EU Project Renew
Renew was a European four-year project to prove different concepts of fuel production from biomass. Established and funded by the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme in January 2004, the Renew consortium consisted of 33 partners from 9 European countries. More than half of the partners were industrial enterprises, while the others were research and development institutes with the special expertise needed to perform the individual research and development tasks.
The project was divided into six sub-projects, four of which were dedicated to the optimisation and analysis of the fuel production process and production routes for biofuels from lignocellulosic feedstock, also known as second generation biofuel.
Partners
Automotive industry
- Volkswagen, Wolfsburg, Germany
- Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart, Germany
- Renault through REGIENOV, Boulogne Billancourt, France
- Volvo through VTEC, Gothenburg, Sweden
R&D institutes and universities
- AICIA, Seville, Spain
- CERTH, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
- CRES, Pikermi, Greece
- CUTEC, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
- EEE, Güssing, Austria
- Lunds Universitet Dept. of Environmental and Energy System Studies, Lund, Sweden
- Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Institut für technische Chemie, Karlsruhe, Germany
- IEE, Leipzig, Germany
- INiG, Kraków, Poland
- ITN, Kraków, Poland
- PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute), Villingen, Switzerland
- TUV (Technische Universität Wien), Vienna, Austria
- ZSW, Stuttgart, Germany
Fuel distribution
- BP, Bochum, Germany
- Total, Paris La Défense, France
Plant engineering and construction
- Chemrec, Stockholm, Sweden
- Repotec - Renewable Power Technologies Umwelttechnik, Güssing, Austria
- UET, Freiberg, Germany
Plant operator
Agriculture and forestry biomass research
- EC BREC/CLN, Warsaw, Poland
- STFI, Stockholm, Sweden
- National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Services
- B.A.U.M. Consult, Munich, Germany
- Ecotraffic, Stockholm, Sweden
- ESU-services, Uster, Switzerland
- SYNCOM F&E Beratung, Ganderkesee, Germany
Investors
Sub-projects
- Product optimization of BTL production
- Process optimization of BTL production
- Black liquor to DME/methanol
- Optimization of Bioethanol production
- Biofuel Assessment
- Training