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1 A Europe-wide network of existing open access pilot and multipurpose demo-infrastructures for the bioeconomy European Bioeconomy congress Lodz 21/11/2017

2 Agenda What is this network about? How can I cooperate with the Pilots4U network Q&A

3 Pilots4U network Aim of this session: To invite relevant infrastructures to join To let bio-economy entrepreneurs with scale-up plans know that the network exists

4 Pilots4U project aim Project aim: Setup of one very visible, Europe-wide network of existing open access pilot and multipurpose demoinfrastructures for the bio-economy

5 Pilots4U network: what is open access In the context of infrastructure, open access involves physical infrastructure (in this case pilot equipment) being made available to clients other than the owners, for a fee (Source: Wikpedia) Joint investment in pilot infrastructure that can be used, for a fee, by any entrepreneur in need of scale-up

6 Why outsource your development and scale-up? Survey results 1. Faster: Accelerated development: faster time to markt 2. Cheaper: Saved development costs 3. Better: Improved characteristics of the process or final product 4. Stronger: Improved network

7 What bioeconomy pilot equipment?

8 What bioeconomy pilot equipment? Industrial Biotechnology Thermal conversion Algal cultivation Chemical Conversion Pulping Anaerobic digestion Fractionation Purification Material technologies Nutrient recovery

9 Scope of the project: Scale of equipment & facilities targeted Pilot scale: TRL4 - TRL6 Demonstration scale: TRL7 - TRL8 Public and private Open access In EU28

10 I have open access pilot or demo infrastructure and want to join the network I want to use the open access facilities from the network Find I want to share my opinion regarding what equipment, services and scale-up centers are needed

11 Project activities WP1: Mapping of existing infractructure in Europe WP2: Improving access to pilot infrastructures and interconnection WP3: Assessment of industry demand and future needs of open access centers WP4: Gap analysis and financing strategies to catalyze the expansion of capabilities WP5: Communication, dissemination and exploitation WP6: Project management

12 Different networks and pilots already involved Industrial Biotechnology pilots and multipurpose demonstration plants Forest economy network Thermochemical network Algae network Anaerobic digestion and Nutrient recovery network BioPilotsUK: a UK pilot infrastructure network

13 Industrial Biotechnology Pilot network

What? OECD definition of Biotechnology: the application of science and technology to living organisms, as well as parts, products and models thereof, to alter living or non-living materials for the

14 What? OECD definition of Biotechnology: the application of science and technology to living organisms, as well as parts, products and models thereof, to alter living or non-living materials for the production of knowledge, goods and services * application domains of biotech: different colours Red Biotechnology medical biotechnology: e.g. vaccines, insuline Green Biotechnology plant biotechnology : e.g. plant resistant to insects, diseases White Biotechnology Industrial Biotechnology e.g. enzyme washing powders

15 What?

16 One example Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant: o Multi-purpose pilot facility in the Port of Ghent (Belgium) o Bio-Based and IB products & processes o Current number of employees: 70 o Independent non-for-profit SME

17 One example

Other pilots in network Partnership Shared Pilot Facilities : Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (Flanders, Belgium) Centre for Process Innovation (Tees

18 Other pilots in network Partnership Shared Pilot Facilities : Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (Flanders, Belgium) Centre for Process Innovation (Tees Valley, United Kingdom) VTT (Helsinki Uusimaa, Finland), Bioprocess Pilot Facility (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands) ARD (France) Fraunhofer CBP (Germany)

19 Success story Infant formula Prebiotics Functional foods Feed/Pet care

Success story Scottish SME, university spin-off Raw

the grain Pot ale: residue in the pot after distillation

innovative SME & other awards 11million grant from

20 Success story Scottish SME, university spin-off Raw materials: Draff: the residue of husks after fermentation of the grain Pot ale: residue in the pot after distillation Partnered with BBEPP for scale up Awarded Europe s most innovative SME & other awards 11million grant from Department for Transport to build a whiskey based demo bio refinery for advanced biofuel

22 What? ERIFORE European Research Infrastructure in Forest based Circular economy

23 What? Research infrastructure scope is the whole development chain for new forest based products

Other pilots in network ERIFORE - European Research Infrastructure for Circular Forest Bioeconomy List of partners and country 1. VTT - FI 2. Aalto University - FI 3. Fraunhofer - DE 4.

24 Other pilots in network ERIFORE - European Research Infrastructure for Circular Forest Bioeconomy List of partners and country 1. VTT - FI 2. Aalto University - FI 3. Fraunhofer - DE 4. RISE (SP) - SE 5. KTH - SE 6. SINTEF - NO 7. FCBA - FR 8. INRA - FR 9. Tecnalia - ES 10. Wood K Plus - AT 11. Institute of Wood Chem. - LT 12. Inst. Macromol. PetruPoni - RO 13. Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant- BE Budget 2.63M, time 1/2016-1/2018

One example Value for customers in bio and

infrastructure Process chemistry Fibre and

Fermentation and bioprocessing High throughput

$deconstruction and fractionation Biomass$ Metals recovery Thermochemical conversions

chemicals Fluidised bed combustion Fibre based

Polymeric materials processing Cellulose fibre

25 One example Value for customers in bio and circular economy with VTT s extensive pilot infrastructure Process chemistry Fibre and composite technology Industrial biotechnology Fermentation and bioprocessing High throughput robotics Culture collection Biomass deconstruction and fractionation Biomass fractionation and pulping Green chemistry Metals recovery Thermochemical conversions Gasification Pyrolysis Energy storage to chemicals Fluidised bed combustion Fibre based web production Roll-to-Roll surface treatment Polymeric materials processing Cellulose fibre spinning Food technology Food and brewery Bioruukki Pilot Centre Environmental engineering Advanced analytical platform Modelling and computational platform Process modelling and concepts

26 One example Bioruukki pilot ecosystem An integrated enabler to accelerate business in bio and circular economy Thermochemical conversion Biomass processing Green Chemistry Energy Storage Fuels from waste Recycled textile fibres Chemicals from cellulose Bio-oil from forest residues Solar energy stored as liquid fuel Design of new sustainable processes

27 One example New industrial technologies: VTT experimental resources for a whole industrial bioenergy chain bio fuel oil Demo-plant Industrial pilot VTT pilot Laboratory Fundamentals

29 What? BRISK: What is is about Biofuels Research Infrastructure for Sharing Knowledge The overarching objective of BRISK is to establish a centre of excellence in the field of 2 nd and 3 rd generation biofuels via the uniting of leading European research infrastructures BRISK provides free-of-charge Transnational Access (TA) to research and testing facilities BRISK: _26 partners_ 10M_FP7 BRISK2: _15 partners_ 10M_Horizon2020

30 Success stories BRISK ( ) success stories The BRISK initiative (briskeu.com) was successful in offering Transnational Access (TA) to more than 200 individuals from 26 European countries totaling experimental-days more than 30 peer reviewed publications were published A closing post-project edition of the newsletter was produced and circulated to 3700 contacts in October 2015.

Other pilots in network BRISK2 (2017-2022): Consortium Universities KTH (Sweden), Aston (UK), KIT (Germany), Polito (Italy), TUDelft (The Netherlands), TUG (Austria) Research

31 Other pilots in network BRISK2 ( ): Consortium Universities KTH (Sweden), Aston (UK), KIT (Germany), Polito (Italy), TUDelft (The Netherlands), TUG (Austria) Research Institutes BE2020+ (Austria), CENER (Spain), CERTH (Greece), VTT (Finland), Wageningen WR (The Netherlands), ECN (The Netherlands), ENEA (Italy), LNEG (Portugal), SINTEF (Norway)

32 What equipment BRISK2 ( ): Installations 55 installations Thermochemical processes (gasification, pyrolysis) Biological (digestion, fermentation) Catalytical Biomass preparation and characterisation Fuel cells And more (

33 Application BRISK2 ( ): Application A maximum rate of 1200 Euros will be applied to each visit Next proposal deadline: 1 April 2018 Visit: brisk2.eu Or contact me (Vera Nemanova): nemanova@kth.se

35 What? EnAlgae EnAlgae was a 4 year, 14.6M Strategic Initiative of the INTERREG IVB North West Europe (NWE) Programme, combining the expertise and resources of 19 Partners plus Observers encompassing 7 EU Member States. Overall aim: To develop sustainable pathways for algal bioenergy (microalgae and microalgae) in NW Europe Address the current lack of verifiable information on algal productivity via a new network of 9 algal pilots (microalgae and macroalgae). Integrate with existing industrial, agricultural and municipal processes to capture and remediate flue gas CO 2 and soluble aqueous wastes. Engage with diverse stakeholders across NWE to resolve technological and legislative bottlenecks for the sustainable deployment of algae-based bioenergy production, GHG mitigation and bioremediation

36 What? EnAlgae Objectives To maximise the transnational value of algal pilots across NWE, by creating an integrated Network that incorporates an up to date inventory and in which pilots collect and share data in a standardised manner and provide demonstrations to diverse project partners, observers and stakeholders (WP1). To identify the political, economic, social and technological opportunities for sustainable exploitation of algae within NWE, delivering information for policy makers, industry and investors on what algae production systems and end use markets are viable in the region (WP2). To combine information across the algal biotechnology delivery chain into an ICT-based tool which can guide decisions, identify gaps in knowledge and capability and provide a roadmap for stakeholders to focus future actions for algal biomass, bioenergy, GHG mitigation and bioremediation (WP3).

37 One example Swansea University Algal Pilot facility CSAR now has the largest research PBR capacity in the UK.. supported by analytical methods for bulk determinants. research for harvesting and processing and supplying data for modelling

New large scale open-sea macroalgal cultivation (longlines) 4. UK. Upgrade of microalgal flue gas CO 2 capture facility 5. DE.

38 Other pilots in network Other pilot plants in EnAlgae (NW Europe) Other pilots: 1. UK. New algal innovation centre demonstrating a range of microalgal growth systems (open & closed) 2. BE. New mixed microalgae / bacteria bioreactor 3. IE. New large scale open-sea macroalgal cultivation (longlines) 4. UK. Upgrade of microalgal flue gas CO 2 capture facility 5. DE. New microalgae production attached to advanced aquaculture 6. NL. New outdoor microalgae production (open ponds) 7. FR. Upgrade of macroalgal raceways + longlines 8. UK. Upgrade of photobioreactors co-localised with aquaculture and heavy industry 9. UK. New macroalgal longlines + native microagal strain collection

39 Success stories Follow projects: EnAlgae success stories Algae-AD(INTERREG NWE, ) Enhance (INTERREG AA, ) Use of SU Pilot ( R&D projects): AlgaeCytes, Varicon aquasolution, DCWW, TATA Steel UK, Axium, Membranology and others Other algal networks examples in the UK: Phyconet

What? BioRefine Cluster Europe www.biorefine.

41 What? BioRefine Cluster Europe BIOREFINERY: Production of energy carriers and new derivatives from renewable biobased resources. In analogy with conventional petrochemical refinery (Left), yet based on biobased resources (Right).

organising joint events, joint publication, boosting common

42 What? BioRefine Cluster Europe A collaboration between EU projects aiming at joining forces in organising joint events, joint publication, boosting common dissemination, BioRefine Cluster Europe Projects 28 Countries 21 Entities >200 Experts >650 Budget 91 mio EUR

Combined capacity of >500.000 t/y digestate upcycling.

43 One example Examples of 2 projects aiming at translating innovation into full-scale investment Over 20 million euro of investment & investigations : 5 nutrient recovery installations constructed after biogas (NL, BE, UK, IT, DE). Combined capacity of > t/y digestate upcycling. UGhent: nutrient use efficiency of biofertilisers (field trials) & process mass flows BioRefine Cluster Europe: Community Group Nutrient Recycling ; moderating Common Dissemination Booster (EC)

NW Europe, aimed at phosphorus recovery (= Critical Raw Material) UGhent : Quality assessment of novel P

44 One example Examples of 2 projects aiming at translating innovation into full-scale investment Over 20 million euro of investment & investigations : 6 pilot investments at municipal wastewater facilities in NW Europe, aimed at phosphorus recovery (= Critical Raw Material) UGhent : Quality assessment of novel P sources BioRefine Cluster Europe : interlinkage with fertiliser industry as customer for secondary resources

45 Committed to Outreach

46 Strategic coordinator Erik Meers CONTACT US AT: Daily management Evi Michels Finance & Acquisition Eva Clymans Communication Yasmine Mertens

48 What? Web: BioPilotsUK: What it is about BioPilotsUK is a collaboration between pioneering biorefining openaccess centre BioPilotsUK focuses on the biorefining and biotechnology sector 5 partners across the UK

OUR MISSION What? Email: info@biopilotsuk.

com Twitter: @BioPilotsUK BioPilotsUK: What it is about An integrated,

and capabilities in biorefining and IB Nurture the development of SMEs Help

49 OUR MISSION What? Web: BioPilotsUK: What it is about An integrated, cost-effective pilot and process development service Increase UK knowledge and capabilities in biorefining and IB Nurture the development of SMEs Help facilitating the alliance Contribute to build their vision UK as global leader in: - Biorefining technological development - Bio-based product manufacture OUR VISION

One example TRL 3-7 BioPilotsUK partners and their facilities Email: info@biopilotsuk.

com Twitter: @BioPilotsUK Rapid Bioprocess Prototyping Centre Bangor Aberytwyth Swansea

(up to 15 L) Flexible Downstream Bioprocessing Centre Pressurised refining equipment Small

fermenter Take the most promising bio-processes and proving they work at a scale that

50 One example TRL 3-7 BioPilotsUK partners and their facilities Web: Rapid Bioprocess Prototyping Centre Bangor Aberytwyth Swansea Assess the potential of new cell lines, bio-products or novel approaches to bioprocessing (up to 15 L) Flexible Downstream Bioprocessing Centre Pressurised refining equipment Small and pilot scale (15 L) scco 2 extraction line Wet feedstock processing plant (1 t/h) 15 L fermenter Take the most promising bio-processes and proving they work at a scale that allows the move to commercialisation ( L) Pellet press production line (400 kg/h) Stand alone and plug and play equipment (i.e. fermenters) Processing plant in Aberytwyth

processes in the range of 1 10000 L scale Equipment

Centre, equipment up to 1500 L Large scale

development in the range of 1-100 kg scale

pelletising, fibre expansion) Glass reactor suite

51 One example TRL 3-7 BioPilotsUK partners and their facilities Web: Demonstrate fermentation processes in the range of L scale Equipment for C1 fermentation Anaerobic Digestion Development Centre, equipment up to 1500 L Large scale fermentation tanks Demonstrate commercial development in the range of kg scale Pre-processing equipment (size reduction, pelletising, fibre expansion) Glass reactor suite Microwave pyrolysis unit Processing equipment (microwaves, scco 2 extraction, glass reactors, fermenters, anaerobic digestion plant)

com Twitter: @BioPilotsUK Services beyond scale-up equipment A one-stop shop for biomass evaluation and valorisation up

52 One example TRL 3-7 BioPilotsUK partners and their facilities Web: Services beyond scale-up equipment A one-stop shop for biomass evaluation and valorisation up to pilot scale level Modelling technology Pre-treatment equipment: steam explosion (30 L), maceration and shredding, particle separation (1000 L) Chemical (30 L) and enzymatic (2000 L hydrolysis) Bioreactors (up to 2000 L) Providing access to funding

com Twitter: @BioPilotsUK Example of a successful cooperation

sustainable resources Curran - nanocellulose based product,

Test feasibility for the scale-up production of Curran

extracting and purifying the product Outcomes of the project

53 Success Story Web: Example of a successful cooperation CelluComp Production of advanced material additives from sustainable resources Curran - nanocellulose based product, extracted from root vegetables waste Collaboration with CPI Test feasibility for the scale-up production of Curran Investigation of downstream processing techniques for extracting and purifying the product Outcomes of the project CelluComp is building their own facilities for the production of Curran Pump-prime the market for readying off-take partners Further collaboration is intended

54 I have open access pilot or demo infrastructure and want to join the network I want to use the open access facilities from the network Find I want to share my opinion regarding what equipment, services and scale-up centers are needed

55 How can I cooperate with the Pilots4U network Asset Register Asset Register: searchable by Bio-economy discipline Keyword regarding equipment need Searches lead to list of pilot facilities Pilot plant owners please fill in information of your assets, online form is ready to use: Online form In spring 2018 asset register will be available for end users to find out piloting infra options

57 Pilots4U Asset register We have pilot scale equipment for you Raw materials Primary processing Secondary processing Separation technologies Lignocellulosic raw material Algae raw material Cultivation, harvesting Pre-treatment Mechanical grinding Thermal and pressure Chemical or enzymatic Hydrolysis Industrial biotechnology Industrial fermentation Gas-fermentation Biocatalytic conversions Mechanical separations Particle filtering Membrane filtering Centrifugation Particle classification, sieving Biowaste C0, CO 2, CH 4, H 2 Pulping Sulphate/sulphite Organosolv Thermochemical conversions Gasification Pyrolysis Hydrothermal Anaerobic digestion Chemical processing Chemical conversions Heterogeneous catalysis Polymerisations Material technologies Biocomposite processing Fibre web production Coating or lamination Textile fibre spinning Nano/micro fibre production Physicochemical separations Evaporation Distillation Extraction Crystallisation and precipitation Chromatography Flocculation

58 I have open access pilot or demo infrastructure and want to join the network I want to use the open access facilities from the network Find I want to share my opinion regarding what equipment, services and scale-up centers are needed

How can I cooperate with the Pilots4U network Asset Register Asset Register: searchable by Bio-economy discipline Keyword regarding equipment

59 How can I cooperate with the Pilots4U network Asset Register Asset Register: searchable by Bio-economy discipline Keyword regarding equipment need Searches lead to list of pilot facilities In spring 2018 asset register will be available for end users to find out piloting infra options

60 I have open access pilot or demo infrastructure and want to join the network I want to use the open access facilities from the network Find I want to share my opinion regarding what equipment, services and scale-up centers are needed

How can I cooperate with the Pilots4U network: survey of industry needs Less than 20 min About the survey Completely anonymised if you decide so Summary of the results in

61 How can I cooperate with the Pilots4U network: survey of industry needs Less than 20 min About the survey Completely anonymised if you decide so Summary of the results in our website Where can you find the survey? Help us distributing it! co.uk/r/pilots4u Our website ( On Twitter (@BioPilots4U) On Facebook

How can I cooperate with the Pilots4U network: survey of industry needs Assessment of future needs of potential users of pilot and demonstration

62 How can I cooperate with the Pilots4U network: survey of industry needs Assessment of future needs of potential users of pilot and demonstration facilities? Online survey! Comparison of the survey results with our equipment database Development of business cases to address gaps in provision

63 Scope of the project: Scale of equipment & facilities targeted Pilot scale: TRL4 - TRL6 Demonstration scale: TRL7-TRL8 (in asset register, volumes will be mentioned) Public and private Open access In EU28

64 Thank you, any questions? Networks Partners

65 Thank you, any questions? Asset database: Survey on industry needs: Or sign in for the newsletter: scroll down on website

VTT pilot plants for bio and circular economy

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND LTD VTT pilot plants for bio and circular economy Mika Härkönen SmartPilots study visit, 24.5.2017 Solutions for Natural Resources and Environment VTT Technical