{"id":127735,"date":"2023-06-06T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=127735"},"modified":"2023-06-01T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T11:37:29","slug":"avantium-awarded-e1-5-million-eu-grant-to-demonstrate-the-electrochemical-conversion-of-co2-into-sustainable-plastic-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/avantium-awarded-e1-5-million-eu-grant-to-demonstrate-the-electrochemical-conversion-of-co2-into-sustainable-plastic-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Avantium awarded \u20ac1.5 million EU grant to demonstrate the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into sustainable plastic materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Avantium N.V., a leading technology\u00a0provider in renewable chemistry,\u00a0announces\u00a0that it has been awarded a \u20ac1.5 million grant by the EU\u00a0Horizon Europe\u00a0programme\u00a0for its\u00a0participation in the\u00a0research and development programme HICCUPS1<\/sup>. This programme aims to demonstrate\u00a0the utilisation of CO2\u00a0<\/sub>as a feedstock for the production of polyesters.\u00a0The \u20ac1.5 million grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a period of four years, starting in September 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avantium\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0frontrunner\u00a0in\u00a0developing\u00a0and\u00a0commercialising\u00a0innovative\u00a0technologies\u00a0for\u00a0the production of materials based on sustainable carbon feedstocks, i.e. carbon from\u00a0biomass\u00a0or carbon from the air (CO2<\/sub>). One of\u00a0Avantium\u2019s\u00a0innovative technology platforms,\u00a0called Volta\u00a0Technology, uses electrochemistry to convert CO2<\/sub>\u00a0into high-value\u00a0chemical building blocks and\u00a0polyesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the HICCUPS programme,\u00a0Avantium will convert CO2<\/sub>\u00a0from biogas produced at wastewater treatment plants\u00a0into\u00a0the sustainable plastic material\u00a0PLGA\u00a0(polylactic-co-glycolic acid).\u00a0PLGA\u00a0with 80% glycolic acid or more\u00a0has\u00a0an excellent barrier against oxygen and moisture\u00a0and\u00a0good mechanical properties. It is furthermore\u00a0recyclable\u00a0and both home\u00a0compostable and\u00a0marine degradable.\u00a0PLGA can be used, for example, as\u00a0coating material and\u00a0in\u00a0moulded plastic\u00a0materials.\u00a0This makes PLGA an\u00a0excellent\u00a0alternative\u00a0for fossil-based polyethylene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The HICCUPS programme, which\u00a0has\u00a0received a \u20ac5 million EU Horizon Europe grant\u00a0in total, will demonstrate the full value chain from biogenic CO2<\/sub>\u00a0to polyester end-use and is expected to be executed over four years. Avantium will lead the HICCUPS consortium consisting of\u00a0Avantium and 11\u00a0other\u00a0industry\u00a0and\u00a0academic\u00a0organisations:\u00a0Funditec\u00a0(Spain),\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Amsterdam (Netherlands),\u00a0INRAE\u00a0(France),\u00a0ACCIONA\u00a0(Spain),\u00a0
nova\u00a0Institute\u00a0(Germany),\u00a0VTT\u00a0(Finland), University of Ferrara (Italy), Tecnopackaging (Spain), Aqualung (Norway), SINTEF\u00a0(Norway) and Walki (Finland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annelie\u00a0Jongerius,\u00a0Technology\u00a0Manager\u00a0at\u00a0Avantium<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0scientific\u00a0coordinator\u00a0of\u00a0HICCUPS: \u201cAvantium is\u00a0proud to lead the development of CO2<\/sub>-based\u00a0polyesters\u00a0and we look forward to working with\u00a0like-minded\u00a0organisations\u00a0on\u00a0Carbon\u00a0Capture\u00a0and\u00a0Utilisation\u00a0(CCU)\u00a0under\u00a0the\u00a0HICCUPS programme.\u00a0This award of the prestigious European Horizon grant\u00a0reflects our expertise in\u00a0the conversion of CO2<\/sub>\u00a0into high-value\u00a0polyesters\u00a0using electrochemistry\u00a0and our ability to develop innovative new\u00a0materials.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This project has received funding from the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking under the European Union\u2019s Horizon Europe funding programme under grant agreement No 101112455.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>\u00a0HICCUPS stands for Highly-Innovative technology demonstration for bio-based CO2\u00a0Capture and Utilization for production of bulk Plastic applicationS<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About\u00a0Avantium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Avantium is a leading technology development company and a frontrunner in renewable chemistry. Avantium develops novel technologies based on renewable carbon sources as an alternative to fossil-based\u00a0chemicals\u00a0and\u00a0plastics.\u00a0The\u00a0company\u00a0currently\u00a0has\u00a0three\u00a0technologies\u00a0at\u00a0pilot\u00a0and demonstration phase. The most advanced technology is the YXY\u00ae\u00a0plant-to-plastics\u2013technology that catalytically converts plant-based sugars into FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid), the key building block for the sustainable plastic PEF (polyethylene furanoate). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avantium has successfully demonstrated the YXY\u00ae\u00a0Technology at its pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands, and has started construction of the world’s first commercial plant\u00a0for FDCA\u00a0in 2022, with planned large-scale production of PEF in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second technology is Ray Technology\u2122\u00a0and catalytically converts industrial sugars to plant-based\u00a0MEG\u00a0(mono-ethylene\u00a0glycol)\u00a0and\u00a0plant-based\u00a0MPG\u00a0(mono-propylene\u00a0glycol): plantMEG\u2122\u00a0and plantMPG\u2122. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avantium is scaling up its Ray Technology\u2122\u00a0and the demonstration plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands opened in November 2019. The third technology is called the Dawn Technology\u2122\u00a0that converts non-food biomass into industrial sugars and lignin in order to help transition the chemicals and materials industries to non-fossil resources. In 2018, Avantium opened the Dawn Technology\u2122\u00a0pilot biorefinery in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Avantium also provides R&D solutions in the field of sustainable chemistry and is the leading provider of advanced catalyst testing technology and services to accelerate catalyst R&D. Avantium works in partnership with like-minded companies around the globe to create revolutionary renewable chemistry solutions from invention to commercial scale. Avantium\u2019s\u00a0shares\u00a0are\u00a0listed\u00a0on\u00a0Euronext\u00a0Amsterdam\u00a0and\u00a0Euronext\u00a0Brussels\u00a0(symbol:\u00a0AVTX).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avantium\u00a0is\u00a0incorporated\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Euronext\u00a0Amsterdam\u00a0SmallCap\u00a0Index\u00a0(AScX).\u00a0Its\u00a0offices\u00a0and headquarters are in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Avantium N.V., a leading technology\u00a0provider in renewable chemistry,\u00a0announces\u00a0that it has been awarded a \u20ac1.5 million grant by the EU\u00a0Horizon Europe\u00a0programme\u00a0for its\u00a0participation in the\u00a0research and development programme HICCUPS1. This programme aims to demonstrate\u00a0the utilisation of CO2\u00a0as a feedstock for the production of polyesters.\u00a0The \u20ac1.5 million grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a period of four years, starting in September 2023","footnotes":""},"categories":[5571],"tags":[5842,5847,15301,16436,10744,10743],"supplier":[20416,742,21711,17659,4,512,459,17306,10399,22481,15822],"class_list":["post-127735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-co2-based","tag-biomass","tag-bioplastics","tag-biopolyester","tag-buildingblocks","tag-carboncapture","tag-useco2","supplier-aqualung-carboncapture","supplier-avantium-technologies-bv","supplier-funditec","supplier-inrae","supplier-nova-institut-gmbh","supplier-sintef","supplier-vtt-technical-research-centre-of-finland","supplier-tecnopackaging","supplier-unife-international-university-of-ferrara","supplier-university-of-amsterdam-uva","supplier-walki-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127735"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=127735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}