European Biogas Conference – The 2022 EBA Awards
Brussels 03/11/22 – The biogas and biomethane industries are ready and fully committed to scale up the sector and produce at least 35 bcm of biomethane by 2030. “These industries are providing today the cheapest and most scalable renewable gas produced in Europe” stressed Harmen Dekker, CEO of the EBA, during the closing ceremony. The 2022 edition of […]
“Top Biogas Young Talent” AWARD to Smallops
On Tuesday, October 25, the European Biogas Conference and Awards Gala took place in Brussels, where the Spanish smart-up “Smallops” was the winner in the “Top Biogas Young Talent” category awarded by the European Biogas Association (EBA). David Fernández, Vice President of the Spanish Biogas Association (AEBIG), accepted the award on its behalf and explained […]
MONDRAGON Promotion Center and Mondragon University participate in Startup Olé 2022
For the fifth consecutive year, MONDRAGON Promotion Center, a corporate platform for the development of entrepreneurship and new business activities, participated as a Key Player and Partner in the eighth edition of this international event from September 5th to 7th in Salamanca. Startup Olé has established a significant position in Latin America with annual visits […]
“We are committed to bioenergy as a sustainable way to manage organic waste.”
The company produces nanoparticles from oil residues for bioenergy applications. María Jara, co-founder of Smallops Maria Jara, a 24-year-old girl from the village of Eskoriatza, is a partner in the company Smallops, which is developing a technology for the recovery of olive oil, alperujo, and alpechin waste, which could revolutionize biogas worldwide. Jara has two […]
Innovative ideas focused on sustainability
All of them are part of our sixth “Entrepreneurs List,” which stands out for its innovative business models. Smallops – Nanotechnology to End Waste Olive oil production in Spain generates approximately ten million tons of waste, and the national waste management capacity is around six million tons. “At Smallops, we are dedicated to the recovery […]
‘Smallops’, the company founded by a student from Alicante that works on sustainable nanoparticles
‘Mallas OPS’ is the project being worked on by three entrepreneurs seeking solutions to climate change through science. Rubén Escudero, Íñigo Monreal, and María Jara are members of the ‘Smallops’ team, a startup based in Badajoz that has been working since 2020 to find solutions to climate change through nanoparticles. Rubén Escudero (Elche, 1995) has […]
Circular Seas awards four initiatives that promote the circular economy in marine spaces.
Madrid, December 9, 2021. The scientific studies “Transformation of wet wipe waste from beaches into activated carbon. Applications as an example of the circular economy,” directed by Francisco Ignacio Franco Duro; “Malla OPS,” led by Rubén Escudero; and “Current situation of plastic litter in aquatic ecosystems linked to the Ebro River in Arguedas (Gateway to […]
Grand Gala of the XVII Entrepreneurs Awards
Entrepreneurs Award for Innovation in the Agri-Food Sector: Smallops This category aims to encourage business creation in the agri-food sector through technological and innovative entrepreneurship and to provide Spanish companies in this sector with new solutions that make them more competitive internationally. The award was presented by Ricardo García Lorenzo, director of Cajamar Innova and […]
The Extremadura-based company Smallops has developed a solution to produce biogas from olive oil waste.
Smallops is a company dedicated to the valorization of olive oil waste to produce zero-valent iron nanoparticles encapsulated in carbon and biogas (green energy). Just over a year ago, the three founding partners, María Jara, Rubén Escudero, and Iñigo Monreal, established ourselves in Badajoz, Extremadura, to develop the technology and test the technical and economic […]
SMALLOPS presents at Expobiomasa the new system for the valorization of olive oil residues with zero waste through the production of OPS
OPS are zero-valent iron nanoparticles encapsulated in a carbon matrix, green energy, and digestate that can be transformed into fertilizer, organic amendment, and/or compost. This process reduces polyphenols, enabling biogas generation using only vegetable water and alperujo as sole substrates. OPS are produced from vegetable water using hydrothermal carbonization techniques, a new method for synthesizing […]