Renewable syngas plays essential role in decarbonization
02-10-2024
Collaboration project SPOTLIGHT
A large part of the chemical industry currently relies on use of syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2) that is currently mainly obtained from fossil sources such as coal, oil or natural gas.
In the European collaboration project SPOTLIGHT, VoltaChem co-initiator TNO, together with the partners, has shown that syngas can be produced in a renewable way, replacing fossil-fuel based syngas production and thereby play an essential role in the decarbonization of industry.
In the project a photonic device and chemical process concept has been developed for the sunlight-powered conversion of the unwanted greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) and green hydrogen (H2) to syngas as starting material for production of the chemical fuel methanol (CH3OH). This will enable EU companies in the photonics and chemical industry to take the lead in sunlight powered chemical processes and enables the EU to reduce its dependence on non-EU countries and regions for its energy supply.
Learn more how Spotlight is working on green chemicals.
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