Identification & Background:
Project Title: CisWEFE-NEX: Circular Systemic Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus – CCRI Demonstrator for Regions facing Severe Water Stress
Project code: HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-1-two-stage
Project Number: 101135062
Main objective: Demonstrate a new circular systemic solution (CSS) for regions facing severe water stress.
Beneficiary entities:
- BIOAZUL, SL
- ASOCIACIÓN DE INVESTIGACIÓN METALÚRGICA DEL NOROESTE (AIMEN)
- ECOFILAE (ECOFILAE)
- INOVA+ – INNOVATION SERVICES, SA (INOVA+)
- WME GESELLSCHAFT FÜR WINDKRAFTGETRIEBENE MEERWASSERENTSALZUNGS MBH (WME)
- UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO (UNIPA)
- ULTRAWAVES – WASSER – UND UMWELTTECHNOLOGIEN GMBH (ULTRAWAVES)
- MORE – LABORATÓRIO COLABORATIVO MONTANHAS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO – ASSOCIAÇÃO (MORE)
- LANDING AQUACULTURE BV (LANDING)
- PAUL RYE KLEDAL (IGFF)
- OFFICINAE VERDI GROUP SPA (OVERDI)
- ASSOCIAÇÃO IN LOCO (IN LOCO)
- DARIACORDAR ASSOCIAÇÃO PARA A RECUPERAÇÃO DE DESPERDÍCIO (DARIACORDAR)
- COOPÉRNICO – COOPERATIVA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL CRL (COOPERNICO)
- INSTITUTO DO AMBIENTE E DESENVOLVIMENTO (IDAD)
- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA (RDFCM)
- ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS (AUTH)
- ÉA ÉCO-ENTREPRISES ASSOCIATION (EA)
- FUNDACIÓN CORPORACIÓN TECNOLÓGICA DE ANDALUCÍA (CTA)
- REQUIMTE REDE DE QUÍMICA E DE TECNOLOGIA ASSOCIAÇÃO (REQUIMTE)
Start date: 01/06/2024
Conclusion date: 31 /05 /2029
Total eligible investment: 11 084 718,22 €
Financial support of European Union: 9 659 285,15 €
Objectives
1) Achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions;
2) Reuse wastewater for sustainable food production;
3) Implement regenerative agriculture and aquaculture practices;
4) Repurpose waste streams and utilize renewable energy;
5) Achieve a net-positive freshwater balance.
Activities
Tasks of WP 7 (WE*F*E Nexus (Food)) – Leader MORECOLAB
7.1. Organic permaculture farming;
7.2. Valorisation of reject brine in solar saltworks (“Brine2Salt”);
7.3. Set up of polyphenol extraction plant;
7.4. Valorisation of polyphenols;
7.5. CC for UAE of biophenols (CC4BPE);
7.6. Collection and transport of OMW (wet olive pomace and OMWW);
7.7. Shrimp – Seaweed IMTA;
7.8. Donation and distribution management of surplus food.
Expected results
Water
Generation of reclaimed water for irrigation through desalination of brackish water and treatment of olive mill waste.
Energy
Generation of renewable energy through agri-photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion technologies.
Food
Production of certified organic crops, table and Epsom salt, polyphenols, shrimps and seaweed.
Environment
Monitoring of pollutants and land preservation.
Scalability
Development of long-term business models, policy recommendations, and frameworks for replication and scaling across regions.
CisWEFE-NEX project has received funding from the European Commission programme Horizon Europe ([HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-1-two-stage), under Grant Agreement no. 101135062.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor European Research Executive Agency (REA) can be held responsible for them
