A project still under development is the Mapping of potential energy communities in industrial parks of Alt Penedès and support for the first stages of implementation. This project began this summer in the Alt Penedès region with the support of the Vilafranca City Council, the Federation of Companies of Penedès-Garraf, and the Alt Penedès Regional … Read more
This past October, the project Use of agricultural by-products in Terra Alta was completed. This project arose as an imperative response to find alternative methods to convert agricultural and forestry by-products into economic activity and job creation. The project sequence began by identifying and quantifying the usable resources of the territory, exploring their potential for … Read more
In October, we completed the drafting of the report for the project called Managing the change towards a circular economy in Terrassa: Inclusion of resources produced by industrial waste in the value chain of companies, commissioned by the Terrassa City Council with the support of the Barcelona Provincial Council. This project, which began at the … Read more
CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN A SYSTEMIC KEY FOR TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT On February 9th, we celebrated the first national meeting of industrial symbiosis projects; a meeting that aimed to initiate collaboration between the facilitators of the different urban-industrial symbiosis projects in Spain. The meeting was held in person, sponsored by the Consorcio de la Zona Franca … Read more
On May 19 and 20, during full lockdown, “INCUBIS: energy symbiosis incubator” was launched, featuring five energy synergy INCUBATORS in different European regions to valorize residual heat/cold in industrial parks and districts: Barcelona (Spain), Dunkirk (France), Agder (Norway), Humber (United Kingdom), Brunsbuttel (Germany). SÍMBIOSY coordinates the Spanish INCUBATOR, based in Barcelona, to provide business incubation … Read more
Two new industrial symbiosis projects have started this year involving 6 more municipalities working on the circular economy from the productive fabric. There are now 141 municipalities in total in Spain working on industrial symbiosis in 14 different projects that include 16,000 manufacturing companies. The two new projects are: 1. Identification and promotion of … Read more
SÍMBIOSY is one of the Catalan companies that has received support from the European Commission’s EIC Accelerator program for the development of the SÍNER industrial symbiosis project management online program. SÍNER concentrates and manages data on the resources of industries in a territory to identify potential synergies between entities in an industrial ecosystem. The tool … Read more
On December 12th, a working session was held with farmers, ranchers, and business owners from the agro-industrial sector of the region within the framework of the Circular Economy of Berguedà project. At this event, the first steps were taken to launch the first collection of plastic film remains from silage bales for livestock feed during … Read more
The “QUATRE RIBES circular” project, the industrial symbiosis project of the municipalities of Cabrera de Mar, Argentona, Dosrius, and Orrius, the first project in the Maresme region, is underway. On October 8th, the first training day and official presentation of the project took place for the members of the project’s monitoring committee, with the presence … Read more
