Objective
Europe faces the joint challenge of decarbonising ever newer sectors and applications, whilst also seeking clean waste treatment and valorisation pathways. With over 300Mt of waste generated each year, Europe could produce up to 30Mt of clean hydrogen from waste to accelerate the decarbonisation of challenging sectors like aviation and heavy industry. However, exploiting this energy potential remains a challenge and so far, no robust and cost-effective solutions has been successfully commercialised. HYIELD aims to open a new low-cost pathway for clean hydrogen production and waste disposal. The project proposes a novel multi-stage steam gasification and syngas purification plant concept, which will efficiently convert different organic waste streams into hydrogen and is expected to achieve H2 99.97% purity and 62-74% energy conversion efficiency. The concept includes several beyond state-of-the-art innovations, including a novel process design, waste heat exploitation, Water-Gas-Shift membrane reactor, low-pressure metal hydride storage buffer and IA driven digital twin. The solution will be implemented at 3MW scale in a cement plant in Spain, where the hydrogen will be exploited for cement kiln firing. The demonstrator is expected to operate for 4,000h over a 15-month testing period with at least 10 different organic waste streams, treating over 3.9kt of dry material and producing 650t of hydrogen. It will also carry out the groundwork for up-scaling post-project locally and across the EU, working closely with industrial partners from the cement, steel, copper and gas sectors. It is forecasted that the solution will be able to deliver a Levelized Cost of Hydrogen of 2.19€/kg at industrial scale (20,000t/year waste treated), far below current electrolyser pathways (>5.5€/kg). The project is led by a consortium of Europe’s leading research groups, technology developers and industrial players in the hydrogen sector, from Spain, France, Germany, Norway and Luxembourg.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
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HORIZON-JU-IA - HORIZON JU Innovation ActionsCoordinator
14014 Cordoba
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Participants (15)
28027 Madrid
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28037 Madrid
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08038 BARCELONA
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
48180 LOIU
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90400 MEROUX MOVAL
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08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
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7034 Trondheim
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2146 Luxembourg
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6900 Lugano
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08940 Cornella de Llobregat
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08021 Barcelona
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
08509 Les Masies De Voltrega - Barcelona
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28237 Bremen
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28005 Madrid
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28006 Madrid
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