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Webinar on waste heat and energy cooperation in European Industries

Last week, the SO WHAT Project hosted a webinar on waste heat and cold (WH/C) recovery and energy cooperation in European Industries, together with the EMB3RsINCUBISR-ACES and S-PARCS projects.

The five sister initiatives, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, presented their work on industrial WH/C recovery, the tools they are developing to empower it, and potential synergies between industrial parks and the surrounding community.

We discussed on the importance of boosting a more sustainable energy in Europe and highlighted the common goals of all five initiatives:

– Lower energy costs

– More sustainable & efficient energy

– CO2 reduction

– EU cooperation boosted

In addition, there was some time dedicated towards the end of the session for audience questions.

WATCH THE RECORDED SESSION NOW:

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R-ACES to join SO WHAT webinar on waste heat recovery and energy cooperation

The two sustainable energy projects SO WHAT and R-ACES held a videoconference on November 5 to discuss potential synergies and collaboration between both initiatives.

One of the most inmediate outcomes of the talks was the addition of the R-ACES project to an upcoming webinar organised by SO WHAT: Waste heat recovery and energy cooperation in European Industries.

The session, which will take place on November 18, from 11:00 to 12:30 (CET) will count with the participation of five projects revolving around industrial waste heat and cold valorization, energy cooperation and energy symbiosis: SO WHATEMB3RsINCUBISR-ACES and S-PARCS

You can register now for free:  http://bit.ly/sowhat-webinar

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SO WHAT hosts webinar with related projects

Genoa, Italy, November 3, 2020. The smart and sustainable energy projects SO WHAT, EMB3Rs, INCUBIS, R-ACES and S-PARCS, are organizing a joint webinar: Waste heat recovery and energy cooperation in European Industries, to be held on November 18.  

These five sister initiatives, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, will present their work on industrial WH/C recovery, the tools they are developing to empower it, and potential synergies between industrial parks and the surrounding community.

The aim of the session is to explore different solutions to enhance a smart and sustainable energy use in industrial contexts, as well as WH/C recovery and reutilization, to find synergies between the work the different projects are carrying out, and to raise awareness among stakeholders on the new tools under development. Likewise, the webinar will include time for discussion and questions from the audience.

Register for free now: http://bit.ly/sowhat-webinar

Download the full press release here

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SO WHAT holds consortium meeting

The SO WHAT partners celebrated its third General Assembly Meeting via teleconference on October 28 and 29.

All the partners connected to an online session during which they discussed the project’s progress, activities performed and forthcoming ones. During the first day, they presented the work carried out and analyzed the status of the project, while the second day focused on the work at the demo sites and included a workshop to discuss on the key exploitable results and outcomes of this initiative.

It’s great to see all the So WHAT partners, even if just online, and take the time to evaluate together the work we are carrying out!

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The consortium partners speak about their work in the SO WHAT project

During our consortium meeting in December, we interviewed some of our partners to get a better understanding of their involvement in this project that aims to support industries and energy utilities in auditing and mapping their energy processes.


Adriano Sciacovelli, from our partner entity the University of Birmingham explains that they are developing a technology database and studying the role of thermal energy storage and how it can integrate waste heat and waste cold recovery. After these models are developed, they will integrate them in the SO WHAT tool.

José María Cuartas Alonso from ELEUKON Global SLU, talks on their involvement as one of the demo sites. They seek to reuse the waste heat produced in the factory in Navia for district heating. 

Sabina Fiorot from Environment Park, speaks about their involvement in cluster activities and in the development of the training plan linked to the tool.

Last, but not least, our project coordinator from RINAFrancesco Peccianti explains that they are looking at the industries and at the surrounding areas to match both their needs in a way that heating and cooling becomes more sustainable and waste heat is recovered.


Watch the video below to find out more, a visit our consortium section to find out more about our partners: https://sowhatproject.eu/partners/

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Two papers presented at the Rankine 2020 Conference by our partner the University of Birmingham

Our SO WHAT consortium partner the University of Birmingham participated in the online Rankine Conference 2020 with the presentation of two papers that included some of the findings and work of the SO WHAT Project:

  • Organic Rankine cycles combined with thermochemical heat transformers to enhance the power output from waste heat.
  • Latent heat and thermochemical storage as enablers for waste heat-to-power and heat-upgrade: a general approach.

The first presentation took place on July 28, and it was carried out by Giovanni Manente, while the second one happened on July 30 and it was presented by Adriano Sciacovelli.

Both talks mentioned the preliminary findings of the SO WHAT Project and the expected impacts of the work ahead.

The IIR International Conference Rankine 2020 – Applications of Cooling, Heating and Power Generation, was an interactive online event held over 5 days. Delegates explored research and developments in the closely related fields of power cycles, working fluids and refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) applications. They took away insights into new opportunities to deliver efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions.

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SO WHAT at the Rankine 2020 Conference

The SO WHAT Project will be presented at the Rankine 2020 Conference on Thursday, 30 July, by Adriano Sciacovelli, from the University of Birmingham.

The presentation will revolve around latent heat and thermochemical storage as enablers for waste heat-to-power and heat-upgrade.

The IIR International Conference Rankine 2020 – Applications of Cooling, Heating and Power Generation, will be an interactive online event held over 5 days. Delegates will explore research and developments in the closely related fields of power cycles, working fluids and refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) applications. They will take away insights into new opportunities to deliver efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions.

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SO WHAT Project Exploitation Workshop

Sustainable Innovations (SIE), one of our consortium partners, conducted an exploitation workshop earlier last May to assess the project’s requirements regarding exploitable results and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

The session was led by Marina García, Sustainable Innovations’ Marketing and Business Specialist, and attended by several partners who contributed with their inputs on key exploitable results that could be generated during the project.

The outcomes of this workshop will serve to elaborate an exploitation plan and a business strategy that allow the consortium to take the most out of the tool that we are developing.

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The consortium partners speak about the importance of the SO WHAT project

The consortium partners speak about the importance of the SO WHAT project

During our consortium meeting in December, we interviewed our partners to get a better understanding of their involvement in the project. Three of them, Francisco Javier Morentin Gutiérrez from CARTIF, Giorgio Bonvicini from RINA and Stan Verdonck from POM Antwerpen – talked about the relevance of the So WHAT – Project and mentioned the following key points:

➤ Waste Heat recovery presents a great opportunity to improve energy efficiency.

➤ The tool being developed will allow deeper interaction of the industrial sites with their surroundings and maximize the integration with District Heating and Cooling in the area.

➤The So WHAT Project will ease feasibility studies to recover Waste Heat and Cold, and it will enhance the collaboration needed to achieve a greener world.

Watch the video below to find out more, a visit our consortium section to find out more about our partners: https://sowhatproject.eu/partners/

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SO WHAT hosts online consortium meeting

The SO WHAT partners celebrated its second General Assembly Meeting on April 15. This gathering was meant to take place in Constanta, Romania, but due to the restrictions related to COVID19 it was hosted online.

All the partners connected to an online session during which they presented the project’s progress, activities performed and forthcoming ones, as the first year since the project started nears.

In addition, different working sessions were held as well, to discuss the upcoming work and strategy. Despite the session being held remotely, there are great ideas and inputs coming up!