The Hanseatic city of Anklam, Suiker Unie GmbH & Co. KG and the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology in Greifswald have successfully applied for funding for a concept phase as part of the "WIR! – Change through Innovation in the Region" programme run by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). A total of 130 draft proposals were submitted to the BMBF.
The WIR! alliance "biogeniV – Utilisation of biogenic residues in eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" is one of 44 alliances selected for funding for a nine-month concept phase.
The aim is to form as extensive a network of partners as possible with a view to improving the material and chemical processing of biological CO2 and other residues from, for example, biogas and bioethanol plants using new processes. The aim is to promote a sustainable regional circular economy and to develop and establish new technologies. During the concept phase, the broad-based, interdisciplinary and cross-sector alliance will be strengthened in order to harness the scientific, economic and social innovation potential of the topic in eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Important aspects here are increasing added value and strengthening and sustainably developing the economy and labour market in the region. To this end, the alliance is developing an innovative implementation strategy, the WIR! concept, during the concept phase. It is scheduled to start on 1 September 2020.
The concept phase is being funded with 250,000 euros. If it is successfully completed with a convincing WIR! concept, further funding will be made available. In this implementation phase, the measures and projects developed in the concept can be funded with several million euros over a period of six years.
