G08 - EneRAlp - EnergySpaceAlps

Biogenic waste and residual materials as a possible sustainable energy resource, sub-project B: Biogenic waste potentials - GastroFuel

Funding:

This project is being carried out in cooperation with "alpS - Zentrum für Naturgefahren-und Risiko Management GmbH" and is funded by the COMET programme of the BMVIT (Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology) and the BMWFJ (Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth), which is managed and processed by the FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency). In addition, the federal states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg are supporting this project with state co-financing.

Funding period: 04/2012 - 04/2015

Content:

Biogas will play an increasingly important role in the energy mix of the future, as methane is a universally applicable energy source. Due to the intensive tourism in Tyrol, very large quantities of organic materials such as kitchen waste and fats are produced in the catering kitchen sector. These represent a resource for biogas plants on the one hand, but on the other hand they currently cause major technical problems in wastewater treatment. The aim of the research project is the extensive collection and utilisation of this potential for energy generation through the development of new collection systems and logistics concepts. A further aspect is the examination of the vulnerability of the energy resource with regard to the effects of climate change and with regard to its sustainability.


Project partners:

  • University of Innsbruck, Institute of Environmental Technology
  • University of Innsbruck, Institute of Microbiology
  • alpS - Centre for Natural Hazard and Risk Management GmbH
  • MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG

Contact:

University of Innsbruck
Univ-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Bockreis
Technikerstrasse 13
6020 Innsbruck
waste@uibk.ac.at

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