Objective PlasCarb has been stimulated by a transnational consortium of R&D performing SMEs in partnership with specialist scientific resource, life cycle thinking experts, industrial customers, and access to risk finance to facilitate future market uptake. It will integrate commerce with research; transforming a widespread urban solid waste environmental problem (140 million tonnes of food and plant waste produced annually in Europe) into a sustainable source of significant economic added value, (high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen). The vast majority of hydrogen and carbon used today in industry are derived from fossil petroleum sources, the majority of which are imported into the EU from regions which are often politically unstable or competitive. PlasCarb will integrate an established technology (anaerobic digestion) with innovative, low temperature microwave plasma processing and leading edge control of carbon morphology and purification. This project will extend beyond current Best Available Techniques (BAT) in the valorisation of food waste of anaerobic digestion (AD) to generate renewable energy; it will transform the biogas output from AD using an innovative low energy microwave plasma to split biogas methane into high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen (RH2). The quality and economic value of the carbon and the hydrogen will then be maximised through the integration of high quality research and industrial process engineering expertise. The project will validate at a pilot scale continuous operation of the integrated process for a period of one month; 150 tonnes of mixed food waste will be digested to generate over 25000m3 of biogas. 2400m3 of this biogas will then be transformed into highly graphitic carbon with a market value of over €2500/tonne and RH2. A decentralised business model will be generated that can be implemented at local levels widely across Europe to facilitate future market uptake. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationbioreactorssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compoundssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2013.6.3-1 - Turning waste into a resource through innovative technologies, processes and services Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2013-two-stage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED LBG EU contribution € 926 421,00 Address WILTON CENTRE WILTON TS10 4RF Redcar Cleveland United Kingdom See on map Region North East (England) Tees Valley and Durham South Teesside Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Lois Hobson (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all GASPLAS AS Norway EU contribution € 707 980,00 Address ENGEBRETS VEI 3 0275 OSLO See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Per Espen Stoknes (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 701 076,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christophe Giraud (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 446 057,17 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Walter Krause (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Uvasol Limited Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 29 813,83 Address THE WIDON 42 LE11 3PE LOUGHBOROUGH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Keith Fawdington (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data P A MOODY RECYCLING LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 492 673,00 Address STEPHENSON STREET - MORSTON QUAYS - UNITS C1 NE13 6JQ NEWCASTEL UPON TYBE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nigel Tomlinson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEONARDO KORNYEZETVEDELMI TERINFORMATIKAI ES REGIONALIS PROJEKTFEJLESZTO KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG Hungary EU contribution € 260 800,00 Address ZAHONY U 7 1031 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Omer Ceylan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ABALONYX AS Norway EU contribution € 219 918,00 Address FORSKNINGSVEIEN 1 0373 Oslo See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rune Wendelbo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data