{"id":10246,"date":"2024-06-25T10:39:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T08:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/?p=10246"},"modified":"2024-09-17T09:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T07:06:55","slug":"maresme-circular-investigates-the-feasibility-of-creating-renewable-energy-from-montnegre-forest-biomass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/en\/consortium\/maresme-circular-investigates-the-feasibility-of-creating-renewable-energy-from-montnegre-forest-biomass\/","title":{"rendered":"Maresme Circular investigates the feasibility of creating renewable energy from Montnegre forest biomass"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>The synthesis gas obtained from the gasification of forest biomass offers the opportunity to produce biofuels that can replace fossil fuels, thus contributing to the decarbonisation of society<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>The research is part of the BIOFORIN project, which involves the collaboration of six organisations: the Bioenergy Cluster of Catalonia, the Eurecat Technology Centre, the Catalan Federation of Forest Owners&#8217; Associations (BOSCAT), the Montnegre and Corredor Owners&#8217; Association, the Vall\u00e8s Oriental Waste Consortium and, finally, the Maresme Waste Consortium<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>The project has received 1.8 million euros in aid from the Next Generation Funds, through the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Maresme Circular<\/strong>, the brand of the <strong>Maresme Waste Consortium<\/strong>, is investigating the feasibility of creating <strong>renewable energy<\/strong> from <strong>forest biomass<\/strong> from the <strong>Montnegre Park and the Corredor<\/strong>. The research is being carried out within the framework of the BIOFORIN project in which Maresme Circular participates along with five other entities to develop a <strong>bioregional management model<\/strong> of forest resources for industrial use.<\/p>\n<p>The rural abandonment of recent decades, together with the <strong>impacts of climate change<\/strong> (drought, forest pests and fires), are generating a high <strong>vulnerability for Mediterranean forests <\/strong>and threaten the provision of ecosystem services of great value to the population of these areas which, in turn, is exposed to the elevated risk of high intensity fires.<\/p>\n<p>It is in this context that BIOFORIN was created, a project that involves all the actors in the <strong>forest value chain<\/strong> to create <strong>sustainable forest management<\/strong> and improve the valorisation of the available biomass.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the <strong>Bioenergy Cluster of Catalonia<\/strong>, the <strong>Eurecat Technology Centre<\/strong>, the <strong>Catalan Federation of Forest Owners&#8217; Associations <\/strong>(BOSCAT), the <strong>Montnegre and Corredor Owners&#8217; Association<\/strong>, the <strong>Vall\u00e8s Oriental Waste Consortium<\/strong> and, finally, Maresme Circular, have joined forces to promote the <strong>circular bioeconomy<\/strong> in the forestry sector.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>1.8M euros to develop the project<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The BIOFORIN project has received funding of more than <strong>1.8M euros<\/strong> distributed among the different participating entities thanks to the support of the <strong>Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge<\/strong> (MITECO) within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, funded by the <strong>European Union &#8211; Next Generation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Maresme Circular has received more than <strong>400,000 euros<\/strong> to study the technical feasibility of using forest biomass from <strong>pruning<\/strong> and <strong>mixed organic waste<\/strong> in processes to obtain renewable energy through <strong>gasification<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The opportunity to produce biofuels<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Syngas, the <strong>renewable<\/strong> <strong>gas<\/strong> that remains as the main product of gasification, can be used as an <strong>alternative fuel<\/strong> to biogas and natural gas. Similarly, the potential of <strong>biochar<\/strong>, the <strong>charcoal<\/strong> obtained during the gasification process, will also be analysed for use in the composting and anaerobic digestion process, as a biogas purification filter, for the treatment of aqueous effluents or for use in agricultural soils in the Maresme region.<\/p>\n<p>The use of forest biomass as an <strong>energy resource<\/strong> not only allows sustainable forest management that favours the <strong>economic viability<\/strong> of our forests, protects their <strong>biodiversity<\/strong> and reduces the risk of fires, but at the same time offers the opportunity to <strong>produce biofuels<\/strong> that can replace fossil fuels, thus contributing to the <strong>decarbonisation of society<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10307 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/logos-collaboradors_biodiversidad-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"4678\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/logos-collaboradors_biodiversidad-1.png 2048w, https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/logos-collaboradors_biodiversidad-1-300x20.png 300w, https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/logos-collaboradors_biodiversidad-1-1024x70.png 1024w, https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/logos-collaboradors_biodiversidad-1-768x52.png 768w, https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/logos-collaboradors_biodiversidad-1-1536x104.png 1536w, https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/logos-collaboradors_biodiversidad-1-680x46.png 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4678px) 100vw, 4678px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>BIOFORIN has the support of the Fundaci\u00f3n Biodiversidad of the Spanish Ministerio para la Transici\u00f3n Ecol\u00f3gica y el Reto Demogr\u00e1fico (MITECO) within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), funded by the European Union \u2013 NextGenerationEU.<\/h3>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10221 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BF085-BIOFORIN-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BF085-BIOFORIN-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BF085-BIOFORIN-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BF085-BIOFORIN-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BF085-BIOFORIN-1024x682-1-680x453.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The synthesis gas obtained from the gasification of forest biomass offers the opportunity to produce biofuels that can replace fossil fuels, thus contributing to the decarbonisation of society The research is part of 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