The project
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Current needs and gaps in existing solutions
Improved efficiency and technology innovation
A clear certification framework
to enable the deployment of aviation and marine advanced biofuels at commercial scale and to ensure the quality, safety, and sustainability of their use
Increased production capacity
Cost-effective solutions
New markets to be developed
FUEL-UP project objectives and ambitions
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Demonstrating the simultaneous production of renewable SAF and marine fuels from 100% biogenic waste.
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Paving the way to EU certification by valuating the compatibility of marine diesel biofuel with existing shipping engines as well as by performing aviation engine tests
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Accelerating technologies upscaling with process engineering and techno-economic analysis as well as improving cost-competitiveness to ensure the widespread adoption of advanced biofuels in the aviation and marine industries
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Achieving up to 80% reduction in GHG emissions compared to fossil fuels and 47% reduction compared to the state-of-the-art advanced biofuels.
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Assessing sustainability performance of the value chain with by-product valorisation
FUEL-UP project objectives and ambitions
FUEL-UP will provide solutions to make a paradigm shift towards the production of renewable sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and marine fuels by producing stabilized deoxygenated pyrolysis oils (SDPO) from pyrolysis oils (PO) derived from 100% biogenic feedstock that can be subsequently processed towards a fully hydrotreated oil in a refinery. It will focus on the scalability and minor optimization of the Picula based catalysts in relation to reducing cost price.
The project will validate, at demo scale, a new route to produce sustainable liquid biofuels from lignocellulosic streams with 45-50% aviation fuel, 30-35% in the marine diesel range and 20% heavy naphtha at technology readiness level-7 (TRL-7).