Sustainable materials to reduce the environmental impact of industry

• The Minerva project aims to develop materials to meet current social challenges such as generating clean energy, developing electromobility and reducing the impact of industry on the environment.
• The initiative, which began last July and will run until December 2023, is based on advanced materials transformation technologies, multi-scale characterisation and digital tools such as simulation.
• The project is led by Ceit and the consortium is made up of Azterlan; UPV/EHU; Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa S. Coop; Tecnalia; Lortek; EIPC and Tekniker.

Meeting current needs without compromising future generations has become a common goal. Global industry is committed to sustainability and is constantly undergoing changes to advance in the development of more sustainable, efficient products capable of meeting current social challenges, such as electromobility, air transport with less environmental impact and the generation of clean energy.

In this scenario, the Minerva project, financed by the Basque Government within the framework of the ELKARTEK programme, was created to respond to this problem and develop advanced materials, with high performance and multiple characteristics, which are sustainable throughout their life cycle: from their design to the end of their useful life. At the same time, other important benefits for industry are guaranteed, such as, for example, process efficiency, product durability, lower production costs and the elimination of critical materials for the environment, among others.