Bringing together top-tier French research organizations, manufacturers and financial institutions involved in this sector of activity, Futurol will develop a process to produce bioethanol by fermenting non-food lignocellulosic biomass and verify its industrial viability.
The estimated budget for this project is around E74 million and should last eight years. In addition to providing Futurol with technical expertise and financing, Total brings to the table its industrial expertise in blending biocomponents with existing automotive fuels.
Futurol supplements Total’s effort in the field of bio-dimethyl ether conducted at the European Union level with Volvo, as well as group R&D to develop thermochemical production-involving conversion by heating and chemical reaction of second-generation biofuels.
