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GOING GREEN
THE Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the engineering and technology group Sener have signed an agreement to develop a green hydrogen generation pilot plant.
It will be based on a disruptive technology developed by a team of researchers from the ITACA Institute of the UPV and the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ, CSICUPV).
After almost ten years of collaborative research, the technology developed by this team from the UPV and the CSIC makes it possible to generate green hydrogen using microwaves. This revolutionary advance is based on the phenomenon of microwave reduction of solid materials at unusually low temperatures compared to other technologies, and was published in 2020 in the journal Nature Energy.
The technology, protected internationally through patents, allows electrochemical processes to be carried out directly without the need for electrodes, which substantially simplifies and cheapens its practical application. This is achieved thanks to the free dom in the design of the device architecture and in the choice of operating conditions, mainly temperature.
The agreement, recently signed by the rector of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, José E. Capilla, the vice president of innovation and transfer of the CSIC, Ana Castro, and Sener's Energy business director, Juan Ivorra, will allow the development of a pilot plant to determine the costs of commercial exploitation of this technology, with a view to its possible industrial implementation.
“This achievement is a testament to the commitment of the UPV and the CSIC to in novation and cuttingedge scientific research. The technology developed for the generation of green hydrogen using microwaves has the potential to directly contribute to the decarbonisation of the energy industry, and this development project with Sener marks an important milestone on the road to its commercial implementation”,
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