Renew was a European four-year project (2004–07) to prove different concepts of fuel production from biomass. Established and funded by the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme in January 2004, the Renew consortium consisted of 33 partners from 9 European countries. More than half of the partners were industrial enterprises, while the others were research and development institutes with the special expertise needed to perform the individual research and development tasks.
The project was 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.
Partners Automotive industry Volkswagen, Wolfsburg, Germany Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart, Germany Renault through REGIENOV, Boulogne Billancourt, France Volvo through VTEC, Gothenburg, Sweden
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
Fuel distribution 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
Plant operator 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
Services B.A.U.M. Consult, Munich, Germany Ecotraffic, Stockholm, Sweden ESU-services, Uster, Switzerland SYNCOM F&E Beratung, Ganderkesee, Germany
Investors EDF (Electricité de France), Chatou, France
Sub-projects Product optimization of BTL production Process optimization of BTL production Black liquor to DME/methanol Optimization of Bioethanol production Biofuel Assessment Training
External links
Renew website Renew executive summary Sixth Framework Programme (EU site)