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CIRCE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESOURCES AND

CONSUMPTION

Alicia Valero - aliciavd@fcirce.es

Zaragoza

Brussels

Sumario

Zaragoza

Brussels

•  200 people •  20 ongoing H2020 projects (6 as coordinators) •  SPIRE PPP: Co-founders and members of Board •  Leaders of TAURUS Commitment – EIP Raw Materials

CIRCE: RESEARCH CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESOURCES AND CONSUMPTION

Alicia Valero - aliciavd@fcirce.es

Who are we?

LINK BETWEEN RAW MATERIALS AND ENERGY - Exergy as a resource efficiency indicator

- Assessment and optimisation of energy and raw material use for resource intensive industries and policy making

SC5-15-2016-2017 Raw materials policy support actions

c) Optimising collection of raw materials data in Member States

CIRCE: RESEARCH CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESOURCES AND CONSUMPTION. Our capabilities.

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New approach to evaluate the criticality of raw materials and its application through a

Material Flow Analysis in Europe

d) Linking land use planning policies to national mineral policies

SC5-15-2016-2017 Raw materials policy support actions

CIRCE: RESEARCH CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESOURCES AND CONSUMPTION. Our capabilities.

Existing model: Spanish Pyrenees. Using geographic information system (GIS) to evaluate the land use and social impacts of mining.

Our goal: Apply it at European level

b) Processing of lower grade and/or complex primary and/or secondary raw materials

in the most sustainable ways & c) Sustainable metallurgical processes (2017)

l  Thermodynamic modeling

l  Thermoeconomic diagnosis

l  Performance assessment à key resource indicators through exergy

analysis

SC5-14-2016-2017 Raw materials innovation actions

CIRCE: RESEARCH CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESOURCES AND CONSUMPTION. Our capabilities.