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LIFE Methamorphosis

Location: Ecoparc2 in Barcelona Methamorphosis is a project led by Aqualia and co-financed in the
Duration: 16/07/15 – 30/06/2019 Life Programme to maximise the recovery of energy from wastes
Total budget: €3.642.167 generated from the production of bio methane that can then be
Aqualia: €837,049 used as a fuel in cars or injected into the natural gas mains, with a
Participants: Aqualia (leader), potential impact on urban mobility and the cities of the future.
FCC, S.A., AMB, Gas Natural, ICAEN, The bio methane obtained from processing wastes will be tested
SEAT
soon in vehicles made by SEAT which will be driven for more than
120,000 km.

Biogas from the CIEN
Smart Green Gas project, a
commitment to the resilient
city

Aqualia has started pilot tests in the
SMART Green Gas project, undertaken
together with SEAT to obtain renewable
bio fuel of 100% Spanish origin from
the treatment of waste water. The Raúl Cano, Aqualia researcher, and Andrew Sheperd, SEAT’s
leading automobile sector company in GNC product manager, with the two SEAT León TGI cars that
Spain has provided two SEAT León TGI will be used to test the biofuel.
cars that are being tested in the waste
water treatment plant in Jerez de la
Frontera to confirm and check the entire
production chain to the obtaining and
use of the fuel.

This joint project is a further step in the
development of a circular economy and
in the construction of resilient cities.
Its main advantage is that the 100%
use of the bio methane vehicle allows
a reduction of 80% in the emissions of
“Well to Wheel” CO compared to one
2
using petrol.

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