Description du projet
Un système innovant à objectif double permet d’exploiter pleinement les terres contaminées aux fins de la production durable de biocarburants
Au cours de la dernière décennie, la phytoremédiation a permis de relever le défi de la gestion et du traitement des sols pollués. Cette technologie en évolution progressive a la capacité de nettoyer un large éventail de déchets organiques et inorganiques de manière efficace et bon marché. Le projet Phy2Climate, financé par l’UE, vise à valider cinq pilotes de phytoremédiation sur une sélection de sites contaminés par les polluants du sol les plus rependus à l’échelle mondiale. Ces pilotes visent ensuite à produire des cultures énergétiques qui, à terme, alimenteront une bioraffinerie pilote dédiée à la production, au niveau TRL-5, de quatre types de biocarburants propres de substitution pour les secteurs du transport routier et maritime.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
- 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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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
1070 Wien
Autriche
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.