Engineering Biocatalytic Solar Fuel Production: The PHOTOFUEL Consortium

The EU Horizon2020 consortium PHOTOFUEL joined academic and industrial partners from biology, chemistry, engineering, engine design, and lifecycle assessment, making tremendous progress towards engine-ready fuels from CO2 via engineered photosynthetic microbes. Technical, environmental, economic, and societal opportunities and challenges were explored to frame future technology realization at scale.

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The EU Horizon2020 consortium PHOTOFUEL has made significant progress in developing engine-ready fuels from CO2 through engineered photosynthetic microbes, with collaboration from academic and industrial partners across various fields. Opportunities and challenges in technical, environmental, economic, and societal aspects were explored to frame future technology realization at scale.