Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP)

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP) is an independent, state-of-the-art facility that operates from a laboratory level to a multiton scale. BBEPP is a service provider for process development, scale-up and custom manufacturing of biobased products and processes. A wide and flexible spectrum of modular unit operations enable the company to translate a biobased lab protocol into a viable industrial process. BBEPP is situated in the Port of Ghent in Belgium. It is an independent, open innovation pilot plant and is accessible for companies and research institutions throughout the world.

The team at BBEPP consists of highly trained and experienced engineers, process operators and technicians with a vast amount of know-how on both a scientific and technical level. The team assists in experimental set-up, process analysis and design, calculation of mass- and energy balances, and provides start-up assistance at an industrial scale.

BBEPP’s mission is to close the gap in the innovation chain of the bio-based economy, bridging science, and industrial production. The activities of BBEPP can be categorized in process development (TRL 3-4), scale up (TRL 5-6), and pilot and demo production to allow market introduction (TRL 7-8).