Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IISWithin the “green hydrogen” value chain, expertise in the digital world plays an important role. Fraunhofer IIS know-how spans the entire IoT value chain – from data generation to communication and analysis, all the way through to utilization.
Hydrogen technologies
With expertise and experience in the domain of cognitive sensor technology, Fraunhofer IIS can make a major contribution to the pioneering field of hydrogen technologies.
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Series: Hydrogen
Repurposing natural gas pipelines as hydrogen highways
Cognitive Sensor Technologies / December 16, 2021
When it comes to transporting hydrogen, natural gas pipelines offer some clear advantages: the infrastructure is already in place, they aren’t as unsightly as overhead power lines, and they can be retrofitted to carry hydrogen. We discussed the pros and cons with Dr. Thomas Hüwener – member of the management board of Open Grid Europe GmbH (OGE), a natural gas transmission system operator – and Fraunhofer IIS director Prof. Alexander Martin. They told us how this infrastructure could be repurposed for a future hydrogen economy, what benefits it offers – and where researchers now need to focus their efforts.
Hydrogen: How we’re powering change
Cognitive Sensor Technologies / September 22, 2021
Hydrogen is considered a technology of the future. But what exactly is the hydrogen economy? What expertise does Fraunhofer IIS offer in this field? And how can companies benefit from it? Prof. Alexander Martin, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen and Chair of Analytics & Mixed-Integer Optimization at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has the answers.