Climate change is forcing us to develop new ways of sustainable energy generation and chemical production and to replace the fossil raw materials on which these industries are currently based. Energy-X will develop the scientific basis and technologies for the economic production ofCO2-neutral fuels, chemicals and materials.
The EU project Energy-X, a "Coordination and Support Action" in the EU's Horizon 2020 program, was launched in Prague on 4 March 2019. Over the next 12 months, European scientists and industry will be mobilized to develop a strategic roadmap for a major research initiative preparing the efficient conversion of solar and wind energy into chemical energy carriers. Energy-X comprises 13 partners from across Europe (Technical University of Denmark, Max Planck Society, University of Ghent, Polish Academy of Sciences, CEA, Czech Academy of Sciences, University of Utrecht, ERIC aisbl, ETH Zurich, RWI, Technical University of Valencia, DECHEMA and EERA aisbl) and is supported by a large group of industrial companies.
Energy-X will contribute new scientific knowledge and disruptive technologies in the field of molecular and interfacial catalysis and scale them up to industry-relevant conditions together with European industry. The focus is on three important chemical processes for the conversion of water,CO2 and N2 into fuels and basic chemicals.
In addition, interdisciplinary academic research (chemistry, physics, process engineering, economics and social sciences) with cross-sector industrial expertise will be carried out.
