AccelWater at WICC 2023

AGENSO presented the AccelWater project on a workshop during the 2nd day of the Water Innovation and Circularity Conference (WICC). The conference was organized by the Sanitary Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens the and Hellenic Water…

5th Project Coordination Meeting in Iceland

The 5th Project Coordination Meeting of the AccelWater project was held between May 30th and June 1st 2023. It was organized by MATIS and took place at the Hótel Reykjavík Grand in Reykjavik, Iceland. All Work Package Leaders participated, as well as the majority of the consortium members. According to the agenda, after a welcome…

Visit at the Industrial Symbiosis Demonstrator

On May 26th 2023, representatives from AGENSO and NTUA visited the Industrial Area of Patras, and more specifically two of the industries participating in the Industrial Symbiosis Demonstrator (WP 3), namely Athenian Brewery and FrieslandCampina Hellas. They were guided to the premises of the two industries, where they inspected the installations of the UF &…

Circularity day of resources in the meat industry workshop

On April 21st 2023, CT-BETA, Mafrica and INNOVACC organized a Circularity Day of resources in the meat industry in the University of Manresa. A total of 60 participants from meat industries, research centres, public health agency, different manufactures for industrial processes, among others, attended the workshop. The workshop is part of the European AccelWater project,…

AGENSO meets with KYKNOS

On April 4th, members from the AGENSO’s AccelWater team traveled to the premises of KYKNOS S.A. Greek Canning Company in Savalia, Amaliada, Greece for a meeting. KYKNOS is one of the oldest and largest industries in Greece, dating back in 1915. They have been producing a wide variety of tomato products since their inception, such…

AccelWater @ INSE 2022

The AccelWater project, as well as its digital platform, were presented during an event titled “Sustainable Economy in Horizon Europe – International Networking & Matchmaking (INSE 2022)” in Warsaw, Poland (December 5th & 6th) as a part of the session: “Success stories from H2020 SPIRE projects and from less represented countries”. The participating partner was…

AccelWater’s pilot plant at MAFRICA enables progress towards “zero waste” strategies in the meat industry

The food and beverage industry accounts for 56% of global freshwater consumption for industrial use. In the meat sector, for example, pig slaughterhouses can use between 250 and 550 litres per head of animal slaughtered, with the cleaning of carcasses and equipment and sanitisation of facilities being the most water-intensive activities. In the case of…

4th Project Coordination Meeting in Greece

The 4th project coordination meeting took place in Athens, in November 2022 (14th and 15th). It was organized by AGENSO and most consortium members attended the meeting physically, while those who were unable to travel, participated through a video call. During the meeting, the progress in all four demonstrators was presented as well as the platform that…