Vegan Leather is a member of CrossRoads2: Sustainable Energy, which is financed by Interreg V Flanders-Netherlands, the cross-border cooperation programme with financial support from the European Regional Development Fund.
With the increase of automotive electrification; lightweight and high-performance materials like BIOPYRANIA polyamides are crucial. Simultaneously, the green energy sector demands clean hydrogen production, and BIOPYRANIA aims to improve anion exchange membranes with pyrazine-based polybenzimidazoles, to meet 22% of the global ’final energy‘ demand. Recycling will boost their circularity profile, while digital methodologies and comprehensive studies will support and accelerate these advancements.
Expanding on previous studies of pyrazine-based polyesters at Maastricht University, BIOPYRANIA shows that incorporating pyrazines into materials results in improved properties. By leveraging these properties, the project aims to develop sustainable polyamide (PA) and polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymers for high-performance applications in automotive electrification and green hydrogen production.
B4Plastics
ReSolved Technologies
Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation
BioG3D IKE
Hydrolite Ltd
Fibenol Imvere OU
Enco SRL
Centro Ricerche Fiat SCPA
Innovation in research & engineering solutions
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant vzw
Arkema France SA
Universitat des Saarlandes
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The BIOPYRANIA project targets significant economic, technical, societal, environmental, and scientific impacts, such as:
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101157892
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