Current activities
We are looking forward to two events that are currently being planned!
On March 18, 2025, a workshop entitled “Renewable LNG in transport” will take place and the pilot plant for renewable methane will be officially launched.
Further information (in German language) can be found here.
On March 19, 2025, the monitoring report “Renewable energies in transport” will be published - this will be accompanied by an event as part of the Leipzig Biofuel Expert Talks.
Further information will be available here shortly.
 Pilot-SBG - Bioresources and hydrogen to methane as fuel Duration: Financed by: BMDV | The research and demonstration project Pilot-SBG aims to investigate advanced renewable methane as a fuel for transport sectors that are difficult to electrify. The innovative process approach is intended to increase the methane yield from the central biogas process, among other things by utilising the biogenic CO2 with green hydrogen through catalytic methanation. In the first half of the project, a pilot plant was set up and associated preliminary technical experiments as well as a feasibility analysis were carried out. In the second half of the project, the technological focus lies on successful piloting, reproducible routine operation and process optimisation on the one hand and on module- and interface-specific test series on the other hand. Based on the modelling and scaling of the experimental results as well as an extension of the balance boundaries to the entire supply chain, cost and revenue structures will be considered in addition to the ecological assessment. Further information: www.dbfz.de/pilot-sbg | |
 Renewable Fuels from Green Refineries of the Future Duration: Funded by: BMDV | The project REF4FU aims to develop, validate and evaluate sustainable refinery concepts to meet the future demand for renewable liquid fuels. Based on renewable methanol, Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbons and pyrolysis oils, the fuel options required today and in the near future are to be produced and tested with scalable technologies and evaluated economically and ecologically. Furthermore, in the context of the current regulatory framework, an implementation plan will be developed based on an analysis of strengths and weaknesses. Further information (only in German language): www.ref4fu.de | |
 InnoFuels - Networking, further development and framework conditions for the ramp-up of electricity-based fuels and advanced biofuels Duration: Funded by: BMDV | The InnoFuels project looks at the multitude of research and development projects, each with specific aspects regarding the production, application, evaluation and framework conditions of electricity-based fuels and advanced biofuels. The InnoFuels platform brings together all of these topics in a network of industry, application and research. InnoFuels fulfils the highly interdisciplinary nature of this task through cooperative work in seven subject-specific innovation focus areas, which work together in teams with experts from science, industry and politics to develop solutions for the focus areas. Further information (only in German language): | |
 International cooperation for sustainable aviation biofuels Duration: Funded by: Horizon Europe | The ICARUS project is dedicated to three sustainable aviation fuels (SAF): biofuel from hydrothermal liquefaction, isobutanol from lignocellulosic biomass and synthetic Fischer-Tropsch from biomass gasification. ICARUS aims to improve these with innovative solutions, taking into account the entire value chain. To this end, techno-economic, ecological and social assessments are carried out. In addition, guidelines, best practices and improved concepts are used to disseminate the results worldwide through targeted and effective communication measures. Further information: www.icarus-biojet.eu |
Dögnitz, Niels (2024): Could HTL pathways be economically viable for sustainable aviation fuel?. 8th Expert Forum on Hydrothermal Processes, Leipzig, 12.-13.11.2024.
Naumann, Karin; Cyffka, Karl-Friedrich; Karras, Tom (2024); Metastudie Biomassepotenziale - Analyse ausgewählter Potenzialstudien und Bewertung im Kontext heutiger Mineralölprodukte". Parlamentarischer Abend in der Vertretung des Landes Hessen beim Bund, Berlin, 12.09.2024
Naumann, Karin; Knötig, Philipp (2024): Erneuerbares Methan aus Biomasse und Wasserstoff. Pilotanlage und Übertragung auf den kommerziellen Maßstab. 18. Rostocker Biomasseforum. Universität Rostock 20.-21.06.2024.
Görsch, Kati; Schröder, Jörg; Dögnitz, Niels; Hauschild, Stephanie (2024): Challenges for future refineries. Achema, Frankfurt/M., 10.-14.06.2024.
Görsch, Kati; Schröder, Jörg; Naumann, Karin; Nieß, Selina; Etzold, Hendrik (2024): Renewable LNG as transport fuel – The way to innovative concepts. 2nd Annual Advanced Biofuels Forum, Amsterdam (Niederlande), 29.-30.05.2024.
Schröder, Jörg; Dögnitz, Niels; Müller-Langer, Franziska; Görsch, Kati; Götz, Inga; Meisel, Kathleen; Heinzmann, Paul; Temnov, Diana; Schneider, Alexander (2024): Herausforderung „Grüne Raffinerie der Zukunft“. Jahrestreffen DECHEMA Fachsektion Energie, Chemie und Klima, Frankfurt/M., 11./12.03.2024.
Schröder, Jörg; Müller-Langer, Franziska; Naumann, Karin; Meisel, Kathleen (2023): Erneuerbares Methan für Güter und Schiffsverkehr - Einblicke in das Vorhaben Pilot-SBG. 20. FAD-Konferenz, Dresden, 09.11.2023.
Naumann, Karin; Naegeli de Torres, Friederike; Sittaro, Fabian-Constantin (2023): Pilotanlage für erneuerbares Methan - Optimierung von Methanausbeute und Ressourceneffizienz. Straubinger Gärprodukttagung, Straubing, 17.10.2023.
Dögnitz, Niels; Dietrich, Sebastian; Hauschild, Stephanie; Kretzschmar, Jörg (2023): Wasserstoff aus Biomasse - Stand der Technik und Entwicklungsperspektiven. Statuskonferenz Bioenergie, Leipzig, 20.-22.09.2023.
Schröder, Jörg; Naumann, Karin; Meisel, Kathleen (2023): Zwischen Gegenwart und Zukunft. Wohin mit den erneuerbaren Kraftstoffen im Verkehr? 17. Rostocker Bioenergieforum, Rostock, 15./16.06.2023.
Dögnitz, Niels; Etzold, Hendrik (2023). German GHG Quota in the Transport Sector: Certificate trading as a promising business model? 31st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Bologna (Italien), 05.-08.06.2023.
Naumann, Karin; Etzold, Hendrik (2023). Pilot system synthesized biogas. 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy Gas Technology, Berlin, 15./16.05.2023.
Müller-Langer, Franziska; Schröder, Jörg; Naumann, Karin (2023). Rolle erneuerbarer Kraftstoffe als Erfüllungsoptionen für die Treibhausquote in Deutschland. FAD-Workshop "Herausforderungen für die postfossile Mobilität", Radebeul, 11.-12.05.2023.
Schröder, Jörg; Müller-Langer, Franziska (2023). Erreichung der CO2-Ziele aus der Kraftstoffperspektive: Status und Trends für erneuerbare Kraftstoffe. 12. Tagung Einspritzung und Kraftstoffe, Dessau-Roßlau, 10./11.05.2023.
Müller-Langer, Franziska; Schröder, Jörg; Naumann, Karin (2023). Rahmenbedingungen für den Einsatz von erneuerbaren Kraftstoffen. BMDV-Fachkonferenz Erneuerbare Kraftstoffe, Berlin, 14.03.2023.
Görsch, Kati; Müller-Langer, Franziska; Gröngröft, Arne; Naumann, Karin (2023). Einsatz von biogenen Abfällen und Reststoffen in Bioraffinerien der Zukunft. 18. Kreislaufwirtschaftstage Münster, Münster, 28.02.-01.03.2023.
Müller-Langer, Franziska; Schröder, Jörg; Naumann, Karin (2023). Overview of quota developments in selected EU Member States. 20th International Conference on Renewable Mobility "Fuels of the Future", Berlin, 23.-24.01.2023.
Naumann, Karin; Röder, Lilli Sophia; Etzold, Hendrik; Oehmichen, Katja; Nitzsche, Roy; Schröder, Jörg; Knötig, Philipp; Görsch, Kati (2023). Pilot-SBG: Renewable methane as a building block for a sustainable transport sector. 20th International Conference on Renewable Mobility "Fuels of the Future", Berlin, 23.-24.01.2023.
As an example of a statement on the adaptation of the legal framework prepared by members of the working group, please refer to the statement on the Federal Government's draft bill on the ordinance to revise the thirty-seventh ordinance on the implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act. (only in German language)
In addition, members of the working group are regularly responsible for or involved in statements and background papers published on the DBFZ website as well as for analyses and provision of current facts and information commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture:
Naumann, Karin; Cyffka, Karl-Friedrich, Müller-Langer (2024): Hintergrundpapier zur THG-Quote | Quotenerfüllung 2023. (only in German language)
Naumann, Karin; Cyffka, Karl-Friedrich; Karras, Tom (2024): Hintergrundpapier zu Bio2x | Vergleichende Analyse zu nachhaltigen Biomasse- und Substitutionspotenzialen. (only in German language)
Naumann, K.; Müller-Langer, F.; Schröder, J.; Meisel, K.; Cyffka, K.-F. (2022). Hintergrundpapier zur Quote zur Treibhausgasminderung bei Kraftstoffen. (only in German language)