One of the priority transformations in Europe is the transition to a green economy. This investment develops measures linked to environmental protection, the fight against climate change, new energy sources and technologies, and key materials for the energy transition.
In this investment the following research projects will be executed:
- Sustainable plastics for a circular economy: Project for the production of alternative plastics and sustainable management of plastic waste.
- Project on climate change and impact on water reserves: project focused on the evaluation of the effect of climate change on the water component linked to the Associated Aquatic Ecosystems (EAAS) and Groundwater dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (ETDAS) and on the identification of deep aquifers as a strategic water reserve in the face of the effects of climate change.
- For the promotion of renewable energies, it is proposed to create an energy storage R&D center in Extremadura, in collaboration with the Junta de Extremadura, for the resolution of the technological and scientific challenges of the management of green energy productions, mainly in lines of Industrial Hydrogen Applications and production, storage, transport in the large-scale hydrogen industry.
- Project to develop and integrate key high-tech components in the transition in the energy cycle towards a green and resilient economy: on the one hand advancing in energy storage, especially on a large scale, key to completing the transition to renewable energy sources, which will provide solutions for a better quality and continuity of energy from these sources and will open a new market oriented to producers and distributors of electrical energy, consumer companies and urban or residential needs; and on the other hand, in terms of the transition in the replacement of fossil fuels, the development in collaboration with companies of a prototype plant for CO2 recovery in energy-intensive industries, in particular in the steel sector and cement plants, is especially relevant.
- Project of Identification of favorable areas for the environmentally sustainable exploitation of raw materials of mineral origin critical for the energy transition both on land and at sea, including reuse of “sterile” old farms.
