ICTs for Climate Change, Circular Economy & Bioeconomy
Forestry is a key pillar of a knowledge-based bioeconomy and will play an increasingly important role in society by providing renewable and green energy solutions and tripling the use of wood in housing, furniture, packaging and logistics that are carbon positive.
ITACA has expertise in the development and integration of innovative technologies to improve low-carbon processes and products throughout the forest value chain.
Relevant projects in this area
ECHO
Energy storage is one of the key factors to reach EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050, with a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy. The decarbonisation and the transition to clean energy sources, together with the improvement of the energy efficiency,...
TransZeroWaste
Iron ore and scrap as raw materials are forming the base of iron and steel production. Due to the transition from carbon-based iron and steel production to green steel production with hydrogen (H2), most current production units such as sinter plan, blast furnace and...
INFORMA
Today’s forest management decisions affect Europe’s ability to respond to the climate crisis in the long term. Because of forests’ enormous potential to absorb and lock up carbon as they grow, current forest practices will determine the continent’s climate change...