This week we were lucky enough to attend the H2 Revolution International Congress of Puertollano (#sabemoscomo; #h2revolution), an international event that put the city of Puertollano and the region of Castilla-La Mancha as a whole forward as the place from which to drive the green or renewable hydrogen revolution in Spain (everyone has their own way of calling it).
The event was held at the Puertollano Trade Fair and Congress Centre, which, for those curious about history, was refurbished from a former thermal power station that burned coal from the nearby mines into the hall where we spent these days of the congress. Specifically, the hall comprised the turbine area and the transformer building.
Companies from many fields, both public and private, took part. As the host of the event, Helena with an “H”, put it, there were lawyers, figures from the highest institutions, engineers and professionals from every sector, but also people less connected with the highly technical world around hydrogen who, like her, caught the enthusiasm of the speakers and of all of us sharing that moment: people who are passionate about their work and want to change the world.
Our team is made up of people like that, eager to change the world. And we know we are living in the age of Hydrogen, with an “H”.
At CADE we carry out engineering and consulting work on the production, separation and high-pressure storage of hydrogen as an energy storage vector, and on its integration with renewable generation.
We work with our own technology and know-how for the production, separation and high-pressure storage of renewable gases (hydrogen, methane and CO2), based on supercritical water gasification, applicable to wet, residual or cultivated biomass (algae) and able to be integrated as energy storage for renewable generation (power to gas). We are also developing our own technologies for energy storage in solid materials, among others.
In this new age of Hydrogen, with an “H”, we are part of the ECLOSION project (a MISIONES project on renewable hydrogen and biomethane to drive a decarbonised, sustainable and circular economy), in which organisations such as the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) also take part, with whom CADE collaborates and has collaborated on other projects.
Click to see the ECLOSION project organisation chart
In fact, at this hydrogen congress, organisations such as the UCLM and the National Hydrogen Centre (CNH2), of which we are also members, presented the many projects they are involved in, linked to new technologies, materials and uses of both hydrogen and other renewable gases.
The congress (H2revolution) also addressed at length the importance of every player in the hydrogen story, and of the alliances needed between public administrations and companies so that these projects are not delayed for years waiting for the permits they need to get started.
Besides producing hydrogen, it also has to be stored and transformed so that it can later be used in other applications, such as mobility, reducing CO2 emissions. In short, we need to work across the whole hydrogen value chain, from cradle to grave, and we all have to contribute our grain of sand, our value.
CADE has 20 years of experience in engineering and consulting, supporting our clients through every phase of their projects, from conception to commissioning.
Because this land has it all: sun, wind, water and knowledge. Because we have both the enthusiasm and the will to work to make the world better, at CADE we are committed to green (or renewable) hydrogen, and because #sabemoscomo (“we know how”) to do it, the motto of this congress.
Thank you to the H2 Revolution International Congress of Puertollano for hosting us.
Related CADE services: Renewable Molecules
Further information: International Energy Agency (IEA)
