Imagine a car that combines the advantages of an electric vehicle with the convenience of being fueled with a widely available fuel. This is the idea behind fuel cell cars. These electrochemical devices directly convert the chemical energy of a fuel into electrical energy, enabling vehicles to use, for example, ethanol to generate the electricity needed by the electric motor. In an article that has just been published in the…
The scientific production of CINE reached an important milestone at the end of 2024: the set of articles published in indexed scientific journals received more than 10,000 citations. Since mid-2018, CINE members and their collaborators have produced around 600 papers, in which they reported on the progress of the research projects they are developing at the center. To date, these articles have been cited more than 10,800 times. The number…
Members of the Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE) organized several activities in January to bring science closer to high school students and teachers in the Campinas region. The events took place as part of the scientific immersion program that was held at the Chemistry Institute of Unicamp in the context of the Brazilian program Future Women Scientists. On the 16th, a group of girls was welcomed by the…
Dear readers, As we close another cycle, I feel immense satisfaction and pride in reflecting on the achievements of the Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE) in 2024. This year was marked by significant advances, culminating in the signing of the agreement for the second phase of CINE, a historic moment that symbolizes the consolidation of our role as a national and international reference in research focused on the…
Yesterday morning, November 13, Shell Brazil, FAPESP, Unicamp, UFSCar and USP signed an agreement that will enable the implementation of 15 new R&D projects within the Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE). Over the next five years, the focus of CINE’s studies will be on improving technologies to produce energy using renewable sources and low-carbon processes. The goal is to make these technologies increasingly efficient, economical and sustainable. “CINE…
The academia-industry consortium InSilicoNet is the new partner of CINE in the development of technologies for the energy transition. The partnership brings together InSilicoNet’s competence in solutions based on digital tools and CINE’s scientific expertise in materials and devices for a low-carbon economy. Based on this agreement, the two teams will be able to work together to generate innovations that accelerate the transition to a more sustainable world, including aspects…
Through a wide variety of initiatives and activities, the Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE) not only leads research and development of innovative technologies, but also plays a key role in disseminating knowledge and educating the public about the complexities and opportunities created by the energy transition. Thus, throughout the first 5 years of CINE’s existence, a diverse set of activities was carried out, including events of various types,…
Over the past 5 years, the Center for Innovation in New Energies (CINE) has played an important role in advancing research and development in the field of renewable energy. One of the pillars of our strategy has been technology transfer (TT), an effort that is beginning to bear significant fruit and which aims to establish CINE as an innovative leader in the sector in Latin America. During this period, we…
