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Maria Georgiadou Senior Expert EC – DG RTD D1 Objectives
• Competitiveness of the next generation of biofuels and renewable fuel technologies • Up-scaling of advanced biofuels for specific transport needs in a cost-effective way • European leadership in global development of specific disruptive technologies for a complete ultimate replacement of fossil fuels • Drop-in renewable fuel solutions for fossil-fuel substitutions • Feedstock diversification
#H2020Energy LC-SC3-RES-23-2019
Increase competitiveness of next Development of next generation biofuel and generation biofuel and alternative renewable fuel technologies for renewable fuel technologies in aviation and shipping aviation & shipping TRL 3 to TRL 5 • non-food/feed drop-in biofuel and alternative RIA renewable fuel technologies EUR 3 to 5 million • improved conversion efficiency, cost and feedstock supply Reduce costs and improve fuel performance regarding • liquid jet-like biofuels and alternative renewable fuels from biogenic residues and wastes through efficiency, environment and chemical, biochemical and thermochemical society; achieve European pathways, or a combination of them leadership • bunker fuel-like biofuels for shipping uses
#H2020Energy LC-SC3-RES-25-2020
Foster disruptive innovation for International cooperation with Japan for advanced biofuels and Research and Innovation on advanced alternative renewable fuels in biofuels & alternative renewable fuels the transport & heating sectors; contribute to MI IC 4 • involve Japanese organizations in the consortia for to TRL 3 the development of disruptive catalytic technologies RIA • novel catalysts and linked lab-scale components/systems EUR 2 to 5 million • improved conversion efficiency, and specific Progress state-of-the-art; marginal cost reduction strengthen technology base; • low-cost bioenergy carriers, non-food/feed based accelerate development of advanced biofuels and alternative renewable fuels outperforming renewable fuels excluding H2 • maximize GHG abatement
#H2020Energy LC-SC3-RES-36-2020
Overcome cost barriers of International cooperation with Canada on feedstock supply or conversion advanced biofuels & bioenergy of advanced biofuels and bioenergy; contribute to MI IC 4 Involve Canadian organizations in the consortia for the development TRL 3 to TRL 5 of • the full supply chain of intermediate carriers, advanced biofuel, RIA heat & power EUR 3 to 5 million – sustainable biomass production & collection that facilitate bioenergy production and decrease feedstock supply costs Progress state-of-the-art ; – non-food/feed biomass including forestry, agricultural and strengthen technology base; their residues, organic fractions of municipal & industrial accelerate development of wastes sustainable fuels; increase • thermo-, bio- & chemical biomass processing to advanced viability of advanced biofuels & biofuels focusing on pre-treatment, conversion & reduction of the marginal cost bioenergy
#H2020Energy LC-SC3-RES-26-2020
Increase renewable fuel Development of next generation renewable competitiveness integrating with fuel technologies from CO2 and renewable unexploited RES and using existing energy (Power and Energy to Renewable fuel infrastructure Fuels) TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5
RIA • renewable fuels for energy and transport EUR 3 to 5 million • improved energy efficiency Reduce conversion energy losses & • improved cost of conversion of direct production costs of algal renewable energy (e.g., sunlight) or fuels/PtG/ PtL, Heat to G/L; renewable electricity and /or heat to liquid or improve fuel performance for gaseous renewable fuels from CO efficiency, environment and society 2 • fuels with very low engine-out emissions
#H2020Energy LC-SC3-RES-27-2020
Demonstration of advanced biofuels Increase reliability of large-scale production from aquatic biomass production of advanced biofuels from seaborne feedstock • aquatic advanced biofuel pathways which improve TRL 5 to TRL 6-7 economics of subsequent energy production, including upgrading and co-products valorization IA • 100-1000 tons energy-driven integrated biorefinery EUR 6 to 10 million from seaborne aquatic biomass such as macro-algae and/or fish residues Enlarge the feedstock basis; improve the viability of • demonstrate the full value chain with at least 70% technologies for sustainable energy output (fuel, heat and power) and fuels and energy production environmental sustainability on Life Cycle assessment basis • consider long-term potential for large scale biofuel production
#H2020Energy LC-SC3-RES-37-2020
Increase sustainable land Combined clean biofuel production and availability for dedicated biofuel phytoremediation solutions from production at large scale; contaminated lands worldwide contribute to MI IC 4 • link phytoremediation strategies & clean liquid biofuel TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5 production RIA • optimize energy crops for different classes of known soil EUR 2 to 4 million pollutants • integrate in the conversion process to biofuels a Bring polluted land back to strategy to extract pollutants in concentrated form agricultural production and to low-iLUC risk liquid biofuels from • optimize overall process in terms of cost and sustainability energy crops; contribute to several SDGs • do pilot-scale, small trials for both clean biofuel production and phytoremediation • establish international cooperation for a global challenge
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