Innovative Solar-Powered Technologies for Microbial Biofuel
Funding Program:
Horizon Europe
Call:
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01
GA No.:
10117294
Duration:
2025-2028
EC Funding:
2,999,389.36 €
Transforming Sunlight into Sustainable Fuel
The ongoing energy crisis has highlighted the need to diversify energy sources, both regionally and internationally, with the EU taking a leading role. One of the key challenges remains the integration of renewable energy into the transportation sector, which accounted for 29.2% of the EU’s total energy consumption in 2021. Biofuels, derived from biomass, offer a promising solution.
SUNFUSION is a four-year Horizon Europe project that leverages state-of-the-art core technologies to address the conversion of microalgae and oleaginous yeasts into aviation and shipping biofuels. The solar-to-bio crude energy efficiency target is set to exceed 50%, enabling the sustainable transformation of solar energy to energy carriers in the form of biofuels. Finally, the project includes a comprehensive evaluation of the process from technical, economic and environmental perspectives.
Our role in the project
As leaders in Dissemination, Exploitation, and Communication (DEC), Foodscale Hub is:
- Creating and implementing a comprehensive Dissemination, Exploitation, and Communication (DEC) plan.
- Conducting a social Life Cycle Assessment (sLCA) to evaluate the project’s social impact.
- Building synergies with relevant projects to foster lasting collaboration.
- Ensuring wider community uptake of the SUNFUSION solution across Europe.
SUNFUSION by numbers
- 10 partners
- 6 countries
- 50% solar-to-biocrude energy conversion efficiency achieved
- 4 state-of-the art technologies powered by solar energy