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

印度的甘蔗产业养活了近6000万农民及其家人。然而，甘蔗及相关行业会产生大量固体和液体废物(约1亿吨)。大量的垃圾既是一个巨大的挑战，也是一个机遇。VWA项目旨在创新地将这些废物转化为交通燃料和增值化学品。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前处理、转化和分离的新技术。这些技术将实现最先进水平的阶段性变化，将通过利用财团的行业联系进行商业化。开发的解决方案将对印度农村地区大量人口的福祉产生切实和重大的有利影响。VWA技术将在生物燃料和生物化工技术领域建立印度-英国的领先地位

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