Industry 2030: More climate protection possible with renewable biofuels
Conditions for the climate-friendly production of butanol is the use of renewable energies. Green electricity from wind power and solar energy is needed to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide. These substances can be processed into butanol within a bioreactor thanks to artificial photosynthesis.
Butanol is a basic material in the chemical industry and is currently still produced from the fossil raw materials crude oil and natural gas. With this new type of synthesis, renewable raw materials can soon be used and pave the way for more climate-friendly production.
The investigations are part of the Roadmap 4.0 in the Kopernikus-Project P2X. In this project, ifeu has prepared a life cycle assessment (LCA) for the biological conversion of hydrogen and CO/CO2 to butanol. The corresponding technologies for producing carbon monoxide from CO2 and butanol are being developed by Siemens Energy and Evonik.
In Roadmap 4.0, many other aspects of converting electricity into energy carriers (Power-to-X, PtX) were evaluated; from social acceptance to economic and ecological aspects to targeted transformation pathways.
The studies address topics of mobility, chemical feedstocks, energy carriers in industry and transport alternatives for hydrogen – always in context of the energy transition and climate protection goals. Transformations to a renewable economy, applications and potentials of the various value chains are at the forefront of the analyses.
The project was funded by the German BMBF. At the end of the second funding phase, ifeu concludes its work in the Kopernikus-Project P2X and would like to thank all project partners for the successful cooperation.
The Roadmap 4.0 can be downloaded here.
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Dr. Thomas Fröhlich
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Marian Rosental
marian.rosental@ifeu.de
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