The overall objectives are: 1) Make a significant contribution to the biocatalytic production development of solar fuels (from TRL 3 to TRL 4-5). This by enabling cyanobacteria or phototrophic algae to produce alcohols and alkanes, which can be harvested from the culture broth due to their excretion by these microorganisms, 2) Assess the broad impact of this novel approach to fuel composition (also taking into account other emerging waste- and residue based fuels) and engine performance in the future.

Poroject Lead: Volkswagen AG

Region: Europe

Country: Portugal

Timeline Start - End: 2015-01-05 - 2019-04-30

Project Status: Completed

Project Budget: 6000000.0 €

Funding source: 100% H2020

Website: http://www.photofuel.eu/home.php

Activities:

- Research (CCU)

- CCU

- Business case development

CO2 Source: Atmospheric CO2

CCU Tecnology Category: Utilization

Info On Utilization:

- Photochemical conversion

- Biological conversion

Start TRL: 3

End TRL: 5

CO2 capture/Utilization:

Production Volume:

Product Categories:

- Fuels

Specific Product(s): Alcohols and Alkanes