Renew is a European four-year project (2004 - 2007) to prove different concepts of fuel production from biomass. Established and funded by the European Unions Sixth Framework Programme in January 2004, the Renew consortium consisted of 33 partners from 9 European countries. More than half of the partners are industrial enterprises, remaining are research and development institutes, with the special expertise needed to perform the individual R&D tasks.
The project 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.
R&D institutes and universities
AICIA (Asociacion de investigacion Y Cooperacion Industrial de Andalucia), Seville, Spain
CERTH (National Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas), Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
CRES (Center for Renewable Energy Sources), Pikermi, Greece
CUTEC, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
EEE (Europäisches Zentrum für Erneuerbare Energie), Güssing, Austria
Lunds Universitet Dept. of Environmental and Energy System Studies, Lund, Sweden
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Institut für technische Chemie, Karlsruhe, Germany
IEE (Institute of Energy and Environment), Leipzig, Germany
INiG (Instytut Nafty i Gazu), Kraków, Poland
ITN (Instytut Technoligii Nafty; English: Institute of Petroleum Processing), Kraków, Poland
PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute), Villingen, Switzerland
TUV (Technische Universität Wien), Vienna, Austria
ZSW (Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research), Stuttgart, Germany
BP, Bochum, Germany
Total, Paris La Défense, France
Plant engineering and construction
Chemrec, Stockholm, Sweden
Repotec - Renewable Power Technologies Umwelttechnik, Güssing, Austria
UET (Umwelt- und Energietechnik Freiberg), Freiberg, Germany
Abengoa, Sevilla, Spain
Biomasse-Kraftwerk Güssing, Güssing, Austria
Södra Cell, Mörrum, Sweden
Agriculture and forestry biomass research
EC BREC/CLN (EC Baltic Renewable Energy Centre), Warsaw, Poland
STFI (now Innventia), Stockholm, Sweden
National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
B.A.U.M. Consult, Munich, Germany
Ecotraffic, Stockholm, Sweden
ESU-services, Uster, Switzerland
SYNCOM F&E Beratung, Ganderkesee, Germany
EDF (Electricité de France), Chatou, France
Product optimization of BTL production
Process optimization of BTL production
Black liquor to DME/methanol
Optimization of Bioethanol production
Biofuel Assessment
Training
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