Biorefinery platform project chosen to represent Ireland at European student competition
Carbon Circle was selected to represent Ireland at European Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E) at an event held at Munster Technological University, and supported by BiOrbic Ireland’s National Bioeconomy Research Centre, Department of Agriculture Food and Marine.
Carbon Circle is a modular cascading biorefinery platform that converts digestate from anaerobic digestion into high-value bio-based products, including biofertilisers and hydrochar.
Led by team captain Shon Shiju, the University College Cork and Maynooth University project aims to tackle the environmental challenges associated with conventional digestate management, such as water eutrophication and greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions.
By developing a circular approach to digestate use, the team hopes to reduce waste and create more sustainable bio-based solutions.
The Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe is a Europe-wide competition designed to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in the bioeconomy sector. It challenges students to develop new bio-based products and processes while promoting awareness of the transition to a more sustainable, circular economy.
As Ireland’s national winners, Carbon Circle will now go on to represent the country at the European finals in the autumn, competing against teams from 18 countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Slovenia.
Second and third prize was awarded to Duck Biorefinery and PlasmaFresh respectively.
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