VIVALDI turns co2 emissions into sustainable bioproducts

VIVALDI project will develop an innovative, sustainable and cost-efficient biotechnological solution to convert off-gas emissions from bio-based Industries into CO2-based chemicals. In this way, the industry’s greenhouse gases emissions will not only be reduced, but will be used as a novel feedstock, lowering the dependency on fossil fuels import and the exploitation of key resources such as energy, raw material, freshwater and land.

Project Concept

VIVALDI project will develop an integrated solution to convert the CO2 emissions of bio-industries into 4 added-value organic acids: lactic acid (LA), succinic acid (SA), itaconic acid (IA) and 3-hydroxypropionic.

These acids can re-enter in the production process of biorefineries to enhance their sustainability, or become building blocks for novel biomaterials.

Latest News

08.09.2023 About our partners

Three presentations showcase VIVALDI project’s progress and results at EUISMET6

From 6-8 September, a VIVALDI project delegation joined the EUISMET6, the sixth European Meeting of The International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET). During the 3-day...
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28.07.2023 About the project

New study on bioelectrochemical ammonium recovery from wastewater published on the Chemical Engineering Journal

Congratulations to our partners from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB): Mariella Galeano López, Albert Guisasola Canudas, Mira Sulonen, Zainab Ul Kausar, Mireia Baeza Labat and Juan Antonio Ba...
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25.07.2023 About our partners

Biotec2023 features a presentation of the VIVALDI project held by consortium partner UAB

From 17-20 July, Sílvia Àvila Cabré, PhD student at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), was in Madrid at Biotec2023 to present the VIVALDI project. Since 1986, the XVIII Congress of the S...
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From Twitter

📄 Featuring the work done in the VIVALDI project, our colleagues at @ElectricUfz have recently published a new study!
Discover the limits of #electrochemical #co2 reduction at biocompatible conditions and potential ways to overcome them ➡️ http://bit.ly/44cbdTd

@PanizIzadi @ElectricUfz giving an overview keynote talk on electrobiorefineries at #meepsymposium

Project Impact

Contributing to the transition to a low carbon economy and reach European climate targets

Negative to neutral CO2 emissions in the production of organic acids
-20% cost & energy demand for the production of organic acids compared to fossil-based industries

-25% cost for ammonia recovery from industrial wastewater

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Such organic acids are lactic acid (LA), succinic acid (SA), itaconic acid (IA) and 3-hydroxypropionic. Organic acids are important for the chemical industry as they are the building blocks for the production of chemicals including biobased products.

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Such organic acids are lactic acid (LA), succinic acid (SA), itaconic acid (IA) and 3-hydroxypropionic. Organic acids are important for the chemical industry as they are the building blocks for the production of chemicals including biobased products.

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Cost reduction of the recovery of ammonia (50 g N/m2/d) with a novel bioelectrochemical methodology.

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