We are delighted to be key participants in
SEAFUEL: an exciting new EU-supported project investigating the use of Hydrogen
generated using desalinated water as a transport fuel in island communities.
Led by Dr Pau Farras, of National
University Ireland Galway Chemistry Dept, a Europe-wide consortium of partners
are engaged in this cutting edge research which aims to put islands at the
forefront of meeting the challenges of climate change in the transport sector.
The project will use excess and constrained
renewable electricity to generate clean carbon neutral hydrogen. Using
revolutionary new techniques, the water needed to produce the hydrogen will
come from desalinated sea water. This will make the entire process 100%
sustainable and will produce a direct fossil fuel replacement based on the
availability of resources that are abundant in island environments. This could
put island communities at the centre of the new carbon free society providing
world leading expertise and generating very significant local income.
As well as Árainn, Madeira and Tenerife are
also participating as island communities. The infrastructure to generate
hydrogen will be installed in Tenerife which will be used to power utility and
passenger vehicles.
Aran is leading ‘Work Package 5’ of the
research looking at the feasibility of the rolling out of the SEAFUEL
technology in the Case Study areas (the three Árainn, Tenerife and Madeira).
Our participation in the project is being led by Avril Ní Shearcaigh of
Comharchumann Fuinneamh Oileáin Árainn Teo.
Our contribution to this cutting edge
research into meeting the challenges and unlocking the opportunities of the
non-carbon society shows how island communities are
leading the way in providing sustainability solutions to 21st
century challenges.
For more information on the project, go to:
seafuel.eu
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The SEAFUEL Project is supported by the European Union Regional
Development Fund through INTERREG Atlantic Area.
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SEAFUEL agus na hOileáin Árann
Tá áthas orainn bheith inár mbeath-rannpháirtí
i SEAFUEL: tionscadal iontach úr, tacaithe ag an Aontas Eorphach, ag imscrúdú
úsáid Hidrigin atá ginnithe ag úsáid uisce díshalannaithe mar bhreosla taistil
i bpobail oiléain.
Faoi cheannasaíocht Dr Pau Farras, ó Roinn Ceimice Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, tá cuibhreannas uile-Eorpach i gceann sa taighde ceannródaíoch seo atá mar aidhm aige oiléain a chur chun tosaigh i dul i ngleic le dúshláin athrú aeráide in earnaíl an taistil.
Úsáidfidh an tionscadal barraíocht
leictreachas in-athnuaithe agus leictreachas in-athnuaithe srianta le hidrigin
glan, neodrach-charbóin, a ghinniúint. Ag úsáid teicneolaíocht réabhlóideach
nua, tiocfaidh an t-uisce atá ag teastáil chun hidrigin a tháirge ó sháile
díshalannaithe. Déanfaidh sé seo an próiseas iomlán 100% inbhuanaithe agus
táirgfidh sé ionadaí díreach de bhreosla iontaise bunaithe ar sholáthar
achmhainní atá fairsing i dtimpeallacht oileáin.
D’fheádfadh sé seo pobail oiléain a chur i
lár an tsochaí saor ó charbóin nua, ag cur saineolas atá chun ó tosaigh at
leibhéal domhanda ar fáil agus ag ginniúint ioncaim substaintiúil sa cheantar
áitiúil.
Le cois Árainn, tá Madeira agus Tenerife ag
glacadh páirte sa tionscadal mar phobail oiléain. Beidh an bonneagar le
hidrigin a ghinniúint suiteáilte i Tenerife. Beidh sé seo úsáidte le feithiclí
argiúlachta agus paisinéara a chumhachtú.
Tá Árainn chun tosaigh ar ‘Phacáiste Oibre
5’ den taighde atá ag féachaint ar féidearthacht teicneolaíocht SEAFUEL a leathadh
amach i limistéirí an Cháis Stáidéar (na trí Oiléain Aránn, Madeira agus
Tenerife). Tá ár rannpháirteachas sa tionscadal faoi cheannsaíocht Avril Ní
Shearcaigh de Chomharchumainn Fuinneamh Oiléain Árainn Teo.
Taispeánann ár n-ionchur sa taighde ceannródaíoch
seo go bhfuil pobal na n-oiléain go mór chun tosaigh i réitigh inbhuanaithe do
dhúsláin an 21ú Aois a chruthú trí chonstaicí an tsochaí neodrach-charbóin a
sharú maraon lena deiseanna a thapú.
Más mian leat teacht ar tuilleadh eolais
maidir leis an tionscadal, téigh go: seafuel.eu
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Tá tionscadal SEAFUEL tacaithe ag
Ciste Forbairt Réigiúnach an Aontais Eorpaigh trí INTERREG Réigiúin
Atlantach
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