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Projects in Bio-based materials

Through research and development projects, RISE is driving forward the development of bio-based materials. From nanocellulose and lignin to biocomposites and functional surface coatings – solutions are being created that enable industry to transition from fossil fuels to renewable resources.

Project / Fossil-free fuels

Aviation fuel from sawmill residues

Low-value residues from Swedish sawmills and the wood industry have the potential to meet most of the demand for bio-based fuel for domestic air traffic. The project will develop technology for the production of biofuel via a sugar platform process using oil-rich yeast fungi and chemical-catalytic …
Project / Wood technology

Timber on Top

The aim of the project was to provide existing buildings with solutions for densification and extended lifespan through vertical and lateral extensions using reusable, bio-based prefabricated building systems.
Project / Resource-efficient cities

URSOILL Swedish LL

URSOILL – Swedish Living Lab works to improve soil health in Swedish cities through research, innovation, and collaboration between municipalities, academia, industry, and citizens. By developing solutions for cleaner, vibrant, and resilient urban soils, URSOILL contributes to greener cities, great…
Project / Biotechnology

SEAlgaePower

The aquaculture and seafood industry generate large nutrient-rich waters that are currently wasted. SEAlgaePower intends to use microalgae cultivation to clean these residual water streams. At RISE, extracted high value components from the microalgae biomass will be explored for use in MedTech, ATM…
Project / Formulated products

FUSE

The FUSE project aims to generate new knowledge and develop cutting-edge green technologies for the sustainable production of furan-based platform chemicals.
Project / Circular transition

BIO-INSPIRE

Europe is transitioning to a bioeconomy, but progress is uneven across regions. At the heart of this transition are regional bioeconomy clusters that bring together actors across the value chain. However, in parts of Europe where the bioeconomy has so far received less support, resources or attenti…
Project / Wood technology

DUET

We are advancing toward a net-zero emissions future by producing high-quality construction elements made from industrial wood residues and underutilised forest resources of unclassified origin — paving the way for a more sustainable tomorrow.
Project / Fossil-free fuels

LIGNOFUN

The pulp and paper industry in Europe produces 17 million tonnes of lignin every year. However, only two per cent is used for purposes other than energy production. The EU project LIGNOFUN aims to address this issue by developing bio-based products from lignin, thereby promoting a more sustainable …
Project / Agriculture

vSET

vSET cultivation method is a bio-based, biodegradable seed treatment concept that protects crops against biotic and abiotic stresses. The system has two main elements which allow precise seed placement in no-tilled and green-covered soils.
Project / Wood technology

Replacing cement in wood wool boards

Together we reduce the climate footprint of wood wool boards by fully or partially replacing cement with alternative sustainable raw materials.
Project / Medtech

A bio-based MedTech disposable product

The project explored the potential to develop a bio-based disposable medical device with low environmental impact. It involved identifying more sustainable materials for products intended for short-term use inside the body.
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Leather-biobased without animals

The leather industry is becoming increasingly aware of consumer concerns about the use of animal by-products and the negative environmental impact (high global carbon dioxide emissions). Today, the synthetic-based leather is commonly made from fossil-based raw materials and lack biodegradability, t…
Project / Drug development

Solvent-free exipients for pharma

The project goal was to establish a solvent-free manufacturing process of lipid mixtures from Emulsi Biotech. These lipid-based systems, based on natural vegetable oils, are intended for oral pharmaceuticals.
Project / Fossil-free fuels

FOR-BLEND

The FOR-BLEND project, funded by Interreg Aurora, aims to enhance the green transition towards a sustainable economy by creating cross-border knowledge networks. The project focuses on developing a feasible process for managing forest-based residues locally to produce a sustainable fuel blending co…
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Lignin-based elastomers

The aim is to overcome the century-old advantage of traditional petrochemical elastomers. The research project combines approaches from three key areas: materials science, artificial intelligence and robotics.
Project / Wood technology

Strength grading birch

The proportion of birch in southern Swedish forests is increasing at a faster rate than other tree species. Its use is currently almost exclusively limited to pulp production and firewood. To improve forest owners' incentives to manage birch for long-term sustainable forests and optimal fiber yield…
Project / Circular transition

BIO2REG

Today, many regions lack the tools, knowledge and resources to make the transition to a circular bioeconomy. BIO2REG is a European project that helps greenhouse gas-intensive regions make this important transition. Through concrete actions, we support them to become model regions in the bioeconomy.
Project / Textiles

KELPTEX

Textile manufacuring is responsible for considerable carbon dioxide emissions and two thirds of the textile fibre feedstock is still fossil-based. The KELPTEX project aims to develop biobased textile fibres from seaweed, emphasising resource- and energy-efficiency at the various stages of the prod…
Project / Circular transition

Circular synergies between land and sea

Norwegian fish farms generate 600,000 tonnes of fish sludge annually, currently discharged into the sea. A cross-border project between Sweden and Norway brings together industry, researchers, and stakeholders from land and sea farming to explore converting this unused sludge into a valuable bio-ba…
Project / Textiles

ALLGAE

Textile manufacuring is a particularily unsustainable industry, both with respect to the fibre feedstock and the dyeing process. The ALLGAE project aims to develop 100% algae-based sustainable textile fibres from seaweed side streams.
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Green Carbon Black

Carbon black is one of the world's most widely used carbon-based chemicals. The main objective of this project is to take a holistic approach and investigate the entire value chain from raw materials to economic calculations and quality testing of the end product, bio-based carbon black.
Project / Infrastructure

Circular road infrastructure

Starting from bio-based and circular raw materials, tomorrow's asphalt is developed.
Project / Batteries

SOURCE

RISE coordinates the project SOURCE which is a European funded initiative bringing together key industry partners to create sustainable solutions for producing battery-grade synthetic graphite.
Project / Textiles

BioSusTex

The textile value chain involves a diverse range of materials, end users, and complex applications. Although there is a shift towards greater sustainability, progress is slow and requires more innovative technologies to address issues like low recycling rates, substitution of hazardous substances, …
Project / Batteries

WasteToWatt

The EU just passed a new law on more sustainable and circular batteries to support the EU’s energy transition. It is vital that biobased feedstocks be identified and tested for their potential to contribute to battery materials. Spent coffee grounds are an abundant (over 18 million tons per year) s…
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Lignin-based Elastomers

Elastomers are crucial and almost ubiquitous in modern society, but is largely based on petrochemical feedstocks. The promising bio-based alternatives, e.g. chemically modified lignin, is gathering the interest of key industrial players. This project aims to accelerate the optimization and industri…
Project / Textiles

UPWEARS

Unlocking the potential of a new generation of biobased and hybrid fabrics for sustainable e-textile.
Project / Plastics

ZeoLignin - improving plastic recycling

The natural substance lignin, which gives strength to trees and plants, is a by-product of pulp production, This project, called ZeoLignin, studies the use of lignin to produce zeolites, which play a critical role in improving plastic recycling processes.
Project / Textiles

BioPiezo

The development of high tech and high value applications for bioplastics may be one key to accelerate growth of the bioplastics sector. This project was a prestudy towards one such application: biobased piezoelectric fibres (piezofibres) for use in technical textiles.
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Lignin in electrodes

The metallurgical industry uses large amounts of fossil-based carbon, but the pressure to switch to bio-based carbon is high. This project aims to replace some fossil carbon with the bio-based substance lignin in graphite electrodes.
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Cellulose Foam

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, in collaboration with Apple, is developing an innovative low-density, resilient cellulose foam to help address plastic pollution.
Project / Textiles

Side streams for functional textiles

This project aims to develop scalable extraction procedures for biomolecules from discarded side-streams originating from mycoprotein food production. Different underutilised compounds produced through fungal fermentation are targeted and will once purified be exploited in formulated biobased addit…
Project / Fossil-free fuels

Synoprotein

SynoProtein aims to develop and demonstrate a carbon-negative process that converts residues from sawmills into single-cell proteins for fish feed, as well as producing biochar for animal feed. Furthermore, for every dry tonne of sawmill by-product that it processes, the system can capture the equi…
Project / Biorefinery

Butanediol

The chemical industry is facing a major transition and needs to accelerate the pace by developing technologies for bio-based products that replace their fossil counterparts. The project Butanediol from forest-based residual streams focuses on developing processes to enable increased and more sustai…
Project / Packaging

ProMultiFilms

Through comprehensive assessments of technical, economic, and environmental feasibility, the project is set to develop highly innovative solutions that will allow replacement of difficult-to-recycle and unsustainable packaging materials and accelerate the transition towards a circular bioeconomy.
Project / Food

Rapeseed press cake for food

Rapeseed press cakes are an underutilized byproduct from the production of rapeseed oil that has the potential to become a healthy ingredient in food. The purpose of the project is to find efficient and sustainable ways to process rapeseed press cakes to enhance properties such as taste and nutriti…
Project / Biorefinery

Innovationsplattform Bioekonomi

The Bioeconomy Innovation Platform project is run by RISE Processum and builds on a model developed to initiate, conduct and support needs-driven research and innovation in collaboration with industry, academia and society.
Project / Wood technology

FÅTT

Reuse is important for the transformation to sustainable community development. The project will investigate the process of refining reused wood into a high-quality facade material as a component in an industrially manufactured wooden facade system.
Project / Water

Biocarbon for water purification

What makes carbon materials derived from forest resources better filter materials for water purification? A closer inspection of the relationship between biochar production and performance will be performed through sophisticated synthesis and advanced X-ray characterizations, and powered by machine…
Project / Biorefinery

Processing of organosolv fractions

The project will develop green processes for bioactive fiber functionalisation containing forest-based resources, which will then be used for high-performance materials. In the future, these materials need to be biodegradable in order to live up to future environmental requirements and the Swedish …
Project / Biorefinery

Sustainable carbon black production

Carbon black is one of the world's most useful chemicals and is today manufactured exclusively from fossil raw materials. The main objective of this project is to replace the fossil raw materials with renewable raw materials.
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Lignin For Future

Lignin For Future enables an investment of a dryer for lignin and other biomass in the LignoCity test facility. The facility will increase the opportunities for SMEs to scale up and the project develops both the infrastructure in LignoCity and the innovation support system with a regional network.
Project / Agriculture

MarginUp!

60-70% of all soil in Europe is damaged, due to pollution, intensive agriculture and climate change. MarginUp! shall develop sustainable value chains to produce bio-based products and biofuels from raw materials that are grown on low-productive agricultural land, so-called marginal land.
Project / Construction

ASSURE

The graduate school ASSURE - Adaptation of urban Space through Sustainable Regeneration - will develop new knowledge about sustainable renovation and conversion of buildings, and neighborhoods.
Project / Food

Goa Proteiner

Off flavour management of pea protein concentrates. Applications of pea protein concentrates in food products. Improving pea protein concentrates.
Project / Circular transition

Biorecer

The project Biorecer aims to ensure performance and traceability of the biological feedstock used by industries, deploying guidelines to strengthen the current certification schemes. With this kind of approach, the added value, the use, and social acceptance of bioproducts increase.
Project / Food

Fibre formation in meat analogues

The food chain contributes 25% of the total greenhouse gas emissions, with meat production alone contributing a staggering 14.5%. The consumption increases and it is alarming also from a health perspective, as excessive meat consumption has been linked to health problems, such as coronary heart dis…
Project / Pulp and paper

R3Pack

The overall goal of this project is to tackle single-use plastic waste in the food packaging by upscaling fiber-based packaging solutions that can substitute plastic, and to lift barriers for the uptake of industrial reuse schemes.
Project / Batteries

GreenBattery

The GreenBattery project focuses on building the prototype of a green battery. The key idea behind the project lies in establishing a battery prototype with green (or greener) components without compromising the performance of the battery.
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HyPELignum

The HyPELignum project seeks to demonstrate that consumer electronics and internet of things solutions can be made more sustainable, by combining additive manufacturing and wood based materials.
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Reflows

In the project Reflows - Circular biobased products from protein-rich brewery waste streams, we use the under-utilized residual stream spent yeast from breweries to produce adhesives adapted for wood and paper applications.
Project / Circular transition

BIOMODELS4REGIONS

The BIOMODEL4REGIONS project aims to support the establishment of the innovative governance models at local/regional level to achieve better-informed decision-making processes, social engagement and innovation to support and strengthen EU and international science-policy interfaces to achieve the S…
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Lignin in roofing felt

Fossil based bitumen in roofing felt will be substituted by as much renewable odour free lignin as possible. The product quality of the roofing felt will at the same time remain or even be improved.
Project / Wood technology

Cooperation RISE - Wood industry

To enable RISE to fulfill its mission of promoting sustainable growth in Sweden by enhancing the competitiveness and renewal of the business sector and contributing to innovative development, strong networks are needed. To create this network for the forest and wood industry, a collaboration agreem…
Project / Formulated products

C1Bio

In recent years, it has been possible to measure a rapid increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. This increase will continue due to the global demand for energy and materials from fossil sources. Sweden aims to become a carbon-neutral society by 2030 and to have negative net em…
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BIOMAC

In March 2020, the European Commission adopted a new circular economy action plan aimed at preparing the European economy for a green future and strengthening its competitiveness while protecting the environment.
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INN-PRESSME

The INN-PRESSME project, funded under the European Union's Horizon 2020, develops materials and solutions for industries to replace fossil resources with sustainable and cost-effective bio-based materials.
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UNLOCK

Every year, 15 million tonnes of meat are produced in Europe, which annually creates 3.6 million tonnes of waste feathers. Only 25% of these feathers are collected and refined. In line with the EU's bioeconomy strategy, the UNLOCK project is working to evaluate this waste stream and design a new ec…
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Edible hot-melt adhesive

Most people have used a hot glue gun for hobby or craft projects, and also wished it would be possible to use also for food decorations. A new, hot-melt adhesive now makes it possible to use for food decorations as well as for packaging.
Project / Wood technology

RBS-TS

Building systems for timber structures, which reduces construction cost and climate impact.
Project / Wood technology

BizWOOD

The project aimed to enable the use of Swedish birch as structural timber by developing new grading criteria and demonstrating the material’s potential. As a result, birch can now be classified for load-bearing products thanks to its excellent strength properties, opening up new business opportunit…
Project / Power production

EUCANwin!

Climate change is widely recognised as the most significant challenge facing humanity today, with a strong push needed for uptake of renewable energy. Bioenergy will play an essential role in the energy mix, being one of the few renewables that is not intermittent.
Project / Infrastructure

Lignin in asphalt.

The main goal of the project is to scale-up binder production using kraft lignin (kraft lignin and bitumen) and by building a test road to study the characteristics of this innovative binder used in asphalt concrete. Kraft lignin is a commercial product from the forest industry.
Project / Additive manufacturing

MagNano3D

Smart materials can find a valuable use in many applications. In particular, varying the type and content of magnetic filler embedded in a matrix material can tailor mechanical and magnetic properties of these composites and thus enables real-time self-sensing of strain/stress and long-term deforma…