{"id":8835,"date":"2022-06-03T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T09:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/?p=8835"},"modified":"2022-11-04T13:07:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T12:07:41","slug":"university-of-mons-and-ecra-co2-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/el\/university-of-mons-and-ecra-co2-capture\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Mons (Belgium), on the path to CO2 capture and reuse"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; 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Utilisation)<\/strong>, with <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/hosting.umons.ac.be\/html\/ecrachair\/ARTICLE.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">results, tools and methodologies<\/a><\/span> applicable to other industrial sectors.\r\n\r\nThis fruitful collaboration will not stop there as Diane Thomas, Academic and Scientific Coordinator of the ECRA Chair and Vice-Rector for the Promotion of Regional and Interregional Partnerships at UMONS, explains:\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>\u00abTogether with <\/em><em>Dr.<\/em><em> Martin Schneider (Managing Director of ECRA) and Prof. Philippe Dubois (Rector of UMONS), we signed a\u00a0<\/em><em>Memorandum of Understanding<\/em><em> that will allow us, for another three-year period, to continue the exchange of ideas and results, but also to investigate other possibilities of collaboration. <\/em><em>The<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>challenges<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>for<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>reducing<\/em><em> CO<\/em><em>2<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>emissions<\/em><em> are <\/em><em>indeed<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>enormous<\/em><em>!\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\r\n<em><span style=\"color: #999999\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8907 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ECRA-chair-reduced-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ECRA-chair-reduced-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ECRA-chair-reduced-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ECRA-chair-reduced-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ECRA-chair-reduced-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ECRA-chair-reduced-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/eunice-university.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ECRA-chair-reduced.jpg 1550w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; 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