Project description
Finding new sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels for the transport industry
Biofuels will be key to replacing liquid fossil fuels. They help to reduce reliance on oil imports and the instability of oil prices, and also generate new sources of income. The EU-funded Bac-To-Fuel project will develop and demonstrate advanced renewable fuel production by means of a prototype system. The technology will mimic plant photosynthesis using photocatalysts that renewably produce hydrogen from photocatalytic splitting of water involving sunlight. In addition, it will convert CO2 and the renewable hydrogen into biofuels such as ethanol and butanol using an electro-biocatalytic cell. In a sustainable and cost-effective manner, the innovation will transform CO2 and hydrogen into useful products for the European transportation sector.
Fields of science
- social sciencessocial and economic geographytransport
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriology
- social sciencesother social sciencessocial sciences interdisciplinarysustainable development
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels
- engineering and technologychemical engineering
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-LC-SC3-2018-Joint-Actions-3
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
15782 Santiago De Compostela
Spain
Participants (5)
15895 Ames A Coruna
LA1 4YW Lancaster
2400 Mol
6708 PB Wageningen
10623 Berlin