Torino, February 2021 – Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, efficient use of energy – key issues for the sustainable development goals promoted by the United Nations – are multidisciplinary research fields that, due to their complexity, require a significant commitment to give a greater boost to research activities and the construction of networks between stackholders to share […]
The book “Biochar: Emerging Applications” has just been published. The editors are Professor Alberto Tagliaferro, Professor Carlo Rosso, Professor Mauro Giorcelli. This reference text covers the latest developments in biochar materials research, a field which is becoming increasingly popular due to the potential of biochar to replace carbon materials derived from non-renewable sources. Emerging and innovative […]
Regione Toscana has just launches an important initiative for the development of circular economy. The initiative includes the recovery of the ex Centauro industrial area located in the municipality of Pontassieve (Firenze), and the construction of a new structure that will host RE-CORD activities in research and development and industrial applications in the field of […]
A new paper on results of our research activity on “Characterization of chemically and physically activated carbons from lignocellulosic ethanol lignin-rich stream via hydrothermal carbonization and slow pyrolysis pretreatment” as just been published in the special issue “Feature Papers in Bio-Energy” of MDPI Energy journal. The paper is available at https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/16/4101 .
It is common knowledge by now: transport is and stays as a big GHG emitter in the EU and worldwide. It accounted for 27% of EU-28 total emissions in 2017, and the sector runs almost entirely on fossil fuel. How this can be curbed? And what will be the expected contributions of biofuel in achieving […]
The 28th edition of the The European Biomass Conference and Exhibition is tacking place this week (https://www.eubce.com). The conference, that this year has gone virtual because of the pandemic, becoming an e-EUBCE, has sterted on Monday with a Scientific Opening Session held by David Chiaramonti, who has been also chair of “The Role of Biomass […]
A technology review on the use of bioliquids for power generation systems has just been released on “Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews” journal. The papers provides also the future perspectives and opportunity in a circular economy context. Among the authors there are Marco Buffi (research engineer at RE-CORD) and David Chiaramonti (RE-CORD President), and other researchers from other universities: Tine Seljak and Tomaz Katrasnik (University of Ljubljana), Agustin Valera-Medina (Cardiff University) and C. T. Chong (Shanghai Jiao Tong University). The paper is an open access publications available at the following link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032120302215?via%3Dihub
On 15/01/2020 RE-CORD and Polytechnic of Turin have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at establishing institutional and scientific collaboration relationships to promote and develop joint research initiatives and programs, including participation in calls for tenders financed on regional, national, EU or supranational research and / or demonstration programs, in the field of Renewable Energies, energy […]
On 04/02/2020 RE-CORD and Alia S.p.A., a Public Company involved in environmental services management operating in Tuscany, born from the merging of Quadrifoglio S.p.A., Publiambiente S.p.A., ASM S.p.A. and CIS S.r.l. to face new environmental, economic and social challenges, signed an Memorandum of Understandind to activate a collaboration in strategic sectors of common interest. The […]
The Renewable Energy Consortium for Research and Demonstration (RE-CORD) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, www.nrel.gov ) for coordination on thermochemical conversion of biomass for the production of biofuels and chemicals. This agreement will constitute a framework for cooperation and coordination that will […]