HyUSE

Objective

With the Paris Agreement serving as a guideline for climate action, we aim for an ambitious transition to sustainable energy, with hydrogen playing a crucial role.

At present, hydrogen (H2) applications are in the development phase, and their market introduction remains limited. Therefore, urgent intensification of research and development in end-use technologies for hydrogen and hydrogen-based energy carriers is necessary.

The Green Power NL program emphasizes the opportunity for the Netherlands to play a significant role in global developments in green hydrogen. The objective of Work Package 3 (WP3) within the Green Power NL R&D program is to investigate how hydrogen can be used as a fuel in industry, heavy transport, and local energy provisions in the future. The project aims to directly contribute to timely achieving climate targets and strengthening the Dutch economy. 

Target Group

The target audience of this project includes various stakeholders, including:

Governments and policymakers: They can use the research results and recommendations to formulate policies and develop regulations that support the transition to hydrogen as a fuel.

Industry and businesses: They can benefit from the developed technologies and insights to integrate hydrogen into their activities, such as in industry, heavy transport, and local energy provision.

Greenhouse sector: Specifically for this project, greenhouse companies can benefit from the developed hydrogen installation and associated knowledge to implement more sustainable energy solutions in their operations. 

Duration

Start date: May 2024. The project has a duration of 6 years.

Funding

Due to a subsidy of over €14 million from Green Power NL, along with contributions from the industry and other institutions, the program has a total budget of over €16.5 million. 

Results

The involvement of the HHS is primarily focused on designing and testing a hydrogen installation for greenhouse horticulture. This pilot installation is being developed and tested in collaboration with the University of Utrecht and Koppert Cress. 

The findings of this research will be presented in various ways, including reports, articles, workshops, modeling tools, policy briefs, and whitepapers.

Collaboration

TNO, Utrecht University, Avans University of Applied Sciences, CWI (NWO-I), Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology,  HAN University of Applied Sciences, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, MARIN, University of Groningen, Saxion University of Applies Sciences, Tilburg University, University of Twente, Stichting Wageningen Research (Wageningen Universuity & Research), Wageningen University, DNV, HyET NoCarbon B.V., CelSian, Circonica, European Supply Chain Forum, Groningen Airport Eelde NV, HyCC, Hyster-Yale, Koppert Cress, LyondellbBasell, RWE, Shell Global Solutions International B.V., Stichting Bijboegfonds, Thomassen Energy 

Team

Research Group: Energy in Transition

• Sander Mertens, Leading Professor 
• Baldiri Salcedo, Associate Professor 
• Joep de Groot, researcher 

Contact

Baldiri Salcedo [email protected]