ZGR IS PARTICIPATING WITH REPSOL IN THE SHYNE PROJECT
The SHYNE (Spanish Hydrogen Network) project is the largest multi-sectoral consortium in Spain that was founded to promote decarbonisation of the economy through hydrogen. SHYNE will implement projects in 10 autonomous communities and will have a total investment of €3230 million. This investment will be used to develop more competitive technologies and will evolve both the Spanish industry and its infrastructures towards decarbonisation. The project will create more than 13,000 jobs.
Repsol is leading this consortium, which consists of 32 partners with different profiles: associations, public and private companies, technology centres and universities. ZGR is participating as a collaborative partner in the project.
Notable among the objectives of the consortium is the ambition to reach an installed capacity of 500 MW in 2025 and 2 GW in 2030. This is half of the target set out on the Hydrogen Roadmap published by the Government of Spain.
Furthermore, projects throughout the value chain will be promoted, including the installation of renewable generation and a stimulus to different industrial uses of hydrogen through a strong sectoral integration. Likewise, the use of hydrogen in all transport sectors will be encouraged. For this, synthetic fuels will be produced and an infrastructure with at least 12 hydrogen stations will be created in 2025.
The consortium will be a national collaboration network that will give support to all the projects and will manage the knowledge and research of pioneering technologies. It will promote competitiveness and the creation of quality employment. The commitment of the participating entities and the sum of their capabilities will position Spain at the technological forefront, as one of the powers in the renewable hydrogen economy in Europe.
ZGR AND THE SHYNE PROJECT
ZGR, as a leading company in power electronics is actively participating in the SHYNE project. The company is expert in the conversion and conditioning of electrical energy for the use of new energy sources:
facilitating its self-consumption or its distribution in the latest generation electricity microgrids or distribution grids,
improving its robustness by means of advanced storage systems, supporting the transition to smart grids, ensuring a quality electricity supply to industrial consumers.
The experience and knowledge of ZGR and its continuous commitment to facilitating the use of new energy sources and clean energy vectors allows it to resolve the challenges set by Repsol with technological excellence. In addition to those that arise from the SHYNE Consortium for the development of a sustainable H2 economy.
More specifically, ZGR is going to participate in projects devoted to the design and manufacture of electrical energy supply systems. These systems are necessary for the H2O electrolysis processes, specifically the subsystems that require electrical power, and they will incorporate leading technologies with devices based on silicon carbide and new types of CDC converters. Moreover, these systems will optimise the architecture of the electrical system for its easy adaptation to different renewable energy sources and connection to the electricity grid.
ZGR is thus positioned as one of the main suppliers of electrical energy conversion and conditioning solutions for the promotion of renewable hydrogen. This type of hydrogen is an energy vector that is destined to play a key role future of energy transition.
