Smartgas: farming with biogas to reduce carbon footprint and increase sustainability and resilience to climate change of cropping systems for quality
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FEFTS Specifications
Research project
for Clean energy supply (Energy production system)
Renewable energy source
Biomass (Agricultural residues)
Technology used
Biogas/biomethane production
Special type
Anaerobic digestion technologies
Energy produced
Chemical energy
Suitable/ideal for
Liquid fuels
Agricultural domain
Open-field agriculture
Suitable for
Farmer, Energy generator, Contractor
Applications
Agricultural field practices, Energy provision (e.g. electricity)
Especially
Fertilizing, Biogas/biomethane
Type of solution
Methodology
Details
Project`s acronym: SmartGas
Project funding type: EU
Project funding source: Other
Project coordinator: CONFAGRICOLTURA TOSCANA
Coordinator location: Italy
Coordinator email / Contact form: fedtosca@confagricoltura.it
Project status: Finished
Total budget: 291772.54
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Additional info
Regarding the farming technology, the process innovations to be proposed are:
1) conservation and minimum tillage;
2) sub-surface and side dress distribution of digestate;
3) digestate microfiltration and use in micro-fertigation.
Cropping systems will be enhanced by:
1) double cropping (winter + summer crops);
2) catch-crops, able to catch surplus nitrogen after the harvest of the previous crop;
3) conventional and unconventional multiannual species (e.g. Italian sainfoin/cool-season cereals).
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Assessment
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General
This FEFTS contributes to improve the energy profiles of farming systems:Environmental
The application of this FEFTS directly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Tractors and vehicles fuel consumption
- Fertilizer reduction
Socioeconomic
The application of this FEFTS contributes to cost reductions of farming systems:Keep in mind that this assessment is subjective, based on publicly available information.
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