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Commencement of Research Project on Sustainable Polymers from Algae

Dec 21 2012

EU research project on algae-based polymers kicks off: SPLASH - Sustainable Polymers from Algae Sugars and Hydrocarbons

On 19-21 November 2012 the twenty partners involved in an EU funded research programme held their kick-off meeting in Wageningen, The Netherlands. Led by Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, the 4-year project has the goal to develop a new biobased industrial platform using microalgae as raw material for the sustainable production and recovery of hydrocarbons and (exo)polysaccharides from algae and their further conversion to renewable polymers. SPLASH will deliver knowledge, tools and technologies needed for the establishment of a new industry sector: Industrial Biotechnology based on algae and/or algal genes for the manufacture of polyesters and polyolefins.

Source: http://www.nova-institut.de

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