Biosurya joins the Bioaquapef project

BIOAQUAPEF is a Spain–France cross-border cooperation project that aims to develop and validate a sustainable biorefinery model to valorise native aquatic biomass from the POCTEFA area.

The project focuses on macroalgae harvested from the marine environment and spirulina from controlled cultivation, to obtain food proteins, biomolecules and extracts with potential applications across food, biotech and agricultural sectors.

BIOAQUAPEF will rely on innovative sequential extraction processes based on Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF), an advanced technology that improves extraction efficiency, reduces resource use and enables more sustainable processes.

The project addresses today's challenges in agri-food and the blue economy across the cross-border area, in a context shaped by climate change, pressure on natural resources and the need to diversify protein sources. It will help reduce dependence on traditional protein sources, foster the circular economy and create new opportunities for innovation and technology transfer between research centres, companies and territorial agents in Spain and France.

The consortium is led by Universidad de Zaragoza and brings together complementary partners on both sides of the border: microalgae producers (ATARAXIAL S.L.U. in Spain and GAEC LECODA — Spir'Up — in France), food companies such as Biosurya S.L. and DAYMSA, the Aragón Innovalimen Cluster and the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), together with associated partners that reinforce its territorial impact.

BIOAQUAPEF runs from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028, with a total budget of €1,091,753.69, co-financed at 65% by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg VI-A Spain-France-Andorra programme — POCTEFA 2021–2027.

Project BIOAQUAPEF EFA182/06 · Co-financed at 65% by the European Union through the Interreg VI-A Spain-France-Andorra programme (POCTEFA 2021–2027).