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Fieldlab Industrial Electrification collaboration started
25-01-2021 | P2Integrate
Port of Rotterdam, InnovationQuarter, TNO, Deltalinqs and FME have joined forces within the Fieldlab Industrial Electrification, a new innovation hub for testing Power-2-X technologies on a large scale in the Rotterdam-Moerdijk area. This Fieldlab is the first place in The Netherlands where Power-2-X technologies can be further developed and tested on this scale in an open innovation location. The
Ernst Homburg: “Society needs to provide the landscape for sustainable technologies to succeed, and to move away from petrochemistry”
16-11-2020 | P2Integrate
Driving the transition of the chemical industry towards full sustainability requires more than innovation. It is equally - if not more - important that society succeeds in creating a 'landscape' in which sustainable chemical technology will come to full fruition. This is one of the many lessons to be learned from an analysis of historical transitions in the chemical industry, according to Professo
New facilities for Power-2-X research: Rotterdam Field Lab Industrial Electrification
02-11-2020 | New Project
VoltaChem is developing a Field Lab Industrial Electrification in the Rotterdam-Moerdijk industrial area, together with its founding partner TNO, the Port of Rotterdam, industrial association Deltalinqs, technology business association FME and economic development agency InnovationQuarter, and with support of regional and national authorities. Offering state-of-the-art knowledge, support and techn
Cross-border infrastructure plays a pivotal role in decarbonizing industries
20-07-2020 | Project results
The research institutes DVGW-EBI, Dechema (both Germany), EnergyVille/VITO (Belgium), and VoltaChem/TNO (the Netherlands) have joined their expertise and conducted a high-level study on what cross-border challenges and opportunities can be identified for the production of ammonia, a key industry in the Antwerp-Rotterdam-Rhine-Ruhr region. The three analyzed sites are located within a 185 km radius
Pierre Barthélemy: “The chemical industry has to reinvent its feedstock and energy mix, and in fact reinvent itself.”
28-06-2020 | P2Integrate
As the Executive Director of Research and Innovation at the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), Pierre Barthélemy is strongly involved with the industry's efforts to lower the carbon footprint and contribute to a sustainable future. In his view, shared innovation programs such as VoltaChem are not only relevant for the chemical industry itself, but for all of the European economy.
Michael Carus: “We need a future-oriented renewable carbon strategy”
13-03-2020 | P2Integrate
As the founder and managing director of the German nova-Institute, Michael Carus is considered one of the leading experts and market researchers in Europe on the bio- and CO2-based economy. Invited by Reinier Grimbergen of VoltaChem's Power-2-Chemicals program line, he presented his views on a renewable carbon strategy on chemicals and polymers at the VoltaChem Annual Event in December 2019. As it