Biocatalytic solar fuels for sustainable mobility in Europe

Project Information

Photofuel

Grant agreement ID: 640720

DOI

10.3030/640720

Project closed

EC signature date 30 April 2015

Start date 1 May 2015

End date 30 June 2020

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost

€ 5 998 251,50

EU contribution

€ 5 998 251,00

Coordinated by

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Germany

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (5)

3 workshops on progress and results achieved

As described in task 1.5

Project fact sheet for publication

As described in task 1.3

Project internal communication platform set up

As described in task 1.2

Set-up official Photofuel website under: www.photofuel.eu

As described in task 1.3

Press releases at Kick-off

As described in task 1.3

Documents, reports (6)

Cost analysis

Results of task 6.4

LCA design (background to M1)

Results of task 6.1

Final report on LCA and cost assessment

According to tasks 6.2 and 6.3

Assessment of risk perception

Results of task 6.5

Generic LCA modelling

Results of task 6.2

LCA on the Photofuel processes

Results of task 6.3

Other (1)

Kick-off meeting- initiation and organisation

As described in task 1.2

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Tailored carbon partitioning for phototrophic production of ( E )-α-bisabolene from the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Julian Wichmann, Thomas Baier, Eduard Wentnagel, Kyle J. Lauersen, Olaf Kruse
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, Issue 45, 2018, Page(s) 211-222, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.12.010

Protein engineering of α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase for improved isobutanol production in Synechocystis PCC 6803

Author(s): Rui Miao, Hao Xie, Felix Ho, Peter Lindblad
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, 2018, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.02.014

Intron-containing algal transgenes mediate efficient recombinant gene expression in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Thomas Baier, Julian Wichmann, Olaf Kruse, Kyle J Lauersen
Published in: Nucleic Acids Research, 2018, ISSN 0305-1048
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky532

Photocatalytic Production of Bisabolene from Green Microalgae Mutant: Process Analysis and Kinetic Modeling

Author(s): Irina Harun, Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio-Chanona, Jonathan L. Wagner, Kyle J. Lauersen, Dongda Zhang, Klaus Hellgardt
Published in: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2018, ISSN 0888-5885
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02509

Photosynthesis-dependent biosynthesis of medium chain-length fatty acids and alcohols

Author(s): Ian Sofian Yunus, Patrik R. Jones
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, Issue 49, 2018, Page(s) 59-68, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.07.015

Synthetic metabolic pathways for photobiological conversion of CO2 into hydrocarbon fuel

Author(s): Ian Sofian Yunus, Julian Wichmann, Robin Wördenweber, Kyle J. Lauersen, Olaf Kruse, Patrik R. Jones
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, 2018, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.08.008

Enhancement of photosynthetic isobutanol production in engineered cells of Synechocystis PCC 6803

Author(s): Rui Miao, Hao Xie, Peter Lindblad
Published in: Biotechnology for Biofuels, Issue 11/1, 2018, ISSN 1754-6834
Publisher: Springer - BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1268-8

Efficient phototrophic production of a high-value sesquiterpenoid from the eukaryotic microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Author(s): Kyle J. Lauersen, Thomas Baier, Julian Wichmann, Robin Wördenweber, Jan H. Mussgnug, Wolfgang Hübner, Thomas Huser, Olaf Kruse
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, Issue 38, 2016, Page(s) 331-343, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.07.013

Modular engineering for efficient photosynthetic biosynthesis of 1-butanol from CO 2 in cyanobacteria

Author(s): Xufeng Liu, Rui Miao, Pia Lindberg, Peter Lindblad
Published in: Energy & Environmental Science, 2019, ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9ee01214a

Recovery of excreted n-butanol from genetically engineered cyanobacteria cultures: Process modelling to quantify energy and economic costs of different separation technologies

Author(s): Jonathan L. Wagner, Daniel Lee-Lane, Mark Monaghan, Mahdi Sharifzadeh, Klaus Hellgardt
Published in: Algal Research, Issue 37, 2019, Page(s) 92-102, ISSN 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.11.008

Deep learning‐Based surrogate modeling and optimization for microalgal biofuel production and photobioreactor design

Author(s): Ehecatl Antonio Rio‐Chanona, Jonathan L. Wagner, Haider Ali, Fabio Fiorelli, Dongda Zhang, Klaus Hellgardt
Published in: AIChE Journal, 2018, ISSN 0001-1541
Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
DOI: 10.1002/aic.16473

Methanol-free biosynthesis of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Author(s): Ian Sofian Yunus, Arianna Palma, Devin L. Trudeau, Dan S. Tawfik, Patrik R. Jones
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, Issue 57, 2020, Page(s) 217-227, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2019.12.001

Bioderivatization as a concept for renewable production of chemicals that are toxic or poorly soluble in the liquid phase

Author(s): Pachara Sattayawat, Ian Sofian Yunus, Patrik R. Jones
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, Page(s) 201914069, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1914069117

Current processes and future challenges of photoautotrophic production of acetyl-CoA-derived solar fuels and chemicals in cyanobacteria

Author(s): Rui Miao, Hao Xie, Xufeng Liu, Pia Lindberg, Peter Lindblad
Published in: Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, Issue 59, 2020, Page(s) 69-76, ISSN 1367-5931
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.04.013

Low carbon strategies for sustainable bio-alkane gas production and renewable energy

Author(s): Mohamed Amer, Emilia Z. Wojcik, Chenhao Sun, Robin Hoeven, John M. X. Hughes, Matthew Faulkner, Ian Sofian Yunus, Shirley Tait, Linus O. Johannissen, Samantha J. O. Hardman, Derren J. Heyes, Guo-Qiang Chen, Michael H. Smith, Patrik R. Jones, Helen S. Toogood, Nigel S. Scrutton
Published in: Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0ee00095g

Acceptability of genetically engineered algae biofuels in Europe: opinions of experts and stakeholders

Author(s): Jessica Varela Villarreal, Cecilia Burgués, Christine Rösch
Published in: Biotechnology for Biofuels, Issue 13/1, 2020, Page(s) 92, ISSN 1754-6834
Publisher: BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01730-y

Isobutanol production in Synechocystis PCC 6803 using heterologous and endogenous alcohol dehydrogenases

Author(s): Rui Miao, Xufeng Liu, Elias Englund, Pia Lindberg, Peter Lindblad
Published in: Metabolic Engineering Communications, Issue 5, 2017, Page(s) 45-53, ISSN 2214-0301
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.meteno.2017.07.003

Economic feasibility and long-term sustainability criteria on the path to enable a transition from fossil fuels to biofuels

Author(s): Giorgio Perin, Patrik R Jones
Published in: Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Issue 57, 2019, Page(s) 175-182, ISSN 0958-1669
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.04.004

Conference proceedings (1)

Combustion characteristics of oxygenated fuels Ethanol-and Butanol-gasoline fuel blends, and their impact on performance, emissions and Soot Index

Author(s): P. Anselmi, M. Matrat, L. Starck, F. Duffour
Published in: SAE Technical Paper Series, 2019
Publisher: SAE International
DOI: 10.4271/2019-01-2307