{"id":4963,"date":"2023-09-05T17:31:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altairchemical.com\/an-ambitious-project-in-the-hard-to-abate-chemical-sector-producing-hydrogen-with-hydroelectric-energy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:31:07","slug":"an-ambitious-project-in-the-hard-to-abate-chemical-sector-producing-hydrogen-with-hydroelectric-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altairchemical.com\/en\/an-ambitious-project-in-the-hard-to-abate-chemical-sector-producing-hydrogen-with-hydroelectric-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ambitious Project in the \u201cHard-to-Abate\u201d Chemical Sector: Producing Hydrogen with Hydroelectric Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In late October 2022, the <em>Ministry of Environment and Energy Security<\/em> allocated 1 billion euros to promote research, development, and innovation in the field of industrial processes. This funding aims <strong>to develop initiatives for the use of hydrogen in industrial sectors that rely on methane as a source of thermal energy, while also supporting the production of electrolytic hydrogen from renewable energy sources.<\/strong> The declared goal of this significant initiative is to facilitate the introduction of hydrogen in industrial processes, to decarbonize sectors known as <em>\u201chard-to-abate\u201d<\/em> such as the highly polluting and challenging-to-convert chemical sector.<\/p>\n<p><em>Esseco Industrial<\/em> is one of the few national chemical realities that can be considered environmentally sustainable, as it uses renewable energies (primarily hydroelectric and solar) for over 51% of its electrical consumption (data from the first half of 2023). Through its operating companies\u2014<em>Altair<\/em> <em>Chemical<\/em> at the Saline di Volterra and Pieve Vergonte sites, and <em>Esseco<\/em>\u2014the company has long been engaged in a process of rapid transition towards renewable energy sources and is currently developing several project proposals for investments.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that in 2022, at the Pieve Vergonte production site, the percentage of renewable electrical energy used in the production cycle exceeded 66% on an annual basis.<\/p>\n<p>The company is not new to such endeavors: at Saline di Volterra (PI), <em>Altair Chemical<\/em> a<strong>lready recovers hydrogen from the electrolysis of brine (saltwater) for steam generation, without any harmful emissions<\/strong>, replacing natural gas (methane CH4), which otherwise produces CO2 in the combustion process. For this purpose, a bi-fuel steam generator has been built capable of operating on hydrogen, methane, or a mix of the two, in a fully automated manner, depending on the instantaneous availability of hydrogen from electrolysis. The modulation occurs automatically, based on the available hydrogen, to maximize its reuse.<\/p>\n<p>Also, at Pieve Vergonte (VB), <em>Altair Chemical<\/em> produces hydrogen from the electrolysis of brine, and the residue from its use for the production of hydrochloric acid is used to <strong>reduce methane consumption<\/strong> for steam generation serving the distillation column.<\/p>\n<p>The new <em>IdroHydro<\/em> project might come to fruition at Pieve, should the application submitted to the \u201c<strong>Hard-to-Abate<\/strong>\u201d call be accepted. This involves the construction of a new hydroelectric plant capable of producing over 20,000 MWh of green energy annually. Of these, just 600 MWh\/year will be used for the normal functions of the facility as they are produced at a lower power. The vast majority, in fact, will be used to power a 6 MW electrolyzer with a productivity of 1.190 million Nm<sup>3<\/sup>\/h (Normal Cubic Metres Per Hour) of hydrogen at full load (359 t\/year), which will be used in two boilers currently operating at Pieve that would be converted from methane-only to bi-fuel (methane, hydrogen, or a mix of the two).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pairing hydrogen production with renewable energy sources such as hydroelectricity will allow for much higher productivity.<\/strong> To achieve the same results through other green sources, for example, about 20 MW of power from photovoltaics would have been needed. Instead, the <em>IdroHydro<\/em> project allows for the exploitation of the entire day, thus ensuring greater operation in service of the electrolysis plant. With this setup, it will save over 1.2 million Sm<sup>3<\/sup>\/h (Standard Cubic Metres Per Hour) of methane per year, equivalent to about 24% of the total methane used.<\/p>\n<p>The IdroHydro project for the production of hydrogen from a renewable source was conceived in full alignment with the goals of the \u201c<strong>Hard-to-Abate<\/strong>\u201d call by the <em>Ministry of Environment and Energy Security.<\/em> The planned investment is approximately 27 million euros, mostly split between the construction of the new hydroelectric plant and the new electrolyzer, with just 0.6 million euros for the bi-fuel boilers.<\/p>\n<p>While awaiting the assessments of the proposing authorities,<strong> we hope that this great opportunity, linked to the PNRR, can soon become a new reality capable of combining energy benefits with environmental advantages.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late October 2022, the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security allocated 1 billion euros to promote research, development, and innovation in the field of industrial processes. 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