Sustainable PoLymers from Algae Sugars and Hydrocarbons

Project Information

SPLASH

Grant agreement ID: 311956

Project closed

Start date 1 September 2012

End date 28 February 2017

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

Total cost € 11 929 616,80

EU contribution € 8 942 932,00

Coordinated by

STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH
Netherlands

Objective

The 4-year SPLASH project will develop a new biobased industrial platform using microalgae as a renewable raw material for the sustainable production and recovery of hydrocarbons and (exo)polysaccharides from the species Botryococcus braunii and further conversion to renewable polymers. The project comprises 20 partners of which 40% SME and several large corporates plus universities and research institutes.
Two bioproduction platforms will be explored: (1) green alga Botryococcus braunii on its own and (2) the
green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, to which the unique hydrocarbon and polysaccharides producing genes from Botryococcus will be transferred. SPLASH will deliver knowledge, tools and technologies needed for the establishment of a new industry sector: Industrial Biotechnology with algae and/or algal genes for
the manufacture of polyesters and polyolefins. The building blocks for these polymers will be derived from the sugars (polyesters) and hydrocarbons (polyolefins) exuded by the algae: adipic acid from galactose,
2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from glucose, rhamnose and fucose, 1,4-pentanediol from rhamnose and fucose, ethylene from ‘green naphtha’, propylene from ‘green naphtha’.
The conversion of ethylene and propylene to polyolefins is common technology, and will not be included in the project. The sugar-derived building blocks will be converted to new condensation polymers, including
poly(ethylene 2,5-furandioate) (PEF). End-use applications include food packaging materials and fibres for yarns, ropes and nets. The project encompasses (1) development of Botryococcus as an industrial production platform, (2) Systems biology analysis, (3) Development of procedures for production, in situ extraction and isolation, (4) product development.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › phycology
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › hydrocarbons
• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › food technology › food packaging
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › organic chemistry › aliphatic compounds

Programme(s)

• FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

Topic(s)

• KBBE.2012.3.4-02 - Biotechnology for novel biopolymers

Call for proposal

FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
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Funding Scheme

CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs)

Coordinator

STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH

• EU contribution: € 2 122 062,00
• Address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 ; 6708 PB Wageningen ; Netherlands
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Gelderland › Veluwe
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Annemieke Koedoot (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (22)

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS

Greece

• EU contribution: € 149 553,00
• Address: CHARILAOU THERMI ROAD 6 KM ; 57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
• Region: Βόρεια Ελλάδα › Κεντρική Μακεδονία › Θεσσαλονίκη
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Costas Kiparissides (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

NORMEC OWS

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 150 622,00
• Address: PANTSERSCHIPSTRAAT 163 ; 9000 GENT
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen › Arr. Gent
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Steven Verstichel (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

PAQUES TECHNOLOGY BV

Participation ended

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 18 001,00
• Address: TJALKE DE BOERSTJITTE 24 ; 8561 EL Balk
• Region: Noord-Nederland › Friesland (NL) › Zuidwest-Friesland
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Jacco Huisman (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

NIELS-HENRIK NORSKER

Participation ended

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 161 388,00
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Niels-Henrik Norsker (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

VALUE FOR TECHNOLOGY BVBA

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 143 015,00
• Address: Acaciastraat 14 ; 3071 ERPS-KWERPS
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Philippe Willems (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

AVANTIUM CHEMICALS BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 662 657,00
• Address: ZEKERINGSTRAAT 29 ; 1014 BV Amsterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Ed De Jong (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

LIFEGLIMMER GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 866 088,00
• Address: MARKELSTRASSE 38 ; 12163 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Vitor Martins Dos Santos (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

PURSUIT DYNAMICS PLC

Participation ended

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 44 392,91
• Address: KINGFISHER WAY SHACKLETON HOUSE ; PE29 6HB HUNTINGTON
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Marcus Fenton (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

NOVA-INSTITUT FUR POLITISCHE UND OKOLOGISCHE INNOVATION GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 379 400,00
• Address: LEYBOLDSTRASSE 16 ; 50354 Hurth
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Köln › Rhein-Erft-Kreis
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Achim Raschka (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 124 279,00
• Address: HANSASTRASSE 27C ; 80686 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Walter Krause (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 469 028,00
• Address: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS ; CB2 1TN Cambridge
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Renata Schaeffer (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

PNO CONSULTANTS BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 111 929,00
• Address: LAAN VAN ZUID HOORN 15 ; 2289 DC RIJSWIJK
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Aya Van Den Kroonenberg (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 320 072,00
• Address: CALLE DR CANTERO CUADRADO 6 ; 21071 Huelva
• Region: Sur › Andalucía › Huelva
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Encarni Cobacho Daza (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 848 610,00
• Address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 ; 6708 PB Wageningen
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Gelderland › Veluwe
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tom Bessems (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET BIELEFELD

Germany

• EU contribution: € 468 338,00
• Address: UNIVERSITAETSSTRASSE 25 ; 33615 Bielefeld
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Detmold › Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Olaf Kruse (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET MUENSTER

Germany

• EU contribution: € 451 571,00
• Address: SCHLOSSPLATZ 2 ; 48149 MUENSTER
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Münster › Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Michael Hippler (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

EGE UNIVERSITY

Türkiye

• EU contribution: € 79 860,00
• Address: EGE UNIVERSITESI KAMPUSU ; 35100 İzmir
• Region: Ege › İzmir › İzmir
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ozlem Yesil-Celiktas (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

LANKHORST EURONETE PORTUGAL SA

Portugal

• EU contribution: € 11 500,00
• Address: RUA DA CERFIL - CAPITAO GRAMAXO ; 4475-468 NOGUEIRA - MAIA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Pedro Areosa (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

RHODIA OPERATIONS

France

• EU contribution: € 188 212,00
• Address: 9 RUE DES CUIRASSIERS, IMMEUBLE SILEX 2 SOLVAY ; 69003 Lyon
• Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes › Rhône-Alpes › Rhône
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Sylvain Le Roulley (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

CELLULAC LIMITED

Ireland

• EU contribution: € 764 502,09
• Address: Second Floor, Unit 14, Galway Technology Park, Parkmore ; - Galway
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Marcus Fenton (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

NORSKER INVESTIGACIONES SL

Spain

• EU contribution: € 243 452,00
• Address: Calle San Isidoro 2, Apt 8 ; 41004 Sevilla
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Niels-Henrik Norsker (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FOTOSINTETICA & MICROBIOLOGICA SRL

Italy

• EU contribution: € 164 400,00
• Address: VIA LEONARDO DA VINCI 12 ; 50125 FIRENZE FI
• Region: Centro (IT) › Toscana › Firenze
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Liliana Rodolfi (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data