Supported by the EC’s Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Development with a grant up to €7.6 million, the BIOCOUP project addresses the T6 thematic priority: Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems. The project, which started in May 2006, will last until 2011.

The critical process steps in BIOCOUP are currently developed on a laboratory-scale, which could make it possible to move into industrial pilots after the project is completed.