- 11/02/2021
- NEWS
EU innovation to reduce emissions: Perform and Regen-by-2 R&D projects
PERFORM
On January 28th and 29th, the 24-month meeting of the Perform project (EU H2020) was hled on-line.
HYSYTECH's role in the project is the development, scale-up and construction of the PowerPlatform, which is composed of the electrocatalytic reactor, integrated with the required downstream process to produce drop-in products from sustainable feedstocks.
The PowerPlatform will be validated with two different lines, where biomass feedstocks will be converted into chemical building blocks. In the first line, a paired electrosynthesis of furfural to maleic acid and levulinic acid to valeric acid will take place. In the second route, the paired tandem electrosynthesis of glucose to glucaric acid and further to adipic acid will be validated.
A first electrochemical reactor was manufactured by HYSYTECH and is being validated at the project partner TNO to produce maleic and valeric acid.
We are very happy to share this breakthrough because it is a one-of-a-kind prototype and has been created to facilitate the reduction of the carbon footprint, which is in line with HYSYTECH mission.
Info: https://performproject.eu
REGEN-BY-2
After the kick-off-meeting held in September 2020, the first meeting of the General Assembly of the Regen-by-2 project (EU H2020) was held on-line on February 3rd and 4th.
Durign the meeting, progress of the project done in the fisrt six months were shared. The discussion was focused on the design of the multi-generation, all-in-one integrated energy plant foreseen by the project.
The plant will be able to convert any type of RES (Renewable Energy Sources) thermal sources, from low to high temperature (i.g. solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogas), to supply simultaneous multiple typologies of end-users with different energy demands.
The plant intends to make an important contribution to the EU's "Europe 2020" strategy for the integration of energy systems, which expects to reach 32% of the gross final consumption of energy from renewable soruces by 2030.
