Low-footprint waste water treatment,
enabling sustainable recovery of organic nitrogen into valuable fertilizer

Clean water

No Chemicals

All-electric

Renewable fertilizer

Shortcutting the Nitrogen Cycle

We seem to have a love-hate relationship with organic nitrogen: much needed as a macronutrient for crop growth in agriculture, when present in natural areas at too high concentrations it can lead to loss of biodiversity. The production of ammonia based fertilizers from inert nitrogen gas (N2) is responsible for about 1 to 2% of the worldwide energy consumption. The degradation of organic nitrogen in wastewater treatment facilities contributes heavily to the overall central wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) costs. Shortcutting this human-driven part of the nitrogen cycle therefore provides an enticing perspective, and that’s what the N.E.W.B.I.E.S. project is all about!

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News & Highlights

Sustainable hightech pilot installation tested in eco-community Arneco

Sustainable hightech pilot installation tested in eco-community Arneco

N.E.W.B.I.E.S. tests on urine covered in the dutch magazine "Nederlandse Proces Technologie" (NPT).
1. (Bio)electrochemical ammonia recovery: progress and perspectives

1. (Bio)electrochemical ammonia recovery: progress and perspectives

Here you just describe shortly the core content of the publication. You can download it here
PP#4: Commissioning the pilot installation in Arnhem

PP#4: Commissioning the pilot installation in Arnhem

The pilot installation arrives and is commisioned at the second project location. Here it will treat source separated urine. An impresison of the first weeks
N.E.W.B.I.E.S. treating urine in the eco-backyard

N.E.W.B.I.E.S. treating urine in the eco-backyard

In-depth article in the Dutch-Flanders oriented magazine "NPT proces technologie" on the operation and perspectives of N.E.W.B.I.E.S on source separated urine.
PP#3: First experiences on reject water

PP#3: First experiences on reject water

PP #2: Hook up the reject water

PP #2: Hook up the reject water

PP#1: Pilot installation ready!

PP#1: Pilot installation ready!

European WaterCampus Business Challenge 2019

European WaterCampus Business Challenge 2019

Kennisconsortium zet stikstof om in kunstmest

Kennisconsortium zet stikstof om in kunstmest

Amidst the Dutch "Stikstofcrisis", and days before the pilot installation was shipped to Girona, W&F Technologies was interviewed by BNR nieuwsradio about the NEWBIES process.
Kunstmestfabriek wint ammoniak uit afvalwaterstromen

Kunstmestfabriek wint ammoniak uit afvalwaterstromen

Announcement on commissioning of the pilot installation by Petrochem
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Partners

Responsible for the design, construction and operation of the pilot installation, W&F Technologies enables the market uptake of the N.E.W.B.I.E.S. technology.

Based in Girona, Spain, the Catalan Institute for Water Research provides scientific excellence of the integrated water cycle. Within the N.E.W.B.I.E.S. project, ICRA hosts the testing of the technology on digestate reject water

Evides Water provides drinking water to 2.5 million people in the southern provinces of the Netherlands. Moreover they provide industrial water services to a variety of large industrial companies in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Evides partners with N.E.W.B.I.E.S. to explore its ability to remove nitrogen from landfill leachate.

Water-tech knowledge institute based in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Home to the N.E.W.B.I.E.S. technology. Continuing lab-scale tests on further optimized ED designs and alternative wastewaters, Wetsus forms the R&D core of our project

The LIFE-NEWBIES project has received funding from the LIFE programme of the European Union.

Contact

For more information, questions or proposals please don’t hesitate to contact us. Communications regarding the project are primarily coordinated by Wetsus:

Tel: +31 (0)58 284 30 00

Alternatively, an email can be sent to:

info@newbies.eu

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