Photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) technologies offer a compelling route towards sustainable solar-to-X conversion, utilising sunlight to drive chemical reactions and produce fuels and valuable chemicals. Unlocking their full potential, however, requires understanding and harnessing phenomena over a vast range of length- and time-scales, from light absorption and charge carrier dynamics at the electronic level to chemical events and mass transport at the macroscopic (device) level.

Solar-to-X devices convert sunlight into products rather than only into electricity. Ammonia for on-site fertilizer, fuels such as methanol, and platform chemicals are all within reach of the EIC Solar-to-X portfolio. The technical progress is real, and so is the question that follows it. Who will host the first installations, and under which conditions will they say yes? Energy communities are probably not the first place anyone would look. Still, almost all of them are buil

➡ Can decentralized chemical production using solar photochemical processes render agricultural businesses, biogas plants, and industrial companies be resilient, independent, and economically viable? ➡ Can solar-based conversion of biogas CO₂ into ethene and nitrogen compounds into ammonia be promising pathways for a circular economy? As part of the SOLEAS research project, we, together with the project coordinator AEE INTEC, invite you to an interdisciplinary online workshop

On behalf of the SUNPEROM project, we are delighted to invite you to the second edition of our joint Solar-to-X Webinar Series. In this instalment, we are honoured to host Prof. Michael Graetzel, a true pioneer of molecular photovoltaics and solar energy conversion to share his insights on the next generation of integrated systems. Details and registration: Title: The Future of Solar-to-X: Mimicking Nature with Perovskites and Integrated Photoelectrochemical Systems Keynote S

Learn the most recent news of the Photonia project in this newsletter. Newsletter, April 2026 Photonia offers a new approach to fertilizer production – no supply chains and no carbon emissions, all you need is to install a Photonia panel on the roof of your greenhouse and synthesize ammonia with just sunshine, air, and water. Since the project start in November 2025 Photonia has made strong progress, and we are pleased to share the details with you. Events and visibility The

27 May 2026 Dr. Michael Koepke, Chief Innovation Officer at LanzaTech, opened the first session of the EC Solar-to-X for You seminar series with an inspiring account of how gas fermentation technology is reshaping the circular carbon economy. For the inaugural session of the EC Solar-to-X for You seminar series, the C5 consortium welcomed Dr. Michael Koepke, Chief Innovation Officer at LanzaTech — a company that has spent twenty years proving that waste industrial gases can b

EUBCE 26, 19-22 May 2026 Linda Costantini presented work coauthored with Francesco Barraco and Matteo Prussi at 2026’s European Biomass Conference & Exhibition. Linda Costantini, our project member from the Polytechnic University of Turin and INsociety, spoke about the “SUN-PERFORM case study: influence of equipment building materials on Life Cycle Assessment outcomes” at the 2026 European Biomass Conference & Exhibition. The work, coauthored with Francesco Barraco and Matteo

20 May 2026, Cambridge, United Kingdom Horizon EIC Pathfinder Symposium - Turning Solar Energy into Food Ingredients - SOLARSPOON | Energy On 20th May SOLARSPOON together with the Department of Chemistry of the Cambridge University are organising a research symposium about turning solar energy into food ingredients. While this is an offline event, recordings of the talks will be made available shortly.

We are pleased to share the details of the first webinar in the Solar-to-X series. Schedule: 27th of May 2026 at 15:00 – 16:00 CEST Speaker: Dr. Michael Koepke - Chief Innovation Officer at LanzaTech Title: Innovating for a new carbon economy: Building a circular gas fermentation industry https://c5-project.eu/solar-to-x-webinar

14-16 April 2026, Messecongress Graz, Austria https://isec-conference.at/frontend/index.php The 4th International Sustainable Energy Conference – ISEC 2026 invites researchers, industry leaders, and energy policymakers from around the world to contribute their newest findings, innovations and demonstrations toward a sustainable energy future. ISEC 2026 will focus on the question: How can we achieve energy sovereignty within a time horizon dictated by climate change and define

https://www.hymat2026.lu/ Organized by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). HYMAT 2026 will take place from 3–5 June 2026 in Luxembourg City, at the Hotel Parc Belle-Vue. The conference aims to bring together leading academics, researchers, and industry experts to exchange the latest scientific and technological advances shaping the future of hydrogen technologies. The scientific program will cover a broad range of interdisciplinary tracks: Hydrogen prod