SUNERGY ☀️⛽ 🧱

Solar2Chem Conference: From Sunlight to Fuels - Uniting Science and Environmental Responsibility
2023-09-18 - 2023-09-22 | ICIQ, Avinguda dels Països Catalans, 16, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
The SOLAR2CHEM Conference will take place at ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain from 18-22 September 2023.
Join renowned experts from academia, industry, and policy to explore photo(electro)catalysis, solar fuels, and materials for energy conversion. With an impressive lineup of international speakers, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in workshops, roundtable discussions, and networking sessions with industry experts.
Participants are encouraged to present their research through oral presentations or posters. In our commitment to sustainability, any remaining conference funds will be dedicated to offsetting the carbon emissions associated with flights, food, and other activities.

Plenary Speakers

Harry Atwater – California Institute of Technology

Luigi Crema – Avenue MarMember of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership Governing Board

Kazunari Domen – University of Tokyo

José Ramón Galán-Mascarós – ICIQ

Timothy Noël – University of Amsterdam, Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)

Beatriz Roldán – Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck

Philippe Schild – European Commission

Workshop Panelists

Kazunari Domen – University of Tokyo

Joan G. Fabra – Accredited Parliamentary Assistant at European Parliament

Roundtable Panelists

Frédéric Chandezon – Deputy coordinator of the SUNERGY

Luigi Crema – Avenue MarMember of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership Governing Board

María Rosa Palacín – Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)

Philippe Schild – European Commission

Check more information at the event’s website: https://www.solar2chemconference.com/

Transition pathway toward sustainable fossil-free fuels and base chemicals – a SUNERGY regional meeting
2023-09-14 09:00 - 2023-09-15 12:00 UTC | J. Heyrovský Institute, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23, Prague, Czech Republic
“Transition pathway toward sustainable fossil-free fuels and base chemicals” is a title of a conference that was jointly organized by the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry (Czech Academy of Sciences), Association of Czech Chemical Industry, and the European initiative SUNERGY. It was held at the J. Heyrovský Institute in Prague on 14 and 15 September 2023.
The conference was a very interesting event that brought together people from academia, industry, as well as from organizations supporting Czech participation in Horizon Europe. The industry participation ranged from large companies such as ORLEN-Unipetrol or BASF to new startups, for example TailorMem (CZ) that specializes in developing and producing new types of membranes. Academic participation involved mostly scientists from the J. Heyrovský Institute and other institutes of the Czech Academy, and from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. Altogether, the meeting was attended by about 70 participants, mostly from the Czech Republic as well as from France, Poland, Finland, and Spain.

Such a broad and diverse participation allowed to present and discuss a range of scientific, technical, economical, and political issues related to synthetic fuels – energy-rich chemical compounds (such as hydrocarbons, methanol, hydrogen, etc.) produced from abundant raw materials (CO2, water, nitrogen) with the use of sunlight (solar fuels) or renewable electricity (e-fuels). Making such fuels from CO2 would make them carbon-neutral and their wide usage would become a basis for a circular economy of the future.
Scientific talks covered a broad range of topics, from the general need of synthetic fuels, their merits as well as downsides, to particular processes and technical solutions to produce and utilize various kinds of sustainable fuels and feedstock chemicals. Using detailed analysis and hard numbers quantifying energy requirements, it was clearly shown that liquid synthetic fuels will be an absolutely necessary part of transition to fossil-free energetics, especially in the context of the Czech Republic. This is not just to provide energy for transportation (while using the existing infrastructure) but also to store intermittent renewable energy for a long time and to maintain the stability and resilience of the energy systems of European countries, and to contribute to their energetic sovereignty. Development of technologies for energy storage in chemical bonds of synthetic fuels should thus be regarded as a foremost strategic goal of European countries and the EU. An important point has been made that synthetic fuels have to be primarily judged and evaluated by their energy efficiency. In other words, more energy has to be gained than conventional energy spent on their production.
Several talks have clearly demonstrated that presently known fuel-producing processes do not match the strict requirements of material and energy efficiencies and that entirely new approaches are needed. This conclusion mandates establishing strong research and development programs on national as well as European levels. As was presented by its deputy coordinator Frédéric Chandezon, SUNERGY (one of the meeting organizers) is an European initiative that, together with the Horizon Europe Coordination and Support Action SUNER-C, strives to build up an EU-wide community working on synthetic (solar) fuels, promote them, and, most importantly, establish an EU large-scale research initiative (most likely a co-programmed partnership) that will fund and coordinate European research, technology development and transfer, as well as upscaling and implementation of synthetic fuels in the energetics of EU countries and beyond. Toward this goal, SUNER-C (supported by the broader SUNERGY community) works on a roadmap, which was explained in dedicated talk. It is an open document that responds to latest scientific/technical developments as well as to evolving political and societal views. Since it is too early to “pick winners” by deciding which synthetic fuels and production processes are most promising, the roadmap rightly stresses the need to pursue the research and development along multiple parallel lines, even including emerging novel aspects of photon management, light-matter interactions, as well as photo- and electro-catalysis. Some of the technical issues raised in the roadmap were addresses by specific scientific/technical talks. Water oxidation (either electro- or photochemical) complements all practically considered fuel-producing processes but also presents their bottleneck. Physical/chemical origins of the water-oxidation problem were analyzed in one of the talks that also outlined the way forward by theory-guided development of new catalytic materials.
On the hydrogen-evolution and CO2 reduction side, there was a very interesting talk on nanostructured 2-dimensional catalytic materials, including metal-doped graphene and molybdenum and rhenium sulfides, where catalytic sites occur at nanosheet edges. Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons was shown to occur catalytically on copper-doped polydopamine on hydroxylapatite sheets. Doped organic semiconductors and metal-organic frameworks combining light-harvesting and catalytic sites were presented among new promising systems for artificial photosynthesis. Photobiology presents and alternative approach, whereby immobilized cyanobacteria reduce nitrogen or CO2 using electro- or photochemically supplied electrons. Talks on innovative technical solutions dealt with coelectrolysis of CO2 and steam on solid oxides and described new types of ion-exchange membranes that are now getting employed in electrocatalytic systems and batteries, as well as in novel systems producing electricity upon mixing sea and fresh water. Several talks also stressed the importance of designing photoreactors and electrolytic cells aimed at improving energy and material efficiencies.
Progress toward synthetic fuels is to a large extent contingent upon advances in materials research that is bringing new catalysts, separators, etc. On an EU level, energy-related material research is represented by the AMPEA program of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), whose activities were overviewed. Important activities take place also at the national level as was demonstrated by talks on the “CO2 Czech Solution Group” and the “Strategy AV21” of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The CO2 Group explores ways to convert CO2 into feedstock chemicals for industry and aims to create a cooperative environment encompassing industry, R&D, as well as the government, and also to involve Czech Republic in international cooperation on low-carbon and circular economy. Strategy AV21 outlines the principal research directions of the Czech Academy of Sciences and, in selected directions, fosters synergies between Academy institutes as well as between disciplines. It also aims to improve public awareness and facilitate knowledge transfer to the educational and private sector. The Strategy is organized into programs, one of which, “Sustainable Energy”, is directly relevant to synthetic fuels. It focuses on hydrogen and “new fuels”, CO2 capture, as well as on energy storage. Specific research projects in Academy institutes include, for example, mechanism of (photo)electrochemical water oxidation, development of catalytic materials and membranes for electrolyzers, hydrogen storage, membranes for CO2 capture, methane-to-methanol and CO2-to-ethanol conversions, as well as unravelling fundamental principles of light harnessing and energy conversion.
Finally, a citation from the talk given by Ivan Souček, director of the Czech Industry Association: “…reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing resource efficiency and circularity, safety in the chemical industry …. will require new process technologies and their combination will be essential to achieve the EU’s 2050 climate-neutrality objective.”

RSC Desktop Seminar: Artificial Photosynthesis
2023-09-12 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
The Royal Society of Chemistry would like to invite you to attend the latest in our series of Desktop Seminars. This webinar will discuss Artificial Photosynthesis, and will feature two talks, followed by discussion and Q&A:
🎙 Talk: Bioinorganic design approaches for developing molecular catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
Prof. Christopher Chang, Class of 1942 Chair Professor · University of California, Berkeley
Abstract: Changing climate and rising global energy demands motivate the search for new synthetic methods to produce fuels, food, medicines, and materials in a sustainable fashion. We are developing new molecular catalysts for sustainable electrosynthesis that mimic enzyme biocatalysts or heterogeneous materials catalysts, as well as hybrid catalysts that merge design concepts from molecular, materials, and biological catalysts. This presentation will focus on our latest work on creating molecular electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide inspired by bioinorganic systems.
🎙 Talk: Solar Technologies For Waste-to-Chemical Conversion
Prof. Erwin Reisner, Professor of Energy and Sustainability ·University of Cambridge
Abstract: Professor Reisner will present concepts and emerging technologies, where waste, water and air are precious resources for a solar-powered circular economy. He will make a case for the use of solar energy to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals for energy storage, transportation and the chemical industry. Solar panels will be introduced that can not only produce electricity, but hold potential for the generation of green energy carriers and platform chemicals in a net zero future.

Register here.

Decarbonisation in Shipping: Europe 2023
2023-09-06 08:00 - 2023-09-07 16:00 UTC | Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
ACI’s Decarbonisation in Shipping: Europe 2023 will be taking place in Hamburg, Germany, on the 6th & 7th September 2023.
The two day event will bring together key industry stakeholders from the maritime and energy industry, regulatory and policy officers, consultants, solution and technology providers.
The conference will provide in-depth looks into the transition towards decarbonisation through presentations, round-tables, panel discussions and interactive sessions.
For the first European edition of this event, the discussions will address the biggest issues and challenges in decarbonisation and vessel efficiency, such as Providing Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Alternative Solutions to Fuels, Reaching the “Net-Zero” Goal by 2050, Ensuring a Commercially-Viable Transition to Decarbonisation, Overview of the Environmental Legislation, Encouraging Investments into R&D, and many more.
📄 Key topics:

Providing Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Alternative Solutions to Fuels
Towards a Successful Decarbonisation Transition
Ensuring a Commercially-Viable Transition to Decarbonisation
Case Study: Altera Infrastructure‘s New Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Vessel Designs
Encouraging R&D: Innovation as a Driver for Decarbonisation
The Impact of Decarbonisation on the Global Shipping Industry
Overview of the Environmental Legislation: Expectations for a Zero-Carbon Future at Sea
A Classification Society Perspective on Decarbonisation
Acknowledging the Role of Digitalisation in Decarbonisation

Europacat 2023
2023-08-27 08:00 - 2023-09-01 17:00 UTC | Prague Congress Centre, 5. května 1640/65, Nusle, Prague, 140 00, Czech Republic
The 15th edition of the biannual congress of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS), EuropaCat, will be held in August 2023 in the Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic. The conference will be, for the first time, jointly organized by the catalysis societies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
EuropaCat has become a traditional meeting place for scientists and researchers from academia and industry all over Europe. Consequently, it has developed into a forum to discuss important challenges in the field of catalysis and the related industrial areas and beyond. As we live at a time of rapid changes, the growing population, its changing needs and the ever-increasingly limited availability of resources to satisfy the societal needs dictate rapid advancement in finding and sustainably using our resources. To deal with these challenges, we need courageous and innovative ideas providing the prodigious spark to ignite the development, which only the industry can convert into real solutions helping the mankind.
The organising committee invites you to join EuropaCat 2023 so we can all together innovate the production of energy carriers, chemicals and materials, while at the same time enhancing the quality of life on the Earth.
Read more about it here.

Introducing Power to Liquids & eFuels for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
2023-08-23 - 2023-08-24 | Online workshop
The importance of sustainability in aviation has grown over the past decade as the industry strives to achieve ambitious decarbonisation goals. New regulations, technologies and innovations will all contribute to the greening of the skies, but the solution seen as the most impactful is Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).
This course will uncover the latest developments, pathways, policies and techno-economic analyses driving the adoption and growth of SAF produced from eFuels and Power to Liquids (PtL) processes. It will also cover the scalability and timelines for the widespread use and adoption of these processes and their exciting current and future prospects.
This Masterclass is suitable for aviation and non-aviation industry professionals alike, and for industry stakeholders seeking to gain a better understanding of an opportunity that is set for enormous growth over the coming decades.
More on this course here.

CEN Workshop on “Testing and evaluating the performance of devices for electrocatalytic reduction CO2 to CO”.
2023-07-20 09:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
The SunCoChem project would like to invite all interested parties to take part in the upcoming CEN Workshop on “Testing and evaluating the performance of devices for electrocatalytic reduction CO2 to CO”.
The kick-off meeting will take place online next 20 July 2023, from 9.00 – 13.00 CEST.
The main objective of this workshop is the development of a new CWA (CEN Workshop Agreement), on procedures and protocols for testing and evaluating the performance of devices for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO. The application of the new CWA is intended to simplify both the comparability between different technological solution and the representation of the impacts of changes in individual technologies in a standardized and concise manner, in order to support the further development of (photo)electrocatalytical devices.
All interested parties are invited to register to the Workshop by email to the Workshop secretary, Mr Steffen Jenkel (sjenkel@une.org), by 17 July 2023. Please see the agenda for the kick-off meeting and the draft Project Plan below. Comments can be submitted to the Workshop secretary by 17 July as well.
🔗 MORE INFORMATION:
Consult the agenda of the workshop here.
Download the Draft Project plan for the CEN/WS.
More information on the CEN-CENELEC homepage.

20th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization
2023-06-25 - 2023-06-29 | Aldo Moro Hall Law Department – University of Bari, Piazza Cesare Battisti, 1, Bari, 70121, Italy
The University of Bari, Italy, will host the 20th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU) from 25-29 June. For nearly thirty years, the ICCDU has provided a global meeting place for chemists, engineers, and environmental policy planners to come together and discuss the latest developments in the field of CO₂ capture and utilization.
Today the conference covers a large number of topics spanning from biological fixation, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, carbonation of waste, hydrated CO₂, Life Cycle Assessment, Integrated Processes, CO₂ enabling/sustainable processes. Our Secretary General Anastasios Perimenis will deliver a Keynote Lecture on “CCU Modelling Application” (date and time TBC).
Please find more information about the conference here.
If you are interested, please register here!

From Photosynthesis to Industrial Applications - 16th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress and 5th Nordic Algae Symposium
2023-06-19 10:00 - 2023-06-21 19:30 UTC | Umeå University
Umeå University is delighted to announce a merged meeting of the 16th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress and the 5th Nordic Algae Symposium called From Photosynthesis to Industrial Applications. The conference merges two congresses dealing with important questions for a sustainable future, enhancing interdisciplinary discussions, creating new networks and enhancing future research. It will bring together excellent teams from academia and industry, and focuses on advances of photosynthetic organisms ranging from cyanobacteria, micro- and seaweed to higher plants. Five of the conference sessions will be common to both conferences, meanwhile five will be parallel specialized to either basic photosynthesis or industrial applications of algal research. The conference participants can freely choose, which session they attend.
You can submit your abstract to the conference here until May 1th, following the template.
Please register yourself for the conference by clicking on the link: Registration
Agenda and more information about the conference here.

10th CEWEP Waste-to-Energy Congress 2023
2023-06-14 19:00 - 2023-06-16 17:15 UTC | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
In June 2023 CEWEP returns with its 10th Waste-to-Energy Congress. The event will focus on the role the Waste-to-Energy sector will play in achieving the EU’s environmental, energy and climate goals.
Knowledgeable speakers from the European Commission, German Ministry of Environment, UNECE, prominent academics, municipal authorities, WtE operators and communication experts will discuss waste, energy and climate topics in the ever-changing policy and technical environment.
📃 Detailed Programme
🔗 Registration

VIVALDI Workshop – Turning CO2 into Long Chain Organic Acids with Biological Systems
2023-06-12 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95, Bruxelles, Belgium
In response to the ongoing climate crisis and the increasing need for renewable resources, the recycling of CO2 into a feedstock is becoming an interesting solution. CO2 can in fact be captured and transformed into raw material, contributing to a decrease in industries’ carbon emissions and their dependency on fossil imports.
The VIVALDI workshop “Turning CO2 into Long Chain Organic Acids with Biological Systems” will analyse the current state of the art of three different technologies for turning CO2 into valuable chemicals using biological processes:
– Dr. Ludovic Jourdin (TU Delft) will show the fundamentals and latest outcomes of microbial electrosynthesis, an emerging Power-to-X technology for the conversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals.
– Dr. Ramon Ganigué (CMET) will show the latest breakthroughs and the industrial opportunities of the bioconversion of C1 molecules into larger molecules.
– Finally, Dr. Falk Harnisch (UFZ) will discuss the VIVALDI solution of integrating electrochemistry and microbiology for the production of added-value organic acids from CO2.
After the presentations, the audience and the presenters will compare and discuss the perspectives of the three technologies in a participative Q&A session.
The workshop will take place on June 12, from 3-5 pm at the Press Club Brussels Europe (Rue Froissart 95, Bruxelles).
Register free of charge here.

Driving Net-Zero Industry Transformation: From Plan To Action Conference
2023-06-12 - 2023-06-13 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The Driving Net-Zero Industry Transformation: From Plan To Action conference will enable participants to advance their sustainable operation strategies and carbon-neutral expectations. This event provides an opportunity to get ahead with the transition to net zero operations, contributing in an open and engaging environment to discuss, benchmark, and capitalise on actionable insights to be part of this change.
Please find more information about the conference, speakers, and registration here.

Seawater sourcing for renewable hydrogen and chemicals
2023-06-08 11:30 - 2023-06-09 14:15 UTC | DG RTD, Atrium, Rue du Champ de Mars 21, Brussels, Belgium
The “Seawater sourcing for renewable hydrogen and chemicals” will take place on the 8th-9th of June 2023 from lunch to lunch at DG RTD premises in Rue du Champ de Mars in Brussels.
The workshop is co-organised by the European Innovation Council, the European Commission’s DG RTD, ANEMEL, the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and the EuroTech Universities Alliance.
The aim of this workshop is to discuss the use of seawater for a broad range of applications, including the production of renewable fuels and chemicals, mining or energy storage.
A multidisciplinary group of experts from industry, academia and policy-makers will discuss innovative desalination methods, including brines treatment, as well as direct seawater electrolysis or the use of seawater for co-electrolysis. The experts will draft a white paper presenting the technologies using seawater as a source that should strongly be supported by the European Commission in accordance with the achievement of the EU Green Deal objectives.
The workshop will also host a “pitch session” to show-case real-life demonstration projects or technologies in this area. If you would like to participate in the pitch session with your project, please provide details when pre-registering (see below).
Our lineup of confirmed speakers includes leaders from governmental organizations, industry and academia.
If you’re interested in attending, please pre-register using this link: https://tiny.cc/WaterEvent

Confirmed Speakers – Vision & Trends

Dr. Jan Mertens (Engie): CirculAir – Synergies between direct air capture and efuel production for water and heat management
Dr. Philippe Schild (European Commission, DG RTD)
Prof. Joanna Kargul (UWarsaw): SUNERGY Technological Roadmap on renewable fuels and chemicals

Confirmed Speakers – Technological Pathways & Projects

Marie-Laure Thielens (Engie): Industrial Desalination – from potable water to hydrogen economies
Dr. Vincenzo Antonucci (CNR-ITAE): State-of-the-art of direct seawater electrolysis
Dr. Alberto Figoli (CNR-ITM): State-of-the-art of brines exploitation
Dr. Patrik Jones (Imperial College): Opportunities and Challenges for the production of chemicals using seawater-based microbial biotechnology
Dimitri Xevgenos (TU Delft): Circular Desalination and Potential Links with Chemicals and hydrogen production
Prof. Cédric Tard (École Polytechnique): XSeaO2
Prof. Matthew Suss (Technion, MIT): State-of-the-art of desalination fuel cells

Sustainable Aviation Futures Congress
2023-06-07 - 2023-06-09 | Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Sustainable Aviation Futures Congress will take place from 7 – 9 June 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Sustainable Aviation Futures is a high-level congress establishing the aviation industry’s pathway to net zero, and a content-rich networking event that will showcase the latest strategies for decarbonisation, key industry challenges, and exciting opportunities for airlines, corporate organisations, and fuel producers.
Sustainable Aviation Futures Congress has been developed in consultation with leading industry professionals across the aviation industry. The event will feature 120+ expert speakers from throughout the aviation value chain to policymakers and OEMs. This event’s high-level industry content will include panel discussions and keynote presentations covering the A-Z of SAF and aviation decarbonisation.
On Friday the 9th of June from 2.30-3.15 pm (CET), Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Assistant Professor at SDU Lifelong Learning – Center for Life Cycle Engineering, will participate in the panel discussion “Future fuels and the next generation of feedstocks: Where are the next frontiers for SAF production?” to present the TAKE-OFF project.
The project enables the development and industrial validation of the complete technology chain from CO2 to SAF. This technology route aims to deliver a highly innovative process that produces SAF at lower costs and higher energy efficiency than other power-to-liquid alternatives.

Please find more information about the congress, speakers, and registration here.

4th International Conference on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer (PCET4)
2023-06-05 16:00 - 2023-06-09 13:30 UTC | PortAventura Convention Centre, Avenida Alcalde Pere Molas, Km 2, Salou, Tarragona, 43480, Spain
The 4th International Conference on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer will be held at Port Aventura, Spain, from June 5th to 9th, 2023. The program includes explorations of the mechanisms and applications of PCET in:

Enzymatic activity
Molecular catalysis
Material catalysis
CO2 reduction
N2 reduction
NH3 oxidation
Photoredox catalysis
Electrochemical Theory
Theoretical Formulations

Participants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation or an oral communication. Limited spots available!
Important deadlines:
Early call submission for oral presentations: March 29th
Regular abstract submission: May 2th
Registration: 22nd May
For more information, visit the event website here.

European Material Research Society - Spring Meeting 2023
2023-05-29 - 2023-06-02 | Convention & Exhibition Centre of Strasbourg, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Place de Bordeaux, Strasbourg, 67082, France
Join this event as EMRS celebrates 40 years of service to the Materials Research community by organizing this 2023 Spring Meeting & Exhibit – a leading forum for scientists and engineers to exchange information and ideas at the forefront of Materials research. They received 2.652 abstracts for individual presentations (oral, poster and invited).
The Conference will be held at the Convention & Exhibition Centre of Strasbourg (France), from May 29 to June 2, 2023 and will consist of parallel symposia with invited speakers, oral and poster presentations assorted by three plenary sessions to provide an international forum for discussing recent advances in the field of materials science.
The conference will be augmented by an exhibition of products and services of interest to the conference participants.
The high quality scientific program will address different topics organized into 21 symposia arranged in 6 clusters covering the fields of Energy materials; Nanomaterials and advanced characterization; Biomaterials and soft materials; Electronics, magnetics and photonics; Functional materials; Education and training.
The latest scientific results will be presented and authors are invited to submit papers in the selected journals that fit the scope of each symposium.
The focus of the scientific program will be both on fundamental investigations and technological applications, providing an international forum for discussing recent advances related to the different aspects to be considered to promote innovation.
Please note the deadline for abstract submission is January 19, 2023. Authors will be notified of acceptance and mode of presentation by mid March, 2023 at the latest.
This will be an exciting event which should not be missed. We look forward to welcoming you to Strasbourg.
Read more about it here.

Renewable Materials Conference 2023
2023-05-23 09:00 - 2023-05-25 16:00 UTC | Siegburg/Cologne, Siegburg/Cologne, Germany
The Renewable Materials Conference 2023 taking place from 23-25 May in Siegburg/Cologne (Germany), which is a one-of-a-kind event that provides a platform for showcasing impressive achievements in the field of renewable materials.
A wide range of concepts and technologies will be addressed at the conference: circularity, renewable refineries, and chemical recycling as well as new process technologies. Technologies to produce more sustainable chemicals, building blocks, polymers, plastics and fine chemicals based on renewable carbon: recycling, biomass or CO2.
Up-to-date information on new innovations, markets, sustainability and political framework provide a comprehensive picture of possible future developments.
One highlight is the Innovation Award: after six pre-selected presentations, the audience will vote on the “Renewable Material of the Year 2023”.

Please find more information about the conference, exhibition, and registration here.

CO2 Capture, Storage & Reuse 2023 Conference
2023-05-16 08:00 - 2023-05-17 17:00 UTC | Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, Ørestads Blvd. 114 - 118,, København, 2300
📆 #EVENTSUMMARY This week took place in Copenhagen the European Conference CO2 Capture, Storage and Reuse 2023.
🎯 The conference focused on the utilization of captured CO₂ and its application in the production of building materials such as cement, concrete, and steel, as well as the development of advanced fuels to facilitate the decarbonization of various sectors.
🤝 Bringing together industry stakeholders, the conference offered unique content, workshops, discussions, and networking opportunities with prominent leaders in the field.
🎤 Tudy Bernier, Senior Policy Manager at CO2 Value Europe, a partner of #SUNERC and a media partner for this event, took the stage to present the latest EU policy developments around Carbon Capture and Utilisation (#CCU). Bernier also actively participated in a panel discussion focused on global sustainability challenges.
📊 Over the course of the two-day event, attendees were presented with comprehensive insights into carbon capture technology through presentations from industry end-users and case studies of ongoing projects.

2023 CCUS TEA/LCA Workshop
2023-05-16 - 2023-05-18 | Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan, 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States
​We are excited to announce that the Global CO2 Initiative will host the 2023 TEA/LCA Workshop on Harmonizing CCUS Assessments on May 16-18 this year! This fifth workshop in the series is planned and conducted by the International CCUS Assessment Harmonization Group with members from the USA (GCI at U-M, NETL, NREL, ANL), Canada (NRC), Germany (RIFS, formerly known as IASS), Switzerland (ETH Zürich), and Japan (NIAIST). We are looking forward to one-and-a-half days of intense dialog and work that will advance transparent and uniform assessments of CCUS technologies and products.
This year’s workshop will focus on the inclusion of social factors in life cycle assessments and techno-economic assessments, as well as next steps towards guidance through international standardization of assessment guidelines.
The workshop will be conducted in-person at the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Online participation will be available.
Register for in person attendance here.We will host a poster session for student and postdoc presenters to specifically invite them to engage with the assessment community.
Who should attend?Researchers, students, practitioners, developers and users of LCA and TEA for CCUS and users of assessment outputs. Please note that the workshop does not provide introductory training for LCA and TEA for CCUS.
Timeline:

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Arrival and Welcome Reception
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Full day with short presentations and working group meetings
Thursday, May 18, 2023, Half day with short presentations and working group meetings

Please, find more information on the event and registration here.A detailed program with speakers and discussion session topics will be available later.
Please direct questions to info@globalco2initiative.org

Adding Value to CO₂ (Aportando valor al CO₂)
2023-05-10 - 2023-05-11 | BEC. Bilbao Exhibition Centre., BEC Bilbao Exhibition Centre, Bilbao, Spain
These Conference Days are aimed at all agents of the science-technology-business system and intend to offer a comprehensive view of the different aspects involved in CO₂ valorization technologies, from their fundamentals to their applications in the market.
More information at: https://www.aportandovaloralco2.com/index.html

Innovation Fund: Info Day on the third call for small-scale projects
2023-04-20 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Online
On the 20ᵗʰ of April, the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and the European Commission’s DG Climate Action are organising an info day to present the third Innovation Fund small-scale call for projects. This new call will be launched on 30 March 2023 with a budget of EUR 100 million for projects with total capital costs between EUR 2.5 million and below EUR 7.5 million.
During the online event, participants will get an overview of the new call and will have the opportunity to get practical tips to succeed in their application. The Info Day will be interactive, and participants will be able to ask questions and contribute to the event via sli.do (#IFSSC2022).
The Innovation Fund is a dedicated funding programme for the deployment and up-scaling of innovative low-carbon technologies, aiming to bring industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe to the market. The Innovation Fund is funded with revenues from the auctioning of allowances from the EU Emissions Trading System.
Please find more on the event, programme, and registration here.

Conference on CO2-based fuels & chemicals 2023
2023-04-19 08:00 - 2023-04-20 17:00 UTC | Maternushaus, Kardinal-Frings-Str. 1-3, Köln (Cologne), 50668, Germany
CO2 Value Europe is the premium partner at the nova “Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals” which is one of the most established worldwide and has developed into a unique meeting and networking place for the entire Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X industry and its customers. The upcoming 10th edition of this conference will take place from 19-20 April in Cologne, Germany and will continue with this success and will showcase again the newest and most important developments in the fast-growing field of CO2 capture and utilisation.
New and leading players will demonstrate novel and improved applications based on the use of CO2 as feedstock. Main topics of the conference are green hydrogen production, carbon capture technologies, and carbon utilisation (Power-to-X): Transportation and aviation fuels, building-blocks, bulk, and fine chemicals as well as advanced technologies for CO2 utilisation such as artificial photosynthesis. The conference will be accompanied by a trade exhibition.
Call for innovations:
If you are a producer or inventor of an innovative CCU product or technology, you can take a chance and apply to win the “Best CO2 Utilisation 2023″ innovation award! The winner will be announced at the conference.
Please find more information on the award application stages here. Deadline for applying: 6 February 2023.
Call for posters:
If you want to present a poster at the conference, please check the instructions here. Deadline for submission: 31 March 2023.
The conference brochure with all the information can be found here.
Please find more information about registration at the conference here.

Sustainable and Low Carbon Fuels and Chemicals: Time for Take Off
2023-04-13 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Rue du Trône 100, Ixelles - Brussels, 1050, Belgium
📢 On 13th of April, the Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot Curie in Brussels hosted an in-person event organized by CEA titled “Sustainable and low carbon fuels and chemicals – Time for take-off”.
🌱⛽ Sustainable and low carbon fuels will play an essential role in achieving the European Union’s ambitious energy transition objectives and reaching net zero by 2050. In particular, they will allow the defossilisation of industry sectors where electrification alone will not be sufficient.
🏛️ Speakers and representatives from the European Commission and European organizations, from more than 10 Member States, from industry and from the research community joined the event to discuss around the currently hot topic of sustainable low carbon fuels and chemicals and the challenges ahead.
👥 There was a great interest in attending the event, with more than 110 registrations. Approximately 60 individuals were invited to attend the event in person.
🎤 After an introductory speech by Mr. Cyril Piquemal, Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the European Union, the event was organized in three sessions covering the following aspects:
➡ 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭: The role of sustainable fuels and chemicals in the climate and energy transition, with talks by Bernd Kuepker (EC-DG ENER) and Tudy Bernier (CO2 Value Europe);
➡ 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮: Technology options and perspectives, with talks by Maria Georgiadou (EC-DG RTD), Thibault Cantat (CEA), Jack Legrand (CNRS), Jurriaan Boon (TNO) and Fleischer Maximilian (Siemens Energy);
➡ 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯:Towards a synthetic fuels and chemicals value chain with talks by Nicolas JEULAND (Safran), Caterina Cobino (FINCANTIERI S.p.A.), Ivan Souček (Svaz chemického průmyslu ČR, z. s. – Association of the Chemical Industry in Czech Republic), Horzenberger Franz (ArcelorMittal) and Heidi Bergman (Renewable hydrogen, Neste Corporation).
⭐ Several speakers and attendees are directly involved or related to SUNERGY and SUNER-C, including Tudy Bernier (CO2 Value Europe), Fleischer Maximilian (Siemens Energy), Ivan Souček (Association of the Chemical Industry in Czech Republic) and Frederic Chandezon as co-organizer of the event and chair of session 2.
𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲-𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁:📝 Sustainable fuels and chemicals will be necessary to reach the EU’s energy and climate objectives;
📝 Considering the huge electricity amounts required to produce them, there is a need for prioritization of the use of such fuels and chemicals in hard-to-abate sectors, like the chemical industry, the aviation and maritime transport sectors;
📝 Technology alone will not allow the Union to reach its energy and climate objectives and it needs to be complemented by energy efficiency and sustainability as core objectives.

Séminaire ANCRE-SUNER-C: comment promouvoir la filière des carburants et molécules de commodité alternatifs en France et en Europe?
2023-03-28 13:30 - 17:00 UTC
📅 Last 28th of March, the Alliance Nationale de Coordination de la Recherche pour l’Energie (ANCRE) and SUNER-C co-organized an online event titled “Séminaire ANCRE-SUNER-C: comment promouvoir la filière des carburants et molécules de commodité alternatifs en France et en Europe?”
🌍 The event brought together French stakeholders from the SUNERGY community and beyond to inform, involve, and mobilize the French research community on the ongoing SUNER-C project. Approximately 80 people registered for the event.
🎤 The event began with introductory words by the current head of the ANCRE Alliance, Pierre-Franck Chevet (chairman and CEA of IFP Energies nouvelles), followed by Frederic Chandezon, deputy coordinator of SUNERGY and SUNER-C, presented the initiative and project and explained how attendees can contribute to shape a future around solar fuels and chemicals in the European agendas. Two representatives from the French Ministry of Research and Higher Education, Annabelle Rondaud and Xavier Montagne, also gave insight into the topic and how SUNERGY contributed and can contribute.
🔬 The event continued with seven scientific and technical presentations to share their vision and the current challenges they identify in the field of solar fuels and chemicals and Carbon Capture and Use. These were presented by representatives of French academias, RTOs and networks (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, IFP Energies nouvelles, Université Grenoble Alpes), networks and Hubs (GDR Solar Fuels funded by CNRS and AXELERA Auvergne-Rhône Alpes Chemistry-Environnment Hub) and industrials (ENGIE, VICAT).
👏 As concluding messages, representatives of ANCRE, the French Ministry of Research and Higher Education, and SUNERGY/SUNER-C emphasized the diversity and dynamism of the French community and eco-system in the field of solar fuels and chemicals and CCU, and the importance of the field in pushing it further in the European agendas.
🌟 Overall, the event was a great success, providing valuable insights into the current state of solar fuels and chemicals in France and Europe and showcasing the importance of collaboration and community involvement in driving progress in the field.

The event was part of the pan-European initiative SUNERGY, working to enable a circular economy through the sustainable production of fossil-free fuels and base chemicals from renewable energy (sunlight, wind) and abundant molecules (CO2, water, nitrogen). SUNER-C is a new EU-funded CSA (Coordination and Support Action) under the umbrella of the SUNERGY Community, with 4M € funding for 3 years from June 1st 2022. SUNER-C will enable the creation of an innovation ecosystem, develop a technological roadmap and prepare for a large-scale research and innovation (R&I) initiative on solar fuels and chemicals. Ultimately, SUNERGY aims to become a large European Research and Innovation (LSRI) initiative working towards converting and storing renewable energy into fossil-free fuels and chemicals, complementing the scope of existing European partnerships.
The meeting was free of charge.
The main language of the event was French.
Program

9th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue
2023-03-28 09:00 - 2023-03-29 18:00 UTC | Federal Foreign Office, Werderscher Markt 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany
The Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action are jointly hosting the 9th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on 28-29 March 2023 under the slogan “Energiewende – Securing a Green Future”.
At a time of both great opportunity and great uncertainty in the energy sector and the world at large, BETD.23 brings together policy-makers, business leaders and innovators from across the globe. As a leading international conference on the global energy transition, BETD.23 provides a platform to discuss measures, alliances and cooperation, with one goal in mind: to realize the full potential of a global energy transition!
This event is a joint initiative of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar), the German Energy Agency (dena) and eclareon.
Please find more information about the conference here.

2nd Greenering International Conference
2023-03-21 08:00 - 2023-03-23 17:00 UTC | Conde Ansúrez Conference Center, C. Real de Burgos, s/n, Valladolid, 47011, Spain
The COST Action 18224 GREENERING is announcing the the 2nd GREENERING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE which will be held in Valladolid (Spain) from March 21-23, 2023. The conference, which has been co-organised by the COST Action GREENERING (Green Chemical Engineering Network towards upscaling sustainable processes) and BioEcoUVa (The Institute of Bioeconomy of University of Valladolid), has the objective to gather academics, researchers, and companies in an international forum to promote the application of green chemistry and sustainable technologies into industries with the environment, innovation, economy, and policy aspects in focus, covering a wide range of topics. The main topics tackled are:

Alternative solvents: (SCFs, Ils, DES, W)
Biorefinery: bioproducts and bioenergy
CO2 capture and utilization
Green reaction and catalysis
Polymers and advanced materials
Applications I: care and health products, food and agriculture technology
Applications II: bioelectronic and construction
Scale-up and industrial applications

The Future of Energy Materials: EERA EM4I & AMI2030 Joint Workshop
2023-03-13 08:00 - 2023-03-14 17:00 UTC | Online
The EERA Energy Materials for Innovation (EM4I) initiative timely reflected on the importance of bringing materials science to the forefront of Europe’s energy research landscape if we are to achieve the net-zero objective. In parallel, the Advanced Materials 2030 Initiative (AMI2030) has been later working at a roadmap and is now working at a governance plan and a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for advanced materials in Horizon Europe. Given the common objective of ensuring that materials research is addressed in Europe in a comprehensive and consistent way to promote innovation in several fields (including energy), EERA EM4I and AMI2030 are jointly organising an online workshop to be held on 13 and 14 March, 2023.
In this workshop:

The key outcomes of the EERA EM4I initiative will be presented;
The strategies of relevance in the context of materials science of some EERA joint programmes – Advanced Materials and Processing for Energy Applications (AMPEA), Nuclear Materials with the relevant European partnership (ORIENT-NM project), and E3S (Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of the Energy Transition)- will be analysed;
The AMI2030 framework and the relevant actions identified by its working groups will be brought to light; and
The integration of existing partnerships (clean energy transition, hydrogen, batteries, …) and other initiatives (e.g., in the solar energy field) with the above strategies and actions will be explored.

The workshop is free of charge and open to all upon registration in here.

Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Energy Summit
2023-03-08 - 2023-03-09 | Real Palacio Hotel, R. Tomás Ribeiro 115, Lisboa, 1050-228, Portugal
ACI’s 6th Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Energy Summit will be taking place on 8th & 9th March, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. For its sixth edition, the event will give updates on the European Hydrogen & Fuel Cells market and its developments, as well as focusing on current challenges for the industry such as the current and future status of hydrogen infrastructure for the automotive sector in Europe, the forecast on its regulatory framework, and the production of green hydrogen, among others. Over the two days, the event will give you in-depth perspective on novel technologies and solutions, the road towards achieving massive production of green hydrogen in Europe.
The key topics of the summit are:

Market Overview & Breakdown of Regulatory Framework in the Hydrogen Industry
Importance of Transporting Hydrogen & Safety Measurement with Challenges
The Hydrogen Stream: Big Push from Iberian Peninsula – Green Hydrogen Production & Investment Opportunities in Spain and Portugal
Decarbonisation – Process in order to meet increasing emission requirements and decarbonizing goals
EV Batteries via Fuel Cells
Renewable Hydrogen Market – Large Scale H2 production through Water Electrolysis & Technology Update
Case Studies of Infrastructure Developments in Existing Gas Infrastructure and many more

For more information, please click here.

LCA to CCUS & Alternative Fuels (AF) workshop
2022-12-15 09:30 - 2022-12-16 13:30 UTC | Online workshop
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) & Alternative Fuels (AF) online workshop will take place on the 15-16th of December.
CCUS & AF have a significant potential to achieve important societal goals such as mitigating GHG emissions or even reaching negative GHG emissions. To demonstrate that emerging CCUS & AF technologies could contribute to obtaining such goals, LCA has become the more widely accepted methodology.
The workshop involves a parallel session on MIRO (an online collaborative whiteboard platform) where the major issues emerging in LCA of CCUS will be discussed and possible solutions will be proposed. The workshop is intended for LCA practitioners with relevant experience and the participant’s number will be limited to facilitate the discussion.
If any LCA expert in the context of this cluster is willing to participate and contribute to the discussion, please fill out this form.
Please find more information about the workshop’s background and objectives as well as the agenda and registration here.

EIC Horizon Prize 'Fuel from the Sun: Artificial Photosynthesis'
2022-12-05 09:30 - 14:30 UTC | European Commission, 21 rue du Champs de Mars (CDMA building), floor -1, Atrium, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
