Partners

Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas

Details:
Role: Coordinator
Address: 6 Kossutha St.
City: Katowice
ZIP-Code: 40-844
Country: Poland
Phone: +48 32 2546031
Fax: +48 32 2541717
Www: www.ietu.katowice.pl

Contact Person:
Marta Pogrzeba
Phone No.: +48 32 2546031 ext. 252
Fax No.: +48 32 2541717
e-mail: mag@ietu.katowice.pl
Jacek Krzyżak
Phone No.: +48 32 2546031 ext. 231
Fax No.: +48 32 2541717
e-mail: jkrzyzak@ietu.katowice.pl
Description:
The Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas is a research and development unit acting under the Polish Ministry of Environment, employing 100 researchers. The research performed by IETU is dedicated to environmental management challenges of urbanized and industrialised areas including such issues as soil contamination and sustainable solutions for land management. IETU phytoremediation team has an extensive experience in developing and testing novel approaches to address these challenges by combining the phytoremediation potential of energy crops with the needs to restore the quality of soils, especially contaminated with heavy metals .

University of Hohenheim, Biobased Products and Energy Crops Department

Details:
Role: Partner
Address: Fruwirthstr. 23, Institutgebäude, 116
City: Stuttgart
ZIP-Code: 70599
Country: Germany
Phone: 0711 459-22379
Fax: 0711 459-24344
Www: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de

Contact Person:
Iris Lewandowski
Phone No.: 0711 459 22221
Fax No.: 0711 459 22297
e-mail: iris_lewandowski@uni-hohenheim.de
Andreas Kiesel
Phone No.: 0711 459-22379
Fax No.: 0711 459-24344
e-mail: a.kiesel@uni-hohenheim.de
Description:
The University of Hohenheim has the largest agricultural faculty (47 professors, 2700 students) in Germany and an excellent infrastructure for agricultural research (1st place in latest QS ranking in Germany, 8th place in Europe). UHOH has experience in performance and coordination of EU projects in the past and is supported by Central Research Promotion, coordinating EU funded projects. The research of the Biobased Products and Energy Crops Department addresses concepts for sustainable biomass production and supply. Main focuses are on perennial energy crops, crops residues and grassland as resource for bioenergy, biomaterials, nutrient recycling, biomass quality and systems analysis. The Department has access to 700 ha of agricultural research fields, greenhouse facilities and laboratories for analysis of plant, soil, biomass and fertilizers samples. The analytical equipment of the Department includes elementary analysis, FIA, AAS, GC and a certified biogas batch test for the analysis of specific methane yield.

Aberystwyth University, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences

Details:
Role: Partner
Address: Aberystwyth University, Penglais
City: Aberystwyth
ZIP-Code: SY23 3DA
Country: UK
Phone: +44(0)1970 621986
Fax: +44(0)1970 622350
Www: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/

Contact Person:
Jon McCalmont
Phone No.: 01970 823153
Fax No.: +44(0)1970 828357
e-mail: Jpm8@aber.ac.uk
John Clifton-Brown
Phone No.: 00 44 1970 823191
Fax No.:
e-mail: Jhc@aber.ac.uk
Description:
The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences is the largest institute within Aberystwyth University and a well-recognized research and teaching center. It receives research funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and is a member of the National Institutes of Bioscience.

Asocciated Partner:

Terravesta Ltd.

PhysisData Ltd.

FACCE SURPLUS (Sustainable and Resilient agriculture for food and non-food systems) European Community BMBF NCBiR DEFRA

The project is implemented under the FACCE SURPLUS ERA-NET Cofund and received funding from NCBIR (Poland), BMBF (Germany) and DEFRA (UK).