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On June 6, Minister President Winfried Kretschmann visited the KoalAplan project at the teaching and research wastewater treatment plant (LFKW) of the University of Stuttgart in Büsnau. Andrea Hille-Reichel (EBI), Peter Maurer (LFKW), and Harald Horn (EBI) informed the Minister President about the possibilities of material recovery from municipal wastewater. As part of the KoalAplan project, ammonium, hydrogen, and bioplastics (PHB) are produced from the wastewater stream at the Büsnau biorefinery.
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On June 8, the second most important soccer event of 2024 (after the European Football Championship in Germany) took place in Karlsruhe: The Aquamasters - the soccer tournament for water and waste institutes in German-speaking countries. The EBI team took second place in the final.
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Andrea Hille-Reichel's working group is involved in a project in the Baden-Württemberg state funding programme "Microorganisms as helpers in climate protection". The researchers want to use membrane biofilm reactors to produce chemicals from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen, with a focus on the scalability of the processes.
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Harald Horn presents the concept of the PeePower™ reactor at the 'Future of Festivals' trade fair. Services (e.g. ticket concepts, power supply, accommodation, sanitary facilities) for festivals are offered at the trade fair in the Arena Berlin. A panel discussion (Pee and Poo Power) focussed on alternative sustainable sanitation concepts.
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