About the Project
SEArcularMINE will prototype an innovative integrated process aimed at recovering energy and critical raw materials such as magnesium, lithium, rubidium and other trace elements, from waste brines in Mediterranean basin saltworks. The project will target very low energy consumption, alongside using novel technology to generate electricity from salinity gradients of seawater. The circular approach maximises resource efficiency and economic viability.
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Pilot Tests of De-Boron pHSA Unit
The ResourSEAs team is testing the de-boron pHSA unit developed by UPC. Learn more about this process here.
Power Generation from Salinity Gradients
Pilot Updates: Learn about the UNIPA and ResourSEAs team's achievements in recovering salinity gradient energy through Reverse Electrodialysis.
Pilot Updates: Magnesium Recovery
Check out what the UNIPA and ResourSEAs teams have been up to as a part of their pilot activities for …
SEArcularMINE Final Event
Interested in joining in on the SEArcularMINE final event? Learn more about the event here.
Collaboration begins on start-up of the integrated SEArcularMINE demonstrator
Researchers from Fraunhofer ISE (Freiburg, Germany) and UPC (Barcelona) journeyed to Palermo in early December to work with the local …
Innovation Abroad: My Two-Week Student Mobility from iBET, Portugal to Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
As a PhD student at iBET in Lisbon, I recently had an incredible opportunity to spend two weeks at the …
Trace Element Recovery from Saltwork bitterns
Seawater contains most the elements from the periodic table, but as 99% of seawater salts consist of just 6 ions: …
SEArcularMINE 8th General Assembly, June 2023
Hosted by the project partner Fraunhofer institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fh-ISE), SEArcularMINE partners gathered for the 7 …
SEArcularMINE @EUSalt 2023, Marseille France.
Project Co-Ordinator Prof. Andrea Cipollina was delighted to deliver a presentation about the SEArcularMINE project at this year’s annual EUSalt …
Rubidium: Essential Mineral
The EU imports rubidium from around the world to make fibre optics, medications and glass. But this is set to …