3. Conclusion
Because of their ability to degrade organic substrates, bacterial processes could be used for the bioremediation of agro-industrial wastes, such as those from the dairy or sugar industries. While fermentation alone can hardly compete with the methanization process, the coupling between fermentation and photofermentation is a promising approach that could, in theory, enable almost complete conversion of the substrate (waste) into CO 2 and H 2 . This concept has given rise to numerous projects such as the European HYVOLUTION program. Much remains to be done to optimize the interface between the two processes and automate the whole, for which pilot plants are planned. Fundamental research into fermentation (particularly at high temperatures) and photofermentation will also need to be carried out in parallel...
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Websites
• National level
Biohydrogen research group (GDR CNRS) : http://www.gdr-bioh2.fr/
National bioenergy research program (PNRB) and ANR BIOENERGIES program: http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr
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World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC). Conference on hydrogen (production, storage, use) held every two years.
Regulations
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 23, 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Official Journal of the European Union June 5, 2009) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:140:0016:0062:fr:PDF
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BERNARD (L.), MUS (F.), CUINÉ (S.), COURNAC (L.) and PELTIER (G.). – Hydrogen production by heterologous expression of a type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in Chlamydomonas. FR2876388 B1 20070209/EP1809754 A2 20070725/WO2006040471 A3 20061109/US2008199928 A1 20080821 (2005).
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French Hydrogen Association (AFH2): http://www.afh2.org
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