R&D

ALGAESOLUTIONS – Solutions to improve growth, induce high value metabolites and detect contaminants to produce novel algal products

The main objectives of the ALGAESOLUTIONS project are to provide innovative solutions to common problems of algal producers by increasing the productivity, quality and market value of the biomass produced and to develop five products with high commercial value: AllPhaeo+, AllNanno+, AtlanticNori+, ConchoNori+, CleanCulture.

PERFORMALGAE – Establishing high performance algae industrial cultures for the production of biostimulants and functional feeds

PERFORMALGAE key objective is to develop microalgae strains targeting relevant metabolites to obtain novel and highly valued products for agriculture biostimulants and aquafeed functional ingredients. In particular, interesting phenotypes will be improved through high-throughput screening techniques leading to the development of products with biostimilant and biopesticide activity and also a product for functional aquafeed (antixodiant, immunostimulant).

ZeroW – Systemic Innovations Towards a Zero Food Waste Supply Chain

ZeroW gathers a multidisciplinary team of 46 partners from 17 European countries to understand and address system lock-in effects, to test innovations, to foster innovation scale-up and to ensure a just transition, all focused on reducing food loss/waste to half by 2030 and enabling conditions for near-zero by 2050.

AlgaValor – Microalgae: Integrated production, valorization of biomass and its diverse applications

The project AlgaValor has as main objective the integrated production of microalgae and the valorisation of its biomass and extracts in different applications. The project contemplates the development and release of new products to the market in the food, feed, cosmetics and biofertilizers field.

Magnificent – Microalgae as a green source for nutritional ingredients for food/feed and ingredients for cosmetics by cost-effective new technologies

The overall objective of the project is to develop and validate a sustainable and economically feasible new value chain based on cultivation and processing, with the aim to transform microalgae biomass into valuable ingredients for food, aquafeed and cosmetics applications. Development and validation of new product formulations of microalgae are also included.

SIMBA – Sustainable innovation of microbiome applications in food system

The objective of SIMBA project is to harness complex soil and marine microbial communities for the sustainable production of food. SIMBA focus on two interconnected food chains: crop production and aquaculture.

PROFUTURE – Microalgae protein ingredients for the food and feed of the future

ProFuture aims to set the basis for market uptake of innovative, healthy and sustainable food and feed products reformulated with Spirulina, light Chlorella, Tetraselmis chui and Nannochloropsis oceanica. A multi-factor approach intends to boost microalgae biomass production and processing, by reducing energy/water consumption and the carbon footprint.

ValorMar – Full valorisation of marine resources: potential, technological innovation and new applications

This project has as basis the economy of the sea. It focuses on the valorisation of marine resources and aggregates entities of the Portuguese National Scientific System with relevant companies along the value chains. ValorMar intends to promote technological development and validate it through pilot demonstrations.

AlgaCO2 – Industrial cultivation of microalgae as a green strategy for atmospheric CO2 sequestration

ALGACO2 aimed at producing novel microalgae strains betting on their ability to capture CO2 and use it as a source to generate interesting compounds. A screening of potencial species was performed and scale up cultivation of the best candidates was undertaken, to validate production at industrial scale.