{"id":88717,"date":"2021-05-31T07:39:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T05:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bio-based.eu\/?p=88717"},"modified":"2021-06-16T02:20:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T00:20:50","slug":"bbi-ju-to-invest-e104-5-million-into-circular-bio-based-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/bbi-ju-to-invest-e104-5-million-into-circular-bio-based-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"BBI JU to invest \u20ac104.5 million into circular bio-based projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) has signed the grant agreements with 18\u00a0new\u00a0projects,\u00a0selected for funding under the\u00a02020 Call for proposals.\u00a0199 beneficiaries\u00a0from 26\u00a0countries across the EU and beyond will receive BBI JU\u2019s financial support worth \u20ac104.5\u00a0million. This is the seventh and last BBI JU\u00a0call\u00a0which will bring the total investment of the initiative to\u00a0\u20ac821.6\u00a0million and the BBI JU\u2019s portfolio to 142 projects.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new BBI JU projects will reinforce resource efficiency and develop new bio-based products. In addition,\u00a0they will create green jobs and support the European economy, especially\u00a0in rural and coastal areas.\u00a0At the same time, the\u00a0BBI JU-funded\u00a0projects will boost competitiveness\u00a0and increase business opportunities\u00a0to build a circular and sustainable bio-based industry in Europe.\u00a0The projects\u2019\u00a0consortia will\u00a0promote\u00a0innovations and introduce new tools for the actors of the bio-based economy sector. These\u00a0projects will\u00a0directly\u00a0support the goals defined by the Strategic\u00a0Innovation\u00a0Research Agenda (<a href=\"https:\/\/biconsortium.eu\/sites\/biconsortium.eu\/files\/downloads\/SIRA-2017-Web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SIRA<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Following the signature of the grant agreements, BBI JU Executive Director\u00a0Philippe Mengal, commented: &#8216;It is the seventh and last call of the BBI JU before transitioning to\u00a0the new\u00a0Circular Bio-based\u00a0Europe\u00a0Joint Undertaking,\u00a0a\u00a0partnership between the EU and the\u00a0Bio-based Industries Consortium\u00a0(BIC). Over the last few years, we have seen an increasing number of participants in\u00a0our\u00a0calls\u00a0for proposals. This year, Central and Eastern European countries were significantly engaged. I am very pleased by the diversity and the quality of the projects\u00a0selected for funding. All sectors of the bio-based industries are\u00a0represented,\u00a0which\u00a0shows the relevance of the BBI JU to develop the bio-based\u00a0economy\u00a0and its role for a greener Europe.&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88729\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbi.europa.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/bbiju-call2020-infographic.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-88729\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/2020call-visual-1024x578.png\" alt=\"2020call-visual\" width=\"544\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discover the 2020 Call for proposals main numbers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>From research to industry, leading the green\u00a0recovery<\/h3>\n<p>The newly granted projects are divided into four different types of actions, ranging from\u00a0close-to-market\u00a0production lines to\u00a0coordination\u00a0and support actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three Flagship Actions will receive \u20ac45.2 million to build first-of-their-kind biorefineries in Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Four Demonstration Actions,\u00a0obtaining\u00a0almost \u20ac24 million,\u00a0will establish demo-scale production facilities in Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Seven Research &amp; Innovation Actions will receive \u20ac30.4 million to exploit new technologies and narrow the gaps within value chains.<\/li>\n<li>Four Coordination and Support Actions,\u00a0holding\u00a0nearly \u20ac5 million of BBI JU funding,\u00a0will address challenges in the bioeconomy to accelerate the market uptake of bio-based products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From\u00a0building\u00a0new biorefineries to reducing waste and enhancing digital accessibility<\/h3>\n<p>Three flagship projects\u00a0will\u00a0support the\u00a0development\u00a0of\u00a0the European bio-based economy and create green jobs across the EU:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>VIOBOND<\/strong>\u00a0will build\u00a0a\u00a0profitable plant\u00a0to produce bio-based resin\u00a0at\u00a0an\u00a0industrial\u00a0scale\u00a0and\u00a0replace fossil-based chemicals in products\u00a0such\u00a0as plywood and sandpaper.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCALE<\/strong>\u00a0will build a\u00a0biorefinery to exploit components\u00a0derived from microalgae to\u00a0produce highly nutritional ingredients\u00a0and materials for cosmetics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CIRCULAR BIOCARBON<\/strong>\u00a0will\u00a0convert\u00a0the organic fraction of\u00a0municipal wastes\u00a0by turning\u00a0them into bio-based fertilisers\u00a0and\u00a0bioplastics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BBI JU funding will encourage the production of bio-based materials for a wide range of applications, such as cosmetics, agriculture and wine production.\u00a0The Call 2020 will also support projects enabling digital connectivity\u00a0to improve\u00a0resource management and biomass availability. Their range of action will go from recycling solid, marine and food waste to reducing air pollution by providing bio-based components\u00a0into current value chains.\u00a0As examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the\u00a0<strong>REDWine<\/strong>\u00a0project will receive nearly \u20ac5.7 million\u00a0support, to\u00a0capture the biogenic carbon dioxide from wine fermentation and build an innovative process to produce microalgae biomass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>More than\u00a0\u20ac4\u00a0million of the BBI JU funding will go to\u00a0<strong>BBTWINS<\/strong>,\u00a0a\u00a0project contributing to the digitalisation of the\u00a0agricultural food production\u00a0and supplying\u00a0high-quality\u00a0biomass for bio-based\u00a0application.\u00a0BBTWINS\u00a0is\u00a0aiming\u00a0to deliver logistical and technological support to producers through the optimisation of the\u00a0bioprocessing\u00a0operations. A new technological tool combining AI and machine learning will identify the losses and dispatch the feedstock efficiently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Almost \u20ac9 million\u00a0funding will support two projects favouring the reduction of air pollution by promoting bio-based paints and decorative materials for the coating industry. By doing so,\u00a0<strong>PERFECOAT<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>LIGNICOAT<\/strong>\u00a0intend\u00a0to introduce sustainable and high-quality products from forest-based feedstock and limit non-bio-based residues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An initiative\u00a0transforming\u00a0food and garden waste\u00a0with technology\u00a0tools\u00a0is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbi.europa.eu\/projects\/tech4biowaste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech4BioWaste<\/a>. Almost \u20ac1\u00a0million will be allocated to this project\u00a0that will\u00a0create a\u00a0database\u00a0to\u00a0ease the\u00a0transformation of\u00a0these\u00a0wastes\u00a0into value-added materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbi.europa.eu\/call-proposals-2020-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the full list of projects\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) has signed the grant agreements with 18\u00a0new\u00a0projects,\u00a0selected for funding under the\u00a02020 Call for proposals.\u00a0199 beneficiaries\u00a0from 26\u00a0countries across the EU and beyond will receive BBI JU\u2019s financial support worth \u20ac104.5\u00a0million. This is the seventh and last BBI JU\u00a0call\u00a0which will bring the total investment of the initiative to\u00a0\u20ac821.6\u00a0million and the [&#8230;]<\/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":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838],"supplier":[8031,11909],"class_list":["post-88717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","supplier-bbi-joint-undertaking","supplier-bio-based-industries-consortium-bic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88717","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=88717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88717"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=88717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}