SHOW-CASE DAY Event organised within the scope of H2020 Project “BRANCHES” 20-21 April 2023

THE FIUSIS COMPANY OPENS ITS GATES AND SHOWS THE ENERGY SUPPLY AND CONVERSION CHAIN CREATED IN SUPPORT OF THE BIOMASS PLANT
LOCATED IN CALIMERA (LE), SOUTHERN ITALY

In southern Apulia, south Italy, olive groves cover over about 400,000 hectares and produce excellent olive oil, which is exported to the rest of Italy and abroad. It is estimated that over 800,000 tons of woody biomass are obtained annually from the pruning of Apulian olive groves. FIUSIS has turned the challenge of managing such a large amount of residues into an important business opportunity. The company operates a 1 MWe biomass cogeneration plant, which uses 10,000 tons of olive tree pruning per year and produces 8 million kWh of electrical and thermal energy. In addition, FIUSIS has commissioned a wood pellet production plant that recovers surplus heat and uses it for drying sawdust. Production is 1 ton of high-quality pellets per day.

FIUSIS supports the local community by employing 33 trained employees, and provides a strong environmental benefit by avoiding the net emission of 4,500 tCO2 per year.

FIUSIS has been selected as the Italian good practice example for circular bioeconomy in the European BRANCHES Project Award competition. This southern Italian initiative excels for its sustainability and the wide replicability under

many other contexts.

Address of the plant:

Via Danimarca, Zona P.I.P. Calimera (LE) - Italia

Operational Secretariat: ITABIA Italian Biomass Association Reference contacts: Carolina Lombardini +39 339 2303710, Matteo Monni +39 339 8452084

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101000375 http://fiusis.com