Apply for a € 500 travel voucher through the Open Call 3 of the “Pilots4U powered by CoPilot” project. Application Deadline for study visits in 2025 is 8 May 2025. The call for the 2026 study visit vouchers opens on 15 September 2025, application deadline for study visits in 2026 is 13 November 2025.
Aim of the study visit and workshop:
The Austrian facility BEST – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH is pleased to host a study visit and scale-up workshop at its location in Wieselburg.
The event focusses on the implementation and piloting of thermochemical technologies (pyrolysis and gasification) for the valorization of local biomass, residues and wastes. The thermochemical treatment enables the production of energy as well as renewable carbon products (biochar, bio-oils and gases) for different applications such as agriculture, plastics production or metallurgy. Within a local biorefinery concept, a wide range of raw materials and residues, preferably at the end of cascading utilization concepts, can be used as feedstocks.
These concepts are to be tested, evaluated, piloted and demonstrated at the GreenCarbon Lab of BEST, whose heart consists of two pyrolysis units: a laboratory-scale rotary kiln pyrolysis reactor and a pilot-scale double auger pyrolysis unit. Research activities focus on the testing of new input materials and on the upscaling of the process to obtain GreenCarbon products (biochar, bio-oils and gases) with defined properties.
The event aims to connect regional, national and international stakeholders in the bioeconomy network. The morning session (which includes the scale-up workshop) will be followed by a study visit to GreenCarbon lab. Plenty of networking opportunities are provided within the coffee break, walking lunch and closing session. Moreover, the visit of the GreenCarbon Lab will be organized in smaller groups to facilitate the participants’ interactions.
9:00-9:30 – Registration
9:30-9:45 – Introduction to “Pilots4U powered by CoPilot” Platform & Database
9:45-10:15 – Introduction to BEST and its GreenCarbon Lab and Syngas-Platform mission
10:15-11:00 – Pyrolysis plants for biochar production: Technology overview, integration and commissioning challenges
11:00-11:30 – Coffee break
11:30-12:30– Training Session: Market Opportunities – Best practice examples
12:30-13:15 – Walking lunch break
13:15-14:15 – Study visit: GreenCarbon Lab infrastructure
From 14:15 onwards – Closing remarks, feedback survey and open networking,
All bioeconomy stakeholders, where possible with a focus on BioInnovators (Technology Owners).
The event is free of charge with a maximum attendance 60 participants. Registration is mandatory.
The easiest way to reach the facility is by car. If you travel by public transport, the nearest railway station is in Wieselburg, from there you can reach the facility with a 20-minute walk or by taxi. (Local taxi service.)
Please let us know in the registration form, if you plan to reach BEST GmbH by public transport or by car. We will follow up with suggestions for travel and accommodation (overnight stay for the night before/after the event).
Contact:
Manuel Schwabl, manuel.schwabl@best-research.eu
Elisa Carlon, elisa.carlon@best-research.eu
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