CASCADE
Interreg North West Europe
Following the successful completion of the fore-runner projects THREE C and RE-DIRECT which explored the development of biochar based circular carbon economies, IrBEA and its transnational partners from across Northwest Europe have begun work on the follow up project, titled CASCADE- Circular Conversion Cascades to Transform Residual Biomass to Carbon Products.
This project video link below serves as a nice explainer to the concept of place based circular carbon economies.
- Aim:
- CASCADE is a strategic initiative to transform the way residual biomass is managed in North-West Europe. By introducing carbon management systems in seven pilot regions, the project aims to close the gap in existing biomass recovery and conversion technologies by creating sustainable, circular biomass-to-biochar value chains.
- Results:
- CASCADE expects to achieve the following by the end of the project:
- Successful implementation of carbon management systems in seven pilot regions, which will serve as a blueprint for other NWE regions.
Reduction of CO2 emissions through the creation of circular, CO2-negative biomass-to-biochar processes. - Establish a capacity building programme and a Centre of Excellence & TechLab to support ongoing training, development and dissemination of project methodologies.
- Develop transferable application scenarios to facilitate the large-scale deployment of these systems across Europe.
- Successful implementation of carbon management systems in seven pilot regions, which will serve as a blueprint for other NWE regions.
- CASCADE expects to achieve the following by the end of the project:
- Financial support:
- Total project budget: €4 million
- EU funding: € 2,4 million
- Project start and end:
- 2023 – 2026
- Number of Partners:
- The CASCADE project aims to develop and implement circular carbon management systems in seven pilot regions (Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium and France) in North West Europe (NWE).
This project will see IrBEA work alongside Cill Ulta – a social enterprise involved with commercial horticulture, and Biocarbon Ireland, a specialist consultancy, to further explore cascading uses of biomass for provision of biochar products and services within the pilot region of Donegal.
The wider project will look to roll out the following:
- Implementing Cascading Circular Biomass-to-Biochar Systems in 7 Regions in NEW
- CASCADE Quality Management and Recommender System
- Capacity Building for all Stakeholders involved in the Regional Systems
There will be a number of scenarios explored throughout the lifetime of the project which include but are not limited to the following:
- Sewage water cleaning and remediation services
- Scaling urban heat and biochar production
- Biodiversity in periurban environments
- CO2 negative building and construction materials
- Permeabilisation of cities to manage rainwater
- Alternative rural input materials and biochar for agri-horticulture scenarios
- Developing circular SOCIAL economy scenarios
If you are interested in finding out more or getting involved, please contact Stephen McCormack, IrBEA Project Executive at stephenmccormack@irbea.org
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