Imagine a brewery that doesn't just make beer, but acts like a mini-factory. Instead of throwing away leftover grains and gases, they use insects and tiny microbes to eat that waste. This process turns trash into valuable ingredients for pet food, cosmetics, and cleaning products.
Breweries produce massive amounts of spent grain, wastewater, and greenhouse gases that are costly to manage and underutilized. These waste streams represent a lost revenue opportunity and a high carbon footprint.
A modular biorefinery pilot plant. It includes technical specifications for food safety equipment, heat/cold production, and electronic data collection for biomass valorization.
If you are a pet food manufacturer dealing with high costs of sustainable protein — this project developed a way to produce 13.5 tons/year of insect protein from 40 tons/year of spent grain that provides a circular alternative to traditional meat sources.
If you are a skincare developer dealing with the need for sustainable active ingredients — this project developed a method to convert methane (CH4) into ectoine, a high-value ingredient for cosmetics.
If you are a disinfectant producer dealing with carbon-heavy production processes — this project developed a route to create a chlorine-based disinfectant from CO2 bioconversion, reducing the carbon footprint by 45%.
The project aims for a large-scale implementation with the installation of 100 valorization plants across the EU within 5 years of commercialization.
Based on available project data, the system achieves a minimum 45% carbon footprint reduction in each value chain, which can lower environmental taxes and improve sustainability ratings.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on validating 5 key biological conversions at a demo-scale (TRL 7), but specific licensing terms are not provided.
It is designed as a modular solution where industries can select from 5 biotechnological routes to upgrade side-streams like bagasse, wastewater, CO2, and CH4.
The project runs until August 2026, with a goal of deploying 100 plants in the 5 years following commercialization.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven, with 9 industrial partners (69% of the total) and 7 SMEs. This high ratio of commercial entities, led by the brewery MAHOU SA, suggests a strong focus on market viability and practical application rather than pure academic research.
Contact MAHOU SA regarding the modular biorefinery pilot plant specifications.
Contact us to explore licensing opportunities for the 5 validated bioconversion routes.
