The Aragon Hydrogen Foundation joins the Centenary of the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park
With 15 years of activity and composed of 71 members, the entity focuses its latest projects on initiatives that face the challenge of energy transition and decarbonization The Foundation for the Development of New Hydrogen Technologies in Aragon has joined as a new sponsor of the Centenary of the Ordesa and MontePerdido National Park, whose […]
Continue reading →A delegation from the Polish region of Wielkopolska visits the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation and various community companies during this week
The mission, headed by the Deputy Presidents of the secondlargest region of the country, aims to know the Aragoneseexperience in the field of industrial specialization, use ofrenewables and energy transition Poland’s political and economic representatives have showntheir interest in the research and applied innovationtrajectory of the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation and how thistechnology helps solve energy and environmental problems. Zaragoza, February 21, 2019. To deepen the relationsbetween Spain and Poland, to exchange knowledge and toappreciate closely the experience of diverse companies andtechnological and research centers with specialization in theindustrial and energetic fields of the autonomouscommunity is the Objective of the visit that these days maketo Aragon a delegation of the Polish region of Wielkopolska,the second largest of that country. Led by the deputy Presidents of the Parliament ofWielkopolska, Magorzata Warszak and Jaroslaw Maciejewskiand also integrated by the President and Assistant Presidentof the Economic Committee, Marta Dzikowska and RobertPopkowski respectively, by several of Its members and thegeneral director of economy, Beata Joanna Lozińska, themission was particularly interested in knowing theAragonese experience in the use of renewable energies,since they live a complex process of energetic transition thatmust Lead to reduce their dependence on coal in the face ofthese new clean sources, a situation up to a hundred pointssimilar to the one our country lives in. The interest of the Polish delegation is also focused onanalyzing the Aragonese bet for the hydrogen that began 15years ago and how these technologies can contribute tosolve energy and environmental problems. This motive iswhat has led them to visit the Aragon Hydrogen Foundationin the WALQA Technology Park, as well as several companiesof the technological complex altoaragonés. The VicePresident of the Foundation and Director General ofIndustry, SMEs, trade and handicraft of the Government ofAragon, Jesús Sánchez Farraces and the managing directorof the entity, Fernando Palacín, were hosts together with therepresentative of the City Council of Huesca in thepatronage, Teresa Sas, and showed to the Polishrepresentatives the main projects in which the foundationcurrently works, looking for possible lines of collaborationbetween the two territories. The delegation of Wielkopolska also visits these dayscompanies like the Industrial group Calvera, Enagás, groupSesé or Podoactiva, as well as the Superior Council ofScientific Research in Aragon (CSIC), Itainnova, AREX, theResearch institute in Engineering of Aragon, the owntechnological park WALQA or the Cortes of Aragon. Wielkopolska is one of the most industrialized areas ofPoland. With Poznan as capital, it stands out for a growingimplementation of renewable energies, which alreadyassume around 11.3% of the total energy produced in thecountry, according to the most recent data compiled by theCentral statistical Office. Poland has made a clearcommitment to photovoltaics to boost the production ofclean energy in the coming years in order to meet theobjectives established by the European Union for the year2020.
Continue reading →The Aragon Hydrogen Foundation collaborates with the Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture to promote sustainable mobility in Ainsa.
Both organizations have signed an agreement to help curb climate change and improve air quality The Aragon Hydrogen Foundation (Foundation for the development of new hydrogen technologies in Aragon) and the foundation for the conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ) have signed an agreement under which the entity based in the Walqa Technological park […]
Continue reading →The Aragon Hydrogen Foundation and the National Hydrogen Center subscribe a collaborative framework agreement
This protocol will serve to launch joint initiatives related toresearch on hydrogen and fuel cells and their use by theeconomic sectors and society at large Collaborate on programmes of common interest, bothresearch and equipment or infrastructures and providemutual advice on the promotion and monitoring of scientificactivity are two of the objectives of the frameworkagreement that have Signed in Toledo the Foundation forthe development of new hydrogen technologies in Aragon(FHA) and the National Center for experimentation ofhydrogen technologies and fuel cells (CNH2). This general protocol of collaboration signed by JesúsSánchez, general director of industry, SMEs, trade andhandicraft of the Government of Aragon and Vice-Presidentof the Board of the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation, and EmilioNieto, director of the National Center of Hydrogen. The firmhas also attended the director of the Aragon HydrogenFoundation, Fernando Palacín, and the director general ofuniversities, research and innovation, Ricardo Cuevas. This agreement constitutes a stable framework ofcooperation in the hydrogen and fuel cell technologies that,based on the extensive experience that both entities have inthis field both in Spain and in international projects, willserve to put in It is launching new initiatives focused onhydrogen and its technological, scientific and business use. The protocol envisages the creation of joint working groupsand a joint committee composed of three representatives ofeach entity that will meet periodically and schedule activities,cooperation agreements and research contracts with entitiesPublic and private institutions to be established. In addition,it expresses the interest of the Aragon Hydrogen Foundationand the National Hydrogen Center in developing researchand development activities in specific fields such as thegeneration of hydrogen from renewable energies. The Aragon Hydrogen Foundation is a non-profitorganization in charge of organising and deploying a widerange of actions aimed at promoting the use of hydrogen asan energy vector. Based in the Huesca Walqa TechnologyPark and a board of trustees composed of 71 members,most of them private reference companies in theirrespective sectors, their activities are oriented to achieve therecognition of Aragon as a prestigious actor With regard tothe new hydrogen technologies, to encourage theadaptation of small and medium-sized enterprises to placethem in the forefront of innovation in new hydrogentechnologies, to incorporate renewable energies into newproducts and processes As an engine for growth andmodernization, and to organise activities that promote theknowledge by the entrepreneurs and the general public ofthe hydrogen technologies and the benefits that theincorporation of the autonomous Community implies. Toeconomic activities related to their use. On the other hand, the National Center for experimentationof hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, based in Ciudad Real,is a national Research center created in 2007 as a publicconsortium between the Ministry of Education and Science(currently the Ministry of Science, Innovation anduniversities) and the Junta de comunidades de Castilla-LaMancha, aimed at promoting scientific and technologicalresearch in all aspects related to hydrogen technologies andbatteries of Fuel, at the service of the entire scientific,technological and business community, at national andinternational levels.
Continue reading →The Aragon Hydrogen Foundation obtains 175,000 euros of national aids for innovative business groupings
The Foundation for the Development of New Hydrogen Technologies in Aragon has obtained a global aid of 174,855 euros from the call of 2018 of national program to support innovative business groups (AEI), convened by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of Spain, for five projects promoted by the entity or that have their participation. The AEI support program plans to support innovation and business competitiveness strategies developed by innovative business groups that are recognized as such as a result of their registration in the special Register of AEI of the Ministry, as is the case of the AEI New Hydrogen Technologies, managed by the foundation itself and formed by all the entities belonging to its board. Among other objectives, this program seeks to reinforce the role of clusters as agents capable of fostering collaboration between universities, R+D centres and productive fabric as a measure of improving competitiveness. These five projects in which the Aragon HydrogenFoundation works have a joint budget of 242,500 euros that will cover in 72% the aid of the national AEI program and pursue the objectives as varied as the research in fuel cells by renewable fuels such as biogas; The design of anelectric agricultural vehicle; Increase safety in road tunnel staking into account hydrogen technology; The integration of longterm uninterrupted feeding systems based on hydrogen fuel cells in telecommunications applications or the reduction of energy costs in the industry 4.0. Each one of them is briefly described below: BioSOC (design studio and remote monitoring system with versatile test functions and intelligent operation of reversible solid oxide technology powered by biogas from organic waste). The main objective of this 7-month long project that leads and coordinates the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation is to design a test bench for reversible solid oxide stacks and mono-cells for its application as fuel cells and/or electrolyzers of High temperature fueled by renewable fuels, a technology related to the revaluation of waste and efficient use of biogas, as well as the transition to complete decarbonization of the current energy system. During the project will work on the versatility and automation of the control system that allows the monitoring, management and intelligent operation of the bank, which will provide unique benefits and position of Spain on the international scene in this field. TEMAUT. This project will establish the basis for the design of an electric energy driven agricultural vehicle that can perform different functions such as handling fruit and citrus pallets in fruit and citrus farms, in an autonomous and robotic way. In the medium term the objective is to develop a multifunctional tractor adaptable, through accessories, to develop other functions such as weeding, fumigating or applying fertilizer. With a lead time between September 2018 and March 2019, TEMAUT counts as partners with Talleres Cobins (manufacturers of industrial agricultural machinery), SAT1243 (Agrarian Transformation Society and Producer Organization), Serrater (company of Family capital with Apple and other extensive crops of wheat, maize,sunflower and rapeseed), Vernis Motors (manufacture of rotary electric machines), FEMAC (Catalan cluster of agricultural production media) and Aragon HydrogenFoundation (cluster Innovative business grouping in new technologies of the AEI-NTH hydrogen). In particular, the role of the Aragonese Foundation is focused on the selection of the robot’s energy source, the sizing and selection of the energetic equipment and its control and the configuration of the energy control equipment. InstunH2-II, increasing safety in road tunnels to the challenge of H2. This project emerged as a continuation of the INSTUNH2 project, in which a first analysis was carried out identifying aspects related to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that may have influence on the safety of the tunnels, selecting several fire scenarios to simulate and, finally, developing fluidodinamics simulations of these scenarios. From this previous project were obtained very interesting results like the emission of heat of the fire and its variation over time, or a map of the radiation that would be received in the vicinity of it. After this first phase, the work will now focus on validating these results by real fire tests, with the view set in studying the different options that exist for the practical realization of the actual trial and to propose a system of obtaining Information (sensorization) that allows to measure the variables of interest simultaneously at various points in the section of a tunnel. The partners involved in the project are IDOM Consulting, engineering, Architecture S.A.U., Gotor Comunicaciones and the Foundation itself. COMPACT SAI 4.0. This project is a technical feasibility study,of sustainability and economic integration of equipment of long-life uninterrupted feeding systems based on hydrogen cells in diverse applications of telecommunications asstations base, network operations centers or internal communication systems. The batteries to be integrated in this study are the GENCELL G5, which are distributed in Spain by SAI, belonging to the INGESOL group based in Zaragoza. During the project an integrated solution will be developed for the afore mentioned applications and acomparison will be made with the technologies currently used in the market. In this case, the participants will be Satel, a specialized engineering company in the telecommunications sector; VEA Global, consultant with experience in the design and development of intelligent management systems oriented to industry 4.0 and industrial engineering designs, and the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation, which has extensive experience in production systems of Electricity based on hydrogen-fuelled fuel cells and particularly in offering containerized solutions for specific situations. In this case the foundation will participate in the design of the integration of the necessary equipment to give a compact solution of intelligent Isolated Supply compact SAI4.0, as well as in compared to traditional solutions and in the final economic study of the Solution found. RIEG 4.0. Project that aims to respond to a need of the company connected 4.0 as is the reduction of energy costs from the automated management of both the demand curveand electrical consumption in general, acting on large-consumption operations energy in particular. The participants in RIEG 4.0 are, in addition to the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation, the companies Satel and Tafyesa and the consultancy VEA Global.
Continue reading →Participation of the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation in the first Hispano-Moroccan Forum of Green Innovation
The Aragon Hydrogen Foundation has participated during 20th and 21st December in the first forum for the development of innovation projects within the framework of the green economy carried out in Rabat, Morocco. At the event, jointly organized by IRESEN, the agency in charge of financing innovation projects in Morocco, and the CDTI, its Spanish […]
Continue reading →La Fundación Hidrógeno Aragón cede bicicletas eléctricas a SEO/BirdLife para fomentar la movilidad sostenible en Zaragoza
Ambas organizaciones firman un convenio para contribuir a frenar el cambio climático y mejorar la calidad del aire en la ciudad Convenio Fundación del Hidrógeno /Seo BirdLife. La Fundación Hidrógeno Aragón (Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Nuevas Tecnologías del Hidrógeno en Aragón) y la ONG de conservación SEO/BirdLife van a incorporar una flota de […]
Continue reading →El proyecto de la Fundación Hidrógeno Aragón para mejorar la sostenibilidad de los refugios de montaña consigue una significativa reducción de las emisiones de dióxido de carbono
La iniciativa europea SustainHuts para potenciar el uso de energías limpias en centros montañeros ha permitido evitar la emisión de más de 6 toneladas de dióxido de carbono a la atmósfera con las tecnologías instaladas hasta la fecha. 23 de noviembre de 2018. Tras dos años de operación y según lo previsto, el proyecto europeo […]
Continue reading →Gastón y el consejero delegado de Enagás firman un acuerdo para el desarrollo de proyectos a partir de gases renovables
La consejera ha visitado el Centro de Control de la compañía en Madrid y ha firmado un protocolo que fija las bases de la colaboración entre la empresa y el Gobierno de Aragón La consejera de Economía, Industria y Empleo, y presidenta de la Fundación Hidrógeno Aragón, Marta Gastón, y el consejero delegado de Enagás, […]
Continue reading →La Fundación Hidrógeno Aragón, premiada por la Asociación Europea de Economía y Competitividad
La Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Nuevas Tecnologías del Hidrógeno en Aragón ha sido distinguida con el Premio Europeo a la Gestión e Innovación Empresarial que otorga la Asociación Europea de Economía y Competitividad. La entrega del galardón concedido por esta asociación que promueve, desarrolla y reconoce el buen desarrollo empresarial dentro del marco […]
Continue reading →Aragón apoya en Bruselas la expansión de la tecnología del hidrógeno y la movilidad eléctrica
El director general de Industria participa en la asamblea de la principal iniciativa europea que reúne a ciudades y regiones de 22 países interesadas en la utilización de la tecnología del hidrógeno y las pilas de combustible para alcanzar mayores cotas de eficiencia medioambiental y descarbonización. Bruselas, martes 9 de octubre de 2018. La comunidad […]
Continue reading →Fomentar la cultura científica y acercar la innovación y las tecnologías del hidrógeno a la ciudadanía
La Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Nuevas Tecnologías del Hidrógeno participó el pasado viernes 28 de septiembre en una nueva edición de Researchers Night, la Noche de los Investigadores, una cita que ya se ha extendido por numerosas ciudades de Europa para fomentar la cultura científica y acercar la innovación al ciudadano gracias a la participación […]
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