Renewable Energy Micro Power Plant Using Organic Waste as Fuel

Información del proyecto

MicroRenew

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 968363

DOI

10.3030/968363

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 29 Enero 2021

Fecha de inicio 1 Febrero 2021

Fecha de finalización 31 Enero 2023

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coste total

€ 3 048 750,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 2 134 125,00

Coordinado por

SEAB POWER LTD
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - MicroRenew (Renewable Energy Micro Power Plant Using Organic Waste as Fuel)

Período documentado: 2022-02-01 hasta 2023-01-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

SEaB Energy focuses on sustainability, circular economy, and efficient use of resources. The food supply chain produces grave amounts of organic waste material which requires managing. Traditional ways of dealing with such waste are not sustainable. Urbanisation and the increasing pressure on landfill sites are driving up the cost of waste management. Hauling waste from the point of production to centralised facilities adds cost and increases the carbon footprint of waste. The patented and multi-award winning FLEXIBUSTER™ is designed to turn food waste into energy right at the point where the waste is generated and the energy required.

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

The SEaB Energy team have completely overhauled the design of our Flexibuster product. Improvements include increased capacity, upgraded control system and user-interface, additional ‘bolt-on’ modules for greater adaptability, improved deign for accelerated and simplified site-installation, and product certification in multiple markets.

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)

The SEaB Energy team produced excellent results for each of the project objectives. The system has benefited from vast improvements in manufacturability, functionality, capacity and delivery, which have been undertaken with an eye towards continuing to position the FLEXIBUSTER™ as a robust and economically viable solution for waste management.

FLEXIBUSTER has direct impact on at least 4 out of the 8 Green Deal goals:
1. Increasing the EU’s climate mitigation and adaptation ambition, by reducing CO2 emissions and methane emissions from rotting food on landfills and from transporting from its source to other sites.
2. Mobilising industry for a clean and circular economy, by recycling organic waste to create renewable energy, water and fertiliser.
3. Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way, by integrating FLEXIBUSTER™ units within new and existing buildings fostering reuse of organic waste created within the building.
4. Transitioning of industry to a clean economy (including waste prevention and/or recycling), by waste recycling and eliminating waste transportation and reducing local waste management, which has the indirect positive impact of savings on public waste management resources. It also contributes to Farm to Fork strategy, by reducing the environmental impact of the food processing and retail sectors by recycling food waste into valuable energy.

FLEXIBUSTER’s main achievement lies in saving resources on transportation of waste and generating valuable electricity, heat, fertiliser and water. If applied to full market potential, the total annual resource savings FLEXIBUSTER can generate has an approximate value of EUR 45.6 Bn.

SEaB Energy Flexibuster