Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-06-16

Description

Description (EN):

The project establishes a network of underground laboratories across the Baltic Sea region, which works as an open innovation platform facilitating scientific technology transfer and best practices exchange. It improves access of small and medium sized enterprises to the laboratories and exploits potential for incubating innovative businesses in various fields, e.g. mining, tunnel construction, radiation shielding systems testing, and thermal energy production. Underground laboratories as platforms for innovation and new businesses: The project BSUIN develops the service of Baltic Sea region's underground laboratories offering their infrastructures for business development and innovation. Besides scientific research, underground laboratories can provide unique environments for various businesses, such as developing technology for mining and tunnel construction equipment, radiation shielding systems or for testing geophysical, radiation detection and other measurement instruments. Underground laboratories can also become sites for production, which is a new and growing field, especially in the production of geothermal energy and facilitating the food production. Wider scope of services and improved accessibility: Currently, the Baltic Sea underground laboratories operate separately and their capacity to offer services to businesses is mostly limited to a regional or national level. Their service and marketing activities have been targeted mainly at scientific use. The BSUIN project widens this service by creating a network of the Baltic Sea Region’s underground laboratories, including the Callio Lab in Pyhäsalmi mine (Finland), Äspö Hard Rock laboratory (Sweden), FLB-Research and Education Mine "Reiche Zeche" (Germany), KGHM CUPRUM R&D Centre in Wrocław (Poland), the Underground Museum of Khlopin Institute in St Petersburg (Russia), and Ruskeala marble mine in Karelia (Russia) in order to provide all users, including small and medium sized enterprises, an easy access to unique environments for business development and innovation. Joint efforts and networking: As a main outcome of the project, the BSUIN consortium creates a sustainable network which enables to disseminate the technical, marketing, operational quality, training and other information about underground laboratories in the Baltic Sea region. The web based tools and the network organisation shall work as an open innovation platform for further quality development, innovation and best practices exchange. The project has a total of 14 full partners (2 FI, 2 SE, 2 GE, 3 PL, 1 LT, 1 LV, 1 EE, 2 RU) and 15 associated organisations.

Achievements (EN):

The six underground laboratories that form the BSUIN network have been analysed regarding their geophysical, radioactive background, structural and organisational characteristics, as these factors influence the services they offer. All the collected information was incorporated in a web-based tool that helps the network’s customers select the most relevant laboratory. The formal establishment of the ‘European Underground Laboratories’ out of the initial BSUIN network provides scope for further development within the project and beyond. CUPRUM ltd (Poland) and the University of Oulu (Finland) identified the main methods to monitor the stability of the underground space in order to ensure the safety of tourists visiting underground laboratories. One of those methods was patented in Russia and is currently used in the Ruskeala mining park (Russia). The project partners are planning to further develop this method and patent it in the EU, if feasible. In cooperation with the department of architecture of the University of Oulu and the Centre for Occupational Health (Finland), an intelligent lighting pilot study has been launched in Callio Lab in Pyhäsalmi mining in Finland. Its goal is to improve the working conditions in underground spaces by adjusting the light to the actual weather conditions and the phase of the day. Follow-up activities: The BSUIN project continues as the project EUL. http://interreg-baltic.eu/project/bsuin/

Website: http://www.bsuin.eu

Delivered Outputs (EN): Natural radioactive background characterization results Structural data, recommendations and reports Documented needs for future infrastructural improvements in specific ULs Transnational BSUIN network installation Open innovation platform

Thematic information

Scientific cooperation Clustering and economic cooperation

Specific Objective: ‘Research and innovation infrastructures’: To enhance market uptake of innovation based on improved capacity of research and innovation infrastructures and their users

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority: (01a) enhancing research and innovation (R&I) infrastructure and capacities to develop R&I excellence, and promoting centres of competence, in particular those of European interest

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Oulun yliopisto

Department: Kerttu Saalasti Institute

Address: Pajatie 5, 85500 Nivala, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.oulu.fi/ksi-eng/

Total budget: EUR 750 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 562 500.00

Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu Oy (Oamk)

Name: Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu Oy (Oamk)

Department: Business

Address: Teuvo Pakkalan katu 19, 90130 Oulu, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.oamk.fi

Total budget: EUR 199 505.05

ERDF budget: EUR 149 628.78

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

Name: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

Department: Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Address: Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.us.edu.pl/

Total budget: EUR 211 788.29

ERDF budget: EUR 180 020.04

Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB

Name: Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB

Department: Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory

Address: Evenemangsgatan 13 Postal box 3091, 16903 Solna, Sweden

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.skb.se/

Total budget: EUR 500 000.05

ERDF budget: EUR 375 000.03

KGHM CUPRUM Sp. z o.o. – Centrum Badawczo-Rozwojowe

Name: KGHM CUPRUM Sp. z o.o. – Centrum Badawczo-Rozwojowe

Department: Rock Engineering Department

Address: ul. Sikorskiego 2-8, 53-659 Wrocław, Poland

Legal status: private

Website (not verified): http://www.cuprum.wroc.pl

Total budget: EUR 198 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 168 725.00

Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF)

Name: Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF)

Department: Chair of Underground Mining Methods

Address: Fuchsmühlenweg 9, 09599 Freiberg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://tu-freiberg.de/en/fakultaet3/tiefbau

Total budget: EUR 389 722.25

ERDF budget: EUR 292 291.68

Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ)

Name: Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ)

Department: Centre for Scientific Drilling

Address: Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.gfz-potsdam.de

Total budget: EUR 184 618.10

ERDF budget: EUR 138 463.57

Vilniaus Universitetas

Name: Vilniaus Universitetas

Department: Business School

Address: Universiteto st. 3, LT-01513 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vu.lt

Total budget: EUR 184 605.00

ERDF budget: EUR 156 914.25

Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych

Name: Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych

Department: Astrophysics Division

Address: ul. Andrzeja Sołtana 7, 05-400 Otwock, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ncbj.gov.pl

Total budget: EUR 200 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 170 000.00

Baltic Scientific Instruments (BSI)

Name: Baltic Scientific Instruments (BSI)

Address: Ramulu street 3, LV-1005 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.bsi.lv

Total budget: EUR 200 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 170 000.00

Карельский научный центр РАН (КарНЦ РАН)

Name: Карельский научный центр РАН (КарНЦ РАН)

Department: Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KarRC RAS)

Address: 11 Pushkinskaya Street , 185910 Petrozavodsk, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.krc.karelia.ru/

Total budget: EUR 166 870.40

ENI budget: EUR 141 839.84

«Радиевый институт имени В. Г. Хлопина»

Name: «Радиевый институт имени В. Г. Хлопина»

Department: Joint stock company "Khlopin Radium Institute"

Address: 2-y Murinskiy pr., 28, , 194021 Sankt-Peterburg, Russia

Legal status: private

Website (not verified): http://www.khlopin.ru/en/

Total budget: EUR 60 000.00

ENI budget: EUR 51 000.00

Tallinna Tehnikaülikool

Name: Tallinna Tehnikaülikool

Department: Department of Geology

Address: Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://ttu.ee/geoloogia-instituut

Total budget: EUR 100 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 85 000.00

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University of Oulu

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Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OUAS)

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University of Silesia in Katowice (USK)

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Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co.(SKB)

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KGHM Cuprum Research & development Centre Ltd. (CUPRUM)

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TU Bergakademie Freiberg Technical University (TUBAF)

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German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)

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Vilnius University

Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network

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National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ)

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Baltic Scientific Instruments (BSI)

Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network

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Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KarRC RAS)

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Joint stock company "Khlopin Radium Institute" (KHLOPIN)

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Tallinn University of Technology

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Summary

Project name (EN): Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network

Project acronym: BSUIN

Project start date: 2017-10-01

Project end date: 2021-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 345 609.14

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 641 383.19

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 79.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 448 543.35.
ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 192 839.84.

Third-country contribution: 96 419.92

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Websites / webtools / webforums / cooperative platforms

EMPOWERING UNDERGROUND LABORATORIES NETWORK USAGE

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/bsuin/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://bsuin.eu/

Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network - Interreg Baltic Sea Region

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://projects.interreg-baltic.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/bsuin/

Reports

Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network - organizational characterization

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2020-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

REPORT- Geophysical characterization

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Report of A2.2 Natural radioactive background characterization

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2020-08-13

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Report of WP3.2 Service Design by Päivi Aro & Helena Ahola, OUAS

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2020-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Underground laboratories Innovation management – A guideline for innovation management and support for innovation processes

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2020-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Report of WP3.5 Marketing Design by Päivi Aro & Helena Ahola, OUAS

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Health & Safety in Underground Environment

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2020-05-29

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Underground farming

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Geothermal potential, possibilities and best practices (WP2.3)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Some technologies for underground space mapping

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Business Analysis

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Underground laboratories – Quality assessment and analysis (WP3.4)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2020-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

Underground laboratories working environment common standard

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Best practices from the Uls to Uls in underground working environment

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Design of Underground Laboratory Prototype complying requirements and best practices in deep copper mine conditions

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2020-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

A working model of underground pilot facility

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2019-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Documented needs for future infrastructural improvements in specific Uls

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2021-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Experiences and best practices from the pilot case at Callio Lab, Finland

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-29

Document date: 2021-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

Tiedon valossa: Hyvinvointia mukautuvalla ja älykkäällä valaistuksella

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://bsuin.eu/

Publication date: 2022-07-30

Document date: 2021-05-10

Languages: en

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-06-16

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

200 / 200 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

2 025 / 2 025 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg-baltic.eu/home.html), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-30.

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