Today we received in our facilities the consortium of the project led by Depuración de Aguas del Mediterráneo to evaluate the results obtained and to establish the next steps to follow. So-called "emerging contaminants" (ECs) are certain chemical substances whose presence in water can pose a risk to the environment and human health. These substances include pharmaceuticals, hormones present in oral contraceptives, or drugs of abuse...
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As a Technological Centre, we carry out many projects in areas such as nature-based solutions, water reuse, desalination, resource recovery or the detection of microplastics and emerging pollutants. One of our latest success stories is the LIFE Green Sewer research project through which we obtained recycled water suitable for agricultural irrigation at the Ferrol WWTP and which we will now test in Almendralejo (Extremadura). ...
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The initiative to recover high-value metals present in electric vehicles at the end of their useful life, is a primary project of Future: Fast Forward in the PERTE of Electric and Connected Vehicle (VEC) [caption id="attachment_13308" align="aligncenter" width="577"] RELOAD consortium members at the project launch meeting.[/caption] The RELOAD project began to take its first steps last December, with the launch meeting coordinated by CETIM Technological Centre and...
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Within the framework of the POLIAC project we managed to obtain biopolyols from plant sources for use in food packaging. It is a project of the company Cromogenia, which now reaches its final stretch with the industrial scaling of the solutions investigated. The substitution of fossil raw materials for others of sustainable origin is an established trend within the chemical and manufacturing industry in general. Cromogenia Units,...
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SMARTSTORE project, featuring CETIM participation, develops the use of robotics and artificial vision to improve the digital transformation of automated sorting, reducing times and its costs. During the last year 2022, our research technicians have obtained great results in the SMARTSTORE project. One of the most remarkable milestones is that they have successfully completed the development of robotics and artificial vision that enable automated product sorting. SMARTSTORE is...
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The industrial research project on advanced lithium-ion batteries, scientifically coordinated by the Galician Technological Center, belongs to the Missions Program of the Centro de Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación (CDTI) in its Mission 2 concerning Sustainable and Intelligent Mobility. The MISIONES LiOn-HD project begins the new year 2023 celebrating its second follow-up meeting of results obtained so far and coordination of the consortium. The meeting, held this...
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Next Monday, November 28, Ferroglobe and CETIM Technological Center will organize in A Coruña, in the morning, the presentation event of the Volta Joint Research Unit (UMI, by its acronym in Spanish).
The UMI will work for the next 3 years to achieve technologically advanced electrochemical solutions, with high energy efficiency and environmentally sustainable based on silicon.
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Next Monday, November 7, Aqualia and CETIM Technological Center will organize in Santiago de Compostela, the presentation event of the AQUATIM Joint Research Unit.
The UMI will work for the next 3 years to make the sustainable future present, through a circular, efficient, safe and resilient water cycle.
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The Joint Research Unit VOLTA starts up, which will research technologically advanced, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable electrochemical solutions based on silicon.
The VOLTA UMI is formed by the CETIM Technological Centre, with extensive experience in the development of advanced materials and the electrochemical study of anodic materials, and the company Ferroglobe Innovation, specialized in the production of silicon metal.
With a total duration of 39 months, the project has a budget of more than 2 million euros.
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The results of pilots in Ferrol and Calasparra verify the elimination of pollutants, increasing the availability of a basic and now “circular” resource to reduce water stresses associated with droughts.
In the 1,744 water analysis developed, the removal of heavy metals, fossil fuel residues, pesticides and contamination by E. coli bacteria was verified.
The conclusions of this project funded by the LIFE program of the European Union were presented during the final event inaugurated by the director of the Port Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao, Jesús Casás López.
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