An extraordinary multidisciplinary and multinational team will work together over the next 42 months to develop innovative and sustainable processes to produce biofuels from organic waste with negative emissions.
CARBIOW (Carbon Negative Biofuels from Organic Waste) is a research and innovation group funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe program that focuses on green transition and circular economy by proposing new technologies that will process of converting organic waste into biofuels.
The 42-month project held its kick-off meeting virtually on November 3 to collaborate on planning the work to be carried out in the coming months.
The aim of CARBIOW is to establish an efficient and scalable process to convert the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and other difficult-to-use solid organic waste into biofuels with the following main objectives:
- Establishing a new OFMSW pretreatment process where a cleaner, denser, carbon-rich, dry and homogeneous solid biofuel is produced.
- Use of pure oxygen (nitrogen-free gas) in combustion and gasification to produce clean syngas.
- Carbonization of gasification ash with CO 2 using innovative carbonation techniques to decarbonize the cement industry and tackle carbon negativity.
- Production of Fischer-Tropsch fuels for the maritime and aviation industries. This last objective will focus on the production of alcohol for shipping and kerosene for the aviation sector.
CARBIOW's ambition closely contributes to the key aspects of sustainable development, green transition and (bio)circular economy by:
- Developing new techniques such as torrefaction for the pre-treatment of organic waste and clean biofuel production.
- Stimulating new technological advances in the field of oxygen conversion of waste biofuels.
- Valorization of OFMSW as a reliable, abundant and secured source of biomass; in addition to encouraging collaboration to create a true bioeconomy.
- Decarbonization of hard-to-fight sectors such as aviation and maritime.
- Decarbonization of major industries, such as cement, through CO 2 capture by promoting innovative and efficient techniques and generating new mineral raw materials with a negative carbon footprint.
The consortium consists of 12 partners spread across Europe: FeyeCon, Maastricht University and VERTORO from the Netherlands, IVL Svenska Miljoeinstitutet from Sweden, NIC from Slovenia, Svaheia Eiendom AS from Norway, Sumitomo SHI FW from Finland, Technische Universitat Darmstadt from Germany, VITO from Belgium , and BIOPLAT, Cementos La Cruz, and the leader, Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation, from Spain.
The diversity, excellence and strength of the experts within the CARBIOW consortium guarantee the technological, technical and social progress of the project.
Source: bioenergy-news.com
