Renew
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This article is about EU Project Renew. For other uses, see Renewal.
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.
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[edit] Partners
[edit] Automotive industry
- Volkswagen, Wolfsburg, Germany
- Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart, Germany
- Renault through REGIENOV, Boulogne Billancourt, France
- Volvo through VTEC, Gothenburg, Sweden
[edit] 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
[edit] Fuel distribution
- BP, Bochum, Germany
- TOTAL, Paris La Défense, France
[edit] Plant engineering and construction
- Chemrec, Stockholm, Sweden
- Repotec - Renewable Power Technologies Umwelttechnik, Güssing, Austria
- UET (Umwelt- und Energietechnik Freiberg), Freiberg, Germany
[edit] Plant operator
- Abengoa, Sevilla, Spain
- Biomasse-Kraftwerk Güssing, Güssing, Austria
- Södra Cell, Mörrum, Sweden
[edit] 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
[edit] Services
- B.A.U.M. Consult, Munich, Germany
- Ecotraffic, Stockholm, Sweden
- ESU-services, Uster, Switzerland
- SYNCOM F&E Beratung, Ganderkesee, Germany
[edit] Investors
[edit] Sub-projects
- Product optimization of BTL production
- Process optimization of BTL production
- Black liquor to DME/methanol
- Optimization of Bioethanol production
- Biofuel Assessment
- Training
