Bioenergy and renewable fuels projects for the revamping of the SET Plan

AGENDA

11.30
Introduction
Chaired by ETIP Bioenergy

Setting the context: revamping of the SET Plan and status of policy
Presenter: Franco Cotana, IWG8

A new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for Bioenergy and Renewable Fuels
Presenter: Patrik Klintbom, Chair of ETIP Bioenergy

Messages from DG RTD
Presenter: Maria Georgiadou, European Commission, DG RTD

12.10
Mobilizing resources and enabling policies for the scale up and deployment of emerging technologies
Session led by SET4BIO project

Results from SET4BIO project and key policy recommendations
Presenter: Elina Mäki, VTT

Funding and financing opportunities for bioenergy and renewable fuels
Presenters: Judit Sandquist, SINTEF

12.45 – 13.45
Lunch Break

Thematic sessions:
emerging technologies and their contribution to SET Plan Action 8

13.45
Electrochemical conversions from biobased compounds
Hosted by EBIO H2020 Project, this session will include presentations from 4 European projects that are researching different electrochemical conversion methods.
Each project will give an overview of the project including technologies, high level review of results, and lessons learnt.
Presenter: Roman Tschentscher, SINTEF

13:50
EBIO
Biofuels Through Electrochemical Transformation Of Intermediate Bio-Liquids.
This presentation will give an overview of the project and its research objective: to use electrosynthesis to convert two low-valued and readily available bioliquids – fast pyrolysis and black liquor – into green fuels and biochemicals.
Presenter: Guido Mul, TWENTE

14:05
Liberate
Design of an electrochemical plant to demonstrate the commercial opportunities of converting low-cost lignin feedstock in high value bio sustainable chemicals.
Presenter: Bernd Wittgens, SINTEF

14:15
PERFORM
European technology to catalyse electrification of chemical industry: provides solutions for the need for the electrification of the chemical industry and will establish a flexible PowerPlatform pilot plant
Presenter: Riccardo Zaffaroni, TNO

14:30
ABC Salt
Advanced Biomass Catalytic Conversion to Middle Distillates in Molten Salts.
Presenter: Balaji Sridharan, RUG

14:40
Session wrap up
Presenter: Roman Tschentscher, SINTEF

14.45
Syngas technologies, value chains, and market potential
In this section hosted by the FlexSNG H2020 Project we will hear about the different gasification technologies currently being researched in the following projects. The presentations will highlight the differences between value chains, technologies, and market potentials for each project.

14.45
Introduction to the session by FlexSNG
Presenter: Ilkka Hiltunen, VTT (session chair)

14.50
BIOMETHAVERSE
Demonstrating and Connecting Production Innovations in the Biomethane universe – project overview
Presenter: Claudio Carbone, ENEA

15.05
BioSFerA
Biofuels production from Syngas Fermentation for Aviation and maritime use – presenting results and updates from the project
Presenters: Giorgia Pellegrino, Envipark & Nikolaos Detsios, CERTH

15.30
FlexSNG
Flexible Production of Synthetic Natural Gas and Biochar via Gasification of Biomass and Waste Feedstocks, and its market potential
Presenters: Sanna Tuomi / Minna Kurkela, VTT & Stephan Seidelt, EIFER

16.00
Carbon Neutral LNG
Carbon Neutral electricity enhanced Synthesis of Liquefied Natural Gas from biomass – an overview of this new research project
Presenter: Juergen Karl, FAU

16.10
Session wrap-up
Presenter: Ilkka Hiltunen, VTT

16.15-16.25
Coffee Break

16:25
Clean advanced biofuels production from contaminated land
These three Horizon 2020 projects; GOLD, CERESiS, Phy2Climate are aiming to bridge the gap between remediation of contaminated sites and the production of clean energy. All three projects will use phytoremediation techniques, which uses plants to remove contaminants from soil, and in turn the cultivated energy crops will be used as biomass feedstock and converted to produce clean advanced biofuels.
In this session we will hear about the different conversion and separation technologies that are being researched by the three projects.
Presenter: Emma Fromant, ETA-Florence

16:30
CERESiS
Contaminated land Remediation through Energy crops for Soil improvement to liquid biofuel Strategies. This project is in its final year of research and will present the conversion and contaminant separation technologies used, and share with us some the most important results of the project.
Presenters: Athanasios Rentizelas, NTUA & Nikolaos Boukis, KIT

16:45
GOLD
Growing energy crops on contaminated land for biofuels and soil remediation. This project has just completed one year of field studies, and in this presentation we will hear about the first part of conversion process activities regarding pyrolysis, torrefaction and TorWash.
Presenters: Efthymia Alexopoulou, CRES & Andrea Maria Rizzo, RE-CORD

17:00
Phy2Climate
Building the bridge between the phytoremediation of contaminated sites with the production of clean drop-in biofuels. This project has completed one year of field trials, and in this presentation we will hear about the biorefinery process used to convert the plant biomass into value added products.
Presenters: Markus Ortner, ITS & Chistopher Kick, Fraunhofer

17:15
Session wrap-up
Presenter: Emma Fromant, ETA-Florence

17.15
Panel discussion: Common ground and contribution of EU projects to the revamping of the SET Plan Action 8
Chairperson: Dina Bacovsky, BEST.
Panelists:
– Roman Tschentscher SINTEF
– Hiltunen Ilkka VTT
– George Vourliotakis exergia
– Thomas Schleker, European Commission, DG RTD
– Luc Pelkmans, IEA Bioenergy

18.00
End