All Projects

AC2GEN
  • (Inter)Cluster, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - industrial, Agricultural sidestreams, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Carbon fibres, Chemical building blocks, Coating, Coordinator, Corn stover, DSP process development, Fermentation, In situ product recovery, Industrial sidestreams, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Ongoing projects, Paper and cardboard, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader

Acrylates from 2nd generation sugars: a powerful combination of fermentation, catalysis, and CO2 recycling

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EnzyMares
  • (Inter)Cluster, Blauwe Cluster, Catalisti, Catalisti-SBO, Enzymes, Flanders Food, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Regional-flanders, VLAIO/AO

Within EnzyMares, this multidisciplinary consortium develops a toolbox with which the specific characteristics of enzymes can be predicted on the basis of a multi-omics approach.

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FUCATIL
  • (Inter)Cluster, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - industrial, Acrylic deratives, Agricultural sidestreams, Automotive, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Carbon fibres, Chemical building blocks, Coordinator, Corn stover, DSP process development, Fermentation, In situ product recovery, Industrial sidestreams, Lactic acid, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Ongoing projects, Paper and cardboard, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, WP leader

Full Carbon Utilization: Conversion of abundant Flemish waste streams into platform chemicals using advanced separation and catalytic technologies

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Green-B2B
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, 2G biomass, Biomass pretreatment, Bioplastics, Bulk chemicals, Butadiene, Butanediol, CO2, Diols, Fermentation, Finished projects, Gas fermentation, Gasses, H2, Industrial sidestreams, Low TRL, MOT 1 - biobased chemistry, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Paper & cardboard, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, Sugar

Using micro-organisms, GREEN-B2B aims to convert paper and cardboard waste into chemicals such as biobased butadiene.

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AppliSurf
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, Biosurfactants, Catalisti-SBO, Detergents, Fatty acids, Fatty alcohols, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Glucose, Green chemistry, High throughput screening, Industrial biotechnology, Industry user group, Oils, Oils and derivatives, Ozonolysis, Personal and home care, Personal care, Product recovery & purification, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty carbohydrates, Vegetable oils, WP leader

Screening the application potential of a yeast-based biosurfactant portfolio. In AppliSurf a combination of genetic modification, fermentation development/optimization and green chemistry will be applied to enable commercial production at acceptable cost of an innovative and broad portfolio of biosurfactant structures.

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CO2PERATE
  • (Inter)Cluster, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, CCU, CO2, Catalisti-ISBO, Feed, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Formic acid, Gas fermentation, Gasses, H2, Low TRL, Other feedstock, PHA, PHB, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, Single cell protein, Specialty chemicals, Waste gasses

CO2PERATE aims to develop catalytic technologies to convert CO2 into formic acid, using renewable electricity. Formic acid will subsequently be used as building block for the biosynthetic production of value-added chemicals, as a building block for the chemical industry, or as a potential carrier for energy storage.

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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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SPICY
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, Biocatalysis, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Butanediol, Carbohydrates, Catalisti-SBO, Catalisti-cSBO, Chemical building blocks, Diols, Fermentation, Finished projects, ISPR, Lactic acid, Low TRL, Muconic acid, Organic acids, Partner, Passed projects, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, Specialty chemicals

SPICY aims at creating a new and profitable value chain in the Flemish bio-economy by connecting sugar feedstock suppliers with fermentation-based and chemical biorefinery companies to end-users active in chemical and polymer production.

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