Isle Utilities (Isle) hosted the 1st Innovation Workshop for the VIVALDI Project, aimed at turning CO2 emissions into sustainable bioproducts.
The VIVALDI project aims to develop an innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective biotechnological solution to convert off-gas emissions from bio-based industries into valuable CO2-based chemicals. The project not only seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also to repurpose them as novel feedstocks, reducing dependency on fossil fuels and mitigating the exploitation of critical resources such as energy, raw materials, freshwater, and land.
The Innovation Workshop brought together the VIVALDI project consortium and industry experts to explore the future of this groundbreaking solution.
1st VIVALDI Innovation Workshop
On June 11 2024, Isle hosted the first Innovation Workshop for the VIVALDI Project at the headquarters of one of the industrial project partner, Novamont, in Novara (Italy).
It provided a unique platform for the project consortium to connect with industry experts from the biorefinery, biochemical, and bioethanol sectors. This one-day forum was designed to foster collaboration and facilitate the exchange of feedback from end-users to accelerate the commercialization of the technologies being developed.
The VIVALDI Project is at a crucial stage in its development, and engaging directly with industry stakeholders is essential to ensuring its success. The Innovation Workshop allowed VIVALDI technology developers to gather critical feedback on their technologies and explore opportunities for their future exploitation in real-world applications.
The Innovation Workshop included three in-depth presentations from technology developer partners, offering exclusive insights into the progress of three of the innovations developed in the project and showcasing their potential to revolutionise industries reliant on carbon-based feedstocks. Industry expert attendees participated in a comprehensive discussion of the technologies, offering feedback through a structured SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis. The input provided by these experts will play a crucial role in refining the VIVALDI project’s solutions as they move toward commercialization.
The industry expert feedback was focused on the future potential of the technologies, with particular emphasis on their applicability to the biorefining and bioethanol sectors. These valuable insights will help shape the next stages of development, ensuring that the Vivaldi project’s solutions meet the needs of the industries it is designed to serve.
The Innovation Workshop marked an important milestone in the journey of VIVALDI project and underscored the importance of collaboration between technology developers and end-users to drive innovation and sustainability.
In the next year, Isle will host the 2nd Innovation Workshop to further enhance the impact of the innovative technologies developed within the project.
To find out more about the VIVALDI project visit the project website and follow the project on social media (LinkedIn and Twitter).
