In this initiative to… green hydrogen Nine partners are participating, including CIDAUT, the Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA), the Universities of Seville, Porto and Évora, the Technological Institute of Galicia (ITG), the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (INEGI) and the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA).
The project has been funded with 1.5 million euros in the third call of the Interreg VI-A Spain-Portugal Cross-Border Cooperation Program (POCTEP) 2021-2027.
He AIHRE European project, ‘Analysis and promotion of renewable H2 in the POCTEP region’, has started its work to accelerate the green hydrogen industry in several regions of Spain and Portugal. The initiative, funded with 1.5 million euros in the third call of the Cross-border cooperation programme Interreg VI-A Spain-Portugal (POCTEP) 2021-2027, has the participation of nine partners from both countries, including universities, research centers and business clusters.
AIHRE aims to create a technological and business network to take advantage of the potential for green hydrogen generation at an industrial level. The project will concentrate its actions on certain regions of Spain and Portugal, the so-called cooperation zone or POCTEP zone, which includes the regions of Spain and Portugal. To Coruña, Valladolid, Huelva and Seville; and the Portuguese Évora, Porto and Portalegre.
These areas are distinguished by their natural resources and conditions for electricity generation, but also by a business network made up of small and medium-sized companies that can benefit from energy technologies. green hydrogen that will be presented AIHRE.
AIHRE Project: a technological and business network to harness the potential of green hydrogen
In a single-minded commitment to industrial decarbonizationthe project will promote the emergence of value chains based on green hydrogen that promote economic development at local and regional level. To achieve this, quadruple helix actors will be involved in its activities, such as the scientific and academic community, policy makers, companies in sectors such as energy or mobility, and end users.
He AIHRE project has nine partners, five Spaniards and four Portuguese, including CIDAUT as coordinator, the Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA), the Universities of Seville, Porto and Évora, the Technological Institute of Galicia (ITG), the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), the Institute for Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (INEGI) and the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA). With a start date of July 2023, the initiative has done just that Duration 36 months.
Technological development of green hydrogen
The analysis and development of technologies for implement value chains based on green hydrogen is central to the AIHRE project. This process will take place in several phases, ranging from the analysis of the current energy landscape to the generation of prototypes and business models.
In concrete terms, the needs of the product value chain will be analyzed in a first phase. green hydrogen in the POCTEP zone, as well as the available or interesting technologies. To do this, they will organize themselves two co-creation workshopsone in Spain and one in Portugal, where relevant actors in the hydrogen value chain will be invited to participate.
Later, models and algorithms will be designed for managing security systems. green hydrogen; along with prototypes for their generation, transportation, storage and use. In a final phase the viability of business models designed around the developed technologies.