Every 17th May, we celebrate World Recycling Day and on this year we want to remind you of the need to continue promoting strategies that propose innovative solutions that protect our planet. We have been committed to the business sector, the environment and innovation for more than a decade. We are pioneers in the development of cutting-edge technologies to optimise industrial processes and make them more...
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Today we celebrate Europe Day by remembering you that CETIM expertise is highly aligned with Batteries European Partnership, that have calls for the next September in Horizon EU Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility. HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-02-01 Advanced materials and cells development enabling large scale production of Gen4 solid-state batteries for mobility applications TOPIC DEADLINE 5/09/2023 BUDGET PER PROJECT (M€) 8 TOTAL BUDGET (M€) 24 EXPECTED NUMBER OF PROJECTS 3 TYPE OF ACTION IA The scale-up...
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Norvento Enerxía is a Lugo-based company with four decades of experience in the renewable energy sector. Norvento develops and operates large renewable generation plants, designs and manufactures technology for energy generation and storage, and provides advanced energy solutions for self-consumption to industrial clients around the world. In its trajectory there have always been values based on research, technological development and innovation, as well as sustainability...
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WEBSOST project, in which we have carried out research in collaboration with SAINT-GOBAIN WEBER CEMARKSA, has successfully created a new environmentally friendly mineral binder as an alternative to Portland cement. Today's society is facing new challenges such as climate change or the scarcity of natural resources such as water, which need to be solved under a globalised strategy. Thus, the United Nations created the Sustainable...
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H2020 BIORECOVER project, led by CETIM, which has held a webinars series presenting new techniques that can improve the extraction processes of critical raw materials. [caption id="attachment_13871" align="aligncenter" width="627"] Webinar held in the framework of the BIORECOVER project.[/caption] Critical raw materials (CRMs) are indispensable to produce many goods we use every day and for energetic transition in the European Union. Due to its scarcity, its economic importance...
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BIOVINO, a cross-border project in which we have participated has obtained very successful results that contribute to a circular and more sustainable economy, aligned with the the European Green Pact strategy. [caption id="attachment_13814" align="aligncenter" width="545"] Samples used for the development of research at BIOVINO.[/caption] Climate change, global warming and raw materials scarcity are creating a perfect storm that is increasingly threatening our society. In order to tackle...
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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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CETIM is an expert in the use of Life Cycle and Cost Assessment methodologies to measure the environmental impact of manufacturing processes, help optimize them and, in this way, reduce the environmental and economic impact of industrial activity. Life Cycle Assessment is a tool increasingly demanded by Administrations and companies. At CETIM Centro Tecnológico we are aware of this need and, therefore, we are specialized in...
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