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Emerging sustainable technologies

2024 2023 2022

Metal fuels

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Metals as recyclable carbon neutral fuels are promising alternatives to fossil fuels.

Osmotic power

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Using the salinity of the oceans to produce sustainable & clean electricity in both natural (e.g. deltas & estuaries) and industrial environments.

Marine Floating Solar Power

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Marine floating PVs consist of floating structures supporting PV installations which use solar radiation to produce electricity. 

CIRCUL(AIR)FUELS

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Converting low-carbon electricity to e-fuels in a fully circular manner! 

Road to 30% efficiency PV cells

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Silicon solar modules represent over 95% of global installed PV capacity with one challenger, Perovskite solar cells

Innovative Large-Scale Desalination

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Key technological breakthroughs are expected to reduce water cost for drinking purpose & energy transition while minimizing the environmental impact.

SOLAR SPACE POWER

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Can we use Solar Power in Space to supply energy for Earth’s consumption?

Fusion power

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Fission is a nuclear technology based on splitting one large atom into two smaller atoms whilst Fusion is the fusing of two light atoms into a larger one. 

NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS

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Recently recognized by the IPCC and IEA as necessary to offset hard-to-abate emissions and eventually, to go beyond net-zero, Negative Emissions Technologies will play a main role but Natural Based Solutions (NBS) even more. 

Large Energy Storage

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How can the Ocean help store energy in the future? We focus on mechanical (compressed air), underwater pumped hydro & floating batteries storage system that integrate with offshore renewables.

Mineral Recovery from Brine

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Mineral extraction from brine, i.e. waste water from desalination, would support a more sustainable economy, reducing both drinking water production cost & the environmental impact generated by brine disposal. 

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

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OTEC uses the temperature difference between surface and deep sea water to produce electricity. There is significant potential in coastal areas & tropical climates. 

Competitive large-scale PV projects

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Push large scale PV tender success rate to 30 % within 2 years by integrating innovative solutions and technologies for more competitive PV projects with lower LCOE.

Wind Turbine Blade Circularity

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Wind Blade Waste is composed of valuable resources that should be recycled to make the supply chain even more sustainable.

Direct Ocean Capture (DOC)

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Ocean absorbs CO2 through natural processes can we enhance any of these natural processes to pull down even more carbon dioxide?

LIGHT-DRIVEN CHEMISTRY TO SOLAR FUELS PRODUCTION

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Photosynthesis efficiently captures solar energy, but its subsequent conversion into chemical energy in the form of biomass is limited in term of efficiency in the range between 1 to 4%. 

Wave Energy

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Wave energy technologies range from the laboratory prototype stage to the pilot stage in real sea conditions without dominant sub-technology. Wave power converts the periodic up-and-down movement of ocean waves into electricity.

Offshore Molecules Production

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Large offshore renewable energy potential and CO2 availability in the air or in the sea offer an opportunity to synthetize e-fuels.

Natural Hydrogen

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Natural hydrogen is generated by natural geochemical processes inside the Earth’s crust

PYROLYSIS FOR TURQUOISE HYDROGEN?

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Methane pyrolysis is a set of emerging technologies that allow hydrogen production while avoiding CO2 emissions. Carbon is stored in a solid form.

Mineral Recovery from the Seafloor

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Deep seas contain large mineral resources with high concentrations of metals including cobalt, manganese, copper, nickel, silver, rare earth elements and gold which may be the key to manufacturing the low-carbon technologies needed to generate clean energy.

Ocean-Based Negative Emission Technologies

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Ocean-based Negative Emission Technologies provide Carbon Dioxide Removal by displacing CO2 from the atmosphere into the ocean. 

PV everywhere: the era of Integrated Photovoltaics...

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The significant and continuing fall in PV prices is facilitating the development of a multitude of new applications.

Tidal & Ocean Current Energy

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Tidal energy technologies are the closest to-market ocean energy solutions with a convergence to horizontal axis technology devices.   Tidal currents are the result of the ocean water mass response to the interaction between the Moon, the Sun and the Earth. Their magnitude depends on the...

Innovative agri-PV solutions development and derisking

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Demonstrate at least 2 agri-PV business cases (inter-row & elevated) for ENGIE by end 2024, unlocking access to new land surfaces for PV and providing a competitive advantage for ENGIE. 

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