Research into Renewable Biofuel Set to Reduce Reliance on Fossil Diesel Imports

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October 30, 2009

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(Alpha Galileo) Aston University in Birmingham, UK is involved in a € 3.73m (£3.4 million) research project, which will transform organic residues from biofuel production processes into a renewable biofuel that can reduce reliance on fossil diesel imports. A particular benefit of the research is that the project will focus on utilising residues that do not require dedicated land, and thus avoid any ‘fuel versus food’ conflicts.

Aston’s Bioenergy Research Group (BERG) has secured € 736,000 (£670,000) towards its role in DIBANET (Development of Integrated Biomass Approaches Network), which aims to produce a sustainable diesel miscible biofuel (DMB) for use in Europe and Latin America. Increasingly, both regions are relying on imported fossil fuel for diesel car engines, and similarly are experiencing growing amounts of waste sent to landfill.

… The 42 month project, coordinated by the University of Limerick in Ireland, includes partners from Europe (Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Ireland and UK) and South America (Brazil, Argentina and Chile).

Professor Tony Bridgwater, who will be leading the project at Aston, said; “We want to create a sustainable biofuel, which meets industry regulations, is capable of being mixed with fossil diesel and can be used in a regular diesel engine. READ MORE

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