European Commission's Carbon-negative Sustainable Biofuel Production

Deadline: 23-Feb-22

The European Commission (EC) is pleased to launch the Carbon-negative sustainable biofuel production to minimize carbon waste in sustainable biofuel production processes by inhibiting biogenic effluent gas emissions or incorporating biological and/or chemical/other capture of the biogenic effluent gas emissions from the process and use it as appropriate either for separate in-situ downstream synthesis of renewable fuels of biological origin, or integrate it in the sustainable biofuel production through recycling.

Proposals should also include an innovative approach for biogenic carbon storage, through for example integrating production of biochar and using it as soil amendment to enhance organic carbon content and functionality of soil, as well as a means to sequester carbon into the soil.

Synergies with renewable hydrogen production should be developed by incorporating it as appropriate in the sustainable biofuel production to compensate for additional needs in hydrogen, increase overall biomass conversion efficiency, minimize the biogenic carbon waste and reduce the fossil carbon footprint of the biofuel production.

Funding Information

The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:

public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).

Expected Outcomes

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

Increase bioenergy efficiency and sustainability.
Increase sustainable biomass resource utilization.
Generate negative emissions from biofuel production.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- low- and middle-income countries.

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