Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 1 WACOSYS Monitoring and Control System for Wastewater irrigated Energy plantations COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT Contract N°: COOP-CT

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 2 WACOSYS - Summary Why a Cooperative Research Project? Background Aims & Objectives Structure of the Consortium Workplan WACOSYS‘ main results

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 3 Cooperative Research (CRAFT): a EC instrument aimed: “... to benefit SMEs in need of specific scientific and technological research” Suitable to develop solutions affecting SMEs from different sectors in Europe Kyoto protocol and oil prices force to look for new energy sources  biomass is renewable, CO2 neutral and can be produced locally The project will benefit different SMEs: SRP operators, small communities, pellet producers, irrigation technology manufacturers and env. solutions companies Why a CRAFT Project?

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 4 Europe is the largest importer and 2 nd largest energy consumer Based on Kyoto objectives, the EU envisages to raise the amount of renewable energies from current 6% to 12% until 2010 Biomass will play a key role, as it is storable and always available: estimated growth from 3.8% to 8.5% The market for biomass combustibles is rapidly expanding in Europe, faster demand than production growth  Strong price increase Background (I)

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 5 Background (II) Therefore  strong economic potential (biomass producers, distributors, technology, etc) Wood biomass  Short rotation plantations (poplars, willows, etc) On the other hand, cheap and easy-to-handle wastewater treatment systems are still necessary for small communities Opportunity to irrigate (water + nutrients) with wastewater from small communities WACOSYS integrates SRP’s and wastewater treatment  double benefit

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 6 Aims and objectives Industrial objectives To develop, test and optimise a monitoring and control system for irrigation and fertilisation of SRP plantations with wastewater To guarantee efficient, low cost and sustainable production of combustible biomass products (pellets) To reduce wastewater treatment costs for small communities To generate a local, renewable CO2 neutral energy source To avoid surface and groundwaters pollution To save water resources by reusing wastewater and to close the nutrient loop at local level To strengthen rural areas economy To open new markets for renewable energy consumption Environmental and social objectives

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 7 Structure of the Consortium (I) BIOAZUL RAMOS HYDRO-AIR TTZ STAB PARKANON WAU MAK EAU

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 8 Structure of the Consortium (II) Aim: to achieve maximum complementarity Two types of partners: SMEs: small or medium enterprises, including a SRP operator (RAMOS), a wastewater management company (MAK), a irrigation technology manufacturer (HYDRO-AIR), a wood pellets producer (PARKANON) and environmental services companies (STAB and BIOAZUL) RTDs: research organisations, including agricultural universities (EAU and WAU), and an environmental and process engineering centre (TTZ)

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 9 Structure of the Consortium (III) WACOSYS - development MANAGEMENT European Commission Hydro-Air Bioazul DEVELOPERS Bioazul TTZ EAU WAU STAB END-USERS MAK Ramos Parkanon MANUFACTURER

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 10 Workplan WP1 Determination of systems requirements: legal requirements end-users requirements character of wastewater WP2 Design of prototypes Building the prototypes System check Transport & installation WP3 Preparation of plantations WP4 Overall Evaluation Optimisation On site testing Initial test WP5 Evaluation Product analysis Biomass processing Biomass harvesting WP6 Dissemination & Exploitation of Project Results WP7 Project management and coordination

Jüterbog, 5 th of October 2004, WACOSYS Kick Off meeting - Page 11 WACOSYS’ main results Optimised WACOSYS prototypes Overall assessment of the system (biomass production, wastewater treatment) Assessment of the WACOSYS biomass Dissemination (publications, presentations, etc) Exploitation and dissemination plans