Demonstration of advanced biofuel technologies for aviation and/or shipping

Demonstration of technological pathways for the production of liquid jet-drop-in and/or liquid bunker drop-in advanced biofuels with reduced cost and GHG emissions from biogenic residues and wastes including CO2 or microalgae (including cyanobacteria) through chemical, biochemical, biological and thermochemical pathways, or a combination of them.

A reduced cost or at least cost parity with existing biofuels for use in aviation and/or shipping is expected, as for example the hydro processed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) for aviation and the biodiesel for shipping. Proposals should provide information and assessment about the economic feasibility and the potential of scaling-up the technology at commercial scale as appropriate. The exploitation plans should include preliminary feasibility study and business plan also indicating the possible funding sources to be potentially used (such as private equity, the InvestEU, the EU Catalyst Partnership and the Innovation Fund).

GHG reduction from fossil equivalents above the state of the art should be shown.

The sustainability and GHG reduction should be addressed on a life-cycle assessment basis.