Established in 2000 as a private, non-profit foundation, CTC has been officially accredited as a Spanish Technological Centre (Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness, registry nº 79) since 2008. It remains the only organisation in Cantabria with this distinction, earned for advancing business competitiveness through R&D&I.
Mission
Turn science and technology into high-impact, market-ready solutions that strengthen industrial competitiveness and accelerate the clean-energy transition.
How we work
Co-creation with industry – We co-design and deploy innovative technologies, shortening the path from lab to market and facilitating international expansion., Market-driven R&D model – A balanced funding mix (regional, national & European programmes plus direct industrial contracts) sustains long-term growth and continual investment in talent and infrastructure., Applied knowledge – CTC delivers high-value, ready-to-use results, positioning itself as Cantabria’s reference innovation hub and a trusted partner Europe-wide.
Fields of expertise
Industry & Energy, Navigation & Robotics, Advanced Materials & Nanomaterials
CET Partnership track record
Flagship coordination – ELECTROMET (Joint Call 2023)
CTC coordinates ELECTROMET: “Direct CO₂ Electro-catalysis for Renewable METhane production” under TRI 3 – Enabling Climate Neutrality with Storage Technologies, Renewable Fuels & CCU/CCS (Call Module CM2023-05). The 36-month, €1.5 million project is scaling a net-zero-CO₂ pilot plant that will run 500 h on real biogas to produce renewable methane. The five-country consortium includes Politecnico di Torino, University of Porto, University of Cantabria, and industrial partners Ecodualba, Draxis, Hidritec, Nortegas and Envitec Biogas.
Leading ELECTROMET demonstrates CTC’s capacity to manage multi-national R&D, deliver TRL-raising pilots and align innovations with EU decarbonisation goals.
CTC’s objective remains clear: consolidate its role as Cantabria’s innovation engine while acting as a qualified R&D partner for Europe’s clean-energy transition.
I am interested in the following CETPartnership thematic areas:
develop the optimised, integrated European net-zero emissions energy systemdevelop a pool of zero-emission power technologies and solutions based on Renewable Energy Sourcesprovide technological cleaner solutions for storage technologiesprovide technological cleaner solutions for hydrogen and renewable fuelsprovide technological cleaner solutions for CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) and CCU (Carbon Capture and Utilisation)provide enhanced and improved heating & cooling technologies and systemsdevelop and validate integrated regional and local energy systems, NoREST initiativedevelop and demonstrate technical solutions for integrated industrial energy systemsprovide solutions and technologies for buildings to become an active element in the energy system