New European project to set the foundations of a first-of-a-kind biorefinery converting residual wood to isobutene-derived gasoline and jetfuel
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
11 project partners coming from 8 EU Member
States have signed an agreement with the Innovation and Networks
Executive Agency (INEA) on behalf of the European Commission, regarding to
a new project aimed at converting
softwood residues into isobutene derivatives for use in gasoline and jetfuel
(see press
release from Global Bionergies, 14/5/2018). INEA manages the Secure, Clean
and Efficient Energy societal challenge of the Horizon 2020 program.
The project REWOFUEL will
set the foundations of a first-of-a-kind biorefinery converting residual wood to high
performance drop-in renewable gasoline and jetfuel. With an estimated forestry
residues potential of about 145 million tons per year, the European Union has
the opportunity to support the deployment of hundreds of such biorefineries.
Name
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REWOFUEL (N°792104)
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Call
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HORIZON
2020
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Objectives
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- To
convert currently poorly valorised softwood residues into second generation
renewable isobutene for subsequent conversion into gasoline and jetfuel.
- To demonstrate
the new value chain at cubic meter scale by combining the technologies and
know-how of participants.
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European
grant (M€)
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13.9
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Duration
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3 years
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Leader
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- Global Bioenergies (France and
Germany): Hydrolysates fermentation to bio-isobutene.
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Partnership
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- Ajinomoto Eurolysine (France): Valorisation
of proteins from the dried killed residual biomass.
- Energy Institute at the University of
Linz (Austria): Assessment of the sustainability and environmental
benefits.
- Graanul Invest AS (Estonia): Residual
softwood supply and processing.
- Neste Engineering Solutions (Finland):
Bio-isobutene conversion to fuel components.
- Peab Asfalt (Sweden): Valorisation of
the lignin side stream.
- Repsol (Spain): Evaluation of gasoline
applications.
- Sekab (Sweden): Softwood conversion
to hydrolysates using its CelluAPP® technology.
- SkyNRG (Netherlands): Evaluation of jetfuel
application.
- TechnipFMC and IPSB (France): Preliminary
engineering of a wood-to-isobutene plant and overall integration with a fuel
conversion unit.
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