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RE4Industry partners gathered in Ghent to discuss the steel sector decarbonisation and visit the Torero and Steelanol projects at ArcelorMittal’s plant

Day 1: Workshop in Ghent  RE4Industry partners attended the workshop “Prospects of biocoal for the metallurgical industry”. A scientific and technological seminar was held in Ghent to discuss the potential use of biomass in the iron and steel sector as a means to substitute coal. Using biochar produced from torrefied biomass presents a promising solution for the industry to reduce its intensive carbon footprint. Biochar is produced by heating biomass to a high temperature in Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago

RE4Industry “Fossil-Free Future of Energy Intensive Industries” workshop

On The 23rd of November 2022, the workshop “Fossil-Free Future of Energy Intensive Industries” was organised by Bioenergy Europe in the framework of their annual conference: the European Bioenergy Future 2022. After a short presentation of the project by Alessandro Carmona, researcher in the biomass valorisation team at CIRCE (coordinator of the project), Jérémie Geelen from Bioenergy Europe presented the results of the sectoral consultation that was carried out in the framework of the project. This Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago

Expert interview to Manuel Acuña

Manuel Acuña is one of RE4Industry’s experts giving his contribution to facilitating the energy-intensive industry (EII) sector in Europe a smooth and more secure transition to the adoption of Renewable Energies (RE). Integrating the Spanish team, Manuel is an Electrical Engineer at Verallia – a leading multinational company in the hollow glass (container) sector in Europe – and holds a master’s degree in Energy Eco-efficiency and Energy Markets from CIRCE. RE4Industry interviewed him on the Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago

Webinar “Sustainable Syngas Production for the German and European Glass Industry” 

On the 24th of October 2022, the webinar “Sustainable Syngas Production for the German and European Glass Industry” took place in the framework of RE4Industry knowledge transfer activities. RE4Industry was very pleased to have as co-organizers BV Glas, and Enviva Biomass represented by Christiane Nelles and Hendrick Steinort, respectively, as well as Dr Jörg Leicher from GWI, Dr Ferdinand Drünert from HVG-DGG, and Thomas Bleul from Spanner Re2 GmbH presenting their valuable views.  After a tour Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago

4th Project General Assembly

Greece, September 2022 RE4Industry held in Greece its fourth General Assembly, with the presence of most of the Consortium (some could not sadly join us, but a hybrid event was carried out for those who could not attend). For three days the Consortium was gathered to discuss the last actions that took place within the Project, as well as the next actions to be taken.  This time, the Consortium had the chance to visit two Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago

Review Meeting RE4Industry 

Last Tuesday, May 17th, RE4Industry Consortium got together for its first Review Meeting with the European Commission. The partners, joining online from all over the EU, successfully showcased the progress of the project in the first 18 months and the next steps for the second period of the project. The most relevant achievements of the project so far could be summarized as follows: ⚡ The creation of a strong collaborative network that enhances the alignment Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago

Joint German Cluster and Committee Meeting Update

On Friday, 29th of April, WIP organised the second meeting for the RE4Industry members of the RE4Industry German Cluster and Committee to present the latest project results. The meeting brought together the representatives of German Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) participants with the aim of discussing policies and suitable technologies for the renewable energy transition of German EIIs.  The session started with an overview of the RE4Industry project and its recent results, including a presentation of three different Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago

3rd Project General Assembly 

Basauri, March 2022 RE4Industry’s third General Assembly took place – for the first time – as a hybrid event at Sidenor’s main facilities near Bilbao, Spain.  For two days, the partners were able to discuss the project’s progress and align expectations and plans for the following months, having also had the opportunity to visit Sidenor’s factory. From the meeting the below generic conclusions came to light:   ⚡ Different groups of advisers are currently operating and Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago

RE4Industry signed Collaboration Agreement with Retrofeed 

Today, 4th of March 2022, RE4Industry is pleased to announce its collaboration with EU project RETROFEED (GA 869939). This collaboration comes from common synergies and goals from both projects.  RETROFEED main objective is to enable the use of an increasingly variable, bio-based, and circular feedstock in process industries through the retrofitting of core equipment and the implementation of an advanced monitoring and control system and providing support to the plant operators using a DSS – Decision Support System – Read more…

By Ana Sofia Praxedes, ago
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