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Delighted to share that ECO2Fuel was spotlighted on “Alles Chlor!” – a podcast hosted by the young chemists’ forum of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker).

Envision a world where we could extract CO2 directly from our atmosphere and seamlessly convert it into eco-friendly fuels and chemicals. While this may seem like an extract from a futuristic novel, it’s precisely what the EU-backed ECO2Fuel initiative aims to achieve.

Our Project Coordinator, Dr. Schwan Hosseiny from the German Aerospace Center, had the opportunity to discuss the groundbreaking technology we’re developing. Far from just theorizing, he’s leading a comprehensive strategy to usher Europe towards the bold goal of climate neutrality by 2050.

Dive headfirst into this riveting technological revolution in the (German) episode of “Alles Chlor!” Learn about the sophisticated science behind the tech, explore its potential to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and get a unique behind-the-scenes perspective of managing such a significant international endeavor.

Let’s shape the future, hand in hand!

In WP8 CRF provided very common and widespread specifications for the final diesel blend, based on international standards and in parallel with made a literature review to evaluate the possible problems related to the preparation of these blends.

UPV performed several stability tests of diesel alcohol blends, prepared according to the experimental matrix defined in D8.1.

An experiment table based on three diesel fuels with different certified biodiesel content (7-15-30%), with increasing concentrations of ethanol and propanol, at different temperatures was established ad tested. All the mixtures display good stability at 4 and 0°C and the behavior at very low temperature was compliant with the reference norm requirements.

RWE started the Integration of the adapted engine for peak-power generation and multiple carbon recycling. The Validation of the climate friendly peak-power production will begin in Q2, 2024 (M30).

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Charly Azra is CTO at Hydrolite, leading the development of hydrogen-based electrochemical systems such as fuel cells and electrolysers based on anion-exchange membranes (AEMs).

Charly joined Hydrolite in 2015, leading research and development on various aspects of fuel cells and electrolyser including membrane development and scale up, catalyst layer design, stack assembly methods, stack mechanical design and system-level design and operation.

Before joining Hydrolite, Charly worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Technion (Israel) on electrospinning of polymeric nanofibres. He obtained a Doctoral Degree in Material Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL) for his research on shape memory polymers. He holds a Master of Science in Micro and Nanotechnologies for Integrated Systems, a joint degree from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Grenoble INP (France) and EPFL (Switzerland).

As part of the ECO2Fuel project, Charly’s responsibility is to provide high performance, large size membranes and ionomers for catalyst layer fabrication according to the specifications established for operation within the CO2 electrolyser. Using his experience in processing and functionalization of polymeric materials coupled with knowledge of hydrogen based electrochemical devices, Charly and his team of researchers will provide ECO2Fuel with high quality materials for the successful implementation of efficient CO2 electrolysers.

“I am honoured and excited to be part of such a prestigious consortium dealing with a noble subject such as decarbonization of the planet for a sustainable future. It is highly rewarding to see materials we have developed within Hydrolite being used in a different technology.”

Francisco Mendez Alva is part of the techno-economic assessment team, working on the integrated sustainability assessment of the electrochemical systems, including analysing the context of its current and potential applications – policies, indicators, benchmarks, and roadmaps.

Francisco joined VITO as a researcher last year in the TEA group working on multiple projects centered on the concept of e-fuels. He obtained a Doctoral degree in Engineering from Ghent University in Belgium with his research focus on industrial symbiosis as an enabler towards carbon-neutrality and circularity aims in the European process industry.

During his PhD, he worked on international European projects (EPOS, AIDRES, and TRILATE), developing criteria and cases for symbiosis across multiple sectors.

He holds an (Erasmus Mundus) Master of Science degree in Industrial Ecology (TU Delft/Leiden University/University of Graz) and a Chemical Engineer degree (UNAM-Mexico). Before starting a doctoral research, Francisco worked as a process engineer and business controller in manufacturing in the consumer goods sector.

Today, Francisco is part of the ECO2Fuel project.

“Technical solutions are essential for reaching renewable energy and climate goals in Europe.” ECO2Fuel brings together a solid consortium to demonstrate a new type of low-temperature electrolyser to convert captured CO2 into sustainable liquid fuels. “It is great to contribute to the efforts towards options that not only provide an advantage towards the re-circulation of carbon but also can increase the reach of renewable energy synergising with existing infrastructure.”, says Francisco.