Description
Lignin has the potential to become the future aromatic raw material for the industry, but is largely underexploited due to lack of (information on) industrial availability, sustainable applications, environmental footprint. Economic considerations nonetheless make its valorisation mandatory for the viability of future biorefinery operations. To facilitate the transition of a complex, highly underexploited side stream to a major biorefinery product and industrial commodity raw material, a European network is established to join and coordinate the many efforts underway in academia and provide industrial stakeholders including SMEs relevant and up-to-date information on lignin covering topics such as:
1. WikiLignin: Database comprising lignin sources, availability, properties and repository of state-of-the-art analytical methodologies and turn key methods for industry
2. Bio- and chemo-catalytic conversion technologies including technology readiness level (TRL) assesment
3. Industrial application requirements (market demand) versus lignin properties (supply)
4. Development of value chains for lignin valorisation
5. Technical and full sustainability aspects, LCA, market potential and implementation.
From different disciplines this LignoCOST Action brings together industrial stakeholders, SMEs, academia and institutes from pan-European regions active in the pulp&paper, agri&food, biorefinery, chemicals and plastics, infra and building, fuels and energy, and consumer products industries.
The main objective of LignoCOST is to establish a sound network covering the entire value chain in which relevant information can be produced with a focus on lignin valorisation towards sustainable industrial applications. Only when working together this information can be gathered to cover the technical, non-technical, environmental and socio-economic implications of the most promising lignin value chains.
Action keywords
Collaboration network on lignin uses - Lignin valorisation - Novel economic lignin application - Sustainable lignin value chain - WikiLignin
Management Committee
Country | MC Member |
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Albania | |
Austria | |
Austria | |
Belgium | |
Belgium | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bulgaria | |
Bulgaria | |
Croatia | |
Croatia | |
Cyprus | |
Cyprus | |
Czech Republic | |
Denmark | |
Denmark | |
Estonia | |
Finland | |
France | |
France | |
Germany | |
Germany | |
Greece | |
Greece | |
Hungary | |
Hungary | |
Iceland | |
Iceland | |
Ireland | |
Ireland | |
Italy | |
Italy | |
Latvia | |
Latvia | |
Lithuania | |
Luxembourg | |
Netherlands | |
Netherlands | |
North Macedonia | |
North Macedonia | |
Norway | |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Poland | |
Portugal | |
Portugal | |
Romania | |
Romania | |
Serbia | |
Serbia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovenia | |
Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Spain | |
Sweden | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Switzerland | |
Türkiye | |
Türkiye | |
United Kingdom | |
United Kingdom |
Organisation/Partner Member | MC Observer |
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South Africa |
Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Leadership
Role | Leader |
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Action Chair | |
Action Vice-Chair | |
Grant Holder Scientific Representative | |
Science Communication Coordinator | |
Grant Awarding Coordinator | |
WG1 Leader | |
WG2 Leader | |
WG3 Leader | |
WG4 Leader | |
WG5 Leader |
Additional roles
Role | Leader |
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ITC CG Coordinator |
Working Groups
Number | Title | Leader |
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1 | WikiLignin | |
2 | Production and catalytic conversion technologies, including technology readiness level (TRL) assessment | |
3 | Industrial application requirements versus lignin properties | |
4 | Development of value chains for lignin valorisation | |
5 | Technical and full sustainability aspects, LCA, market deployment potential and implementation |
Membership
Name | Working Group | Country |
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WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Luxembourg | |
WG 1 | Romania | |
WG 1 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1 | Belgium | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Sweden | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 1, WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 4, WG 5 | Cyprus | |
WG 1 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | South Africa | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Slovakia | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Finland | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Austria | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | Serbia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | France | |
WG 2, WG 4, WG 5 | Norway | |
WG 2, WG 4 | ||
WG 2, WG 4 | Norway | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 2 | Czechia | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 2 | France | |
WG 2 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Finland | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | France | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Netherlands | |
WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 2 | Romania | |
WG 2 | Hungary | |
WG 2 | Finland | |
WG 2 | Slovenia | |
WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 2 | Lithuania | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Albania | |
WG 2 | Switzerland | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Greece | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Serbia | |
WG 2 | Bulgaria | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Slovakia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Ireland | |
WG 2 | Cyprus | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Serbia | |
WG 2 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 2 | Estonia | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Slovakia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Morocco | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 2, WG 4 | ||
WG 2 | Portugal | |
WG 2 | Poland | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Estonia | |
WG 2 | Greece | |
WG 2 | Estonia | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Latvia | |
WG 3 | North Macedonia | |
WG 3 | Lebanon | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Greece | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Slovenia | |
WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | France | |
WG 3 | Belgium | |
WG 3 | Bulgaria | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Slovenia | |
WG 3 | Austria | |
WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 3 | Netherlands | |
WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 3 | North Macedonia | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Switzerland | |
WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 3 | Denmark | |
WG 3 | Croatia | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 3 | Finland | |
WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 3 | Sweden | |
WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 3 | Greece | |
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 4 | Czechia | |
WG 4 | Czechia | |
WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 4, WG 5 | Netherlands | |
WG 4 | Serbia | |
WG 4 | ||
WG 4 | Sweden | |
WG 4 | ||
WG 4 | Ireland | |
WG 4, WG 5 | ||
WG 4 | Finland | |
WG 4 | Greece | |
WG 4 | Sweden | |
WG 5 | Spain | |
WG 5 | Greece | |
WG 5 | Greece | |
WG 5 | ||