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Monitor the state of the art of the technologies
The Hydrogen Technology Observatory will be a catalyst for the exchange of technical knowledge in the hydrogen value chain and to promote technological advances that accelerate the deployment of this vector.
The Observatory is constituted as a forum for debate between the private, public and academia sectors, and its main objective is to promote and disseminate technological advances in renewable hydrogen, helping the main agents in the sector to adequately guide decisions, next steps and future needs.
Monitor the state of the art of the technologies
Identify future trends and anticipate the technological evolution of the sector
Share best practices related to technology and innovation in this field in order to promote their implementation
The Observatory is open to the incorporation of those national and European companies, institutions, technology and research centers that wish to join and has the vocation to establish agreements and alliances with other relevant public and private actors with a similar focus.
The first initiative derived from this Observatory is the Enagás H2 Technical Day. A technological conference, celebrated April 9th 2024, and in which, together with key players from the sector -at a national and international level-, we analyzed the technological challenges of the development of the future European hydrogen network. During the event, experts affirmed that the development of large-scale renewable hydrogen is perfectly viable technologically.
You can now check the content of the technical presentations by speakers on pipelines, compressors, renewable hydrogen storage, and other technological developments of interest that drive decarbonization.
One of the objectives of the Hydrogen Technology Observatory is to share technical knowledge about hydrogen and disseminate technological advances that facilitate its development. Below, we highlight relevant publications and reports, carry out by leading organizations and actors in the sector, both national and international.
This report deals comprehensively with odorization of hydrogen, either pure or mixed with natural gas (H2-NG), and analyses different alternatives for this purpose. The main objective of this document prepared by Marcogaz is to contribute to determine the main factors and data to be taken into account when odorizing gases containing hydrogen.
In this study, Enagás and CIME (Centro de Investigación en Materiales Estructurales) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid evaluate and validate the potential repurposing of existing gas pipelines of the natural gas backbone network for hydrogen transport. The tests carried out and their results, which reproduce real operating conditions, have made it possible to validate the system and test procedure developed jointly under an R&D programme. The validation of this experimental procedure already allows tests to be carried out in a hydrogen atmosphere under the same conditions in which the future hydrogen network will operate.
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