ABATE - Advanced Bio-based Refinery Intermediates
Belgium
Stand 22
The ABATE project aims to demonstrate combined thermochemical and biochemical technologies to valorise biomass residues into cost-competitive, carbon-neutral, advanced bio-based intermediates. These will directly substitute fossil fuel hydrocarbons in conventional oil refineries.
The ABATE consortium builds on existing research conducted in the Horizon 2020 BioMates project, which validated at TRL5 a two-step valorisation process for lignocellulosic biomass. This provides a solid foundation for further technology scale-up and demonstration in ABATE.
It is estimated that the ABATE technology could satisfy over 55% of the EU renewable marine fuels demand, and 5% of aviation fuels, by 2035.