On December 11, 2025, the REFOLUTION project presented its perspective on the social acceptance of biofuels and zero-emission fuels in Europe in a webinar organized in collaboration with several projects from the #SustaFuelsCluster (CAPTUS project, COCPIT project, NIAGARA EU, and SUSTEPS).
For the REFOLUTION project our colleague Nina Wessberg (VTT) presented the results of two workshops conducted within the project:
🔹 Expert Workshop at EUBCE 2024, Marseille, France
🔹 Citizens’ Workshop in Tampere, Finland (May 2025)
These events revealed that for the stakeholders involved, biofuels represent a key transition solution, but their future success depends on ensuring transparency, ensuring the sustainability of feedstocks, and creating effective economic incentives to make their cost affordable for consumers.
Find out more about the workshop results here!
The other speakers at the event and the topics they explored are:
JosĂ© Gallego, President, ARDITEC Association – Demonstrating positive social impacts and building trust for adoption of algae-based biofuels and SAF – SUSTEPS project.
Chiara Monacchini, PhD candidate, University of Genoa – Interactive walkthrough of social acceptance survey – CAPTUS project
Dr. Michaela Papageorgiou, New Technologies & Innovation Analyst, HELLENiQ ENERGY – SAFs & Maritime Fuels: Industry Reflections on Market Readiness and Strategic Challenges – COCPIT project
Mihaela Mirea, Senior Project Manager, Lomartov – Understanding the need for social acceptance and the role of technology in supporting it – NIAGARA project
The full event agenda is available here: https://captusproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CAPTUS-Workshop_Agenda.pdf
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