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TITLE

Biomass, remediation, re-generation: Re-using brownfields sites for renewable energy crops.

OBJECTIVE

Demonstrate how certain high productivity plants can act as bio-accumulators of particular metals contained in the soil in which they are grown, thereby offering a cost-effective option for the remediation of contaminated brownfields.
ACRONYM

BioReGen

FUNDING SOURCE

EU (Life)

WEBSITE http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=2833
REPORT http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=2833
CROP CATEGORIES

N/A

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PROJECT DURATION

2005- 2010

PROJECT TYPE

EU

NUTS3
CROP CATEGORIES

N/A

KEYWORDS
OTHER GEOLOCATION
FUNDING SOURCE

EU (Life)

FINAL REPORT

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=2833

TOPICS

Cultivation & agronomic management

Harvest & logistics

Processing

COORDINATOR

University of Teesside

PARTNERS

National Renewable Energy Centre (UK)

C. J. Day Associates (UK)

Community Forests Development Company Limited (UK)

Demonstrate how certain high productivity plants can act as bio-accumulators of particular metals contained in the soil in which they are grown, thereby offering a cost-effective option for the remediation of contaminated brownfields.

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