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 […]
Smallops wants to change the business model of grape seed oil with nanoparticles
The olive pomace sector is an essential part of the olive oil and olive oil industry’s value chain, providing solutions to an environmental problem and generating a commercial outlet for olive pomace oil, especially the stone and the pomace. However, the current situation of low prices in the sector, coupled with increasing production, has placed […]