Our history
Fall 2023

Pilot plant
Construction of the pilot plant (TRL 5)
12/10/2023

Italian Patent Application
First Italian patent application on the technology under development
Spring/Summer 2023

Lab-Scale prototype
Development, construction and testing of lab-scale prototype (TRL 3-4) for the Bioenergy&Biofuels Lab of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano
24/03/2023

R&D project
Grant of R&D fund according to the regional law n. 14 of December 13th, 2006
Project: OSIRHYS – Oxy-Steam gasification setup for Industrial Research on the conversion
of residual biomass to a HYdrogen-rich Syngas suitable for biofuel synthesis (CUP n.: B57H22005820001)
02.12.2022

Italian Innovation Award 2022
Winner of the Italian Innovation Award (Premio Nazionale per l’Innovazione) in the INDUSTRIAL sector.
Winner of the special award PoliHub – Innovation Park & Startup Accelerator.
27.10.2022

Winners of the SmartCup Liguria 2022 – Category Industrial
Winners of the following special awards:
- Ansaldo Energia e Ansaldo Green Tech award
- “Impact 4 Clime” award from Innovatec Venture
- Genova Chamber of Commerce award
- Innovup award
- Audience award “Marco Paganuzzi”
18.05.2022

Preliminary phase of R&D projects
Grant of R&D fund according to the regional law n. 14 of December 13th, 2006
Project: OSWAB – Oxy-Steam technology for small-scale conversion of residual Wood to Advanced Biofuels (CUP n.: B57H22002460001)
01.03.2022

Incubation at FILSE BIC
Incubation in a co-working space at FILSE BIC incubator of Genoa
01.02.2022

Incubation at NOI Techpark
Incubation at NOI Techpark South-Tyrol, whose board evaluated our business plan positively and admitted BiSTEMS as a resident Company
21.01.2022

Foundation
Foundation of the startup BiSTEMS srl
Spring 2021

Pre-Incubation Programme
Award of a Pre-Incubation position at NOI Techpark South-Tyrol