Star-COLIBRI project: biorefinery clustering
Sister projects
Star-COLIBRI is one of four research projects developing biorefinery technology that are funded under the European Commission’s Sustainable Biorefineries Call (FP7-2009-BIOREFINERY-CP). Its sister projects are SUPRABIO, EuroBioRef and BIOCORE. The biorefinery projects will co-operate and liaise with the aim to:
- Harmonise procedures for multicriteria sustainability analyses;
- Harmonise biomass characterization protocols; and
- Explore opportunities to organize common training and education acitivities.
The SUPRABIO project researches, develops and demonstrates a toolkit of novel generic processes together with advanced intensification and integration methodologies that can be applied to a range of biorefinery scenarios based on sustainable biomass feedstocks. Supporting economic and lifecyle assessment of the resulting gains in energy efficiency and conversion of renewable carbon, together with an implementation strategy based on a product mix with optimal value, will inform step changes that contribute to achieving a more secure and sustainable economy in Europe.
Website: http://www.suprabio.eu
The EUROBIOREF project (EUROpean multilevel integrated BIOREFinery design for sustainable biomass processing) targets research, testing, optimisation and demonstration of bio-refinery processes with the dual aim to use all fractions of various biomasses and exploit their potential to produce the highest value possible in an eco-efficient and sustainable way. Moreover, the project attempts to overcome the fragmentation of the whole biomass value chain requiring greater networking, coordination and cooperation among a large variety of actors from biochemical and chemical industry, SMEs, scientific knowledge chain, and European organisations.
Website: www.eurobioref.org
The BIOCORE project (Biocommodity refinery) will create and demonstrate a lignocellulosic biorefinery for sustainable processing of agricultural residues (wheat and rice straws), short rotation coppice wood (poplar) and hardwood forestry residues, into second-generation biofuels, bulk chemicals, polymers, specialty molecules, heat and power.
Website: www.biocore-europe.org
| Project Acronym | Project Reference | Number of partners | Project costs (Million Euro) | EC Funding |
| SUPRABIO | 241640 | 17 | 19.0 M Euro | 12.6 M Euro |
| EUROBIOREF | 241718 | 28 | 37.4 M Euro | 23.1 M Euro |
| BIOCORE | 241566 | 24 | 20.3 M Euro | 14.0 M Euro |
| Star-COLIBRI | 241535 | 10 | 2.41 M Euro | 1.95 M Euro |
A press release on the biorefinery projects is available here.
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Star-COLIBRI and cooperation with sister projects
28-07-2010
Further to a recent meeting, Star-COLIBRI and its sister projects SUPR...
