Academic knowledge on the energy future
We promote the development of rigorous knowledge, through a network of five chairs at leading universities, to help accelerate a fair and sustainable energy transition.
Nature-based Solutions (SBN)
Analysis of CO₂ recovery and use systems.
Nature-based Solutions (SBN)
Head of programme: Mariano Marzo Carpio, UB Emeritus Professor
2021–2022 Framework
- COP26 Observatory of advances in the fight against deforestation
- COP26 GHG Agreements, such as carbon and methane markets
- Critical materials and increased demand on a clean energy system
Mobility carbon footprint, improvement in air quality, and analysis of emerging technologies
Head of programme: Oscar García, ETSII Director, UPM Professor
Academic staff:
Ricardo Perera Velamazán, UPM Professor
Jesús Casanova Kindelán, UPM Professor
Rafael Borge García, UPM Full Professor
Javier Pérez Rodríguez, UPM Professor
2021–2022 Framework
- Mobility carbon-footprint analysis: from production to end-of-life management.
- Impact of road traffic on urban air quality
- Cost impact and usage pattern of future vehicle propulsion technologies
Roadmap for transition to a competitive and fully decarbonised industry
Head of programme: Jose Ignacio Linares, Professor Comillas University
2021–2022 Framework
- Identification of revaluation possibilities and measures to reduce CO₂ emissions in the ceramic sector (sector difficult to reduce)
Hydrogen and key aspects in relation to production, storage, distribution, and availability to end user
Head of programme: omás Gómez Acebo, Vice-Rector of Students, Professor at the University of Navarra
Academic staff:Iñigo Gutierrez García, Director of Development and Professor at the University of Navarra
2021–2022 Framework
- Energy study of hydrogen compression process in service stations (hydrogenerators)
- Cost-efficiency analysis of the different transport and distribution options for H₂
Circular economy of secondary materials, scarcity of primary materials in the energy industry, strategies for plastics, and the decarbonisation and dematerialisation of the industrial sector
Head of programme: Rikardo Mínguez Gabiña, Department of Graphic Expression and Engineering Projects at UPV-EHU
Academic staff:
Estíbaliz Saez de Cámara, Director of Sustainability at UPV-EHU
Erlantz Lizundia, Professor at UPV-EHU
2021–2022 Framework
- Changing the concept of waste to secondary material resources
- Circular economy and dependence on scarce primary materials in the energy sector
