In collaboration with European partners, researchers from SDU’s Department of Green Technology will develop a new type of electrolyser that can produce green hydrogen more cheaply, sustainably, more efficiently, and without the use of PFAS, which is currently used.
We keep hearing it: green hydrogen is essential if the green transition is to succeed. The fuel is needed in heavy industry, in the transport sector, and as an energy source on days when the sun isn’tshining and the wind turbines are still.
The problem right now is that green hydrogen – that is, hydrogen produced using green electricity – must be made through what’s known as electrolysis. And currently, that process is resource-intensive and therefore very expensive compared to hydrogen made from fossil fuels.
In addition, the production often relies on environmentally and health-hazardous fluorinated polymers, also known as PFAS, which the EU aims to phase out – and may even ban entirely.
A major new European research project called SUPREME and led by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) aims to address all of this.
Together with six partners, including both private companies and other research institutions, researchers from SDU’s Department of Green Technology will, over the next three years, develop a new electrolysis technology that is cleaner and cheaper.
- The ambition is to demonstrate that green hydrogen can be produced competitively, sustainably and without the problematic substances on which the technology currently depends. We want to develop a new type of electrolysis that is ready to be taken forward to industrial application and can play a real role in the green transition, says Shuang Ma Andersen, professor at the Faculty of Engineering at SDU and project lead.
Specifically, the goal is that the new technology will eventually be able to produce 1 kilogram of green hydrogen for 2 euros, which is roughly the current level for fossil-based hydrogen. If successful, this could result in a CO₂ equivalent saving of 2 million tonnes as early as 2030.
Read more in the orignal post on the SDU website
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