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Proyecto INTERREG-SUDOE Newpower

INTERREG-SUDOE Newpower Project: Comprehensive valorization of agroforestry waste: New scalable multi-product biorefineries

  • Type Project
  • Status In progress
  • Execution 2024 -2026
  • Assigned Budget 1.339.332,54 €
  • Scope Europeo
  • Autonomous community Aragón; Cataluña; Galicia; Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
  • Main source of financing INTERREG 21-27
  • Project website Web del proyecto Newpower (INTERREG)
Description

NEWPOWER: Circular innovation to valorize agroforestry waste. NEWPOWER is a European project that responds to one of the major challenges of the SUDOE area: the accumulation of agricultural and forestry waste caused by the abandonment of the rural environment, with serious environmental consequences such as the proliferation of fires.

The project aims to: Create an active transnational collaboration network. Develop waste valorization processes using green technologies. Obtain at least four new products with applications in key sectors. Transfer knowledge and train professionals in the circular economy. Raise public awareness about sustainability and responsible consumption. With a strong territorial and environmental focus, NEWPOWER seeks to revitalize rural areas, promote skilled employment, and advance towards a more resilient, efficient, and low-carbon production model. The future demands it. Join the circular revolution.

Objectives

Its main objective is to transform this waste into sustainable opportunities through advanced biorefinery processes. Through a collaborative network of research centers, universities, companies, and public entities, NEWPOWER will develop innovative solutions to obtain high value-added products: functional foods, nutraceuticals, bioplastics, biofertilizers, platform chemicals, and renewable energy.

Contact information

Member name: Gil Garrote Velasco

E-mail: gil@uvigo.gal


Member name: Rosalía Noguerol Cal

E-mail: rnoguerol@cetim.es


Member name: Lillian Barros

E-mail: lillian@ipb.pt


Member name: Robert Soliva Fortuny

E-mail: rsoliva@tecal.udl.cat


Member name: José António Couto Teixeira

E-mail: jateixeira@deb.uminho.pt


Member name: María Jesús Rodríguez-Yoldi

Email: mjrodyol@unizar.es


Member name: Virginie Vandenbossche

E-mail: virginie.vandenbossche@toulouse-inp.fr


Member name: Xavier CAMELEYRE

E-mail: Xavier.Cameleyre@insa-toulouse.fr


Member name: Miguel Angel Cubero Marquez

Email: macubero@ingredalia.com


Member name: João Nunes

E-mail: joao.nunes@blc3.pt


Member name: Laura Matias-Guiu Martí

E-mail: salut@recoop.cat


Coordinators
  • Universidade de Vigo, Facultade de Ciencias, Departamento de Enxeñaría Química
Beneficiaries
  • Universidade de Vigo, Facultade de Ciencias, Departamento de Enxeñaría Química
  • Fundación Centro Tecnológico de Investigación Multisectorial
  • Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Centro de Investigação de Montanha
  • Universitat de Lleida, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Forestal i de Veterinària, Departament de Tecnologia, Enginyeria i Ciència d'Aliments
  • Universidade do Minho, Escola de Engenharia, Centro de Engenharia Biológica
  • Universidad de Zaragoza, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Farmacología, Fisiología y Medicina Legal y Forense
  • Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle
  • INRAE Centre Occitanie - Toulouse, Toulouse Biotechnology Institute
  • Ingredalia SL
  • BLC3 EVOLUTION, LDA
  • RECOOP (Revalorem SCCL)