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Fuel and chemicals from lignin through enzymatic and chemical conversion

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EC-Contrib. €

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Project "FALCON" data sheet

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Coordinator	KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW Organization address address: KLOVENIERSBURGWAL 29 HET TRIPPENHUIS city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1011 JV website: www.knaw.nl contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	Netherlands [NL]
Project website	http://www.falcon-biorefinery.eu/
Total cost	6˙555˙883 €
EC max contribution	6˙148˙783 € (94%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.2.1.4. (INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Biotechnology)
Code Call	H2020-NMBP-BIO-2016
Funding Scheme	RIA
Starting year	2017
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31

Partnership

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW Organization address address: KLOVENIERSBURGWAL 29 HET TRIPPENHUIS city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1011 JV website: www.knaw.nl contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	NL (AMSTERDAM)	coordinator	1˙657˙750.00
2	HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Organization address address: YLIOPISTONKATU 3 city: HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO postcode: 14 website: www.helsinki.fi contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	FI (HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO)	participant	1˙303˙593.00
3	BIO BASE EUROPE PILOT PLANT VZW BIO BASE EUROPE PILOT PLANT VZW Organization address address: RODENHUIZEKAAI 1 city: DESTELDONK GENT postcode: 9042 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	BE (DESTELDONK GENT)	participant	948˙625.00
4	METGEN OY METGEN OY Organization address address: RAKENTAJANTIE 26 city: KAARINA postcode: 20780 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	FI (KAARINA)	participant	732˙500.00
5	PROGRESSION-INDUSTRY BV PROGRESSION-INDUSTRY BV Organization address address: DEN DOLECH 2 GEM N 1 23 city: EINDHOVEN postcode: 5612 AZ website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	NL (EINDHOVEN)	participant	726˙875.00
6	SUPREN GMBH SUPREN GMBH Organization address address: JOSEPH-VON-FRAUNHOFER-STR. 20 city: DORTMUND postcode: 44227 website: www.supren.eu contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	DE (DORTMUND)	participant	587˙125.00
7	ITALIAN BIO PRODUCTS SRL ITALIAN BIO PRODUCTS SRL Organization address address: STRADA RIBROCCA 11 city: TORTONA postcode: 15057 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	IT (TORTONA)	participant	100˙000.00
8	TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE Organization address address: PLACE JEAN MILLER 2 LA DEFENSE 6 city: COURBEVOIE postcode: 92400 website: www.totalrefiningchemicals.com contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	FR (COURBEVOIE)	participant	92˙315.00
9	WINTERTHUR GAS & DIESEL AG WINTERTHUR GAS & DIESEL AG Organization address address: SCHUTZENSTRASSE 1-3 city: WINTERTHUR postcode: 8401 website: www.wartsila.com contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	CH (WINTERTHUR)	participant	0.00

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Project objective

The transition to a biobased economy puts strong challenges on researchers and industry to develop sustainable processes. 2G biofuel plants use waste streams as substrates, but themselves generate a new waste stream of lignin-rich sludge that is left after saccharification of the carbohydrates. This waste stream is expected to exponentially increase with an increasing number of 2G bioethanol plants being built, according to a report of the International Energy Agency. FALCON aims to convert this lignin-rich industrial waste of 2G biofuel plants to higher value products, in particular shipping fuels, fuel additives and chemical building blocks. This would be the next consecutive step in turning waste to products, thus minimizing waste and simultaneously providing new alternatives for fossil resource based processes. The FALCON process is based on enzymatic and mild chemical conversion of the lignin waste stream, providing a more environmentally friendly approach to the production of fuels and chemical building blocks. FALCON takes full advantage of the lessons learned over the last 150 years in the petrochemical industry with respect to design of the processes. This implies an initial treatment at the 2G bioethanol plant, converting the waste to a lignin oil that can be more easily transported and also directly used as a low sulphur shipping fuel. It will be further converted into fuel additives and chemical building blocks in centralized facilities. To achieve this, FALCON has formed a consortium of industry (3), SME (4) and academics (2) covering the whole value chain from a 2G biofuel plant delivering the lignin waste to enzyme producers, chemists and process engineers to depolymerize the lignin to oil. End-users are a fuel and chemicals producer and a ship engine developer. This unique combination of expertise and infrastructure will ensure the development of three new value chains with a strong emphasis on the economical sustainability.

Deliverables

List of deliverables.
Project website	Websites, patent fillings, videos etc.	2020-03-20 18:45:01
Desired additive specs	Documents, reports	2020-03-20 18:45:00
Plan for FALCON communication	Documents, reports	2020-03-20 18:45:01
Full set of communication materials	Websites, patent fillings, videos etc.	2020-03-20 18:45:01
Desired LCO specs	Documents, reports	2020-03-20 18:45:00

Take a look to the deliverables list in detail: detailed list of FALCON deliverables.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2019	Ronnie J. M. Lubbers, Adiphol Dilokpimol, Jorge Navarro, Mao Peng, Mei Wang, Anna Lipzen, Vivian Ng, Igor V. Grigoriev, Jaap Visser, Kristiina S. HildÃ©n, Ronald P. de Vries Cinnamic Acid and Sorbic acid Conversion Are Mediated by the Same Transcriptional Regulator in Aspergillus niger published pages: , ISSN: 2296-4185, DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00249	Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 7	2020-03-20
2019	Uula HyvÃ¤kkÃ¶, Riku Maltari, Tia Kakko, Jussi Kontro, Joona MikkilÃ¤, Petri KilpelÃ¤inen, Eric Enqvist, Panu Tikka, Kristiina HildÃ©n, Paula Nousiainen, Jussi SipilÃ¤ On the Effect of Hot-Water Pretreatment in Sulfur-Free Pulping of Aspen and Wheat Straw published pages: , ISSN: 2470-1343, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02619	ACS Omega	2020-03-20
2019	R.J.M. Lubbers, A.J. Liwanag, M. Peng, A. Dilokpimol, I. Benoitâ€Gelber, R.P. Vries Evolutionary adaptation of Aspergillus niger for increased ferulic acid tolerance published pages: , ISSN: 1364-5072, DOI: 10.1111/jam.14505	Journal of Applied Microbiology November 1	2020-03-20
2019	Ronnie J. M. Lubbers, Adiphol Dilokpimol, Mao Peng, Jaap Visser, Miia R. MÃ¤kelÃ¤, Kristiina S. HildÃ©n, Ronald P. de Vries Discovery of Novel p -Hydroxybenzoate- m -hydroxylase, Protocatechuate 3,4 Ring-Cleavage Dioxygenase, and Hydroxyquinol 1,2 Ring-Cleavage Dioxygenase from the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus niger published pages: 19081-19089, ISSN: 2168-0485, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04918	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7/23	2020-03-20
2019	Ronnie J.M. Lubbers, Adiphol Dilokpimol, Jaap Visser, Miia R. MÃ¤kelÃ¤, Kristiina S. HildÃ©n, Ronald P. de Vries A comparison between the homocyclic aromatic metabolic pathways from plant-derived compounds by bacteria and fungi published pages: , ISSN: 0734-9750, DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.05.002	Biotechnology Advances	2020-03-20
2018	Veera HÃ¤mÃ¤lÃ¤inen, Toni GrÃ¶nroos, Anu SuonpÃ¤Ã¤, Matti Wilhem HeikkilÃ¤, Bastiaan Romein, Petri Ihalainen, Sara Malandra, Klara R. Birikh Enzymatic Processes to Unlock the Lignin Value published pages: , ISSN: 2296-4185, DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00020	Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 6	2020-03-20
2018	Mila MarinoviÄ‡, Paula Nousiainen, Adiphol Dilokpimol, Jussi Kontro, Robin Moore, Jussi SipilÃ¤, Ronald P. de Vries, Miia R. MÃ¤kelÃ¤, Kristiina HildÃ©n Selective Cleavage of Lignin Î²- O -4 Aryl Ether Bond by Î²-Etherase of the White-Rot Fungus Dichomitus squalens published pages: 2878-2882, ISSN: 2168-0485, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03619	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 6/3	2020-03-20

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