All Projects

REPurpose
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - industrial, Alcohols, Biocatalysis, Biodegradable, Biomass pretreatment, Bioplastics, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Construction materials, Consumer goods, Coordinator, Enzymes, Fermentation, Forestry sidestreams, Green chemistry, HEurope-Other, HEurope-RIA, Industrial sidestreams, Lignin biomass, Ongoing projects, Paper & cardboard, Plastic waste, Polymers, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

Recyclable Elastomeric Plastics safely and sUstainably designed and produced via enzymatic Recycling of Post-cOnsumer waSte strEams

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SIMBA
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, Agriculture, Bacterial culture, Cultivation, Fermentation, Fermented foods, Food, Food grade, H2020-IA, Microbiome, Mixed starters culture, Ongoing projects, Process development (TRL 4-5), Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

The objective of the SIMBA project is providing innovative microbiome solutions to increase food security, nutrition, and help address key societal challenges.

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SMARTBOX
  • Aromatics, Beech wood, Biocatalysis, Biodegradable, Biomaterials, Coordinator, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Enzyme engineering, Enzyme production, Enzymes, Exploitation, FDCA, Fermentation, Food, Forestry biomass, H2020 BBI-RIA, HMF, Hard wood, Lignin, Lignin biomass, Lignocellulose, Ongoing projects, Other feedstock, Oxidative catalysis, Polycarbonate building blocks, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Reductive catalytic fractionation, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Soft wood, Specialty chemicals, Vanillin, WP leader

SMARTBOX will develop an advanced computational engineering platform specifically for oxidative enzymes. Relying on this platform, SMARTBOX will develop the one-enzyme conversion of HMF into FDCA and intermediates, and the one-enzyme conversion of lignin monomers into a potential biobased building block for polycarbonates and vanillin.

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ZABIO
  • Antifouling compounds, Coating, Fermentation, H2020-IA, Marine applications, Ongoing projects, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty chemicals, WP leader

The first green, non-toxic antifouling agent for sealants, coatings and paints to transform the construction and marine industries.

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Afterlife
  • Aerobic fermentation, Anaerobic fermentation, Bioplastics, CAPEX, Circular Economy, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Fermentation, H2020 BBI-RIA, Industrial sidestreams, LCA, Mixed culture, PHA, PHB, Passed projects, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Process waters, Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

The AFTERLIFE project proposes a flexible, cost- and resource-efficient process for recovering and valorising the relevant fractions from wastewater.

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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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DAFIA
  • Active barrier coatings, Biochemicals, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Di-amines, Fermentation, Finished projects, Flame retardants, Food related sidestreams, H2020-RIA, MSW, Marine waste, Muconic acid, Municipal solid waste, Other feedstock, Polyamides, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery & purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty chemicals, WP leader

The main objective of DAFIA is to exploit the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (MSW) and marine rest raw materials (MRRM) as feedstocks for higher value products.

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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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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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