you are a fuel distributor dealing with strict carbon emission mandates — this project developed 9 complete value chains that produce sustainable aviation and maritime fuels. This allows you to source low-carbon alternatives that meet strict quality specifications.
If you are a waste treatment plant dealing with high volumes of organic urban waste — this project developed a system to convert that waste into bioethanol and biomethanol. This turns a disposal cost into a revenue stream from fuel production.
If you are an energy provider dealing with unstable power grids on islands — this project developed a way to produce biodiesel from microalgae grown in waste. This provides a local, sustainable fuel source for power plants.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or production costs are not provided, but the project is developing business models and marketing concepts to determine market entry.
The project is testing the technology through 4 demonstration plants (TRL7) located in Belgium, Spain, and Greece, with some process modelling scaled up to TRL9.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on setting up business models and market entry strategies, but specific licensing terms are not detailed.
The project focuses on providing sustainable and secure energy supply schemes and will develop policy recommendations for the energy system transition.
The project period runs from 2023-10-01 to 2027-09-30.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven, with 13 industrial partners representing 50% of the 26 total members. This strong commercial presence, including 7 SMEs, suggests a high focus on market viability and practical implementation rather than purely academic research.
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