Project details
Title:
Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Research and innovation in support of the European Green Deal
Acronym:
ENOUGH
Type:
European
Start Date:
October 1, 2021
End Date:
September 30, 2025
Principal Investigator:
Associate Professor, Luca Spalazzi
Other Units Involved:
SINTEF Ocean AS (SO) (Coordinator), Norway – London South Bank University (LSBU), UK – University of Birmingham (UoB), UK – Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelig Universitet (NTNU), Norway – INRAE (INRAE), France – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Belgium – International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), France – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy – Association Nationale des Industries Alimentaires (ANIA), France – European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST), The Netherlands – Graz University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Engineering (TUGraz), Austria – Vlaams Centrum voor Bewaring van Tuinbouwproducten (VCBT), Belgium – Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), Lithuania – Silesian University of Technology (SUT), Poland – Università Politecnica Delle Marche (UNIVPM), Italy – University of Goettingen (UGOE), Germany – Frost-X Sp z o.o (Frost-X), Poland – ENEX S.r.l (ENEX), Italy – ENGIE Kaltetechnik GMBH (ENGIE), Austria – Eletica S.r.L (ELET), Italy – Campden BRI Magyarorszag, Hugary – SAS visible digital (VISD), France – EPTA S.p.A (EPTA), Italy – ARCELIK A.S (ARCELIK), Turkey – Rørosmeieriet AS (RM), Norway – Asda Stores Ltd (ASDA), UK – City Energy (CE), UK – Yeo Valley Farms Production Ltd (YEO), UK – Cornish Geothermal Distillery Company (CGDC), UK
Keywords:
food supply chain, GHG emissions, traceability
Description:
The ENOUGH project will provide technologies, tools and methods to contribute to the EU Farm to Fork strategy to achieve climate neutral food businesses. The ENOUGH objectives are: i) Reducing GHG-emissions by at least 50% by 2050 ii) Reducing energy use and increasing energy efficiency by 2030. iii) Increasing the overall sustainability of food systems iv) Providing selected innovative technological systemic solutions and their potential for uptake at EU. The partnership draws together 29 partners from 11 EU nations and the UK with expertise across the whole food chain. The ENOUGH project is constructed around 9 work packages (WP): WP1 will identify 1990 and 2020 baselines for GHG emissions and will then forecast how emissions will change moving forward to 2030 and 2050. In WP2, we will identify what are the energy efficient measures and new technologies that are vital to achieve the maximum reductions in emissions. In WP4 we will use all the information and models from WP1 and 2 to develop a web-based tool that will identify the benefits of thermal integration heating and cooling and provide information on potential global emission reductions across the whole food chain. In WP5, data from food process and the food supply chain will be used to optimize and better control operations and technologies to minimize emissions. In WP3 and 7 we will examine how social behaviour, policy and finance can add to the GHG reductions target. In WP6, the more relevant and promising technologies will be demonstrated. A set of the most promising technologies TRL (5-7) have been pre-selected for demonstration based on their relevance and readiness. Additional technologies/operational adaptations will be added during the project and will be selected using a robust process managed by the coordinator and demonstrated in real life. Work from the ENOUGH project will be widely disseminated with an ambitious communication plan in WP8. WP9 includes all project management.
Objectives:
The overall project aims are to:
1. Elaborate a strategy for implementing a zero-carbon food chain across Europe which has
consensus across the actors within the food chain.
2. Explore through a system approach how to use (and mitigate), make, store, move, manage,
finance and regulate energy and carbon demands through the food-chain.
3. Provide European food companies with quantified and validated information on how to
decarbonise.
4. Demonstrate relevant and viable TRL5-7 decarbonisation technologies to the European food
industry.
5. Provide the European food industry with tools to help them decarbonise.
6. Communicate information emanating from the project widely to food companies, policy
makers and interested groups.
Application Contexts:
Food systems are globally responsible for around 21-37% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (pre and post farm gate [1]). The food chain post farm gate has a number of challenges to combat global warming and to adapt to climate change effects.
[1] Communication from The Commission to the European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic And Social Committee and The Committee of Tthe Regions: A Farm to Fork Strategy For a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (2020).
Expected Results:
The implementation of innovative concepts and techniques, covering minimization of energy
use and maximization of energy efficiency of cooling, freezing and heating processes, more widespread introduction of natural refrigerants, thermal storage techniques, energy demand/supply strategies, smart integration of cooling and heating, high temperature heat pumps, ad/absorption cooling, heat driven energy generation cycles (e.g. ORC), more use of zero-carbon energy sources (including hydrogen, solar power and geothermal energy), efficient transport and packaging, alternative food supply chains and smart fridges.
Achivied Results:
The project is still running
Publications:
Raikov A., Giretti A., Pirani M., Spalazzi L., Guo M.
AUTHOR FULL NAMES: Raikov, Aleksandr (36806473600); Giretti, Alberto (23050226300); Pirani, Massimiliano (6603584401); Spalazzi, Luca (55899283900); Guo, Meng (25121180100)
36806473600; 23050226300; 6603584401; 55899283900; 25121180100
Accelerating human–computer interaction through convergent conditions for LLM explanation
(2024) Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 7, art. no. 1406773
DOI: 10.3389/frai.2024.1406773
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85195895465&doi=10.3389%2ffrai.2024.1406773&partnerID=40&md5=caf1237deb3a47f3f4273fd20ee2fe5d
PUBLISHER: Frontiers Media SA
Pirani M., Carbonari A., Cucchiarelli A., Giretti A., Spalazzi L.
AUTHOR FULL NAMES: Pirani, Massimiliano (6603584401); Carbonari, Alessandro (56251095700); Cucchiarelli, Alessandro (6602764818); Giretti, Alberto (23050226300); Spalazzi, Luca (55899283900)
6603584401; 56251095700; 6602764818; 23050226300; 55899283900
The Meta Holonic Management Tree: review, steps, and roadmap to industrial Cybernetics 5.0
(2024) Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-024-02510-3
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85208500235&doi=10.1007%2fs10845-024-02510-3&partnerID=40&md5=b0c702e635f161b4eab4902d24705498
PUBLISHER: Springer
Pirani M., Cacopardo A., Cucchiarelli A., Spalazzi L.
AUTHOR FULL NAMES: Pirani, Massimiliano (6603584401); Cacopardo, Alessio (59248915900); Cucchiarelli, Alessandro (6602764818); Spalazzi, Luca (55899283900)
6603584401; 59248915900; 6602764818; 55899283900
A Soulbound Token-based Reputation System in Sustainable Supply Chains
(2023) International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85200554115&partnerID=40&md5=38f1a6d4fbb0b387940d6c8ee8374c99
PUBLISHER: Junction Publishing
Pirani M., Cucchiarelli A., Naeem T., Spalazzi L.
AUTHOR FULL NAMES: Pirani, Massimiliano (6603584401); Cucchiarelli, Alessandro (6602764818); Naeem, Tariq (59756177700); Spalazzi, Luca (55899283900)
6603584401; 6602764818; 59756177700; 55899283900
A Blockchain-Driven Cyber-Systemic Approach to Hybrid Reality
(2025) Systems, 13 (4), art. no. 294
DOI: 10.3390/systems13040294
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105003692867&doi=10.3390%2fsystems13040294&partnerID=40&md5=f891ab6a6d13ce68307f84f9a8bd46bb
PUBLISHER: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Pirani M., Cucchiarelli A., Spalazzi L.
AUTHOR FULL NAMES: Pirani, Massimiliano (6603584401); Cucchiarelli, Alessandro (6602764818); Spalazzi, Luca (55899283900)
6603584401; 6602764818; 55899283900
A Role of RMAS, Blockchain, and Zero-Knowledge Proof in Sustainable Supply Chains
(2024) IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
DOI: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905212
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105000978899&doi=10.1109%2fIECON55916.2024.10905212&partnerID=40&md5=5e1056858805a2d0d52c10239459a16f
PUBLISHER: IEEE Computer Society
Pirani M., Cucchiarelli A., Spalazzi L.
AUTHOR FULL NAMES: Pirani, Massimiliano (6603584401); Cucchiarelli, Alessandro (6602764818); Spalazzi, Luca (55899283900)
6603584401; 6602764818; 55899283900
Paradigms for database-centric application interfaces
(2022) Procedia Computer Science, 217, pp. 835 – 845
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2022.12.280
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85163838386&doi=10.1016%2fj.procs.2022.12.280&partnerID=40&md5=3b5309386caf4f6e727ad68bd8a149c7
EDITORS: Longo F., Affenzeller M., Padovano A., Shen W.
PUBLISHER: Elsevier B.V.
Project Web Site:
enough-emissions.eu
