Projects

TitleBioFe "Biomass utilization in iron production under economic and CO₂-reducing boundary conditions"
Funding bodySächsische Aufbaubank – Förderbank (SAB)/EFRE
Projeckt PartnerDLR-DI (Institute for Low-Carbon Industrial Processes)
Duration2024 - 2027
Project LeadDr. Andreas Schedl (Contact)

TitleHeRoTogo "Development of a roadmap for sustainable heat generation with biomass in Togo and demonstration of selected technologies along the entire utilization path"
Funding Body

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Projeckt PartnerWest African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), University of Lomé, Cocoa Cooporative via Al Nassma Chocolate (Dubai)
Duration2024 - 2026
Project LeadDr. Dennis Krüger (Contact)

Co-projects 

Title

ETH-Soil "Soil improvement in Ethiopia through the energetic and material use of agricultural residues"

Output 1: New pyrolysis plants operate profitably with agricultural residues

Funding BodyGerman Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Projeckt PartnerJimma University, IQQO
Duration2021 - 2026
Project LeadKerstin Wilde (Contact)

Title

LabTogo "Development of research capacities and demonstration of technologies for the use of biomass potentials in Togo"

Work package 3: Applied research on the use of various cooking stoves as an alternative to charcoal-based cookers

Work package 5: Biochar briquette production from residue materials

Funding BodyFederal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Projeckt PartnerWest African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement (JVE), University of Lomé
Duration2019 - 2024
Project LeadDr. Nils Engler (Contact)

Title

BC-LOOKUP "Pyrolysis of secondary agricultural biomasses: Database on biochar properties and agronomic evaluation"

Work package 4: Database

Funding Body

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)

Projeckt Partner

Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Ithaka Institute

Duration2023 - 2029
Project LeadDr. Kai Sven Radtke (Contact)