BACKGROUND
CLIFF - Clustering Innovation Competence of Future Fuels in Power Production- is a three year joint project between seven industrial partners. These are Amec Foster Wheeler Energia Oy, Valmet Technologies Oy, UPM-Kymmene Oyj, Andritz Oy, Top Analytica Oy Ab, Clyde Bergemann GmbH and International Paper Inc. The activities within the CLIFF-project can be divided in two parts – a company part and a common platform activity part, here called the CLIFF Common Platform. These www-pages represent the CLIFF Common Platform.

The CLIFF Common Platform includes research, development and innovation work subcontracted from five research organizations in Finland. These are Åbo Akademi University, Aalto University, Tampere University of Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. A part of the common platform activities is also done by Top Analytica.

The CLIFF Common Platform is coordinated by Åbo Akademi University, while the CLIFF-project is coordinated by Top Analytica.

OBJECTIVE
The activities within the common platform aim to support the partners´ development of innovations and new business in the area of future utilization of biomass and wastes as energy sources.

The topics of the common platform activities are focussed on selected physical and chemical phenomena and processes which are found to be important when new solutions and products are being developed to the global market by the partners. The topics are not directly connected to any specific novel products being developed, but rather focus on generic, deeper understanding of aspects of strategic importance to the partners in their next generation of business concepts and products.

The research results from the common platform will to a large extent be published in scientific journals and international conferences and will also be parts of a number of academic theses (Doctoral and Masters).

The CLIFF Common Platform is divided into five work packages, which in turn contain a number of tasks. The five work packages are:

WP 0. Scientific coordination
WP 1. Fuels and feedstock
WP 2. Theoretical and modelling
WP 3. Materials
WP 4. Information

Project organization and funding principles

Contacts
Project Coordinator: Bengt-Johan Skrifvars Dr., Top Analytica Oy Ab
phone: +358 (0)405246403
e-mail: bengt-johan.skrifvars@topanalytica.com                                                                             

Platform Responsible Leader: prof. Mikko Hupa, Åbo Akademi University
phone: +358 (0)400630801
e-mail: mikko.hupa@abo.fi

Platform Program Manager: Patrik Yrjas Dr., Åbo Akademi University
phone: +358 (0)407226697
e-mail: patrik.yrjas@abo.fi

For participants