PandORA connects technology developers, industrial end-users and research organisations to accelerate electrified CO2 capture toward market readiness.
TNO is a leading independent applied research institution in the Netherlands. Our mission is to apply scientific knowledge to create innovation that improves industrial competitiveness and societal well-being. One of the main current societal and industrial challenges is climate change. We acknowledge CCUS as one of the key solutions for climate change. We have extensive expertise in this field for over 15 years. The Gas Treatment team of TNO is in constant collaboration with the (Dutch) industry, especially end-users from hard-to-abate sectors such as WtE, Cement and Power. TNO has a proven track record of coordinating (c) and participating (p) in large impact commercial and funded projects. Recent examples are ALIGN-CCUS (c), LAUNCH (c), NEWEST (p), Everlong (c) and SCOPE (p) in the ACT funding scheme and CEMCAP (p), REALISE (p) and TAKE-OFF © in Horizon2020.
Hovyu B.V. is a Netherlands‑based technology company developing advanced carbon capture solutions to accelerate industrial decarbonization. Its portfolio includes Hyperion, a fully electrified carbon‑capture concept, and ZEUS, an electrified solvent‑regeneration technology that reduces the energy demand of conventional amine systems. The company focuses on lowering the cost and energy footprint of CO₂ capture across a range of industrial applications. Hovyu contributes to major European R&D initiatives—including DRIVE, ECCSTAZE, and PandORA—and supports pilot and demonstration projects in sectors such as power generation, cement, hydrogen, and biogas upgrading. The company is also advancing real‑world deployment of its technologies, including an ongoing carbon‑capture pilot at Barcelona Airport through the Aena Ventures program.
CEMEX is a leading global building materials company headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. Founded in 1906, the company provides high-quality cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and innovative construction solutions for residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Operating in more than 50 countries and employing thousands of people worldwide, CEMEX plays a key role in shaping sustainable urban development and modern infrastructure.
The company is strongly focused on innovation, digital transformation, and sustainability, with initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions, promoting circular economy practices, and developing lower-carbon construction materials. Through advanced technologies and customer-oriented solutions, CEMEX supports safer, more efficient, and environmentally responsible construction worldwide.
DLR is Germany’s research and technology centre for aeronautics and space, energy, transport, security and defence. DLR’s work spans a wide range of applications, delivering innovations that benefit industry and the economy, government agencies and the public sector. DLR is committed to serving society through intensive knowledge exchange and technology transfer. Its technologies extend far beyond the laboratory, contributing to society as a whole and strengthening Germany’s position as a leading location for research and industrial innovation.
thyssenkrupp Polysius is one of the leading suppliers of technologies and automation solutions for the decarbonization of the cement and lime industry and, increasingly, for other industries. With more than 160 years of experience, we set standards in the development of innovative technologies and services, as well as a comprehensive and customized service offering that enables sustainable and economical production. Our services are not only tailored to our own products, but also cover installations from third-party suppliers.
Thanks to close cooperation with customers and partners, we are able to meet the specific challenges of our customers and offer them optimal service. This special commitment, coupled with decades of expertise, makes thyssenkrupp Polysius a reliable partner on the road to a sustainable future.
The RWE Group is a world leader in renewables and has committed to an ambitious CO2 reduction path with the target to be CO2 neutral by 2040. The use case for CO2 capture of RWE Power, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RWE AG, is BECCUS for their sewage sludge incineration plants which are under construction in the Rhenish lignite area in Germany.
Politecnico di Milano is one of Europe’s leading technical universities, internationally recognised for excellence in research and education in engineering, architecture and design.
Within the University, its Department of Energy develops innovative technological solutions to support the energy transition, decarbonisation and energy system security, combining advanced research with industrial applications. Through a multidisciplinary approach, it collaborates with industry, public institutions and international organisations, contributing to sustainable development and technological innovation worldwide.
LEAP is a research center operating in the energy and environmental sector, founded and participated by Politecnico di Milano. Its goals are to perform technical assessments and provide experimental services for industrial plants and environmental systems, to carry out technology transfer activities to industries and public entities and to organize training and educational activities.
Veolia, a global leader in environmental services, works every day to build ecological security for the benefit of public health and the competitiveness of industries and regions. With 215,000 employees across five continents, working closely with local communities, and thanks to its cutting-edge technologies, the group cleans up pollution, reduces carbon emissions, and regenerates resources through concrete solutions that combine its expertise in water and water technologies, waste – including hazardous waste management, and local energy. In 2025, the Veolia group served 110 million people with drinking water and 97 million with sanitation, produced 45 million megawatt hours of energy, and treated 64 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE, Fortune 500, SBF 120) generated consolidated revenue of €44.4 billion in 2025.
In 2025, the Veolia Group served 110 million people with drinking water and 97 million with sanitation, produced 45 million megawatt hours of energy, and treated 64 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement, listed on Paris Euronext under VIE and included in the Fortune 500 and SBF 120, generated consolidated revenue of €44.4 billion in 2025.
The National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (UPB) is the oldest and largest engineering university in Romania, with a tradition of over two centuries in technical education and research. Its activity emphasizes interdisciplinary research, innovation, and strong collaboration with industry, supported by major research infrastructures such as the CAMPUS and PRECIS centers, which integrate dozens of advanced laboratories.
Within UPB, the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies contributes to this research ecosystem through specialized laboratories addressing chemical processes, materials, and environmental challenges. One of these is the Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (LATTP), a research unit focused on fundamental and applied aspects of thermodynamics and transport phenomena. The laboratory’s work centres on the measurement, modelling, and prediction of phase equilibria and thermophysical properties of complex fluid systems over wide ranges of temperature, pressure, and composition.
Optimized Gas Treating, Inc. (OGT) provides the highest quality simulation software products and consulting services. All calculations and models are based on solidly-grounded scientific and engineering principles, not rules of thumb. We began in 1992 with the first-ever, true, fundamental mass and heat transfer rate-based absorber simulator for amine systems. Today it has grown into a set of process simulation tools covering carbon capture, acid gas treating with generic and proprietary amines and physical solvents, dehydration, sour water stripping, quench towers, LNG production, ammonia syngas, HotPot scrubbing, caustic treating, and all the unit operations that exist in a sulphur recovery unit, in addition to many others — all this without compromising the ultimate in simulation accuracy as our main objective.
The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (iED), is a research organization committed to the promotion of innovation and the enhancing of the spirit of entrepreneurship. The vision of iED is the facilitation of all the necessary preconditions required for the creation of an environment that will cultivate entrepreneurship and subsequently, social and economic cohesion and development. In order to meet this end, we invest in innovation and aim to offer custom-made, realistic solutions to enterprises and individuals in order to strengthen business culture and provide viable solutions to problems and challenges related to entrepreneurial activities. In our more than ten years of operation, we have participated among others in the planning, implementation and evaluation of more than 100 national and European projects both as coordinator and as partner over the past years. Our main focus of activities falls within the following sectors (but not limited to them): entrepreneurship, social economy and entrepreneurship, certification of informal qualifications, employment, youth etc Finally, we are much interested in building EU long lasting partnerships and in joint submission under programmes such as the Erasmus+, H2020, COSME, Justice, Interreg etc.
