Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOFR20250408018
- Term of Validity
- 8 April 2025 - 8 April 2026
- Company's Country
- France
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A French research and innovation institute dedicated to accelerating the development of offshore wind and ocean energy is looking for a consortium on the call HORIZON-JU-CLEANH2-2025-01-04 : “Efficient electrolysis coupling with variable renewable electricity and/or heat integration”. Its objective is to develop relevant solutions for green hydrogen production from offshore wind energy to support the transition to a low-carbon economy.
- Full Description
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The research institute is heavily involved in advancing offshore renewable energy technologies, with a particular emphasis on integrating offshore wind energy and renewable hydrogen production. Their work is centered around the potential of offshore wind farms to serve as a reliable, sustainable source of electricity for hydrogen production, contributing to the broader goal of decarbonizing the energy system.
The institute is already involved in multiple H2 projects which focus on the development and testing of innovative solutions for producing green hydrogen. This process involves using the electricity generated by offshore wind turbines to power electrolysis.
These projects typically explore key aspects such as:
1. Offshore Wind Integration: Leveraging the high and consistent energy output of offshore wind farms to ensure a steady and scalable supply of electricity for hydrogen production. This is crucial for achieving large-scale, economically viable green hydrogen production.
2. Electrolysis Technologies: The institute’s research delves into testing electrolyzers, which are the core technology for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. Offshore electrolyzers are particularly challenging due to harsh marine environments, so the projects focus on identifying the key features to get robust and efficient systems that can operate reliably at sea.
3. Integration with the Energy Market: They also work on integrating renewable hydrogen into the energy market by demonstrating its potential to complement intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar. Offshore wind-powered hydrogen can play a critical role in balancing energy supply and demand, especially in regions with high renewable energy generation.
4. Environmental Integration: The production of hydrogen at sea involves a desalination stage and therefore the discharge of produced water composed of brine and heated water, and treatment products. The institute has developed tools and methodologies to assess the associated environmental risks. - Advantages and Innovations
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In a consortium, the institute can work on scenarios for the deployment of offshore electrolyzers, the performance of proton exchange membrane electrolysis technology in a marine environment, the assessment of environmental risks and social issues associated with offshore hydrogen production.
More precisely, the institute has competences and experience in assessment of production volumes with hourly time step or above, in technology specification and sizing, in studying the impact of motion on the performance of a proton exchange member electrolyzer, and in the assessment of environmental risk associated with discharges of produced water from offshore renewable hydrogen production. - Stage of Development
- Under development
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The institute is willing to join a consortium which intend to apply to the Clean H2 partnership call HORIZON-JU-CLEANH2-2025-01-04 : “Efficient electrolysis coupling with variable renewable electricity and/or heat integration”.
They are also interested by consortia being built on:
- HORIZON-JU-CLEANH2-2025-06-02 : Small-scale Hydrogen Valley
- HORIZON-JU-CLEANH2-2025-06-01 : Large-scale Hydrogen Valley - Type and Size of Partner
- University
- Other
- SME 50 - 249
- SME <=10
- R&D Institution
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 04005008 - Wind energy
- Market keywords
- 06003003 - Wind energy
- 06003004 - Marine energy
- Sector Groups Involved
- Renewable Energy
- Targeted countries
- All countries