per Fornitura di energia pulita (Sistema di produzione di energia)
Biomassa (Residui agricoli)
Produzione di biogas/biometano
Tecnologie di digestione anaerobica
Energia chimica
Combustibili gassosi
Agricoltura in pieno campo
Contadino, Associazione di produttori, Servizi di consulenza, Industria
Altro
Metodologia
Acronimo del progetto: NoAW
Tipo di finanziamento del progetto: EU
Fonte di finanziamento del progetto: H2020
Coordinatore del progetto: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Prof. Nathalie Gontard (INRA)- Project Coordinator)
Posizione del coordinatore: Francia
Email del coordinatore / Modulo di contatto: nathalie.gontard@inra.fr
Status del progetto: Finito
Budget totale: 7816232.5
Consortium members created with stakeholders, innovative eco-design tools to assess optimal agricultural waste management at the regional scale, with the aid of the NoAW Knowledge Exchange Stakeholders Platform, and applied them to case studies. They also developed technologies to replace petroleum-based plastic production and for bioenergy, biofertiliser, biopackaging, as well as biomolecules and building blocks to replace a significant range of non-renewable oil-based equivalents.
In addition, NoAW enhanced anaerobic digestion (AD), a mature waste conversion technology, into a two-step process. Researchers then used microbial electrosynthesis to upgrade the AD biogas into biomethane and biohythane for use as an automotive biofuel or to be injected into the natural gas grid.
Project partners also improved the microbial and chemical quality of the digestate to ensure its safe use as a fertiliser, thereby returning nutrients to land where manure potential is poor. Using AD to treat manure, nitrogen availability is increased by 5-20 %, which could reduce mineral fertiliser use by 10 %, a decrease of 3-5 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
Researchers conducted the fermentation of the VFAs from the two step AD process using bacteria to produce naturally biodegradable and recyclable polyester polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), which can partially replace oil-based plastics. The scientists improved the PHAs’ properties using composites with lignocellulosic fillers and active materials with antioxidants from winery waste. According to Gontard: “By providing a sustainable alternative to conventional plastic for use in packaging and other applications, NoAW can help European industry and society achieve EU targets for renewable energy and materials, as well as reduce global warming and persistent pollution from plastic.”