The Horizon Europe project E-TANDEM held the webinar “Catalysis as a Key Enabler of E-Fuel Production”, an online event bringing together leading experts to explore the central role of catalysis in advancing sustainable Power-to-Fuels technologies.
The webinar consisted of four lectures of 30 minutes each, covering catalyst design, innovative process concepts, and advanced reactor technologies specifically tailored to e-fuel production. Three invited expert speakers presented their latest research and perspectives, followed by a fourth lecture providing an overview of E-TANDEM vision and key achievements. The event concluded with an interactive round-table discussion and Q&A with all speakers.
Download the event flyer here.
Agenda
Wednesday, February 18 | 09:00 – 12:00 CET
- 9:00 – 9:10 Welcome word and intro by organizers
- 9:15 – 9:45 Jorge Gascon – Professor & Director at KAUST Catalysis Center & CTO at ClimateCrete SL, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia) – ML-guided catalyst discovery for the direct hydrogenation of CO₂ to jet fuel
- 9:50 – 10:20 – Peter Mølgaard Mortensen, Technology Manager, New Chemicals Platforms at TOPSOE (Denmark) – Decarbonizing the Core: Electrified Syngas as a Foundation for Sustainable Chemicals
- 10:25 – 10:55 Denzil Moodley – Senior Scientist at Sasol (South Africa) and Industrial Research Fellow at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB, Germany) – From Catalyst Science to Scale-Up: Advancing E-Fuel Production through CARE-O-SENE
- 11:00 – 11:25 Gonzalo Prieto – Assoc. Prof. at ITQ Institute for Chemical Technology & E-TANDEM coordinator – E-fuels beyond methanol and hydrocarbons: the E-TANDEM route to higher oxygenate Power-to-X fuels
- 11:25 – 12:00 Round-Table Discussion with Q&A from online attendees (moderated by Micheal Claeys, University of Cape Town)
Thank you for joining us for a focused and engaging discussion on how catalysis can enable the next generation of carbon-neutral e-fuels for transport sectors!
