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.
LEI activities in the Project
LEI activities in the Project – evaluation of biomass resources according to the accepted programme in the project in Lithuania.
Total cost: 870 894 EUR (LEI part: 24 117 EUR)
Coordinator: HASKOLINN A AKUREYRI, Iceland
Participants:
- EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE, Finland
- AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, Italy
- NORTH WALES MOULDINGS LTD, United Kingdom
- PROCEDE BIOMASS BV, Netherlands
- UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain
- CENTIV GMBH, Germany
- LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS, Lithuania
- UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania
- AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY – PLOVDIV, Bulgaria
- DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, Denmark
- BIOZOON GMBH, Germany
- EUROPEAN BIOMASS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, Belgium
- UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, Ukraine
- HOEGSKOLAN KRISTIANSTAD, Sweden
- CHAMBRE D’AGRICULTURE DU CENTRE, France
- UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN, Austria
- PLANT SCIENCE SERVICES GMBH, Germany
Project Team
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LEI Representative |
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| Vladislovas Algirdas Katinas | 207/1-LK | +37037401841 | Vladislovas.Katinas@lei.lt |
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Project Team |
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| Antanas Markevičius | |||
| Regina Erlickytė-Marčiukaitienė | 212-LK | +37037401850 | r.erlickyte@gmail.com |