Engineering Research Centers

Agência FAPESP – Thanks to an agreement signed on February 5th in the Netherlands, the Research Center for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI) of the University of São Paulo (USP) has become part of the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam (ETCA) – one of Shell’s three main research centers in the world.

The RCGI is an Engineering Research Center (ERC) created by FAPESP and Shell at the Engineering School (Poli-USP). With the new agreement, the center now has a research hub in Europe, opening up new opportunities for international partnerships.

The ETCA is home to more than 20 innovation companies and academic institutions. It offers coworking space, access to events, services and labs designed to scale sustainable technologies. Its mission is to “bring great minds together” to tackle global energy challenges.

“The office at the ETCA will enable us to present the technologies developed at the RCGI to the community at the heart of Shell and in Europe. The idea is to always have at least one researcher involved in RCGI projects at the ETCA. The office will also act, in a broader sense, as a USP base for exploring new opportunities for projects with universities and companies,” said RCGI coordinator Julio Meneghini in a statement released by Shell.

“This international collaboration opens up opportunities for Dutch and European companies and research institutions to interact with the RCGI. It reflects the maturity of our nearly ten-year partnership with USP. The intensive technology exchange through our research and development projects allows us to address the biggest energy challenge facing the world today,” said Olivier Wambersie, General Manager of Technology and Innovation at Shell Brazil.

The signing event was attended by Micky Adriaansens, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands, Yuri Sebregts, Executive Vice President of Shell Group Technology, and Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Júnior, Rector of USP.

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