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project info
Start date: 1 May 2024
End date: 30 April 2026
funding
Fund: Just Transition Fund (JTF)
Total budget: 225 229,00 €
EU contribution: 157 660,00 € (70%)
programme
Programming period: 2021-2027
European Commission Topic
European Commission Topic

Power Of Potatoes (POP)

The project plan is to conduct a current analysis of waste from the potato industry, considering volumes, its current utilization as a resource or waste, and its economic value for the producer. The aim is to explore the potential economic benefits for the producer if the waste potatoes were converted into green fuel in various formats. This green fuel could then be used to offset the decline in peat utilization in the energy production sector, generating heat for the property sector, or serving as locally produced green fuel in the transportation sector. As is well known, it is possible to make different energy products through the waste from the potato industry, of which perhaps special mention may be made: biogas, ethanol, methanol or potentially synthetic fuels. For the above-mentioned reasons, the idea was born that previous investigations in the area are not relevant at the present time. Which means that you should do a survey like this again, to investigate the current profitability and compare it with current energy prices/costs. How has the change in trade affected the industrial processing of potatoes? What are the cultivation volumes today? What are the volumes of waste in the industrial processing of potatoes today? What kind of waste and in what volumes occurs in primary production (unsold or untaken lots, etc.)? Where does the spill occur? How is the game used today? Can you create a higher added value by further processing the waste for the potato industry? How can waste be disposed of in a sustainable energy policy way? Can you create a sustainable income from the further development of the waste into a sustainable fuel? What products can be made from the waste of potatoes today? What do potential production volumes look like for the various potential products? What investment costs with for different production choices of further processing of the waste from the potato processing industry? What estimated product prices could different products further processed from the waste from the potato industry have, to still be competitive in terms of price in the trade? Is there also access to tracts that are not digested today in the towns? What market potentials are there for the various potential products? Comparison of the product prices further processed from the waste from the potato industry are competitive with fuel imported and for sale in the local market today. Objective to present basis for decisions on investments in production facilities for piloting locally as a separate project.

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