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.

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02.04.2025 About the project

VIVALDI contributes to CO2SMOS Final Conference – Advancing the Circular Bio-based Industry

Our project coordinator, Albert Guisasola Canudas, presented the VIVALDI project at the "CO2SMOS Final Conference: Advancing the Circular Bio-based Industry", which took place on 1 April 2025 in Bruss...
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03.03.2025 About our partners

VIVALDI poster presented at the 8th International Conference on Multifunctional Hybrid and Nanomaterials

On 3-6 March, the 8th International Conference on Multifunctional Hybrid and Nanomaterials (HybridMaterials2025) took place in Montpellier, France. The conference included expert plenary and keynote...
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24.02.2025 About the project

VIVALDI workshop “Transforming Waste into Resources: Yeast Fermentation for Circular Bioproduction”

On 14 February 2025, the VIVALDI consortium held a webinar dedicated to innovative yeast-based solutions for turning CO₂-derived methanol, formic acid, and cotton waste into valuable organic acids a...
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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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