Partnership

(TUE) Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is a research university specializing in engineering science & technology. Our education, research and knowledge valorization contribute to:

  • science for society: solving the major societal issues and boosting prosperity and welfare by focusing on the Strategic Areas of Energy, Health and Smart Mobility
  • science for industry: the development of technological innovation in cooperation with industry
  • science for science: progress in engineering sciences through excellence in key research cores and innovation in education

(TECNALIA) Fundación TECNALIA Research and Innovation (www.tecnalia.com) is the largest private non-profit applied research centre in Spain and the fifth in Europe, employing 1,378 people (164 PhDs) and with income of 102 Million € in 2013. The whole team at TECNALIA has one GOAL: to transform knowledge into GDP, meaning wealth to improve people’s quality of life by generating business opportunities for industry. TECNALIA is committed to generate major impacts in economic terms, by means of innovation and technological development, addressed by 6 business divisions, covering economic sectors of Industry and Transport, Information and Communication Technologies, Building, Energy and Environment, Innovation Systems and Health and Quality of Life. Furthermore TECNALIA created TECNALIA VENTURES in 2012 an independent TTO (Technology Transfer office) designed for exploitation and transfer of research results. TECNALIA has created 30 spin-off companies of different levels of maturity and development (until the end of 2013) and has managed for a group of sponsors a Venture-Capital fund. TECNALIA has been granted over 250 patents and promoted more than 30 spin-off companies.

(HYG) HyGear Technology & Services B.V. (http://www.hygear.nl) is a SME based in Arnhem, The Netherlands, with focus on development and manufacturing of small scale gas processing plants and purification systems, such as fuel processors for fuel cells and on-site hydrogen generators (Hy.GENTM) for fuelling stations. HyGear’s core competence is small scale gas processing and purification of hydrogen and has flexible engineering skills, prototyping and testing capabilities. HyGear’s mission is to move hydrogen related technologies closer to market entry. With natural gas based Hy.GENTM-systems, HyGear proved to be successful; several new technologies are under development. The process used in the on-site hydrogen generators is the same as in large-scale plants – steam methane reforming in combination with pressure swing adsorption. The advantage of the products is saving of compression energy (electrical) and transportation energy compared to trucked-in hydrogen from large plants. The cost and energy savings are up to 70% compared to traditional hydrogen supply. HyGear has also been active in metal hydride storage for stationary hydrogen supply and fuel cell systems.

(SAES) SAES Getters S.p.A., (estabilished 1940) located in Lainate (a suburb of Milan) Italy, is the world leader and pioneer of getter technology. A getter is a device (usually a metal alloy component) used to maintain very high vacuum or to ensure high purity of gas used in industrial and scientific applications.

SAES Getters Group has been developing and offering commercially gas purifiers for the Semiconductor, LED, Solar industries for the past 30 years. It offers gas purifiers for all the bulk and speciality gases used in their processes. Today SAES is the worldwide leader in the supply of gas purifiers to all the global gas companies and leading electronics manufactures.

(HyET) HyET Hydrogen B.V. is a high-tech SME in Arnhem, The Netherlands and a global leader in developing new, breakthrough technology for an electrochemical hydrogen compressor and purifier without moving parts.

  • Targeted applications are:
  • Fuel cell electric vehicle refueling stations
  • Hydrogen purification/compression at hydrogen production sites
  • Hydrogen recovery/recycling of hydrogen waste streams in (process) industry
  • Renewable energy storage via power-to-gas, hydrogen compression/storage

(QUANTIS) Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy specialized in supporting companies to measure, understand and manage the environmental and cost performance of their products, services and operations. Quantis employs over 50 people, including several internationally-renowned experts in the LCA field. Quantis offers cutting-edge services in environmental footprinting, eco-design, sustainable supply chains as well as environmental communication. Fuelled by its close ties with the scientific community and its strategic research collaborations, Quantis has a strong track record in applying its expertise to support clients in transforming LCA results into decisions and action plans.

 

NORTEGAS ENERGIA DISTRIBUCIÓN, S.A.U. (NORTEGAS) is the second largest gas distribution company in Spain. Our distribution network, which is over 8,100 kilometres long, delivers natural gas and LPG to more than one million customers in the autonomous communities of the Basque Country, Asturias and Cantabria.