GRid ASsiSting modular HydrOgen Pem PowER plant

Project Information

GRASSHOPPER

Grant agreement ID: 779430

DOI 10.3030/779430

Project closed

EC signature date 2 December 2017

Start date 1 January 2018

End date 31 March 2022

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 4 387 063,75

EU contribution € 4 387 063,75

Coordinated by

INEA INFORMATIZACIJA ENERGETIKA AVTOMATIZACIJA DOO
Slovenia

Deliverables

Documents, reports (9)

FCH technologies evaluation for DSO/TSO operation

Report on evaluation of potential of FCH technologies to become an integral part of emerging new energy market concept for DSOTSO operation including the feedback to European policy makers

Mid-term Summary of Project results

A midterm summary report of the project results will be generated and made available to the stakeholders and general public These reports will be redacted to protect the confidential information and the intellectual property of commercial value for the partners

Mid-term report on dissemination actions and updated dissemination plan

A midterm report on dissemination activities that have taken place will be produced and the dissemination plan will be updated

Final Summary Project results

A final summary report of the project results will be generated and made available to the stakeholders and general public This report will be redacted to protect the confidential information and the intellectual property of commercial value for the partners

Marketing material related to stacks developed in the project

Report summarize all marketing materials related top stacks developed in the project

Project leaflet

Promotional material will be produced for the diffusion of the project in the form of leaftlets with the description of the project and the results

Final report on dissemination actions

Final report on the dissemination activities that have taken place will be produced at the end of the project

Report on beyond the project improvements and scale-up simulations

Report includes analysis that will investigate and compare different layouts and operating conditions for future plants considering the diverse applications defined according to the exploitation activities in WP8 The impact of specific improvements on general plant performances will be evaluated allowing for a uniform comparison on an economic basis and providing recommendations for future design and operation strategies Advanced layouts or changes in components key technological features will be included

Report on validation of FCPP2G interface.

Report on integration tests which will define full interface specifications as well as performing a final performance evaluation of the whole system To validate the FCPP2G interface design and technology in a relevant environment for overall operation flexibility it will be tested in selected environment

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project web-site

The main tool for dissemination and coordination of the project will be the project website A website will be created at the beginning of the project and will be updated throughout the project with all the information relevant to the public news public reports etc A private consortium only part of the website will be created for the exchange of files and information among the partners

Other (1)

Project workshop

To present the project results, this public workshop will be made for stakeholders and the different industries and sectors that can have interest in the project. A workshop will be held to present the final project results obtained from the work developed in all the work packages, including the showcase of the 100 kW prototype. The report on the workshops including its objectives, attendance list, summary of the findings and feedback obtained will be prepared.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (2)

Dynamic Modeling of a PEM Fuel Cell Power Plant for Flexibility Optimization and Grid Support

Author(s): Crespi E, Guandalini G, Nieto Cantero G, Campanari S
Published in: Energies, Issue 15 (13), 2022, Page(s) 4801, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en15134801

Modelling and optimization of a flexible hydrogen-fueled pressurized PEMFC power plant for grid balancing purposes

Author(s): Elena Crespi; Giulio Guandalini; Sönke Gößling; Stefano Campanari
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 46 (24), 2021, Page(s) 13190-13205, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.01.085

Conference proceedings (3)

Grasshopper: A Modular and Flexible Hydrogen PEM Power Plant for Grid Balancing Services

Author(s): M. Tejada, G. Nieto and B. Sarmiento
Published in: European Hydrogen Energy Conference, 2022
Publisher: European Hydrogen Energy Conference

Simulations of a flexible 100 kWel PEM Fuel Cell power plant for the provision of grid balancing services

Author(s): Elena Crespi, Giulio Guandalini, Stefano Campanari
Published in: E3S Web of Conferences, Issue 238, 2021, ISSN 2267-1242
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202123804003

GRASSHOPPER project: grid assisting modular hydrogen PEM power plant

Author(s): Elena Crespi*, Giulio Guandalini, Jorg Coolegem, Marianela Martín, Sönke Gößling, Peter Beckhaus, Jure Petkovšek, Silvain Buche, Stefano Campanari.
Published in: EFCF 2019: Low-Temp. FUEL CELLS, ELECTROLYSERS & H2 Processing, 2019, ISBN 978-3-905592-24-5
Publisher: European Fuel Cell Forum AG