The science of hydrogen has an Aragonese face, and this time her name is Lidia Martínez. While the world continues to debate the energy future over coffee and political speeches, there are those who roll up their sleeves and go straight to the laboratory. This is the case of the Aragon Hydrogen Foundation (FHa), which has just returned from the fifth International Congress on Electrolysis (ICE) with a head full of ideas.
The poster that made (scientific) noise
Lidia Martínez, R&D project coordinator at FHa, presented the work of the ENDURE project, an initiative that is pure applied engineering. Her poster on testing protocols for alkaline electrolysis technologies generated those conversations that only happen when you bring together researchers eager to change the world.
“I had the opportunity to participate in the fifth edition of the International Congress on Electrolysis,” explains Martínez with that mix of professionalism and enthusiasm that characterizes those who truly love what they do. “An event that has brought together doctoral students, researchers, and professionals from the sector for a week to share the latest advances in electrolysis technologies.”
More than protocols: validating the future
The interesting thing is not only that FHa is developing protocols, but that these will soon be validated in its own facilities. That is to say, we are not talking about pure theory, but about science that can be touched, measured and, above all, applied.
The ENDURE project represents that new generation of initiatives where research has feet and a head: it is based on solid knowledge, but it aims at real solutions. The test protocols they have developed in the R&D department are not documents to fill libraries, but tools to ensure that alkaline electrolysis ceases to be a promise and becomes an industrial reality.
The value of exchange (and we’re not talking about currencies)
“It has been a very enriching experience, both for the technical exchange and for the opportunity to connect with other professionals in the sector,” confesses Martínez. And something curious happens at these congresses: science becomes conversation, papers come to life in hallway debates, and future collaborations are born around a coffee.
The Aragonese presence at international events such as ICE is no coincidence. It is the demonstration that the hydrogen ecosystem in Aragón is not limited to making media noise, but that it generates knowledge, validates it and shares it with the global scientific community.
Green hydrogen has an Aragonese accent
While others talk about hydrogen as the energy of the future, at FHa they are already working on the protocols that will make that future possible. Lidia Martínez’s participation in ICE 2025 is a small sample of something bigger: Aragón is not waiting for the green hydrogen revolution to arrive. It is building it, protocol by protocol, test by test.
Because in the end, the energy change will not be led by those who shout the loudest, but by those who do the best research. And in that, it seems that we are on the right track.
The Aragon Hydrogen Foundation continues to position itself as a benchmark in the development of green hydrogen technologies, demonstrating that Aragonese innovation has a lot to say on the European energy stage.
