SUNER-C Workshop – Towards an Innovation Ecosystem for Solar Fuels and Chemicals in Europe

We warmly invite you to join our SUNER-C Workshop with the title ‘Towards an Innovation Ecosystem for Solar Fuels and Chemicals in Europe’ which will take place from 2-3 July 2024, in Ghent, Belgium. Our workshop will be followed by a site visit to the ArcelorMittal Steelanol plant in the afternoon of the 3rd of July.

The objectives of our workshop are the following:

• Identify & discuss industry priorities, needs & potential contributions to value chains of solar fuels and chemicals in Europe;
• Key desired outcome: propose business models for the SUNER-C target area of solar fuels and chemicals, stemming from techno-economic considerations;
• Develop/consolidate the community and innovation ecosystem & pave the way to the next stages beyond the SUNER-C CSA; and
• Raise awareness, discuss needs and priorities & exchange views with EU policymakers.

Venue: The venue of the workshop and visit will be:

• July 2-3: Workshop at iGent (Building 126) Science Park of Ghent University (Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 126, 9052 Ghent, Belgium)
• July 3rd afternoon, Visit at ArcelorMittal Steelanol Plant (John Kennedylaan 51 – 9042 Ghent, Belgium)

ArcelorMittal Visit:

• DAY 2: On the second day, the 3rd of July from 13:40-18:10, our project partner, ArcelorMittal Belgium, will provide us with a site visit of the ArcelorMittal Steelanol plant (limited number of participants). Please note that a bus transfer to the plant will be provided by the organisers, and the drop-off destination of the bus after the visit will be Gent-Sint-Pieters train station. More details are on the attached draft agenda.

Please register for our event by the 10th of  June, at the latest.

If you need any further information, please feel free to contact Lili Chatzikonstantinou at lili.chatzikonstantinou@co2value.eu or Arnau Jordà at ajorda@iciq.es for further information.