Periodic Reporting for period 2 - GREEN HYSLAND (“GREEN HYSLAND – Deployment of a H2 Ecosystem on the Island of Mallorca”) Reporting period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31 Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project Green Hysland will be the first Southern European Flagship project and it will create a ‘green hydrogen ecosystem’ in the Balearic Islands. Green Hysland will generate, distribute and use at least 300 tonnes of renewable hydrogen locally per year, produced from solar energy on the island of Mallorca. It will also include the development of business models for replicating the project to other EU islands and beyond. Mallorca is ideally positioned to develop the first hydrogen hub in Southern Europe, while becoming Europe’s first example of an integrated island economy based on green hydrogen.Green hydrogen will have multiple applications on the island, including the generation of heat and power for commercial and public buildings, the supply of auxiliary power for ferries and port operations and the creation of a refuelling station to supply fuel to a fleet of fuel cell buses and fuel cell rental vehicles. Part of this green hydrogen will also be injected into the island's gas pipeline network, through a Guarantee of Origin System, to decarbonise the gas supply.The initiative includes a roadmap for the development of a complete hydrogen economy in Mallorca and the Balearic Islands, in line with the environmental objectives set for 2050.The estimated duration for the project will be from 2021 to 2025 and will aim to reduce the CO2 emissions of Mallorca up to 20,700 tons per year by the end of the project. The Green Hysland hydrogen ecosystem will also create a blueprint for the so-called ’Hydrogen Islands’. Mallorca will serve as a replication model for five other island territories (Tenerife in Spain, Madeira in Portugal, Aran in Ireland, Ameland in the Netherlands and the Greek Islands); and will be part of a network for the exchange of experiences within the European initiative ’Clean Energy for EU Islands’. The project is fully aligned with the EU Hydrogen Strategy, particularly with regard to the development of local hydrogen clusters, islands and regional ecosystems. Following the economic downturn due to the Covid crisis in the tourism sector, the initiative will make an important contribution to boosting the diversification of the regional economy of Mallorca and to creating new job opportunities in the fields of green hydrogen and renewable energies.Green Hysland is a consortium led by Enagás Renovable and participated by Acciona, Ameland Municipality, AMHYD, Aragon Hydrogen Foundation, AREAM Madeira, Spanish Hydrogen Association (AeH2), Balearia, Calvera, CEA, National Centre for Hydrogen (CNH2), Cotenaval, DAFNI, EMEC, EMT Palma, Energy Co-Operatives Ireland, Enagás, Enercy, Fedarene, Gasnam, H2 Chile, HyCologne, HyEnergy Consultancy, Instituto Balears de Energía, Lloseta Municipality, New Energy Coalition, NUI Galway, Ports de Balears, Redexis, Universitat Balears, Universidad de La Laguna Tenerife and Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca. Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far The GREEN HYSLAND Project (Deployment of a H2 ecosystem on the island of Mallorca) started on 01/01/2021 and the funding awarded by Clean H2 JU covers the period up to the 31/12/2025.During the second year, the activities developed by the project partners have been focused on continuing efforts to deploy the necessary components of the project. Efforts have been concentrated on developing the advanced engineering design and location studies of these components in WP2:• The green H2 production plant located on CEMEX land in Lloseta. • The Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS) at the EMT facilities. • The tube trailers which will transport the H2 produced in Lloseta’s plant to the different applications. And in the six different applications which will consume the H2, which include:o The H2 pipeline and the injection point of part of the H2 produced at the Lloseta plant into the island’s natural gas network operated by Redexis. o The 100 kWe fuel cell that will supply electricity to the maritime station of the Balearic Port. o The 50 kWe CHP system to be located in the Iberostar Bahía de Palma hotel (4*), which will cover part of the hotel’s energy demand. o The 25 kWe CHP system to be located at the Municipal Sports Centre in Lloseta, which will cover part of the site’s energy demand. o The integration of 5 hydrogen buses to the EMT city bus fleet of Palma de Mallorca. o The integration of H2 vans in the Alfill Logistics vehicle fleet as well as the search for rental car companies to incorporate H2 vehicles in their rental car fleets.In the frame of WP3, the FAT tests of the electrolyzer of the pilot plan have been done. Moreover, progress has been made on the GreenH2Chain tool that will guarantee the traceability of the renewable hydrogen produced and used within the GREEN HYSLAND project.On the other hand, in WP5, tasks have been launched relating to the scope definition for Life Cycle Assessment (Task 5.1) and the Multi-criteria decision-making tool (Task 5.5). Additionally, contacts with the technical partners have been initiated to define the data collection phase.Within WP6, periodic meetings with partners involved have been set to develop the H2 Roadmap for Mallorca and the Balearic Islands towards 2050. Regarding the Replication of H2 ecosystems to other EU island territories and beyond, efforts have focused on defining the methodology for the technical replication studies, the surveys of the Followers Territories have been developed. The HTP has integrated the different layers of information to start simulation work.Finally, strong efforts were made to disseminate the project (WP7), mostly through online webinars in the first months of the year due to travel restrictions stemming from the COVID19 pandemic, but also through workshops organised by the project. The highlight of the year was the inauguration of the plant in Lloseta on 14 March 2022, attended by high ranking authorities at national (Teresa Ribera, Minister of Ecological Transition), regional (Francina Armengol, President of the Regional Government of the Balearic Islands) and European (Bart Biebuyck, Director of the CH JU) levels. Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far) We expect to develop a fully functioning green hydrogen ecosystem, covering the whole value chain not only from the infrastructures development point of view but also through the develpment of a tool to ensure the traceability of the hydrogen produced and consumed. The challenge includes dealing with diverse topics such as management of the GDOs, regulation and permitting etc. according to the specific conditions of the isolated territories.This project is dedicating great efforts to be replicable in other isolated territories. Within the project it´s foreseen that the follower territories, which are: Madeira (PT), Tenerife (ES), Aran (IE), Greek Islands and Ameland (NL), Chiloé (Chile) and Morocco (MOR), replicate the GREEN HYSLAND project model in their territories. The tools developed within the project are expected to be a usefull for other territories interested on replicating the project model in their territories, specially if those are isolated tube-trailers-of-the-green-hysland-project.jpeg reception-installation-electrolyser.jpg emt-palma-zero-emissions-buses.jpg inauguration-h2-production-plant.jpg green-hysland-h2-production-plant-site.jpeg
