Scientific Association for the Development of Hydrogen Technologies Established in Russia

Moscow (Sputnik) – Russian educational and science organisations engaged in hydrogen energy research have united into a group to develop the entire chain of hydrogen technologies in Russia, starting from the production of this gas to its use, the press service of the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), the initiator of the consortium, reported.

The new group has been named “Technologic Hydrogen Valley”. In addition to Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), the consortium includes the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCP RAS), the Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences (TIPS RAS), Samara State Technical University (SamGTU), and Sakhalin State University.

Hydrogen as a chemical reagent is necessary for the chemical and food industries, oil refining, metallurgy, and other industrial production. Hydrogen is becoming increasingly widespread across the globe, both as eco-friendly automobile fuel and in autonomous sources of electrical energy with a capacity of up to several thousand kilowatts.

Russia can become a leader in the field of hydrogen energy, and to achieve this goal in early 2021 will present proposals to stimulate hydrogen technology, said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.

The consortium’s members will jointly develop technologies across the whole of the so-called “hydrogen chain”: from technologies for its production and storage to safe use. The consortium plans to work closely with major Russian companies interested in developing hydrogen energy.

The participants will develop a roadmap for further work in the near future. The first joint scientific conference is scheduled to be held in December of this year.

Sourse: sputniknews.com