This deliverable D7.1 of SIROCO project, “Preliminary plan for exploitation” illustrates the exploitation framework including process phases results and target market, during and beyond the project, and also assessment of commercial viability of the supply chain and identification of critical dependencies.The present deliverable D7.1 is a public deliverable, which will be updated twice later in the project. The D7.1 aims to identify the project KERs and the initial possible exploitation paths.