Low carbon and renewable hydrogen production
Produce 8,000 tonnes a year of low carbon hydrogen, including 4000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen through a new electrolysis capacity of 58 MW supported by 5 different partners.
Storage
Deploy a hydrogen storage capacity of 44 tonnes in a salt cavern to provide flexible storage capacity for regional players.
Transport
- Deploy 20 high capacity tube-trailers to transport hydrogen between production, storage and distribution sites,
- Set up 2 short distance pipelines,
- Perform feasibility studies on the implementation of a longer-distance pipeline (a dozen km) to transport and distribute hydrogen.
Distribution
Deploy and operate 13 hydrogen refuelling stations, partly based on the Hympulsion network deployed as part of the Zero Emission Valley project.
End-uses
- Mobility :
Deploy 191 on-road vehicles : light vehicles, vans, buses, coaches, trucks, and 63 off-road vehicles : airport vehicles, farm tractors, snow groomers. - Industry :
Substitute carbon-based hydrogen with hydrogen produced by electrolysis in an industrial chemical production process. - Energy :
Deploy a 4 MW fuel cell back-up generator for airport facilities.
Monitoring, studies and replication
Carry out an analysis of the performances and impacts of the hydrogen technologies deployed across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes territory during the project as well as in a long-term perspective.
- Production and follow-up of key performance indicators including technical, economic, environmental, societal and risk management aspects,
- Definition, technical, economical and environmental assessment and comparative analysis of several hydrogen prospective scenarios in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
The replicability of the hydrogen Valley in other European regions will also be analysed, including an overview of the regulatory framework.
- Demonstrate the replicability,
- Interconnect with other hydrogen Valleys : exchange of experience and best practices,
- Interconnect with border regions in Switzerland and Italy for the transport of persons and goods and the transport of hydrogen (including a risk assessment of the transport of hydrogen in tunnels).