To reach the European aim of 75 % renewable energy by 2050, the sun-to-liquid project focusses on desiging, fabricating, and experimentally validating a large-scale, complete solar fuel production plant. Currently, virtually all renewable hydrocarbon fuels originate from biomass. Here, the whole production chain from sunlight, H2O and CO2 to liquid hydrocarbon fuels will be integrated for the first time. Three sub-systems will be realized: 1) A high-flux solar concentrating subsystem, 2) A 50 kW solar thermochemical reactor subsystem, 3) A gas-to-liquid conversion subsystem.

Poroject Lead: Bauhaus Luftfahrt EV

Region: Europe

Country: Germany

City/Town: Taufkirchen

Timeline Start - End: 2016-01-01 - 2019-12-31

Project Status: Completed

Project Budget: 6150031.25 €

Funding source: 72% H2020

Website: https://www.sun-to-liquid.eu/

Activities:

- Technology Infractructure (CCU)

- Techno-economic analysis

- Risk assessment

- Environmental assessment

- Complete value chain demonstration

- CCU (Power-to-X)

CO2 Source: N.A.

CCU Tecnology Category: Utilization

Info On Utilization:

- Thermal conversion

- Photochemical conversion

- Chemical conversion

End TRL: 6

CO2 capture/Utilization:

Production Volume:

Product Categories:

- Fuels

Specific Product(s): Syngas, which is later processed to hydrocarbons