METAWAVE
High-temperature heating processes with breakthrough microwave and digital technologies for increased energy efficiency.
Grant Agreement No: 101138476
Requested EU Contribution: 9.487.573,88 €
Call: HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
Funded by: HORIZON Europe Duration: 01/01/2024-31/12/2027
Project Summary
METAWAVE aims to revolutionize high-temperature heating industrial processes, using microwave-based heating systems. The project focuses on improving efficiency, reducing energy consumption, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing productivity. By showcasing these systems in real industrial settings of three industrial sectors (ceramics, asphalt, aluminium), METAWAVE intends to demonstrate their superior performance.
The benefits include higher efficiency, shorter process times, and better control, which could contribute to a more sustainable industry. Additionally, METAWAVE aims to optimize processes by using innovative nanostructured additives, waste-based refractories, and advanced systems for monitoring and controlling the processes. METAWAVE also proposes the integration of renewable energy sources to power the microwave-based heating systems through a Virtual Power Plant, accompanied by an energy management system based on data-driven modelling optimisation and alongside the investigation of industrial symbiosis developing a detailed Hub 4 Circularity (H4C) roadmap.
METAWAVE aims to achieve 420 GWh energy reduction, over 95ktCO2 averted and more than 19% productivity increase yielding total revenues of more than 230M€ and the creation of more than 900 new jobs by 2032.METAWAVE seeks to bring together various stakeholders, promote open science, and encourage sustainable economic activities, particularly focusing on sustainable fuels and feedstocks.
The Consortium is composed by 19 partners of 9 different countries, including seven small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), six research and technology development organizations (RTDs), two universities, three large enterprises and one non-profit organisation.
This Project has Received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101138476.
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