REWOFUEL aims to convert residual wood into bio-isobutene (bio-IBN) through fermentation, and then convert bio-IBN into advanced, drop-in biofuels and co-products. The process will be scaled up to TRL6-7 and produce renewable and sustainable alternatives to fossil-based isobutene. Co-products include energy-lignin, biogas, microbial-proteins, organic-fertilizers, and bitumen-lignin. The biofuels and co-products produced could save up to 510 kt of CO2 annually and do not require engine modification. Life cycle and sociotechnical assessment was applied by the Energieinstitut to quantify the potential and impact of all steps.
REWOFUEL
REsidual soft WOod conversion to high characteristics drop-in bioFUELs
Project Description
Project Consortium
- Global Bioenergies
- Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz
- AS granual invest
- Sekab ETechnology AB
- Neste Engineering Solutions OY
- IPSB France
- Technip France SAS
- Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Europe
- SkyEnergy BV
- Peab Asfalt AB
- Repsol Spain
Project duration
01.06.2018 - 30.06.2022
Funding provider
EU
Funding program
Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No 792104.
Dissemination
Project website: http://www.rewofuel.eu/
Contact Person
Senior Researcher
Energy Technology
