BioEconomy between Food & Non-Food: the Italian Way Stato dell arte, traiettorie di sviluppo ed opportunità per l Italia

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1 BioEconomy between Food & Non-Food: the Italian Way Stato dell arte, traiettorie di sviluppo ed opportunità per l Italia FOOD4ENERGY Massimo Iannetta - Head of Technical Unit on «Sustainable development and Innovation of Agroindustry system» ENEA, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable economic development, Rome - Italy Expo 2015 Sala Auditorium Cascina Triulza Milano, 26 maggio 2015 ore

2 GLOBAL FOOD DEMAND: the crucial commodities

3 GLOBAL FOOD DEMAND and RAW MATERIALS PRICES

4 GLOBAL FOOD OFFER and FOOD LOSSES AND WASTE (UN FAO 2011)

5 GLOBAL FOOD OFFER and RESOURCES AVAILABILITY Source: American Journal of agricultural economics, 2010

6 WATER and ENERGY In the EU, energy production is the greatest source of water consumption (44%), first cooling water. In 2010, global water withdrawals for energy use accounted for about 15% of total global water use. The 2030 Water Resources Group report Charting Our Water Future estimates that by 2030 the world s demand for water will be 40% higher than it is today, and more than 50% higher in the most rapidly developing countries.

7 FOOD, WATER and ENERGY (The Nexus approach) The continuous economic growth is unsustainable from the environmental point of view; the absence of growth is unsustainable from the social point of view. The crisis periods will be more and more frequent and we need to develop «Resilience» capacity: Data revolution, Adaptative management, Open Innovation between research organizations, enterprises, institutions and society. the Nexus approach can contribute to overcome this issue, looking at the Bioeconomy and Green Economy.

8 Environmental Impact The Change of Paradigm for Innovation Cultural shift for Innovation New competitive and eco-innovative processes should be developed, within the framework of a transition towards a more resource-efficient, sustainable economy. Conventional Technologies Bioeconomy Green Technologies - BAT Sustainable Economic Development - Omics sciences - Plant selection and Breeding - Biotechnologies for the adaptation to biotic/abiotic stresses - Integrated Pest Management - Agroecosystem models, GIS and remote sensing integration for precision farming and global warming effects analysis - Agronomic techniques based on energy efficiency to reduce CO2 emission - Technologies to recover energy, chemicals and nutraceuticals from waste, residuals and sub-products along all the food chain - ICT Platform to support bioenergy production plants - Process and Product innovation - Monitoring technologies for fresh food shelf life - Platforms for Food Safety, traceability and authenticity - etc.

9 Challenges: Bioeconomy and Circular Economy Food supply chains produce large amounts of residues Economic as well environmental cost to manage or dispose the processing residues are quite high for food enterprises New legislation and environmental and energy goals impose to change food enterprises attitudes and behaviour Residues are not waste but raw materials for new products Iannetta, Milano, May 21, 2015

10 MULTI STAGE CASCADING USE The Cascade principle Sequential Step FEEDSTOCK The strategy is based on the use of so-called cascades of use that flow from higher levels of the value chain down to lower levels, increasing the productivity of the raw material. FOOD Extracting added value 1st biobased product Energy use 2 nd Bio-based product Market Energy use 3 rd Bio-based product

11 Food company traditional pathway FARM Farms FOOD enterprises Outside plant Feedstock Cereals Grapes Olives Milk etc. Trasformation Pasta Wine Oil Cheese etc. Residues Straw/stalks/lees/ pomace /wastewater/ whey, etc. Reuse for animals Energy uses Field distribution

12 New approaches, new productions New products Feedstok Cereals Grapes Olives Milk etc. Trasformation Pasta Wine Oil Cheese etc. Residues Straw/stalks/lees/ pomace / wastewater whey, etc. Energy use Integrating the food chain actors and streams Who drives what!

13 New approaches, new productions Three main objectives Circularity Local Farm and Food enterprises symbiosis Cascading value approach What does it means? Rethinking productive cycle Looking for cooperation, connection Introducing new technologies and innovation New markets From theory to.. Scaling up Demonstrate Co-products Market growth Energy and Water driven..practice

14 Farm dairy plant local symbiosis (ENEA Project) CHP Grid Dairy plant Farms Electricity Heat Milk and cheese production Milk CHP engine Methane whey processing residues Cattle breeding Liquid / solid manure AD plant Silage / residues Digestate Crops AD plant Close relationship between local enterprises and farms to share energy, residues, inputs, exploiting synergies saving money and avoiding environmental costs

15 Many potential pathways In this case study, we have treated about 500 lt of whey (ENEA Project) Using specific bacterial strains and enzymatic process, is possible to transform the lactose into lactic acid and then produce bioplastics Whey UF Q= 7000 lt/h Permeate Retentate A=6m 2 Water Permeate UF/DF Retentate (whey protein) Q= 2000 lt/h NF DL A=8,5m 2 Retentate (whey protein) Q= 2500 lt/h Permeate NF DK Permeate (Water+Salt) A=8,5m 2 Lactose Bioreactor Biogas Lactose Anaerobic digester Recovering energy value via AD or combustion or what else is an opportunity, reduce cost, decrease emission, earning money and more.

16 Demonstration and test plants (ENEA Project) Mobile plant, based on Ceramic and Polymeric Filtration at pilot scale, works directly on fresh residues production at farm level

17 Oil mill wastewater The organic load is very high. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) is between 100 and 190 g /l of O 2 and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is between 50 and 140 g /l of oxygen. (ENEA Project)

18 Innovative Enterprise (ENEA Project) In 2008, the working group Genelab (ENEA start up) won the invitation FILAS business lab with the project "Biophenolive" In 2009, the new company PhenoFarm Ltd. implemented the system based on the ENEA patent at industrial scale in Scandriglia (Lazio) November 2009, Genelab operates the plant in the first oil campaign as consultant of PhenoFarm June 2010 Genelab leads the educational training of new PhenoFarm staff and remains stable consultant for plant optimization and quality control of final products Currently Phenofarm produces and markets several products (plant compounds) for food and cosmetics use

19 This work has been developed under ENEA projects dealing with agroindustry, energy and residues recovery via innovative integrated systems EU IT IT SOFIA - Agro-Food Technological Cluster IT

20 Il 19 maggio scorso, la Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking ha pubblicato il primo bando relativo ai progetti Flagships, per un ammontare di 100 miioni. Gli argomenti oggetti di questo bando riguardano progetti di innovazione ("Flagships") focalizzati sui Topic: BBI.VC1.F1: From lignocellulosic feedstock to advanced bio-based chemicals, materials or ethanol BBI.VC2.F2: Valorisation of cellulose into new added value products BBI.VC4.F3: Innovative processes for sugar recovery and conversion from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) La scadenza è per il 15 settembre (single stage call) I prossimi bandi della JTI BBI su ricerca e innovazione e dimostrativi (RIA e Demo, per altrettanti 100M ) saranno pubblicati il prossimo giugno-luglio. Link: JTI Bio-based industries: Participant Portal: calls/h2020-bbi-ppp html

21 ENEA Vertical Farm prototype ENEA s presence in Expo is in the spotlight through the Vertical Farm, a prototype of vertical greenhouse exhibited within the Future Food District. The Vertical Farm is a technological representation of sustainable food production, setting new standards in five areas of interest: land, sustainable agriculture, water, energy and safe food. ENEA s vertical farm means zero land (hydroponic system), zero pesticides, zero emissions, zero waste, total recycling of water and fertilizers, as well as green and efficient energy, thanks to the use of renewable energy sources.

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