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RENEWABLE ENERGIES FOR AFRICA: EFFECTIVE VALORIZATION OF AGRI-FOOD WASTES

Description du projet

Alimenter l’Afrique en électricité avec les déchets de la biomasse

Le nombre de personnes n’ayant pas accès à l’électricité en Afrique avait diminué ces dernières années, passant de 860 millions en 2018 à 770 millions en 2019. Cependant, la pandémie de COVID-19 est en train d’inverser cette tendance positive. Dans ce contexte, le projet REFFECT AFRICA, financé par l’UE, entend développer des solutions énergétiques durables innovantes, fiables et adaptées, basées sur la valorisation des déchets de la biomasse issus de l’agriculture et de l’industrie alimentaire par gazéification de celle-ci. Des démonstrateurs grandeur nature seront construits au Maroc, au Ghana et en Afrique du Sud afin de prendre en compte les contextes urbanisés et ruraux du continent. Le projet proposera des solutions pour les communautés raccordées et non raccordées au réseau, telles que la production d’énergie renouvelable, sa transmission et l’utilisation de systèmes de stockage.

Objectif

Population without access to electricity is set to increase again in 2020 after 6 years of decline in Africa. The number of people gaining access to electricity in Africa has increased greatly: the number of people without access to electricity dropped from almost 860 million in 2018 to 770 million in 2019, a record low in recent years . Nonetheless, past progress is being reversed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to tackle this, the present proposal will demonstrate innovative, reliable and adapted sustainable energy solutions based on the valorization of biomass wastes from agriculture and the food industry through biomass gasification. REFFECT AFRICA will adapt and optimize these technologies to a wide variety of biomass wastes: olive mill residues, almond hulls and husks, millet, rice, sorghum or peanut wastes and sugarcane bagasse, among others locally available. Three full- scale demonstrators will be built in Morocco, Ghana and South Africa to consider both urbanized and rural contexts in Africa, on- and off-grid solutions, as well as different socio-economic backgrounds. The project will carry out comprehensive LCA and LCC of each supply chain and will consider the climate adaptation and mitigation potential of this technology compared to other technologies and solutions in the African social, economic and environmental contexts. REFFECT AFRICA will tackle the development of renewable energy sources, providing solutions for on-grid and off-grid communities, and their integration into the existing energy system. It will consider the generation of renewable energy, the transmission, and the use of storage systems.With the aim to closing all water- energy-food links, the project will work on obtaining biochar from the gasifier, and will be improved to provide a valuable fertilizer to local farmers. The demonstrators will include a robust but reliable water laboratory to provide their location with basic but often lacking testing services.

Appel à propositions

H2020-LC-GD-2020

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Sous appel

H2020-LC-GD-2020-1

Régime de financement

IA - Innovation action

Coordinateur

UNIVERSIDAD DE JAEN
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 509 147,50
Adresse
CAMPUS LAS LAGUNILLAS SN EDIFICO B1 VICERRECTORADO DE INVESTIGACION DESAR TECN E INNOVACION
23071 Jaen
Espagne

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Région
Sur Andalucía Jaén
Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Liens
Coût total
€ 510 147,50

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