FP6 - 19882 NILE - New Improvements for Ligno-cellulosic Ethanol

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Website: www.nile-bioethanol.org




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Biological Conversion : Liquid Biofuels and Biogas : Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy : Wood (Lignocellulose)

Type of Project	Integrated Project
Contract No	FP6 - 19882
Total Cost	12,820 KEuro
EC Contribution	7,700 KEuro
Start Date	22-9-2005
Duration	48 Months

Abstract

This project will develop, investigate and evaluate new technologies for efficient conversion of lignocellulose to bioethanol. These technologies will be verified using a unique and fully integrated pilot plant providing reliable data for global socio-economic and environmental assessments and for the design of a future demonstration unit.

The activities of NILE aim at overcoming critical hurdles in process development. Key issues are:

• decreasing the cost of enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose to fermentable sugars using new engineered enzyme systems;
• removing current intrinsic limitations in the conversion of fermentable sugars to ethanol by i) constructing inhibitor-tolerant pentose-fermenting industrial yeast strains, and ii) combining fermentation and saccharification; validating the engineered enzyme systems and yeast strains in a fully integrated pilot plant using softwood and wheat straw as model feedstock. Validation includes all process steps and recycling of process streams.
• analysing socio-economic and global environmental impacts of the production and use of bioethanol from LCB based on the new data obtained.
• dissemination and training of target groups.

The project mobilizes the critical mass of end-users and world-leading expertise necessary to improve the whole bioethanol from LCB chain. By its integrated structure, NILE supports the development of research activities in close connection with industrial processes, their validation, their technical and socio-economic assessments, their dissemination as well as training activities. This development ensures a real industrial and societal impact of the developed technology thus strengthening European competitiveness.

Coordinator

Institut Francais du Petrole, France

Partners

• Centre National de da Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
• Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
• Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
• Enitecnologie S.P.A., Italy
• Roal OY, Finland
• Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (VTT), Finland
• Lunds Universitet, Sweden
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
• Centro Ricerche Fiat - Societa Consortile Per Azioni, Italy
• Saf-Isis SA, France
• Imperial College Of Science, United Kingdom
• Eurec-Agency, Belgium
• Granit Recherche Developpement SA, Switzerland
• Bioalcohol Fuel Foundation Baffsab AB, Sweden
• Latvijas Valsts Koksnes Kimijas Instituts, Latvia
• Universidade Nova De Lisboa, Faculdade De Ciencias E Tecnologia, Portugal
• Fluxome Sciences A/S, Denmark
• Etek Etanolteknik AB, Sweden
• Direvo Biotech AG, Germany
• Svensk Etanolkemi AB, Sweden
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Contacts

Contact

• Frédéric MONOT / Institut Français du Pétrole Biotechnology and Biomass Chemistry Department / FRANCE