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European Technology Platforms (TPs)

• Technology Platform: European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform
• Technology Platform: WHITE BIOTECH TP - A European Technology Platform on Industrial Biotechnology for Sustainable Development

FP6 - Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006)

• FP6 - 508753: STANLUB - Development of new bio-lubricants and coatings using standoils from linseed, castor and tung oils
• FP6 - 518271: NESSHY: Novel efficient solid storage for hydrogen
• FP6 - 518312: BIOCOUP - Co-processing of upgraded bio-liquids in standard refinery units
• FP6: INTAS 1000005-7745: Competitive Hydrogen From Agro-Forestry Residues

FP5 - Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002)

• ENK6-2000-80130: Large Bioethanol / ETBE Integrated Project in China and Italy
• FP5 - G5MA-CT-2002-00014: BREW - Medium and long-term opportunities and risks of the biotechnological production of bulk chemicals from renewable resources
• FP5 Quality of Life Programme: 5.2 Non-Food Development
• G1RD-2002-00740: Development of new environmentally acceptable lubricants, tribological tests and models for European sheet forming industry
• G1RT-2002-05088: EUROLIGNIN: Coordination network for lignin standardisation, production and applications adapted to market requirements
• G5RD-2000-00410: Environmentally friendly lubricants and low friction coatings. A route towards sustainable products and production processes
• G5ST-2001-00253: Biodegradable esters partially obtained from vegetable oils in lubrication
• IPS-CT-1999-00005: Lubrication in Inland and Coastal Water Activities (LLINCWA)
• QLK1-2000-01251: Development and demonstration of polymerase chain reaction based methods for process control in breweries (BREWPROC)
• QLK1-2001-01209: Demonstration of a rapid microbial monitor for operations and quality decision-making in the water industries (DEMOWATERCOLI)
• QLK3-1999-00004: Enhanced, intelligent processing of food and related wastes using thermo-philic populations (INTELLTHERMCONTROL)
• QLK3-1999-00213: Controlling fatty acid breakdown in order to produce viable oilseeds with increased yields of novel oils (CONSAB)
• QLK3-2000-01528: Biodiversity of methanotrophs and their bioremediation and biotechnological exploitation (BOMBBE)
• QLK5-1999-01085: Modification of starch synthesis and yield in wheat endosperm
• QLK5-1999-01364: PROBIO: 1,3-Propanediol - a versatile bulk chemical from renewable resources by novel biocatalysts and process strategies
• QLK5-1999-30621: Improving germ-plasm conservation methods for perennial European forage species
• QLK5-2000-00611: Environmentally friendly multifunctional grease based on regrowing resources and advanced thickener technology to apply in loss lubrication of earth moving equipment
• QLK5-2000-30141: Assessment of the Commercial Impact of Shared Cost Research in the Area of Non-Food Products supported under the AIR (1991-1994) Programme
• QLK5-2000-30271: PUFAfeed: Feed for aquatic animals that contains cultivated marine microorganisms as alternatives for fish oil
• QLK5-2001-01343: BIODIOL - Process development for microbial production of the bulk chemical 1,3-propanediol from glycerol water as a waste effluent
• QLKI-2001-01066: Stress-tolerant industrial yeast strains for high-gravity brewing

FAIR Programme (1994-1998)

• Commercial Success of ECLAIR Programme: AGRE-0010: The methyl esters of rapeseed: new industrial outlets for agriculture
• Commercial Success of ECLAIR Programme: AGRE-0039: Seed oils for new technical applications - SONCA
• Commercial Success of ECLAIR Programme: AGRE-0046: Vegetable oil for innovation in chemical industries (VOICI)
• FAIR: EUR 18304 EN: Green Chemical and Polymer Chain - Catalogue of Contracts
• FAIR-CT95-0260: High quality oils, protein and bioactive products for food and non-food purposes based on biorefining of cruciferous oilseed crops
• FAIR-CT95-0364: A project to promote: "Familiarisation with and acceptance of crops incorporating transgenic technology"
• FAIR-CT95-1201: Liquid Products and Hydrogen from Biomass (the ABE fermentation) - European Integration
• FAIR-CT96-1495: An Interactive European Network for Industrial Crops and their Applications (IENICA)
• FAIR-CT96-1569: Spelt, a recover crop for the future European sustainable agriculture
• FAIR-CT96-1625: Valorisation of rapeseed/sunflower lecithins, a by-product of seed oil, in cosmetics and fermentation industries: use of natural carriers of phospholipids overproduced by filamentous fungi growing on lecithin substrates
• FAIR-CT96-1829: Polyglycerols chemistry ecology and applications of polyglycerol esters
• FAIR-CT96-1904: NF-2000: Non-Food Agro-Industrial Dissemination (NF-AIRID) Through Paper and Electronic Means
• FAIR-CT96-1904: NF-2000: Non-Food Agro-Industrial Dissemination (NF-AIRID) Through Paper and Electronic Means - Final Report
• FAIR-CT96-1946: Brassica carinata: The outset of a new crop for biomass and industrial non-food oil - CARINATA
• FAIR-CT96-2025: Increase of performance of natural regrowing oils to lubricate earthmoving equipment
• FAIR-CT96-5027: Simulation of oxygen gradients in a poorly mixed ethanol fermentation: modelling and experimental design of scale-up through a series of STRs
• FAIR-CT96-5047: Genetic modification of Clostridium acetobutylicum to improve ABE fermentation
• FAIR-CT97-3585: Transformation of chicory into a high value non-food crop
• FAIR-CT97-3679: Utilisation of European wool as insulation material
• FAIR-CT97-3713: Calendula as agronomic raw material for industrial applications (CARMINA)
• FAIR-CT97-3884: CTVO-NET: Chemical-technical utilisation of vegetable oils
• FAIR-CT97-3884: CTVO-NET: Chemical-technical utilisation of vegetable oils - 1998 Workshops
• FAIR-CT98-4333: DiCra: Diversification with Crambe: an industrial oil crop
• FAIR-CT98-4460: The development of Euphorbia lagascae as a new oil crop within the European Community
• FAIR-CT98-9588: Bio-liquid mixtures for solvent and/or detergent applications

AIR Programme (1990 -1996)

• AIR1-CT92-0069: GEIE EURORICIN: Covering European Needs of Castor Oil, Using Community Grain
• AIR1-CT92-0169: BIODIESEL: Utilisation of Vegetable Oils and Their Derivatives as Diesel Fuel
• AIR1-CT92-0513: ASHLI - Fundamental Studies on the Selective Hydrogenation of Fats and Oils
• AIR1-CT92-8006-GB: Thermal Biomass Conversion and Utilisation - Biomass Information System
• AIR2-CT93-0879: Pod Shatter in Rape
• AIR2-CT93-0889: Integrated Chemicals and Fuels Recovery from Pyrolysis Liquids Generated by Ablative Pyrolysis
• AIR2-CT93-1086: Production, Treatment and Utilization of Bio-Oils from Pyrolysis, for Energy and Alternative Fuels and Chemicals
• AIR2-CT93-1817: Vegetable Oils with Specific Fatty Acids (VOSFA) Agricultural and Industrial Development of Novel Oilseed Crops
• AIR2-CT93-1817: Vegetable Oils with Specific Fatty Acids (VOSFA) Agricultural and Industrial Development of Novel Oilseed Crops - Final Summary Report
• AIR2-CT93-1817: Vegetable Oils with Specific Fatty Acids (VOSFA) Agricultural and Industrial Development of Novel Oilseed Crops - MAFF Final Summary Report
• AIR2-CT94-1162: Improvement of Economics Through Integration of Small Scale Heat and Power Production with Non-Food Value-Added Products
• AIR3-CT93-0893: Exploitation of a sustainable low-input and reduced output system for arable crops
• AIR3-CT94-1857: TAIRA: (PyNE) to Review Pyrolysis and Related Processes for Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Agricultural Materials
• AIR3-CT94-1990: Novel Fermentation Feedstocks
• AIR3-CT94-2003: Sunflower Oil For Industrial Applications - SOFIA
• AIR3-CT94-2153: Hydrolysis and Fermentation of Organic Wastes and Biomass to Gaseous and Liquid Chemicals and Fuels (Short Title: RCB Renewable Chemicals from Biomass)
• AIR3-CT94-2178: Alternative oil-seed crop - Camelina Sativa
• AIR3-CT94-2299: Non-Food Agro-Industrial Research Information Dissemination (NF-AIRID) Including Development of an Information Network and CD-ROM Based Distribution
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica, a comprehensive programme - Workshop - Part 1 - Introduction and Economics
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica, a comprehensive programme - Workshop - Part 2 - Agronomy and Breeding
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica, a comprehensive programme - Workshop - Part 3 - Processing
• AIR3-CT94-2480: Crambe abyssinica, a comprehensive programme - Workshop - Part 4 - Utilisation

ECLAIR Programme (1988-1993)

• AGRE-0010: The Methyl Esters of Rapeseed: New Industrial Outlets for Agriculture
• AGRE-0039: Seed Oils for New Technical Applications SONCA
• AGRE-0046: Vegetable Oil for Innovation in Chemical Industries VOICI

Other European Commission Programmes, Publications, etc

• BRPR-96-0158: Development of Advanced Ion Exchange Materials and Methods for the Removal of Toxic Metals from Metallurgical Waste Effluents
• BRST-98-5473: Recycling in the industrial process of leather industry by-products
• Publications - European Commission: Hydrogen Energy & Fuel Cells - A vision of our future
• Renewable Bioproducts: EUR 18034 EN: Renewable Bioproducts - Proceedings of the Wageningen Symposium June 1997

Other Activities

• European Conferences: Naro.tech - 2003
• International Activities - Europe: 10th European Biomass Conference, Wurzburg, Germany
• International Activities - Europe: Declaration de Gmunden sur l'extrension des matieres premieres renvouelables
• International Activities - Europe: Declaration of Gmunden for the encouragement of sustainable resources - English
• International Activities - Europe: Gmundner Deklaration zur Forcierung nachwachsender Rohstoffe
• National Activities - Nordic Region: New, innovative pretreatment of Nordic wood for cost-effective fuel-ethanol production
• National Activities - Austria: Forschungsforum 3/97 - Renewable Raw Materials, Pave the Way for Sustainability
• National Activities - Denmark: Danish research programme on renewable resources for industrial non-food purposes
• National Activities - Denmark: Research and development activities 1997
• National Activities - Hungary: Where does Biomass fit in Hungary?
• National Activities - UK: Green Chemistry Network
• National Activities - UK: VOPNet - Vegetable Oil Polymer Network
• Organisation Description - Belgium: ValBiom
• Organisation Description - France: French Commitee for Biodegradation (COBIO)
• Organisation description - International: IEA Task 34 : Pyrolysis of Biomass