Partner Projects

The Bio-FlexCLC project develops and demonstrates an innovative combined heat and power (CHP) technology that achieves negative CO₂ emissions. By integrating chemical-looping combustion with conventional circulating fluidised bed boilers, the project enables CHP plants to efficiently use low-value biogenic residues as fuel. This approach reduces harmful emissions, improves energy conversion efficiency, and offers flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions—providing a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to traditional fossil-fuel-based systems.

The Bio-MeGaFuel project has been launched to pioneer a novel technology for producing sustainable biomethanol from low-value biogenic residues and waste with net zero emissions. By combining chemical looping gasification with membrane reactors, the project aims to lower production costs, reduce downstream treatments, and reach Technology Readiness Level 5 by 2028, while integrating synergies with renewable hydrogen. This development is expected to enable large-scale, affordable biomethanol production for hard-to-abate sectors such as aviation, marine transport, and fuel cells.

The FUEL-UP project aims to produce renewable SAF and marine fuels from forestry residues through pyrolysis. The project’s work will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in aviation and maritime transport. FUEL-UP aims to optimise the processes of stabilisation, deoxygenation, hydrodeoxygenation, hydrotreatment and hydro-isomerisation to minimise risks and ensure scalability. It will also ensure that the fuel produced meets industry standards and engine specifications.

The Fuels-C project develops cost- and energy-efficient technologies to convert sustainable biogenic residues into advanced biofuels, producing two liquid fuels (ethanol and formic acid) and two gaseous fuels (methane and ammonia) for fuel cells. It combines gasification, bioelectrochemical processes, microbial electrosynthesis, and electroreduction to reach TRL 5. Residues, both biodegradable and non-biodegradable, are converted under mild conditions using renewable energy. The biofuels can be used as drop-in fuels or tested in Solid Oxide and Direct Liquid Fuel Cells for electricity generation. Fuels-C supports decarbonisation in hard-to-electrify sectors such as heavy road, maritime, and aviation transport.

Biomass, with its high carbon content, is an eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to conventional hydrocarbons. Heating it in the absence or limited supply of oxygen (pyrolysis) converts biomass into valuable energy products: liquid bio-oil, solid biochar, and pyrogas. The EU-funded PYSOLO project plans to make this process fully renewable by supplying the required high-temperature process heat from concentrated solar power (CSP), supported by a thermal energy storage (TES) system for times when solar energy is insufficient. Two additional pathways will provide the heat when both CSP and TES are depleted: conversion of a fraction of the available pyrolysis product, and conversion of low-cost excess electricity from renewable energy sources including photovoltaic and wind via an electrical (induction) heating system.