The HYSHORE project continues progressing as planned. Last October, the annual meeting of the consortium was held at Tecnalia and was the opportunity for the project partners and stakeholders of the RVCTI (Basque Science, Technology & Innovation Network) to consider the progress so far. During the meeting, a work plan was established for the coming months and the partners undertook new commitments.

The HYSHORE project was set up with the goal to decarbonise the maritime sector, seek energy alternatives to fossil fuels, and place Basque industry in a leadership position; that will allow it to generate wealth and employment in the shipbuilding, offshore renewables, Oil & Gas, and in the new hydrogen industry sectors. It is therefore focusing on searching for technological solutions and on optimising the costs of constructing and operating floating wind infrastructures with transporting hydrogen to shore.

The focus is on the field of hydrogen and its “green” generation by means of offshore wind renewable energy, by addressing different technical challenges that the industry is facing related to the production, transport and logistics of hydrogen generated by the wind farms.

The progress by the partners was considered in the meeting. They pooled the results of the different developments, regarding pipes for transporting hydrogen at high pressure; barrier thermal treatments and coating for equipment and components; critical bolted joints, and testing and manufacturing systems. The first conclusions were analysed of the testing being carried out in the laboratory and in the real marine environment, using the HasrhLab platform.

The progress regarding the conceptualisation and operating of vessels transporting hydrogen and ammonia was also shared. The technical and economic assessment of green hydrogen production on marine platforms, its transporting by pipe and the conclusions of the LCOH analysis were pooled as well.