Material and energetic use of biomass

Foto: ATB

GO-GRASS at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020

Online: Video contribution by the EU funded project GO-GRASS to the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020, held in an interactive digital format from 16th to 20th November 2020.

The EU funded project GO-GRASS (Grass-based circular business models for rural agri-food value chains (GO-GRASS), coordinated by ATB, was presented at the summit in a short video. The intention of the summits video presentation was to show the variety of bioeconomy businesses and publicly funded research programs around the world.

See the Go-GRASS video on YouTube

Click here to see all videos...

The GO-GRASS project aims to unlock and harness grass-based biomass potential to create additional business opportunities for farmers and producers in rural areas.
A total of 21% of Europe is covered by grassland. In large parts it is used for fodder or feedstock. However, some grassland areas are not economically viable for this use. In some cases the grass has a low nutritional value, in others the grassland areas are insufficient in size or accessibility. In addition, marginal land could be used to produce even more grass. All this grass has enourmous potential for new biobased businesses.

By developing and integrating a set of small-scale bio-based technologies and innovative business models across four demonstration sites the project wants to reduce the dependency on fossil fuel and fossil-based products, while simultaneously strenghtening the rural community across Europe. 

  • In Germany the DEMO targets to produce biochar via Hydrothermal Carbonisation (HTC) of grassland-cuttings from wetlands as supplement for soil improvement.
  • The DEMO in Denmark aims to develop a small-scale bio-refining technology to extract protein concentrates for monogastric animals from grassland situated in nitrate sensitive areas.
  • In the Netherlands it is to develop digester and fermentation technology to produce paper and carton products from a road-side grass and nature or fauna grass. In Sweden, the aim is to establish briquetting technology at local and small-scale to produce climate-friendly and heat-treated animal bedding using reed canary grass.

Replicability will be tested in three follower countries (Romania, Hungary and Spain).

More information on the project: https://go-grass.eu/ 

GO-GRASS has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 862674.

Contact ATB: PD Dr. Philipp Grundmann

Cookies

We use cookies. Some are required to offer you the best possible content and functions while others help us to anonymously analyze access to our website. (Matomo) Privacy policy

Required required

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the proper functioning of the website. This category only includes cookies that ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Cookie Duration Description
PHPSESSID Session Stores your current session with reference to PHP applications, ensuring that all features of the site can be displayed properly. The cookie is deleted when the browser is closed.
bakery 24 hours Stores your cookie preferences.
fe_typo_user Session Is used to identify a session ID when logging into the TYPO3 frontend.
__Secure-typo3nonce_xxx Session Security-related. For internal use by TYPO3.
Analytics

With cookies in this category, we learn from visitors' behavior on our website and can make relevant information even more accessible.

Cookie Duration Description
_pk_id.xxx 13 months Matomo - User ID (for anonymous statistical analysis of visitor traffic; determines which user is being tracked)
_pk_ses.xxx 30 minutes Matomo - Session ID (for anonymous statistical analysis of visitor traffic; determines which session is being tracked)