Haeolus Site Near Completion
Varanger Kraft has essentially completed the construction of our demonstration site in Berlevåg, Norway; only minor works are left to be performed in conjunction with installation, currently scheduled for April 2020.
The Project in Brief
Haeolus is a EU project that proposes a new-generation electrolyser integrated within a state-of-the-art wind farm in a remote area with access to a weak power grid.
Haeolus will demonstrate multiple control systems, to answer the specific challenges of the three main modes of operation identified by the International Energy Agency:
- Electricity storage
- Mini-grid
- Fuel production
For each of these modes, new operating strategies will be developed, optimizing operation concerning uncertain weather and power-price forecastsbut also constraints of the specific operating mode.
In addition, Haeolus’ demonstration shall be completely remotely controlled and monitored, due to the remoteness of the selected location and its difficult accessibility in winter; this is a characteristic of many wind farms.
The Objectives
More Wind Power
More Wind Power
Haeolus shall demonstrate several control strategies allowing wind-hydrogen integration, reducing the unpredictability of power produced by a wind farm, and thereby enabling much higher rates of renewable energy penetration in the European grid.
Use Cases
Use Cases
Haeolus will develop and test control strategies for each mode of operation for wind-hydrogen systems: energy storage, mini-grid and fuel production. The results will be relevant to many wind farms across Europe and worldwide.
2,5 MW Electrolyser
2,5 MW Electrolyser
Haeolus will demonstrate for the first time a 2,5 MW PEM electrolyser with a single-cell stack: a unique PEM cell stack, developed by Hydrogenics, will contain up to 420 cells. We will analyse the data from this electrolyser and benchmark against the results from other EU projects.
Remote Operation
Remote Operation
Very often, wind parks are in inaccessible regions—as is the case for our site of Raggovidda, Norway. Haeolus will demonstrate the ability to run a wind-hydrogen system in a remotely controlled setup, with only occasional on-site maintenance.
Dissemination
Dissemination
Haeolus will deliver public reports with analyses of business-case, techno-economical factors, environmental impact, impact on the European energy system, and a technology roadmap towards the MAWP 2013 targets.
In the News
Programme Review Days 2019
Haeolus was featured with a presentation at this year’s FCH2 JU Programme Review Days. The presentation slides are available here, while the actual presentation was recorded at this link (start at 12:29).
Recent Publications from Haeolus
The project recently produced an article in a scientific journal and was presented in Ålesund and Bergen, Norway. Of course our publications are openly available!
Diagnostics and Prognostics for Hydrogen Plants
The Haeolus project is pleased to publish its latest deliverable, a report on diagnostic and prognostic approaches for electrolysers and fuel cells authored by Raffaele Petrone and Robin Roche of UBFC.
Hydrogenics Sets Date for Installation
The Haeolus hydrogen system to be installed in Berlevåg is expected to be ready and tested around the end of the 2019; depending on logistic constraints for delivery to Finnmark, production will start in early 2020.
Hydrogen Utilisation Workshop
Finnmark County Council organised on May 14 a workshop to select the most promising routes for hydrogen utilisation in Varanger and Finnmark.
HAEOLUS at EURO 2019
The Haeolus project will be presented at EURO 2019 in June (European Conference on Operations Research).
EU: Electrolysers are the Key to the Future’s Clean Power Grid
Can you imagine a future where all energy is renewable and clean? The scientists at the EU’s Joint Research Centre did just that in a recently published report.
Haeolus Workshop at ECC19
Haeolus will organise, on June 25, a workshop with the topic Modeling, Control and Operation of Advanced Energy Storage Systems in Grid Connection in connection with the upcoming European Control Conference 2019.
Summer School: Microgrids
Our project partners UTBM are organising a summer school on Microgrids in Belfort, France, July 1-5, 2019. The initiative is partially funded by Haeolus and is aimed at grad students, researchers and industry.
Contact Points
Work Package leaders in Haeolus
Stefan Knauf
Hydrogenics, Project Manager
Stefan is responsible for exploitation management in the project.
Camillo Campolongo
Camillo is responsible for the design, deployment and demonstration of the control software with which the demonstration will be run. He is also responsible for the project's data management.
Valerio Mariani
UniSannio, Senior Research Scientist
Valerio is responsible for the development of control algorithms for the hydrogen production plant
Maider Santos Mugica
Tecnalia, researcher
Maider is responsible for process integration and techno-economic studies.
Robin Roche
UBFC, Associate Professor
Robin is responsible for prognostics and dissemination activities.
Ruben Daneels
Hydrogenics, Technology manager
Ruben is responsible for the ordering, assembly and transport of all components of the electrolyser system to Berlevåg.
Christian Bue
Varanger Kraft, Business developer
Christian coordinates the construction activities of the demonstration site in Berlevåg.
Federico Zenith
SINTEF, Senior Research Scientist
Federico is the project coordinator on behalf of SINTEF. He has over 15 years of experience in hydrogen and related technologies.