alpstore technical symposium « storing energy in hydrogen

ALPStore – Technical symposium – Belfort, March 26th 2014

ALPStore

Technical Symposium « Storing energy in

Hydrogen: why and how »

Belfort, March 26th 2014

Overview of hydrogen based energy projects in

France

Jean-Marc Le Canut, INEVA-CNRT


The French initiative in H2 projects

Rhône-Alpes

Midi-Pyrénées

PACA

Franche-Comté

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Lorraine

Pays-de-la-Loire

Bretagne


Recent developments in France

Electrical grid support

Valorisation of renewable energies


The Myrte project

• Storing energy from renewable energy in Corsica. Investigation of the

potential of H2 for providing energy to islands. France has a very large

maritime territory.

• H2 is produced by water electrolysis using electricity produced by solar

panels

• 3700 m2 / 560 kWc PV. 200 kW electrolyser . Storage of H2 and O2. 100

kW fuel cell.


The Janus project

• In summer, cities located on the Mediterranean coast see their

population increasing by a large factor (e.g. x 10). This fact as a large

impact on the energy demand.

• In this project, Areva uses electricity from solar panels to feed the

Greenenergy Box to provide energy to buildings or back-up power in

case of power interruption.

• The Greenenergy Box is a modular concept (50 to 500 kW) and can

store from 0.2 to 2 MWh of energy.



Power to gas


The GRHYD project

• Led by GDF-SUEZ, 12 partners

• Power to gas : Grid management by

injection of H2 in NG for

decarbonizing energy

• Localized in Dunkerque

• 3 markets targeted

Optimization/valorization of

renewable energy

New gas for sustainable

cities

Hythane fuel for fleets

(buses, etc.)



Energy storage


The Hydor project

• Test of energy storage from electricity generated by a coal power

plant. French power plant Emile Huchet in Moselle operated by E.ON

• Storage of H2 in a solid matrix provided by McPhy energy.

• Small scale test : 4 kg of H2



Light duty vehicles


F-City H2 : FCH urban vehicle

• Heavy quadricycle with a FCH range extender (Michelin)

• French-Swiss project

• 1st approval of a H2 vehicle in France (15 December 2011)


MobyPost : Deployment of 10 FCH

vehicles for La Poste

• FCH-JU 2009 funded project involving 9 partners

• Deployment of 2 fleets of 5 La Poste vehicles on 2 postal sites in

Franche-Comté

• H2 and fuel cell concept “solar top wheels”. H2 locally produced

by solar panels and water electrolysis.



Vehicles


MOBILHyTEst-1 : Test of HyKangoo by La

Poste in Franche-Comté

• Electrical vehicle Kangoo ZE (Renault) modified by adding a FCH range

extender (SymbioFCell)

• 5 kW FC, 1.8 kg of H2, autonomy doubled (300 km)

• Test of 3 HyKangoo on 2 postal sites in Franche-Comté. The

experimentation will start on the 2nd semester of 2014

• Next step : MOBILHyTEst-2.

• Experimentation extended to other La Poste’s vehicles (high duty

vehicles ≥ 3,5 t) and to other captive fleet’s operators.

• Objective : Clean delivery in down town centres.



Forklifts


Air Liquide: H2 stations for forklifts

• Air Liquide’s logistic platform, Vatry

(near Reims)

• Refuelling of FCH forklifts, started on

January 2012

• HyPusion : Joint agreement between

Plug Power and Axane/Air Liquide

Hydrogen Energy to provide FC systems

for forklifts.

• IKEA’s logistic platform, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier

(near Lyon)

• Initial deployment : fleet of ≈ 20 FCH forklifts

• Project started on March 2013



Maritime applications


Zero CO2: a hybrid PEMFC sailboat

• 25 kW PEMFC system

• LiFePO4 batteries : 15 kWh

• 10.5 kg of H2@35 MPa: 350 kWh

• 4 partners : CEA, Shypyard Cie RM, Joseph Fourier University, Floralis

• Sailboat ready for sea testing in 2010

• First results obtained : the autonomy at 15 kW reaches 10 h with H2,

with an additional 2 h with batteries.


Developments in Pays-de-la-Loire

• MOST’H

• FCH electric boat

• 10 passengers

• ICAM, Alca Torda, etc.

• Demonstrated

• NavHybus

• Electrosolar FCH fuel cell

boat for urban areas

• Projected

• SHyPER

• Study of HFC integration

into commercial fishery

fleet

• Projected

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