Electrical and electronic equipment
Challenges
The role of the circular economy
General
- Managing profitability of utilities.
- Managing electricity generation mix in the medium term.
- Digitalisation of the network and its integration with Europe.
- Developing predictive maintenance systems and self-optimisation systems.
Priority strategies and approaches
- Product eco-design and energy labelling.
- Re-manufacturing electrical and electronic equipment.
- Waste recycling.
- Servitisation associated with electrical systems.
- Regulation and control with simulation.
Environmental
- CO2 and other GHG emissions.
- Recovery of critical raw materials contained in waste.
- Minimising waste generation.
- Improvement of waste collection and treatment processes (92% of the impact is in the use phase).
Competitive improvements
- Eco-designing energy-related products.
- Energy labelling.
- Treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
- Recovery of non-ferrous metals contained in waste batteries.
- New renewable energy storage technologies: molten metals.
- Lithium-ion based energy storage system.
- Conversion of renewable energy into chemicals using electrolysis processes.
- Manufacturing manganese dioxide and iron as secondary raw materials.
RECYCLING THERMAL INSULATING REFRACTORY MATERIALS
NUTEC PROCAL
REMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND COMPONENTS
MONDRAGON UNIBERTSITATEA
RETROFITTING OF COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES
SARIKI METROLOGÍA
REUSABLE IOT DEVICES FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF GOODS AND TO REDUCE PRODUCT LOSS
CIRCULAR
RUBBER-FREE HIGHLY RECYCLABLE WASHING MACHINE DOOR SEALS
CIKAUTXO
SAFE AND EFFICIENT LOAD LIFTING AT WIND FARMS
KIMUA
SEPARATING PLASTICS WITH BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS FROM WEEE
ZABOR RECYCLING
SUSTAINABILITY OF SUPPLY CHAINS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
CLUSTER ENERGÍA
Zn-AIR BATTERIES WITH REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
CEGASA