Funded Projects 2014-2020
Project HUGE
| Project Acronym | HUGE |
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| Project Title | Hydrogen Utilization & Green Energy |
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Summary
The Hydrogen Utilisation and Green Energy project (HUGE) aims to provide communities with energy security by delivering to them the necessary tools to assess the hydrogen renewable energy chain opportunities in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) area and beyond. Whilst many communities in the NPA are challenged by low economic diversity, result of their peripheral locations, dispersed demography and lack of critical mass, they have abundant amounts of renewable energy resources available locally.
On many occasions, where renewables are implemented, the generated electricity/heat is more than that required by the local population. At the same time the electric grid infrastructure in many NPA areas is underdeveloped, resulting in the curtailment of green electricity production, and inefficient resource use as clean energy is left unharnessed. Similar situations are encountered by communities living off-grid where the mechanisms do not exist to harness the excess energy generated nor store it efficiently. HUGE aims to overcome these barriers by building capacity in communities, with the help of sectoral agencies and SME’s to exploit the abundance of natural resources to their full potential through raising awareness about the benefits that can be delivered by employing a hydrogen economy.
HUGE will achieve this by assessing the hydrogen renewable energy chain from production through storage to transportation and on to the end-user. We’ll accomplish it by identifying and assessing viable technical processes for hydrogen operations, creating a business model for hydrogen utilization and enabling effective knowledge transfer through an online, multilingual platform. The result is the operational HUGE Output Tool (HOT) service, created by direct interaction with the relevant end-users and stakeholders, and ready for them to implement. Hydrogen is a flexible energy carrier, can be produced from any prevalent source and effectively transformed for diverse end-use applications.
Objectives
Energy security and self-sufficiency for NPA communities through hydrogen utilization from excess green energy production.
HUGE’s immediate targeted opportunity is diversifying the economy of remote, peripheral communities by developing the HOT service for local hydrogen supply chain development, while at the same time providing communities with energy security.
Impacts
Tangible
| Improved access to services: | Communities, businesses, and other stakeholders interested in hydrogen supply-chain development will benefit from the HUGE tools. The Techno-Economic Assessment helps to evaluate economic feasibility and lifetime cash flows. The Hydrogen Utilization Business model provides guidance for creation of hydrogen business models and outlines relevant knowledge and tools to orchestrate the hydrogen business ecosystem.
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Intangible
| Changing attitude and behaviour: | The HUGE project demonstrated that hydrogen utilisation is feasible in areas across the NPA region through the creation of 6 tailored hydrogen business case scenarios. These have demonstrated the effectiveness and practicability of the Techno-Economic Assessment Tool and the business model in real world operations. Through its seminars and workshops, courses, and e-learning the project influenced the uptake of hydrogen solutions in remote and dispersed communities in the NPA area.
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Lead Partner
- North Highland College UHI
Scotland
Desislava Todorova
e-mail: desislava.todorova@uhi.ac.uk
Partners
- Action Renewables
Northern Ireland - Aran Islands Energy Co-op
IRELAND (IE) - Icelandic New Energy-Íslensk Nýorka ehf
Iceland - Lappeenranta University of Technology, Savo
SUOMI / FINLAND (FI) - National University of Ireland Galway
Ireland - The Highland Council
Scotland - University of Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
Project Info
| Theme Renewable energy, eco products |
| Priority 3 Renewables and Energy Efficiency |
| Objective 3 Increased use of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions |
| Project duration 30-04-19 to 29-04-22 |
| Total budget 1 424 075 EUR |
| NPA co-financing 875 088 EUR |
| Target groups local public authority regional public authority sectoral agency infrastructure and (public) service provider higher education and research enterprise, including SME General public national public authority Other |
| Joint Secretariat Desk Officer Kirsti Mijnhijmer |