Patrick Barrett

Research & Codex Division

The Way Forward:

Connecting business and research

through funding opportunities

About the Bio-based Industries Joint

Undertaking (BBI – JU)

& →

The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) was

established in 2012 to represent the private

sector in the Bio-based Industries Joint

Undertaking (BBI JU), a Public-Private Partnership

with the European Commission.

Bio-based Industries Joint

Undertaking (BBI – JU)

www.bbi-europe.eu 3

Objectives:

Resource efficiency

Sustainable low carbon economy

Increase economic growth in rural areas

Implementation

Establishing a sustainable biobased

industry

Advanced biorefineries

Technologies / Chemicals /

biomaterials

Business models / whole value

chains / supply / biorefineries /

consumers / clusters / connections

Flagship biorefinery plants /

technologies / business models /

cost performance

Reduction in the use of fossil fuels

vs. biobased materials for material,

chemical, energy & fuel production

BBI JU budget

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TOTAL

€ 3705 M

(about 75% from

BIC)

€ 975 M

Call for Proposals

(in cash and in kind)

€ 975 M

Additional

Investments

€ 1755 M

+ =

BBI Challenges

www.bbi-europe.eu

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Biomass and waste Biorefineries Fuel

Chemicals and materials

Feed & food ingredients

Bio-Based Industries (BBI) are facing complex and

substantial technological and innovation challenges

BBI JU Call implementation

Annual Calls for Proposals ( H2020: multi-annual)

– Most Horizon 2020 rules apply

• (e.g. Topic text structure; 3 main evaluation criteria:

excellence, impact, implementation;...)

– 3 types of Actions:

• Coordination & Support Actions (CSA)

• Research & Innovation Actions (RIA)

• Innovation Actions (IA): Demonstration (Demo) and

Flagship Projects (= closer to market)

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BBI JU Actions

Action TRL (1) Duration BBI JU funding %

CSA n/a 1-3y 100% (2)

RIA 3-5 Up to 4y

IA-DEMO 6-7 4-5y 70% (3)

IA-Flagship 8

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(1) TRL = Technology Readiness Level (value 1-9; higher TRL = closer to

market)

(2) However: de facto no (0%) BBI JU funding for large enterprises

(3) Non-profit beneficiaries / linked third parties may be reimbursed at

100%

Call 2017 Timing for Proposals

Dec

Apr

• Publication of topic texts

Sept • Call closes (7 September)

Oct-

Nov

• Proposal evaluation

Dec • Evaluation results

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• Call opens (11 April)

Information Days

• Biobased Industries Joint Undertaking –

Info Day on Calls for Proposals 2017 –

Brussels 28th April 2017 – Register Now

• Biobased Industries Joint Undertaking - All

Island Information Event – Late May 2017

– Registration to Open Shortly

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Call 2017 – budget (lines)

• Competition within each budget line

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Action # topics Public Budget (line)

CSA 2 € 2 million

RIA 7 € 36 million

IA-DEMO 5 € 22 million

IA-Flagship(1) 2 € 21 million

Private Funding – In Kind - €40 million

Total 16 €121 million

(1) Call 2017: hearings for all Flagship proposals

Feedstock

Process

BBI 2017.R1 – Valorisation of gaseous side streams from bio-based operations into chemical building blocks

BBI 2017.R2 – Innovative technologies for the pre-treatment and separation of lignocellulosic and mixed streams into valuable fractions while maintaining key characteristics

BBI 2017.D1 – Valorisation of liquid and solid side streams from bio-based operations into high added-value products to create new feedstock for bio-based products

BBI 2017.R3 – Exploiting extremophiles and extremozymes to broaden the processing conditions to convert biomass into high value building blocks

BBI 2017.D2 – Integrated multi-valorisation of algae into advanced materials and high added-value additives

BBI 2017.F1 – Integrated ‘zero waste’ biorefinery utilising all fractions of the input biomass feedstock for production of chemicals and materials

AWP 2017 - highlights (1)

Strategic orientation 1: Feedstock

• Biomass diversification: ‘beyond lignocellulose’

• Resource efficiency: use ‘waste’ (various sources)

Strategic orientation 2: Process

• Cascading

• Keep ’complexity’ in biomass

• Novel microbial and enzymatic activities

Products Market Uptake

BBI 2017.R4 – Proteins and other bioactive ingredients from side streams and residues from the agri-food industry and from biorefineries

BBI 2017.S1 – Identify and propose solutions to remove (potential) hurdles to the increased use of bio-waste for the bio-based industry

BBI 2017.R5 – Novel bio-based chemical precursors to improve the performance of mass consumption products

BBI 2017.S2 – Establish cooperation and partnership with brand owners and consumer representatives to improve market access of sustainable bio-based products

BBI 2017.R6 – Competitive novel biodegradable, compostable and/or recyclable bio-based plastics for a sustainable end-of-life phase

BBI 2017.S32– Identify opportunities for ICT to increase efficiency of biomass supply chains for the bio-based industry

BBI 2017.R7 – Novel secondary bio-based chemicals with high application potential that have no significant fossil-based counterparts

BBI 2017.S1– Establish cooperation and partnership with brand owners and consumer representatives to improve market access of sustainable biobased products

BBI 2017.D4 – Innovative bio-based fertilising products to increase the sustainability of fertilising practices in European agriculture

BBI 2017.D3 – Breakthrough bio-based chemicals with high marketability that have no significant fossil-based counterparts

BBI 2017.D5 – Advanced bio-based fibres and materials for large-volume applications BBI 2017.F2 – Large-scale production of proteins for food and feed applications from alternative, sustainable sources

AWP 2017 - highlights (2)

Strategic orientation 3: Products

• New/additional functionality

• Novel, breakthrough bio-based products

• Protein and other high value products

• Bio-based fertilising products

• Value added lignin products

Strategic orientation 4: market uptake

• ICT to improve efficiency of biomass supply chain

• Partnership with brand owners & consumer representatives

Thank you

Patrick.Barrett@agriculture.gov.ie

+353 1 607 2302

+353 86 830 7726