H2Hub Wallonia : From innovation to market - 03 juin 2021

Hydrogen ecosystem in
Wallonia : H2 value chain &
industry roadmap
3/06/21
Cluster TWEED
2

Cluster TWEED
3
Opportunities for Hydrogen Energy Technologies Considering the National
Energy & Climate Plans – Belgium Level, vision of grid operator, H2/CO2 Network
https://www.fluxys.com/en/energy-transition/hydrogen-carbon-infrastructure

Cluster TWEED
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Energy & Climate Plans – Wallonia Level
https://fr.slideshare.net/cluster_tweed/roadmap-hydrogne-pour-la-wallonie-cluster-tweed (in French)
2030 2050
Scénarios kt H2 GWh MW* # eol 3 MW kt H2 GWh MW* # eol 3 MW
Mobility (H2) 10 555 222 74 109 6197 2479 826
Energy (CH4) 15 880 352 117 75 4265 1706 569
Industry (CH4) 7 421 169 56 178 10122 4049 1350
Domestic (CH4) 5 273 109 36 152 8645 3458 1153
Tertiary (CH4) 2 140 56 19 77 4374 1749 583
Industry (NH3) 24 1389 556 185 49 2779 1112 371
TOTAL 64 3658 1463 488 638 36382 14553 4851
Power to
Power
Power to
Mobility
Power to
Industry
Power to
Gas
Biogas = CH4 + Co2 + …
CO2 CO2
CH4
Power to
Fuel
Power to
Heat
CH3OH

Cluster TWEED
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Energy & Climate Plans – Wallonia Level
Now 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Mobility
2023: 5 car stations 2% 35%
2021: 1 station
+ 20 busses
10% 40%
2025:
100 trucks
2% 50%
Storage
2025: balancing /
strategic reserve
NC NC
H2 Injection
2023:
H2 injection
(Wind)
2%
2035: 1 neighbourhood
100% H2 + cogénération
100%
H2 for industry
2023:
Industrial
production of H2
50% 100%
Methanation
2025: Combined with
biogaz
NC NC
Synthetic Fuel
NC 2035: 1 pilot project NC

R&D
R&D Engineering Finance
Manufactur
ing
Distribution
&
Installation
O&M
Training &
Certificatio
n
Education,
Promotion
Value
Chain
-
Project
Industry & Value chain analysis – H2
Cluster TWEED
6

Electrical
devices
Electrolyser
Purification
Unit
Compressio
n System
Storage Transport Stations Fuel Cells
Value
Chain
-
technology
Industry & Value chain analysis – H2
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¤  WALLONHY project focuses more specifically on the electrolyser, a central element of the energy storage sector

¤  HYLIFE intends to develop new low cost fuel cell cells.
¤  INOXYPEM is working on one key component of the fuel cell, the bipolar plates

¤  HYSTACK intends to develop Expertise in fuel cell testing via a high-performance cogeneration test bench

¤  LOOP-FC focuses on residential fuel cells by optimizing their thermal management and evaluating their cogeneration
potential.
¤  SWARM aims to deploy small hydrogen vehicles.

¤  H2GREEN develops the enzymolysis of water and the enzymatic fuel cell where valuable catalysts are advantageously
replaced by enzymes

H2 Wallonia Expertise – R&D projects & topics
Ø  8 Millions euros of H2
R&D project financed in
last 3 years
Cluster TWEED
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100 Millions euros
will be invested within recovery plan
H2Hub Wallonia
Cluster TWEED
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H2 Wallonia Expertise – Industrial projects & Pilots

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Colombus Project
Carmeuse is developing an innovative process which
concentrates the CO2 stream, while ENGIE will use renewable
energy to feed a 75 MW electrolyzer stack, built by John
Cockerill, to produce green hydrogen. This is then combined
with the CO2 from the lime kiln to produce e-methane.
Electrolyser power plant
to produced e-methane
with CO2 CCU
# H2 &
CO2/CCU

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Hayrport Project
On the airport site, it can be used in different ways,
particularly through hydrogen distribution stations
which can be used to power both the airport’s own
vehicle fleet and also vehicles from the exterior.

Pilot Plant H2 to power
airports fleet

# H2 in airports

Next steps
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Electrification + H2 + CCU
= HECO2 Project
•  Initiative to support Industry in Wallonia towards Carbon neutrality
•  Joint Collaborative project between major industry players, R&D centers,
Universities and clusters MecaTech, Greenwin & Tweed.
3 mains roads :
à  Electrification, coming from green electricity
à  Hydrogen, coming from green electricity or blue H2
à  CCUS
5 mains topics :
Axis 1 : Process electrification
Axis 2 : H2 production by electrolysis
Axis 3 : H2 production by plasma pyrolysis
Axis 4 : H2 utilisation in inudstry porcesses
Axis 5 : Capture & Concentration of CO2
Cluster TWEED - 2021
50 Millions euros will be invested within
recovery plan tu support industry to achieve
CO2 neutrality

Next steps
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H2 for heavy trucks, H2 Corridor Project
•  Wallonia as a part of H2 corridor for
logistics (heavy trucks)

Next steps
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H2 + CO(2) : E-Fuels for aviation
= Neutral-Kero Project
•  Production of a high density fossil-free
fuel to meet the demand of the aviation
industry

Next steps
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Energy & Aerospace Wallonia Clusters - Joint
Collaboration for H2 - TWEED & SkyWin
•  Joint working groups
•  Joint Innovative Project Developement
•  Topics :
•  E-Fuels
•  H2 propulsion aircraft
•  …

Cluster TWEED
Clos Chanmurly 13 • 4000 Liège • Belgique

Contact : Cédric Brüll • Director • cbrull@clustertweed.be
www.clustertweed.be

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The aerospace cluster Skywin is :
► a group of Walloon companies,
training centers and research units
involved in aeronautical and space
sectors
► engaged in a public and private
partnership
► building synergies around common
and innovative projects
Acting Together

A few numbers
158 Members in 2019
Economic indicators
(since 2008)
► Added Value : Growth of 90%
► Employment : Growth of 15%
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100
120
140
160
180
200
220
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Membership

European Vision for a Clean Aviation
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Collaboration TWEED - SKYWIN
Focus on 3 topics :
•  Synthetic fuels and alternatives to kerosene
•  Energy storage
•  Use of H2 in Aerospace
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R&D projects
Collaborative industrial R&D projects in Wallonia :
► Access to the max funding level authorized by EC :
►  Up to 80% for SME, 65% for Large Companies
►  100% for Universities, 85% for Research Centers
► Selection process by double jury
►  At Cluster level and at Government level
► These projects must consist of a partnership with at least
►  2 Walloon Companies (of which a least 1 SME)
►  2 Walloon University/Research Center (+Brussels region)
► Duration : 2 – 4 years
► Budget : 1 – 5 M€
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Call for Projects
•  Project
setup
•  Selection
14
weeks
•  Assesment
•  Labelling
12
weeks
• Contract
• Kick Off
12
weeks

Next Call
Ø  16/07/21 : Letter of intent
Ø  06/09/21 : Pre-project
Ø  15/11/21 : Project for internal evaluation
Ø  15/12/21 : Project for final evaluation (Wallon Government jury)
Ø  March 22 : Decision
At least one call every 6 months
Contact : pierre-jean.fondu@skywin.be
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Bart Biebuyck
27 / 05 /2021 Virtual
Hydrogen &
Fuel Cells R&I
to support the
EU hydrogen
economy

Similar leverage of other sources of funding: 1.08 B € 2
481 million euros
153 projects
443 million euros
77 projects
67 million euros
48 projects
45 %
6.3 %
41.4 %
285 projects
supported
for
1.07 B €
79 million euros
7 projects
7.3 %
Strong public-private partnership with a focused objective
A combined private-public of more than 2 billion Euro has been invested to bring products to market readiness
FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN JOINT UNDERTAKING
Industry grouping
>270 members
50% SME
Research grouping
83 members
Cross-cutting
standards, safety,
education,
consumer
awareness, …
Transport
Road vehicles
Non-road vehicles
Refueling infra
Maritime, rail and
aviation applications
Energy
H2 production
and distribution
H2 storage
F/C for CHP

Besides CO2 abatement, deployment of the hydrogen
roadmap also cuts local emissions, creates new
markets and secures sustainable employment in EU
2050 hydrogen vision
~24%
of final energy
demand1
~15%
reduction of local
emissions (NOx)
relative to road transport
~560 Mt
annual CO2
abatement2
~EUR 820bn
annual revenue
(hydrogen and
equipment)
~5.4m
jobs (hydrogen,
equipment, supplier
industries)3
CO2
1 Including feedstock 2 Compared to the reference technology scenario 3 Excluding indirect effects
SOURCE: Hydrogen Roadmap Europe team

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Opportunities from the inclusion of Hydrogen in NECPs by 2030
EU27+UK NECPs were analyzed on the national opportunities for hydrogen deployment.
https://www.fch.europa.eu/publications/opportunities-hydrogen-energy-technologies-considering-national-energy-climate-plans
In EU27+UK by 2030 depending on the scenario, 13-56 GW of electrolysers (4800Hrs full load) are needed
reducing 20-67MtCO2/a, creating 7.5-29 bn € added value and 104k-358k jobs.
Belgium can contribute by (high scenario) : 2.3 GW electrolysers, 1.14b € added value and nearly 11.000 jobs.
EU27+UK

EU Hydrogen Strategy of 8th July 2020
Objectives in 3 phases with the Hydrogen Alliance to support the investment agenda
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Phase 1: 2020-2024
- 6GW of renewable H2 electrolysers
- 1 million tonnes renewable H2
- Replace existing H2 production
- Regulation for liquid H2 markets
- Planning H2 infrastructure
Phase 2: 2025-2030
- 40GW renewable H2 electrolyser
- 10 million tonnes renewable H2
- New applications in steel & transport
- H2 for electricity balancing purposes
- Creation of “Hydrogen Valleys”
- Cross-border logistical infrastructure
Phase 3: 2030-2050
- H2 technologies matured and
deployed at large scale in hard to
abate sectors.
- Expansion of hydrogen-derived
synthetic fuels
- EU-wide infrastructure network
- An open international market
Clean Hydrogen Alliance to support the EU investment agenda
Clean Hydrogen Alliance to support the EU investment agenda

 Launch on 8th July 2020
 Mission to create a project pipeline for a
massive role-out of EU Clean Hydrogen
technology
 Involving all active stakeholders in the
clean hydrogen ecosystem, bringing
together supply and demand
The blueprint estimates investments of
€430 billion by 2030
Hydrogen Production
Transmission & Distribution
Mobility Applications
Industrial Applications
Energy Applications
Residential Applications
https://www.ech2a.eu
What is it?

FCH-JU region initiative was key to boost the hydrogen awareness in EU
The regions initiative led to the H2 Valley partnership, PDA and a call topic on H2 Valleys
https://www.fch.europa.eu/page/about-initiative
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http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/hydrogen-valleys
Partnership led by:
North of Netherlands (NL)
Auvergne-Rhône Alpes (FR)
Le Normandy (FR)
Aragon (ES)
40 regions joined
European Hydrogen Valleys Partnership
launched May ‘19 at EVS 32 in Lyon
Project Development Assistance (PDA)
launched Jan ’20 (38 applications / 19 countries)
https://www.fch-regions.eu/
Great opportunity to bring on-board and share learnings
with ‘less FCH ready’ but higly interested EU13regions
“I want NextGenerationEU
to create newEuropean
Hydrogen Valleys to
modernise our industries,
power our vehicles and bring
new life to rural areas.”
End of 2021 another PDA will
be launched focus on EU13!

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Examples of Hydrogen valleys in Europe today
Its scope is system integration: Production of renewable H2, storage, distribution and end use (transport, stationary & industry)
Orkney’s Island (Scotland):
• H2 production by wind on Islands
• Storage and transportation by
truck
• Use: heat (school), power (ferries)
& mobility (municipality cars)
North Netherlands (Groningen):
• 31 partners (public + private)
• Electrolysis for green H2 production,
• H2 Mobility: buses, passenger cars and trucks
• H2 Refueling stations
• E-Kerosene for aviation
• H2 for an inland water transport barge
• Domestic Heat applications
• Underground H2 storage (Hystock)
Hydrogen Island (Spain)
• H2 production from solar
• H2 injection in gas-grid
• Use: heat (hotel,
municipality buildings),
power (port of Palma),
mobility (buses)
1 2 3
Future Possible (cross boarder) H2 valleys: Ports, Airports, Industrial hubs, Logistical hubs, A H2 city (or area)

0.15 MW 2.5 MW
NEXT:
~2025:
several 100 MW’s
~2030: GW scale
1.2 MW
Project: Don Quichot
Place: Belgium
Date: 2011
Electrolyser: Hydrogenics (PEM)
Funding: 5.0 m€
Project: Demo4grid
Place: Austria
Date: 2016
Electrolyser: IHT (ALK)
Funding: 2.9 m€
Project: H2future
Place: Austria
Date: 2016
Electrolyser: Siemens (PEM)
Funding: 12 m€
Project: Haeolus
Place: Norway
Date: 2017
Funding: 5.0 m€
Project: Refhyne
Place: Germany
Date: 2017
Electrolyser: ITM (PEM)
Funding: 10 m€
Project: Hybalance
Place: Denmark
Date: 2014
Funding: 8.0 m€
Project: Djewels
Place: The Netherlands
Date: 2018
Electrolyser: McPhy (ALK)
Funding: 11 m€
3.4 MW
6.0 MW
10 MW
20 MW  60MW
Scale-up
Electrolysis projects: increase capacity & lowering cost
Europe is world-leader in electrolysis systems (EU has the most patents and publications vs other parts of the world)
The European Green Deal
call for proposals includes a
topic to install a 100MW
Electrolyser.
Call closed:
16 proposals
received
100 MW

Developing an EU wide Guarantees of Origin (GO) Scheme for Hydrogen
Two definitions: one for Green and one for Low-Carbon Hydrogen – more than 70,000 GOs issued already
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Four production plants included in the pilot scheme which have been already audited
Air Liquide, Port Jerome (SMR +CCS) Colruyt Group, Halle (Electrolysis +RE)
Air Products, Rotterdam (by product
H2 from Chlor-alkali process)
Uniper, Flakenhagen (Electrolysis +
RE and methanation
https://cmo.grexel.com/Lists/
PublicPages/Statistics.aspx
On-going actions:
(1) Certifhy3: Setup of a platform for piloting a GO
scheme for hydrogen across Europe. https://www.certifhy.eu/
(2) IPHE* taskforce on Hydrogen Production Analysis methodology.
=> important to unlock future cross boarder trading.
(*) IPHE: International Partnership on hydrogen and fuel cells in the economy www.iphe.net

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FCH-JU has projects related to many different modes of transport
Heavy duty transportation is looking seriously to hydrogen due to the huge performance improvements of fuel cells

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Visualization of the data: Real-time availability information
https://h2-map.eu/

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FCH-JU funded FCB projects and studies since 2009
7 projects will put in total about 360 FCB’s on the road
Van Hool hydrogen bus for PAU (France)
crowned as best bus of the world 2019!
JIVE/JIVE2
 Orders placed for 230/295 buses (78%) with 5 suppliers Van Hool (80), Solaris (57), Wrightbus (65), SAFRA (10), and Caetano (18).
 Delivery of the first 50 buses in Cologne (35), Wuppertal (10), and Pau (5) and start of full route operation.
All buses on the road by end 2021
 Increased interest from other European OEMs, with JIVE-compliant offers received from: Optare, Rampini, and SOL and continued interest from
ADL, Daimler, VDL, and interest from 2 other major European OEMs.

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Coaches are the next challenge to decarbonize
City buses have advanced a lot, next is to work on coaches.
The project CoacHyfied will demonstrate at least 6 FC Coaches in the two coach
segments (inter-city and long-distance passenger transport)

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Long haul and urban applications
Heavy duty trucks demonstration projects to validate the technology
30 trucks
13 demonstration sites
7 countries
23/11/2020: Industry commitment for 100.000 trucks and 1500 HRS by 2030 in the EU
15 Refuse trucks
15 Long haul trucks
Daily back-to-base missions;
Standardization of the design towards
mass production;
Fleet operation: 120.000 hours;
First truck already deployed in Breda;
At least 400 km autonomy;
Tractor and rigid configurations;
Integration in the daily operations of
end users with different operations(Air
Liquide, BMW, Carrefour, Colruyt)
2021/2022 deployment of the trucks;

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Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack for Rail Applications
Demonstrate the system in a bi-mode train to be homologated in three MS
• Start date: 01/01/2021
• Total cost: 13,341,609.93 €
• Grant amount: 10,000,000.00 €
• Main Objective:
• Develop, build, test, demonstrate and homologate a scalable, modular and multi-
purpose Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack (FCHPP) applicable for different rail applications
(multiple unit, mainline and shunting locomotives) also suitable to for retrofit existing
electric and diesel trains, to reach TRL7.
• The train demonstrator tests to be carried out cross-border in Portugal and Spain and
homologation to be sought for three EU countries.
Methodology

FCH 2 JU support for FC and H2 in maritime applications
Moving towards larger sizes of vessels, no « size fits all »
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 RoRo vessel, for coastal goods transport
 3MW fuel cell system using LH2 (>5t storage)
 Conceptual designs for a 20MW ship
 Develop a standardised bunkering system
 LH2 distributed to a series of maritime bases
in a containerized system
2013 - APU for
yachts
2017 –
research
vessel
2018 – ferry +
barge pusher
2019 – sea-
going
vessel
0,16 MW
0,05 MW
1 MW
2020 – LH2
vessel
3 MW
2 MW
LPG
HT PEM
CH2
PEM
NH3
SOFC
LH2
PEM
CH2
PEM
HySHIP
Ships
 Platform support vessel in North Sea
(Norway)
 Length: 95m, Gross tonnage: 5073MT
 Operation: 2024
 Zero emission ammonia
ShipFC

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H2Ports project aims to implement Fuel Cells and Hydrogen in Ports
First application of hydrogen technologies in port handling equipment in Europe
H2PORTS project in the port of Valencia
• Reach stackers and yard tractors will be demonstrated in the port
• A mobile hydrogen refueling station will be operated inside the port
DURATION: 2019-2022; project 4.1 M€ (4 M€ by FCH-JU)
CEM H2 Initiative:
Global Ports Hydrogen Coalition
Launched on 1st of June
Co-Led by IEA H2I & DG ENER – Support by FCH-JU
12 European Ports
(Norway:4, Germany:3, Spain:1, Sweden:1, The Netherlands:1, Belgium 1, Portugal)
Brunsbüttel Ports (Germany)
Flam Port (Norway)
North Queensland Bulk
Ports (Australia)
Pecém Port Complex (Brazil)
Port of Auckland (New
Zealand)
Port of Bahia Blanca
(Argentinia)
Port of Berlevåg (Norway)
Port of Brisbane (Australia)
Port of Duqm (Oman)
Port of Farsund (Norway)
Port of Grenland (Norway)
Port of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Port of Hamburg (Germany)
Port of Houston (USA)
Port of Mejillones (Chile)
Port of Rotterdam (The
Netherlands)
Port of Valencia (Spain)
Port of Vancouver (Canada)
Portuguese Ports Association
Southern Ports (Australia)
Lehmann GmbH
Neltume Ports (Chile)
Woodside (Australia)
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
(Germany)
Hydrogen Council
International Association of
Ports and Harbours
Port of Antwerp

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Hydrogen powered Aviation study (joint study with Clean Sky2 JU)
Hydrogen propulsion has significant potential
https://www.fch.europa.eu/news/new-study-
hydrogen-powered-aviation-preparing-take

Educational Activities – Overview
Preparing the European workforce is crucial for scaling up the industry.
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Educational and training programs tailored to multiple target groups
FCH JU
supports
Post Graduates
and Young
Professionals
Technical
Professionals
Technician
and workers
First
Responders
Regulators and
Public Safety Officials
Vocational
Undergraduate
Graduate
Multiple levels and types of education, learning formats, features…
In person training
e-learning
Serious games
Compulsory
…
…
…
…
blended Virtual reality
Mock-up installations
E-Platform for
connecting
knowledge
European
Network of
Universities
15 projects
10 – FP7
5 – H2020
+ complementary
initiatives & studies
Budget
Overall
18,6 M€
FCH 2 JU Funding
14,7 M€
Happy to share best practices, learnings and material.

Project
European Hydrogen Safety Panel (EHSP) initiative
Expert group on hydrogen safety assisting the FCH 2 JU at project and programme level
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16 experts from industry & research
Assuring that H2 safety is adequately handled
Promoting and disseminating H2 safety culture
EHSP Launched and running! The EHSP released the first 2 reports on:
- Safety planning in FCH projects
- Lessons learnt from HIAD

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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Observatory (Launched 15 Sept ’20)
One stop shop to understand where the FCH sector is at and how it is evolving
 Go to resource for all things on fuel
cells and hydrogen
 User friendly and reliable output
 charts, graphs and data downloads
 reports
 It covers
• Technology & Market
• Policies & regulation
• Codes & Standards
• Patents & Publications
• Funding
• Education & Training
 Global resource
 www.fchobservatory.eu
info@fchobservatory.eu
@FCHObservatory

Future European Funding opportunities for hydrogen
Depending on the project seize and goal, the right funding instrument should be chosen, FCH can help you
IPCEI
IPCEI
Important Project for Common European Interest
IPCEI
New partnership: CLEAN HYDROGEN
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Start expected end 2021 with an increased budget of 1 billion EUR
H2 divided in 7 partnerships in EU:
- Clean Hydrogen
- Processes4Planet
- 2ZERO
- Zero Emission Waterborn
- Clean Steel
- Clean Aviation
- Europe’s Rail

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The 2nd European Hydrogen Week
In 2020, >10.000 people from 63 countries
The biggest European hydrogen conference hosting key policy makers at European, National and regional level.
2nd European Hydrogen Week
with the
Launch of Clean H2 JU
29th Nov. – 3rd Dec. 2021
Brussels, Belgium

For further information
www.fch.europa.eu
www.hydrogeneurope.eu
www.hydrogeneurope.eu/research
Bart Biebuyck
Executive Director
Bart.Biebuyck@fch.europa.eu
@bart.biebuyck
Bart Biebuyck
@fch_ju
Fch-ju@fch.europa.eu
FCH JU

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courtesy
of
Robbert
Frank
Hagens,
TBB
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Contest
European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Center (EGHAC)
H2Hub Wallonia : From innovation to market

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 Ensure security and safety of supply
 Reduce costs in the energy value chain
 Reduce CO2 emissions
 Improve European competitiveness
 Remove barriers to innovation
 Encourage sustainable growth
 Create jobs
Human Capital: Master Programs and professional learning
Incubation: Investing in early-stage start-ups and scale-ups
Innovation: Investing in product development
Setting up Industrial value chains: European Battery Alliance
(EBA), European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Center
(EGHAC), European Solar Initiative (ESI)
EIT InnoEnergy Activities
EIT InnoEnergy Objectives
EIT InnoEnergy in a nutshell (1/2)
Reducing risk and time-to-market for energy innovations

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This cooperative ecosystem gathers the
European Commission, interested EU countries,
investment institutions and key industrial,
innovation and academia stakeholders
EIT InnoEnergy has been trusted by the
European Commission to drive forward and
promote EBA250 activities, acting as network
manager and project facilitator
EUROPEAN
BATTERY
ALLIANCE
EBA250
Creating a competitive and
sustainable battery industry
in Europe by 2025, to
capitalise on opportunities
and capture a new market
worth €250B/year
Cell
manufacturing
Recycling/
2nd
life
Track record in building and operating industrial value chains
EBA: A successfull blueprint for European industrial value chains

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Build/manage Adhoc Ecosystem
Market/Customers
Governance Strategy
Access to Human Capital
Access to Finance
Enrich Value Chain
Technology enhancement
EU positioning
1. Marie F.
2. ”Agreement manager”
1. Advisory Board (2 members)
2. I-Project guidance, structure, planning
1. Cobalt brokerage
2. Li supply chain
3. European Battery Alliance
1. 3XX M€ inv., ease cash flow
2. Brokerage EIB/EFSI
3. InnovFin EDP
4. Soft Bank, BIP, ..
5. Vinnova/Swedish Energy Agency
1. Top Political buy in
2. Becoming family across services
3. European Batt Alliance membership
1. EBA
2. Brand Synergies (ABB,
Uppsala, KTH,.)
1. Freedom To Operate
2. ESS tech and market req
3. IP strategy
4. Re-Volt
1. Intel feed, info search …
2. Market info SuperCap, Electric
bus, Industrial etc.
3. Franchise bus. model
Added value services for de-risk, accelerate and boost innovation
NorthVolt: InnoEnergy first Unicorn

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Why Green Hydrogen? And why now?
• Not everything can be electrified, step change in
decarbonisation of industry
• Enabling sector coupling
• Essential to reach climate neutrality by 2050,
enabling framework (Green Deal)
Approach & scope
• Industry led initiative
• Value chain approach: Steel, Cement, Shipping,
HGV, Fertilizers, Aviation
• End-customer/off-taker driven: Pull to make end
products CO2 free
EGHAC: European Green Acceleration center
Fundamentals

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Hydrogen Value Chain Approach
Value Chain – Steel Value Chain – Fertilizer
EGHAC: European Green Acceleration Center
Our Value Chain Approach

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Off-takers centric approach – Example steel for OEMs.
Supplier and off-taker
optimize their margins in
individual transactions.
Iron ore supply chain
Renewable Power
Large Power Storage
Steel mill & processing
Hydrogen production
Utilities
Car Manufacturer
'Hydrogen is too expensive'
'My best option, a Tesla from
Nevada'
Car Buyer
'There is no market for green steel'
'The business case is negative'
'Green steel car is too expensive'
'Industrialisation is not for us'
'PPA yield too low'
This leads to uncertainties,
additional risks and sub-
optimal outcomes. Final
products are “pushed” to
end consumer.
Value chain of the traditional model

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Value chain approach risks and
benefits are distributed amongst
stakeholders.
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Dr Camila Braga Vieira
Research engineer
Contact: camila.vieira@cenaero.be
Investigation of the thermal efficiency of a fuel cell for
building applications
LOOPFC
Doc. ref.: LOOPFC-NS-000-00

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Content
• Background
– Projects related to the subject
– Fuel cell overview
• LOOPFC: context of the project
– Objectives of the project
• LOOPFC: partners
– Calyos work
– ULB work
– Cenaero work
• Main remarks and perspectives
Investigation of the thermal efficiency of a fuel cell for building applications 03/06/2021

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Background
• Residential sectors correspond to
a considerable parcel of the global
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
• In 2019, the total GHG emissions in
Belgium, from residential heating,
corresponded to 13,8%1, and
represented 40% of the total
energy consumption in Europe.2
• The total energy consumption in
Belgium should be reduced by 35%
until 2030.
• Fuel cells have then an important
role on the process of GHG
emissions.
1 http://energie.wallonie.be
2 https://climat.be/en-belgique/climat-et-emissions/emissions-des-gaz-a-effet-
de-serre/emissions-par-secteur

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Before all, just a quick overview of a fuel cell
1: Bipolar plates
2: Gas diffusion layers
3: Anode catalyst layer
4: Membrane
5: Cathode catalyst layer
MEA: Membrane Electrode Assembly

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Projects related to the subject: INOXYPEM
• INOXYPEM:
– Focus: Clean energy for
transportation.
– Feder project (2014-2020);
– Partners: ULiège, CRM, UNamur
and Cenaero;
– The global objective was the
development of a platform for
the design of Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC)
with gas channels designed to
provide an optimal fuel cell
performance.

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Projects related: H2COOPSTORAGE
- Funding: Smart Energy Systems Lead.
- Timeline: 2021-2022.
- Countries: Belgium, Iceland, Norway.
- Goal: Tools for multi-energy Renewable
Energy Community (REC) integrating
a hybrid solution of electric and
hydrogen storage, in a collective self-
consumption context.
More info:
https://h2coopstorage.eu

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Projects related to the subject:
LOOPFC
• LOOPFC project approaches the
use of a Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) for
electricity and heat transfer in a
micro-cogeneration system for
residential buildings.
• The three main points connected to
the project in terms of heat
recovery are: energy efficiency,
lifetime and cost of the fuel cell.

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Objective of LOOPFC project
• The global objective of the project
is to develop a coupled system
with spreader and two-phase
capillary pipe loop (CPL) in a
PEMFC aiming the reduction of the
heat loss and its use in a grid
power.

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LOOPFC partners
• Calyos:
– Role in the project:
development of the heat
recovery loop.
• ULB (ATM laboratory):
– Role in the project: set-up of
the experimental facility with
the integration of the heat
recovery system and the fuel
cell for the experimental tests.
• Cenaero:
– Role in the project: numerical
simulation of the fuel cell with
the heat recovery loop, as well
as the optimization of the
system.
• Hydrogenics (industrial support):
– Role in the project: provider of
the PEMFC.

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CALYOS work: Loop Heat Pipe (LHP)
• Calyos is responsible for the design
of the passive cooling of a 10.5 kW
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Module.
• The purpose of the LHP is to
minimize the heat losses in the fuel
cell, improving, therefore, its
thermal efficiency.
Evaporator
Condenser

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Calyos work: Loop Heat Pipe (LHP)
• The two main goals:
– Evaluation of the cooling
system.
– Reach a TRL 4 maturity level.

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Calyos work: Loop Heat Pipe (LHP)
Evaporator
Evaporator
• So far, the test bench with the LHP, two evaporators and heaters that
simulate the FC module have already been designed.
• Preliminary tests have
already shown positive
results (the heat losses
in the fuel cell
improved the thermal
efficiency by 15 to
20%), and real-life
testing is in planning
process.
Condenser

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ULB work: experimental study
• Acquisition of a commercial fuel
cell from German manufacturer
Hydrogenics.
– Electrical power : 4 kW
– Thermal power recovered < 6,5 kW
– Membrane lifetime : 10000 hours
– Autonomy at full power : 2h 20 min
• Experimental assessment of the
global efficiency of the fuel cell.
– Temperature measurement
– Heat flux measurement
– Addition of a capillary pump loop
to improve heat recovery
– Campaign to start in
summer/autumn 2021

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• Overview of the primary circuit:
– Role: water cooling system of
the fuel cell stack.
– Constituted by the fuel cell, flow
meter, heat exchanger and the
pressure relief device.
– Status: concluded and ready to
be used.

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• Secondary system:
– Current role: Heat recovery for
fuel cell efficiency.
– Future role: Simulation of water
consumption cycles in
households, allowing a better
heat power management.
– Constituted by the heat
exchanger, CPL and radiator.
– Status: Not yet concluded, due
to ongoing work on H2 lines,
which is expected to be
concluded by the end of
summer.

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• Acquisition and power
management:
– Role: Capture and process the
temperature measurements
and simulate the electric
consumption in residential
buildings.
Voltage and current on schematics
Characteristics of the power management

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Cenaero work: numerical simulation

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Cenaero work: main results of the parametric analyses

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Main remarks and perspectives
• This presentation has shown the
role of fuel cell technology on the
reduction process of GHG-
emissions.
• Some projects on the field of H2
applications in energy production
were here introduced, among them
LOOPFC, a Walloon project, was
then discussed.
• Despite some delays over the
project due to the pandemic
situation, experimental tests and
simulation of the fuel cell in a grid-
power system are expected to
happen by the end of the year.
• Perspectives:
– thermal managements in
buildings,
– increase of the lifetime of
stationary fuel cells with the
use of a heat recovery system,
– improvement of cogeneration
system efficiency.
PEMFC in a cogeneration system. (Hody, 2012)

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THANK YOU!

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