The ColdSpark® consortium met on 25 November 2025 in Stavanger, Norway, for its final consortium meeting. This was an important moment dedicated to reviewing the achievements made throughout the 3.5 years of the project and discussing the way forward.
After a short HSE briefing, the project partners visited SEID’s Plasma Test Centre, which has served as the core facility for the development of ColdSpark®’s plasma-based methane splitting technology. The visit allowed participants to see firsthand the progress made by the technical team in optimising the reactor and the whole system.
The meeting continued with a review of the progress across all work packages. The discussion confirmed substantial advancements in reactor development, system integration, modelling, sustainability assessment, communication, dissemination and exploitation activities.
During the technical sessions, partners presented the latest results from laboratory and integrated system testing, including optimisation of reactor configurations, gas separation performance and industrial upscaling models.
In the final workshop on exploitation, the team discussed future opportunities for technology development and possible follow-up initiatives. These exchanges reaffirmed the consortium’s commitment to advancing non-thermal plasma methane splitting as a pathway for producing clean hydrogen and valuable carbon materials.
Although ColdSpark® has now reached the end of its Horizon Europe funding period, the results achieved by the consortium provide a strong basis for continued innovation in Europe’s clean energy landscape.
It is now clear that the project is entering its most exciting phase, with scientific progress moving steadily closer to real-world application.
