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Acondicionamiento Tarrasense Associacion – LEITAT
- Spain
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About: LEITAT is a private technological centre with more than 110 years of experience in R&D, technology transfer and industrial innovation services in the fields of chemistry, energy, environment, materials, engineering and life sciences.
Role in Fuels-C: LEITAT is the project coordinator and WP4 leader developing AD-BES for biogas production, EMG-BES for conversion of CO2 to CH4, N-recovery BES for ammonia by 3 different groups (LEITAT-BES, LEITAT-TECAMB and LEITAT-AE). LEITAT has a fully equipped bio/electrochemical laboratory
Contact person: Kerstin Steidle
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzo – VITO
- Belgium
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About: VITO is a leading European independent research centre in the areas of cleantech and sustainable development. VITO is working on CO2 conversions including novel electrocatalysts for CO2 co-electrolysis, efficient electrodes and membranes, improved gas diffusion electrodes as well as up scaling towards a kW-scale demonstrator.
Role in Fuels-C: VITO will lead the WP3 dealing with the conversion technology. VITO will work on the electroconversion of CO2 to formic acid using the state of the art electrodes and reactors already in place from previous EU supported projects like VIVALDI and ECO2FUEL.
Contact person: Deepak Pant
Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et Aux Énergies Alternatives – CEA
- France
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About: CEA has a lab dedicated to bioresources conversion through thermal conversion processes and a lab fully dedicated to SOFC and SOEC electrochemical tests, from button cells to stacks and systems, equipped with different fuels (H2, CH4, CO2, CO, H2S). Stacks test benches are available for SOEC/SOFC, one being able to be operated pressurized.
Role in Fuels-C: CEA will contribute to the selection and characterisation of complex feedstocks for gasification in WP3. CEA will elaborate FC test protocols in WP5 and CEA will conduct SOFC tests at cell cell-scale on CEA test bench for both CH4 and NH3 gases.
Contact person: Armelle Domas
Bluenergy Revolution – BER
- Italy
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About: BER is an SME specialized in technologies for production, storage and use of H2. It develops engineering and consulting services and customized prototypes, taking advantage of its deep know-how in R&D and testing activities.
Role in Fuels-C: BER will study the techno-economics and replication potential of Fuels-C processes, supporting replication tool development and testing activities results.
Contact person: Stefano Barberis
- Spain
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About: UdG is public institution devoted to excellent teaching, research and development of society. Considerable background in the bio-electrochemical reduction of CO2
Role in Fuels-C: UdG leads T3.3 on the bio-electro-recycling CO2 into ethanol, has fully-equipped laboratories for bioelectrochemistry and molecular methods and possesses an instrumented bench-scale prototype.
Contact person: Sebastià Puig
- Spain
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About: UBU-ICCRAM takes part of the strategy of industrial resource efficiency, energy efficiency and eco-innovation. Analysis and Modelling of Materials research group, led by Dr. Santiago Aparicio, with >100 publications in the last 10 years will be involved with the Sustainability research line.
Role in Fuels-C: UBU will perform the modelling activities (WP3-4 and WP6). To do so, it has access to its modelling facilities incl. a supercomputing cluster, software for materials and biological multiscale materials modelling and sustainability tools
Contact person: Sonia Martel
- Netherlands
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About: Finco Energies is an independent, leading provider of sustainable energy solutions for the heavy-duty industry, such as low-carbon fuels and other energy and decarbonisation solutions. The partner develops renewable fuels and promotes value chain traceability and effective business case for a sustainable uptake of groundbreaking propositions.
Role in Fuels-C: Finco Energies leads T2.3. on requirements per biofuel production process and supports T6.2 Techno-economics based on its commercializing experience and T6.4. Replication scenarios. The partner also contributes to T7.5 leading the market assessment (D7.5).
Contact person: Felipe Ferrari
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche – CNR
- Italy
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About: The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy’s largest public research institution, is participating in FUELS-C with two institutes; ICCOM based in Florence and ITAE situated in Messina. Both institutes work in the field of electrochemical energy conversion and storage, including fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, and renewable energy sources.
Role in Fuels-C: benchmark the performance of the liquid biofuels (ethanol and formic acid) produced in Fuels-C using standard CNR fuel cells. The second stage will involve tuning the critical components of the fuel cell (catalyst, membrane, and ionomer binder – triple phase boundary together with the membrane electrode assembly). In the third stage, fuel cell testing will involve investigating cell conditions such as temperature, gas and liquid flow regimes, and in-let pressure operation. This stage will also involve testing performance stability with the objective of up to 500 hours of continuous operation.
Contact person: Hamish Andrew Miller (ICCOM) and Carmelo Lo Vecchio (ITAE)
- Spain
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environment. It currently manages 260 wastewater treatment plants at a state level and
treats more than 180 million cubic meters of wastewater per year. FACSA also supplies
drinking water daily to more than 2 million people in the 263 towns it serves.
Role in Fuels-C: FACSA will be involved in the WP2 analyzing and identifying suitable renewable organic feedstocks to be used to produce road and maritime transport biofuels in 4 European regions. FACSA will develop a feedstock mapping tool using a geographic information system (GIS). FACSA will collaborate in the WP3 and WP4 providing the feedstocks to CEA and Leitat to study the gasification and AD+BES technologies to produce biofuels respectively. In addition, FACSA will participate in the WP6 studying the replication scenarios in the “4 feedstock-fuel production-transport” hubs. This study will contribute to the definition of business models for the scale up and process implementation.
Contact person: Gracia Silvestre Tormo
- Portugal
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About: MAGCIR is a company with > 20 years experience in the fields of Transport, Mobility, Logistics, Environment and Circular Economy. It has a vast experience in EU projects, especially in leading the development of impactful Communication & Dissemination strategies.
Role in Fuels-C: The partner is the WP7 leader, which includes the creation of a strong visual and brand identity, the management of the website and social media, and the organisation of the project’s events.
Contact person: Sara Pardilhó
Isle Utilities Limited – ISLE
- United Kingdom
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About: ISLE is a global independent technology and innovation consultancy in the water and environmental sectors. ISLE accelerates the market uptake of innovative solutions, by finding the best available solutions and presenting them to end-users through early engagement, often at the pre-commercial stage of development. ISLE has a vast experience in market analysis and strategy.
Role in Fuels-C: ISLE is the Exploitation and Innovation Manager, leading the Tasks on Intellectual Property Right Management, Exploitation Plan and the Business Intelligence & Exploitation Roadmaps of WP7.
Contact person: Blanca Antizar