The H2VERDE project launches five free online training programmes certified by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), with the aim of promoting the development of local knowledge and capacities to strengthen research into the renewable hydrogen value chain.
These training programmes will contribute to greater public awareness and knowledge of the production, storage, transport and uses of hydrogen in certain sectors, especially those related to the Blue Economy.
With a total of 124 hours of training and more than 20 professionals and academics as teachers, H2VERDE has designed a series of training programs that provide the theoretical and practical knowledge to face the challenges of the energy future in the Canary Islands. The training program on Pre-design of Renewable Hydrogen Plants will be held between March 17 and 27, while the Risk Analysis in the design of renewable hydrogen facilities will be held between March 31 and April 16 and the Potential of renewable hydrogen in applications of the port and maritime sector in the Canary Islands will take place from May 6 to 26. The training program on Introduction to energy planning for the integration of Renewable Energies in Isolated Systems for Hydrogen Production by Electrolysis will be held from June 2 to 17, and finally, the Energy Management Strategies, development and advanced analysis to facilitate the integration of Renewable Energies based on Hydrogen will close the program from July 2 to 23. Each program is taught independently.
In order to make it easier for students to follow the courses, the classes will be given via streaming, from Monday to Thursday afternoons. It is foreseen that face-to-face sessions will be held for students from Gran Canaria, which will also be retransmitted for the rest of the students.
This training is aimed at professionals in engineering and technical branches, professionals in the hydrogen sector, research personnel, graduates, Master’s and University Degree students related to engineering and technical branches, as well as professionals or unemployed people who are interested in receiving training to be able to access this sector in the labour market. Thus, and with the clear objective of decarbonising the Canary Islands economy by 2040, the renewable hydrogen industry and its value chain will require qualified professionals to face the challenges of an unprecedented energy transformation.
Those interested in this offer can obtain further information from the H2VERDE project website: https://h2verde.plocan.eu/
This training is financed by the H2VERDE project through a direct subsidy for reasons of public, social and economic interest, to cover investment costs of the project called ‘Energía e Hidrógeno Renovable’, charged to investment 1 of component 17 (Planes Complementarios de I+D+i con las Comunidades Autónomas) of the Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (PRTR) del Gobierno de España, financed with ‘Next Generation EU’ funds, through the Mecanismo de Recuperación y Resiliencia (MRR).
This direct grant has been awarded to the CONSORCIO PARA EL DISEÑO, CONSTRUCCIÓN, EQUIPAMIENTO Y EXPLOTACIÓN DE LA PLATAFORMA OCEÁNICA DE CANARIAS (PLOCAN, CIF Q3500385D), amounting to SIX MILLION EUROS (6,000,000.00 €).
