CARBIOW’s 12 partners compose a team of highly complementary partners spread around Europe:
FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION. TECNALIA is Spain’s largest applied research and technological development center, a European benchmark, and a member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance. The main scopes of action are smart manufacturing, digital transformation, energy transition, sustainable mobility, personalized health, urban ecosystem, and circular economy.
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT. The Technical University of Darmstadt is a public university in Darmstadt, Germany. At the Institute of Energy Systems and Technology (EST) of the Technical University of Darmstadt, innovative fluidized bed processes for gasification and carbon capture are being developed. Here, the primary goals are climate neutrality and environmental compatibility, while at the same time ensuring security of supply and price stability. The EST conducts research in multiple pilot plants, the largest being a 1 MW fluidized bed system with an attached gas-cleaning plant.
VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR. TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V. The Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) is a leading independent European research and technology organization in the area of cleantech and sustainable development. VITO’s long-established Sustainable Materials Department (SuMAT) has unrivaled experience in developing innovative materials and technologies from the initial stages of materials preparation, through advanced shaping processes into different structures and forms by droplet coagulation, spray drying, coating, and 3D printing for use in chemical and energy applications.
SVAHEIA EIENDOM AS – SEAS. SEAS is a private company, owned by three local municipalities in the South-West of Norway, which specializes in active ownership and development of commercial real estate. At present, Svaaheia is a well-established industrial area with windmills, a landfill, and a handling area for municipal waste. Through the process of creating a business park and collaborating with organizations on and off-site, SEAS has developed competencies and circular practices in the fields of mining techniques and technologies, waste management and processing, and sustainable energy production. SEAS invites and establishes innovative companies in the area and through active ownership of the property provides services such as financing, network utilization, and collaboratively developing technologies and symbiotic business solutions.
VERTORO BV. Vertoro, based in Geleen, Netherlands, aims to speed up the green revolution by offering a bio-based alternative to fossil resources. It is a chemical biorefinery startup with a protected approach to transforming sustainably sourced woody and agricultural residues into platform bio-oils for the production of a wide range of bio-based chemicals, materials, and fuels.
CEMENTOS LA CRUZ, S.L. CEMENTOS LA CRUZ is a cement company located in Murcia, southeast of Spain. Its main activity is the production of different types of cement, concretes, and mortars, including a new line of products with a low carbon footprint, CKLEEN. The company is aware of the relevance of innovation to be at the forefront of the construction sector and it has developed an R&D strategy based on for main pillars: sustainability and circular economy, 3D concrete printing, and digital transformation.
FEYECON DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION BV. FeyeCon is a private company located in the Netherlands with a vast experience in process and product development based mostly on supercritical carbon dioxide technologies (Sc-CO2).
AMIBM / UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT. Maastricht University (UM) is the most international university in the Netherlands. Thanks to its high-quality research and education and a strong focus on social engagement, the university distinguishes itself with its innovative education model, international character, and multidisciplinary approach to research and education. Maastricht University aims to constantly get engaged in sustainable development, thereby establishing a European, cross-border research institute-Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM)-focusing on the development of advanced biobased materials. AMIBM design, create and translate biobased molecules, processes, and materials into applications that outperform functionality and sustainability for better living.
KEMIJSKI INSTITUT. The National Institute of Chemistry (NIC) has 374 employees, of which around 331 carry out research work in 9 departments and two infrastructure centers. Basic and applied research are oriented towards fields that are of long-term importance to both Slovenia and the world: materials research, life sciences, biotechnology, chemical engineering, structural and theoretical chemistry, analytical chemistry, and environmental protection; through which the institute is in line with the needs of the domestic and foreign pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive and nanobiotechnological industries. The work of the Institute is also in line with the priority thematic areas of the EU Research and Innovation program Horizon Europe, which emphasizes nanotechnology, genomics, and biotechnology for health, climate change, energy, sustainable development, and global change and quality and safety of food.
SUMITOMO SHI FW ENERGIA OY. Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) is a global provider of solutions and services that drive the decarbonization of energy. SFW’s solutions include energy from biomass and waste, long-duration energy storage, recycling of waste to valuable end products, carbon capture, flue gas cleaning, waste heat boilers, as well as related services to digitalize, optimize, and decarbonize assets that we deliver to the global power and industrial markets. SFW strives to provide sustainable energy solutions for customers in a wide range of industries including energy, waste, chemicals, metal, sustainable fuels, cement, and pulp and paper. SFW’s excellence in delivering projects worldwide relies on our 1,800 talented people, across 20 locations in 14 countries, with deep know-how and experience in the industry.
SPANISH TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION PLATFORM ‘BIOMASS FOR BIOECONOMY’ – BIOPLAT. BIOPLAT is a public-private and non-profit organization covering activities in the field of biomass in its broadest sense, in terms of biomass resources (all types of recoverable organic matter), transformation technologies and applications (bioenergy, bioproducts, biomaterials, and biochemicals). It also covers aspects of sustainability and regulatory framework; and carries out its activity in relation and collaboration with other related national and European technology platforms.
IVL SVENSKA MILJOEINSTITUTET AB. SFW´s solutions include energy from biomass and waste, long-duration energy storage, recycling of waste to valuable end products, carbon capture, flue gas cleaning, waste heat boilers, as well as related services to digitalize, optimize and decarbonize assets that we deliver to the global power and industrial markets.