On April 4th 2022, AGENSO and ICCS visited the PRODAL offices at the University of Salerno. After a small discussion, AGENSO, ICCS and PRODAL visited the CALISPA factory, where they first discussed with technicians and managerial personnel about the installation of sensors at the factory’s production lines. Additionally, AGENSO demonstrated the low-cost sensor technologies they…

In the context of Work Package 10 “Networking, Communication and Dissemination”, AGENSO has produced a short introductory video for the AccelWater project, in order to appeal to a broader audience.   Video credits Illustrations and animation: Daphne Xourafi (https://www.daphnexourafi.com) Sound Design, Voiceover and Audio Production: MD Recording Studios (https://mdstudio.gr) Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

Our project is mentioned in an article published from the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA, the agency managing AccelWater) celebrating the World Water Day (March 22nd), along with 4 other H2020 projects, with which we participated in the Water Projects Europe 2021 event. The article is quoted below. Today is World Water Day,…

The 3rd Project Coordination Meeting of the AccelWater project was held on March 10th 2022. It was organized by AGENSO and took place online using the Microsoft Teams platform, due to the COVID-19 restrictions. All Work Package Leaders participated, as well as the majority of the consortium members. According to the agenda, after a welcome…

For the improvement of project implementation, AGENSO organized separate meetings with each demonstrator. Thus, from February 1st to 3rd, meetings with the industrial symbiosis demonstrator, tomato processing demonstrator and meat processing demonstrator took place online. During these meetings, the progress of each demonstrator was discussed, along with potential problems/obstacles that occurred. Also present in all…

The first installation of equipment for the AccelWater project has been completed! REZOS installed the weather station sent by AGENSO to the roof of their premises at the Industrial Area of Patras. Below you can check the weather data, as well as some pictures from the installation. Weather data <br /> Close

As part of the development of the Exploitation Strategy, AXIA organised the first AccelWater exploitation workshop on January 24th 2022. The workshop aimed at supporting the partners in the identification of KERs and future definition of KERs towards the AccelWater business plans. The presentations were given by Mrs. Raquel Moreno, Project Manager and Innovation Consultant…

There was an oral presentation of AccelWater at an online agri-food sector cluster conference, titled “Carbon and water footprint reduction in the agri-food sector”. The conference took place online on July 7th and 8th 2021. The conference was organized by Agroalim (the agri-food cluster of Nuevo Leon, Mexico) and INNOVACC (pig meat processing cluster, Spain).…

A meeting of all partners from WP 4 took place at the ProdAl Scarl premises, on July 2nd 2021. During the meeting, each partner introduced themselves, and then Mrs. Ferrari (representing the host organization), made a brief presentation about the project, its main objectives, the methodology and the timeline. Then, WP 4 was presented in…

The 2nd Project Coordination Meeting of the AccelWater project was held on July 8th 2021. It was organized by AGENSO and took place online using the Microsoft Teams platform, due to the COVID-19 restrictions. All Work Package Leaders participated, as well as the majority of the consortium members. According to the agenda, after a welcome…

A meeting of all partners from WP 3 took place at the Industrial Area of Patras on June 16th 2021. The partners were guided to the biological treatment installations of FrieslandCampinaHellas and Athenian Brewery, as well as the facilities of Rezos Brands, where the Tasks described in WP 3 will be implemented. More specifically, the…

On June 8th 2021, Lidia Paredes, a researcher from BETA Technological Center (UVic-UCC) participated in the conference “Horizon Europe-Aigua” organized by the Catalan Water Partnership and ACCIÓ. This specific session about the water was part of the Horizon Europe Week and its objective was to explain the lines of action and funding priorities of the…

The leader of WP 4: Tomato Processing Demonstrator of the AccelWater project, PRODAL, will be making an oral presentation at the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management. The conference was supposed to take place in Thessaloniki, from June 23rd to 26th 2021, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, it will be held virtually. The…

The European Green Deal is a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission with the overarching aim of making Europe climate neutral in 2050. An impact assessed plan will also be presented to increase the EU’s greenhouse gas emission reductions target for 2030 to at least 50% and towards 55% compared with 1990 levels.…

BETA Technological Center (Catalonia, Spain), a partner of the AccelWater consortium, has proposed an innovative valorisation system to treat and valorise solid waste and wastewater from meat processing industry (MPI). Freeze concentration, electrodialysis, solid-state fermentation, or biodrying are some of the technologies proposed for obtaining reclaimed water, energy and products with agronomic value. This approach…

The AccelWater project has become a member of the SPIRE Initiative (see here). The SPIRE Initiative, covers 8 EU industrial sectors (cement, ceramics, minerals, steel, non-ferrous metals, industrial water and process engineering), representing around 6.8 million jobs in 450.000 enterprises. The AccelWater consortium will seek to initiate synergies with other water-related projects of the SPIRE…

The kickoff meeting of the AccelWater project was held on November 12th 2020. It was organized by AGENSO and took place online using the Microsoft Teams platform. The entire consortium joined the meeting, as well as two officers from the EASME. During the meeting, there were presentations for the organizations of the consortium, as well…

The AccelWater project was mentioned in one of the most visited Greek news portals (https://www.protothema.gr, #8 on Greek sites ranking by Alexa). The article was describing Athenian Brewery’s (member of the AccelWater consortium) strategic partnerships for promoting sustainability and AB’s involvement in EU-funded projects (one of which is AccelWater). AB is one of the leading…