Scientists from BAS presented projects in the field of green and digital technologies during the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth Tomislav Donchev to four institutes of the Academy today. The funding is worth about three million leva and is under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
At the Institute of Robotics, the Deputy Prime Minister got acquainted with the construction of the national infrastructure for quantum communication, a route of which was being implemented within the framework of the National Plan. This infrastructure, which is part of the European quantum communication network, ensures the security of information exchange between institutions at both national and European level. The Recovery and Resilience Plan has so far financed the purchase of three high-tech platforms and the training of 220 civil servants and experts.
During the visit to the Institute of Organic Chemistry with a Centre for Phytochemistry, a project on carbon dioxide sequestration from sorbents derived from agricultural waste products was presented. The aim of the scientists’ research is to develop a technology in which carbon dioxide from the production of large enterprises is captured and then transformed into methane.
Two projects were demonstrated at the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems. One is to improve the electrolyte characteristics and electrical parameters of vanadium batteries, and the other is aimed at developing an electrolyser with Zero Gap technology. “We should look for ways to expand the horizon of science, but also effects for the development of the Bulgarian economy,” Tomislav Donchev said and promised assistance to the BAS scientists to present their finished prototypes to the business.
At the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, he was introduced to an innovative software platform for serious educational games with creative visualization. Scientists are developing a kind of library of game objects that can then be used by teachers and pupils to create games as part of the educational process.
At the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 39 projects are being developed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan at a cost of around BGN 18 million. The results and implementation of the projects will be presented at scientific forums and business-focused events.
