Building Innovative Green Hydrogen systems in an Isolated Territory: a pilot for Europe

The Draft Dissemination and Exploitation Plan is presented in this Deliverable 6.1. This gives details of the how the impact of the project will be maximised through dissemination activities with key stakeholder. The dissemination will emphasise the benefits from wider replication and further deployments of renewable energy with fuel cell & hydrogen (FCH) technology in isolated or constrained territories.

At the start of the project (Year 1) a financial analysis will be undertaken considering several scenarios. This will include consideration of capital and operational costs and the generation of cash flow projections. An analysis in HOMER (or similar tool) of possible business models and hydrogen integration in the follower territory and other possible territories included in the Hydrogen Territories Platform will be included in the report.

The environmental impact of the project will be assessed. The report will include the calculation of the energy balance of the H2 production and transport, followed by a detailed Life Cycle Assessment according to ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.

Societal impact analysis will be conducted using Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) methodology and will consider the impact categories: human capital, cultural heritage and human well-being. Five main stakeholder categories are defined: workers, local community, society (national and global), consumers, and value chain actors. Of special interest are indicators as the number of jobs created and the attitudes towards hydrogen within the local population. The latter will take the form of a survey of the public and stakeholders to note improvement using a suitable tool such as SurveyMonkey. This first report will be written after year 1.

Hold first workshop in Scotland to encourage local interest in the project

Hold a public awareness meetings in Kirkwall, Eday and Shapinsay to inform the public of BIG HIT plans

Hold a press day after the first year of the project with the execution stage of the project almost finished

Author(s): Guangling Zhao, Allan Schrøder Pedersen
Published in: 2018

Author(s): Guangling Zhao, Eva Ravn Nielsen, Enrique Troncoso, Kris Hyde, Jesús Simón Romeo, Michael Diderich
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 44/19, 2019, Page(s) 9517-9528, ISSN 0360-3199
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.08.015