152| 2020 Sustainability Report |A decade for us to transform Programme type European Spain Goals relating Achievements Aqualia Main Objectives relating to the to climate in projects project types projects48 end-to-end water cycle change completed in 2020 On the transformation Renewable of waste into biofuel Carbon Neutral resources and energy Target by 2050 biofactories/ circularity Life Intext Simplifying water Assessing and Adapting low- Demonstration (2023) re-use with adapting low- cost purification platform for these Started in 2019 decentralised cost purification technologies to technologies at the solutions. technologies to minimise energy cost, Talavera de la Reina minimise energy the carbon footprint WWTP. costs. and waste, trying to provide sustainable and economic solutions. Life Ulises Promoting the re- Transforming Improving digestion Biomethane (2022) use of water at the a conventional with hydrolysis and cleaning with the Started in 2019 WWTP outlet. WWTP into biogas and using the ABAD Bioenergy® an "energy biogas to eliminate process Sustainability production the carbon footprint to provide factory". of WWTPs. vehicular biofuel with a biomethane dispenser. Developing state-of- the-art technologies that promote the sustainability of the company whilst protecting the environment and biodiversity. H2020 Sabana Producing new Using algae Reducing the carbon Designing two Improving energy (2021) biofertilisers and to produce footprint. new algae efficiency in the biostimulants. oxygen without production plants. company's solutions Started in 2016 electricity. and services. Evaluating by- products from the end-to-end Life Phoenix Optimising Three mobile plants water cycle. (2024) tertiary treatment were designed, one to achieve the for the physical- Started in 2020 most ambitious chemical treatment objectives of the of 50 m³/h, new European filtration of 30 m³/h water re-use and ultrafiltration of regulation (EU 20 m³/h. 2020/741). Number of projects by type 21 15 f 9 g 12 g main waste trans ormation renewable bioener ies climatce han e 48 The vast majority of grants are for EU Life and H2020 projects. The exceptions are Advisor, MarAdentro and Valorastur/Recarbon, which are administered by the CDTI. But they also come from the European ERDF and RIS3 funds.