H2PESTO

1.Project Title

H2PESTO – Hydrogen-ready smart grid in ambiente agricolo
PR FESR Liguria 2021–2027 – Azione 1.1.1
Period: 01/03/2024 – 28/02/2026

 

2. Project Description

The H2PESTO project aims to develop a power-to-hydrogen-to-power system in an agricultural environment, using a 15 kW electrolyzer, MH storage, a 10 kW fuel cell, and PV integration. UNIGE is contributing with laboratory validations and energy integration studies.

 

3. Project Objectives

  • Demonstrate power-to-hydrogen-to-power systems in greenhouses.
  • Validate a H2/CH4 blending boiler in the UNIGE laboratory.
  • Validate a cogeneration fuel cell.
  • Develop energy and agronomic models for smart grid management.
  • UNIGE also contributes to:
    • energy and agronomic analysis
    • process modeling and simulations
    • evaluation of energy behavior with seasonal storage
       

4. Partners and Stakeholders Involved

Coordinator:

  • BluEnergy Revolution

Partner: 

  • SITEM, Fattoria di Pol, TETIS, UNIGE

 

5. udget and Financing

Budget: 979.502 € - UNIGE: 88.049 €
Financing institution: FILSE Regione Liguria – PR FESR 2021–2027
Call: PR FESR 2021–2027

 

6. Expected Impacts and Benefits

  • Experimental validation, support for the first Italian hydrogen-ready agricultural smart grid, development of replicable models, advancement of the H2 supply chain applied to agriculture.

 

7. Contacts and References

UNIGE: Edward Canepa, Alessandro Nilberto
UNIGE - DIME

 

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