IT30-Res4Carbon/RES4C

Enhancement of forest residues for carbon storage

Description

waste wood chips, biochar and ashes are used to produce an innovative fertilizer

Sector

A2.4Support services to forestry

Needs/ Problem statement

to define the best practices to guarantee maximum technical, economic and environmental efficiency in the processing, handling and transport logistics process of residues

Objective

production of a new concept soil improver, CEBIOCARB , consisting of the mixing of virgin wood chip underscreen, post-gasification biochar of woody biomass and post-combustion ash of woody biomass

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsx

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialx

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries x

Feedstock

Biomass residues

Outcomes and final product

Fertilizer

Mobility

null

Value chains

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.

C Sink

1
2
3

3 - High potential - strong potential for carbon sequestration at the feedstock and product level).

Intended user

Farmers and foresters

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

null

Final user

Farmerx

Foresterx

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailernull

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Othernull

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

null

Social sustainability

1
2
3

null

Environmental sustainability

1
2
3

null

Added value

Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high

Food/Feed = High

Equipment maintenance costs (€/year)

null

Investment cost (€)

null

Operational costs (€)

null

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

null

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

null

Country

IT

Official website

OG Region

ITH3Veneto

Geographic Scope

Regional

Focus Area

FA 5E: Fostering carbon conservation and sequestration in agriculture and forestry

Key words

Circular economy, incl. waste, by-products and residues

Main source of funding

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

Period

2019-2022

Duration (months)

36

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

1

Forester:

null

Advisor:

null

Researcher:

1

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

null

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

10

Status

Completed

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

null