Project description
Lignocellulosic biofuel oil for the maritime sector
The maritime sector is among the world’s biggest polluters. The EU-funded SEAFARER project will further mature, demonstrate and bring to market the next-generation biofuel oil production process allowing oil refineries to retrofit for 100 % climate-neutral operations. The proposed patented technology is the first simple process for highly efficient sustainable biomass conversion based on lignocellulose and even pure lignin as feedstock. SEAFARER technology can produce lignocellulosic biofuel oil (L-BFO) that is fully miscible with all current liquid fuels targeting the maritime sector, is 80 % energy-efficient and twice as cheap as all other existing biofuel oil production methods. The L-BFO can be used on existing ships.
Objective
SEAFARER has the objective to further mature, demonstrate, and bring to market the next-generation bio (fuel) oil process allowing oil refineries to retrofit for 100% climate-neutral operations. Our patented technology is the first process for high-efficient sustainable biomass conversion using lignocellulose and even pure lignin as feedstock – the most abundantly available & non-edible waste biomass on Earth, yet currently to 98% unexploited. Our process is simple (one-step reaction; no catalysts), 80% energy-efficient and more than 2-times cheaper than all existing biofuel oil production methods. Our technology is thus highly scalable, able to produce lignocellulosic biofuel oil (L-BFO) that is fully miscible with all current liquid fuels – a unique feature, especially for the maritime sector, where engines found aboard large ships are adapted to more crude fuels (i.e. no refinement step needed for using our L-BFO) and where replacing (heavy & costly) engines is not an option.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended FinanceCoordinator
2860 SOBORG
Denmark
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.