Horizon Europe

A revolution in mass electricity storage : ENOGIA will design and deliver the supercritical CO2 turbomachinery of the SCO2OP-TES project

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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Capitalizing on more than a decade of high technology turbomachinery research and development, ENOGIA was selected as the main turbomachinery manufacturing partner of the SCO2OP-TES project.

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  • Capitalizing on more than a decade of high technology turbomachinery research and development, ENOGIA was selected as the main turbomachinery manufacturing partner of the SCO2OP-TES project.
  • ENOGIA will design, engineer, manufacture and test the main supercritical CO2 turbomachines used in this project where a groundbreaking Carnot battery architecture will be developed and tested by the partners of the project.
  • This project emphasizes ENOGIA's recognized ability to develop cutting-edge supercritical CO2 turbomachinery, acquired through years of research and several development projects (including the H2020 I-Therm project).
  • Total funding of the project is 4,7M€, including a grant of 875,5 k€ for ENOGIA to support its activities in the project critical hot sCO2 turbomachinery design, manufacturing and testing.

St. Pölten UAS: What Should a European University Be Like?

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Friday, December 15, 2023
Knowledge, Transfer, Research, EU Business School, Student, European, UAS, Sustainable regional development, University, Person, Education, Horizon Europe

ST. PÖLTEN, Austria, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2020, a European University Alliance was launched under the title "E³UDRES²: Engaged – European – Entrepreneurial University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions". It is dedicated to the role of higher education institutions for innovation and sustainability in rural regions and aims to support medium-sized towns and their rural surroundings on their path towards becoming "smart and sustainable regions".

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  • ST. PÖLTEN, Austria, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2020, a European University Alliance was launched under the title "E³UDRES²: Engaged – European – Entrepreneurial University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions".
  • The target group consists of students, people with an interest in research and higher education, and the broad public.
  • Inclusion and interdisciplinarity are the main pillars of the project", explains St. Pölten UAS CEO and E³UDRES² Coordinator Hannes Raffaseder.
  • The project Ent-r-e-novators receives funding from the European Union within the framework of the Horizon Europe programme.

St. Pölten UAS: What Should a European University Be Like?

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Friday, December 15, 2023
Knowledge, Transfer, Research, EU Business School, Student, European, UAS, Sustainable regional development, University, Person, Education, Horizon Europe

ST. PÖLTEN, Austria, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2020, a European University Alliance was launched under the title "E³UDRES²: Engaged – European – Entrepreneurial University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions". It is dedicated to the role of higher education institutions for innovation and sustainability in rural regions and aims to support medium-sized towns and their rural surroundings on their path towards becoming "smart and sustainable regions".

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  • ST. PÖLTEN, Austria, Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2020, a European University Alliance was launched under the title "E³UDRES²: Engaged – European – Entrepreneurial University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions".
  • The target group consists of students, people with an interest in research and higher education, and the broad public.
  • Inclusion and interdisciplinarity are the main pillars of the project", explains St. Pölten UAS CEO and E³UDRES² Coordinator Hannes Raffaseder.
  • The project Ent-r-e-novators receives funding from the European Union within the framework of the Horizon Europe programme.

Press release - Hearing of Commissioner-designate Iliana Ivanova

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
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The Industry, Research and Energy, and Culture and Education committees questioned Iliana Ivanova, Bulgarian candidate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth.

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  • The Industry, Research and Energy, and Culture and Education committees questioned Iliana Ivanova, Bulgarian candidate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth.
  • Ms Ivanova was nominated to replace Mariya Gabriel, who resigned on 15 May to become Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister of Bulgaria.
  • During her introductory speech, Commissioner-designate Iliana Ivanova presented her priorities to invest in research and innovation in the EU, boosting skills, promoting the cohesive role of culture and empowering youth.
  • Press point
    At the end of the hearing, Sabine VERHEYEN, Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education, and Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, held a press point outside the meeting room: watch it here.

TECO 2030 and Skeleton Technologies enter a strategic partnership to boost zero-emission technologies

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Shell, Business development, Partnership, Skeleton Technologies, Hydrogen, TECO, GHG, Carbon, PEM, Tor Erik Torske, European, OTCQX, ISIN, Transport, OSE, CO2, Safety, Renewable energy, Proton, Horizon Europe, Skeleton, Lysaker

TECO 2030 Booth at Nor-Shipping 2023: TECO 2030 and Skeleton Technologies enter into a strategic partnership to boost renewable hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel for the maritime sector.

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  • TECO 2030 Booth at Nor-Shipping 2023: TECO 2030 and Skeleton Technologies enter into a strategic partnership to boost renewable hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel for the maritime sector.
  • From left, TECO 2030 COO Tor-Erik Hoftun and Director of Business Development Fredrik Aarskog, together with Sales Director Kersten Eero from Skeleton Technologies on the right.
  • We are hopeful many opportunities will arise from this new partnership with TECO 2030,” states Taavi Madiberk, CEO and co-founder of Skeleton Technologies.
  • TECO 2030, a spin-off from TECO Maritime Group, is building Europe’s first Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells gigafactory in Norway.

Ansys Joins PowerizeD Research Initiative to Enable Sustainable and Resilient Energy Applications

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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PITTSBURGH, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) joined European research initiative PowerizeD, which focuses on boosting the intelligence of power electronics to make them more efficient. As part of the initiative, Ansys will demonstrate the power of digital twins through new workflows that can increase efficiency, reduce development costs, and contribute to decarbonization efforts.

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  • As part of the initiative, Ansys will demonstrate the power of digital twins through new workflows that can increase efficiency, reduce development costs, and contribute to decarbonization efforts.
  • These workflows are based on Ansys® Twin Builder™ and Ansys® optiSLang™, relying on metamodels built with Ansys® Fluent®, Ansys® Mechanical™, Ansys® Sherlock™, and Ansys® Electronics Desktop™.
  • Digitalization can help here as a highly decisive lever for more energy efficiency," said Constanze Hufenbecher, chief digital transformation officer at Infineon.
  • "We are pleased to combine our strengths with the strengths of so many excellent partners from research and business to jointly make the ambitious European research initiative PowerizeD a success."

The European Circular Economy Project TREASoURcE to Install Stationary Battery Systems for Energy Storage Purposes at Two Demo Sites in Norway and Finland

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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As part of the four-year circular economy project TREASoURcE, a stationary Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) built with used electric vehicle batteries will be commissioned at two demo sites in Norway and Finland over the summer 2023.

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  • As part of the four-year circular economy project TREASoURcE, a stationary Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) built with used electric vehicle batteries will be commissioned at two demo sites in Norway and Finland over the summer 2023.
  • The selected demo sites are Rudskogen Motorsports Centre in Viken, Norway, and the municipally owned Lempäälä House in Lempäälä, Finland.
  • The pilot is led by the Norwegian research organisation SINTEF and the battery systems will be supplied by the Norwegian company ECO STOR AS.
  • The four-year project (2022-2026) is coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, and the consortium consists of 17 partners from six European countries.

The Eclipse Foundation Opens 2023 with Significant Research Wins from Horizon Europe, the EU’s Key Funding Programme for Research and Innovation

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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“The Horizon Europe programme is leading the charge in ensuring that the EU is at the cutting edge of tech innovation,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation.

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  • “The Horizon Europe programme is leading the charge in ensuring that the EU is at the cutting edge of tech innovation,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation.
  • “By securing the program funding for these research programs, we can do our part to catalyze the growth of new open source technologies that connect the Cloud to the IoT.
  • The core ambition of OpenContinuum is fostering European strategic autonomy and interoperability through an open ecosystem for the computing continuum.
  • To learn more about getting involved with the Eclipse Foundation, please visit us at eclipse.org/research , or email us at [email protected] .

Propelling quantum research across continents

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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The HyperSpace project is the result of this strategic collaboration and aims to develop a quantum communication network between continents.

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  • The HyperSpace project is the result of this strategic collaboration and aims to develop a quantum communication network between continents.
  • The overarching goal of HyperSpace is to further develop satellite-based quantum communications by appropriate experiments into scalable global quantum networks.
  • This global quantum network will interconnect a wide range of quantum processors using a variety of quantum channels, just as in the conventional Internet.
  • This project is part of a larger funding initiative of three research and innovation projects, from the EU and Canada, to support fundamental research in quantum technologies.

Vianode opens R&D center for sustainable battery materials in Norway

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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KRISTIANSAND, Norway, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vianode, owned by Elkem, Hydro and Altor, produces advanced battery materials with a greener footprint. The opening of VTC in Kristiansand entails that Vianode will expand its R&D efforts, including a new office, laboratory and recruitment of more battery materials scientists. This is an important step towards establishing a complete battery value chain in Norway for the European market.

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  • KRISTIANSAND, Norway, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vianode, owned by Elkem, Hydro and Altor, produces advanced battery materials with a greener footprint.
  • The opening of VTC in Kristiansand entails that Vianode will expand its R&D efforts, including a new office, laboratory and recruitment of more battery materials scientists.
  • This is an important step towards establishing a complete battery value chain in Norway for the European market.
  • Vianode recently announced an investment of NOK 2 billion in a battery materials plant at Herya, Norway, targeting production of anode graphite for about 20,000 electric vehicles (EVs) per year by 2024.