Innovation in forestry biomass residue processing: towards circular forestry with added value products
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PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
3 Climate-neutral societies
objective
3.1 Circular economy
Project type
Implementation
January 2023 - December 2025

CEforestry

The project CEforestry establishes cooperation among researchers, SMEs and large companies to support industrial symbiosis using forestry biomass residues in a more efficient way.
Project summary

CEforestry-Innovation in forestry biomass residue processing: towards circular forestry with added value products. The possibility of attaining additional innovation opportunities and earnings has been of interest to forest owners and forestry companies. However, there are also uncertainty factors and challenges to which this project aims to find responses for, e.g.  in the form of policy recommendations.  The objective of CEforestry has been to develop new and innovative practices in forestry and novel solutions to utilize forestry side stream in Baltic Sea Region. By developing eco-friendly extraction methods and exploring various applications, the project partners are turning biomass “waste” into valuable resources. An online map of available underutilized sawmill biomass residues has been created and a techno-economic analysis is ongoing in three application cases: production of extracts from spruce needles for food analogues; fermentation of spruce needle product for food analogues and isolation of tannins from bark for biocide application. The extracts from birch inner bark and spruce bark have been applied for the treatment of leather and as antimicrobial compounds in industrial waste water system respectively with successful results. The coordination of the project together with the cooperation between the partners, create a brand new network in this research area, both in each country and generally in Baltic Sea Region.

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Budgets

CEforestry
in numbers.
  • 2.36
    Million
    Total
  • 1.89
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.00
    Million
    Norway
  • 63.825656820.2630745
  • 56.947932624.1079726
  • 54.898213923.9044817
  • 63.833752923.159949927535937
  • 50.0834100519.926389490428306
  • 60.228981925.0184561
  • 56.861338124.3500612
  • 54.708026425.2995833
  • 63.825656820.2630745
  • 62.783093322.8235437
  • 60.18351035000000624.823976373066444
  • 50.2247964518.989441181830728

Project partners

Lead partnerSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • Town
    Umeå
  • Region
  • Country
    Sweden
  • Region
    Västerbottens län
Total partner budget
552,759.49
University of Latvia
  • Town
    Riga
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    Rīga
Total partner budget
244,755.60
Kaunas University of Technology
  • Town
    Kaunas
  • Region
  • Country
    Lithuania
  • Region
    Kauno apskritis
Total partner budget
196,148.50
Centria University of Applied Sciences
  • Town
    Kokkola
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Keski-Pohjanmaa
Total partner budget
292,123.01
Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Town
    Kraków
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Miasto Kraków
Total partner budget
117,484.48
Natural Resources Institute Finland
  • Town
    Helsinki
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Helsinki-Uusimaa
Total partner budget
297,070.90
JSC BIOLAT
  • Town
    Salaspils
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    Pierīga
Total partner budget
182,092.00
Bimala, LTD
  • Town
    Vilnius
  • Region
  • Country
    Lithuania
  • Region
    Vilniaus apskritis
Total partner budget
49,000.00
Umea University
  • Town
    Umeå
  • Region
  • Country
    Sweden
  • Region
    Västerbottens län
Total partner budget
134,685.82
Finnish Forest Centre
  • Town
    Seinäjoki
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Etelä-Pohjanmaa
Total partner budget
81,788.00
Aalto University
  • Town
    Espoo
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Helsinki-Uusimaa
Total partner budget
183,303.67
GreenBack Ltd.
  • Town
    Katowice
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Katowicki
Total partner budget
30,556.80

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Events

25-26
November
Project meeting 4 in Kracow
Project: CEforestry
Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
25. - 26. November 2024
08:30 - 13:30 (BST)
    27
    September
    European Researchers Night 2024
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    27. September 2024
    16:00 - 20:00 (BST)
    11-13
    September
    The pathway towards a Sustainable Development
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    11. - 13. September 2024
    09:00 - 16:00 (BST)
    27
    July
    Public discussion in Latvia
    Project: CEforestry
    Virtual Meeting
    27. July 2024
    09:00 - 15:00 (BST)
    03-06
    June
    Workshop + Ceforestry partner meeting 4-6 of June 2024
    Project: CEforestry
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    03. - 06. June 2024
    00:00 - 23:59 (BST)
    23
    May
    Project partner meeting
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    23. May 2024
    22-24
    April
    CEwater
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    22. - 24. April 2024
    00:00 - 23:59 (BST)
    09-12
    April
    Global Food Security Conference 9-12 April 2024
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    09. - 12. April 2024
    00:00 - 23:59 (BST)
    12
    March
    Conference in Latvia: Innovations in biomass processing for the development of bioeconomy
    Project: CEforestry
    Virtual Meeting
    12. March 2024
    08:30 - 16:00 (BST)
    23-24
    February
    CEForestry team presents at the study festival
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    23. - 24. February 2024
    08:00 - 16:00 (BST)
    17-18
    January
    2nd CEforestry partner meeting
    Project: CEforestry
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    17. - 18. January 2024
    08:30 - 14:00 (BST)
    19
    December
    Project Partner 3 and PP 11 meeting
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    19. December 2023
    23
    October
    Partners 3 and partner 8 internal meeting
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    23. October 2023
    08:00 - 16:00 (CET)
    11
    October
    Partner meeting at KTU Food institute
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    11. October 2023
    09:00 - 15:00 (CET)
    29
    September
    Wood ash - a resource to count with?
    Project: CEforestry
    Virtual Meeting
    29. September 2023
    08:30 - 11:00 (CET)
    04
    September
    Co-operation meeting with Kaunas Technical University
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    04. September 2023
    09:00 - 12:00 (CEST)
    15-16
    June
    1st CeForestry partner meeting
    Project: CEforestry
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    15. - 16. June 2023
    08:00 - 16:00 (EEST)
    16
    May
    Baltic Sea Power for Regional Green Growth
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    16. May 2023
    04
    May
    Rural Pact Conference
    Project: CEforestry
    Physical Meeting
    04. May 2023
    24-25
    January
    Kick off meeting CEforestry
    Project: CEforestry
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    24. - 25. January 2023

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