Testbed Leader: ACEGAS
Via del Teatro, 5, Trieste, Italy
Director (or representative): Giacomini Massimo (mgiacomini@acegasapsamga.it)
Project Description
An electrolyser prototype will produce renewable hydrogen. The hydrogen production plant will be electrically powered by renewable energy purchased from RES plants and produced by a photovoltaic field. In a perspective of industrial symbiosis, the hydrogen production plant will use the purging of the cooling towers of the waste-to-energy plant. The hydrogen produced will be stored and made available to users, including the logistics sector and the local public transport service.
Key Metrics
Electrolyser power: 5 Mwe
Hydrogen production: 370 t/y
The hydrogen produced will be made available to the logistic the sector and the local public transport service.
The total budget of the project has just been updated to 19,3 million euros.
Key Metrics
The goal is to increase the overall efficiency of the developed system, reduce the environmental impact of the process and thus develop a scalable solution.
Current Status
The initiative aimed at building the hydrogen production plant has completed the first phase of technical and economic feasibility design.
Last June, the request for authorization to build the plant was formalized, currently under the jurisdiction of the FVG Region; it is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
The process for purchasing the electrolyser is underway, with a procedure involving over 15 European and non-European suppliers; the purchase contract is expected to be formalized by next October.
Progress Highlights
This type of plant, given the novelty they represent, requires a cooperative approach that pools the skills of the greatest number of parties involved. In our case, we involved parties such as the University of Trieste and the Bruno Kessler Foundation to identify the optimal conditions for the project and the best partners to involve in the implementation phase.
The collaboration of the institutions was also extremely important to define the authorization process and the involvement of the territory; in this context, the collaboration we found in the FVG Region was fundamental.
Future Plans
The tender for the construction of the hydrogen production platform, i.e. all the civil and electromechanical works necessary to host the supply of the electrolyser and to make the production plant operational, should start in the second half of 2024. The start of the works is instead scheduled for the first half of 2025.