Valencia, September 25, 2023 – The Castellón Chamber of Commerce will hold the I Energy Congress next Wednesday, September 27 in Castellón. This conference aims to address the new paradigm of renewable energies and its impact on a sustainable future.

The event is organized jointly by the Chamber of Castellón and the Council of Chambers of the Valencian Community, with the financial support of the Generalitat Valenciana and the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE). It will bring together experts from various fields to analyze and debate the crucial role that renewable energy plays in the transition to a cleaner and more sustainable future.

The I Energy Congress will have a dynamic program that will include round tables, presentations, and discussion tables, in which highly relevant topics in the energy sector will be addressed. Among the highlighted topics are technology, green energy advice, challenges and opportunities, the sector’s challenges, and the future of hydrogen and decarbonization.

José Manuel Serra, Director of the Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), will participate in the Discussion Table where he will contribute his perspective and knowledge about renewable energies in the transition towards a cleaner and more sustainable future.

In addition to the participation of José M. Serra, the event will have the collaboration of important companies such as Statkraft, Obremo, Iberdrola, Biovic, and Your Chief Sustainability Officer, as well as the presence of leading institutions in the energy field, such as IVACE, AVAESEN and CENER (National Center for Renewable Energy).

Attendance at the Energy Congress of the Castellón Chamber of Commerce will be free, upon registration, and a limited number of places are available. Those interested can consult the complete program and register on the official website of the event: congresoenergiacastellon.com

This congress will be a space for dialogue and knowledge to promote sustainable development in the province of Castellón and the Valencian Community.

Andrés López García, PhD student of the Renewable Energies group at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), has been awarded with the “Young Researcher Award 2023” by the organization of the E-MRS Spring Meeting celebrated in Strasbourg, for his contribution to the Symposium “Solid state ionics: bulk, interfaces and integration in devices”.

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Research Contract Offer

Title: State-of-the-Art Characterization of Zeolites and Their Use in Industrially Relevant Separation Processes

A contract is available at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ), Valencia, Spain, financed by the TED2021–130191B-C41 project funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe” by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR). The possibility that at the end of the contract the selected person will develop a Doctoral Thesis within the research team will be considered.

The ITQ opens the call for the research project described below, supervised by Dr. Teresa Blasco and Prof. Fernando Rey.

The project will focus on understanding the adsorption and diffusion of small molecules through very homogeneous and narrow structural pores of zeolitic and MOF materials. To this end, a series of multidisciplinary techniques will be applied, including theoretical modeling, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy, X-ray and electron diffraction, as well as carrying out experiments in large scientific facilities (sources of synchrotron radiation and neutrons, high magnetic field NMR spectroscopy).

The selected candidate will have a unique opportunity to perform experiments using excellent facilities, along with complementary simulation methods to gain insight into a crucial chemical process in the future.

The selected candidate will also have the possibility to compare their results with real adsorption experiments and thus gain skills in adsorption, NMR, and molecular modeling applied to industrial and societal challenges.

The project will be based at the ITQ in Valencia (Spain), where they will be able to take advantage of world-class facilities for adsorption and characterization of solids and of close contact with industry.

Candidates profile: Candidates with the Bachelor’s Degree Grade or Master in Chemistry or Material Science will be evaluated positively.

The call for applications will remain open until 30th September 2023. Decision will be taken in middle October. If interested, please send a CV by E-mail to Dr Teresa Blasco (tblasco@itq.upv.es) and Prof. Fernando Rey (frey@itq.upv.es)

There are still spots to enroll in the Master’s in Sustainable Chemistry at ITQ (UPV-CSIC), recently awarded as the “Best University Master’s Degree” in the XXII Edition of the UPV Social Council Awards. Interested individuals can register from July 28th to August 4th, 2023, and from August 28th to September 7th, 2023.

The Master’s Degree in Sustainable Chemistry aims to ensure that students are able to develop new chemical processes that are efficient, economically viable and that are carried out in a way that respects the environment. This will minimize the consumption of energy and raw materials and also reduce the risks associated with the production, handling and use of chemical products necessary for our current life system.

This master’s degree is a reference on a national scale in the fields of Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis. One of the most important research institutes in catalysis in Spain, the Institute of Chemical Technology (UPV-CSIC), participates actively in this master’s degree and allows registered students to complete the Master’s Thesis at their facilities, under the supervision of some of his researchers.

Those interested in enrolling in the ITQ Master in Sustainable Chemistry must complete the enrollment process from July 28 to August 4, 2023 and from August 28 to September 7, 2023

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Antonio Eduardo Palomares Gimeno

apalomar@iqn.upv.es