Projects & Practice

KLIMIS - BBQ briquettes from olive stones

Keywords:: Added value, Agriculture, Bioeconomy, Competitiveness, Innovation, Renewables
Countries:: Greece

A family-owned business created multiple revenue streams by creating a new product from an olive stone by-product, demonstrating sustainable economic development and environmental protection.

Pilot Project on Circular Bioeconomy - Spain

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Cooperation, Energy efficiency, Job creation, Knowledge transfer, Renewable energy
Countries:: Spain

The project has enabled the living-lab, Josenea which is focused on organic farming, to collect bio-waste from neighbours and transform it into compost to fertilise their crops, with environmental, economic and social benefits.

Investing on intensive and yet sustainable farming

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Farm restructuring/modernisation, GHG & ammonia emissions, Renewable energy
Countries:: Italy

A family farm invested in a biogas plant to produce renewable energy while also purchasing a new tomato harvester to improve the farm’s overall income.

Briquette production at ECODOMANI

Keywords:: Farm restructuring/modernisation, Renewable energy, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Romania

Setting up a briquette production plant that uses wood dust and energetic willow, shows how a region's natural resources can be used for energy production in an environmentally friendly way.

Producing and packaging biofuel (PELLET) from olives harvesting residues

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Diversification, Renewable energy, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Greece

A biofuel production and packaging line was established in an olive growing region of Greece. The waste residues are used to produce biofuel (PELLET) offering considerable economic and environmental benefits.