| Partner | Expertise related to the project | Involvement in WPs |
| University of Helsinki Finland |
Lignocellulose enzymology, characterization of enzymes, hydrolysis mechanisms and technology, management | WP2, WP3, WP7 |
| VTT Finland |
Hydrolysis and fermentation, cellulases, yeast metabolic engineering, evaluation of fermenting organisms | WP2, WP3, WP4 |
| ROAL Oy Finland |
Industrial production of enzymes, development of enzymes | WP2 |
| University of Copenhagen Denmark |
Pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation technologies, hydrolytic mechanisms, scale-up, evaluation of feasibility | WP1, WP3, WP5 |
| Holm Christensen Biosystemer ApS Denmark |
Development and design of process equipment, evaluation of feasibility and process concepts | WP5, WP6 |
| National Technical University of Athens Greece |
Development of fermenting and enzyme producing organisms, fermentation technology, evaluation | WP4 |
| Univeristy of Tartu Estonia |
Enzyme kinetics, enzyme action mechanisms, concepts for improved enzymes | WP2, WP3 |
| BioGold Estonia |
Pretreatment, design and testing of process concepts | WP1, WP5, WP6 |
| INBICON A/S Denmark |
Raw material processing, scale up, bioconversion technology development, energy and ethanol production | WP1, WP5, WP6 |
The resources in the universities and the research organization comprise about 61% of the total resources, the industrial partners invest about 20% and the SMEs about 19% of the total expenditure. The resources are divided to the different tasks as follows: basic development 36%, process design and optimization 31%, process development and up-scaling 20%, demonstration and evaluation 9% and project management 4%.
Distribution of RTD efforts between type of partners (A) and type of activities (B)