Objective "The DEMA Consortium will develop, demonstrate and licence a complete economically competitive technology for the direct production of bioethanol from microalgae with low-cost scalable photobioreactors by 2016. Initial proof-of-concept results show via Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and economic balance that it is feasible to use microalgae to produce bioethanol for less than € 0.40 per litre. The catalytic conversion of solar energy, H2O and CO2 into ethanol will be carried out by a metabolically engineered strain of the cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.The DEMA Project will carry out research and development on the complete biofuel-production process at two levels. In the first level, the performance of cyanobacteria will be substantially enhanced by a series of metabolic engineering strategies to directly transform CO2, H2O and sunlight into Bioethanol at a concentration level of >1-2% (v/v). In the second level the bioethanol is continuously extracted from the culture media via a membrane technology process exploiting existing EU expertise and technology. This elegant process design enables the economic and energy efficient production of Biofuel at a dramatically reduced Capital and Operational expenditure. LCA performance is excellent and the overall approach is likely to be superior to any other alternative process design either proposed in the literature or by the US biofuels firm Algenol. We will also study exploitation of the residual biomass for other energy related applications to generate an even better total LCA.The DEMA bioethanol process will be economically, socially, and environmentally positive, providing a complement and future replacement to terrestrial biomass-derived ethanol and act as an immediately actionable means of reducing the carbon footprint of EU transport needs. The DEMA consortium will achieve a Transformational Innovation in biofuel production via low risk improvement of existing technologies at proof of concept stage." Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologymetabolic engineeringengineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcoholsengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels Programme(s) FP7-ENERGY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy Topic(s) ENERGY.2012.3.2.1 - Biofuels from microalgae or macroalgae Call for proposal FP7-ENERGY-2012-1-2STAGE See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK EU contribution € 1 458 758,00 Address NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL PARK, PLASSEY - Limerick Ireland See on map Region Ireland Northern and Western Border Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Con Sheahan (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all A4F ALGAFUEL SA Portugal EU contribution € 755 100,00 Address ESTRADA DO PACO DO LUMIAR CAMPUS DO LUMIAR EDIFICIO E R/C 1649 038 Lisboa See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Vitor Verdelho Vieira (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution € 245 809,75 Address SPUI 21 1012WX Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Klaas Hellingwerf (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom EU contribution € 990 863,20 Address TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS CB2 1TN Cambridge See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TURUN YLIOPISTO Participation ended Finland EU contribution € 92 085,74 Address YLIOPISTONMAKI 20014 Turku See on map Region Manner-Suomi Etelä-Suomi Varsinais-Suomi Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mari Riipinen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PHOTANOL BV Netherlands EU contribution € 222 929,50 Address SCIENCE PARK 406 1098 XH Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact M. Joost Teixeira De Mattos (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia I.P. Portugal EU contribution € 250 166,25 Address Rua da Amieira 4466-901 S.Mamede De Infesta See on map Region Continente Norte Área Metropolitana do Porto Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Carvalho Ana Claudia (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ERCANE GIE France EU contribution € 116 453,60 Address RUE D'EMMEREZ DE CHARMOY 29 97490 SAINTE CLOTILDE See on map Region RUP FR — Régions Ultrapériphériques Françaises La Réunion La Réunion Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Bertrand Siegmund (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PERVATECH BV Netherlands EU contribution € 274 092,00 Address HELIUMSTRAAT 11 7463 PL Rijssen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Frans Velterop Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution € 542 176,70 Address SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD SW7 2AZ LONDON See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Brooke Alasya (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
