Registration Open: From Waste to Sustainable Fuels

Comprehensive Sustainability Assessment & Product Standardisation in Next-Generation Biofuel Pathways: Integrating Waste-to-Fuel Innovations for Hard-to-Abate Sectors

The path to decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors like aviation and heavy shipping relies on one thing: moving from lab-scale innovation to standardized, sustainable fuel production.

We are pleased to invite you to “From Waste to Sustainable Fuels – Comprehensive Sustainability Assessment & Product Standardisation in Next-Generation Biofuel Pathways: Integrating Waste-to-Fuel Innovations for Hard-to-Abate Sectors”, a comprehensive two-day symposium in Barcelona on 28-29 May 2026. This event marks a unique collaboration between seven leading EU-funded projects (Flexby, FUEL-UP, PYSOLO, TEAPOTS, BeBOP, Bio-MeGaFuel, and Fuels-C) bringing together experts, researchers, industry stakeholders, and policymakers to explore sustainability assessment and product standardisation in next-generation biofuel pathways, with a focus on waste-to-fuel solutions for hard-to-abate sectors.

Featured Sessions & Presentations

1. The Path to Market: Standards & SAF Qualification

  • ASTM Requirements (The German Aerospace Center (DLR)/FUEL-UP project): Strategies for navigating specification barriers to move from “lab-scale” to “qualified fuels” in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) projects.
  • LCA Alignment (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)/FUEL-UP project): Harmonizing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods to allow fair, standardized comparisons across various biofuel projects.

2. Engineering & Process Optimization

  • Side-Stream Valorisation (Aristeng/FUEL-UP project): Deep dive into process design, TEA, and GHG emissions calculations for potential side streams valorisation processes.
  • Solar-Driven Biomass Pyrolysis (Politecnico di Milano/PYSOLO project): Performance assessment of solar-driven biomass plants for negative-emission biofuel production.
  • Intensified Systems (1Cube/ZEFIRA/Bio-MeGaFuel project): Exploring intensified systems for biobased and e-fuel conversion processes.

3. Digital Innovation & Local Impact

  • AI in Biorefineries (Center of Forest Science and Technology of Catalonia /PYSOLO project): Using Artificial Intelligence to assess forest and agricultural biomass in solar-powered biorefinery plants.
  • Local Action (Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) /TEAPOTS project):How regional actions drive European-wide impact – The role of the Greek Pilot in TEAPOTS

4. Advanced Sustainability & Circularity Frameworks

  • The Circularity Framework (ECODESIGN/BeBOP project): Implementing circularity in biofuel projects.
  • The Recovery of Valuable Elements from Solid Residues from the Thermal Conversion of Biomass (Pro-Akademia/ BeBOP project).
  • Early-Stage Assessment (GreenDelta/Flexby project): Environmental and social LCA alongside life cycle costing for early-stage biofuels systems.
  • The Global Sustainability Score (University of Burgos/Fuels-C project): A methodology integrating environmental, economic, social, circularity, and criticality indicators into a single global sustainability score to support decision-making and prioritization in project evaluation.
  • Climate Performance (RISE/Bio-MeGaFuel project): Analyzing the cost and climate performance of biofuels in current markets.

Event Logistics

  • Venue: Hotel H10 ART GALLERY, Carrer d’Enric Granados, 62-64, Eixample, 08008 Barcelona, Spain
  • Day 1: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm CET
  • Day 2: 9:30 am – 1:30 pm CET

Registration

Register now to participate in the discussion: https://pysolo.eu/joint-symposium-registration/

Participation in the symposium is free of charge.