Hydrogen, hype or hope ?
“Hydrogen as driver for innovation, a Dutch perspective”
Dr. Ir. Jan-jaap Aué
Dean Centre of Expertise Energy Professor Energytransition
“Yes, my friends, I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and
oxygen
which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an
inexhaustible source of heat and light”
source: NASA source: US dep. of Energy
source: US dep. of Energy
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1839 Grove Fuel Cell
So Why Hydrogen?
• There is enough renewable energy potential not at the right spot on the right time;
• Storage of renewable energy is key;
• Intermittency of renewable production needs buffering in the network;
• Mobility needs clean energy-carriers;
• Usage of existing assets and infrastructure; • Power 2 products;
Why now ?
• Rapid decrease of renewable energy prices; • Today, renewable investments surpass fossil
investments;
• Speed of development in electric mobility; • Fukishima;
Source : IEA Renewables 2017
Centre of Expertise Energy
Source : IEA data, World Energy Investment 2017
An Opportunity of the Northern Netherlands ?
• Urgency, due to the Earthquake issues ; • Knowledge and skills in the existing labor
market ;
• An existing Hydrogen market in this region; • Geographic location and available space; • New Jobs;
Source gasunie 18
Gasunie 2030 plans
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Nijstad-Oost Gezinswoningen voor de Hoogevener
Verbeteren van verbinding tussen Erflanden en Nijstad
Vergroten van de
samenhang in het gebied
07/02/2021 Centre of Expertise Energy
(Many) Challenges
• Down- and upscaling; • Reduction of costs; • Supply or demand ? • Reputation;
• Regulation;
Dr. Ir. Jan-jaap Aué
Dean Centre of Expertise Energy Lector Energie Transitie
