In the 3rd Baltic Research Programme competition, eight Latvian research projects from University of Latvia, Riga Technical University, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, as well as Vidzeme University have received funding from the European Economic Area and Norway grants (EEA/N). The total available grant funding until 2024 is 7.5 million euro.
Scientists from our institute will work on the project "Aluminium recycling for hydrogen extraction – from waste through hydrogen-generated energy to alumina – AliCE-Why". The project partners are: Lithuanian Energy Institute (Lithuania), University of Iceland (Iceland) and Innovation Centre Iceland (Iceland). The grant financing to the project is EUR 680 000 and EUR 120 000 national co-financing. Work on the project will last for 3 years until the end of April 2024.
The project aims to create a technological solution for the recycling of aluminum waste, increasing the efficiency of recycling, ultimately producing hydrogen for energy use and alumina for the production of further low-emission products. As a result of the project, a waste aluminium treatment methodology will be developed for its use in hydrogen production; a prototype for electricity generation from aluminium waste will be developed, a methodology for further processing of prototype waste will be developed, the evaluation of the obtained technology will be approbated with a socio-economic assessment in the context of Icelandic and Baltic aluminium waste recycling.
