3D and NANO TECHNOLOGY TO GENERATE HIGH VALUE-ADDED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS, ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ZEOCAT-3D PROJECT

The ZEOCAT-3D project gets to the end, holding last March 16th, the final consortium meeting at the facilities of the DEMOKRITOS National Center for Scientific Research, in Athens. At the meeting, all the entities participating in the project were represented with some of the members involved in the development. After 4 years of research and…

Platform-ZERO aims to reach zero defect manufacturing for the photovoltaic industry

Platform-ZERO is a new project co-funded by the European Commission that aims to substantially reduce production costs for industry in the photovoltaic sector In-line process monitoring, control and artificial intelligence strategies are key technologies to reach zero defect manufacturing This strategy will now be tested in four different PV industrial pilot plants throughout Europe The…

END OF SUPER-PV PROJECT ADDRESED TO COST REDUCTION AND ENHANCED PERFORMANCE OF PV SYSTEMS

Last November, the final meeting of the European SUPER-PV project was held in Ouarzazate (Morocco) at the MASEN facilities. In the mentioned project, TECNAN and LUREDERRA have worked on proposing and developing nanotechnological-based solutions to improve performance of solar panels and reduce O&M costs through the use of coatings with antireflective and antisoiling properties. More…

“ION4RAW” FACES ITS LAST YEAR OF DEVELOPMENT OPTIMIZING PROCESSES AND PLANNING TREATEMENT ON A LARGER SCALES

Last November, the follow-up meeting of the European ION4RAW project corresponding to month 42 of development was held. The objective of the project is the development of an innovative and sustainable mineral processing technology, aimed at the recovery of mineral by-products of interest through the use of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES), ionic liquids that allow…

SUNRISE 18M TECHNICAL MEETING

On November 23rd and 24th, SUNRISE project partners met at IREC premises for the Technical Meeting after 18 months since the beginning of the project. This was the first meeting in-person in fact, all other meetings were previously organized online. The representatives of each partner were present to discuss the activities done in the first…

SUSAAN, SUSTAINABLE ANTIVIRAL NANOCOATINGS

The objective of SUSAAN project is to develop sustainable, antiviral and antimicrobial nanocoatings with the aim of minimizing the risk of spreading infectious diseases on different surfaces such as metal, plastic or textiles. After the beginning of the project on June 2022, the consortium partners hold the first presential meeting at Lurederra facilities on 3rd…