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Initiatives and projects in Energy Transition

Repsol Foundation Chair at the University of the Basque Country

Energy Transition Workshop on hydrogen technologies

To analyse the role of hydrogen in industrial decarbonisation, energy competitiveness and the development of new sustainable technological solutions.

The Repsol Foundation Energy Transition Centre at the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea aims to generate and disseminate knowledge on the role of hydrogen as a key driver in the energy transition process.

The Centre will examine hydrogen’s contribution to the decarbonisation of industrial sectors that are difficult to electrify, its integration into new energy and industrial value chains, and the technological, regulatory and economic challenges involved in promoting its development in a competitive and sustainable manner.

Objective of the Chair

The aim of the Centre is to generate rigorous knowledge and disseminate solutions relating to hydrogen as a key energy driver, with a view to contributing to the decarbonisation of industry, strengthening the competitiveness of the productive sector, and analysing the opportunities, barriers and necessary conditions for its development within the framework of the energy transition. 5. New areas of work / suggested content.

Lines of work

Hydrogen and industrial decarbonisation
Analysis of the role of hydrogen in industrial sectors with high energy requirements or which are difficult to electrify.
Production, storage, transport and use of hydrogen
Information on the technologies, infrastructure and challenges associated with the various stages of the renewable hydrogen value chain and its energy derivatives.
Integration of hydrogen into energy, industrial and mobility systems
Study of the incorporation of hydrogen technologies into applications aimed at the decarbonisation of industry, energy and mobility.
Processes, materials and components associated with hydrogen technologies
Development and optimisation of processes, materials, components and systems linked to the production, storage, transport and use of hydrogen.
Synthetic fuels, energy molecules and value-added products
Analysis of the production of synthetic fuels, energy molecules and value-added products from renewable hydrogen and captured CO₂.
Techno-economic, environmental and energy assessment
Assessment of technologies and solutions based on renewable hydrogen from a technical, economic, environmental and energy perspective.
Regulation, market and business models
Monitoring of regulatory frameworks, incentives, economic barriers and business models that can facilitate the development of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen.

Until the 2025/2026 academic year, the activities of the Repsol Foundation Energy Transition Centre at the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea focused on the circular economy and decarbonisation.

During this period, initiatives were developed relating to the efficient use of materials and resources, the recovery of waste, industrial symbiosis, eco-design, the transformation of by-products, circular decarbonisation and the generation of knowledge on new, more sustainable production models.

The materials produced during this phase – events, courses, content, publications, Master’s dissertations, awards and other initiatives – are available in the relevant menus for the year 2026 and earlier.