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BUTTERFLY “Biomass Utilized To The Extended portfolio of Renewable Fuels with Large Yields” project was funded by the EU Horizon Europe Framework Progr., HORIZON Innovation Actions, under G.A. No. 101118241. Call for proposals/topic: HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-08 “Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply: Demonstration of complete value chains for advanced biofuel and non-biological renewable fuel production”. Duration: 40 months; budget: 8.318.327,67 €.BUTTERFLY aims to demonstrate the flexible co-production of fuels from residual feedstocks in industrial environment, to decarbonize industrial and transport sectors such as shipping, off-grid heat and power and steel industry. BUTTERFLY will connect several innovative technologies and enable a tuneable production ratio between synthetic natural gas (SNG) and renewable dimethyl ether (rDME), in combination with intermittent supply of green H2. These value chains economically incorporate captured CO2 from flue gas conversion, as well as green hydrogen and renewable electricity, to maximize the product yields while ensuring the highest overall energy efficiency.The role of CA.RE. FOR. Engineering (CFE) in the project is related to the System Study together with Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and LUT University (Finland). Three groups of feedstock’s supply chains will be investigated: (i) forest and agriculture residues, recovered or post-use wood, (ii) industrial wastes/residues of non-biological origin, (iii) upgraded wet organic residues derived from TORWASH® pre-treatment of sewage sludge. The objectives that CFE want to achieve in BUTTERFLY are: (i) increased security of supply with flexible locally sourced sustainable feedstocks and seasonally optimized production of energy carriers, (ii) assessment of regional production of advanced biofuels and of RFNBO, (iii) identification of the most promising sites in Europe, at regional level, for the development of the novel process at commercial scale.

F-CUBED “Future Feedstock Flexible Carbon Upgrading to Bio Energy Dispatchable carriers” project (2020) was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 884226. Work program topics addressed: LC-SC3-RES-16-2019 “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: secure, clean and efficient energy”. Duration: 36 months; budget: 4.059.707,50 €.F-CUBED aims to develop an advanced process concept for the hydrothermal conversion of a broad range of biogenic residues to intermediate bioenergy carriers (IEC). It evaluates the use of these intermediate bioenergy carriers as a feedstock for balancing and increase the flexibility of the power grid, producing transport fuels and use in industrial energy applications. This is achieved by validating the process concept at Technology Readiness Level 5, obtaining reduced conversion costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Specific economic objective of F-Cubed project is the assessment of the techno-economic feasibility of the F-CUBED treatment of three selected biogenic residues, showing at least a 30% improvement on the residue treatment cost and a 50% improvement on the final levelized bioenergy cost.CFE is involved, as WP leader of WP3 and WP5.The activity developed in WP3 is to perform a successful pilot campaign on location of an olive oil mill located in Italy and prove that the thermally treated product can serve as an improved bioenergy carrier while demonstrating a circular overall process concept.The activity developed in WP5 by CFE is to determine the economically and environmentally optimised supply chains, including pre-treatment plant sites and sizes, for specific locations and, together with other partners, achieve technical, economic and sustainability evaluations of the F- CUBED and Integrated F-CUBED conversion concepts, for the treatment of paper sludge, F&V processing wastes and waste olive pomace.

CONVERGE “CarbON Valorization in Energy-efficient Green fuels” project (2018) was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 818135. Work program topics addressed: LC-SC3-RES-21-2018 “Development of next generation biofuels and alternative renewable fuel technologies for road transport”. Duration: 42 months; budget: 5'091’648 €.CONVERGE aims to validate an innovative process for advanced biodiesel production that is more efficient and less expensive than current technologies, making it competitive with fossil fuels. The objective is to improve the biomass conversion efficiency that can be increased by 12% and costs reduced by more than 10%. CFE is involved as WP leader of WP6 and its activity deals with the upstream phase of the production process of the analysis of the supply chain of secondary biomass and the related business cases. The process scheme is very flexible and not feedstock-specific, allowing a wide range of biomass to be assessed.The residual biomass supply chains are studied in four regions of Europe (Scandinavia, Northern EU, EU and Central Mediterranean) for the identification of the most interesting and profitable markets for the application of innovative technologies introduced by CONVERGE.Specific task of the WP6 is also the enhancement of CO2 sequestered by CONVERGE process, by means of BECCS/U.

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Ca.Re. For. Engineering (acronym for Carbon Reduction and Forestry Engineering, CFE from now ahead) is a professionals association (SME equivalent) started in 2010, by Marco Ugolini (Forest Engineer and Ecologist) and Luca Pedocchi (PhD Chemistry). Both of them have more than 20 years experience in their own operational fields.CFE’s main activities deal with assessment and certification of biodiesel supply chain sustainability and life cycle assessment with applications to agroforestry systems and understanding of biomass value chain creation.The association involves highly qualified professionals (environmental engineers, agronomists, chemists) specialized on multicriteria analysis, LCA techniques with applications to agro-engineering issues and sustainability certification.CFE is one of the major specialized national players in consultancy on environmental sustainability certifications, according to the Dir. 2009/28 / EC modified by Dir EU 2015/1513, and life cycle assessment of the biomass and intermediate products in the production chain of biofuels, with particular reference to biodiesel supply chain.Since 2012 CFE has supported as consultancy a large number of the economic operators of the Italian market involved in the biodiesel production. CFE has a specialized and recognized background on biofuels supply chain sustainability and life cycle inventories and assessment of agroforestry systems. CFE has also proved abilities to design and introduce sustainability oriented guidelines for innovations in the industrial process related to agri-energy and agri-food systems.CFE has been at the forefront of biodiesel production chain sustainability in Italy, accompanying in 2012 the first Italian Company to obtain the certification for the environmental sustainability of the whole supply chain from the agricultural stages of the biomass cultivation to the biodiesel production .Website: http://www.carefor-engineering.eu

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Studio professionale ad alta specializzazione tecnico-scientifica operante nell'ambito della pianificazione territoriale e gestione delle risorse naturali, pianificazione e progettazione forestale, progettazione e direzione lavori di opere pubbliche.Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ingegneriaforestale

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Ca.Re. For. Ltd is a Limited Liability Company with registered capital of 50.000 €, constituted on 1th July 2011. The name contains in itself a dual meaning: one related to the acronym of "CArbon REductiopn and FORestry", the other that one of the English word "take care of" as depicted in the logo that shows the planet protected by the hands man.The Company deals electively with international projects that imply the sustainable management of vast forest areas in order to optimize the sequestration of carbon by the ecosystems providing carbon credits through a process of accounting and certification according to international standards.