Project objective
One of the most important challenges of the 21st century is to replace fossil fuels and petroleum-based materials with next-generation biofuels for shipping and aviation. The new technologies should have commercial potential and not compete with food production. They should also have a lower environmental impact and lower greenhouse gas emissions than the renewable energy technologies currently in use.
The FLEXI-GREEN FUELS project aims to create a highly flexible integrated biofuel process that takes into account several types of waste biomass and can produce a range of marketable biofuel products for the shipping and aviation sectors, as well as valuable by-products. Two different types of biogenic waste resources are targeted: lignocellulosic biomass (LIGN) and organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW).
The project aims to help solve the problem of OFMSW and LIGN utilisation and support forestry, agriculture and municipal waste management with additional value creation and jobs in the industry using the principles of the green circular economy. At the same time, the feasibility of producing renewable fuels and valuable by-products with a low carbon footprint for the shipping and aviation sectors will be demonstrated.
Project website: https://flexigreenfuels.eu/consortium
Contribution of the University of Rostock
The LKV at the University of Rostock is carrying out fuel characterisation and evaluation of marine fuels and blend components in the Flexi Green Fuels project and is participating in fuel tests in marine engines to determine combustion properties.
Funding body: EU project
Project duration: 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2023
Funding volume: €224,847.50
Responsible Colleagues:
Project Partners
- Aalborg University (AAU)
- Luleå University of Technology (LTU)
- Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences (BHV)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUT)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
- SUPREN GmbH (SUP)
- Enorm Biofactory (ENORM)
- KIRAM (KIRAM)
- Hulteberg (HUL)
- Green lab Skive (GREEN)
- Simens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE)
- Shell Refinery (SHELL)