ARPA has been selected to design and build a hydrogen fuel cell energy backup system for the Germans Trias i Pujol hospital in Badalona. This innovative project, which takes advantage of surplus renewable energy, includes the production of hydrogen and oxygen to meet the hospital's needs, thus contributing to its decarbonisation.
ARPA is designing and is in charge of building an energy backup system with hydrogen fuel cells for the Germans Trias i Pujol hospital in Badalona.
The competitive tender was awarded to the company ARPA EMC, which obtained the best technical report rating in the whole of Spain. It is a comprehensive plant design that adapts perfectly to the hospital's needs; electrolytic hydrogen is produced using surplus renewable energy and this is electrified when the hospital requires it. In addition, the heat from the process is used and, through a thermal unit, the pure hydrogen also heats the hospital's water.
Likewise, the oxygen derived from the electrolytic process is treated and adapted for the hospital's medical oxygen circuit. This is a pioneering and scalable research project to face the challenge of hospitals that will have to decarbonise.
The project has a budget of 3 million euros. It is expected to be designed and constructed by 2024 and implemented in the hospital by June 2025.
