The UPC builds a plant to produce bio-products and bioenergy from wastewater using microalgae
The Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Group (GEMMA) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has built a 30-m3 pilot plant for the production of bioproducts and bioenergy from microalgae grown in wastewater. The plant has been installed in the Agròpolis, an experimental site located in Viladecans and forming part of the UPC’s Baix Llobregat Campus.
At the bioproduct production plant that was built in the Agròpolis, in Viladecans, researchers are studying how to produce new energy resources and valuable products from agricultural and domestic wastewater within the framework of the European project INCOVER . This project includes the recovery of energy in the form of biomethane and the obtaining of other products such as bioplastics, biological fertilizer and water for irrigation.
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