Wednesday 20 May | 14:30 - 16:00 | Room South America

Scaling up sustainable biofuels: value chains, technologies, and policy pathways for aviation and maritime transport

 The event organised by the SEAFAIRER and ABATE projects aims to explore the use of biofuels in transport sectors that are difficult to decarbonise (aviation and maritime) with a focus on the entire value chain, from production to end use. Particular attention will be paid to conversion technologies, including improvements in fast pyrolysis technology, as a key option for biomass valorisation and advanced biofuel production.  

The parallel event will also highlight the infrastructural, logistical and regulatory challenges for biofuel production and use. Specifically, Fraunhofer will explore aspects related to biomass production and processing infrastructure (to be confirmed), and Imperial College London will contribute to the analysis of regulatory challenges (to be confirmed), including biofuel standards, existing regulatory frameworks and prospects for alignment at European and international level, especially. 

In this context, discussion will focus on how to operationalise the targets of REDIII, which raises the EU renewable energy target to 42.5% by 2030 and enforces stricter biomass sustainability and traceability criteria. 

 

Conference or visitor pass registration is mandatory.
Please note that this programme may be subject to alteration and the organisers reserve the right to do so without giving prior notice.

 

 

Agenda

14:30
Introduction to the session and setting the scene: Hard-to-Eradicate Sectors, Biofuels, and EU Policy
Susanne Hirschmann BayFor

14:35
Introducing ABATE and SEAFAIRER: complementary approaches to decarbonise transport

  • SEAFAIRER Project Presentation, Daniel Pichler DTU
  • ABATE Project Presentation, Stella Bezergianni CERTH

14:40
Advanced biofuels in practice: technologies and policies

  • Feedstock flexible and carbon efficient fast pyrolysis
    Ann-Christine Johansson, RISE
  • EU Policy Frameworks for Aviation and Maritime Biofuels: Investment Challenges and Policy Gaps
    Rocio Diaz-Chavez, Imperial College London
  • Bio-oil from Biowaste: The Path from Pilot to Demonstration Scale
    Robert Daschner, Fraunhofer UMSICHT
  • From FOAK to commercialisation – Bio-oil USPs and building European production capacity
    Jan Wilske SAGAVA

15:15
Panel discussion: advanced biofuel value chains: bottlenecks and opportunities

  • Technological pathways for advanced biofuels
  • Regulatory challenges and opportunities in the current policy landscape
  • Key bottlenecks in sustainable biofuel value chains

16:00
Closing session to review the key points of the day
Susanne Hirschmann, BayFor

Organisers

Conference or visitor pass registration is mandatory.
Please note that this programme may be subject to alteration and the organisers reserve the right to do so without giving prior notice.