Biogenic carbon capture and use (CCU) for circular bio-based products

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

Programme Description

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) that funds projects advancing competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe.

CBE JU is operating under the rules of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme, for the 2021-2031 period. The partnership is building on the success of its predecessor, the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), while addressing the current challenges facing the industry.

 

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-IA-01

Call

Biogenic carbon capture and use (CCU) for circular bio-based products

Summary

The circular economy and the sustainable bioeconomy sectors need to promote technological solutions for carbon capture and use (CCU) and the production of sustainable renewable-carbon-based products.

Detailed Call Description

Proposals under this topic should:

  • Develop new or improve existing innovative CCU processing and conversion of circular gaseous carbon emitted from bio-based industry. These conversion steps can include, e.g., intensified use of industrial (bio)technologies tailored to the composition and characteristics of the exhaust emissions from existing and emerging processing of bio-based feedstock.
  • Provision for the project integrating ‘safe-and-sustainable-by-design’ generic criteria and framework considerations, in line with the EU Chemicals strategy for sustainability.
  • Improve the efficiency and circularity of the bio-based industry to minimise process losses.
  • Apply innovative design of circular bio-based products in the scope of CBE, for example safe and sustainable by design bio-based products and solutions for specific new applications, and/or with carbon storage capacity and/or low carbon footprint to substitute non-circular, fossil-based, energy-intensive or carbon-intensive product, and/or replacing toxic and hazardous substances in industrial processes and in final products and/or circular-by design bio-based products to allow for reuse, recycling, composting and biodegradation (in specific environments and conditions).
  • Improve the environmental performances of bio-based processes through the capture, fractionation, extraction, and conversion of gaseous carbon from the exhaust flows, and recirculation as much as possible, thus minimising pollutant emissions from the plant.
  • Design and apply an integrated monitoring system of the carbon removal potential of the developed technologies, to allow for reporting and verification to be recognised as contributing to EU climate and environmental objectives. The monitoring systems for carbon removal should include factors such as e.g., the storage time in bio-based materials, the risk of storage reversal, the uncertainty of the measurement, or the risk of carbon leakages increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions elsewhere.
  • Apply and/or adapt existing/mature or novel digital technologies, provided that they are instrumental to achieving the project’s outcomes and scope, especially to ensure high standards of resource efficiency and environmental protection. Applications of digital technologies that should be considered in the scope are among the following areas i) chemicals, materials and process design & modelling ii) (real-time) process monitoring and optimisation (including environmental performance) iii) predictive maintenance & plant engineering and iv) data analytics and data management of the CCU technologies in the scope”.

Call Total Budget

€120000000

Thematic Categories

  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • Large Enterprises
  • Local Authorities
  • Private Bodies
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.

Call Opening Date

22/06/2022

Call Closing Date

22/09/2022

EU Contact Point

Contact Details:

https://www.cbe.europa.eu/contact

Email Address: info@cbe.europa.eu

(Publish Date: 18/07/2022-for internal use only)