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NORCE and TNO have signed a long-term strategic partnership to accelerate hydrogen development and storage.

The planned hydrogen infrastructure in Northwest Europe is not robust enough to reliably meet future energy demand without additional investments. This is one of the main conclusions from a study conducted by TNO, Arcadis, and partners into the supply security and resilience of the future hydrogen network.

In the future energy system, which is primarily going to rely on wind and solar power, large-scale underground hydrogen storage will be essential to ensure the stability of the system.

Today TNO won second prize in the category ‘Impact Expected‘ at the 13th EARTO Innovation Awards for an innovative hydrogen engine for the maritime sector. The innovation involves converting existing, heavy (diesel) engines in cargo ships to a clean, hydrogen engine. The impact: almost 100% CO₂ reduction with short implementation times and costs! Due to our retrofit concept, existing engines can be retrofitted with the technology and have immediate impact without having to wait for the end-of life of the existing engines. The prize was awarded at a special ceremony in Brussels with wide political and stakeholder participation.

Green hydrogen, produced by electrolysis using renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, plays a crucial role in the energy transition. But much remains to be done to produce this clean energy carrier on an industrial scale and at an acceptable cost. Europe has good trump cards to achieve this. At the initiative of TNO, a number of leading knowledge institutes have launched proposals to take electrolysis up a notch, fast.