Boosting Europe’s sustainable energy access and generation efficiency is a priority for the European Green Deal and EU Agenda.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimates that, by 2030, the renewable energy generation in Europe will increase by 29%. This progress towards sustainability translates into significant investments in inter-country marketing and energy storage capacity for daily and seasonal operations.
While short-term energy storage using batteries or compressed hydrogen is a cost-effective strategy for daily operations, seasonal fluctuations must be served using long-term storage solutions in chemicals such as ammonia.
In this scenario, FASTER has the potential to unlock Europe’s green energy resources by developing an innovative catalyst and reactor system for decentralised NH3 synthesis in an affordable and reliable manner, boosting sustainable economic growth in the EU.
FASTER is a consortium of 5 companies and 3 research universities conveying complementarity and synergistic cooperation between the EU and Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
FASTER PROJECT’S GOALS
- Deliver an affordable and clean alternative for hydrogen storage and transport using ammonia as vector in the EU context.
- Demonstrate the techno-economic feasibility and reliability of a non-noble catalyst based on metal nitrides/ hydrides/amides active at low temperature (< 250 °C) and pressure (<50 bar).
- Elaborate a roadmap for commercialisation of the FASTER technologies
- Foster transborder research exchange and cooperation
- Develop recommendations, policies and regulatory analyses on ammonia economy in the EU context
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TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
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THE FASTER ADVISORY BOARD
FASTER gathers a selected group of private and public organizations as Advisory Board Members to ensure fast-tracking of technology take-up:
