Introduced by dr. Piero Mattirolo, President of Italian Agroenergetic District, Mario A. Rosato gave a conference on how to assess the BMP of the organic substrates and its importance to optimize the yield of the biogas plants. Video in Italian

The delocation of Alcoa’s smelting facility of Portovesme leves  1500 unemployed people, both direct employees and induced sectors.   On 21st Jan. 2012 Mario A. Rosato gave a conference in Carbonia, explaining the alternatives that the Green Economy could offer for the sustainable development of the Region.

Sustainable Technologies is partner of the research consortium H2Ocean. Our role will consist in the research of the possibility to produce biohydrogen or biogas through an anaerobic fermentation process in a multifunctional offshore platform to be developed by the other partners of the consortium. The project is financed by the 7th Frame Program of the European Comission.

Kick off meeting of the H2Ocean Project

The plant of Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio,  in Cidade Aluminio (São Paulo) consumes about 1,5% of all the energy produced by the Latinoamerican giant. During our energy audit, that lasted 5 days, we found energy savings opportunities of 8%  electricity and 20% of the consumed natural gas.

Energy losses by wrong engineering.
Centrifugal pumps are not suitable for abrasive liquids!

Article published in Architettura Ecostenibile. (in Italian)

Problem:

The rain washes away the fertilizers, flowing till the rivers, lakes and sea. The increase in the concentration of nutrients leads then to euthrophization phenomena.

Our solution:

A drain system collects the water with nutrients and a pump brings them to a plantation of bamboo disposed as a belt around the plot’s perimeter. The bamboo works as a biofilter.  In this way the fertilizers washed away by the rain are recycled to grow giant bamboo with several food and industrial scopes. With less ploughed area the same quantity of crops is produced, because the hydric stress on the plants is reduced. Furthermore it is possibile to harvest the bamboo shoots and canes all year round, because it is a perennial crop.

The problem:
The batter adheres to the plate’s surface, and with time gets charred. The char is difficult and expensive to remove. Some cleaning methods harm the surface.

Our solution:
A simple thermal treatment that, with minimum investment and lowest energy consumption, allows to clean a big quantity of plates every day, without any damage.

The Italian magazine Modus Vivendi , represented by its Chief Editor, has given us the Green Vision  Award 2011 for the project of biologic carbon and nitrogen capture by means of bamboo cultivation. The award was publicly given at the  Jovinella Theater of Rome, during an interantional event that took place on 22nd May, and in which several celebrities, representatives of political movements like the  Costituente Ecologista, activists and scientists participated.

Clic here to see the video of the event, then search n the page for the text “Consegna dei premi Green Vision 2011 – Ines Nobili” and  clic on it.

Several links, in English, with more information about the award and the event.

Video of the conference at the Pace University of New York,   Feb. 2011
http://ideas.economist.com/presentation/economist-innocentive-challenge

Article published by The Economist
http://ideas.economist.com/blog/climate-change-challenge-0

Article published by The Economist, downloadable version
http://ideas.economist.com/sites/default/files/imce/Economist%20InnoCentive%20Challenge%20Final%202%2018%2011.doc

Press release of  The Economist
http://ideas.economist.com/press

Biography of  Mario A. Rosato published by The Economist
http://ideas.economist.com/speaker/mario-rosato

Articles published by Innocentive.com
http://www2.innocentive.com/economist-and-innocentive-announce-winner-reverse-climate-change-challenge

http://blog.innocentive.com/2011/02/24/i%e2%80%99m-a-solver-mario-alejandro-rosato/