Get to know our Project Partner urban waterway logistics, who creates use cases and application scenarios for the living lab belgium.
About us
UWL is a consortium of companies, governmental and non-governmental, and educational organizations in the field of the promotion of the use of IW, regional, and sustainable city distribution. This quadruple helix approach gives us the possibility to check information on the subject, set up pilots, and conduct demonstrations. We also focus on research into energy applications for vessels, such as testing with H2, electric propulsion, etc., with a view to making the logistics flow sustainable. As we have PV installations with our members, we study the possible use of hydrogen.
Our role in the project
UWL will build a Living Lab in Belgium about the application scenarios and use cases, together with P & E Lowlands. It contains instructions on how to design a pilot with the electrical vessel and cargo bikes and organize the field test. UWL will deliver warehouses, warehouse facilities, urban vessels, and cargo vehicles to WP 1 for the use cases and collect data and results.Adaptation of the urban vessel will be necessary to set up the pilot with different types of cargobikes. - On-board storage batteries and inverters (supplying equipment and installation by PELL) will be installed on the urban ship Green Wave and tested in a real-life economic environment. Demonstrations will show how to use H2 as a power supply for industrial applications.
Our vision for the hydrogen economy of the future
Hydrogen has been used to power internal combustion engines for more than 200 years and is now a crucial component in the refining industry. Non-polluting, easily stored, high-energy density, and doesn't contribute to global warming. To aid in sustainable energy transitions, hydrogen must be employed in transportation, construction, and electricity generation. The Future of Hydrogen is an in-depth, objective analysis of hydrogen that details the current state of affairs, the ways in which hydrogen could contribute to a future of clean, secure, and cost-effective energy, and the steps necessary to bring that promise to fruition.