Tecnalia and Polymat, a partnership driving the green hydrogen value chain in the Basque Country.

Tecnalia and Polymat have set up a partnership to drive the green hydrogen value chain in the field of polymers and membranes for electrolysers. This collaboration is looking to speed up the development and scaling up of competitive and stable membranes for electrolysers to produce green hydrogen, with a view to driving the development of electrolyser components in the Basque Country.

Tecnalia has been working for more than 20 years on developing and scaling up polymeric technology and membranes for gas separation and, more recently, for electrolysers in hydrogen and membrane technologies and process intensification equipment.

This partnership is another step forward in Tecnalia's commitment to green hydrogen as a key enabler of decarbonisation. Earlier this year, Tecnalia inaugurated its new hydrogen facilities for developing, scaling-up and characterising hydrogen technologies, and continues to forge strategic partnerships with international and local organisations, such as the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senften (BTU) and Polymat, with the aim of building bridges to speed up the creation of an electrolyser components industry in the Basque Country.

The Polymat Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering is a Basque Research Centre of Excellence in Donostia-San Sebastian. The centre is dedicated to fundamental research inspired by the synthesis, assembly and processing of polymers.

Source: Tecnalia