BIONEER will demonstrate at TRL7 two new technology platforms that can efficiently a) fractionate agricultural and forestry residues into biopolymers, as well as b) microbially convert fermentable sugar hydrolysates originated from lignocellulosic biomass residues into diverse base components and building blocks for their subsequent chemical upgrading into functional bulk ingredients. BIONEER will use abundant local residual biomass streams for producing building blocks for the coatings and personal care industries to reduce dependency on imported feedstock.
The BIONEER project will demonstrate a practical application of the circular bioeconomy concept in the chemical sector by developing new, sustainable and circular biobased base compounds and building blocks starting from the valorization of sustainable biobased feedstock sources. The production strategy that constitutes the core technology of the BIONEER process entails different advantages that provide direct benefits in terms of resource- and energy efficiency, cascading use of biomass, delivering impressive improvements along all the production chain.
