Demos

DEMO 1 – Belgium

What? Hydrotreated and esterified lipids production from CO2

Where? Aartselaar and Ghent, Belgium

Leader: BBEPP supported by CSIC, AQUAFIN, UNICRE, and VERD

DEMO 1 will produce value-added liquid biofuels, using as feedstock CO2 derived from a biogas upgrading plant, and renewable hydrogen, through a combined biological and thermocatalytic process.

Demo 2 – Spain

What? Synthetic Natural Gas production from CO2 and green hydrogen

Where? Somontano, Spain

Leader: CIRCE supported by VdV and URV

In DEMO 2, the CO2 produced in the wine fermentation process will be captured and converted into methane via hydrogenation using renewable H2 produced via electrolysis from electricity generated from solar energy. This way, the winery will both reduce its carbon footprint by utilising the CO2, and lower its dependency on fossil fuels by using the produced methane.

DEMO 3 – Greece

What? Biodiesel production from algae

Where? Thessaloniki, Greece

Leader: IHU supported by ALGEN, BLAG, QLAB, VERD

DEMO 3 will demonstrate and validate the efficiency of the process for producing biodiesel from microalgae. The main objective is to extract lipids produced from algae and to further convert them to fatty acid methyl esters (biodiesel). The microalgae will grow in high-rate open ponds, using side streams and effluents from a biogas plant, such as CO2 and digestate.

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Demo 4 – Spain

What? Bioethanol and biomethanol production from organic urban waste fraction

Where? L’Alcudia and Madrid, Spain

Leader: PERSEO supported by CSIC and SAV

In DEMO 4, bioethanol will be produced from urban biowastes through hydrolysis and fermentation. The side streams from that process will be further valorised to produce light alcohols (bioethanol, biomethanol) and biogas via catalytic hydrogenation and anaerobic digestion respectively.