14th Concawe Symposium
The 14th edition of the Concawe Symposium took place online Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th September 2021.
This 2021 virtual edition of the Concawe Symposium focused on Europe’s climate neutrality ambition, Concawe’s low-carbon pathways, and sustainable alternative fuel technologies.
The Symposium featured four sessions. Find here the presentation of each speaker and the video recordings below:
Session 1 - Adaptation of refineries to contribute to the Green Deal: Technologies
David Chiaramonti: Thermochemical biofuel conversion processes: Overview and innovative approaches
Jiří Hájek: Biomass-To-Liquid technologies: Status of recent developments & challenges
Giacomo Rispoli: Waste-to-Chemicals: A new concept of biorefinery
Tijs Lammens: Advanced biofuels from refinery processing of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
Session 2 - Carbon Capture & Utilisation (e-Fuels) & Circular Economy
Chris Sim: A look into waste to fuels supply chains: From feedstocks to final products
Ludo Diels: ProcessForPlanet (HorizonEurope): CCU, waste minimisation and hubs for circularity
Alba Soler & Patrick Schmidt: E-Fuels: A techno-economic assessment of EU domestic production and imports towards 2050
Alfonso García: Power-to-Liquids
Duncan Akporiaye: Co-processing for refinery integration of biofuels production.
Session 3 - Focus on Aviation and Maritime
Luca Bertuccioli: Aviation Deep Dive: Overview and preliminary results
Stephen Dooley: Towards a sustainable aviation sector: Key R&D areas
Tim Scarbrough: Technological, operational and energy pathways for maritime transport to reduce emissions towards 2050
Jurrit Bergsma: Maritime energy transition: Alternative energy carriers and beyond
Session 4 - Alternative Fuels towards 2050
Robert McCormick: Alternative fuels development for diesel engines
Roland Dauphin: Sustainable energies and powertrains for road transport
Calliope Panoutsou: Sustainable bio-feedstock availability in the EU: A look into different scenarios towards 2050
Anne Bouter: LCA analysis – Role of fuels & powertrains
Find here the video recordings of each session:
Video Recording Session 1 - Adaptation of refineries to contribute to the Green Deal: Technologies
Video Recording Session 2 - Carbon Capture & Utilisation (e-Fuels) & Circular Economy
Video Recording Session 3 - Focus on Aviation and Maritime
Video Recording Session 4 - Alternative Fuels towards 2050
This two-day event was a unique opportunity to bring together inspiring speakers, and representatives from industries, academia, EU institutions and technology providers to discuss the transformation of the European refining industry to address the challenges and objectives of Europe’s 2050 climate neutrality ambition.
For more information on the agenda and the topics, please check the programme.
For the welcome pack with the programme and speakers' biographies, click here.
For any questions about the event, please contact victoire.demarans@concawe.eu.