Hydrogen does not emit any carbon dioxide when used and, when produced with renewable energies, it offers a solution to decarbonise industrial processes, being an important enabler to meet the 2050 climate neutrality goal of the European Green Deal and EU’s clean energy transition.
Hydrogen can be used as feedstock and energy carrier in energy-intensive industry sectors.
Hydrogen presents an opportunity for EU industry to reduce emissions across a number of sectors.
The integration of hydrogen into new production routes, the direct use of hydrogen for heating and the use and production of GHG (Greenhouse Gases) emission-free hydrogen instead of carbon-intensive hydrogen will be fundamental to decarbonise EU industry across a number of sectors.
The Spanish construction company, dedicated to the production of asphalt mixes, proposes a project idea for a consortium to research and demonstrate an industrial process reaching the following results:
The company is looking for a “ready or not” consortium for the Horizon Europe Call: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17: Integration of hydrogen for replacing fossil fuels in industrial applications (IA).
The role of the Spanish company in the consortium will be as a demonstrator of the technology developed, due to the energy requirements they have in their industrial process:
Acting as a demonstrator, they can offer to the project the following aspects:
• Available space in their production sites (quarries and asphalt plants)
• High irradiation
• Photovoltaic installation (MW)
• Knowledge in Europe funding
The call will open in 4th quarter of 2021 and the deadline will be in the mid 2022.
Advantages & innovations
The use of hydrogen as an energy vector is a very topical issue nowadays. One of the possible uses of hydrogen could be its use as a heat source in industrial processes, reducing or eliminating the CO2 emissions produced by the consumption of fossil fuels in these industrial processes. Of course, obtaining this hydrogen must be from renewable sources, such as wind or photovoltaic energy. This green hydrogen can be used as a source of thermal energy in asphalt mixture production processes, where the consumption of this energy is 40% of the production costs of this kind of product. According to a study carried out in 2019 by the European Asphalt Pavement Association (EAPA), the number of companies producing bituminous mixtures in Europe was about 1350 that carry out tasks of production and execution of asphalt mixtures. Using Hydrogen in the heating process about 5 Mt of CO2 could be avoided with this methodology (https://096.wpcdnnode.com/eapa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Asphalt-in-figures_2019.pdf). The company has a photovoltaic production field, capable of generating the energy necessary to produce green hydrogen for later use in its facilities.
Stage of development
Available for demonstration
Partner sought
The Spanish construction company, experienced in EU projects, will act as a demonstrator and is looking for partners and coordinator for a consortium to prepare a proposal to be submitted to the Horizon Europe topic: HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17: Integration of hydrogen for replacing fossil fuels in industrial applications (IA). The type of partners sought can be: hydrogen suppliers, R&D centers, communication management and other demonstrators
Source/ contact: https://een.ec.europa.eu/partners/horizon-europe-cluster-4-digital-industry-and-space-looking-consortium-partners-interested
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