SpiralG
PRODUCTION OF PHYCOCYANIN FROM THE SPIRULINA ARTHROSPIRA SP. REVISITING THE SOURCING, EXTRACTION AND CO-VALORIZATION OF THE WHOLE ALGAE IN THE FRAME OF AN INDUSTRIAL BIOREFINERY CONCEPT
Project details
- Type of project
- Innovation Action - Demonstration
- Project focus
- Food, feed & cosmetics
- Feedstock origin
- Aquatic
- Feedstock type
- Micro/macro algae
- Project period
- 1 May 2018 - 31 January 2023
- Status
- Completed
- CBE JU Contribution
- € 4 029 199,90
- Call identifier
- H2020-BBI-JTI-2017
Summary
The aquatic environment is underexplored and underexploited, with huge potential value. A small number of these are microalgae, with the capacity to make the best use of light, to protect against light and deploy defence systems and molecules involved in chemical communication.
Microalgae are also among the fastest–growing plants on Earth, capable of doubling or even trebling their biomass daily. The SpiralG project aims to build an algal biorefinery on a demonstration scale. This will take one of these microalgae and use it to produce several metric tonnes of phycocyanin per year. Phycocyanin is a pigment widely used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.
Consortium map
Project coordination
- ALGAIA LANNILIS, France
Consortium
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN DUBLIN, Ireland
- LIVEGREEN SOCIETA AGRICOLA SRL Oristano, Italy
- GREENSEA SAS Saint Beauzire, France
