Research on a variety of disciplines ranging from the production of bioenergy and hydrogen, the capturing and utilisation of residual heat and carbon dioxide, in addition to research on the societal and governance barriers to change energy patterns.
Key expertise
- Global carbon cycle & carbon sequestration
- Technology for carbon capture & utilisation:microbial, catalysts and ecosystembasedsolutions
- Photo-electrochemical cells for hydrogen production out of polluted air
- Crops for bioenergy, focusing on short rotation coppice
- Design of heat networks & installations
- Economic, social & governance incentives tosupport a transition to a zero carbon society
Research groups
- Planten- en vegetatie-ecologie
- Duurzame energie, lucht, en water technologie
- Milieu en samenleving
- Department Algemene Economie
- Engineering management
- Plasma, Laser Ablation & Surface Modeling Antwerp
- Laboratory of Adsorption & Catalysis
- Energy & Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings
- Organische synthese