PLANTPOWER

"PlantPower - Living plants in microbial fuel cells for clean, renewable, sustainable, efficient, in-situ bioenergy production"

Coordinatore	WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY    more  Organization address address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 city: WAGENINGEN postcode: 6708 PB contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Strik Email: send email Telefono: +31 317 483447 Fax: +31 317 482108
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Netherlands [NL]
Totale costo	5˙209˙687 €
EC contributo	3˙989˙080 €
Programma	FP7-ENERGY Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy
Code Call	FP7-ENERGY-2008-FET
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-01-01   -   2012-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 city: WAGENINGEN postcode: 6708 PB contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Strik Email: send email Telefono: +31 317 483447 Fax: +31 317 482108	NL (WAGENINGEN)	coordinator	1˙010˙875.00
2	FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH  Organization address address: Leo-Brandt-Strasse city: JUELICH postcode: 52425 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Petra Cognome: Insberg Email: send email Telefono: 492462000000 Fax: 492462000000	DE (JUELICH)	participant	646˙867.10
3	STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK  Organization address address: Costerweg 50 city: WAGENINGEN postcode: 6701BH contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jan Cognome: Snel Email: send email Telefono: 317480490 Fax: 1234656789	NL (WAGENINGEN)	participant	524˙059.50
4	UNIVERSITEIT GENT  Organization address address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 city: GENT postcode: 9000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Saskia Cognome: Vanden Broeck Email: send email Telefono: +32 9 264 3124 Fax: +32 9 264 3583	BE (GENT)	participant	477˙821.60
5	UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I  Organization address address: RUE DU THABOR 2 city: RENNES CEDEX postcode: 35065 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Yolaine Cognome: Bompays Email: send email Telefono: +33 2 23 23 37 23 Fax: +33 2 23 23 58 76	FR (RENNES CEDEX)	participant	371˙960.00
6	HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH  Organization address address: Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1 city: MUENCHEN postcode: 85764 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Jürgen Cognome: Ertel Email: send email Telefono: 498932000000 Fax: 498932000000	DE (MUENCHEN)	participant	370˙322.25
7	MAST CARBON INTERNATIONAL LTD  Organization address address: JAYS CLOSE VIABLES city: Basingstoke postcode: RG22 4BA contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Steve Cognome: Tennison Email: send email Telefono: +441483 236371 Fax: +44 1483 236405	UK (Basingstoke)	participant	206˙444.50
8	Eisenhuth GmbH & Co. KG  Organization address address: Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 203 city: Osterode postcode: 37520 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Thorsten Cognome: Hickmann Email: send email Telefono: +49 05522906714 Fax: 4955229067	DE (Osterode)	participant	204˙380.00
9	Maris Projects B.V.  Organization address address: Huygensweg 26 city: Schijndel postcode: 5482TG contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ruben Cognome: Van Maris Email: send email Telefono: +31 73 54 939 18 Fax: +31 73 54 778 62	NL (Schijndel)	participant	143˙590.00
10	Monsanto Holland BV  Organization address address: Westeinde 161 city: Enkhuizen postcode: 1601 BM contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Frank Cognome: Millenaar Email: send email Telefono: +31 105292222 Fax: +31 105292410	NL (Enkhuizen)	participant	32˙760.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Living plants in microbial fuel cells might be used as future large-scale Europe wide green energy providers. Such a system can produce in-situ 24 hours per day green electricity or biohydrogen without harvesting the plants. That this might become true was indicated by our first small scale proof of principle experiments describing the so called Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (Plant-MFC) (Strik, 2008, De Schamphelaire, 2008). The Plant-MFC aims to transform solar radiation into green electricity or biohydrogen in a clean and efficient manner. In the Plant-MFC concept, living plants and living microbes form an electrochemical system that is capable of sustainable production of green electricity or biohydrogen from solar energy. By its nature, the Plant-MFC is in potential 5 times more efficient than conventional bio-energy systems. The technology might be implemented in several ways, ranging from local small scale electricity providers to large scale energy wetlands & islands, high-tech energy & food supplying greenhouses and novel biorefineries. This way, affordable bioenergy maybe produced in Europe as well as in developing countries. Plant-MFCs can be integrated in landscapes invisibly which makes this technology socially highly acceptable. However, exploration of new areas of science & technology is necessary to overcome Plant-MFCs bottlenecks and to make this principally clean, renewable and sustainable technology come true. It is now time to show that significant independent European biofuel & bioelectricity production is possible; we propose that Plant-MFCs can be an excellent choice for our future. We expect that Plant-MFC technology can at least cover 20% of Europe’s primary energy need in a real clean & sustainable way. The Plant-MFC concept has several attractive qualities which can provide the significant break through for sustainable energy production in Europe. It will reinforcing competitiveness of Europe since Plant-MFC is world-wide implementable.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

A recent EU research project developed a proof-of-concept fuel cell (FC) that generated power using growing plants and bacteria. Scientists are now looking at advancing this concept towards commercial application.