BIOPYRANIA: advanced bio-based materials for circular value chains in e-mobility and green hydrogen
BIOPYRANIA transforms second-generation biomass and woody residues into high-performance bio-based polymers for strategic industrial applications, supporting Europe’s transition towards a circular, climate-neutral economy.
Funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking under Horizon Europe, the project is working on developing sustainable aromatic polymers and blends from European waste wood and forestry residues. By replacing fossil-based raw materials with renewable alternatives, BIOPYRANIA helps reduce dependence on petrochemical feedstocks and strengthens Europe’s strategic autonomy in materials.
The project targets electric mobility and green hydrogen. It will develop lightweight, durable bio-based polyamides for automotive applications and innovative polybenzimidazole materials for anion exchange membranes used in electrolysers and fuel cells.
BIOPYRANIA is building circular value chains from biomass to final application by integrating biorefinery, fermentation, polymer synthesis, validation, recycling and sustainability assessment. This approach improves resource efficiency, reduces waste and enables high-quality recycling of complex polymer products, avoiding downcycling and supporting secondary raw materials.
The project combines biotechnology, chemistry, digital modelling, safe-and-sustainable-by-design principles, life-cycle assessment, toxicological evaluation and techno-economic analysis to accelerate scalable solutions with lower impacts and market potential.
It brings together 13 partners from academia, research organisations, SMEs and industry.
- The project aims to include scalable fermentation and biorefinery processes, kg-scale production of sustainable polymer building blocks, bio-based polyamides for electric vehicles and advanced polybenzimidazole materials for electrolysers and fuel cells.
- It will also develop mechanical and hydrothermal recycling solutions, digital tools to accelerate polymer design and safe-and-sustainable-by-design production methods using green solvents.
- BIOPYRANIA aims to reduce fossil feedstock dependence, improve circularity and support Europe’s strategic autonomy in advanced materials while lowering waste generation and CO2 emissions.
- Read all about the project here!