SUPERVAL team gathers to discuss project progress at the six-month mark

The EU-funded project celebrated its 2^nd Consortium Meeting on May 16-17 in Messina (Italy)

The University of Messina hosted SUPERVAL’s 2^nd Consortium Meeting on the 16^th and 17^th of May 2024. The event brought together partners and researchers to discuss progress over the past six months and plan future steps towards the project goal of converting carbon and nitrogen emissions into valuable resources.

The meeting began with an official welcome by Claudio Ampelli, representing the National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM) and University of Messina. This was followed by SUPERVAL’s project coordinator, JR Galán-Mascarós from the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ-CERCA), who outlined the agenda and emphasized the objectives of the event.

Throughout the two-day event, each work package (WP) presented their latest advancements and results achieved so far. On the first day, Lourdes Romero from Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) discussed progress in WP3 on photocatalytic hydrogenation of N₂ and NO_x to NH₃. Stefano Giancola from Orchestra Scientific updated partners on WP1 objectives related to gas separation of flue gasses.

After a coffee break, the afternoon session focused on WP2: CO₂/water-photo-electrolysis. Presenters included Claudio Ampelli and Veronica Costantino from the University of Messina, Núria López and Felipe A. Garcés from ICIQ, and Yuzhe Liu from Forschungszentrum Jülich.

The work related to WP4, concerning device integration and feasibility, was presented by  Sofia Calero from TU Eindhoven, Martí Rufí from 2.-0 LCA Consultants and Alejandro Chaqués from Vareser.

The second day featured presentations on management and strategic planning. Arnau Jordà from ICIQ highlighted effective communication and dissemination strategies under WP5, while Silvia Planella, also from ICIQ, detailed project management aspects in WP6. The final session by Stefano Giancola and Arnau Jordà provided an update on WP7: Portfolio Activities.

JR Galán-Mascarós, the project coordinator, ICREA research professor and group leader at ICIQ, stated:

“We are enthusiastic about what we have accomplished in just six months since starting the project. We are on the right track, and the first results show the high dedication and collaborative effort of all the different partners.”

The event wrapped up with a guided tour of the University of Messina’s facilities, providing partners with an overview of the innovative research happening there.

About SUPERVAL:

SUPERVAL, short for “SUstainable Photo-ElectRochemical VALorization of flue gases,” is a three-year project to transform carbon and nitrogen emissions into valuable resources.

It gathers a consortium of eight organizations from Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and Denmark including the following organizations: ICIQ as coordinator of the project, the ICIQ Spin-off Orchestra Scientific, Universitat Politècnica de València, INSTM – Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia del Materiali, Forschungszentrum Julich, the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, VARESER and 2.-0 LCA Consultants.

The project has been allocated €3.5 million in funding by the European Union under the EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2022 call.

For more information have a look at SUPERVAL’s website and follow the project on social media: LinkedIn, X and Instagram.

The SUstainable Photo-ElectRochemical VALorization of flue gases – SUPERVAL project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe, Grant Agreement No. 101115456