GO AGRIREFIN

What is an Operational Group?

An Operational Group (OG) is a gathering of actors from different profiles, such as farmers, researchers, universities, etc., aimed at jointly addressing a specific problem or opportunity from a multisectoral approach.

AGRIREFIN Operational Group

The AGRIREFIN Operational Group has been formed to develop a project for an Agricultural Biorefinery for the valorization of vegetable waste from intensive horticulture and the production of compost, bioethanol, and other bioproducts for its future promotion.

Specific Objectives

The goal of the project is to establish a management model and a processing plant for vegetable waste from intensive agriculture of the biorefinery type, and to construct an industrial-scale plant in the intensive horticulture area of the province of Almería according to the following scheme:

Operational Groups Phase I – Formation of consortium, project drafting.
Operational Groups Phase II – Site selection, industrial partners, production testing, technological validation, detailed technical projects, financing plan, IP (intellectual property) plan.
Phase III – Industrial implementation and start-up (private financing and other sources).

For this, a first phase of study of vegetable waste and its potential as a generator of bioethanol and bioproducts is essential, followed by the assessment of the joint dimensioning and viability of the initiative (technological, economic, and environmental).
The project also aligns with the main objectives of the EIP-agri: