Waste to Energy
Funds European teams building space-data services for the waste-to-energy value chain.
Waste to Energy is a European Space Agency 6-month Kick-Start that funds European teams building space-data services for the waste-to-energy value chain — market and feasibility planning, operations and monitoring of plants, and landfill clean-up or mining — drawing on satellite Earth observation, satellite communications, navigation, or other space assets, usually combined with IoT or AI. ESA cov…
ESA wants proposals for space-enabled services covering the waste-to-energy chain: market and feasibility planning, operations and monitoring of plants, and landfill clean-up or mining. Proposed services must draw on satellite Earth observation, satellite communications, navigation, or other space assets, usually combined with IoT or AI.
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