Led by HELLENiQ ENERGY (Greece), this four-year initiative unites 16 European partners from eight countries in a multidisciplinary effort to accelerate industrial decarbonisation, strengthen Europe’s technological leadership, and advance its transition towards climate neutrality.
“The energy transition demands commitment and coordinated action”, stated George Alexopoulos, Deputy CEO and Group Strategic Planning & New Activities General Manager at HELLENiQ ENERGY. “Through the Sterope project, we are transforming CO₂ from a liability into an opportunity—developing technologies that decarbonise operations and create new European value chains in hydrogen and sustainable fuels.”
The event featured the participation and support of Maria Georgiadou, Senior Policy Officer at the European Commission’s DG Research and Innovation (DG RTD), who highlighted Sterope’s strategic importance as a lighthouse initiative for Europe’s transition to a circular, climate-neutral industrial economy.
Eva Nanaki, Project Coordinator and Innovation Analyst at HELLENiQ ENERGY, closed the event, highlighting the project’s unifying vision: “Sterope reflects Europe’s shared ambition to transform industry through science and collaboration. By demonstrating CCU technologies directly in an operating refinery, we bridge innovation with reality—turning research into impact, and emissions into resources.”