Germany – BMVI starts funding call for the construction and operation of a development platform for power-to-liquid fuels, biofuels included.
From now on, project outlines for the construction and operation of a development platform for electricity-based liquid fuels(Power-to-Liquid, PtL) with a production capacity of up to 10,000 tons of PtLfuel per year can be submitted to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI).
Federal Minister Andreas Scheuer:
By switching to electricity-based fuel, we can save millions of tons of CO2emissions.
“To achieve this, however, we need a large amount of climate-neutral fuel by 2030 – especially for aircraft and ships. In order to bring electricity-based fuels out of the laboratory and into mass production, we are promoting the world’s largest production plant. In total, we will invest more than 1.5 billion euros in renewable fuels in the coming years.”
The PtLdevelopment platform is intended to serve both research and demonstration purposes to bridge the gap between development and industrial market ramp-up of PtLfuels. The focus will be on air and ship transport.
The call for funding launched serves to select a scientific and research institution that coordinates the establishment and operation of the PtLplatform. The grant is determined in a multi-stage competition. The submission of project outlines for participation in the 1st stage is possible from now until 15 October 2021. Detailed information on the call for funding and the submission of sketches can be found here.
The funding of the PtLdevelopment platform is part of the BMVI overall funding concept for renewable fuels, which provides a total of 1.54 billion euros in funding for the period 2021-2024. The overall funding concept consists of four measures:
- A first funding guideline for the development of renewable fuels was already published on 11 May 2021 and is dedicated to the further development of renewable fuel technologies. It is primarily aimed at applied research, demonstration and pilot projects.
- The competitive call for funding for the establishment and operation of a PtLdevelopment platform published today is intended to implement a research and demonstration plant on a semi-industrial scale and to create the transition to the market entry of PtLfuels.
- Another funding directive involves investments in the conversion or construction of renewable fuel generation plants (electricity-based fuels and advanced biofuels) so that they are also available on the market on a larger scale. The funding guideline is to be published in the 2nd half of 2021.
- The fourth funding measure is intended to support the market ramp-up of electricity-based kerosene in a targeted manner. A preliminary study on the design possibilities of the funding design has been commissioned and feedback from market participants has been obtained since the beginning of August with a non-binding sketch call. The binding competitive funding procedure based on this is expected to start at the beginning of 2022.
The PtLdevelopment platform will be part of the German Mobility Center (DZM). With the DZM, a superordinate platform is created to creatively, interdisciplinary and innovatively imagine, develop and directly test future-oriented mobility concepts in practice. The PtLdevelopment platform is integrated here as a central development center in thetopic cluster “Electricity-based Fuels”.
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BMVI launches call for funding for the construction and operation of a development platform for power-to-liquidfuels, August 23, 2021
