Descripción del proyecto
Un esquema innovador de doble objetivo permite la explotación plena de tierras contaminadas para la producción sostenible de biocarburantes
Durante el último decenio, el reto de la gestión y el tratamiento de suelos contaminados se ha abordado a través de la fitorremediación, una tecnología que evoluciona gradualmente con la capacidad de depurar una amplia variedad de restos orgánicos e inorgánicos de manera eficiente y rentable. El proyecto Phy2Climate, financiado con fondos europeos, se propone validar cinco ensayos experimentales de fitorremediación en emplazamientos seleccionados contaminados con los contaminantes edáficos más comunes de todo el mundo. A continuación, el objetivo es que estos ensayos experimentales permitan producir cultivos energéticos que, en último término, alimentarán una biorrefinería piloto para la producción de cuatro tipos de biocarburantes de hidrocarburos renovables y limpios para los sectores del transporte marítimo y por carretera en nivel de preparación tecnología 5.
Objetivo
Phy2Climate will validate 5 phytoremediation pilots in Spain (South Europe), Serbia (Balkan region), Lithuania (Baltic region), Argentina (South America) and India (South Asia) at TRL-5. The selected contaminated sites represent the most common soil contaminants worldwide. The phytoremediation pilots will produce energy crops with none indirect Land Use Change (iLUC) issues. The energy crops will feed a pilot biorefinery in Germany that combines cutting edge biomass processing technologies to produce 4 types of clean drop-in biofuels for the road and shipping transport sectors at TRL-5: EN 14214 biodiesel, ISO 8217 marine fuels, EN 590 diesel and EN 228 gasoline. Additionally, bio-coke will be also produced as substitution of petroleum coke in the metallurgical industry. A significant cost reduction in factor >5 for phytoremediation compared with common remediation techniques is target together with conversion costs of drop-in biofuel production <0,45 €/l. The global biofuel production potential of the Phy2Climate approach is estimated up to 137 million m3 per year. Furthermore, estimated specific Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation of the produced drop-in biofuels is 149% compared with the fossil equivalents, resulting in a total saving potential of 500 Mega-tones CO2eq per year. The work programme is divided in 7 work packages that are specifically designed to achieve the objectives of the project as well as to contribute to the Mission Innovation Challenge 4 and to 16 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Phy2Climate consortium unites 17 partners from 10 different countries with strong interdisciplinary expertise in the fields of project management, soil remediation & phytoremediation, advanced biofuel technologies, environmental and social sustainability, legal analysis, business development and communication &dissemination. Additionally 11 stakeholders from 8 countries and at EU level have already expressed their interest in the project by a letter of support.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationphytoremediation
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energypetroleum
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-LC-SC3-2020-RES-RIA
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
1070 Wien
Austria
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.