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.
Region: Europe
Country: Germany
Timeline Start - End: 2018-01-03 - 2022-02-28
Project Status: Completed
Project Budget: 4117207.5 €
Funding source: 100% H2020
Website: https://www.eforfuel.eu/
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
CO2 capture/Utilization:
Production Volume:
Product Categories:
- Fuels
Specific Product(s): Hydrocaronb fuels (Propane, Isobutene)
- 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.