Engineer and build the flagship plant for the production of purified FDCA (50,000 tonnes/year)
Demonstrate and validate at least three 100% bio-based materials in end user applications
Commercialize the 100% bio-based end products demonstrated in the project
Demonstrate and optimize the new local bio-based value chain from raw material sourcing to PEF end products
Evaluate the environmental and socio-economic performance of the developed products
Impact
Maximising the use of regional agricultural resources and decreasing dependence on oil imports while increasing added value to the European economy
Establishing a new bio-based value chain that will create jobs in rural areas while developing technological knowhow and translating it into industrial products
Best scenario to have an industrial scale MMF-FDCA plant (>200,000 tonnes/year FDCA) built in Europe
Demonstrate new 100% bio-based materials (PEF,PBF and polyurethanes) based on the diacid FDCA
Demonstrate cost efficiency and improved properties of PEF compared to PET and focus on applications where PEF brings most value
Using PEF, substantially reduce non-renewable energy use and carbon emissions compared to petroleum-based plastics and other materials
PEF is 100% recyclable into other PEF applications
Reduce food waste and energy consumption of end products and increase the sustainability of coatings, elastomers and adhesives
Augment the drive towards bio-based industrial products for global markets and establish FCDA as a versatile furanics building block while developing PEF for packaging applications
