What’s the best way to explain a complex research project like InnoFuels? With moving images! In a series of short video clips, we present our goals, tasks, and key areas of innovation in a concise format. Each of the seven thematic areas— production, supply chain, aviation, shipping, rail & road, sustainability, and market & regulation —is featured in its own video. In addition, an overview video summarizes the entire project. Six videos are already available—feel free to check them out!
The InnoFuels project is about driving forward the rapid ramp-up of electricity-based and advanced biofuels and providing players with concrete planning approaches. The platform brings together research institutions, manufacturers from the automotive, aviation and shipping industries, energy suppliers and federal and state ministries. The network is complemented by associated partners who contribute their expertise. InnoFuels is the first and so far only networking and exchange platform for electricity-based and advanced biofuels - organized in seven thematic fields of activity.
Our Academy
New Knowledge Platform
The InnoFuels Academy is now online. With this new knowledge and information platform, we are bringing together practical expertise on renewable fuels and creating a central hub for continued education and knowledge exchange. The Academy’s target is to strengthen expertise, provide up-to-date knowledge in an accessible format, and promote dialogue on the development and market ramp-up of renewable fuels. The content is aimed at experts from academia, industry, politics, and administration, as well as anyone who wishes to actively support and help shape the transformation of the transportation sector.
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Upcoming Workshops
The InnoFuels platform regularly organises workshops and other events that are open to anyone who is interested. These events are designed to provide expert input, facilitate knowledge sharing and enable networking among all participants. The individual Innovation Focus groups host the events. Participation in the workshops is free of charge. The three most recent events are listed below. You can find more on the events page. We look forward to seeing you there!
Liquid drop-in biofuels and innovative additives are considered promising solutions in the shipping industry, but they raise numerous technical, economic, and regulatory questions. These issues will be the focus of the Rostock Large Engine Symposium on October 13–14, 2026, in Rostock. The symposium is organized by our project partner LKV Rostock and the Research Center for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics Rostock (FVTR). Representatives from government agencies, fuel manufacturers, engine and component producers, as well as end-users, will provide insights across the entire value chain.
Learn moreNews and current events
What's new with us? Here we share current topics, insights into our work, and previews of upcoming activities.
The internal InnoFuels project meeting held on June 23 in Leipzig focused on personal exchange and looking ahead together. The various innovation focus areas presented their most important results and highlights from the past few months. During brainstorming sessions, future topics and scenarios were discussed and further developed. The target of the partner day was to bring together the results from the various areas of work, identify synergies, and provide new impetus for further collaboration.
InnoFuels is currently represented at UNITI expo 2026 in Stuttgart with its own exhibition stand. The trade fair offers a great opportunity to exchange ideas with industry partners, customers and interested parties about innovative energy solutions and sustainable mobility. We have already had many exciting discussions and made valuable new contacts. Many thanks to all visitors for their great interest in InnoFuels.
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The film highlights the central challenges and working methods of the sustainability innovation focus area, which deals with all aspects of sustainability in the InnoFuels project. Topics covered include complex regulations at EU and national level, the limited availability of sustainable resources and legal uncertainties in the certification and crediting of new fuels. Take a look and get a compact insight into the work of the innovation focus area.
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The online workshop on April 15, 2026, focused on the use of degraded or marginal lands to increase biofuel production. International experts shared their experiences and provided insights into existing strategies and potential solutions. The workshop, which was conducted in English, thus provided a comprehensive platform for professional exchange and discussion of future prospects in the field of biofuel production on marginal lands. All presentations are available online in English.
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This workshop focused on the central role of carbon management in scaling up synthetic fuels. The discussion revealed that decarbonization is virtually impossible without the close integration of CO₂ capture, transport, utilization (CCU), and storage (CCS). In the various presentations, the greatest hurdles were identified not so much as technological issues but rather as a lack of system integration and unclear regulatory frameworks. Click here for the detailed summary.
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As always, the latest issue offers a good overview of the latest developments in the project as well as in the field of renewable fuels and reFuels. The focus is on current research activities, project progress, and key findings regarding the decarbonization of the transportation sector. In addition, the newsletter highlights important drivers for the market ramp-up of reFuels and examines their role in climate-friendly mobility of the future. The newsletter is now available for download - in both German and English.
Learn moreFunding
Project InnoFuels is funded with a total of 5,24 million euros by the Federal Ministry for Transport as part of the Funding Programme Renewable Fuels. The funding guideline for the development of renewable fuels is coordinated by NOW GmbH and supported by the project management agencies VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH and Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V. (Agency for Renewable Resources.
