SustaiNext, the first FLAGSHIP project funded by Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) focused on the botanical extracts sector, held its kick-off meeting on June 13th in Hervás (Spain). Representatives of the 21 European partners that make up the consortium, led by its coordinator Natac, met in the Extremaduran town to visit Natac’s flagship, the epicentre of the project, as it will be transformed into a digital, carbon-neutral, versatile and multi-product plant with a capacity of 20,000 tons during the next 54 months.
This circular and disruptive model promoted by SustaiNext is based on the DYANA concept: an analytical, dynamic and intelligent biorefinery that integrates the entire supply chain, from biomass to end uses, and enables cascade valorisation that is optimised by batches (depending on the initial composition of the raw material) to offer maximum value with the dual objective of zero waste and zero emissions.
This new model that will be developed within the SustaiNext project is adaptable to every type and quality of biomass feedstock and capable of switching to renewable energy sources. All this will result in an innovative manufacturing site with improved environmental performance, maximum energy and resource efficiency.
The consortium is made up of 21 European partners: Natac, Innovaoleo, Agrosingularity, TABACOEX, CTAEX, BIOPLAT, Enel Green Power España, ARRAM Consultores, Industrias y Promociones Alimenticias, Biomasa Peninsular, Consejo Regulador Denominación de Origen Protegida Torta del Casar, Nutraresearch, FUNDECYT-PCTEX and IRIS Technology Solutions, all from Spain; Enel Green Power, Star Industriale, ACEL Pharma and Università degli Studi di Torino from Italy; ECODESIGN Company GmbH from Austria; MIAVIT GmbH from Germany and Mibelle Biochemistry from Switzerland.
