Valorising Waste from Sugar Cane and Associated Industries via Innovations in Pre-treatment, Biotransformation and Process Intensification [vWa]

印度的甘蔗产业为近6000万农民及其家庭提供支持。然而，甘蔗和相关行业产生大量的固体和液体废物（约1亿吨）。大量的废物既是一个重大挑战，也是一个机遇。vWa（valorising waste）项目旨在创新性地将这些废物转化为运输燃料和增值化学品。来自英国的两个行业和三所大学以及来自印度的三个行业和四个研究机构组成的财团将合作开发具有成本效益的预处理，转化和分离的新技术。这些技术将在最先进的技术水平上实现一步改变，并将通过利用财团的行业连接实现商业化。开发的解决方案将对印度农村大量人口的福祉产生切实和重大的影响。vWa技术将建立印度-英国在生物燃料和生物化学品技术领域的领导地位

The sugar cane industry in India supports nearly 60 million farmers and their families. The sugarcane and alliedindustries however produce significant solid and liquid waste (~100 million tons). The huge quantities of wastepose a significant challenge as well as an opportunity. The vWa (valorising waste) project aims to innovativelytransform these wastes into transportation fuels and value added chemicals.A consortium of two industries & three universities from UK and three industries & four research institutesfrom India will collaboratively develop novel technology for cost effective pre-treatment, conversion andseparations. The technologies, which will realise a step change in the state of the art, will be commercialised byleveraging consortium’s industry connect. The developed solutions will make tangible & significant beneficialimpact on wellbeing of a large population in rural India. The vWa technologies will establish Indo-UK leadershipin biofuels and biochemicals technology sector