EcoFuel Project

The EU-funded EcoFuel project will create and demonstrate an innovative process chain able to improve the energy conversion for production of synthetic fuel from CO₂ and water using renewable energy. This next-generation renewable fuel for energy and transport will increase energy efficiency and reduce production costs associated with energy conversion of from CO₂

CO2 Neutral Fuels

EcoFuel will draw upon highly experienced research institutes, universities and well-established companies who will jointly develop and exploit an electrochemistry-based process chain to produce CO₂ neutral fuels.

New Process

Develop, demonstrate and, in the long run, bring into production a new process for the generation of drop-in fuel

Higher Efficiency

Achieve a higher efficiency along the process chain compared to the classical process route via H₂, thus saving primary energy, resources and cost.

Cost Reduction

The EcoFuel project next-generation renewable fuel for energy and transport will increase energy efficiency and reduce costs associated with energy conversion from CO₂.

Green CO2 fuel

Set-up a novel complete process chain, based on the power of electrochemistry to deliver truly green (CO₂ neutral) fuels with an unprecedented overall energy efficiency.

EcoFuel SUMMIT 2023

28 November 2023
Online

Innovations in Carbon Capture to Sustainable Fuels

Sustainable synthesis of fuels and chemicals by Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) is one of the important pillars for reaching “net zero” emissions by 2050.

The EU funded EcoFuel project addresses this challenge by introducing an entirely new process chain which includes electrochemically enhanced CO₂ capture from the air, electrocatalytic CO₂ conversion to olefins followed by thermal-catalytic olefin conversion to produce drop-in synthetic hydrocarbon fuels for hard-to-decarbonize transport sectors.

The EcoFuel Summit 2023 will give a status report of the EcoFuel project and the invited contributions from similar boundary-pushing projects will set the virtual stage to discuss opportunities and challenges for new research activities that ultimately bring us a step closer towards establishing a low- or zero-emission carbon cycle.

EcoFuel at a Glance

A Novel Process Chain Paving The Way For Green Fuels
EU-funded EcoFuel project that will create and demonstrate an innovative process chain able to improve the energy efficiency for production of synthetic fuel from CO₂ and water using renewable energy. This next-generation renewable fuel for energy and transport will increase energy efficiency and reduce costs associated with energy conversion from CO₂.

PROJECT FULL NAME: Renewable Electricity-based, Cyclic and Economic Production of Fuel
ACRONYM: EcoFuel
DURATION: 01/01/2021- 31/12/2023
PROJECT FUNDING: € 4 858 547,50
COORDINATOR: AVL List GmbH
GRANT AGREEMENT N°:101006701
TOPIC: LC-SC3-RES-26-2020: Development of next generation renewable fuel technologies from CO₂and renewable energy (Power and Energy to Renewable Fuels)

EcoFuel Consortium


Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG	AVL List GmbH	Axiom angewandte Prozeßtechnik Ges.m.b.H


Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology	Johnson Matthey PlC


PRETEXO	Technical University of Berlin	University of Oxford