SUNGATE project reviews two years of advancements and sets priorities for the next phase
The EU-funded project SUNGATE marked another year of progress and collaboration during its 4th General Assembly and Executive Board meeting, held at the Centre of New Technologies (CeNT) of the University of Warsaw (UWA). The event brought together project partners to discuss recent achievements and set priorities for the next phase toward developing a novel, circular, sustainable, and cost-efficient bio-hybrid technology for the scalable production of solar fuels.
Call for Applicants: Energy System Modeling Partner for SUNGATE Project
Democracy x, on behalf of the SUNGATE Horizon Europe project, is currently looking to contract a foresight-based energy model contractor for a hotspot analysis for the potential of utilizing photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) in Europe.
The contractor should develop a model to identify optimal locations for future solar-to-fuel methanol production based on resource availability and geographical overlap. Key factors include CO2 point sources, fresh water, sunlight, land for PEC installation, and potential buyers. The study should estimate Europe’s solar fuel production potential using future resource forecasts, focusing on non-fossil CO2 sources. It must assess land requirements, CO2 availability, and feasible transport distances while ensuring energy return on investment (EROI) remains favorable. The subcontractor must publish a report with quantitative data (Excel, GIS analysis) and qualitative insights.
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SUNGATE project celebrates one year of advancements with a meeting to plan future steps
On October 8th 2024, the 2nd General Assembly and Executive Board meeting of the EU-funded project SUNGATE took place at the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ-CERCA). The event brought together key stakeholders, including project partners and advisory board members to discuss the progress and future direction of the project aiming to develop a novel, circular, sustainable and cost-efficient bio-hybrid technology to achieve the highly-efficient scalable production of solar fuels.
SUNGATE Kick Off Meeting
On November 23, 2023, the official SUNGATE kick off meeting took place at the premises of the project coordinator, the Fraunhofer IME, in Aachen, Germany. A total of 22 participants representing all project partners gathered in person to network, get to know each other and to talk about the exciting future activities within the project.