EENOVA Project

What does energy efficiency look like when it becomes part of a region’s identity?

Read the full article to see how Birštonas is bottling a model of resilience for Europe’s food and beverage sector and how regional industry can modernise while staying rooted in its local identity.

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From grain to energy efficiency🌾

At this year’s Grain Technology Day, the EENOVA project joined the discussion on how the milling and grain processing sector can improve its energy performance while staying competitive.

Identifying where cooling loads can be optimised, and waste heat recovered, cutting costs without compromising quality.

From open stalls to controlled chambers, the craft continues. The difference lies in how efficiently we power it.

#EENOVA #LIFEprogramme #SustainableFood #EnergyEfficiency

Today, Romanian meat processors work behind closed systems: controlled cooling, ventilation, hygienic processing lines. Safety and consistency depend on electricity and thermal management. We support this transition through energy audits and value-chain cooperation.

"A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms” by Pieter Aertsen (1551, Netherlands)

In this 16th-century market scene, slabs of meat hang openly in the foreground: salted, smoked, and sold fresh. Preservation relied on air, salt, and timing. Energy meant labour, firewood, and proximity to market.

Milk oversupply, shrinking demand, a new dairy crisis on the horizon?
Planika Dairy is not hitting the brakes. Curious how they plan to navigate the coming dairy crisis and what this means for the regional value chain?

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EENOVA movie recommendation | Kiss the Ground

Looking for a film that actually challenges how our food systems work? Kiss the Ground is worth your attention.

If you care about sustainable food systems beyond buzzwords, put this on your watchlist.

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Local rivals turning into partners. 🍷

What happens when vineyard management, wine production and logistics stop working in silos and start working together?

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In today’s Austrian bakeries, the same warmth still drives creation, but now heat recovery and efficient systems can reuse that energy instead of losing it.
Picasso balanced colour and light; we balance kilowatts and taste.

#LIFEprogramme #SustainableFood #EnergyEfficiency #Bakery 🇦🇹

#EENOVART - “Still Life with Bread and Apples” by Pablo Picasso

When Picasso painted his quiet table of bread and fruit, ovens were fired with wood and every loaf baked by hand. Heat escaped freely, and energy meant smoke and labour.

Lithuania’s beverage producers now depend on refrigeration, carbonation, and packaging, energy-intensive processes that EENOVA aim to improve through energy audits.
What once travelled by sail now moves by circuit; efficiency can steer the course.
#LIFEprogramme #SustainableFood

#EENOVART

“Still Life with Lemons" by Jan Davidsz de Heem

In de Heem’s vibrant still life, citrus and glass shimmered, luxuries brought by wind and sail, cooled only by the season. Drinks were precious because making and moving them cost effort, not electricity.

What if an energy audit actually told you something useful?

Not theory. Not paperwork. Real insights that show where energy is wasted, what can be fixed quickly, and why even simple data can unlock serious savings.
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Transforming the Food Industry: Energy Efficiency Through EENOVA Discover how EENOVA, co-funded by the EU LIFE Clean Energy Transition Programme, is revolutionising energy efficiency in the food industry. Through collaborative roundtables and actionable energy…

Happy New Year from EENOVA!
This is our final calendar year, with less than twelve months left to deliver the full results of a project that began in 2023.

To jog the memory, here is the video we released in 2024. It sums up where we started and why the work matters.

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Thank you to everyone who engaged with us, collaborated with us, and helped amplify the project’s mission. Your commitment strengthens the path towards cleaner energy use and smarter production practices across the sector.
#LIFEprogramme #SustainableFoodSystems #EnergyEfficiency #CleanEnergy

The EENOVA consortium extends best wishes for the festive season🎄2025 has been a year of progress for our work on improving energy efficiency across regional food value chains. Together with our partners and stakeholders, we advanced to support a more sustainable and resilient food system in Europe.

#EENOVA collaborates with regional actors to strengthen value chains, improve energy performance, and help businesses adopt solutions that are realistic and scalable. A more efficient chain benefits everyone: companies, consumers, and the climate.
#Sustainability #FoodValueChains #EnergyEfficiency

The journey of festive food is longer than it seems 🎁🚚

Raw materials, processing, storage, packaging, transport, every step consumes energy. When Christmas demand rises, inefficiencies become both more visible and more costly.

#EENOVA works with regional value chains to support practical, data-driven improvements that help companies cut energy waste, reduce costs, and stay competitive during peak periods. Sustainable choices aren’t only long-term commitments; they matter most when demand is at its highest

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As Christmas approaches, food consumption surges and so does the energy demand behind every product on our tables. From bakeries scaling up production to beverage processors running at full capacity, the festive season highlights how essential energy efficiency has become for a resilient food sector

📢 New Deliverable Available: D4.1 – 3rd Roundtable Regional Scenarios Report

🔍 What’s inside?
D4.1 brings together the newest insights from our third roundtables, where regional stakeholders refined their #energytransition scenarios.

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EENOVA at AgriFood Forum 2025 was represented by our partner AgroTransilvania Cluster. We were also pleased to see our partner AgriFood Lithuania present at the forum, strengthening the project’s visibility.

We presented at the 12th scientific symposium Ločniškarjevi dnevi, focused on “Challenges in the Dairy Industry – Opportunities for Research and Development.”

We highlighted:
🔍 Challenges across the Slovenian dairy value chain
📈 Progress achieved within EENOVA so far
⚡ Future steps for improvement

What if Europe’s food industries could turn Energy Audits into real, policy-ready transition pathways? Five regions just tried exactly that!

But what actually happened inside those sessions?
Which scenarios passed the “reality test”… and which raised bigger questions?

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🌍 The EENOVA team gathered in Cluj-Napoca for our 4th Consortium Meeting — two days of teamwork, alignment, and inspiration as we gear up for the final year of the project!

🤝 A big thank you to our host, AgroTransilvania Cluster, for the warm welcome and great organisation.

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#EENOVA in #Bulgaria Powering the Future of Wine
EENOVA hosted its 3rd Bulgarian Roundtable uniting key players from the national #winesector. Focusing on turning #energyaudits into action with smarter irrigation, AI-based maintenance, satellite vineyard monitoring, and digital traceability tools.

🌍 Today is #WorldFoodDay — a reminder that sustainable food systems start with smarter energy use.
From farms to factories, efficiency feeds resilience.
💡 EENOVA pilots in 🇦🇹🇧🇬🇱🇹🇷🇴🇸🇮 are proving it every day.
#EENOVA #LIFEprogramme #SustainableFood #EnergyEfficiency

✅ The #EENOVA Quiz on EnerWhizz has officially ended!

It’s time to check the leaderboard and see if you’re one of our winners. 🏆

Thanks to everyone who joined and made this competition a success!

#EnerWhizz #LIFEProgramme #SustainableFood #EnergyEfficiency #QuizResults

🌿⚡ EENOVA Project – 3rd Slovenian Round Table at AGRA Fair

On August 25, 2025, the 3rd Round Table of the EENOVA Project took place at the AGRA Fair in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia, organised by University of Ljubljana

Thank you for all participants!

The 3rd Round Table of the #EENOVA Project took place in Linz, organised by the Lebensmittel Cluster.

In collaboration with the participating food companies, a workshop was held to identify key barriers to improving #energyefficiency.

#FoodIndustry #Collaboration #Innovation