AINIA Centro Tecnológico is a private, non-profit research association founded in 1987 to provide value to companies. It is involved in applied R&D&I and works in the food sector and other associated sectors (cosmetics, pharmaceutical and chemical). It specialises in biotechnology, nanotechnology, food technology, electronics and communications, and chemical technologies. It has over 1,100 member companies and is one of the leading technological centres in the European food and agriculture sector.
Outstanding projects
In Spain, AINIA leads on the Singular and Strategic Probiogas Project (2007-2011), the aim of which is to develop sustainable systems for producing and using agricultural and industrial biogas. As part of this project, maps showing potential levels of accessible and available raw materials for agricultural and industrial biogas production per annum in Spain have been produced. It also coordinates the Life+ Integral-B Project (2008- 2011) to demonstrate an integral system for producing biodiesel and biogas from recycled vegetable oils and other organic waste. Another of its projects is Biomaqua (2007-2009) focusing on using nutrients in liquid and gaseous effluents from biogas plants to produce biogas/biofuel.
INSTALACIONES PIONERAS
– 2007. AINIA inauguró una planta piloto de biometanización, disponible para socios y clientes y útil tanto para ensayos “batch” como con alimentación semicontinua.
– 2009. Diseño y seguimiento de la planta de biogás de la Granja San Ramón (Requena-Valencia), que co-digiere una mezcla pionera a nivel mundial de estiércol de vacuno y subproductos cítricos.

| Address | Benjamín Franklin, 5-11– Paterna Pque. Tecnológico |
| 46980 Paterna | |
| Valencia | |
| Tel | +34 961 366 090 |
| info@ainia.es | |
| Website | http://www.ainia.es |