ITER joins the Green Hydrogen Hub Cluster of the Canary Islands

Twenty public and private entities support this project committed to include green hydrogen in the decarbonization process of the islands.

The Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), an entity dependent of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, has recently joined the “Canary Islands Green Hydrogen Hub Cluster”, promoted by the DISA Group and Enagás Renovables, which aims to the progressive decarbonisation of the archipelago through the production and consumption of green hydrogen.

By signing of the agreement, ITER supports this project, whose purpose is to promote the production of green hydrogen through the electrolysis of previously desalinated seawater, and its distribution and commercialization for different uses regarding mobility, heavy transport, port operations, as well as other industrial sectors.

This initiative, which has already been presented to the Government of the Canary Islands, aims to obtain public co-financing through the joint presentation of projects to the European funds ‘Next Generation’ to produce green hydrogen in two plants that will be located in Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

The project has already begun working to obtain these funds required for its materialization, by presenting a proposal to the call for the “H2 Pioneers” Program, launched last February by the Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDEA), an agency under the Ministry of Ecological Transition. The call is still pending resolution and the partners in this initiative, which will contribute to the sustainable energy transition of the archipelago, hope that the result will be known before the end of 2022.

ITER will contribute with actions regarding research, development and scientific and technological innovation to ensure the supply of the electricity needed for the production of green hydrogen, with a new 100 %renewable energy facility.

Green hydrogen is meant to be a valuable energy vector for end uses in the Canary Islands, contributing to the decarbonisation of different sectors and as an instrument for energy storage.