Mobile pelletizing unit

Información del proyecto

Proxipel

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 882623

DOI

10.3030/882623

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 20 Noviembre 2019

Fecha de inicio 1 Diciembre 2019

Fecha de finalización 30 Abril 2020

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

PROXIPEL SA
Switzerland

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Proxipel (Mobile pelletizing unit)

Período documentado: 2019-12-01 hasta 2020-04-30

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Due to the increasing focus on combating climate change and reducing CO2 emissions, there is a general interest in substituting fossil fuel with CO2 neutral biomass. The potential of wooden residues is enormous, as they are available and have attractive characteristics as high heating value and low content of ashes, which ensures a clean combustion in most furnaces.
Proxipel is the first mobile pelletizing unit able to crush, mill, dry, and press a big variety of renewable raw materials including wood. It produces 1 tonnes pellets/hour with a low energy consumption and only one operator.
The overall objective of the study has been to analyse the technical, commercial and financial needs in order to ensure a successful commercialization.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

Based on the customer´s feedback and tests from the 1st generation Proxipel, technical issues have been addressed for further development. This includes main issues such as higher production rate, improvement of easiness to operate, better process control system, and adjusted layout. Likewise, the scaled-up production for the 2nd generation Proxipel has been planned and budgeted in a 24 months work plan (EIC Accelerator project). A detailed roadmap describing which markets to enter in the upcoming years has been made. We have made contacts with potential partners for further development and manufacturing of the 2nd generation Proxipel. From the commercial side, the objectives were to update our commercialisation strategy and refine our revenue model, estimate the market potential and the market share in key markets, with an update of the wood pellets and agropellets prices. Relevant standards and regulations have been studied to prepare for European market launch. Also, Proxipel’s FtO has been confirmed as there are no published patents which might prevent the patentability and commercial exploitation of the innovation. From the financial point of view, the objectives were to estimate the budget needed to bring Proxipel to the market and to perform a detailed forecast for the first 5 years of commercialisation.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

Proxipel maximizes this opportunity by offering an economically beneficial solution for the use of the already available wooden residues, increasing the energy output and the profitability per land without increasing the harvest level. Thus, Proxipel fits with the measures towards a Zero Waste Europe as well as the EU ambition of being climate-neutral by 2050

Proxipel's unit