Objective
AquaTerrE will promote the cooperation between research centres, business and other stakeholders in Europe devoted to the research, development and application of biomass and biofuel production and valorisation. It will aim integration and unification of efforts and the exchange of knowledge and expertise between partners, to promote the creation of a network for improving biomass and waste reutilisation. Mainly, AquaTerrE aims to make an inventory of existing biomass feedstocks in Europe and quantify the potential and identify of the best ones. In addition, to study the best possibilities for implementing different biomass sources in different environments to improve their utilisation. Pursuing this target, literature and data survey and current research review will be carried out. Furthermore, the scope of AquaTerrE consists also in mapping European biomass feedstocks using different tools as Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Additionally, AquaTerrE expert members will identify economic and environmental impacts schemes to define the optimum Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is a standardized and structured method for calculating the environmental load of a product, process or activity throughout all its phases. The implementation of a new bio-product/bio-fuel in the market requires the analysis of economical, social and environmental aspects, with the objective of attaining enough information for the decision making progress. The contribution of a LCA study to this project can be framed in the identification of best sources of biomass feedstock as well as other agricultural waste for the sustainable obtaining of bio-fuels and other added value products.
Fields of science
Call for proposal
FP7-KBBE-2007-1
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Funding Scheme
CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actionsCoordinator
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Participants (17)
80100 Joensuu
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00196 Roma
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CH7 4QW MOLD
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7522 PD ENSCHEDE
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15782 Santiago De Compostela
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28857 Syke
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LT-44403 Kaunas
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400114 Cluj Napoca
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4000 Plovdiv
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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27572 Bremerhaven
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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61166 KHARKIV
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29188 KRISTIANSTAD
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45000 ORLEANS
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1180 Wien
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49492 WESTERKAPPELN
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