The Spanish partners of the SEAFUEL project, AIET and ITER, will participate on 27 September, 2019 in the European Researchers Night, MacaroNight 2019, where they will share their knowledge about green hydrogen production with renewable sources, such as wind energy and photovoltaic, for later use in transport.MacaroNight is an initiative framed in the “European Researchers’ Night” held in more than 400 cities in around 30 countries to bring together the Macaronesian archipelago (Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde) in one single night where our common heritage, culture and past will be shared, thus paving the way for a future full of Macaronesian researchers.  

The SEAFUEL project will participate specifically in the Macaronesian Science Festival, where it will have a stand, with the aim of spreading the research activity that takes place within the framework of this European project funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme, in an interactive and engaging way, promoting research careers to young people.

This Europe-wide public event dedicated to popular science and fun learning will take place this coming Friday, September 27th in the Plaza del Adelantado in La Laguna, Tenerife from 9:30 to 13:30h and from 16:30 to 20:00h, will target students during the morning and will be opened for general public during the afternoon showcasing what researchers really do for society.

MacaroNight also contributes to showcase the strengths of Macaronesia in terms of R&D, aiming to disseminate European scientific culture and attract future generations to take up a scientific career and bringing what researchers do to society in an interactive and engaging way, making it a perfect setting to disseminate the SEAFUEL project and the renewable hydrogen as an alternative fuel for a more sustainable mobility.

The project, which has the collaboration and funding of the Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información (ACIISI), is an initiative promoted by La Palma Research CentreLa Palma Research Centre, el Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia de Açores, la Fundación del Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, la Universidad da Madeira, la Universidad de La Laguna y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. It is also funded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions and the participation and collaboration of the Jóvenes Investigadores de Tenerife, INtech Tenerife and ITER.  

10:00 h
Welcome to SEAFUEL event & Hydrogen Triple Alliance
10:30 h
Pau Farras
10:50 h
Moving towards sustainable islands
Jan Cornillie - EU Clean Islands Initiative
11:10 h
Clean islands transition linked to sustainable tourism
John Dale Beckley – Canary Green
11:30 h
Hydrogen innovation in islands
Pedro Casero - Hydrogen Europe Research
Break
Green hydrogen production from solar and seawater
11:45 h
Bill Ireland – Logan Energy
Wind to hydrogen, on-shore vs off-shore
Frank Adams - GICON
12:05 h
Marine Energy harvesting to hydrogen
Diana Raine – Smart Hydrogen Consulting
12:25 h
Panel discussion and Q&A audience
12:45 h
Lunch break – poster showcase
13:15 h
Hydrogen Island Roadmaps – The Tenerife case
Josh Williamson – HyEnergy
14:30 h
HGV mobility in islands, infrastructure deployment
Jon Bjorn Skúlason – New Icelandic Energy
14:50 h
Hydrogen Islands, opportunities and challenges
Implementation of a hydrogen project, refuelling urban buses
Andrew Morrisson - Energia
15:10 h
Hydrogen fuel cells as a reliable power supply
Santiago Díaz - Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias
15:30 h
REXH2: The on-board solution for zero-emission navigation
Fernando Szabados – EODev
15:50 h
An all-island approach, the Mallorca Case
María Jaén - Enagas
16:10 h
Panel discussion and Q&A audience
16:30 h
Room Cibeles, Cleopatra Hotel
10:10 h
Strategy for the Atlantic islands
Ismael Morán-García - Joint Secretariat INTERREG Atlantic Area
Delivering of green hydrogen for mobility, maritime and remote energy production
Marc Lavine - Sunrhyse
16:50 h
March 31
10:30 h
SEAFUEL H2 Refuelling Station presentation • ITER’s CEO: Eduardo Ballesteros • SEAFUEL coordinator: Pau Farras Visit to the pilot plant
11:30 h
Visit to other ITER’s facilities (Photovoltaics laboratory, D-ALiX, supercomputer TeideHPC - TBC)
12:30 h
Cocktail at ITER’s Visitor Centre
SEAFUEL Hydrogen Refuelling Station Launch
April 01
08:30 h
Welcome and Registration SOLAR2CHEM event
SOLAR2CHEM X SEAFUEL symposium
09:00 h
08:55 h
Opening Remarks
Prof. Gabriele Centi – University of Messina
Prof. Alexander Cowan – University of Liverpool
11:00 h
09:35 h
10:25 h
10:10 h
Prof. Adélio Mendes – University of Porto
BREAK
Prof. Sophia Haussener – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dr. Fatwa F. Abdi – Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
lunch BREAK
12:35 h
11:35 h
Dr. Luis Villalba – CTO of Sunrgyze project
Dr. Gaia Neri – Enapter
13:45 h
13:10 h
14:55 h
14:20 h
Round-table discussion, Q&A, Closing remarks
TBC
16:55 h
15:10 h
BREAK
Poster session