The Horizon Europe research project ALGAESOL has reached an important milestone with its Month 26 Consortium Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.
From 9–10 June 2026, we joined the ALGAESOL partners at the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) to review the progress achieved during the first two years of the project and coordinate the work for the remaining project period. The meeting provided a good opportunity to discuss the latest results across the different technical work packages and, in particular, the interfaces between the various technology routes.
With the project now entering its final year, ALGAESOL is progressing successfully: all four project milestones to date have been reached on time and 14 deliverables from the first reporting period have been approved by the European Commission.
For us at SimTech, a major focus is WP5 – Simulations & Scale-Up, which we lead within the ALGAESOL project. WP5 brings together results and data from the different technology pathways within a common process simulation and assessment framework. With the process simulation data framework now active, we are working on the required inventory databases and simulation models. These will allow us to evaluate the processes at industrial scale, including their energy efficiency, energy consumption and economic performance, and to assess the scale-up potential of the technologies developed within ALGAESOL.
During the meeting, we also had the opportunity to visit DTI’s laboratories and see the microalgae testing facilities and experimental setups supporting the project’s research activities.
The Copenhagen meeting was a valuable opportunity for us to exchange directly with our project partners, align the activities for the final project phase, and further strengthen the link between experimental development, process simulation and scale-up assessment.
We look forward to continuing our work with the ALGAESOL consortium over the coming months and contributing our simulation and scale-up expertise to the successful completion of the project.