All Projects

DEMETER
  • 1G sugar, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, Agricultural sidestreams, Agricultural waste, Anaerobic digestion, Biogas, Carbohydrates, Custom manufacturing, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Enzyme formulation, Enzyme production, Enzymes, Fermentation, Finished projects, Formulation, Fuels, H2020 BBI-IA-DEMO, Product recovery & purification, Scale-up, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

Demeter: Demonstrating more efficient enzyme production to increase biogas yields.
DEMETER will increase the yield of the fermentation process at an industrial scale as well as the down-stream processing of a C1-based biogas enzyme, reducing the cost of the end product and making the enzyme available for wide-spread application in biogas production throughout Europe.

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DemoProBio
  • 1G sugar, AO-NIB, Aceton, Acetonitrile, Bulk chemicals, Butanol, Ethanol, Fermentation, Finished projects, Fuels, In situ product recovery, Product recovery & purification, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Solvents, VLAIO/AO, WP leader

Industrial biotechnology plays a crucial role in the development of sustainable and cost effective production processes for biobased chemicals. These processes typically consist of two distinct unit operations: fermentation, followed by purification of the compound of interest from the fermentation broth. Product recovery and purification (also called downstream processing or DSP) are important cost factors, responsible for up to 80% of the total production cost. Reducing DSP cost is therefore a key success factor to improve the overall economics of biobased processes.

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EFRO: Demonstration Equipment for Industrial Biotechnology
  • Coordinator, Custom manufacturing, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), EFRO/ERDF, Fermentation, Finished projects, Industrial biotechnology, Infrastructure, Innovation, Investment project, SME support, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

Europe, Flanders and the Province of East-Flanders invest €1,27 million in new equipment for Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant. These funds were used to purchase and install three new bioreactors with auxiliary equipment and software: two with a volume of 1.500L and one with a volume of 15.000L.

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ERIFORE
  • Biomass pretreatment, Finished projects, Forestry biomass, Forestry waste, H2020-INFRADEV-CSA, Infrastructure, Infrastructure network, Networking, Open access, Partner, Policy, Process development (TRL 4-5), Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Shared pilot facility, Value chain building

ERIFORE aims to establish an open access research infrastructure for circular forest bioeconomy across Europe. This will unlock the full potential of available forest biomass and will give rise to a new level of co-operation between the major RTD providers in the field.

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Falcon
  • 2G biomass, Biomass pretreatment, Biorefinery, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Enzymatic conversion, Finished projects, Forestry sidestreams, Fuel additives, Fuels, H2020-RIA, Lignin biomass, Lignin-based fuel, Marine fuel, Process development (TRL 4-5), Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

Falcon: Fuel And chemicals from Lignin through enzymatic and chemical CONversion.
FALCON aims to convert this lignin-rich industrial waste of 2G biofuel plants to higher value products, in particular shipping fuels, fuel additives and chemical building blocks. This would be the next consecutive step in turning waste to products, thus minimizing waste and simultaneously providing new alternatives for fossil resource based processes.

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Foieture
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, Cell culture, Cultured meat, Finished projects, Flanders Food / VLAIO-ICON, Foie gras, Food, Low TRL, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader

The conventional meat production system is not sustainable and climate neutral. The increasing concerns regarding animal welfare have also pushed the meat market to look for different means of production for instance of vegan “meat”.

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Ghent Syngas Cluster
  • 2G biomass, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - forestry, AO-NIB, Biomass waste, CCU, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Ethanol, Fermentation, Finished projects, Fuels, Gas fermentation, Gasses, High TRL, Partner, Regional-flanders, Steel mill gasses, Syngas, VLAIO/AO

The Ghent Syngas Cluster project aimed at developing and demonstrating new innovative technology to convert syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas, into green chemicals, sustainable fuels and green electricity.

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IB2Market
  • 1G sugar, Agricultural sidestreams, Biosurfactants, Bola sophorolipids, Coordinator, Detergents, FP7, Fatty acids, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Fucosylated carbohydrates, HMOs, Lactose, Oils, Oils and derivatives, Personal and home care, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery & purification, Scale-up, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty carbohydrates, Sugar, Vegetable oils, WP leader

IB2Market aims to bring industrial biotechnology from the research lab to the market and to solve the bottle-necks in industrialization. The project covers process development, scale up, market exploration and the drafting of a valorization plan to support a successful market introduction.

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iFermenter
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - forestry, Antimicrobial peptides, Finished projects, Food, Food ingredient, Food ingredients, Forestry waste, H2020 BBI-RIA, Partner, Peptides, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Proteins, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Wood, Woody sugars

iFermenter will render production of high value products with residual sugar stream highly efficient and cost-effective contributing to circular economy.

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