Galp and Repsol have opened a call for entrepreneurs, startup businesses as well as research and innovation centres to develop innovative solutions for Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) and for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies, opening their industrial sites in Sines as living labs to rapidly scale the most promising solutions.
This call for applications is open until November 11. The jury will then shortlist the most promising projects by November 25th and the winners will be announced at dedicated event in early December. The winner will receive a €50,000 prize, which can be backed by additional academic research grants and other funding.
CO2 capture and utilization are seen as vital fields in the transition to a more sustainable energy system, opening new alternatives in generating and consuming energy, and creating new products from waste, such as biofuels (from biological waste) or synthetic fuels (from captured CO2 and renewable hydrogen).
The priority CCU technologies to be considered include new catalytic routes for CO2 conversion into chemicals; CO2 mineralization; combining CO2 and H2 utilisation; and innovative products from CO2 (proteins, e-fuels, etc.). The CDR technologies include improving direct air capture; blue carbon technologies (ocean capture); and biomass utilisation and soil sequestration (BECCS, biochar, etc.).
For more detailed information on the call, please visit https://hello-tomorrow.org/repsol-and-galp-international-innovation-challenge/