Consortium
The magnificent algae consortium has 16 partners from 6 EU countries incl. 10 Small or Medium Sized enterprises, 3 Large Enterprises, 1 University and 2 Research and Technology Organisations.
Tasks
The partners tasks range from optimization of algae strains to enhance their productivity, development and optimization of processing technologies and the development of new products and applications for the target markets The work will be supported by techno-economic assessment, market development and LCA. The consortium comprises commercial partners in the entire value chain and in the 3 target sectors: food, feed and cosmetics.
This project has received funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 745754.
Algades
Algades is a company dedicated to integral consultancy and management of projects on microalgae production, with specific knowledge on Techno-economic analysis. Algades is a Spin-off Company from the University of Cádiz and therefore, a team of ideas nurtured by a commitment to research and development.
AlgoSource
The AlgoSource group, a recognized world expert in microalgae, offers an end-to-end range of services, from production engineering through to value creation and the industrial development of microalgae. Its unique expertise encompasses all the processes involved in producing and transforming microalgae and guarantees the group’s industrial customers a global insight.
Allmicroalgae
At Allmicroalgae’s production facility, several microalgae species are cultivated in closed tubular systems or fermentation tanks, delivering high-quality biomass and a wide range of nutrients. The company is very active in R&D, being involved in three H2020 and two P2020 projects and collaborating with more than 30 Portuguese and 50 international institutions, which allows accomplishing its high-quality standards.
Erdyn
For thirty years, Erdyn has built long-term relationships with its clients that have adapted to their changing needs, offering them new services to take into account market developments, public policy, science and technology.
Fraunhofer
Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. Their research efforts are geared entirely to people’s needs: health, security, communication, energy and the environment.
IMENZ
IMEnz Bioengineering is a biotechnology company that carries out applied research of Industrial Microorganisms and Enzymes. IMEnz develops processes to improve the sustainable production of biobased chemicals from renewable raw materials.
MadeBiotech
The mission of MadeBiotech is to develop and to promote the concept of Sustainable Biorefinery for different types of biomass, using processes with low environmental impact and high technological content.
Narec Distributed Energy
Narec Distributed Energy's mission is to facilitate the deployment of energy efficient, renewable and low carbon technologies. They achieve this by providing a range of strategic, technical, testing and training consultancy services to a range of clients in the public and private sectors.
Natac
Natac is a corporate biotech group dedicated to researching, developing, manufacturing, and marketing natural ingredients to be used in food supplements, as well as in functional foods, and as natural, active pharmaceutical ingredients, mainly natural plant extracts and functional lipids.
NatureXtracts
NatureXtracts is a biorefinery manufacturing through green chemistry, meaning that the exploitation of natural resources is based on the development of sustainable processes, high efficiency and very low environmental impact.
Necton
Necton is specialised in the cultivation and commercialisation of microalgae. Our scientific, technological and market knowledge is focused in several applications: specialty feeds for Aquaculture and Aquarium, Cosmetics, Food, and more recently in Bioenergy and Engineering.
Sparos
Devoted to innovate in the development of new products and processes for fish feeding and nutrition. Sparos offers the alliance of a strong scientific background in the area of fish nutrition with a flexible pilot-scale feed technology platform to the aquaculture sector.
Total
Total is a global integrated energy producer and provider, a leading international oil and gas company, and the world’s second-ranked solar energy operator with SunPower. Our 96,000 employees are committed to better energy that is safer, cleaner, more efficient, more innovative and accessible to as many people as possible. As a responsible corporate citizen, we focus on ensuring that our operations in more than 130 countries worldwide consistently deliver economic, social and environmental benefits.
Wageningen University & Research
To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life is the mission of Wageningen University & Research. Over 6,500 employees and 12.000 students from more than hundred countries work everywhere around the world in the domain of healthy food and living environment for governments and the business community-at-large.
