HYDROGENIZING BCN

It is a highly visible and citizen-friendly initiative. It improves air quality in cities and offers tangible benefits for society and business, with the potential to become a European lighthouse project.

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The initiative

The Hydrogenizing BCN initiative has the ambition to make the green hydrogen economy a reality.

The Hydrogenizing BCN initiative also strives to create an inclusive ecosystem for SMEs to enable them to participate in the evolution of the green hydrogen economy, creating more sustainable business opportunities and value-added jobs.

Realisation

The initiative, devised in 2019 by Kopala International

Has succeeded in bringing together an international consortium of more than 20 companies, research institutes and public entities, with the institutional support of the Port of Barcelona, to work together towards the implementation of a hydrogen economy in Barcelona, its metropolitan area and its wider (inter)national catchment area.

The Consortium

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Companies that are part of the project

  • Alvic, Spain – Plant management IT integration
  • BayWa r.e., Spain – Supplier green electricity from PV and wind
  • Butransa, Spain – HRS operator & logistcis operator hydrogen consumer

  • Cetaqua, Spain – Supplier regenerated water for electrolysis

  • Cube IM, Luxemburg – Institutional Investor
  • Enapter, Germany – Supplier of AEM electrolyser
  • Frauenhofer Institute, Germany – Scientific partner
  • H2B2, Spain – Supplier of PEM electrolyser
  • Hyzon Europe, The Netherlands – Fuel Cell Truck manufacturer
  • IREC, Spain – Scientific partner
  • John Cockerill, Belgium – Supplier of Alkaline electrolyser

  • Kopala Int. Spain – Initiative promotor & Electrolyser Investor

  • Port of Barcelona, Spain – Institutional support
  • Primafrio, Spain – Logistics operator Hydrogen consumer
  • Redexis, Spain – Storage, compression & HRS infrastructure Investor
  • Resilient Group, Portugal – Initiative promotor & Electrolyser Investor
  • Técnicas Reunidas, Spain – Project engineering
  • University Aalborg , Denmark – Scientific partner

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Distinctive features

HYDROGENIZING BCN

Mobility

Transition to sustainable mobility

Ecological

Improving direct air quality for citizens in urban and metropolitan areas

Value

Develops and promotes the entire value chain, from generation to final consumption

Solutions

Provides proposals and viable solutions to be implemented: generation, supply, distribution and vehicles

Supply

Network of supply points open to the public

Business

Business model based on industrial supply and mobility

We provide solutions

Real and practical sustainability solutions
for citizens and businesses

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