About BE-Basic
BE-Basic (Bio-based Ecologically Balanced Sustainable Industrial Chemistry) is a public-private partnership that develops industrial bio-based solutions for a sustainable society.
BE-Basic is coordinated by Delft University of Technology and has an R&D budget of more than 120 million euros. Half of this is funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (FES grant). BE-Basic was founded early 2010 and builds on the recognised breakthroughs of the B-Basic and the Ecogenomics consortia. An overview of the highlights of B-Basic (2005-2010) is presented in the B-Basic book "Based on bio":
Building our Biobased Economy
BE-Basic builds our Biobased Economy. In a Biobased Economy the resources for the production of our chemicals, materials and energy are not based on fossil fuels, but on bio-based renewable resources. Like agricultural waste and non-edible plant materials. A shrinking supply of fossil fuels, rising oil prices and climate changes urges our society to act now and to build our Biobased Economy together. What does BE-Basic do?
Research & Development
Researchers from academia, industry and knowledge institutes collaborate on both fundamental science and industrial challenges. We aim for true innovations: bio-chemicals, bio-materials, bio-construction concepts and bio-based monitoring tools. They are the essential building blocks for our bio-based economy.
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Innovation
The BE-Basic Innovation Centre (BE-BIC) coordinates, promotes, supports and evaluates all valorisation activities within BE-Basic. By doing this we want to raise the awareness of innovation concepts, stimulate ideas and implement them toward commercial activities like spin-offs.
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International collaboration
The transition to a bio-based economy is an international development. Our aim is to expand worldwide in terms of consortium partners and research collaborations. Worldwide BE-Basic has strategic partnerships with institutions in Brazil, Malaysia, U.S.A. and Vietnam.
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Bioprocess Pilot Facility
BE-Basic is developing a unique multi-purpose facility for bioprocesses where universities, companies and knowledge institutions from all over the world can investigate how production processes respond to large scales and how they can be scaled up.
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