Vallourec invents an underground storage system in vertical tunnels

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2023-12-04 21:55:40

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Published yesterday at 8:25 p.m., Updated yesterday at 8:55 p.m.

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DECRYPTION – To face the challenges of decarbonization of industry, new solutions are necessary.

Hydrogen is emerging as one of the main solutions for decarbonizing certain industrial processes and transport. As long as you can easily and affordably have access to this gas. The equation quickly turns into a puzzle due to its physical particularities. Vallourec provides part of the answer with an innovative storage solution, presented this Monday in its Aulnoye-Aymeries factory (North). “We are here to create the conditions for the success of the hydrogen sector”, underlines Philippe Guillemot. The CEO of Vallourec is “anxious to avoid the same thing happening as in the solar panel industry, with a transfer of added value to China”.

The group is the specialist in seamless tubes, which connect to each other using a perfectly watertight screwing system. This mastery led him to develop a large-scale vertical storage solution called “Delphy”. Hydrogen is stored in gaseous form in…

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