circular BIOmass CAScade to 100%

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

North Sea Region (NSR) economic activity and growth are mostly found in urban areas. Rural NSR regions experience population decline and negative economic growth. The BIOCAS project expects revitalizing and greening of rural areas go hand in hand. BIOCAS will develop rural areas of the NSR into smart specialized regions for integrated and local valorization of biomass.
13 Commercial running Bio-Cascade-Alliances (BCA’s) will be piloted, evaluated and actively shared in the involved regions. These proven concepts will accelerate adoption of high to low value bio-cascading technologies and businesses in rural regions.
The project connects 18 regional initiatives around technologies, processes, businesses for the conversion of biomass streams. The initiatives collaborate in a thematic approach: Through engineering, value chain assessments, BCA’s building, partners tackle challenges that are shared by rural areas. I.e. unsustainable biomass use, a mineral surplus and soil degradation, deprivation of potentially valuable resources, and limited involvement of regional businesses and SMEs in existing bio-economy developments.
The 18 partners are strongly embedded in regional settings, connected to many local partners. They will align stakeholders in BCA’s that would not have cooperated without BIOCAS interventions.
Triple helix, science, business and governmental input will realize inclusive lasting bio cascade businesses, transforming costly waste to resources and viable business.
AcronymBIOCAS
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date01/07/201731/12/2021

Collaborative partners

  • Province Fryslan (Project partner) (lead)
  • Limm Recycling (Project partner)
  • NHL Stenden University (Project partner)
  • University of Oldenburg (Project partner)
  • Landkreis Heidekreis (Project partner)
  • Aarhus University (Project partner)
  • 3N Kompetenzzentrum – Niedersachsen Netzwerk Nachwachsene Rohstoffe und Bioökonomie e.V (Project partner)
  • University of Leuven (Project partner)
  • Van Hall Larenstein (Project partner)
  • Rinagro (Beneficiary)
  • Ghent University (Project partner)
  • Hanze University of Applied Sciences (Project partner)
  • Center for Erhvervsrettede uddannelser Lolland Falster (Beneficiary)
  • Guldborgsund Kommune (Project partner)
  • Business Lolland-Falster (Project partner)
  • Worldperfect (Project partner)
  • Agrovi (Beneficiary)

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