Project
EPHYRA is part of The TRIĒRĒS Valley. This valley supports the EC’s key
priority of scaling up hydrogen ecosystems across Europe through emerging
strategic value chains. The TRIĒRĒS Valley is centered around project
EPHYRA within the Motor Oil Hellas (MOH) refinery in Agioi Theodoroi, Greece,
which is destined to become the flagship hydrogen valley in the southeastern
Mediterranean. The TRIĒRĒS Valley provides a flagship renewable energy project
that raises the hydrogen ambitions of Greece and the surrounding broad
geography that includes mainland Greece and the islands with an emphasis on
Crete and other emerging regions such as Cyprus and Egypt.
The TRIĒRĒS Region will help improve the local production,
transportation and end-use of green renewable hydrogen in an integrated
ecosystem. Launched on a small scale, the TRIĒRĒS Area will pave the way for
further increases in hydrogen production and consumption beyond its own borders
and toward the Balkans, Southeastern Europe, and the broader geographical area
of the Eastern Mediterranean.
The TRIĒRĒS District demonstrates how the pillars of
hydrogen technologies are interconnected to create a harmonized hydrogen energy
value chain that addresses climate change in high-emission sectors such as
shipping/mobility, industry, and energy. The TRIĒRĒS Locale is an important hub
for investment and talent, putting the country of Greece on the hydrogen map
for the first time, a country best suited to incubate and multiply hydrogen
projects due to its geopolitical and climate advantage and which has yet to
welcome hydrogen energy projects as of 2022.
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The project is supported by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its members Hydrogen Europe and Hydrogen Europe Research under Grant Agreement No. 101112220