5th FC Meeting

The 5th NATURALHY FC-meeting will be hosted by the Greek partner DESFA in Athens, Greece. The Meeting will start on Thursday June 5 and will end on Friday June 6.
In the same week WP meetings will be planned on Wednesday June 4. More information regarding the WP-meetings will be released in due course by the WP-leaders.
 

4th FC Meeting

The 4th annual meeting of the Full Consortium of the NATURALHY-project took place in Stratford on Avon, UK, on June 28 and 29, 2007, and was hosted by the University of Loughborough. The Full Consortium Meeting was preceded by individual WP meetings, which were held on June 27. Taking advantage of the situation, a PEC meeting was also held on June 26.

2nd Naturalhy Workshop
May 30, Amsterdam, Hilton Hotel

The second Naturalhy Workshop was held on May 30 within the Conference “Transmission of CO2, H2, and biogas: exploring new uses for natural gas pipelines” (click here for more information). The Conference was organised on May 30-31, in Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (more)

NATURALHY visits Spadeadam Test Site
Spadeadam, UK, 27 April 2006

On the 27th of April, 2006 NATURALHY visited the Spadeadam Test Site in the north of England where large scale safety experiments with hydrogen/natural gas mixtures are scheduled to take place in the following months.

For the requirements of the experiments, an 18m3 test facility is being constructed which will comprise of arrays of repeated obstacles and that can be configured to a wide range of blockage ratios. The experiments will allow to study the behaviour of accidental release of hydrogen/natural gas release from critical parts of the gas network and to obtain information on the consequences that may arise from such releases.

The experiments will be compared with available data from similar experiments involving natural gas or hydrogen only. Furthermore, the results will be compared with CFD models which will allow to establish the limits of existing mathematical models.

The experiments are led by Loughborough University and supported by Shell Hydrogen and Leeds University

For further information on the Spadeadam Test Site, please visit the following link http://www.spadeadam.biz/

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NATURALHY-project 3rd Annual Meeting

Estoril, Portugal, June 22-23, 2006

The 3rd annual meeting of the full consortium of the NATURALHY-project will take place at the ISQ-facilities near Estoril, Portugal, on 22th and 23rd June 2006.

Taking advantage of the situation, a PEC meeting is planned for Tuesday June 20 (PEC-members) and Work Package meetings are planned on Wednesday June 21.

For WP1 & WP3 (one day: morning steel, afternoon polymer), WP4 (half a day), WP5 (half a day) and WP6 (afternoon only). More details regarding the WP meetings will be supplied by the WP-leaders.

For additional information with regard to hotel reservation, please refer to the email sent by the NATURALHY-project coordination team on 8/3/2006.
 

1st NATURALHY Workshop
2nd European Hydrogen Energy Conference EHEC 2005
Zaragoza, November 22, 2005

The first NATURALHY project workshop was held on November 22, 2005 during the 2nd European Hydrogen Energy Conference EHEC 2005 (Zaragoza - November, 22nd -25th, 2005). The workshop provided the opportunity to make brief overview of the project objectives and results and brought together more than 50 industry experts to discuss and explore various topics related to the project work packages on Life-Cycle Analysis, Safety, Durability, Integrity, End-Use and the Decision Support Tool. (more)

NATURALHY in the Global Hydrogen Arena (September 2005)

The NATURALHY project was formally recognized and endorsed by the Steering Committee of the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) at its meeting in Kyoto, Japan on September 14, 2005. The IPHE aims at serving as a mechanism to organize and implement effective, efficient, and focused international research, development, demonstration and commercial utilization activities related to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. It also provides a forum for advancing policies, and common codes and standards that can accelerate the cost-effective transition to a global hydrogen economy to enhance energy security and environmental protection. The Participation of the NATURALHY-project in the Partnership puts the project in the global hydrogen arena and offers interesting dissemination and collaboration perspectives. Projects endorsed by the IPHE receive enhanced international visibility, first through a respected peer review process of project selection, and then through numerous IPHE outreach programs. More information on the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy can be obtained at www.IPHE.net.

Developments in the Strategic Advisory Committee (July 2005)

NATURALHY welcomes Continuon Netbeheer (http://www.continuon.nl/), as a new member of its Strategic Advisory Committee (SAC). Continuon Netbeheer is an independent Dutch grid operator and responsible for the management of the power and gas grid of Dutch utility Nuon. The firm also takes responsibility for distribution and transport of power and gas to other energy producers or buyers. The Strategic Advisory Committee addresses the strategic aspects of the NATURALHY-project and establishes a platform for dissemination and for promoting public understanding and acceptance of hydrogen.

NATURALHY Project 2nd Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, June 9-10, 2005

The 2nd annual meeting of the full consortium of the NATURALHY-project was held in Istanbul, Turkey on the 9th and 10th of June, 2005. Representatives from all of the consortium members attended to discuss the progress, state of affairs and outlook of the work packages and to examine management aspects of the project. The EC Officer Mr. Manuel Sanchez Jimenez, responsible for the NATURALHY-project was also present providing useful information and clarifications. Following the completion of the annual meeting, individual Work Package meetings too place allowing work package teams to meet up and discuss various co-ordination, scientific and technical subjects. (more)

NATURALHY Project Kick Off meeting, Leiden, Netherlands, May 6-7, 2004

The NATURALHY Kick-off Meeting took place in Leiden, Netherlands, on May 6&7, 2004. The meeting was attended by representatives of all project partners as well as officials of the European Commission. Following the kick off meeting, project Work Packages held their initial working meetings. A special reception dinner was organised for all participants in the evening of May 6. (more)