LOMARTOV was proud to take part in the 33rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2025), hosted this year in our home city of Valencia from 9 to 12 June. With over 4,500 contributors from across the globe, the event served as a global platform for leading researchers, policymakers, and industry actors to come together in support of a more sustainable bioeconomy.
As part of the programme, our sustainability engineer Lou Bernard presented the innovative approach being developed within the NIAGARA project, a groundbreaking European initiative that integrates multiple conversion technologies into a new kind of biorefinery.
Converting waste into opportunity
NIAGARA proposes a powerful technological combination—hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC), aqueous phase reforming (APR), and gasification—to transform biogenic waste into clean, gaseous biofuels. The goal: to recover maximum energy and carbon from varied feedstocks, including promising sources like microalgae and urban sewage sludge.
LOMARTOV’s contribution is central to ensuring the sustainability of this approach. During the presentation, Lou Bernard showcased our work on a parametrised Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) model tailored to NIAGARA’s integrated process. This flexible methodology allows the evaluation of the environmental impact of different feedstock mixtures under various configurations, critical for optimising process design and ensuring alignment with EU climate, circularity, and energy transition goals.
Promising pathways
The preliminary results of this LCA modelling are already informing technical decisions within the project. Notably, the combination of microalgae and urban sewage sludge has emerged as a particularly promising feedstock duo, delivering favourable performance from an environmental perspective.
As the project moves into its next phase, we will continue refining the model and supporting comparative analyses with other waste-to-energy pathways, helping NIAGARA strengthen its sustainability profile and competitive positioning.
Impact beyond the lab
Our participation in EUBCE 2025 marks another step in LOMARTOV’s ongoing mission to bring technical expertise, environmental insight, and a transversal perspective to the energy transition. By combining rigorous sustainability assessments with advanced technological development, we support projects like NIAGARA in building practical, circular solutions to today’s most pressing climate challenges.
We are proud to contribute to a shared European vision where waste becomes resource, innovation meets responsibility, and the energy of tomorrow is shaped today.
