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ColdSpark® Takes the Next Step to Industrial Scale
On 18 December, less than a month after the official conclusion of the ColdSpark® project, the HyCarbon project was awarded 73 MNOK in public funding through Norway’s Grønn Plattform programme. Building on the results of the ColdSpark® Horizon Europe project, HyCarbon...
A Path Beyond the Project: ColdSpark® Final Consortium Meeting Sets the Stage for Future Innovation
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...
ColdSpark® Final Event: Demonstrating Innovation and Opening New Pathways for the Future
26 November, Stavanger, Norway This week, ColdSpark® partners organised the ColdSpark® Final Event & Demonstration. Hosted at the University of Stavanger, SEID AS and Europroject, the event marked a key milestone in the project’s 3.5-year journey to develop cold...
ColdSpark® Project Featured at LCM 2025 in Palermo, Italy
Last week, the ColdSpark® project was represented at the LCM 2025 Conference in Palermo, where Isabella Bulfaro from IREC (Catalonia Institute for Energy Research) delivered a presentation titled “Biomethane Splitting: Unveiling the Regulatory Barriers to...
ColdSpark Phase II Application Awarded Seal of Excellence and STEP Label
In April 2025, the ColdSpark team submitted a proposal requesting 8 million EUR to further develop our cutting-edge Cold Methane Pyrolysis technology. The call was extremely competitive, with only one project selected for funding out of 14 eligible proposals....
ColdSpark Showcased at APCAT10: Plasma Catalysis for a Circular Carbon Economy
The ColdSpark project was in the spotlight at the 10th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT10), where Prof. Xin Tu from the University of Liverpool delivered a keynote presentation titled "Plasma Catalysis for C1 Chemistry". Held in Singapore, APCAT10 is one of...
Global Interest in Methane Splitting and Critical Raw Materials
On 25 June 2025, the ColdSpark project brought together over 120 participants from across the globe for the dynamic joint webinar “Critical Raw Materials and Beyond: Methane Splitting for Strategic Value Chains.” Organised in collaboration with the ColdSpark sister...
Advancing Carbon Utilisation: ColdSpark® at the CCUS Conference Norway 2025
The inaugural CCUS Conference Norway 2025, held in Stavanger, brought together key voices from industry, policy, and research to explore the future of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage. Representing ColdSpark®, SEID AS joined the discussion with a clear...
ColdSpark® Gears Up for its Final Phase During Stavanger Consortium Meeting
The ColdSpark® consortium gathered for its fifth consortium meeting and second official review with the European Commission in Stavanger, Norway. The event marked a key milestone as the project enters its final 12 months, with partners aligning efforts to bring...
ColdSpark® Spins Off to Accelerate Market Readiness and Innovation
ColdSpark® is a groundbreaking plasma technology for decarbonised hydrogen and valuable solid carbon production, which initial development was initiated and supported under the Horizon Europe programme. As the project nears completion and anticipation builds around...