‘Joined-up thinking’ is what makes this project unique. This biorefinery project will investigate and identify:

• availability and cost effectiveness of renewable raw materials
• developing technologies
• appropriate geographical locations where products can be manufactured
• size of the bio-refinery plant
• size of the market place to make each product competitive and sustainable.

The project will also take into account environmental sensitivities and will not compete with agricultural land best used for food crops or compete with food products.

SUPRABIO will use bio-resources (renewable raw materials) such as straw, seed oil, algae and waste water. The bio-resources will be improved and converted (through microbial, fungal, enzymatic and chemical processes) to make products for consumers and industry e.g. healthcare products, cosmetics, pharmaceutical intermediates, bio-fuels, and materials such as polymers.

The results from the project’s research will lead to five demonstration units being built in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Finance to build these units will come from the project’s corporate partners.