Over the past decades the European Union has put in place a broad range of environmental legislation to protect, preserve and improve Europe’s environment for present and future generations. However, many challenges persist and these must be tackled together in a structured way. The 7th Environment Action Programme (EAP), guiding European environment policy until 2020, […]
The last 22nd June all the developers of the PHENOLIVE technology met in Mora (Toledo, Spain) to show the final outcomes of the project. The Life Cycle Analisys of the technology was presented and the extraction yield of polyphenols of the developed technology after the industrial tests were shown. The Partners agreed they are very […]
The European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) is a world class annual event which, since 1980, is held at different venues throughout Europe. The EUBCE covers the entire value chain of biomass to conduct business, network, and to present and discuss the latest developments and innovations, the vision is to educate the biomass community and […]
Around 1800 million tonnes of manure are produced in Europe every year. In regions with intensive animal husbandry, this could cause environmental, social and economic challenges. An impasse? In the EU-funded project BioEcoSIM led by Fraunhofer IGB, 15 partners from research and industry developed a technology to convert livestock manure into organic soil improvers and […]
Europe’s warming climate is affecting wine stability. With warmer winters and drier summers, climate change might even be having an effect on your favourite bottle of wine. Winemakers are already witnessing changes. In France, the Burgundy region had its driest July in 66 years in 2015, while Italian producers are planting different grape varieties due […]
Ateknea Solutions participates this week in the Eureka Innovation Week, Sweden. EUREKA is a publicly-funded, intergovernmental network, involving over 40 countries. EUREKA’s aim is to enhance European competitiveness by fostering innovation-driven entrepreneurship in Europe between small and large industries, research institutes and universities. By doing this, EUREKA concentrates the existing potential of experts, knowledge, research […]
The CITI-SENSE Citizens’ Observatories Web portal – A gateway to the Citizens’ Observatories Toolbox (COT) is now open at http://co.citi-sense.eu/ The portal has been designed as access point for citizens to the tools and products developed by CITI-SENSE, including data and information which might be useful for them. On the other side, the portal is also […]
Representatives of the FoAM-BUILD consortium will be attending Ecobuild 2016, the leading exhibition and conference for the UK construction and energy market, from 8th to 10th March at ExCeL in London. FoAM-BUILD, the four year European project to develop next generation External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS) for new builds and retrofitting applications is now […]
The team behind an all-terrain autonomous mobile robot for the viticulture industry have released a demo video to celebrate a milestone in the project’s execution.
Ateknea Catalonia has been featured today in Barcelona-based newspaper, La Vanguardia. The article, published as part of a special supplement on new technologies, highlights Ateknea’s track record in developing cutting-edge innovation projects and in securing EU funding for SMEs to bring their product to the market.