H2ORA

PROJECT H2ORA. Optimisation of water resources for the production of green hydrogen.

Project title: H2ORA - Optimisation of Water Resources for the Production of Green Hydrogen Source of funding: Support for Innovative Business Groups (AEI) from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MINCOTUR) File identification number: AEI-010500-2023-61 Project beneficiary: Solartys Project consortium: Solartys, Instituto de Sistemas Fotovoltaicos de Concentración S.A. (ISFOC), Adiego Hermanos S.A., Vanguarland Innova S.L. and Asociación clúster para el uso eficiente del agua (ZINNAE). Project duration: 2023-2024 Execution budget: €205,397.00

DESCRIPTION: ISFOC is participating in the innovative H2HORA project, whose main objective is to optimise the use of water in the production of green hydrogen. To achieve this, work will be carried out in two main areas: first, to create a universal and accessible database that collects a large number of potential non-potable water streams suitable for hydrogen production via electrolysis (waste and process water) and the requirements to be established for these waters based on the different types of electrolysers. Secondly, to develop a digital platform and software tool that, based on the created database, will be able to assess the treatment needs of the available water and indicate the most suitable treatment process from different perspectives (lower cost, lower water requirement, lower waste generation), and simulate the final results after treatment, both on the electrolyser (efficiency and lifetime) and on the quality of the hydrogen obtained. This tool, which will be of great use to a wide range of sectors (plant promoters, engineering companies, water treatment companies, general industries wanting to introduce green hydrogen into their processes, and administrations), will simplify and automate decision-making regarding the water to be used in hydrogen production and its treatment, reducing CAPEX and OPEX costs for this type of facility.

To achieve this objective, the project aims to cover the following specific objectives:

• Analysis of the legislative framework and the state of the art of other renewable generation sources beyond solar energy, as well as storage and mobility systems.
• Prototyping of local monitoring and control systems and implementation of simulation software for Energy Communities to adapt them to the new typified components, using an open architecture in both software and hardware.
• Development of real-time simulators that can replace high-cost or difficult-to-install equipment at the validation test level.
• Development of an intelligent management system to validate the proposed innovations.
• Implementation of a pilot-scale facility to simulate the behaviour of an Energy Community integrating new energy generation and storage sources.

The H2ORA project is part of the 2023 call for Support for Innovative Business Groups (AEI) of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MINCOTUR), within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. The main objective of these grants is to strengthen business groups and improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises.

The H2ORA project is funded by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MINCOTUR).