The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the engineering group Sener have signed an agreement to develop a pilot plant for green hydrogen generation using microwaves.
This disruptive technology developed after almost ten years of collaborative research by RHINO partners -UPV’s ITACA Institute and the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ, CSIC-UPV)- allows electrochemical processes to be carried out directly without the need for electrodes, making its practical application substantially simpler and cheaper.
The agreement was signed by the rector of the Universitat Politècnica de València, José E. Capilla; the vice-president of innovation and transfer of the CSIC, Ana Castro; and the business director of Energy of Sener, Juan Ivorra.
The event was also attended by researchers Jose M. Catalá and Felipe Peñaranda, from UPV’s ITACA Institute, and José M. Serra, from the ITQ, leaders of the research groups that developed the revolutionary green hydrogen generation technology.
The RHINO project is inspired by these achievements and pursues to realize comparable successes in the field of sustainable chemical processes.