SFI - Industrial BiotechnologyNew SFI project:

Svein Horn, NMBU

The Centres for Research-based InnovationThe Centres for Research-based Innovation are to develop expertise in fields of importance for innovation and value creation.

Through long-term research conducted in close collaboration between research-performing companies and prominent research groups, the SFI centres are to enhance technology transfer, internationalisationand researcher training.

The scientific merit of the research must be of high international caliber. The SFI centres may receive support for a total of eight years (5+3 years)

Suport from RCN (12 mill/year)

Industry > 6 mill year

Inkind contributionfrom ROs

SFI Industrial biotechnology

Approx 26.5 mill/year212 mill NOK

Industrial biotechnologyentails the industrial application of modern biotechnological methods, enzymes andmicroorganisms for the production of a diverse range of commodities, includingchemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and feed ingredients, detergents, textiles, energy andmaterials.

"Industrial biotechnology is globally anticipated to become a major driver for establishing a sorely needed sustainable bioeconomy"

SFI – Industrial Biotechnology

Primary objective: To become a key instrument for moving Norway towards a more prominent international position within industrial biotechnology in terms of increased competitiveness of Norwegian biotech-based industry and provision of innovations with national and international large market potential.

Unifying infrastructure and competence Collaboration

ROs Industry SFI-IB

International

SFIs, FME

DLNINFRAs

Education

SFI-IB

Industry

Study programsResearcher schools

Innovation

Research domains

PRODUCTS

best practice innovation pipelines

TEALCA

SFI-Industrial biotechnology - partners

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ALL INDUSTRY PARTNERS HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED

INNOVATION NEEDS

10 INDUSTRY PARTNERS HAVE PRODUCTION

FACILITIES

THE INVOLVED ROs HAVE NATIONALLY LEADING IB-

INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORMS

212 MILL

19 PhD/Post

Docs

>70 Master-students

Fish vaccines

Alginate based pharmaceuticals

Antibiotics

Enzyme development and manufacturing

Enzyme expression systems

Feedstock to gas

High value enzymes

Large scale seaweed processing – Alginate producer

Myre Havbruk

Utilisation of side-streams frommeat and egg industry

Utilisation of side-streams fromwhite fish industry

Gas to products

Production of aquaculture feed

Wood biorefinery

Production of feed ingredients

SFI Industrial Biotechnology - Partners

SFI - Industrial Biotechnology

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MICROBIAL FERMENTATION

PROCESSING OF BIOMASS

(Biorefineries)

©Biocatalysts

©Sune Eriksen

Food and feed ingredients

Nutraceuticals

Biopolymers/Biochemicals

Fish vaccines

Biopharmaceuticals (microbial production)

Industrial enzymes

Food and feed ingredients

Nutraceuticals

High value products

SFI-partner Biocatalysts

SFI-partner Norilia/BIOCO

PRODUCTS SFI-IB

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FISHERIES, AQUACULTURE

0.9 MILL TONS OF RESUDIAL

BIOMASS/YR

MEAT PRODUCTION

0.35 MILL TONS OF RESUDIAL

BIOMASS/YR

SEAWEED

0.2 MILL TONS OF BIOMASS/YR

GASEOUS FEEDSTOCKS

(CO, CO2, H2, CH4)

Industrial off gas:6 sites nationally

>0.5 mill tons CO2/yr

National (and international) important "underutilized" feedstocks (SFI-IB)

CCSCCUBiogas

Potential for increased value creation through development of new industrial biotechnology based innovations

FORESTRY

>3 MILL TONS OF UNDERUTILIZED

BIOMASS/YR

Fermentation processes (SFI-IB)

Substrates• Conventional• Side streams• Gaseous

Microbial Cell factories

UPSTREAM DSP

Product

Pharmaceuticals

MonitoringModelling

Food and feedingredients

Enzymes(industrial and high

value)

"bio" chemicals

Biopolymers

Fish vaccines

Human health

Prerequisite for aquaculture

Biobased materials,Advanced biomaterials

Toolbox for "blue" and "green" biorefineries not yet established

Large need for sustainable new resources

Prerequisite for a future bioeconomy

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Biorefineries (SFI-IB)

Biomass• Macroalgae• Aquaculture and meat

industry - plus products• Forestry - plus products

Pretreatment

Chemoenzymaticprocessing

FractionationIsolation

Tailoring

PRODUCTS

Fermentation

Techno-Economic Analysis MonitoringModelling

Food and feedingredients

"bio" chemicals

High valuebiopolymers

High valuecompounds

A sustainable value creation can be obtained by :• Improved processes

• Energy, efficacy, reduced waste, reduced use of chemicals

• Improved toolbox (e.genzymes)

• Upgrading/tailoring of products

• Novel (high value) products

SFI - Industrial Biotechnology – R&D&I

• Project no. 1. Microbial cell factories for Pharmaceuticals, Biopolymers and High Value Products (HVP)

• Project no. 2. New products from seaweed

• Project no. 3. Enzyme discovery and production tools

• Project no. 4. Food residues processing and upgrading using enzymes and microorganisms

• Project no. 5. Gas value chain (gas production and gas to product)

• Project no. 6. Techno-economic, LCA and sustainability toolbox

• Project no. 7. Digitalization and automation in industrial biotechnology processes

• Project no. 8. Centre management, communication, and impact

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SFI - Industrial Biotechnology – SFI-IB sub-projects

Links to the biochemical value chain in Bio4Fuels

Project no. 1. Microbial cell factories

Project no. 3. Enzyme discovery and production tools

Project no. 5. Gas value chain (gas production and gas to product)

Project no. 6. Techno-economic, LCA and sustainability

SFI - Industrial Biotechnology – expected achievements