EENOVA

30 percent  of the world’s energy is consumed within the agricultural and food sector.

The EENOVA (Energy Efficiency in regioNal fOod processing Value chAins) project aims to tackle some of the main challenges related to the food chain and its high dependence on fossil fuel, by putting an in-depth focus on energy-smart solutions, by assessing and increasing the level of energy efficiency, renewable energy while at the same time reducing the carbon intensity of 5 regional value chains in 5 different food processing subsectors, namely:

  • Bakery/Upper Austria–Austria (AT)
  • Meat/North-West Region–Romania (RO)
  • Water and soft drinks South-east Lithuania (LT)
  • Winery/Burgas Province-Bulgaria (BG)
  • Dairy/West Slovenia (SI)
The project’s focus is improving energy efficiency in the stages of food processing, as well as the closely linked areas of logistics and packaging. The mission begins after primary production and extends right up to the products’ journey from the retailer’s warehouse to the consumer’s home, including refrigerated storage, meal preparation, waste management, and wastewater treatment.
 
Project status: ongoing
 

Targeted sectors: Food processing value chains for bakery, meat, water and soft drinks, winery and diary

Countries: Romania, Lithuania, Austria, Bulgaria, Slovenia

Benefits for companies: 
Out of the five above mentioned case studies, an adaptable replication model will hat can be applied to other value chains within the same or different regions and sectors. Stakeholders are invited to round tables to validate the replication model.
 
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Project coordinator:

Harald Grill, ConPlus Ultra:

harald.grill@conplusultra.com

 

Further information

Project website:

https://eenova-project.eu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eenova)

Information material:

EENOVA_PITCH DECK