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eForFuel

  • Project Description

    This project will produce fuels from excess, green electricity: Formic acid is electrochemically produced from CO2, which in turn, is de novo metabolically, microbially converted to fuel.

    Poroject Lead: De Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.

  • Geographical Information

    Region: Europe

    Country: Germany

  • Project Boundaries

    Timeline Start - End: 2018-01-03 - 2022-02-28

    Project Status: Ongoing

    Project Budget: 4117207.5 €

    Funding source: 100% H2020

  • Websites

    Website: https://www.eforfuel.eu/

  • Technological Information

    Activities:

    - Sustainability assessment

    - Social acceptance

    - Research (CCU)

    - Implementation strategy

    CO2 Source: Steel industry, ect.

    CCU Tecnology Category: Utilization

    Info On Utilization:

    - Electrochemical conversion

    - Biological conversion

    End TRL: 4

  • Technological Details

    CO2 capture/Utilization:

    Production Volume:

  • Product Information

    Product Categories:

    - Fuels

    Specific Product(s): Hydrocaronb fuels (Propane, Isobutene)

  • Partners

    - ArcelorMittal

    - Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg GmbH (IFEU)

    - C3 Biotechnologies

    - Global Bioenergies

    - Altar

    - Imperial college London

    - University of Alicante

    - University of Stuttgart

    - Weizmann Institute of Science

    - CEA Genoscope UMR Metabolic Genomics

    - SINTEF

    - De Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.