The ManuREfinery project, funded by CBE JU, launched in September 2024, focuses on the recovery of products derived from animal production chains. The ManuREfinery project aims to deploy a small-scale, smart, modular, mobile, and sustainable decentralized biorefinery that will convert livestock effluents into new value-added bio-based food ingredients and fertilizers.
The implementation of ManuREfinery will lead to the creation of seven new value chains in the livestock sector, producing seven bio-ingredients from any type of manure (cows, pigs, chickens) thanks to its flexible and modular nature. Twenty-three partners from nine European countries are involved in this project, which requires more than €7,000,000 in funding.
Objectives
To improve manure management and NH3 emissions control, ManuREfinery has several objectives:
- Develop a comprehensive design for ManuREfinery’s recovery units, customizing each modular system to ensure reliability, flexibility, operational simplicity, and affordability of technologies and resources. The project will develop a digital twin of the biorefinery to optimize and predict its performance and assist in the scaling up and replication of technologies.
- Demonstrate and validate ManuREfinery technologies for the use of livestock effluents for animal feed and fertilizer bio-ingredients.
- Demonstrate the technical and economic viability of ManuREfinery and its environmental and socio-economic benefits. The project will define the economic requirements and operational costs of the proposed technologies, providing an overview of the necessary investment and profitability. ManuREfinery will also implement life cycle analysis tools.
- Ensure the adaptability and reproducibility of ManuREfinery through implementation strategies, engagement of key stakeholders, a roadmap for replicating the solution, and a multi-criteria decision-making tool.
- Identify market opportunities and create business models for the EU livestock sector.
- Promote and disseminate the ManuREfinery concept and its benefits to stakeholders in the livestock sector and the general public.
More information about the project: HERE
