Hy-PACT: H2 Production & Supply Chain Affordability, Certification and Traceability

The Hy-PACT initiative will be in strategic collaboration among key stakeholders in the UK and Australia to develop the prototype for the innovative "Digital Material Passport"(DMP) in the hydrogen supply chain. DMP will provide a full lifecycle record of hydrogen from production through to its end use, including the cost, critical Circularity Index and accurate Scope 3 carbon footprint measurement and monitoring.

As UK and Australian governments line up big bets to develop low carbon hydrogen, there is a need to facilitate the assessment of hydrogen production pathways and supply chain, particularly from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions, leaks, life cycle assessment and certification. Lacking technology to monitor this data and certify hydrogen production pathways means there is a data gap.

More research is needed to calculate its net impact on global warming. Hy-PACT initiative will solve them by leveraging cutting-edge technologies our team are focusing and aim to deliver in the next 21 months.

To achieve the 'Destination Zero' in the hydrogen supply chain, the existing MCG's platform VUILA (reference: https://cic.ubc.ca/project/vaccine-distribution-supply-chain-prototype/), we will integrate advanced carbon visibility analytics and machine learning (ML) tools in the form of DMP, which will be used to track and monitor carbon emissions throughout the hydrogen supply chain. The trusted data layer built up by MCG will retain the data stored on the blockchain ledger and shared across supply chain stakeholders with integrity and real-time visibility.

Hy-PACT will also offer the opportunity to develop 2 case studies: one project with a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser powered by renewable energy, and one demonstration of a solid oxide electrolyser (SOE) made of revolutionary tubular SOE cells(reference: https://www.edf-re.uk/news-and-views/ground-breaking-tees-green-hydrogen-project-secures-major-government-funding/).

Hy-PACT team will closely engage with the funding scheme and explore the potential for the DMP to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Hy-PACT will potentially integrate existing solutions for carbon credit tokenization and establish a global open innovation network for sustainable development goals(SDGs) between Australia and the UK.