Renew was a
European four-year project (2004–07) to prove different concepts of fuel production from
biomass. Established and funded by the
European Union's
Sixth Framework Programme in January 2004, the Renew consortium consisted of 33 partners from 9 European countries. More than half of the partners are industrial enterprises, remaining are research and development institutes, with the special expertise needed to perform the individual R&D tasks.
The project divided into six sub-projects, four of which were dedicated to the optimisation and analysis of the fuel production process and production routes for
biofuels from
lignocellulosic feedstock, also known as
second generation biofuel.