E2C: converting CO2 into chemicals with renewable energy
The E2C project was a collaboration between scientists from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and England (the Interreg 2 Seas region). It focused on the conversion of CO2 into chemicals and fuels, using renewable energy.
Power-to-X: a win-win situation
Power-to-X technologies (P2X) produce certain synthetic chemicals and fuels (or efuels) using affordable power. However, several economic and technological obstacles must be tackled before these technologies can be applied wherever and whenever.
It’s important to develop these technologies because we are faced with a combination of challenges in the Interreg 2 Seas region:
- The increasingly variable electricity supply brought about by the growth in sustainable off-shore energy, often leading to energy surpluses.
- The increasing pressure on heavy industry to decrease CO2 emissions and meet climate goals.
Power-to-X technologies offer a solution to overcome both challenges. They enable the conversion of CO2 (of, for instance, heavy industry) into useful products with the help of (excess) renewable energy. A win-win situation.
A boost for Power-to-X technologies
We want to accelerate the development and implementation of Power-to-X and CO2 conversion technologies. The main goal for this project was, therefore, to find two pilot systems that demonstrate the possibilities of Power-to-X technologies.
