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Aluminum is a high-demand material in Europe and although much of it can be recycled, large quantities of it still end up as polluting waste in landfills. Therefore, the goal of this project is to investigate innovative ways to produce hydrogen using aluminum-water reactions. In addition, the project will investigate ways to recycle the by-products from these reactions to reclaim the aluminum using a carbon-free electrolysis process.

Goals: The Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) will treat aluminum and see how much hydrogen can be produced to increase volume and rate. The Institute of Solid State Physics at the University of Latvia (ISSP) will investigate the produced hydrogen from recycled aluminum and treated aluminum, hydrogen storage materials and develop a prototype. IceTec will investigate by-product application on carbon-free aluminum production via hydrolysis and/or its application on ceramics production. The University of Iceland (UI) will work on techno-economic and environmental impact evaluation for the specific case of Iceland of our technology.