 | This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 817999 |
News & Events
BIOFIT Final Policy Conference, January 2022 - Presentations and Stream available
BIOFIT Project Meeting - Main Results, 19-20 October 2021
BIOFIT peer-reviewed publication on "Public Acceptance", October 2021
BIOFIT Sectoral Recommendation Papers published, August 2021
BIOFIT virtual Business Mission to Ukraine - Webinar 10.11.21 - Presentations available
BIOFIT virtual Business Mission to Ukraine - Webinar 22.09.21 - Presentations available
BIOFIT Industry Forum on Bioenergy Retrofitting of Refineries, 17 June 2021
BIOFIT Report on Public Acceptance published, May 2021
Concawe, BDI and BTG-Bioliquids at 6th BIOFIT Meeting, 24 March 2021
BIOFIT offers virtual Business Mission to Brazil, 24-26 May 2021
BIOFIT Industry Forum on CHP and heat only sector, 19 April 2021
BIOFIT Sponsorship at Fuels of the Future Conference, 18-22.01.2021
BIOFIT Online Seminar on Retrofitting approaches in the field of Lignocellulosic Ethanol, 25.11.2020 – Presentations available
Press Release – Summary for Policymakers published
Press release - 17 September 2020
BIOFIT Sponsorship at European Bioenergy Future Conference, 18-20.11.20
BIOFIT at e-EUBCE 2020
Interview with Dr Edgar Ahn, BioEnergy International (BDI)
New publication in the framework of BIOFIT
BIOFIT Industry Form - H2020 Project on Bioenergy Retrofits for Europe’s Industry, 9 July 2020
BIOFIT Factsheets
Within BIOFIT a number of retrofitting best practice examples have been studied in the five industry sectors first-generation biofuels, pulp and paper, fossil refineries, fossil firing power and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants.
BIOFIT Factsheets have been elaborated to serve as lighthouse examples and highlight technical and non-technical aspects of existing retrofits.
First-generation biofuels
- Volos Biodiesel Plant, Greece (Plant owner: Elin Verd)
- Suiker Unie Bioethanol Plant, Germany (Plant owner: Suiker Unie)
Pulp and paper
- Metsä Fibre Joutseno Pulp Mill, Finland (Plant owner: Metsä Fibre Oy)
- UPM Pulp and Paper Mill, Finland (Plant owner: UPM)
Fossil refineries
- Porto Marghera Refinery, Italy (Plant owner: ENI S.p.A)
Fossil firing power
- Thunder Bay Generating Station – Unit 3, Canada (Plant owner: Ontario Power Generation (OPG))
- Avedøre Power Station – Unit 1, Denmark (Plant owner: Ørsted)
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants
- Vilnius CHP Plant – 2, Lithuania (Plant owner: UAB “Vilniaus Energija” Veolia Lithuania)
- Moabit CHP Plant - 2, Germany (Plant owner: Vattenfall)