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Greener milk production.house gas reduction in agriculture using plasma-based solutions.

Techno-economic feasibility analysis of the CANMILK system

New and innovative technology based on non-thermal plasma (NTP)

Simple and efficient equipment for methane abatement at the dairy and meat farms

Increased public awareness on environmental solutions for reduced greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture

Introduction:

The European farming is facing a great challenge: How to maintain domestic agricultural production while cutting down greenhouse gas emissions? Agriculture accounts for about 10% of total greenhouse gas emissions at European level. A significant proportion of these (around 54%) is methane, most of which is produced by rumination and belching by cattle. In the EU area there are around 77 million cows on 1.8 million cattle farms. Each of these is a tiny point source of highly dilute methane, but the combined contribution reaches to total 158 MT CO₂eq. of methane emissions annually. The CANMILK project is developing an innovative technology based on non-thermal plasma. This will help the cattle farms to cut down methane emissions and achieve carbon neutrality by 2035.

Goals

CANMILK expects to achieve:

a simple, efficient, and cost-effective equipment for methane abatement at the dairy and meat farms
targeted overall cost below 80 €/T CO₂eq.
targeted methane conversion of 90%
a good understanding of the socio-economic and environmental feasibility of plasma-based methane abatement
increased awareness of environmental solutions available for GHG-abatement in agriculture