Reganosa to test hydrogen production and storage technologies in Spain

This was announced by the head of the Reganosa Digitization department, Rocío Vega, during a technical conference on energy transition organised by the Galician Energy Institute (Inega) in the framework of the Enerxética 2022 fair, which is being held in Silleda, Spain.

With a budget of €7.89 million, the Zeppelin consortium will search until the end of 2024 for innovative, efficient and circular technological solutions for the production and storage of green hydrogen. In addition to Reganosa, this group is integrated by leading firms in the different stages of the H2 value chain: Naturgy, Norvento, Perseo, Redexis, Técnicas Reunidas, Repsol and Aqualia, which takes the leading role. This alliance also includes the Technological Center for Multisectoral Research (Cetim), coordinator of the project’s technical office, and seven other highly specialised research organizations Cidaut, Ciemat, EnergyLab, Imdea Energía, ITQ, the chemical engineering and environmental technology team of the University of Valladolid and the Itmati, part of the Galician Center for Mathematical Research and Technology (Citmaga).

The consortium has defined the objectives of researching a set of new green hydrogen production technologies that are alternatives to electrolysis and that promote the circular economy through the recovery of waste and by-products from different sectors: agri-food, textiles, refineries, water treatment plants, etc. New hydrogen storage materials and modelling tools for the different available developed will also be developed.

All this is aligned with the objective of reducing the energy, economic and environmental costs associated with the current production of hydrogen, as well as promoting safe, efficient and clean energy.

Nowadays, only 1% of the hydrogen produced in the world comes from renewable sources. The Spanish Hydrogen Roadmap aims to raise this percentage to 25% by 2030 in the case of industry consumption. According to the aforementioned document, the green hydrogen will also begin to power trains, airplanes and other vehicles by that time.

Hydrogen production using Zeppelin technologies will offer Spain an annual circular green hydrogen generation potential of approximately 135 000 t, which would be sufficient production for the Spanish industry to meet the objectives set out in the Hydrogen Roadmap, or to satisfy the energy needs of the entire Spanish railway network.

In addition, it will contribute to the policies and objectives in the field of the circular economy by recovering more than 99 million t of waste and 50 million t of municipal wastewater.

From a socioeconomic point of view, Zeppelin will not only provide new technological tools to the energy and mobility sector. It will also stimulate economic activity and qualified employment in rural areas. There, it will create new market niches, recovering waste from the primary and food sectors as a raw material for the energy sector.

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