1. Zero Emissions
Wine Production
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ENCO s.r.l.
Project Coordinator
Mr. Marco de la Feld
m.delafeld@enco-consulting.it
ALGAELINK
Technical Manager
Mr. Peter van den Dorpel
peter@vandendorpel.com
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ZZero Emissions wine production
ZEWIPRO project aims at introducing an
innovative technology on the wine pro-
duction’s market.
The technology could be very useful to sol-
ve problems the wineries face in relation to
the handling and the disposal of developed
gaseous pollutants during the wine fermen-
tation process.
The innovative solution allows the reco-
very of carbon dioxide gas and the wa-
stewaters degradation. Four partners from
Italy, Spain and The Netherlands will work
to enhance the first full deployment of
the technology. ENCO (Italy) will be invol-
ved in market analysis and dissemination
activities. ALGAELINK (The Netherlands)
will work on the technology implementa-
tion presented with the ZEWIPRO project.
BODEGAS SOLAR VIEJO (Spain) and FAZI
BATTAGLIA (Italy) will provide the neces-
sary expertise in relation to the wine ma-
king process.
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2. ZZero Emissions wine production
OBJECTIVES EXPECTED OUTCOMES ZEWIPRO TECHNOLOGY
Decrease of carbon dioxide’s emission
produced during the wine fermenta-
tion period.
Implementation of a zero emission
wine production.
Developing algae market.
Repetition of the project in other sec-
tors having similar features.
Remarkable improvements concerning
the safety conditions for cellar staff.
Resource savings compared to the
traditional algae-breeding practices.
Diversification of economic benefi-
ts for cellars and wine producers and
image payback.
Considerable increase in the depura-
tion of wastewaters.
Fostering renewable energy source.
Marketing of an eco-friendly process
for the breeding of algae.
Contribution to the transition to a
more sustainable society and bio-ba-
sed economy.
Net decrease of the greenhouse gas
emissions.
Net decrease of ethylic alcohol
otherwise released onto the atmo-
sphere.
Drastic reduction of odours emitted
by the cellar during the fermentation
period. This specific aspect turns out
to be very important mainly for cel-
lars located near populated areas.
Net reduction of nitrogen and pho-
sphor contained in the waste-wa-
ters.
The system will work thanks to a photo bio-
reactor, a patented automated cleaning sy-
stem, a pump, hardware and software con-
trols. CO2 produced into the cellars will flow
throughout a pump into the photo bioreac-
tor. The photo bioreactor itself promotes mi-
croalgae growth by controlling environmen-
tal parameters. The system is also capable
of recovering up to 95% of the water used.
