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EIT RawMaterials awards 55 million to secure sustainable raw materials pipeline for Europe

EIT RawMaterials announced that EUR 55,3 million has been allocated to 32 innovation and education projects aimed at contributing to Europe’s goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050.

The campaign to identify and fund Europe’s most promising innovation and education projects is well underway in a bid to rapidly increase renewable energy generation by 2030 which, according to the World Bank, will increase demand for many metals by 500 to 1,000 percent by 2050.  To make this change happen will require Europe to scale up its innovation prowess whereby all elements of the value chains will be digitalized, automated and electrified, placing a huge demand for new skills development.

Winning projects, led by the members of the EIT RawMaterials community, will develop breakthrough innovations and upskill talent to set new sustainability standards, to secure in a responsible way, access to critical raw materials for green technologies and reindustrialise Europe’s raw materials sector to a modern, resource-efficient, world-leading economy.

“EIT RawMaterials is leading the raw materials sector mission funding significant new projects with partners from leading industry, academia and research organisations, ensuring the highest environmental standards are met developing new disruptive technologies and processes for responsible sourcing, resource efficiency and recycling,” Bernd Schäfer, CEO and Managing Director of EIT RawMaterials.

EIT RawMaterials closed funding rounds as part of the latest Calls for Innovation & Education Projects (KAVA 9 and 10). Among the top 32 projects, the EIT RawMaterials community is working on securing access to critical raw materials for key industrial ecosystems, designing materials solutions and closing production loops to foster Europe’s transition to a green, digital and circular economy. All projects contribute to the EIT RawMaterials Lighthouses programs, which address critical and specific raw materials challenges for Europe, such as Responsible Sourcing, Sustainable Materials and Circular Societies.

Nearly 80 organisations from across Europe will bring their expertise to the newly selected projects, including 21 new members of the EIT RawMaterials community. Twenty projects have already started, and another twelve will kick off in early 2023.

The new Call for Innovation & Education Projects (KAVA 11) that was open until 26 January 2023 attracted more than 80 new proposals that are under evaluation.

 List of KAVA 9 and 10 projects, with categories of activity supported & country of lead partner

 

Education

ADMA3ADMA3 Summer/Winter School - Advanced Materials Doctoral Program with IndustryFinland
ALCASIMAdvanced LCA based on process and thermodynamics simulationFinland
CLOCKSCLOsing the loop: building Circular sKillS on the entire value chainItaly
ELMO-LIONEducational Learning Modules on Li-ion batteries (ELMO-LION)Finland
ExpSkills-REMExpanding Knowledge and Skills in Rare Earth Permanent Magnets Value ChainSweden
MILLEMIcrocredentials for Lifelong Learning in EngineeringItaly
PhD-BalticTeachPhD Schools on Sustainable Materials for RIS region: PhD BalticTeachLatvia
RawMatCop-AllianceAlliance of RawMaterials lifecycle with Copernicus and Remote Sensing techniquesItaly

 

Innovation

CastQCA novel cast ultra-high-specific strength quasicrystal aluminium alloySlovenia
EcoFlotScale-up and Demonstration of the CoarseAir Flotation TechnologyDenmark
EUMagnesiumEU Magnesium  - Sustainable Mg supply for EuropeRomania
FENICEFire rEsistant eNvironmental frIendly CompositEsItaly
HiPAMEco-designed High Performance Alloy for AM and PMFinland
HiQ-LCAHigh-Quality Life Cycle Assessment for Battery IndustryBelgium
LiBReLiBRe Development of sustainable processing technologies for Lithium and BorateCroatia
LYDIALYDIA - Recycling Critical Metals from Fuel CellsGreece
New-RENeodymium and Rare Earth from Waste RecyclingItaly
PoSAddivePowder Sheet Additive ManufacturingIreland
RareGreenSustainable processing methods for rare earth elementsNorway
ReLiFeReLiFe - Recycling Lithium Ferrophosphate in the RIS areaGreece
RMRRaw Material RadarItaly
SCIONbSilicon Carbon Composite Production for Lithium Ion BatteriesGermany
SEC4TDSecuring tailings dam infrastructure with an innovative monitoring systemSpain
SOLSA-DEM.UPSOLSA - DEmonstration & Market UPtakeFrance
STILLMETALSustaInable sLag process to obtain a valuable METALItaly
V0T3DV0T3D: Ventilation Optimizing Technology based on 3D-scanningPoland

 

RIS Capacity Building

GEORIS-KAVA9GEORIS – Innovative technologies for waste processing in ESEE RegionGreece
PARSIVALpv PAnels Recycling to create SIlicon VALue chainItaly
ReLi-ion2022ReLi-ion: Innovation transfer & B2B collaboration on Li-ion battery recyclingPoland
RIS-DustRec-IIZero waste reprocessing of EAF and CF dust with competence build-upSlovenia
RISBRIEFCASEBriefcase RIS network creationSpain
WEEE-NET9WEEE-NET: Improving CRMs extraction capacities in RIS WEEE recyclingSlovenia

 

The World Bank Group, 2020, p. 93-94, Minerals for Climate Action: The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition

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