Collaborations With Similar Projects
FLEXBY
FLEXBY is a 4-year EU-funded project involving 10 partners from 5 EU countries, funded under Horizon Europe Cluster 5 (Climate, Energy and Mobility). The project addresses key challenges in the biofuel sector: competition with food production due to the production of biofuel relying on food-related crops, sustainability of the value chain, food security and cost-effectiveness. To overcome this, FLEXBY develops advanced biofuels derived from waste materials. The project uses biogenic waste streams, such as microalgae from wastewater and industrial oily sludge, and converts them into biofuels and bio‑hydrogen through an innovative microwave pyrolysis process. This approach reduces emissions, supports circular resource use, and contributes to the sustainable deployment of biofuels in the transport sector.
Grant agreement ID: 101144144
Programme: HORIZON.2.5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility
Project Coordinator: IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AIE
FUEL-UP
It is becoming increasingly important to improve the decarbonisation process in the aviation and marine sectors and to produce scenarios for green hydrogen production. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is an alternative fuel made from non-petroleum feedstocks that reduces emissions from air transportation. The EU-funded FUEL-UP project aims to produce renewable SAF and marine fuels from forestry residues through pyrolysis. The project’s work will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in aviation and maritime transport. FUEL-UP aims to optimise the processes of stabilisation, deoxygenation, hydrodeoxygenation, hydrotreatment and hydro-isomerisation to minimise risks and ensure scalability. It will also ensure that the fuel produced meets industry standards and engine specifications.
Grant agreement ID: 101136123
Programme: HORIZON.2.5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility
Project Coordinator: SINTEF AS
Fuels-C
Advanced biofuels are crucial to the EU’s path toward climate neutrality, as they help reduce transport emissions and decrease reliance on fossil fuels. The EU-funded Fuels-C project aims to boost the availability of advanced biofuels for maritime and road transport by converting biogenic organic wastes and CO2 into two liquid and two gaseous biofuels. The project will develop and validate energy-efficient technologies at TRL 5, including bioelectrochemical CH4 and NH3 production, gasification, microbial electrosynthesis, and electroreduction. These biofuels can serve as drop-in fuels, and Fuels-C will also test them for electricity production in fuel cells. The project’s goal is to create new business opportunities and enhance the EU’s leadership in science, technology, and the biofuels market.
Grant agreement ID: 101147442
Programme: HORIZON.2.5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility
Project Coordinator: ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION
PYSOLO
Biomass, with its high carbon content, is an eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to conventional hydrocarbons. Heating it in the absence or limited supply of oxygen (pyrolysis) converts biomass into valuable energy products: liquid bio-oil, solid biochar, and pyrogas. The EU-funded PYSOLO project plans to make this process fully renewable by supplying the required high-temperature process heat from concentrated solar power (CSP), supported by a thermal energy storage (TES) system for times when solar energy is insufficient. Two additional pathways will provide the heat when both CSP and TES are depleted: conversion of a fraction of the available pyrolysis product, and conversion of low-cost excess electricity from renewable energy sources including photovoltaic and wind via an electrical (induction) heating system.
Grant agreement ID: 101118270
Programme: HORIZON.2.5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility
Project Coordinator: POLITECNICO DI MILANO
TEAPOTS
Climate change has created a pressing need for sustainable and green solutions to assist industries in reducing emissions while increasing cyclability and renewability. The agricultural sector is expected to benefit significantly from these innovations, given its potential to target new sustainable technologies focusing on power generation or recycling. In this context, the EU-funded TEAPOTS project aims to provide agri-food actors with a revolutionary solution to help them sustainably meet seasonal energy demands by utilising lignocellulosic and difficult-to-treat agricultural waste. The project will introduce and valorise two processes: pyrolysis and a compost heat recovery system for extraction of heat. Overall, these technologies will produce compost, provide refrigeration, and help maintain soil yields.
Grant agreement ID: 101118296
Programme: HORIZON.2.5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility
Project Coordinator: SMACT SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
OUTFOX
Solid oxide electrolyser cells (SOECs) split water (H2O) into green hydrogen (H2) and oxygen, emission free. They can also be used in co-electrolysis of H2O and CO2 to produce syngas fuel while reducing CO2 emissions. Widespread uptake of this promising technology will require further performance enhancements and cost reductions, together with large-scale and cost-effective manufacturing processes. The EU-funded OUTFOX project will address these challenges, paving the way to solid oxide electrolysers for industrial-scale systems that cost-effectively produce green H2 and are compatible with mass manufacturing lines. Innovations will be tested in two campaigns with two different cell stack configurations over a total of more than 4 000 hours.
Grant agreement ID: 101101439
Programme: HORIZON.2.5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility
Project Coordinator: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Bio-MeGaFuel
Methanol is gaining attention as a fuel due to its high energy density and potential for cleaner combustion compared to traditional fossil fuels. Although methanol can be produced from renewable sources such as biomass, making it a viable option for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at present, it is predominantly produced from fossil resources. The EU-funded Bio-MeGaFuel project proposes a new approach that converts low-value biomass into methanol with a minimal carbon footprint. By incorporating innovative technologies, the project aims to maximise efficiency and produce clean methanol in fewer steps, addressing growing demands for sustainable methanol production.
Grant agreement ID: 101147737
Programme: HORIZON.2.5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility
Project Coordinator: RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB
GeniusFuels
The GeniusFuels project tackles key scientific and technological current challenges to produce fuels for maritime and heavy-duty transport (e.g., methanol and/or dimethyl ether) and biochar. The GeniusFuels project want to provide groundbreaking solutions by combining high temperature solid oxide electrolysis (SOEC) with a biomass gasification process, taking advantage of the oxygen coproduced in the electrolysis as an alternative to conventional air separation units that entail a high cost to avoid the dilution of the produced syngas with N2. A fraction of the electrolytic oxygen will be used to upgrade the gas after the gasification with a catalytic reforming process, increasing the syngas quality and the process temperature; the resulting waste heat can be favourably provided to the SOEC to reduce its operative costs. Furthermore, two processes for the production of MeOH and DME will be tailored in response to the H2/CO/CO2 ratio in the syngas produced by the gasification/reforming and to the effect of pollutants, by studying the reaction kinetics in detail”. Finally, the biochar, usually coproduced with a 10-20 % yield, can be a valuable product to store carbon and produce negative CO2 emission fuels.
This research was funded by CETP, the Clean Energy Transition Partnership under the 2023 CETP joint call for research proposals, co-funded by the European Commission and with the funding organizations detailed on https://cetpartnership.eu/f[…]-agencies-and-call-modules.
Project Coordinator: Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna – Italy
UNITED CIRCLES
United Circles project will demonstrate, with 46 partners across 14 countries + 1 international body, three Industrial-Urban Symbiosis value chains, to upcycle of urban Food Waste, urban Wastewater Solids, and urban Construction & Demolition Waste (C&DW). To close urban and industrial water loops to reduce freshwater use in drought prone regions, and integrate energy co-generation technology in upcycling pathways. Made possible by advancing innovative technologies from TRL5 to TRL7 in combined integrated value chains, to enable zero waste cities and a decarbonised Process Industry. The value chains cover collection, sorting, upcycling and production of new upcycled products. To demonstrate how: 1) a demolish building’s C&DW can be transformed into a new 2 storey 3D printed building with upcycled low-carbon cement, cement bonded particle boards, and insulation foam; 2) a waste-water treatment plant can become a resource recovery centre for all materials, water and energy, in an integrated manner. By supplying high quality gas to the local gas grid, by providing upcycled cellulose as industrial feedstock to pulp & paper industries, and by providing clean water and fertilizer for agriculture; 3) food waste in the form of used cooking oil can be upcycled in a first application of 2nd generation biorefinery to create novel fully biodegradable and food waste origin bioplastic products for complete replacement of fossil fuels. The United Circles 3 value chain demonstrators will each be integrated in a Hub 4 Circularity, that will underpin their Industrial-Urban networks governance and evolution, using advanced governance frameworks, feasibility towards financing methodologies, digital tools, social and environmental innovations, and a material and products observatory. The H4C in the proposal will enable business to territory plans, with their regional stakeholder network, that seek to expand the demonstrator integrated technologies to higher TRL levels.
Grant agreement ID: 101178798
Programme: HORIZON.2.4 – Digital, Industry and Space
Project Coordinator: FUNDACION CARTIF
CERNET
CERNET (biogeniC gasEsous caRbon conversion into high added value chemicals and ingredients through a bio-based NETwork) is a pioneering European innovation project transforming biogenic CO2 emissions into valuable bio-based products. By integrating cutting-edge carbon capture and conversion technologies across three industrial demo sites, CERNET aims to accelerate the circular bioeconomy and support climate neutrality.
Grant agreement ID: 101214604
Programme: HORIZON.2.6 – Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Project Coordinator: FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS