Summary
- Profile Type
- Research & Development Request
- POD Reference
- RDRES20250728001
- Term of Validity
- 28 July 2025 - 28 July 2026
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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Green Tribology Solutions (GTS) develops eco-friendly fluids to replace petrochemical lubricants. Their latest upcycled, non-toxic lubricant targets wind turbine gearboxes and bearings. GTS seeks R&D-focused SME partners working on tribologically demanding turbine components to test and co-develop the product as it advances from TRL4 to TRL5/6, contributing performance data and design insights.
Looking for partners for an Eureka Eurostars, HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-07 or HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-08. - Full Description
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Green Tribology Solutions (GTS) develops sustainable, high-performance fluids designed to replace petrochemical lubricants in mechanical and thermal systems. These eco-friendly alternatives reduce toxic emissions, lower greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts, and offer superior environmental compatibility without compromising operational efficiency.
GTS’s current focus is a biodegradable lubricant tailored for the gearboxes and bearings of wind turbine generators. This product is based on upcycled bio-fluids, including non-toxic blends sourced from waste residue. The formulation prioritizes circular economy principles by repurposing waste oils that would otherwise contribute to pollution, offering a cleaner and more sustainable option for mechanical lubrication.
The lubricant is approaching Technology Readiness Level 4, with promising lab results in terms of tribological properties—such as wear resistance, viscosity stability, and thermal behavior. GTS is now seeking collaborative R&D partnerships with SMEs, particularly those developing novel turbines or systems where tribological control is critical. These partners should be working on mechanical components with rotational motion—such as gearboxes, bearings, and seals—that require efficient, long-life lubrication under demanding service conditions.
Ideal partners would benefit from co-development opportunities, contributing their technical requirements and testing feedback to help evolve the product toward TRL 5 and 6. GTS aims to co-design application-specific lubricant solutions tailored to real-world operational needs, helping partners lower their carbon footprint, avoid pollutant-based oils, and meet environmental compliance goals.
In addition to strong environmental credentials, the lubricant delivers high performance through optimized chemical composition and fine-tuned control of characteristics such as pressure/load bearing limits/wear rate, viscosity, coefficient of friction, water rejection, anti-foaming and corrosion protection. Its upcycled origin eliminates reliance on virgin agricultural inputs, avoiding the land use, water consumption, and GHG emissions associated with first-generation bio-based oils. By focusing on reuse rather than extraction, GTS supports circular manufacturing models aligned with EU sustainability strategies.
The development is backed by an active patent application, which has shown strong novelty in prior-art research. Early results indicate a competitive edge in combining upcycled feedstocks with tribological excellence—offering benefits across industries seeking to transition to low-carbon lubrication solutions. As the lubricant advances in readiness, GTS plans to validate performance through simulations and real-world trials in wind energy systems. Potential partners are encouraged to engage in joint testing, helping define durability, temperature stability, and compatibility with various turbine configurations.
Funding calls in which we are interested:
- Eureka EUROSTARS.
- HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-07: Improved reliability and optimised operations and maintenance for wind energy systems.
- HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-08: Understand and minimise the environmental impacts of offshore wind energy. - Advantages and Innovations
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Today, innovative turbine solutions are seeking to reduce, or remove crude oil from the tribological system in order to reduce environmental toxin release, GHG emissions and costs. Whilst, s good environmental step forward, typically, lubrication is still needed in several boundary conditions in order to maintain performance across demanding service life requirements.
With GTS, turbine developers can use lubricants whilst continuing to avoid toxic emissions, lowering GHG emissions and costs.
Full bio lubricants need to be carefully simulated and developed in order to meet performance requirements. Whilst they deliver toxin free lubrication, the bio source must be carefully managed to keep aspects such as ground usage, water consumption and GHG emissions within requirements. A second stage is UPCYCLED bio lubricants, this has the advantage of removing crop source controls and recovers material that would otherwise be disposed of in a manner that generates ´new GHG emissions and toxin release. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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We are seeking developers of turbines with either a large number, or a minimal amount of moving components where tribological control is needed. Such as gearboxes, bearings, seal lubrication, etc.
Ideally the partner should be an SME and developing a novel mechanical system where they would benefit from research into the tribological properties of their solution and generate a development pathway. - Stage of Development
- Lab tested
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Goal 15: Life on Land
- Goal 14: Life Below Water
- IPR status
- IPR applied but not yet granted
- IPR notes
- We have submitted a patent application for the UPCYCLED lubricant and have received first prior-art/patent search research results with good indication regarding the novelty of our application.
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- The ideal partner should be developing a novel turbine, where the usage and reduction of GHG and toxin emissions is a requirement. Such a partner would be expected to be developing mechanical components and an overall system where they are aiming for and measuring energy generation / operational efficiencies. Such a partner should be able to provide outline requirements for the lubrication to be used, to be able to receive samples and generate feedback regarding performance.
- Type and Size of Partner
- SME 50 - 249
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Call details
- Framework program
- Eureka
- Call title and identifier
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Eurostars
- Coordinator required
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No
- Deadline for EoI
- Deadline of the call
- Eureka
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 04005008 - Wind energy
- 04002009 - Turbines
- Market keywords
- 06003003 - Wind energy
- Sector Groups Involved
- Renewable Energy
- Targeted countries
- All countries