Research

Research proposals led by ACP Partners have 2 key characteristics. They are

Built on the theme of 2nd generation biofuels and biochemicals from renewable biomass to replace fossil oil-based, bulk chemicals.
Embrace an Innovation Platform as an integrated approach for knowledge generation, compilation and transfer with partners, the aim being to facilitate the development of business cases by integrating stakeholder partnerships and activities.

Drivers of ACP project research themes were:

Sustainability
Water. A scenario of ‘peak water’ has major food security implications for continental Africa and other arid, water-poor regions. Sewerage and liquid bio-waste in Africa poses a formidable risk to human and environmental health through the dispersal of waterborne pathogens and toxic organic and inorganic compounds, but more than 80% of Africa is without conventional waste water treatment works and where these exist many are in disrepair, underperform or are overloaded.
Energy supply security and oil price volatility
Climate change mitigation

Two themes prevailed in particular:

Glycerol and biochemicals from halophytic (salt-loving) microalgae, and
Biogas and chemicals from agricultural and other wastes.

The 3 key elements of innovation processes to ensure successful use of research for impact:

End-user involvement in research and innovation;
Multi‐actor processes that foster interaction to get innovation into use and have impact; and
Embedded-ness/ownership and interdependence of innovation processes in local institutional, policy and political contexts.

ACP Partner-led projects were multi-disciplinary by nature and multi-type by stakeholder.

ACP Partner Research Proposals 2010-2013

Call	Proposal ID, project value	Title	Partners
EuropeAid	130454/L/ACT/GH €410,000	EnGAGE: Ghana Action for Energy Governance Enhancement- engaging communities in energy planning	2 Partners from Ghana, Italy
FP7: 2011.3.7-1 Energy Development of new or improved sustainable bio-energy carriers	FP7-283027-1 €6,587,000.00 (EU grant request €4,835,000.00)	GLYCAL: Glycerol power from microalgae	9 Partners from South Africa, Namibia, UK, Israel, Germany, Holland, Greece
Durban University	MSc by Research	Microalgal cultivation ponds for obtaining the next generation biofuel, glycerol	2 Partners from South Africa, UK
FP7-ENERGY-2011.3.7-1 Development of new or improved sustainable bio-energy carriers	№ 283027-2 € 7,277,939.00 (EU grant request €5,313,700.00)	GLYCAL: Glycerol power from microalgae	9 Partners from 7 countries (UK, South Africa, Namibia, Israel, Germany, Holland, Greece).
FP7 ENERGY.2012.3.2.1 Biofuels from microalgae or macroalgae	№ 308876-1 €2,886,132 (EU grant request €2,241,651.00)	GLYCAL: Glycerol power from microalgae	9 Partners from 6 countries (UK, South Africa, Israel, Germany, Holland, Greece)
FP7-KBBE-2012-6 CP-FP-SICA CP-FP-SICA	№ 311934. €3,681,783 (EU grant request €3,000,000.00)	Biovalue: Conversion of bio-waste in developing countries.	14 Partners from 6 countries (UK; Ghana; South Africa; Czech; Austria; Kenya.)
EU EuropeAid ‘Non State Actors and Local Authorities in Development In-country interventions 2012 NAMIBIA’.		AcCESS – Active Citizenship and Sustainable Energy Services in Henties Bay.	2 Partners from Italy and Namibia
COOPERATION"-Call ID " KBBE.2013.3.2-02 The CO2 algae biorefinery	№ 613870 € 9,965,068.22 (EU contribution €7,177,440.00)	D-Factory: The Microalgae Biorefinery	13 Partners from 8 countries (UK, Israel, Germany, Holland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sweden)

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Science and Technology Programme
Grant Contract: FED/2009/217066

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