Hystories Final Conference

On May 25th and 26th, the final conference of the Hystories project took place in the Schlumberger amphitheater at the School of Mines Paris.

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Green hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy vector. The use of this gas as an energy source could transform our industry and mobility sustainably. Additionally, it can be considered as a solution for storing electricity produced by intermittent renewable energies. For instance, green electricity generated by wind turbines or solar panels could be converted into hydrogen through electrolysis, which could then be stored underground and finally reconverted into electricity, which would be injected back into the grid through fuel cell systems. This “Power to Gas to Power” scheme could mitigate the inherent intermittency of renewable energies. To accelerate the deployment of this value chain, it is necessary to find solutions for massive storage. Storage in porous media would open up very interesting possibilities for the European Union.

What is Hystories?

Hystories is an acronym that stands for “HYdrogen STORage In European Subsurface”. It is a scientific research project on the possibilities of storing hydrogen in porous environments, such as depleted gas or oil fields and existing aquifers. Hystories is a collective that brings together public actors (European universities, research institutes) and private actors (consulting firms, industrial and energy storage site operators) to develop technical solutions and produce socio-economic analyses on the possibilities of such geological storage.

This project, funded by the European Union and led by Geostock, ran from January 1st, 2021, to June 30th, 2023.

The conference presenting all the project work took place on May 25th and 26th, 2023, in the main auditorium of Mines ParisTech.

Program of the final Hystories conference

Thursday, May 25th, 2023 – Hystories, technical results

Introduction – Ways and challenges of underground hydrogen storage | Louis Londe | Geostock
Hystories overall presentation | Dr Arnaud Réveillère | Geostock
Database of European porous media traps | Dr Ceri Vincent | CO2Geonet (BGS)
Example of data collection for Italy | Dr Erika Barison | CO2Geonet (OGS)
Capacity estimation of the European porous media traps | Dr Yann Le Gallo | Geostock
Material selection for well casings Bernd Loder MU Leoben
Microbiological characterisation of European porous media sites| Martin Wagner | MicroPro
Geochemical reactivity | Dr Joachim Tremosa & Dr Yann Le Gallo | CO2Geonet (BRGM) and Geostock
Hydrogen Europe’s plan for accelerating European hydrogen industry | Jorgo Chatzimarkakis | CEO Hydrogen Europe
Impacts of microbiological activity in underground storages (panel discussion)
- Panel chair: Cyriane Fournier (Geostock)
- Panel participants:
  - Dr Irina Sin (Mines Paris)
  - Dr Anne-Catherine Ahn (Université de Wageningen), from HyUSPRe project
  - Dr Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse (University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour)
Technical lessons learnt from European pilot projects (panel discussion)
- Panel chair: Dr Arnaud Réveillère (Geostock)
- Panel participants:
  - Dr Grégoire Hévin from Storengy, HyPSTER project presentation
  - Stephan Bauer from RAG, Underground Sun Storage project presentation
  - Myriam Panofen and Dr Annette Lenze from Uniper, Krummhörn project presentation
  - Eddy Kuperus from Gasunie, HyStock project presentation

Friday, May 26th, 2023 – Hystories, socio-economic results

Introduction – Underground hydrogen storage industry | Dr Pascal Baylocq | CEO Geostock
Role of underground hydrogen storage in the European energy system | Christopher Kutz | LBST
European regulation review | Dr Gianluca Greco | FHa
Environmental footprint assessment | Jesús Simón | FHa
UHS Social Acceptance studies | Jesús Simón | FHa
Underground Hydrogen storage Parametric Cost model | Louis Londe | Geostock
Cost and suitability estimation of European Underground Hydrogen storage sites | Dr Arnaud Réveillère | Geostock
Analysis of a UHS business case in Italy | Dr Gianluca Greco | FHa
Analysis of a UHS business case in Poland | Dr Leszek Lankof | MEERI-PAS
Hystories major conclusions and implementation plan for hydrogen underground storage deployment in the EU | Dr Arnaud Réveillère | Geostock
Strategies for the deployment of hydrogen storage in Europe (panel discussion)
- Panel chair: Christopher Kutz de Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik (LBST)
- Panel participants:
  - Dr Amalia Pizarro from The International Energy Agency (IEA)
  - Martijn Overgaag froGuidehouse, represents the European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) initiative
  - Benoît Esnault from CRE (Vice-chair of ACER-CEER Gas Working Group)
  - Carole le Hénaff, Head of EU Affairs at Storengy, represents Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE)
Conclusions | Dr Arnaud Réveillère | Geostock