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PERFORM: using green electricity and renewable feedstocks to create high-value molecules
21-09-2023 | P2Chemicals
A major advance towards making the chemical industry more sustainable: the EU PERFORM project will conclude at the end of the year – and the results are already spectacular. Electrochemistry allows the industry to produce far more efficiently, while cutting CO2 emissions by half. After successful laboratory trials, a pilot test setup at TNO has demonstrated that many chemical products can be ma
SuperCell Shared Research Program
21-09-2023 | Program update
Since April 2022, TNO has been working within the VoltaChem program with three partners to develop a new generation of electrolyzers. It is collaborating with German company Schaeffler, British company Johnson Matthey, and Belgian company Bekaert to improve the cell that is part of PEM electrolysis. The cell is the heart of this electrolysis process and consists of various layers, such as electric
Pleased to meet: Jordi Creus Casanovas
20-09-2023 | P2Hydrogen
In this series we put the spotlight on VoltaChem’s team members and get to know them more in-depth. We explore their role, background, expertise, motivations and ambitions. In this edition: Jordi Creus Casanovas, Lead Scientist AEM water electrolysis of the Power-2-Hydrogen program line at VoltaChem.
OUTFOX – Optimized Up-scaled technology for the next generation solid oxide electrolysis
20-09-2023
VoltaChem and its founding partner TNO launched in February 2023, the 4-years European project OUTFOX in collaboration with Elcogen AS, Elcogen OY, Convion, VTT, POLIMI, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Shell and LINQ, to accelerate the deployment of the Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOEL) technology for industrial production of green hydrogen. Through this project, a scale-up SOEL stack module towar
Promising technologies for sustainable chemistry closer to application in practice
11-09-2023 | Project results
In the coming years the chemicals industry needs to transition from fossil-based production processes to using renewable energy so as to make sustainable products. Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU), a method for converting this greenhouse gas into high-quality sustainable chemicals, is a promising technology here. Another promising route is Power-to-X, i.e. converting green electricity into ren
The Netherlands takes the lead in development of third-generation electrolysers
01-06-2023 | New Project
The large-scale production of green hydrogen, crucial for the energy transition, requires a completely new type of electrolyser with higher efficiency, lower cost, and a circular design. Led by TNO, a consortium of technical universities and private-sector companies will spend the next few years devising and developing a radical new design. With our own available knowledge and that of our high-tec
