Caleche’s Post

📘 The European Technology and Innovation Platform Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) published a new policy paper. The document provides concrete evidence of the potential impact of innovative #energy solutions, focusing on strategies and challenges related to moving them from research to commercial markets within the EU. In particular, it highlights 45 European and two national projects that have been successfully implemented and show strategies to overcome commercialization barriers in #energyinnovation, such as securing funding, simplifying regulations, and fostering collaboration. Additionally, the policy paper provides policy recommendations for accelerating market uptake of proven technology derived from concrete project results💡. 🚀 BUILDSPACE, as an EU Horizon Project, emphasises the importance of bridging the gap between research and market application. Indeed, the project aims to enhance innovation in the EU by developing cutting-edge #technologies to improve #energyefficiency and #sustainableconstruction practices. 👉 Read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/g75u-2ZT 🏙️ To discover BUILDSPACE project: https://lnkd.in/eH8kVzxh EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme SingularLogic  SPACE HELLAS S.A.  DSS Lab, EPU-NTUA CARTIF  Universidad Politécnica de Madrid European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts  Nazka Mapps  Mobics S.A.  alda* - European Association for Local Democracy  Mostostal Warszawa S.A.  Municipality of Piraeus  IMZI Blue-green Infrastructure Institute Riga Planning Region  University of Oxford #BUILDSPACEProject #HorizonEU #SustainabilityofCities 

EFIS Centre is leading the EU-funded SUBMERSE project that is prototyping and deploying innovative technologies into existing submarine cables to monitor the Earth and its systems. The project has key areas of potential impacts, including scientific advancements, innovation through standardisation of technical infrastructure and addressing key societal and environmental challenges. On 4th-5th September, our team members Matías Barberis Rami & Carmela - カルメラ Asero - アセロ led the first workshop on impact, sustainability and exploitation of the project and the infrastructure. This workshop was held as during a project workshop in Potsdam 🇩🇪 hosted by Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre GFZ Follow the SUBMERSE project page to stay updated with recent developments. In the upcoming months we will publish the first report, including the workshop results that are of high interest for research communities as well as Research and Technology Infrastructures worldwide. #researchinfrastructures #impact #sustainability #submerse #technology #research #innovation

🐠 New project highlight! #FAMOS, one of the 19 projects selected in the Partnership’s first call, is looking at how to create sustainable, reliable, and socially acceptable multi-use offshore spaces.   🌊 The project is planning to achieve the following detailed objectives:  1️⃣ design and demonstrate novel floating island concepts in 3 European basins: Mediterranean, North, and Baltic Seas  2️⃣ assess the synergies among the islands and breakwater and understand the risks and failure of key structural components.  3️⃣ develop efficient and accurate computational models for prediction of hydrodynamics, structural dynamics, and power performance of the multiple renewable energy devices  4️⃣ boost the impact beyond the academic world by involving relevant stakeholders from the conceptualization phase up to the uptake of research findings into decision-making processes and policymaking    📌Coordinator: Università degli Studi di Firenze, UNIFI, Italy  📌Partners:  University of Agder (UiA), UIA, Norway  Jagiellonian University, JU, Poland  University of Cyprus, UCY, Cyprus

The Italian 🇮🇹 city of Cesena became a hub for sustainable urban innovation last week as it hosted the third WeGenerate Consortium Meeting. More information 👉 https://lnkd.in/dxeKq4c5 Comune di Cesena I Primăria Sectorului 2 I Cascais Ambiente EMAC I Tampereen kaupunki - City of Tampere I Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE I ICLEI Europe I EIT Urban Mobility I Eupportunity I PARKUNLOAD I Greenvolt Comunidades I ENGIE Romania I LNEG I University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna) I Technical University Of Civil Engineering Bucharest I VTT I NOVA SBE Environmental Economics Knowledge Center I Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES) I IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya I Czech Technical University in Prague I Università degli studi Roma TRE I Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) I Lepaja I Cartagena I Kadikoy I Szombathely I City of Zagreb / Grad Zagreb #WeGenerate #UrbanRegeneration #InclusiveCities #HorizonEurope

The project consortium gathered at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya this week for AGISTI's general assembly. Together we reviewed significant progress, tackled technical challenges, and set clear strategies for the next phase. Exciting developments in energy storage integration are on the horizon. ✨ 🔗 Read the full article on our website to learn more about our journey and future plans! https://lnkd.in/decagE8Y #EnergyStorage #HorizonEU RINA Consulting (formerly D'Appolonia) ETH Zürich EASE - The European Association for Storage of Energy CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency INFRAESTRUCTURES DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA SAU Geyser Batteries CITCEA-UPC Shell CIEMAT CARTIF Fraunhofer FIT EPRI in Europe University of Kassel Fraunhofer-Institut für Windenergiesysteme Réseau de Transport d'Électricité Fraunhofer IWS Gianluca Lipari Daniel Vázquez Pombo Saran Ganesh Toshi Sharma Sabrina Hafdhallah Claudia Zanabria Maria A. Mazuera Paula Peña Carro Christian Bendfeld Christoph Kaufmann Thibault Prevost Álvaro Romero-Salido Eduardo Prieto Araujo

🌩️ Exciting News from CSTB in Nantes, France! 🌩️ Today marks the completion of our experimental campaign for the project CLIMATHUNDERR - CLIMAtic investigation of THUNDERstorm winds, in the context of the EU funded ERIES: Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies. Experiments were conducted at the Jules Verne climatic wind tunnel - thermal unit SC2 of the CSTB. 👨🏫 The project team comprises the following researchers within the Giovanni Solari Wind Engineering (GS-WinDyn) Research Group: Federico Canepa, Josip Žužul, Andi Xhelaj (Università degli Studi di Genova), Djordje Romanic, PhD (McGill University), Alessio Ricci (Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori, Pavia) and Horia Hangan (Ontario Tech University). They have been greatly supported by Massimiliano Burlando (Università degli Studi di Genova) and the CSTB on-site team (Anthony Guibert, FLAMAND Olivier, Philippe Delpech, jean-paul bouchet). 🔍 The CLIMATHUNDERR project aims to explore the thermal effects on the geometric and dynamic characteristics of downburst outflows. This is achieved through buoyancy-driven impinging jets at large geometric scales! 📸 In the picture below, our research group is posing next to the meticulously crafted orography model of the Polcevera valley in Genoa, Italy, created by FORMES ET VOLUMES. 🎥 Alongside it, you can see a stunning flow visualization of the cold downburst impacting the model. Stay tuned for more updates as we delve deeper into this fascinating study. #CLIMATHUNDERR #ERIESproject #research #CSTB #thunderstorm #wind #downburst #climate #PolceveraValley #Genoa

🌟 Let's Meet Our Partners Vol. 2: Rhoé 🌟 Rhoé's journey began as a #sustainable mobility research group founded on 2016, by six civil engineers. Their vision❓To make mobility sector friendlier and more accessible. 🌍 Today, Rhoé is a scale-up that brings mobility discoveries to the market, aiming to create a sustainable, efficient, and inclusive future for mobility. With a focus on combining #transportation expertise with emergent IT technologies, Rhoé develops advanced optimization solutions (tailor-made services) for public and private entities to help them tackle complex mobility challenges. Beyond consultancy, Rhoé is deeply involved in #research and development projects across various domains, with one of them being the #SwapWave project. Within the framework of the SwapWave Project, Rhoé assumes a pivotal role: ⚓ Evaluating the technical and economic viability of deploying battery swapping #technology for electric vessels in the Ionian Islands. ⚓ Developing a strategic model for the placement of #battery swapping stations, optimizing efficiency and accessibility. ⚓ Investigating the potential expansion of the solution to coastal routes in #Norway. Join us in celebrating this innovative partnership driving towards a greener, more sustainable future in #maritime transportation! 🌊🌱 SwapWave is supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 under the Programme “Business Innovation Greece”. The supporting entities of the project are EEA and Norway Grants by Innovation Norway, Norwegian Embassy in Athens, and EEA Grants Greece. #Rhoé #SwapWaveProject #ResearchPartnership #Decarbonization #SustainableMobility

Meet our colleagues at Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2024 in Dublin! Get to know more about NAUTILUS: The innovative technological solution proposed and developed in the NAUTILUS project is based on the combination of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (#SOFCs) and a #battery storage system consisting of a conventional lithium-ion battery pack. This integrated system, referred as the Genset, is designed and tested to fulfil entirely the ship’s energy requirements during operation, manoeuvring, and accommodating hotel loads that represents approximately 15-20 percent of the cruise ship energy demand. Neither the SOFC nor the battery storage system can solely fulfil the total power demand of a cruise ship, which is the reason of coupling both in the propulsion system. The total power demand of a cruise ship will be split between the available power sources. The distribution of electrical power to the Genset requires intelligent control and management. The Energy Management Unit that can be embedded into the ship's grid is also developed by the NAUTILUS project consortium. The NAUTILUS project develops process design and a digital demonstrator of the on-board energy system, a physical Proof of Concept (PoC: 30 kWe SOFC + battery) and a modularized functional demonstrator (60 kWe SOFC + battery). The digital design as well as the physical demonstrator are evaluated against the marine safety regulations. Emissions from the genset demonstrator will be characterised in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the overall ambition to meet the emissions targets of 2030 of the IMO directive.

I'm excited to share my latest opinion article, where I delve into the pivotal role of material science in advancing sustainable construction practices, specifically phase change materials (PCM) for heated floors. This advanced material not only helps regulate indoor temperatures but potentially reduce energy consumption and associated costs, aligning perfectly with SNUG EU's mission to minimize the environmental impact of buildings. At HiØ Green Research Hub, we're conducting pilot-scale tests for refining this technology. More to come. Special thanks to SNUG EU and Beatriz Giestas for support and opportunity.

📁 💼 On Wednesday, April 10th 2024 the RELiEF Consortium met in Bruxelles with our EC Project Officer from CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency for its 1st Interim Review. This was the opportunity to take stock of the activities carried out by the project in its first half, as well as to plan the future ones in order to achieve RELiEF's objectives, to reduce #lithiumwaste by more than 70% through the use of previously unused secondary lithium sources. 🔋 Want to find out more about the project? Visit ➡ https://lithium-relief.eu/ Thanks to all participants! Avesta Battery & Energy Engineering (ABEE) Extracthive EURICE – European Research and Project Office GmbH Institutul Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Metale Neferoase și Rare - IMNR INEGI driving science & innovation @Isatispartners LUT University @pegmatitica TechConcepts B.V. Université libre de Bruxelles Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) #recycling