Renewable hydrogen production from solar and wind resources is expected to play a prominent role in decarbonising energy-intensive industries as well as heavy-duty or long-distance transport modes.
One of the main challenges that hinders the deployment of hydrogen as a zero-emission mobility is how to transport and storage big quantities in a safe and economic way.
HySiLabs has developed and patented an innovative hydrogen carrier called “HydroSil”, a liquid silicon hydride derivative, which is stable, non-toxic, non-explosive and non-dangerous. HydroSil can be charged with hydrogen, transported, then release hydrogen at the consumption site easily, on-demand and without any external energy input. Furthermore, it can be reused as many times as desired.
This solution allows to use the existing logistic infrastructure for fossil fuel, thus revolutionising the hydrogen delivery sector. Its high hydrogen content enables to transport 7 times more H2 per truck than with high-pressure H2 gas, drastically reducing the operational costs and the related emissions.
Our innovation will have a disruptive impact in the mobility sector as it has the potential to remove the barriers that currently prevent a wide deployment of hydrogen-based applications by tackling safety, regulatory and supply chain issues. Moreover, HydroSil is a unique carbon-free solution, suitable for onboard applications in heavy mobility (trucks, trains, maritime, etc.).
The overall objective is to design and prepare a transfer package of the charging process (i.e loading the HydroSil molecule with hydrogen), including all the technical process data, economics and regulatory aspects, to be delivered to our future clients. In this frame we are mainly focus on these activities.
In the frame of the grant agreement, the project will focus on enhancing and demonstrating the feasibility of the charging process at industrial level, along with designing the sub-systems that will be part of it.
