DR. HELENA PROKOVÁ

On April 10, 2025, the second BeBOP Circularity Workshop was held at Elcogen’s facility in Vantaa, Finland, co-hosted by ECODESIGN company GmbH and Elcogen OY. Experts gathered to explore circular economy strategies for the co-electrolyzer in the BeBOP biomass-to-methanol system. Participants toured Elcogen’s solid oxide cell production line and discussed resource efficiency, critical raw materials, … Continued

The BeBOP project is making progress in developing a highly efficient biomass power-to-methanol plant. On February 26, 2025, 16 experts from the consortium, the stakeholder network, and the advisory board gathered for the 1st Circularity Workshop. The event was organized by ECODESIGN company GmbH and VTT and took place at the VTT facilities in Espoo, … Continued

SUSTAINEXT: Successful First Period Review Meeting & Inauguration of the New Plant groundsite. On March 4, 2025, the first official Project Review Meeting of the SUSTAINEXT project took place in Hervás, Spain. Over 30 representatives, from all partner organizations gathered with the project officer from the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), and two … Continued

The partners attending the 3rd General assembly from 20 to 22 November 2024 of the SUSTAINEXT project in Milan went over the first 18 months of work, with a strategic view on all the activities and progress made so far. It was an opportunity to benefit from the know-how and background of the different partners, … Continued

As part of the EU-funded project BeBOP (Biomass to Bio/E-methanol by Breakthrough SOEC-based Process: the BeBOP innovation), the consortium aims to develop an innovative, highly resource-efficient, and flexible biomass-to-methanol plant. The project’s goal is to present a pilot plant that is ready for scaling up within the European biomass industry. The role of ECODESIGN company … Continued

The paper “New power electronics to reach next level of energy efficiency in equipment – Results from the IEA 4E PECTA platform’s first term” was presented at the 12th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL 2024), in Kitakyushu (Japan) last October 2024.  The paper discusses the critical role of power … Continued

Dr. Díaz of ECODESIGN presented the paper “Policy Measures for Energy Efficiency of Data Centres” at the 2024 e.nova conference “Intelligent Energy and Climate Strategies” in Pinkafeld, June 2024. This paper outlines the latest results from the EDNA Workstream on Data centres, offering policy-makers recommendations to enhance data centre´s energy efficiency. It covers three main … Continued

This workshop will take place online on March 7th, 2024 and will engage 3 well known LCA keynote speakers as well as experts presenting the LCA work from 11 EU funded projects, at different stages of progress and technology maturity. Dr Adriana Díaz will present the approach and main results … Continued