Research about a direct use of hydrogen
HyUse is a new hydrogen project within GroenvermogenNL. In this project, 28 partners will be conducting research for the next 6 years about how hydrogen will be used as fuel for energy-intensive industry, heavy transportation and local energy supplies in the future.
Most people know hydrogen mostly from its use as a raw material in industrial processes, like refinery or ammonia. But you can also use hydrogen as fuel. For example, in industrial processes with high temperatures. Or to drive trucks and ships. It is also possible to generate electricity with the use of fuel cells. There is an urgent necessity to make our economy carbon-free. Green hydrogen can contribute by replacing fossil fuels.
There are still challenges with direct use of hydrogen: how do we modify factories that still run on natural gas, how can you safely use hydrogen to drive or to navigate a vessel, how do you prevent unsuspected situations during the transition of fossil fuels to hydrogen? Through HyUse, we try to answer these kinds of questions.
HyUse stands for ‘Hydrogen technology development and assessment for accelerated use’. The consortium consists of 8 universities, 5 universities of applied sciences, 2 research institutes and 13 companies. Together they do research about new hydrogen technologies for energy-intensive industries, heavy transport and local energy supply. They start with specific examples they have a lot of experience with. They incidentally do not only work on new technologies, but also on regulations, societal acceptance, business models, system aspects of hydrogen applications and required policy support for example:
Eventually, the partners want to make a serious impact on the program goals of GroenvermogenNL:
Therefore, in addition to developing new technologies, the development of the ecosystem focused on innovation is an important goal.
For more information: GroenvermogenNL
Duration: October 2024 – January 2029
Total budget of the project: €16.500.000
Budget ENTRANCE: €500.000
Partners: 8 universities, 5 universities of applied sciences, 2 research institutes and 13 industrial partners
Theme:
Renewable fuels and sustainable gasses
Industrial transformation
Involved professorships:
Sustainable gasses and fuels
Energy transition
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