STAR is built around five work packages, with a sixth work package managing the project.
WP1: Management and Coordination
WP2. Processing of cellulosic glucose to fructose rich stream for HMF production
WP3: Process design for HMF production scale up
WP4: Biocatalytic oxidation of HMF to FDCA
WP5. FDCA production based on furfural from C5 sugars
WP6. Techno-economic and life cycle assessments