Green hydrogen technology for Central and Eastern Europe
In a second stage, the expertise acquired by designing, building, and operating the first green hydrogen ecosystem in the Greater Region, should serve as a direct model for replicating valleys in Central (Czech Republic) and Eastern Europe (Ukraine), furthering EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ emission targets (reducing the EU emissions by at least 55% by 2030) and helping Ukraine’s reconstruction.
“We will need hydrogen to meet the EU emission targets, and with LuxHyVal, we are trying to make concrete advances towards a sustainable and cleaner future”, says Prof. Bradley Ladewig, holder of the Paul Wurth Chair in Energy Process Engineering and coordinator of the project. “Building large industrial infrastructure takes time and effort: we need to start now.”
Stéphanie Obertin, Minister for Digitalisation and Minister for Research and Higher Education comments „I welcome this initiative because it is in line with the national research and innovation strategy. Indeed, this collaborative project involving the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), to produce green hydrogen locally fits in perfectly with two of the four two of the country’s four priority interdisciplinary research areas industrial and service transformation, and sustainable and responsible development.”
“The use of climate friendly and competitively priced hydrogen will be essential to decarbonize parts of our economy. It is one of my priorities to connect Luxembourg to a European hydrogen grid, in order to guarantee the access to competitive climate friendly hydrogen”, adds Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism. “I congratulate the whole consortium for the successful launch of the LuxHyVal project”.
More about the LuxHyVal project
LuxHyVal collaborative project is aligned with the Clean Hydrogen Mission and comprised of 17 partners from 7 different countries covering the entire value chain, including energy engineering/integrator, technology providers, supplier of green electricity, end users in mobility and industry and experts in digitalisation, public acceptance, environmental assessments, innovation management, and replicators from the follower valleys.
LuxHyVal project Consortium includes University of Luxembourg, Paul Wurth, Encevo, Enovos, LuxEnergie, Green Power Storage Solutions (GPSS), Ceratizit, LuxMobility, Sales-Lentz, Syndicat T.I.C.E., and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) represent Luxembourg-based partners, together with University of Bordeaux, France; IZES GGMBH, Germany; R2M Solution, Spain; University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (VSCHT), Czech Republic; King Danylo University, Ukraine, and University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia.
LuxHyVal aims to locally produce green hydrogen to replace imported grey hydrogen, aligning with Luxembourg’s decarbonization strategy. It employs a comprehensive approach to gradually upscale production, focusing on specific objectives and key performance indicators. LuxHyVal also strives to innovate across various domains to achieve significant impacts from technical, economic, environmental, social, and replicability perspectives. Through seven Innovation Pillars, it advances the state-of-the-art in hydrogen deployment and applications, driving sustainable energy solutions and leading hydrogen innovation.
