"LIFE IN-BRIEF" LIFE IN-BRIEF - LIFE14 ENV / ES / 000427 INTEGRATED BUSINESS MODEL FOR TURNING BIO-WASTE AND SEWAGE SLUDGE INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY AND AGRI-URBAN FERTILIZERS DESCRIPTION The LIFE In-BRIEF project aims to develop and implement a new business model for the resource-efficient management of certain biodegradable waste, increasing its use for bioenergy and in bioproducts. OBJECTIVES - The development of a new management model of biowaste and sewage sludge through complete treatment in a biogas plant, without any rejections or by-products and 100% energy self-sufficiency; - The demonstration and validation of the transformation process for turning biowaste into valuable resources, such as minerals and nutrients, through the installation and testing of an industrial-scale prototype plant; - The production and validation of a new economically competitive organic liquid fertilizer, based on humic substances extracted from biowaste; - The reduction of the operating costs of a biogas industrial plant by recovering more than 80% of thermal energy surplus; - The mitigation of soil and water pollution, by preventing the incorrect application of digestate generated in biogas plants; and - The promotion of the use of biogas plants for bio-waste management, to reduce their carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions. Project Number: 21580016 Grant Agreement: LIFE14 ENV / ES / 000427 Duration: From 21/07/2015 to 31/03/2019 Coordinated in AIDIMME by: BOSCH MOSSI, FRANCISCO R&D Line: CIRCULAR ECONOMY RESULTS OBTAINED Year 2019: Successful production of four new fertilizers from digestate, liquids and solid formats. Depending on their characteristics, they are categorized as agricultural or urban. They have been validated and tested in different situations and types of crops. Agricultural fertilizer have been registered as fertilizers to the ministry of agriculture. An economic study has been performed, as well as a guide to transfer the business model to other European biogas companies since each of them would mean a case of study. The use of digestate to produce fertilizers has helped to the mitigation of soil and water pollution and to reduce carbon footprint. PUBLISHED NEWS general broadcast https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2021/10/20/lifeinbrief-eco (...) http://www.aimme.es/informacion/informativo/ficha.asp?id (...) Technical dissemination, transfer https://actualidad.aidimme.es/2022/10/10/transferencia-r (...) PROJECT WEB http://www.lifeinbrief.eu/ PARTNERS AIDIMME - METAL-MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, FURNITURE, WOOD, PACKAGING AND RELATED - COORDINATOR, LUDAN RENEWABLE ENERGY ESPAÑA, SL, COMPO EXPERT SPAIN, SL, FORNERS REDES DE AGUAS Y SERVICIOS, SL, AEMA SERVICIOS ENERGETICOS, SL, GRANT € 331.178,55 TARGET AUDIENCE AND IMPACT MEASUREMENT 3805 Access to the project website 354 Access to news published on own websites. Total Accesses: 4159 TRACTOR COMPANIES Thanks to its support and signature of the "declaration of participation" the project has been funded. COMPANIES DIFFUSION R&D PROJECTS They want to know first-hand the evolution of the project, and its progress to the final result. COMPANIES TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE They will implement technologies, develop strategies or look for new models based on the results.