Objective
A main objective of the European Commissions energy policy is to raise the amount of renewable energies from currently about 6% up to 12% from total energy generation until 2010. Therefore a huge potential is seen in the application of biomass, which is competitive, storable, CO2-neutral and in connection with wastewater an extreme low-cost fuel for heat and power generation.
The current main biomass sources like forest-wood, recycle-wood and biogas can not meet the future demand for heat and power generation in Europe. Therefore, it is necessary to develop high efficient and low-cost biomass production systems. Wastewater irrigated Short Rotation Plantations (SRP) can contribute to meet these requirements because they use the advantages of communal wastewater as a source for cheap fertilisation and irrigation for the cultivation of fast growing combustible energy crops(e.g. willows, poplars).
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringirrigation
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
Call for proposal
FP6-2002-SME-1
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Funding Scheme
Cooperative - SMEs-Co-operative research contracts
Coordinator
1221 Niedergörsdorf
Germany
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Participants (8)
Charneca Da Caparica
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Parkano
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Tartu
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Warsaw
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Granada
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Campanillas (Malaga)
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Kanepi
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Bremerhaven
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