The conference "Innotransfer: Biogas, an energy trend for the future" is an open innovation initiative coordinated by Espaitec within the multi-sector program promoted by the Network of Valencian Science Parks (rePCV), with the support of the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI )
This morning the day took place «Innotransfer: Biogas, an energy trend for the future» where the Valencian business fabric and the academic environment of the Valencian Community have reflected on the challenges they face in the area of decarbonization due to the necessary reduction, elimination and neutralization of CO2 emissions, supported by the European Climate Law, and the Law on Climate Change and Ecological Transition of the Generalitat Valenciana, and the importance of university-business knowledge transfer to continue improving production processes and increase the energy efficiency of the sector.
The vice-rector for Innovation, Transfer and Scientific Dissemination of the Universitat Jaume I, david cabedo, has inaugurated the day. At the table he has accompanied him Pedro Fresco, general director of Ecological Transition of the Valencian generalitat, and, virtually, the executive vice president of the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI), Andrés García Reche.
Cabedo has thanked the support and presence at the Innotransfer conference of the general directors of Ecological Transition and Climate Change of the Generalitat Valenciana, Pedro Fresco and Celsa Monrós respectively. Fresh He highlighted that "the development of biogas has become one of the priorities of the Generalitat Valenciana in recent months since we are currently in an unprecedented decarbonization process."
For its part, Garcia Reche has pointed out that "in the Valencian Community there is a great wealth of scientific and technological knowledge in matters that we have not traditionally taken advantage of, such as biogas, so it is time to get to work to solve problems of this magnitude."
The first presentation had as its central axis the presentation of The Valencian Biogas Route by the general director of Climate Change of the Generalitat Valenciana, Celsa Monros, and the technical coordinator of the document, Juan Mora. This instrument, developed by the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Climate Emergency which includes the current production of biogas in the Valencian Community, is broken down according to the origin of each waste: wastewater, biowaste, livestock waste, herbaceous remains and waste from the agri-food industry. Thus, the objective of the document is to reduce the global emissions of the Valencian Community by 3%.
The head of the Department of Rural Engineering of The Union of Llauradors and Ramaders of the Valencian Community, Carlos Parrado, who has analyzed the sustainable management of manure and slurry. As Parrado has defined, "one of the effective lines to follow in this area is to replace chemical or synthetic fertilizers with organic fertilization, using manure and slurry as fertilizers for agricultural production."
Next, the Director of Operations in Inderen, Alejandro Lahoz, has presented what are theThe challenges posed by the construction of biogas plants. On the one hand, Lahoz has assured that there are potential promoters in Spain such as waste producers and managers, investors and energy communities. However, "the current scenario is characterized by a long process to authorize these facilities and non-specific regulations," he noted.
The meeting progressed with the presentation of the consulting firm specializing in Biogas and Renewable Gases from Biovic, Sara Milner, who has pointed out that "biogas is one of the renewable energies with the greatest contribution to decarbonization, since it has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 10% and 13% worldwide."
For his part, the coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform for Sustainable Energy Transition of the CSIC and Researcher of the Energy Conversion and Storage Group of the Institute of Chemical Technology, UPV-CSIC, Antonio Chica, has analyzed the biogas as raw material for the production of renewable hydrogen and synthetic fuels. Thus, it has defined some advantages of hydrogen such as, for example, its high energy density and its ability to store large amounts of energy for a long time.
Finally, the researcher from the Multiphase Fluids Research Group of the Universitat Jaume I, Rosario Arnau, has exposed hydrodynamic and biochemical modeling of large-scale anaerobic digesters. To close the day, the manager of Innotransfer in Espaitec, Laura Menendez, has presented the Innotransfer program challenge platform and thanked the participants, in person and online, for their interest in the day and encouraged them to follow the developments of the program.
INNOTRANSFER
Innotransfer is a multi-sector initiative of open innovation and collective management that aims to promote the process of transferring knowledge and technology from the research groups of the public universities of the Valencian Community to the business ecosystem of our territory in key economic sectors such as Sustainable Habitat; Agri-food; Sustainable Mobility and Automotive; Enabling Technologies; Health; Infrastructures; and Smart Tourism, piloted by the scientific and technological parks of the Valencian Community and in which the main business associations and the network of REDIT Technological Institutes being financed by the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI). The next December 2 Innotransfer will address the waste recovery in the textile sector, a day organized by the Scientific Park of the University of Alicante.
