BIOrescue

Celignis is currently participating in a collaborative EU research project, entitled BIOrescue, that is part-funded by the Biomass Based Industries Joint Undertaking of Horizon 2020. This project evaluates ways to valorise the compost residues from mushroom production. Celignis's roles in BIOrescue include the following:


BIOrescue has 10 project partners, as listed below:

1	CENER (coordinator)	RTO	Spain
2	Monaghan Mushrooms	Large Enterprise	Ireland
3	UNINA	University	Italy
4	MetGen	SME	Finland
5	Zabala Innovation Consulting	SME	Spain
6	Greenovate Europe	SME	Belgium
7	Max Planck Institute of Polymer Research	RTO	Germany
8	Celignis	SME	Ireland
9	Imperial College of London	University	UK
10	C-TECH Innovation	SME	UK

BIOrescue runs from Sept 2016 to August 2019 and has a budget of €3.7m. Please refer to the project's website for further information.

UNRAVEL

The UNRAVEL project (UNique Refinery Approach to Valorise European Lignocellulosics) is funded with 3.6 million euros by the Biomass Based Industries Joint Undertaking and will run from June 2018 until May 2022.

The project addresses topic 2017.R2 of the 2017 BBI Work Programme - "Innovative technologies for the pre-treatment and serparation of lignocellulosic feedstock and complex composition streams into valuable fractions while maintaining key characteristics".

It focuses on the demonstration, at pilot-scale, of the FABIOLA pretreatment process for the production of (fine) chemicals, fuels and high-value lignin applications through an economically-feasible biorefinery concept for lignocellulosic biomass conversion.

Celignis is leader of Work Package 2 which concerns the detailed analysis of selected feedstocks, with a particular focus on extractives composition, and the optimisation of a pre-extraction process that could improve the yields and product qualities in subsequent pre-treatment. Intial studies have shown that this pre-extraction is particularly effective in increasing the homogeneity of the feedstock composition and the purity of biorefinery products.

Celignis will also work on finding key chemicals within the extractives that may warrant separation and recovery and consider appropriate means for doing this. Our work will also involve developing a suite of NIR models for key inputs, intermediates, and outputs of the process.

A range of residual feedstocks, including forestry residues (e.g. bark) and agricultural residues such as wheat straw and nutshells, will be tested. The potential availability of these residues is substantial with estimates of around 180 Mton per year for the EU-27. The UNRAVEL project will take these second generation biomass feedstocks as point of departure for valorisation not only as biofuels for transport, but also as chemicals and high-value lignin applications in building materials.

The high ambition and innovative character of the UNRAVEL project is underpinned by the fact that all conversion steps of the biomass into valuable products will be demonstrated at pilot-scale in an industrially relevant environment. For example, the optimised biomass fractionation and conversion technologies pilot fractionation experiments will be performed in a 400 litre reactor, which will guarantee the viability of novel processes for future applications at industrial scale.

UNRAVEL has 10 project partners, as listed below:

1	Fraunhofer (coordinator)	RTO	Germany
2	ECN (part of TNO)	RTO	The Netherlands
3	Celignis	SME	Ireland
4	MetGen	SME	Finland
5	Soprema	Large Enterprise	France
6	IFEU	SME	Germany
7	EURIDA	Natural Person	Germany
8	CNRS	RTO	France
9	Sappi Europe	Large Enterprise	Belgium
10	Max-Planck	RTO	Germany

For further information on UNRAVEL, please refer to the project website, its page on the BBI website, and its Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook pages.

ENABLING

ENABLING is a coordinating and supporting action funded by the H2020-RUR-2017-1 call of the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme.

The title of the project is an acronym that stands for 'Enhance New Approaches in BioBased Local Innovation Networks for Growth'. The focus of the project is on supporting the spreading of best practices and innovation in the provision (production, pre-processing) of biomass for the Bio-Based Industry (BBI).

Celignis will play a key role in the project with regards to stressing the importance of biomass composition in terms of evaluating feedstock and technology suitability. Over the course of the project we will also be contacting a number of stakeholders, both in Ireland and overseas, and will be involved in the organisation of a number of networking events.

Celignis is one of 16 partners in the project, with the coordinator being ITABIA, the Italian Biomass Association. All project partners are listed below:

1	ITABIA (coordinator)	RTO	Italy
2	Tinada Srl	Natural Person	Italy
3	Federunacoma	SME	Italy
4	Innovatiesteunpunt VZW	RTO	Belgium
5	Vestlandsforsking	RTO	Norway
6	Celignis	SME	Ireland
7	European Centre for Renewable Energy	RTO	Austria
8	BgBiom	RTO	Bulgaria
9	Collison & Associates	SME	UK
10	ZLTO	SME	The Netherlands
11	Core Innovation	Natural Person	Greece
12	Wirelessinfo	RTO	Czech Republic
13	MIGAL	RTO	Israel
14	ACTIA	RTO	France
15	Euknow	SME	Belgium
16	EPC	SME	Germany

For further information on ENABLING, please refer to the project website and its Twitter page.

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