Electro fuel from a bio-trickling filter (eFuel)

The eFuel project represents a new and better way of producing electro-fuels, building on a well-known technological basis. The project will develop and build a large-scale prototype bio-trickling filter that converts excess CO2 from biogas production to methane, which will be technically more robust and cheaper than existing, competing techniques.

Project description

The eFuel project, supported by the Danish Energy Agency under the Hydrogen and fuel cells

program, will contribute to the Danish government’s strategy of a fossil free energy

supply by year 2050 and 55% renewable energy in 2030. The need for renewable fuel for trucks and ships, as well as backup for solar and wind power, can to a large extent be covered by methane. In this project, we will research and develop a biological method for upgrading biogas by means of methanation with hydrogen, using a new type of trickle filter in combination with traditional upgrading. We will pave the way for implementation of the technology through a study on business cases and integration of the concept into the Danish energy system. The eFuel project will provide the knowledgebase for upscaling to a large-scale prototype matching a 250 kW alkaline electrolysis plant. A large-scale prototype will be built and long-term tested at “Biogasanlæg Midtfyn”. Nature Energy and BioGasclean will, after the termination of this project, be the first to utilize the developed technology in new and existing facilities.

Key figures

Period:
2019 - 2022
Funding year:
2018
Own financial contribution:
6.64 mio. DKK
Grant:
16.59 mio. DKK
Funding rate:
71 %
Project budget:
23.23 mio. DKK

Category

Oprindelig title
eFuel
Programme
EUDP
Technology
Brint and fuelcells
Case no.
64018-0559

Participants

NGF Nature Energy Biogas A/S (Main Responsible)
Partners and economy
Partner Subsidy Auto financing
NGF Nature Energy Biogas A/S 3,46 mio. DKK 3,48 mio. DKK
Syddansk Universitet 6,92 mio. DKK 0,77 mio. DKK
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) 3,16 mio. DKK 0,35 mio. DKK
Biogasclean A/S 2,34 mio. DKK 1,56 mio. DKK
Biogasclean Asis Co., Ltd. 0,60 mio. DKK 0,40 mio. DKK
ERHVERVSHUS FYN P/S 0,12 mio. DKK 0,08 mio. DKK

Contact

Kontakperson
Jonas Clement Gonge Svendsen
Comtact information

Ørbækvej 260,
5220 Odense SØ
Tlf.: 4034 1852

Contact email
jcs@natureenergy.dk