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Biorefinery Glas – A Farmer-centric Bioeconomy Approach

Over the last 12 months, Biorefinery Glas, one of Europe’s first small-scale biorefinery demonstration projects, has been working with farmers in Ireland to show how new products and revenue streams can be created using a new farmer-centric bioeconomy approach. Core project partners include research institutes (Institute of Technology, Tralee and University College Dublin) and agri-food organisations (Carbery Group and Barryroe Co-operative), along with core technology partner GRASSA BV. […]

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Gramitherm – Insulation panels made out of grass!

Gramitherm is currently the only company – worldwide – to manufacture thermal insulation panels using prairie grass. This involves a patented Swiss technology that was launched in 2006 and that Gramitherm took over in 2014. Gramitherm has excellent performance standards, one of which is to have a negative carbon balance! […]

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Bio-based products from fast pyrolysis oil

Fast pyrolysis technology can convert a wide range of difficult-to-handle biomass into a clean and uniform bio-oil, which is easy to store and transport. Most applications have so far focused on the use of pyrolysis oil for energy purposes, but the Horizon 2020 project Bio4Products has developed a technology to divide pyrolysis oil into multiple fractions that could be used for material applications. […]

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GRASSIFICATION tests new mowing head

Roadside grass clippings are a problem fraction throughout the 2 Seas Programme area due to their high volume, subject to high processing costs. The industrial sector, however, is interested in the possibility of using roadside grass clippings as an alternative resource for the production of energy and bio-materials. […]

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Participate in the SYSTEMIC survey!

The H2020 project SYSTEMIC will demonstrate a variety of technologies for the recovery of mineral nutrients (N, P, K) and for the production of various (nutrient-depleted) organic soil improvers and fertilizers. The implementation of nutrient recovery technologies allows plant owners to process biowaste into user-specific products for the regional market. […]

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Valorization of contaminated land and development of sustainable value chains based on fiber crops

Large areas of contaminated land can be found all over Europe; these lands, mostly degraded due to former industrial activities, cannot be used for food production. Since the debate between land for food versus non-food production is getting more attention, the need to use these available sites is growing. […]

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