COMMENT/IN THIS ISSUE INDUSTRY NEWS G Editorial comment
ood news from Brussels where the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBIJU), a public-private partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), has given a green light to funding of ten projects totalling EUR120 million to boost the EU’s capacity to stimulate growth and jobs via a more circular, low carbon and sustainable bio-economy. The European Commission released EUR50 million of public money via the BBI JU, leveraging EUR70 million of investments from industry into projects to boost the European bio-economy.
Research projects will tackle specific value chain challenges, such as sustainability, technology and competitiveness, and one of two demonstration projects will show the technological and economic viability of bio-refinery systems and processes for making chemicals from wood. UPM has already received EUR13.1 million funding from the EU for ValChem, which is the name of the company’s ‘Value added chemical building blocks and lignin from wood’ project (see Smalltalk 2 on page 4).
The BBI is a EUR3.7 billion innovative partnership that was officially launched in July, 2014. Driven by a unique cross sector industry grouping, the BBI focuses on using Europe’s biomass and wastes to make high value products and bring them to market. Advanced bio-refineries and innovative technologies are at the heart of this process, converting renewable resources into sustainable bio-based chemicals, materials and fuels, thus assisting the EU to reduce its dependence on finite fossil resources.
The European Commission is the public partner in the BBI. It supports it with a contribution of EUR975 million from Horizon 2020, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation from 2014-2020. The activities of the BBI complement the activities funded under Horizon 2020 and seek to establish synergies where relevant.
BIC is the industrial partner in the public-private partnership. It is made of a unique mix of sectors, including agriculture, agro-food, biotechnology/ technology providers, forestry/pulp and paper, chemicals and energy. The Consortium was established in 2012 to collectively represent the private sector in the BBI. To date, it has almost 80 full industrial members representing large corporations, small/medium enterprises and clusters, together with about 150 associate members.
BIC supports the BBI with a contribution of EUR2.7 billion, of which EUR975 million is used to support research and innovation activities, and another EUR1.7 is provided in the form of additional activities.
David Young Editor
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