In order to accelerate the European green transition and achieve the targets set in the European Green Deal and the European Climate Law, the scale of hydrogen projects has been increasing rapidly in recent years. There is a clear shift of focus from small, decentralised H2 production units, towards large scale supply chains with centralised multi-megawatt electrolysers and large filling centers for gaseous hydrogen distribution. In addition, fleets of busses, transport trucks, garbage trucks, and other HDV are being deployed around Europe, necessitating the expansion and reinforcement of today's infrastructure with high capacity HRS to ensure fast, safe, reliable and sustainable delivery of large quantities of hydrogen.
The outlet pressure of green hydrogen production systems is generally not more than 30 bar, and a compressor is necessary for most applications (large-scale filling center, high capacity HRS, gas-pipeline injection) to reach the target pressure (minimum 500 bar for filling center, up to 1000 bar for HRS, up to 200 bar for pipelines). These compressors are subject to challenging requirements and are one of the main obstacles to achieving an economical and energy-efficient hydrogen infrastructure.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Contributing to strengthening European leadership in
