Objective The BioAlgaeSorb collaboration will benefit European SME-AGs in diverse business sectors by developing technologies for remediating and valorising industrial and agricultural/aquacultural effluents via microalgae cultivation. The resultant microalgal biomass will form a carbon neutral, environmentally sustainable raw material that is a source for commercially valuable end products, among them renewable energy. The set task is to utilise unwanted effluents as nutrient sources for photosynthetic microalgae, thereby reducing effluent discharge by SMEs and yielding high quality biomass which will be harvested and upgraded using an integrated biorefinery approach into valuable products. Leading commercial systems for microalgae cultivation will be optimised for capturing inorganic nutrients from aqueous effluents (intensive agriculture and aquaculture; municipal anaerobic digesters) and CO2 from power plants, thereby mitigating the environmental impacts of these sectors and contributing to the European Low Carbon Economy via a new source of biomass-based biofuels, and by reducing the discharge of GHG to the atmosphere. Novel physical processes will be developed to efficiently harvest, stabilise and fractionate microalgae biomass for downstream conversion into valuable products. An innovative biorefinery approach will be adopted incorporating biomass pyrolysis (liquids, gas and char) for bioenergy and biofuel production, as well as separation into lipid, protein and carbohydrate fractions. Processes will be optimised for transforming micoalgal lipids into second generation transport fuels. Biomass extracts and purified compounds (eg, omega 3 fatty acids, pigments) will also be developed for use as food and feed additives. A holistic approach will be used throughout the project, incorporating coupled process and financial models to guide the development of cost efficient microalgae-based remediation of effluents for large numbers of European SMEs. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculeslipidsengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuelsagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2 - Research for SME associations Call for proposal FP7-SME-2008-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings Coordinator Norsk Bioenergiforening EU contribution € 621 318,50 Address ROALD AMUNDSENS GATE 6 0161 Oslo Norway See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Inge Olav Fure (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BIOENERGY EUROPE Belgium EU contribution € 368 249,00 Address PLACE DU CHAMP DE MARS 2 1050 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Other Administrative Contact Jean-Marc Jossart (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data BRITISH TROUT ASSOCIATION LTD IPS United Kingdom EU contribution € 277 060,50 Address The Rural Centre, West Mains EH28 8NZ Ingliston See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact David Bassett (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SEA MARCONI TECHNOLOGIES DI VANDERTUMIATTI SAS Italy EU contribution € 392 765,75 Address VIA PRINCIPI D ACAJA 11 10143 Torino See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Edvige Brizzolara (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IngrePro B.V. Participation ended Netherlands EU contribution € 326 309,00 Address Heure 6 A 7271 PA Borculo See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Carel Callenbach (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VARICON AQUA SOLUTIONS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 402 807,50 Address MEREBOOK BUSINESS PARK HANLEY ROAD UNIT 8 WR13 6NP MALVERN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joseph Mcdonald (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VALUE FOR TECHNOLOGY BVBA Belgium EU contribution € 436 565,75 Address Acaciastraat 14 3071 ERPS-KWERPS See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Phillippe Willems (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SWANSEA UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution € 1 404,80 Address SINGLETON PARK SA2 8PP Swansea See on map Region Wales West Wales and The Valleys Swansea Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Julie Williams (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUTT AS Norway EU contribution € 3 006,00 Address KABELGATEN 2 N-0580 OSLO See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Asbjorn Rune Ousland (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM United Kingdom EU contribution € 1 632,00 Address STOCKTON ROAD THE PALATINE CENTRE DH1 3LE Durham See on map Region North East (England) Tees Valley and Durham Durham CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Wendy Harle (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH Greece EU contribution € 640,00 Address LEOFOROS ATHENS SOUNIO 46 7KM 19013 Attikia Anavissos See on map Region Αττική Aττική Ανατολική Αττική Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Pascal Divanach (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italy EU contribution € 880,00 Address Piazza San Marco 4 50121 Florence See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Paolo Toni (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data