Photofuel SIGNED
Biocatalytic solar fuels for sustainable mobility in Europe
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Project "Photofuel" data sheet
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| Coordinator |
VOLKSWAGEN AG
Organization address contact info |
| Coordinator Country | Germany [DE] |
| Project website | http://www.photofuel.eu |
| Total cost | 5˙998˙251 € |
| EC max contribution | 5˙998˙251 € (100%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.3.3.3.1. (Make bio-energy more competitive and sustainable) 2. H2020-EU.3.3.3.3. (New alternative fuels) |
| Code Call | H2020-LCE-2014-1 |
| Funding Scheme | RIA |
| Starting year | 2015 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2015-05-01 to 2020-06-30 |
Partnership
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VOLKSWAGEN AG | DE (WOLFSBURG) | coordinator | 469˙416.00 |
| 2 | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE | UK (LONDON) | participant | 1˙166˙363.00 |
| 3 | UPPSALA UNIVERSITET | SE (UPPSALA) | participant | 651˙250.00 |
| 4 | UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD | DE (BIELEFELD) | participant | 631˙500.00 |
| 5 | IFP Energies nouvelles | FR (RUEIL MALMAISON) | participant | 553˙235.00 |
| 6 | KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE | DE (KARLSRUHE) | participant | 521˙327.00 |
| 7 | SYNCOM FORSCHUNGS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSBERATUNG GMBH | DE (GANDERKESEE) | participant | 440˙875.00 |
| 8 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE | IT (Florence) | participant | 432˙355.00 |
| 9 | VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB | SE (GOTEBORG) | participant | 319˙167.00 |
| 10 | CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA | IT (ORBASSANO) | participant | 307˙375.00 |
| 11 | NESTE OYJ | FI (ESPOO) | participant | 300˙350.00 |
| 12 | A4F ALGAFUEL SA | PT (LISBOA) | participant | 205˙036.00 |
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Project objective
Photofuel studies and advances the biocatalytic production of alternative liquid transportation fuels, which require only sunlight, CO2 and water. Microbial cells directly excrete hydrocarbon and long chain alcohol fuel compounds to the medium from which they are separated, without the need to harvest biomass. This significantly improves the costs and energy balances as only a minimum of nutrients is required for self-replication of the biocatalyst, whilst cell harvesting, drying and lipid extraction is omitted. Such minimum-input systems are compatible with operation on degraded or desert land which avoids the pitfalls of most of the currently available biofuel technologies. The products are drop-in fuels that fully or partially replace their fossil counterparts without the need for new infrastructure. To set a benchmark for alternative solar fuels, three research groups will collaborate in the advancement of the biocatalysts from TRL 3. The best biocatalytic system(s) will be up-scaled and operated outdoors in photobioreactors modified for direct fuel separation at a scale of several cubic meters (TRL 4-5). The identification of optimal future fuel blends with a fossil fuel base and Photofuel biofuels as additives, as well as the analysis of performance and emissions in car or truck engines, will be evaluated by the oil- and automotive-industry partners. The entire pathway will be assessed for environmental and economic performance as well as social acceptance of large scale production in rural communities and by the consumer. All results will be combined to a business development plan, which clearly identifies the opportunities but also the challenges prior to an economic fuel production in compliance to the EC Fuel Quality Directive.
Deliverables
| Cost analysis | Documents, reports | 2019-11-25 12:33:19 |
| LCA on the Photofuel processes | Documents, reports | 2019-11-22 11:53:50 |
| Kick-off meeting- initiation and organisation | Other | 2019-05-31 12:14:54 |
| Project internal communication platform set up | Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. | 2019-05-31 12:14:56 |
| Project fact sheet for publication | Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. | 2019-05-31 12:14:51 |
| Set-up official Photofuel website under: www.photofuel.eu | Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. | 2019-05-31 12:14:54 |
| Press releases at Kick-off | Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. | 2019-05-31 12:15:00 |
| LCA design (background to M1) | Documents, reports | 2019-05-31 12:14:53 |
| Generic LCA modelling | Documents, reports | 2019-05-31 12:19:09 |
| Assessment of risk perception | Documents, reports | 2019-08-01 13:09:23 |
Take a look to the deliverables list in detail: detailed list of Photofuel deliverables.
Publications
| year | authors and title | journal | last update |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |
Pachara Sattayawat, Ian Sofian Yunus, Patrik R. Jones Bioderivatization as a concept for renewable production of chemicals that are toxic or poorly soluble in the liquid phase published pages: 201914069, ISSN: 0027-8424, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1914069117 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 2020-01-29 |
| 2020 |
Ian Sofian Yunus, Arianna Palma, Devin L. Trudeau, Dan S. Tawfik, Patrik R. Jones Methanol-free biosynthesis of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 published pages: 217-227, ISSN: 1096-7176, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2019.12.001 |
Metabolic Engineering 57 | 2020-01-28 |
| 2018 |
Ehecatl Antonio Rioâ€Chanona, Jonathan L. Wagner, Haider Ali, Fabio Fiorelli, Dongda Zhang, Klaus Hellgardt Deep learningâ€Based surrogate modeling and optimization for microalgal biofuel production and photobioreactor design published pages: , ISSN: 0001-1541, DOI: 10.1002/aic.16473 |
AIChE Journal | 2020-01-14 |
| 2019 |
Jonathan L. Wagner, Daniel Lee-Lane, Mark Monaghan, Mahdi Sharifzadeh, Klaus Hellgardt Recovery of excreted n-butanol from genetically engineered cyanobacteria cultures: Process modelling to quantify energy and economic costs of different separation technologies published pages: 92-102, ISSN: 2211-9264, DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.11.008 |
Algal Research 37 | 2019-12-16 |
| 2019 |
Xufeng Liu, Rui Miao, Pia Lindberg, Peter Lindblad Modular engineering for efficient photosynthetic biosynthesis of 1-butanol from CO 2 in cyanobacteria published pages: , ISSN: 1754-5692, DOI: 10.1039/c9ee01214a |
Energy & Environmental Science | 2019-08-29 |
| 2018 |
Ian Sofian Yunus, Julian Wichmann, Robin Wördenweber, Kyle J. Lauersen, Olaf Kruse, Patrik R. Jones Synthetic metabolic pathways for photobiological conversion of CO2 into hydrocarbon fuel published pages: , ISSN: 1096-7176, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.08.008 |
Metabolic Engineering | 2019-05-29 |
| 2018 |
Ian Sofian Yunus, Patrik R. Jones Photosynthesis-dependent biosynthesis of medium chain-length fatty acids and alcohols published pages: 59-68, ISSN: 1096-7176, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.07.015 |
Metabolic Engineering 49 | 2019-05-29 |
| 2018 |
Rui Miao, Hao Xie, Peter Lindblad Enhancement of photosynthetic isobutanol production in engineered cells of Synechocystis PCC 6803 published pages: , ISSN: 1754-6834, DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1268-8 |
Biotechnology for Biofuels 11/1 | 2019-05-07 |
| 2018 |
Julian Wichmann, Thomas Baier, Eduard Wentnagel, Kyle J. Lauersen, Olaf Kruse Tailored carbon partitioning for phototrophic production of ( E )-α-bisabolene from the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii published pages: 211-222, ISSN: 1096-7176, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.12.010 |
Metabolic Engineering 45 | 2019-05-27 |
| 2017 |
Rui Miao, Xufeng Liu, Elias Englund, Pia Lindberg, Peter Lindblad Isobutanol production in Synechocystis PCC 6803 using heterologous and endogenous alcohol dehydrogenases published pages: 45-53, ISSN: 2214-0301, DOI: 10.1016/j.meteno.2017.07.003 |
Metabolic Engineering Communications 5 | 2019-05-24 |
| 2016 |
Kyle J. Lauersen, Thomas Baier, Julian Wichmann, Robin Wördenweber, Jan H. Mussgnug, Wolfgang Hübner, Thomas Huser, Olaf Kruse Efficient phototrophic production of a high-value sesquiterpenoid from the eukaryotic microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii published pages: 331-343, ISSN: 1096-7176, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.07.013 |
Metabolic Engineering 38 | 2019-05-24 |
| 2018 |
Irina Harun, Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio-Chanona, Jonathan L. Wagner, Kyle J. Lauersen, Dongda Zhang, Klaus Hellgardt Photocatalytic Production of Bisabolene from Green Microalgae Mutant: Process Analysis and Kinetic Modeling published pages: , ISSN: 0888-5885, DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02509 |
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research | 2019-05-28 |
| 2018 |
Rui Miao, Hao Xie, Felix Ho, Peter Lindblad Protein engineering of α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase for improved isobutanol production in Synechocystis PCC 6803 published pages: , ISSN: 1096-7176, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.02.014 |
Metabolic Engineering | 2019-05-28 |
| 2018 |
Thomas Baier, Julian Wichmann, Olaf Kruse, Kyle J Lauersen Intron-containing algal transgenes mediate efficient recombinant gene expression in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii published pages: , ISSN: 0305-1048, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky532 |
Nucleic Acids Research | 2019-05-28 |
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