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An international Hydrogen Valley
In the framework of the European Green Deal, the renewal of energy sources and the creation of an integrated energy system are of utmost importance for achieving a climate-neutral Europe and a cleaner planet, transforming the EU into a modern, resource-efficient economical center. The green transition of the European economy must be accompanied by improved access for businesses and consumers to clean, affordable and secure energy. The TRIĒRĒS Valley will contribute to enhance local green renewable hydrogen production, transportation, and end use in an integrated ecosystem.
Green. Hydrogen. Logistics.
The need for a Hydrogen Hub in Greece
Following the general EU-strategy, Greece has adopted a National Plan for Energy and Climate (NPEC) in 2019, aiming to battle climate change, safeguarding energy supply and energy security, and is in preparation of the structure of its National Hydrogen Strategy in alignment with the recently adopted Climate Law, considering the REPowerEU plan. Due to its favourable weather conditions of unlimited sun and wind sources, Greece is at the top performing place amongst the other EU countries with Renewable Energy Sources projected to reach 65% of electricity production in 2030.
A critical factor for all weather and time-dependent green energy sources is availability and storage, for which the transformation of green electricity into green hydrogen has widely been accepted as a solution. The TRIĒRĒS Valley is demonstrating how the pillars of hydrogen technologies interrelate creating a harmonised hydrogen energy value chain, combating climate change in industries that have been exceedingly emitting, such as the ones of shipping/mobility, industry, and energy. The TRIĒRĒS Valley is a major hub of investment and talent, pinning the country of Greece on the Hydrogen map for the first time.
Ambitious Climate Targets
The EU has set ambitious climate targets to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. To support these targets, a hydrogen strategy for a climate neutral Europe has been accelerated.
Decarbonisation
Decarbonisation of local, regional, and national industrial production, energy production and mobility sector.
H2 Market Development
Development of a viable market ecosystem that links competitive clean hydrogen production with the off takers’ willingness to pay, creation of business certainty and adequate incentive and support schemes.
Knowledge Buildup
Stakeholders with emerging hydrogen projects need guidance and input from more mature projects. Moreover, potential investors also require information flow and a single point of information on ongoing hydrogen projects.
Public Awareness
Awareness of the importance of hydrogen use will be raised as well as demonstrating its regional added value to potential consumers.
Objectives and long term Goals
The TRIĒRĒS Valley aims to demonstrate the combination and integration of multiple hydrogen applications into an efficient and resilient interconnected ecosystem that covers the full hydrogen value chain of production, storage, transport, and distribution of 2,410 tons of green hydrogen to end user applications per year. The end users are divided in three sectors: mobility (road and maritime), industry, and energy. The project will achieve its objectives by identifying and combating specific key barriers to kickstart and the development of the Hydrogen market by showcasing the overall energy and economic efficiency and resilience of the integrated Hydrogen value chain to the region.
Creation of a H2 Hub
Create the first Hydrogen Valley in Greece, Balkans, South-eastern Europe, and the wider area of Eastern Mediterranean.
Ramp up H2 Production
Produce 2,410 tons/year of green hydrogen with an ambition of more than 5,000 tons/year until 2030.
Infrastructure Implementation
Implement a virtual pipeline with a total initial capacity of 1,095 tons/year of green hydrogen with an ambition of 5,110 tons/year until 2030.
Maritime Transport
Retrofit and operation of one short sea ferry vessel with 200kW Fuel-Cell consuming 66 tons/year of green hydrogen. Ambition is to retrofit more than 10 similar vessels until 2030.
Automotive Applications
Acquisition and operation of at least two Fuel-Cell electric (FCE) passenger cars and three FCE urban buses consuming 25 tons/year of green hydrogen. Until 2030, 150-200 FCE buses will operate and more than 1,000 FCE passenger cars.
Industrial Applications
Consume 1,322 tons/year of green hydrogen in the MOH oil refinery and the LPC lubricant refinery.
Energy Production
Implementation of a 100kWe Fuel-Cell Power Unit in the Port of Piraeus consuming 18 tons/year of green hydrogen to produce clean electricity and demo its replicability for smaller ports and non-interconnected islands.
Natural Gas Grid Injection
Inject 982 tons/year of green hydrogen in the national natural gas grid via the Dioriga Gas FSRU.
The Approach
The proposed methodology and development plan for the TRIĒRĒS Valley initially focuses on the valley operations, including business models, future expansion plans, legal and regulatory issues, public governance, safety management and monitoring through a digital twin of the hydrogen valley to ensure risk minimization and quality assurance. As a next milestone, the consortium will work to plan the supply of hydrogen, design of the valley logistics, deploy and operate the assets for 2 years until the end of year 2027. During these steps, communication, and collaboration with additional hydrogen valleys is foreseen.
Green Hydrogen production
H2 Logistics & Distribution
H2 End Users
30 MW Alkaline Electrolyser at MOH Refinery
Production of 2,410 tons/year of Green Hydrogen
Trailer Filling Terminal
Virtual Pipeline comprised of three Tube Trailers
Physical and highly Innovative Polymer Pipelines
Five Hydrogen Refuelling Stations
Hydrogen Bunkering Facilities in the Port of Piraeus
Compressor connected to the Onshore Natural Gas Pipeline of the FSRU LNG Terminal of Dioriga Gas
Mobility (Maritime)
Mobility (Road)
Industry – MOH
Industry – LPC
FSRU of Dioriga Gas
Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit in the Port of Piraeus
A Business Model for the Future
The TRIĒRĒS Valley will offer a business model for the introduction of hydrogen in the Peloponnese and Attica regions, followed by scaling-up to the whole country of Greece. The impact will extend to the entirety of the region of South Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans. This TRIĒRĒS Valley will bring Greece to a strategically geolocated import hub position of channelling green hydrogen to northern EU bridging the regions of North Africa and the Middle East to the North. In parallel maritime users will be offered prime exposure to the project as through demonstrations of the feasibility of hydrogen use on short sea shipping vessels and through defining financing mechanisms and business models to mature further the hydrogen in shipping market segment.
Central Localization in Greece
The first greek H2-Valley creates a complete hydrogen ecosystem centered around the regions of Peloponnese, Western Greece and Attica. The birth of the valley is the refinery of MOH located in Agioi Theodoroi, Corinth, Peloponnes. Through a national supply chain, green hydrogen is fed to major national industries (FUL, LPC, the port of Piraeus), regional pathways (covering part of the TEN-T road networks located on the Orient – East Med TEN-T through the Olympia Odos motorway and following the corridor to including Bulgaria & Cyprus) and international liaising with Mission Innovation countries (Israel and the UAE).
Improved security and resilience of the
energy system
An important part of the feasibility studies will be dedicated to analysing decentralised production, storage, and onsite consumption of hydrogen by large industrial users, in addition to the high volumes of hydrogen received through the electrolyser. The integration of the technologies and applications of the TRIĒRĒS Valley in the existing energy infrastructure & systems of the country and region are examined and designed to optimise complementarity with the existing and planned infrastructure throughout the whole design and engineering process.
The MOH Electrolyser.
The TRIĒRĒS project is inextricably linked with EPHYRA, a highly innovative and pioneering project that will demonstrate an innovative hydrogen production facility of 30 MW at industrial scale, from renewable energy sources, by employing improved electrolysis technology. The largescale electrolysis will be integrated into the industrial operations of Motor Oil’s Corinth refinery in Aghioi Theodoroi.
New Hydrogen Infrastructure
Across its geographic scope, the TRIĒRĒS Valley covers the entire hydrogen value chain in its whole, ranging from production and compression of hydrogen to the subsequent storage and distribution of hydrogen to off-takers through a virtual pipeline implemented with tube trailers in the first stages of the Valley following Hydrogen adoption scale up. Through the maturity of the TRIĒRĒS Valley a network of physical innovative polymer pure hydrogen ready pipeline will be studied constructed to serve distribution.
Hydrogen distribution and logistics.
The TRIĒRĒS Valley will showcase its potential to supply hydrogen to major sectors, namely mobility (road and maritime), industry and energy, which will operate through a common hydrogen supply infrastructure. Specifically, TRIĒRĒS will initially supply 2,410 tons per year of green Hydrogen to a FC short sea ferry (66 tons), FCEV (25 tons), Industrial users (1,322 tons) and energy users (1,000 tons).
A Strategy for the Future
In alignment with the call topic that has set specific requirements for the small-scale Valley, TRIĒRĒS Valley, the first Greek Hydrogen Valley will contribute to the objectives of the European Hydrogen Strategy and the European Green Deal. TRIĒRĒS will make a clear contribution to achieve the climate neutrality targets by 2050 set by the European Green Deal, through structuring a new market for green hydrogen and through the objectives of the European Hydrogen Strategy to increase production capacity for green hydrogen.
Potential Beneficiaries
Energy Companies
Fuel producers and energy companies, e.g., electricity producers, natural gas suppliers, refineries
Industrial Companies
Carbon intensive industrial companies, e.g., cement factories, chemical manufacturers, steel making companies, energy transition critical components (cables, wind turbines, pipelines)
Maritime Industry
Maritime stakeholders, e.g., shipping companies, ports, shipping associations, classification societies
Transport Industry
Road mobility stakeholders, e.g., Vehicle fleet owners/operations, vehicle manufacturers, motorway operators
Engineering Companies
Engineering SMEs active across the hydrogen value chain
Public Authorities
Public authorities, e.g., Ministry of Energy and Environment, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Shipping, Regulatory Authority for Energy, Regional and Local Administrations
Hydrogen Associations
Hydrogen Associations, e.g., Hydrogen Europe, Hydrogen Europe Research, FCH-JU)
Internat. Organisations
International organisations active in Hydrogen projects, e.g., MASDAR
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