Star-COLIBRI project: biorefinery clustering
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Biorefinery research
Biorefinery project clustering: ‘StarClustering’
Public Private Partnerships in the area of biorefinery
Global mapping of research projects and initiatives: biorefinery portal
Recommendations for a trans-national research programme in the area of biorefineries research
Biorefinery project clustering: ‘StarClustering’
This major task will consist in the following steps:
1. Collection of information on biorefinery research funding and projects
Ongoing or planned European research projects, as well as nationally and regionally funded projects in the area of biorefineries that could have an interest in being clustered with other projects will be collected.
This task is also linked to the biorefinery portal.
Due date: April 2010
Task leader: VTT
2. Definition of success criteria for Star-projects, Comets and Star-Clusters
The aim of this task is to define precise and transparent criteria according to the following definitions:
- A Star project is a large R&D or demonstration project (at European or national level) that could have a substantial industrial impact at the horizon 2020.
- A Comet project is a smaller most probably nationally or regionally funded project with complementarities with a Star project.
- A Star cluster will be a network between a Star project and several Comet projects based on complementarities in order to cover all features of the biorefinery concept.
Due date: February 2010
Task leader: IAR
3. Identifying potential Star projects and coordinating information collection
The ETP beneficiaries have spread the concept of a Technology Platform from the European level to the National level by the creation of National Support Groups. The National Support Groups reach a wide national audience of stakeholders, including industry. The ETP National Support Groups will act as information sources and dissemination channels, and will discuss the quality and potential impact of research projects.
Due date: April 2010
Task leader: Forest-based sector Technology Platform
4. Identifying suitable StarCluster constellations
Gaps and overlaps will be identified in different biorefinery processes that need to be addressed in order to enable a full-scale exploitation. The work should cover all relevant parts of the value chain (feedstock, logistics, conversion and fractionation technologies, integration of processes and uses of side-streams), including sustainability issues.
This will lead to the identification of suitable high-quality StarClusters with added value for all counterparts.
Due date: April 2010
Task leader: Forest-based sector Technology Platform
5. Measuring the sustainability aspects within the StarClusters
We will perform a screening of how the individual projects forming a StarCluster assess, measure and try to minimise their life-cycle impact in terms of tools, benchmarks and methodology and propose, when possible, harmonisation within the StarCluster. This analysis will take into consideration environmental, societal and economic impacts of the identified projects.
Harmonising the life cycle assessment within the StarClusters will strengthen their credibility .It also makes it easier to perform a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the potential positive and negative impacts of StarClusters, at both the European and global levels.
Due date: April 2011
Public Private Partnerships in the area of biorefinery
Different options to establish a Public-Private Partnership (legal aspects, financing issues, potential core stakeholders etc.) will be investigated and the pros and cons will be evaluated. The possibilities for integration of initiatives to coordinate trans-national research funding, (e.g. Article 169 actions such as ERA-Net+ schemes), with PPP schemes will also be discussed.
Due date: October 2010
Task leader: Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform
Global mapping of research projects and initiatives: biorefinery portal
A wiki-based biorefinery information portal will be developed, to make the following data available:
- Information about ongoing or planned European research projects in biorefinery
- Nationally and regionally funded projects in the area of biorefineries
- StarClusters
- Biorefinery research in the US, Canada, Australia, China, India and South America.
- International initiatives and collaborations
- Industry Investments/Exploitation: examples of commercial biorefineries
The collection of information on projects will continue throughout the project and information will be updated on a regular basis in the portal.
This task is linked to the information collection on research projects.
Due date: March 2010
Task leader: Forest-based Technology Platform
Recommendations for a trans-national research programme in the area of biorefineries research
It is expected that the activities of Star-COLIBRI, especially the analysis of the StarClusters will result in new ideas for research call topics. The Coordinators and key representatives of the ERA-Nets will be invited by the ERA-Net Liaisons Task Force to discuss the needs concerning trans-national R&D funding in areas of biorefineries, which will contribute to minimising the risk of inconsistencies or overlaps between national research funding activities.
Coordination of common activities in-between the ERA-Nets (WoodWisdom-Net, ERA-IB and ERA-NET Bioenergy) and work towards a trans-national research programme in the area of biorefinery will be undertaken.
Due date: August 2011
Task leader: Forest-based Technology Platform
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Star-COLIBRI project: 2 years of succesful collaborations come to an end
01-11-2011
The Star-COLIBRI project succesfully ended on 31 October 2011 after 2 ...
