Miracles: Multi-product Integrated bioRefinery of Algae-from Carbon dioxide and Light Energy to high-value Specialties. MIRACLES is an industry driven R&D and innovation project with a multidisciplinary approach aimed at generating robust business cases through technology development. This project addresses the major bottlenecks in microalgae-production: the lack of available biomass at acceptable costs and the absence of appropriate biorefinery technologies. Therefore, MIRACLES resolve these hurdles by development of integrated, multiple-product biorefinery for valuable specialties from algae for application in food, aquafeeds and non-food products. The focus is on development and integration of mild cell disruption and environmentally friendly extraction and fractionation processes including functionality testing and product formulation based on established industrial strains. The project will also develop new technologies for optimization and monitoring of valuable products in the algal biomass during cultivation and innovative photobioreactor and harvesting technology that will enable substantial cost reduction. A new technology will be developed for CO2 concentration from the air for algal growth and new industrial algae strains for extreme locations will be selected via bioprospecting to expand the resource base for the algae industry and enable cultivation in areas less suitable for agriculture such as deserts.
Poroject Lead: Wageningen Universiteit
Region: Europe
Country: Netherlands
City/Town: Wegeningen
Timeline Start - End: 2013-01-11 - 2017-10-31
Project Status: Completed
Project Budget: 11908977.33 €
Funding source: 76% EU (FP7-KBBE)
Activities:
- Techno-economic analysis
- Sustainability assessment
- Research (CCU)
- Market penetration assessment
- Economic viability demonstration
- Business case development
CO2 Source: Atmospheric CO2
CCU Tecnology Category: Utilization
Info On Utilization:
- Biological conversion
Facility stage: Operational
End TRL: 3
CO2 capture/Utilization:
Production Volume:
Product Categories:
- Fuels
- Biomass
Specific Product(s):
- Uni Research
- Thomas More Kempen
- DSM Food Specialties
- Unilever opent nieuw Foods Innovation Centre
- Stichting Cropeye
- Eco Treasures BVBA
- IDCONSORTIUM SL
- Nova Institute for Ecology and Innovation GmbH
- Natac Biotech SL
- Value for Technology BVBA
- CHIMAR (Hellas)
- IMEnz Bioengineering
- Rodenburg Productie B.V.
- SPAROS LDA
- Fitoplancton Marino
- Dyadic Nederland B.V.
- Ewos Innovation AS
- RB Biobased Institute B.V.
- De Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO)
- The Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
- Stichting Wageningen Research (WR)
- Universidad de Antofagasta
- University of Huelva
- Universitetet i Bergen (UiB)
- Universiteit Twente
- Fundación Canaria Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria