Deliverable 1.3. ICT, IoT, and Industry 4.0 technology opportunities for improvement of biomass utilisation

This report summarizes a study conducted within ICT-BIOCHAIN project on technological opportunities for improvements in biomass utilization. It includes a collection of identified needs, which are currently not met within supply chains of organic material, as well as barriers, which can hinder the adoption of ICT, IoT, and Industry 4.0 tools in biomass supply chains. This information was collected using two different methods:
a) Analysis of the current state of the art in ICT, IoT, and Industry 4.0 solutions for biomass supply chains mapped earlier within the project [1].
b) Obtaining data from participants of Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) Launch Events with questionnaires and workshops exercises.
This collection is used to identify improvement possibilities within biomass supply chains using innovative technologies. Therefore, it will provide an input for planning of the actions to be undertaken by the DIHs formed by the ICT-BIOCHAIN project in the model demonstrator regions (MDRs) of Andalusia, Spain and South-East Ireland.