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New facilities for hydrogen research: The Faraday Lab
10-10-2019 | New Project
Developed with 6-million-euro funding from the Dutch national scheme for Electrochemical Conversion & Materials, the new Faraday Lab in Petten is a significant extension of the facilities of TNO. It is dedicated to working on innovative solutions together with industrial partners, in the development and testing of materials and components for all relevant electrolyzer technologies: PEM, SOE, AEM a
Power-2-Fuels: New innovation project brings application of e-fuels closer
30-09-2019 | Event report
Together with 9 partners from the industry and mobility sectors, VoltaChem, TNO, SmartPort, and Deltalinqs have recently started the Power-2-Fuels innovation project. During the kick-off on 30 September 2019) all parties involved were present. In this project the demand for synthetic fuels from an end-user perspective will be analyzed, applicable technologies will be compared and a design for poss
First Community of Practice meeting in Power-2-Chemicals attracts international audience
04-08-2019 | Event report
At the first VoltaChem Community of Practice (CoP) meeting on Power-2-Chemicals, held 17 June at the TNO premises in Delft, an international audience was brought up-to-date on the 'Opportunities of using electrochemistry in chemical production'. Hosted by Prof. Earl Goetheer, VoltaChem's technical lead in Power-2-Chemicals, the meeting was informative and sparked a lively debate.
NextGenP2H2: paving the way for a full-scale Dutch PEM electrolyzer
22-07-2019 | New Project
Friday 13 September the 50 kW PEM electrolyzer test system will be revealed and started up at the Faraday Lab in Petten. Within NextGenP2H2 project, the PEM technology will be optimized in view of low cost and high performance, thus paving the way for further development of a full-scale Dutch MW PEM electrolyzer.
Lively exchange of ideas at VoltaChem’s business community meeting on renewable energy carriers
07-07-2019 | Community
On Wednesday 26 June the second VoltaChem business community meeting of 2019 was all about Renewable Energy Carriers. Representatives from industry sectors such as power generation, oil industry, renewable energy and new energy management gathered at the Uniper Maasvlakte site. There, VoltaChem/TNO experts brought them up-to-date in understanding energy chains, both nationally and internationally.
Smart integration strategies create viable business cases in electrochemical CO2 conversion
10-06-2019 | P2Chemicals
In a recent article in the Dutch journal NPT Process Technology, VoltaChem scientists Anca Anastasopol and Earl Goetheer present an integrated process approach for electrochemical CO2 utilization. They argue that by combining technological building blocks in a smart way, viable business cases can already be created in the short term, truly moving ahead and changing the paradigm of CO2 being a wast
