The Netherlands-headed renewable chemistry technology provider Avantium N.V., has announced that it has been awarded a EUR 1.5 million grant by the EU Horizon Europe Research and Innovation program for its participation in the Highly-Innovative technology demonstration for bio-based CO2 Capture and Utilization for the production of bulk Plastic applicationS (HICCUPS) R&D program.
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The HICCUPS program aims to demonstrate the utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock for the production of polyesters. The EUR 1.5 million grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a period of four years, starting in September 2023.
Avantium is a frontrunner in developing and commercializing innovative technologies for the production of materials based on sustainable carbon feedstocks, i.e. carbon derived from biomass or carbon from the air (CO2).
One of Avantium’s innovative technology platforms, called Volta Technology, uses electrochemistry to convert CO2 into high-value chemical building blocks and polyesters.
Convert CO2 to polyester
Under the HICCUPS program, Avantium will convert CO2 from biogas produced at wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) into the sustainable plastic material polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA).
PLGA with 80 percent glycolic acid or more has an excellent barrier against oxygen and moisture and good mechanical properties. It is furthermore recyclable and both home compostable and marine degradable.
PLGA can be used, for example, as a coating material, and in moulded plastic materials. This makes PLGA an excellent alternative to fossil-based polyethylene.
Avantium to lead HICCUPS consortium
The HICCUPS program, which has received a EUR 5 million EU Horizon Europe grant in total, will demonstrate the full value chain from biogenic CO2 to polyester end-use and is expected to be executed over four years.
Avantium will lead the HICCUPS consortium consisting of Avantium and 11 other industry and academic organizations: Funditec (Spain), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), INRAE (France), ACCIONA (Spain), Nova Institut (Germany), VTT (Finland), University of Ferrara (Italy), Tecnopackaging (Spain), Aqualung (Norway), SINTEF (Norway) and Walki (Finland).
Avantium is proud to lead the development of CO2-based polyesters and we look forward to working with like-minded organizations on Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) under the HICCUPS program. This award of the prestigious European Horizon grant reflects our expertise in the conversion of CO2 into high-value polyesters using electrochemistry and our ability to develop innovative new materials, said Annelie Jongerius, Technology Manager at Avantium and scientific coordinator of HICCUPS.
The project has received funding from the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon Europe funding program under grant agreement No 101112455.
