PROJECTS
The Terra&AcquaTech Laboratory obtained the EU, national and regional co-financing of several industrial research projects.
The project aims to enhance marine biological resources within a circular economy framework, with the goal of obtaining products of interest for the food and industrial sectors, as well as developing new farming techniques and technological processes for the processing of seaweed.
The project involves the participation of private companies in the agri-food supply chain in the formulation of prototypes and the assessment of the industrial potential of seaweed extracts and processed products.
Responsible of the Research Unit: Prof. Luisa Pasti
Lead Partner: Terra & Acqua Tech
Project Partners:
• UNIBO - CIRI AGRO
• UNIPR - SITEIA PARMA
• Consorzio Futuro in Ricerca
• ISTITUTO DELTA TECNOLOGIA APPLICATA SRL
PR-FESR EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2021-2027
PR FESR 2021-2027 ACTION 1.1.2 "Call for Strategic Industrial Research Projects Targeting the Priority Areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy issued by the Emilia-Romagna Region"
The project is funded by the European Funds of the Emilia-Romagna Region
INTECH4WATER falls within the thematic area of Circular Economy, focusing on the enhancement, reuse, and recycling of wastewater from municipal purification processes and industrial processes.
Responsible of the Research Unit: Prof. Simonetta Pancaldi
Lead Partner: Terra & Acqua Tech
Project Partners:
• ENEA LEA
• Proambiente S.C.r.l.
• UNIBO - CIRI FRAME
• CNR - ISSMC
PR-FESR EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2021-2027
PR FESR 2021-2027 ACTION 1.1.2 "Call for Strategic Industrial Research Projects Targeting the Priority Areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy issued by the Emilia-Romagna Region"
The project is funded by the European Funds of the Emilia-Romagna Region
SHINE - Solar Hydrogen via INtegration of Energy conversion technologies
The SHINE project will implement the intelligent integration of two solar energy conversion technologies to simultaneously produce renewable electricity and green hydrogen.
Responsible of the Research Unit: Prof. Stefano Caramori
Lead Partner: UNIBO - CIRI FRAME
Project Partners:
• Terra & Acqua Tech
• CNR - IMM Bologna
• MISTER Smart Innovation s.c.r.l.
PR-FESR EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2021-2027
PR FESR 2021-2027 ACTION 1.1.2 "Call for Strategic Industrial Research Projects Targeting the Priority Areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy issued by the Emilia-Romagna Region"
The project is funded by the European Funds of the Emilia-Romagna Region
The ODOR-GC project aims to develop an innovative instrumental and modeling infrastructure for the rapid and integrated monitoring of olfactory nuisances.
Responsible of the Research Unit: Prof. Flavio Antonio Franchina
Lead Partner: Proambiente S.C.r.l.
Project Partners:
• Terra&AcquaTech
• Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali Soc. Cons. P.A.
PR-FESR EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2021-2027
PR FESR 2021-2027 ACTION 1.1.2 "Call for Strategic Industrial Research Projects Targeting the Priority Areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy issued by the Emilia-Romagna Region"
The project is funded by the European Funds of the Emilia-Romagna Region
The proposal aims to reduce the nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) content in digestates (biomass produced by anaerobic digesters), encompassing both agricultural digestates derived from agricultural and agro-industrial biomass and municipal digestates derived from the anaerobic digestion of urban organic fractions. The objectives are to recover fertilizing elements and to mitigate atmospheric emissions of ammonia, methane, and nitrous oxide, both during storage and during agronomic application.
Responsible of the Research Unit: Prof. Massimo Coltorti
Lead Partner: Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali Soc. Cons. P.A.
Project Partners:
• Terra&AcquaTech
• UNIBO - CIRI FRAME
• ASSOCIAZIONE CLUST-ER ENERGIA E SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE
PR-FESR EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2021-2027
PR FESR 2021-2027 ACTION 1.1.2 "Call for Strategic Industrial Research Projects Targeting the Priority Areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy issued by the Emilia-Romagna Region"
The project is funded by the European Funds of the Emilia-Romagna Region
The aim of the SMART-H2O project is to develop and implement a water purification system for industrial waters, enabling their reuse with a focus on sustainability and circularity while minimizing the extraction of water from surface or groundwater sources.
Responsible of the Research Unit: Prof.ssa Luisa Pasti
Lead Partner: UNIPR - CIPACK
Project Partners:
• Terra&AcquaTech
• CNR - ISSMC
• UNIPR - CIDEA
• Consorzio Futuro in Ricerca
PR-FESR EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2021-2027
PR FESR 2021-2027 ACTION 1.1.2 "Call for Strategic Industrial Research Projects Targeting the Priority Areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy issued by the Emilia-Romagna Region"
The project is funded by the European Funds of the Emilia-Romagna Region
The project aims to develop cascading biorefinery methods for the sequential extraction of all components from fruit industry byproducts (lipids, proteins, fiber). This approach seeks to reduce waste volume and maximize value, aligning with principles of sustainability and circular economy.
Responsible of the Research Unit: Prof.ssa Martina Catani
Lead Partner: UNIPR - SITEIA.Parma
Project Partners:
• Terra&AcquaTech
• Ri.Nova Società Cooperativa - CRPV LAB
• UNIBO- CIRI AGRO
• Stazione Sperimentale per l'Industria delle Conserve Alimentari - Fondazione di Ricerca
PR-FESR EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2021-2027
PR FESR 2021-2027 ACTION 1.1.2 "Call for Strategic Industrial Research Projects Targeting the Priority Areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy issued by the Emilia-Romagna Region"
The project is funded by the European Funds of the Emilia-Romagna Region
The C+AgroForER project is presented by four accredited laboratories in the Emilia-Romagna region, in collaboration with five companies interested in assessing the effectiveness of the implemented solutions to mitigate the impacts of their production activities, forests, and agroecological crops.
Responsible of the Research Unit: Prof.ssa Silvia Rita Stazi
Lead Partner: UNIPR - SITEIA.Parma
Project Partners:
• Terra&AcquaTech
• Proambiente S.C.r.l.
• Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali Soc. Cons. P.A.
PR-FESR EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2021-2027
PR FESR 2021-2027 ACTION 1.1.2 "Call for Strategic Industrial Research Projects Targeting the Priority Areas of the Smart Specialization Strategy issued by the Emilia-Romagna Region"
The project is funded by the European Funds of the Emilia-Romagna Region
The project, which is entirely located in the FLAG area of the Emilia Romagna Coast, aims at fostering the productive recovery of two native species of bivalves, the Adriatic flat oyster Ostrea edulis and the clam Tapes decussatus, through innovative and more eco-sustainable hatchery management solutions.
The project consists of multiple actions that synergistically contribute to increasing the productivity and sustainability of hatcheries such as: the use of sensors to control water quality parameters; the formulation and use of feed obtained from macroalgae for oyster and clam pre-fattening; the introduction of filtering systems obtained from waste materials to improve water quality. The project, co-ordinated by the University of Ferrara, sees the involvement of three other technical-scientific organisations (Istituto Delta Ferrara, Naturedulis Goro, Fondazione S. Giuseppe CFP CESTA), where Naturedulis is also the Aquaculture Enterprise that owns the hatchery.
Initiative implemented within the framework of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 - Type of operation 16.1.01 - Operational groups of the European Innovation Partnership: Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability - Focus Area 3A - Improving the competitiveness of primary producers by better integrating them into the agrifood supply chain through quality schemes, the creation of added value for agricultural products, the promotion of products in local markets, short supply chains, producer associations and organisations and interprofessional organisations.
The project is intended to be a driving force and technological innovation tool for the valorisation of by-products of the agro-food chain for the production of substances with high added value (second-generation valorisation) with spin-offs in the phytosanitary and food context (nutraceuticals and ingredients) by exploiting low environmental impact technologies. With a view to an integrated strategy for the valorisation of by-products in the agro-food sector, the project also proposes the complete characterisation of extraction residues for their effective addressing to the energy sector (first-generation valorisation).
The general objective of the project is to improve the management of the initial and final phases of the entire shellfish production cycle, from cradle to grave: the management of juveniles and production residues. On the one hand, the project intends to carry out a study aimed at identifying and mapping possible nursery areas for the veraceous clam (Venerupis spp.) associated with the Sacca di Goro, and on the other hand, the study of how to recover production waste, in a circular economy perspective, envisaging the recovery and re-use of sea waste, in particular bivalve mollusc shells from the shellfish production chain.
VALorisation of wastewater and sludge with a view to Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis. POR FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020 project - Strategic industrial research projects addressing the priority areas of the Intelligent Specialisation Strategy.
Scalable Operational Protocols for Precision Agriculture (POSITIVE)
The aim of the project is to make available on a regional scale indices of agronomic interest obtained by integrating satellite images with data collected on the ground, through a concretely usable IT infrastructure for precision irrigation and fertigation. POSITIVE is a project financed by the Emilia-Romagna POR FESR (2014-2020), among the strategic industrial research projects addressing the priority areas of the Intelligent Specialisation Strategy.
SmartAgriHubs is a European project aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of the European agri-food sector. The project consists of 28 digital innovation experiments in agriculture and aquaculture, supported by Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) from 9 regional clusters of European Member States. At the same time, SmartAgriHubs aims to improve the quality of services of DIHs so that digital innovations can be widely disseminated and adopted by European farmers. In particular, the Ferrara unit deals with digital innovation in the aquaculture sector.
New multi-sensorial technological platform for the detection of crop water stress conditions. POR FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020 project - Strategic industrial research projects addressing the priority areas of the Intelligent Specialisation Strategy.
A project for the technological optimisation of the regional/national biomethane production chain. POR FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020 project - Strategic industrial research projects addressing the priority areas of the Intelligent Specialisation Strategy.
Innovative solutions for water decontamination and hydrogen production through solar energy. POR FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020 project - Strategic industrial research projects addressing the priority areas of the Intelligent Specialisation Strategy.
Nuove soluzioni per il monitoraggio del particolato emesso da sorgenti di traffico e da riscaldamento domestico in ambiente urbano. Progetto POR FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020 – Progetti di ricerca industriale strategica rivolti agli ambiti prioritari della Strategia di Specializzazione Intelligente.
Radioisotope production techniques for nuclear medicine for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. POR FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020 project - Strategic industrial research projects addressing the priority areas of the Intelligent Specialisation Strategy.
Valorisation of waste from the wine sector for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. POR FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-2020 project - Strategic industrial research projects addressing the priority areas of the Intelligent Specialisation Strategy.
Industrial research project, financed by the Emilia-Romagna Region's POR FESR in the two-year period 2016-2018.
The project involved the collaboration of the research laboratories of the University of Ferrara, the University of Bologna and ENEA on the topic of the conscious use of water; in particular, the MechLav research group worked on water consumption telemonitoring systems at homes, swimming pools and laboratories in various locations throughout the region.