(AOF) – Enertime, a French “CleanTech” company serving industrial energy efficiency and decentralized renewable energy production (geothermal and biomass), announces its participation in the Ephyra project, which will officially start on June 1, 2023. The project was funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe program and will receive a grant of approximately €17.76 million over 5 years.
EPHYRA aims to demonstrate the integration of a renewable hydrogen production facility on an industrial scale using an improved electrolysis technology for a power of 30 MW.
Large-scale electrolysis will be integrated into the industrial operations of the Motor Oil Hellas (MOH) refinery in Corinth (Greece), one of the first refineries in Europe and the largest private industrial complex in Greece. The integrated industrial production of renewable hydrogen will be developed around a principle of circular economy and industrial symbiosis.
The project is coordinated by MOH.
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