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Solar energy for a carbon-neutral society: Interview with Katrin Mueller
What will happen if we don’t achieve negative-emission by the 2nd half of the 21st century? Can we target climate change through solar energy sources? These are some of the questions that we asked our partner Katrin Mueller during the SUNRISE consortium meeting held...
Registrations open for the SUN-ERGY kick-off meeting
On February 5-6, 2019 there will be the official kick-off of SUN-ERGY, a large-scale, integrated R&I initiative in the area of fossil-free fuels and chemicals. SUN-ERGY stems from two European flagship initiatives on Energy, SUNRISE and ENERGY-X, which will end in...
“We urgently need to find ways to tackle global warming and we need to do it all together globally”: An interview with Mehdi Jafarian
Dr. Mehdi Jafarian is a senior research associate at the University of Adelaide (Australia) and part of Mission Innovation. For the past 8 years, he has specialized in the areas of energy storage, solar thermal energy, carbon capture and solar hybrid systems....
SUN-ERGY Photo Contest
SUN-ERGY is an upcoming joint initiative for the conversion of renewable energies into alternative fuels and chemicals, that comes out of the merge of the coordination and support actions (CSAs) SUNRISE and ENERGY-X. It will officially begin in March 2020, when both...
SUNRISE’s booth rocks at COP25!
Picture caption: SUNRISE partner Víctor A. de la Peña O'Shea discussing with Pedro Duque, Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Government of Spain “Is the artificial photosynthesis really feasible? How can these innovative technologies be...
Breaking down the Artificial Photosynthesis: Interview with Huub de Groot
When asked about the future of the first application of the artificial photosynthesis, Huub de Groot is optimistic: “It will be happening in two years, when we really expect to be in a situation that we can have solar panels that make hydrogen.” During the SUNRISE...
Turning sunlight into clean fuels: Takeaways from ISF-3/ICARP2019
Picture caption: Participants at ISF-3/ICARP2019 On November 20-24, 2019 in Hiroshima, Japan, took place the 3rd International Solar Fuels Conference and the International Conference on Artificial Photosynthesis-2019 (ISF-3/ICARP2019). The event, organized by...
Rethinking the next bioproduction generation
Increasing release of carbon dioxide (CO2) has a dramatic impact on global climate. The utilization of CO2 as a carbon resource is coming into focus of research and development. Which products could be derived from CO2? What are the economic, ecologic and...
Discussing solar fuels and chemicals at the Solar-to-products symposium
Picture caption: Participants of the Solar-to-products symposium, during one of the talks Storing and converting solar energy in sustainable fuels and chemical products is SUNRISE’s main aim to facilitate the transition from a linear to a circular economy. This...
