TEAPOTS
Agriculture waste pyrolysis and thermo composting for renewable energy in THE sustainable agri-food sector
FUNDING PROGRAM AND AREA
HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-07 -Renewable energy incorporation in agriculture and forestry
DURATION
Starting date - Jan 2024
End date - Dec 2027
OUR ROLE
Dissemination and Communication
COORDINATOR
SMACT SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
ABOUT
At TEAPOTS, they are passionate about revolutionizing how they meet local and seasonal energy demands in the agri-food sector.
They are dedicated to finding innovative solutions that not only boost efficiency but also contribute to a sustainable future.
With a focus on technology and collaboration, they strive to create a greener and more reliable energy infrastructure for the agri-food industry.
Thanks to the incorporation of renewable energy technologies, the TEAPOTS Integrated Solution (TIS) will be able to produce renewable energy through an integrated and flexible trigeneration system to obtain heat, cold, and electricity to the need.
OBJECTIVES
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TEAPOTS will exploit pyrolysis and thermo-composting to manage difficult-to-be-treated agri-waste such as animal, pruning and lignocellulosic waste.
A digital solution will integrate field, satellite, and machine data to predict agricultural waste and provide guidelines for the treatment of biomass to produce energy.
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The TIS will valorise agri-waste while sequestering carbon and nutrients in the form of biochar and compost. This will decrease farm’s GHGs emissions and nutrients leakage in waterbodies, while valorising agri-waste usually mismanaged for their excessive nutrients (poultry waste) or lignocellulosic content.
The TDP will allow a better logistics for local agri-waste allowing their valorization as renewable energy sources.
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Biochar and compost will work as soil improver, carbon sink and nutrients retainers, while improving soil biodiversity. The three pilots involved in the project will help in proving the positive effect of biochar and compost and of the coordination between different producers to provide different biomass waste. TEAPOTS will prove the economic benefit of new agriculture practices involving trees out of forest and the co-presence of different crops rather than monocultures, increasing ecosystem services, pollination, water quality.
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The TDP will support the farmer in agri-waste treatment through the prediction of yields and biomass production and the decision of the best valorisation path to obtain renewable energy and high value products.
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TEAPOTS conduct surveys during the project to determine the required solutions and the end-user’s needs, thanks to the network of local organizations able to involve farmers and food producers. This will allow a better technology development to meet end-users’ demands, while helping them in the change of paradigm to become prosumers rather than energy consumers.
sLCA will be included to determine the societal impact of the TIS on end-users and the local communities, related to changes in the waste value chain and the relation with local stakeholders to meet energy demand through waste.