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Project BioMates
Runtime 10/2016 – 03/2022
The four-year project aims at manufacturing intermediate products made from wood-like or stalk-like non-food biomass, e.g. from agricultural residues and perennial grasses, which are suitable for...
moreProject INPLAMINT
Runtime 05/2015 – 04/2021
A sustainable agriculture has to find ways to optimize nutrient efficiency as fundamental criteria of a bio-based economy. This project is motivated by the central hypothesis that novel plant...
moreProject COSMOS
Runtime 03/2015 – 08/2019
COSMOS aims at reducing the dependence on imported coconut and palm kernel oils and fatty acids and on castor oil as sources for medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA, C10–C14) and medium-chain polymer...
moreProject D-FACTORY: The Micro-Algae Biorefinery
Runtime 12/2013 – 11/2017
The research project "The Micro-Algae Biorefinery (D-FACTORY)" aims at developing a concept for a microalgae biorefinery that is used for the sustainable production of Dunaliella algae and its...
moreProject PUFAChain
Runtime 11/2013 – 10/2017
The research project "The Value Chain from Microalgae to PUFA" (PUFAChain) aims at creating a profound scientific and technological basis for the industrial production of high-value products from...
moreProject OPTIMA
Runtime 10/2011 – 09/2015
The project, coordinated by the University of Catania, focused on the Mediterranean region where marginal lands are usually characterised by poor water availability.
moreProject BIOCORE
Runtime 03/2010 – 02/2014
The project focused on the production of a wide range of products from non-food biomass feedstocks using an innovative Organosolv technology.
moreProject SUPRABIO
Runtime 02/2010 – 08/2014
The SUPRABIO project researched, developed and demonstrated a toolkit of novel generic processes that can be applied to a range of biorefinery concepts.
moreProject BIOLYFE
Runtime 01/2010 – 12/2013
The BIOLYFE project improved critical process steps and demonstrated the whole supply chain, from feedstock sourcing via fuel production to product utilisation.
moreProject Ecological Effects of using Palm Oil as a Source of Energy
Runtime 01/2007 – 12/2007
In this project, ifeu analysed the ecological effects of the use of palm oil as a source of energy and identified optimization potenatial.
moreTopics
- Energy 481
- Methods & Tools 7
- Mobility 229
- Nutritional transition 103
- Resources 219
- Industry and products 108
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Biomass
336
- Bioenergy 171
- Biobased materials 95
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Land use
141
- Marginal land 50
- Land use and land use change 111
- Biomass potential studies 53
- Biodiversity 46
- International Cooperation (Biomass and food) 9