Industrial Crops producing added value Oils for Novel chemicals

Replacing fossil oil with renewable resources is perhaps the most urgent need and the most challenging task that human society faces today. Cracking fossil hydrocarbons and building the desired chemicals with advanced organic chemistry usually requires many times more energy than is contained in the final product. Thus, using plant material in the chemical industry does not only replace the fossil material contained in the final product but also save substantial energy in the processing.

Short name and number: 
ICON (211400)
Name of US Partner: 
DONALD DANFORD PLANT SCIENCE CENTER, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Contact: 

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET

Participating Countries: 
China
Area: 

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology

Category: 

FP7 Project with U.S. partner