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Sustainable Algae Biorefinery for Agriculture aNd Aquaculture (SABANA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

SABANA aims at developing a large-scale integrated microalgae-based biorefinery for the production of biostimulants, biopesticides and feed additives, in addition to biofertilizers and aquafeed, using only marine water and nutrients from wastewaters (sewage, centrate and pig manure). The objective is to achieve a zero-waste process at a demonstration scales up to 5 ha sustainable both environmenta ...
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Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets (NoAW)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

NoAW : No Agro-Waste.Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets.Driven by a “near zero-waste” society requirement, the goal of NoAW project is to generate innovative efficient approaches to convert growing agricultural waste issues into eco-efficient bio-based products opportunities with direct benefits for both environment, economy and EU consumer. To ach ...
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An innovative concept to improve resource and energy efficiency in treatment of Pulp and Paper industry effluents (EffiSludge for LIFE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

... Objectives The main aim of the EffiSludge for LIFE project is to build and operate the first ever demonstration plant that substantially increases the biogas potential from wastewater generated within the pulp and paper industry, and at the same time lowers electricity consumption by 50%. The project will introduce an innovative process at pilot scal ...
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Tackling international airline catering waste by demonstrating integral and safe recollection, separation & treatment (LIFE Zero Cabin Waste)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background At global level, air passengers generate 0.82 kg to 2.5 kg of waste, depending on distance and flight class, with an average of 1.43 kg (IATA, 2014). According to the Airports Council International (ACI), there were about 6.3 billion plane passengers worldwide in 2013, which equates to an annual estimate of 9 billion kg of waste. To date, mos ...
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Groene Kaskade

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

...ene Kaskade wants to seize the opportunities to further expand the bio-economy in the German-Dutch border region via the improved use/exploitation of all input and output streams that are part of the biogas value chain. A consortium of partners deals with this topic through concrete innovative cooperative processes. Via 13 work packages and 1 supporting work package the project aims at improving t ...
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OPTImised nutrients MAnagement from Livestock production in Alto Adige (LIFE-OPTIMAL2012)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Spreading of manure on land is a main source of ammonia emissions in the atmosphere. This issue is addressed by Directive 2001/81/EC (“National Emissions Ceiling for certain pollutants” - NEC Directive), which aims to ensure greater protection of the environment and human health from the harmful effects caused by the phenomena of acidificat ...
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Triggering Sustainable Biogas Energy Communities through Social Innovation (ISABEL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Community energy sits high in the energy policy agenda as an inseparable part of the strategy towards a low-carbon EU economy. Sustainable biogas technologies have been extremely slow in catching up with community energy developments, failing to benefit from their undeniable potential. ISABEL aims to remove the obstacles and to promote community biogas in the EU by bringing out its societal releva ...
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BiogasAction: Promotion of sustainable biogas production in EU (BiogasAction)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

BiogasAction aim to serve as vehicle for the development of the European biogas sector and thereby contribute to the EU 2020 targets by focusing on removing non-technical barriers to widespread production of biogas/biomethane from manure and other waste. Central driver is the cooperation between different policy levels at EU, national and regional level. The project will boost biogas development i ...
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Increasing Social Awarness and ACceptance of biogas and biomethane (ISAAC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

Although Italy has a great potential for biogas production, many non-technical barriers are still present in the current framework. Some of the limiting factors involve public acceptance of the biogas facilities diffusion, as well as lack of a reliable coordination between different stakeholders. Furthermore, normative and legislative inadequacies and deficiencies haven’t facilitated the implement ...
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LIFE BIOGAS XPOSE - Maximized biogaspotential from resource innovation in the Biogas Öst region (LIFE BIOGAS XPOSE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 29, 2018,

...re facing. The EU has set ambitious goals to meet its climate change objectives, including a 20% reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and a 20% share of energy from renewable sources by 2020. Biogas is seen as a particularly important and useful area of investigation for achieving these goals. Sustainably-produced biogas can be used as vehicle fuel, replacing fossil fuels and substantially ...
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BIOmethane as SUstainable and Renewable Fuel (BIOSURF)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The objective of BIOSURF (BIOmethane as SUstainable and Renewable Fuel) is to increase the production and use of biomethane (from animal waste, other waste materials and sustainable biomass), for grid injection and as transport fuel, by removing non-technical barriers and by paving the way towards a European biomethane market. This objective will be achieved through the following founding pillars: ...
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Uptake of Solid Bioenergy in European Commercial Sectors (Industry, Trade, Agricultural and Service Sectors) – Bioenergy for Business (Bioenergy4Business)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"A consortium led by the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA) developed the project "Uptake of Solid Bioenergy in European Commercial Sectors (Industry, Trade, Agricultural and Service Sectors) – Bioenergy for Business" for the EU-Programme Horizon 2020’s Call 2014 (LCE14). The project partners include a combination of energy agencies, national biomass associations and research-oriented partners with spec ...
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Advanced Technologies for Biogas Efficiency Sustainability and Transport (ATBEST)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

"The ATBEST ITN will develop innovative research and training for the biogas industry in Europe. It comprises eight training sites located in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Sweden and is a multidisciplinary collaboration between internationally-renowned research teams and industrial partners, each with complementary expertise in a wide range of environmental technologies. 12 ESRs and 2 ERs will be r ...
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Model for a green energy autonomous office building (The Autonomous Office)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background The building and construction sector accounts for 40-45% of energy consumption in Europe , as well as having the largest share in the use of natural resources, by land use and by materials extraction. Energy use, liquid and solid waste generation, transport of construction materials, and consumption of hazardous materials are other examples of ...
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Rapid deployable kits as seeds for self-recovery (S(P)EEDKITS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

...oped to drastically reduce the volume and weight for transportation.Examples of targeted innovations: lightweight but durable and thermally isolating tent materials, novel concepts for energy supply (biogas from sanitation), textile to line pit latrines, light weight textiles to store and distribute water and smart packaging of materials (matryoshka doll principle, i.e. smaller units in medium one ...
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INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE FOOD WASTE TREATMENT (FoodWasteTreatment)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

Background According to EUROSTAT data, food waste from manufacturing, food services and catering, and retail and wholesale sectors represents 58% of all food waste generated in the EU and is responsible for 99 million tonnes/yr of CO2 emissions – the equivalent of almost 2% of the total EU emissions in 2008. Increases in both population and disposable i ...
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Assessing, Capturing & Utilising Methane from Expired and Non-operational landfill (ACUMEN)

Start date: Sep 3, 2012, End date: Aug 28, 2015,

Background Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2). At a global level, the methane in landfill gas contributes to climate change. The UK, and the European Union generally, has a huge legacy of closed landfill sites, many of which are derelict or under-used. They represent a significant li ...
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Využívanie obnoviteľných zdrojov energie s cieľom ochrany životného prostredia / Az újrahasznosítható energiaforrások felhasználása a környezetvédelem céljából (Využívanie OZE s cieľom ochrany ŽP / Az ÚEF felhasználása a környezetvédelemért)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

...asures to achieve the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol. The main outputs of the project are the establishment of the biogas plant for processing biomass and producing energy from it, using the dry fermentation technology. The other output is a new solar power plant with a power of 27 kWp and 43 kWp and also, geothermal energy is used for energy purposes, which makes it possible for the community c ...
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Saponification pre-treatment and biosensors based control system for slaughterhouse waste anaerobic digestion improvement (ADAW)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

...tment of non-risk animal waste. Slaughterhouse waste is characterised by high content of lipids, which difficult other treatment strategies, like anaerobic digestion (AD). Current AD technologies for biogas production are still suffering from technical and economical obstacles, which are limiting its use as an energy source. Therefore, EU slaughterhouse holders need new solutions with improved cos ...
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Novel algae-based solution for CO2 capture and biomass production (ALGADISK)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The aim of the ALGADISK project is to develop a modular, scalable, and automatic biofilmreactor for Algae biomass production, with low operational and installation costs. Thereactor will be designed to capture CO2 from industrial emissions to produce high valueorganic products. In this system, algae will be grown both in an aqueous environment andon biocompatible surfaces, allowing for CO2 absorpt ...
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The beneficial use of sewage sludge from small and medium sized municipalities (Euroslam)

Start date: Jun 30, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

...ies and WWTPs in the PA, so that they can decrease the outflows of nutrition and heavy metals from WWTPs. This shall be done by using the sludge as a resource to produce renewable energy in a form of biogas, and to recycle phosphorus and nitrogen into fertilizers. Instead of being a waste, the sludge becomes a recourse that contributes to the reduction of CO2 emission by producing biogas and by m ...
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EcoBiogaz

Start date: Apr 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

... Divergenzen in der Digestatnutzung in den verschiedenen Regionen unterbreiten sowie eine vertiefte Untersuchung zur Angemessenheit der europäischen Nitrat-Richtlinie in Bezug auf Digestate aus der Biogaserzeugung vorlegen. Denn Digestate waren zum Zeitpunkt der Formulierung und Umsetzung dieser Richtlinie unbekannt, sodass diese den neuen Gegebenheiten nicht angepasst ist, was dazu führt, dass es ...
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Biogas Reforming and Valorisation Through PEM Fuel Cells (Biogas2PEM-FC)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

Biogas2PEM-FC is an industrial research project that aims to develop, according to participating SMEs needs, the technologies that compose a novel and integrated solution for biogas valorisation through proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM). Such a solution will provide a modular, reliable, cost-effective and efficient combined heat & power (CHP) system suitable for a distributed, on-site powe ...
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Investing and testing more biogas buses in the Baltic Sea Region, based on studies within the previous Baltic Biogas Bus project (More BalticBiogasBus)

Start date: May 31, 2013, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

Use of biogas for city buses will lower emissions and substitute fossil fuels. It will strengthen the role of public transport as an efficient strategy to limit the impact from traffic on climate change. Biogas can be produced from biodegradable materials (waste, manure, sewage sludge and landfill gas) thereby creating energy autonomy and jobs. Through purification it reaches the same quality and ...
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Biogas Injection into natural gas grid and use as vehicle fuel by upgrading it with a novel CO2 capture and storage technology (BIOGRID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

...g the negative impact of organic waste on the environment (odours, leaching, soil and water pollution and pathogens). AD avoids the release of CO2 and CH4 into the atmosphere, and moreover, the biogas produced can replace the use of fossil fuels with associated GHG reduction. The biogas can also be upgraded and additional environmental benefits can be obtained. Furthermore, the use of upgraded bio ...
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Baltic Forum for Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Manure Management (Baltic MANURE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

...ic and demand-driven nutrient management are valuable contributions towards resilient P-utilisation in the BSR.National scenarios with ideas on how to implement manure energy potential as biogas in the BSR were created. The results show the importance of both technology development and steady and well-directed support mechanisms in ensuring successful harnessing of manure energy. The different BSR ...
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Farm and Agriculture Stabilised Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion (Smart Tank)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

...rmophilic AD system with closed-loop control that will give us a clear technology differentiated product and offer the following benefits to farmers: • Standalone operation. • Demonstrate minimum biogas production levels of 90m3 per tonne feedstock from codigestion with a minimum manure or slurry content of 60%. • Have a payback period of less than 6 years. The development of the Smart-Tank system ...
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OPTIMIERTE UND INTEGRIERTE VERFAHREN ZUR BIOGASERZEUGUNG IN DER LANDWIRTSCHAFT (Optibiogas)

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Das Ziel dieses Projektes besteht in der Entwicklung optimierter Verfahren zur Biomasseproduktion und Biogaserzeugung in der Landwirtschaft. Dabei soll insbesondere der Prozess der Umwandlung von Biomasse zu Biogas verbessert werden, es sollen neue Verwendungs- und Verwertungswege für die Nebenprodukte der Biogaserzeugung gefunden werden und eine Bestandsaufnahme beispielhafter Modellbiogasanlagen ...
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Demonstration of a multi-feedstock sustainable biodiesel production scheme integrating an on-site by-products energy valorisation system (INTEGRAL-B)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

...ed: Biodiesel process integration: the project aimed to demonstrate the environmentally sustainable production of biodiesel through the integration of two systems, namely a facility to produce biogas and a reciprocating engine adapted to work with a mix of glycerine and biogas. This integration will enable a drastic reduction of the environmental impacts associated with the production of biodiese ...
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Biofuels technologies european showcase (BITES)

Start date: Dec 3, 2007, End date: Dec 2, 2009,

BITES is a pan-European dissemination action for the promotion and uptake of biofuel chains in Europe. The project is promoted by five national associations globally gathering more than 600 members and representing different regions of the EU with the support of a specialised communication agency. BITES fully matches the European agenda on biofuels and complements the Biomass Action Plan issued in ...
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Design and demonstration of 3 CHP plants using two 5 kW solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) working with landfill gas and biogas from anaerobic digestion (BioSOFC)

Start date: Dec 1, 2005, End date: Mar 31, 2009,

...s to reduce the disposal of biodegradable waste in landfills (the main source of the methane they produce) and to push landfills to set up installations for the collection and recovery of the methane biogas that landfills generate. Objectives The project objectives centred on demonstrating the environmental and economic ...
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Bioplyn v zemědělství a rozvoj venkova na obou stranách česko-rakouské hranice (CZ.04.4.83/3.2.03.1/0076)

Start date: Apr 30, 2005, End date: Mar 29, 2006,

Projekt Bioplyn v zemědělství a rozvoj venkova na obou stranách česko-rakouské hranice bude zaměřen na jihočeské a rakouské zemědělce, na zvýšení jejich povědomí o možnostech využití bioplynu na venkově, na ukázku praktických aplikací využití bioplynu, tj. na konkrétní bioplynové stanice, a v neposlední řadě dojde během projektu k navázání nových styků mezi odborníky, zemědělci a obyvateli venkov ...
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Establishment of biogas plant at Klárafalva to create an energetically optimized cross-border region

Biogas production has a special position, for various reasons, among renewableenergy procedures. A great variety of products can be produced by this procedure.The future spread of biogas works is also indirectly fostered by environmentalregulations on the management of organic waste generated in settlements and ofmanure generated in livestock-breeding. The beneficiary aimed to construct a highcapa ...
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