Sector-coupling Green Hydrogen for Steel Production – Power grid support and sustainable mobility

Purpose and goal:

This project studies hydrogen, focusing on operational benefits and sector connections such as support for electricity grids, fuel for transportation such as heavy trucks, and contribution to district heating. The project continues the feasibility study "Hydrogen for industrial heat with flexibility for electricity grid and a sector coupling to transport".

It aims to bridge the missing parts identified before establishing a system demonstrator. In particular, the project will focus on studies of refueling stations with hydrogen gas for heavy transportation. Expected results and effects:

The project will investigate questions about how to optimize storage for hydrogen and/or other energy media to accommodate both flexibilities on the electricity grid and provide hydrogen for transportation while maintaining on-site production. In this study, special focus will be on the design of a filling station with hydrogen gas for heavy transportation. The project is expected to lay the foundation for the establishment of a system demonstrator.

Approach and implementation: The project is planned to be carried out within 4 work packages as follows: WP1 Progression towards a system demonstrator for heavy trucks and H2 refueling station (Volvo/KTH) WP2 Analysis of operational data (KTH/Ovako) WP3 Research questions for electrolyzer grid support (KTH/Hitachi Energy)

WP4 Application and packaging of next phase with system demonstrator (KTH) The main responsible partners are indicated in parentheses, the project description indicates more details .