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On the 10-11 March 2020 we shared our insights from the TSO2020 project on the World Hydrogen Fuels Summit 2020.

The Summit, produced by the Sustainable Energy Council, gathered over 100 senior Government and industry leaders, with 30 expert speakers, 7 sponsoring companies and 15 supporting associations, who shared their organisations’ impressive advances on projects and technology, which are making hydrogen the go-to alternative to fossil fuels for our industries, transport and shipping.

On the June 17^th Dutch Minister Kaag of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation paid a working visit to Groningen. There she took note of everything that is happening in the field of hydrogen and the opportunities for the Netherlands to put itself on the international map with hydrogen. She visited Groningen Seaports and also the hydrogen installation HyStock. Minister Kaag: ‘I am impressed with the way in which the energy transition is being worked on, how people are thinking ahead and how opportunities are being created for the Netherlands.

The TSO2020 Conosrtium of partners informs the confirmed attendants to the TSO2020 High Level Policy Roundtable on 25 March in Brussels, Belgium, that the event has been postponed until further notice.

For more information, contact Ms Sabrina Hastings Mela at s.hastings-mela@ease-storage.eu

We apologise for the inconvenience and hope these efforts will soon make a difference.

The TSO 2020 project has published a stability analysis of an international electricity system connected to regional and local sustainable gas systems. The report overiews an analysis of the current regulations for ancillary services provision. Next, it presents the development of a model of a 1-MW electrolyser equipped with frequency and voltage controllers to support the stability of the local transmission network. The performance of this electrolyser in a power system was simulated and analysed by using a reduced size model of the electrical transmission network in Veendam-Zuidwending. The electrolyser model was then scaled up to represent a large 300-MW electrolyser. A test model of the northern part of the Dutch transmission network was developed and various simulations were performed to study the impact of a large-scale electrolyser in an interconnected power system. The study was completed by the development of control approaches that enable electrolysers and multi-energy hubs to participate in the provision of electrical ancillary services.

The TSO 2020 project has published a Cost Benefit Analysis study. The overall objective of this activity is to assess the costs and benefits of a 300MW Power-to-Gas installation. This analysis is made both from a societal perspective (total value to the society) and from the perspective of a market party (project’s business case in the market environment).

The deliverable of this activity is composed of three reports:

Report 1: Power to Gas project’s value to society

Report 2: A description of the facility optimisation and contribution to local grid stability

Report 3: Business case and operational scheme of the Power to Gas project

TSO 2020 will have a stand on the 19^th of June 2019 at the European Union Sustainable Energy Week’s Energy Fair in Brussels. The stand will be present in the Networking Village, at the Residence Palace venue, between 14:00 and 18:00.

At the stand, visitors will be able to discover more about the project, provide valuable feedback, and engage in one of the several activities organised, such as a quiz.

Stakeholders and policymakers are invited to come to the stand: we can show how synergies between the transport and the energy sector can have positive impacts on operations and business models.

European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is a month-long series of activities to build a secure energy future for Europe. It brings together public authorities, private companies, NGOs and consumers to promote initiatives to save energy and move towards renewables for clean, secure and efficient power. EUSEW is organised by the European Commissions’ Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) in close cooperation with Directorate-General for Energy.

  From October 2018 onwards Energy Stock and Gasunie New Energy started commissioning the electrolyser in project HyStock. The electrolyser has an electrical capacity of 1 MW and has the purpose to convert green electricity into hydrogen. Hydrogen is a versatile energy carrier that can be applied in a diversity of end user sectors, like industry, mobility and on the long term build environment.

On the short term Energy Stock foresees to offer conversion capacity to support the development of hydrogen mobility. At this stage the hydrogen is stored above ground in tube trailers. The 1 MW electrolyser is a stepping stone so that in the long term, with the scale up of electrolysis, the industrial sector can be supplied and caverns can be prepared to facility large scale hydrogen storage and offer balancing services. HyStock is a first pilot towards the development of a wider hydrogen infrastructure.