First HYFLEXPOWER launched in CHP plant in France

• 3 years ago (2020-06-03)
• David Flin

Europe 1061 Gas 371

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HYFLEXPOWER, the world’s first integrated power-X-power hydrogen gas turbine demonstrator, has been launched, replacing a CHP unit at a paper factory in France. The project is being implemented by a consortium consisting of Engie Solutions , Siemens Gas and Power , Centrax , Arttic , German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and four European universities. The project is being funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

The project will be the world’s first industrial-scale power-X-power demonstrator with an advanced hydrogen turbine. It will be launched at Smurfit Kappa PRF’s site, a company specialising in manufacturing recycled paper, in Saillat-sur-Vienne, France.

The project’s total budget is €15.2 million, of which €10.5 million will be contributed by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 programme.

The purpose of this project is to prove that hydrogen can be produced and stored from renewable electricity and then used either in conjunction with or replacing natural gas to power CHP plants. Siemens is using an existing SGT-400 industrial gas turbine which will be upgraded to operate using hydrogen.

Engie Solutions operates a 12MWe CHP facility at the Saillat-sur-Vienne site, producing steam and electricity for the site.