R&D

The project focuses on three case studies with different locations, needs, resources, economies and cultures : Corsica, Reunion Island and two islands of French Polynesia.

An interdisciplinary approach between engineering sciences, climate sciences and human and social sciences being particularly necessary on this subject, the project relies on contributions from partners (FEMTO-ST, GEPASUD, ENERGY-lab and SPE) of the three fields and the three studied areas.

The project has three phases :

• Study of local contexts in terms of production and consumption potential and socio-economic barriers to the integration of hydrogen technologies
  Use of these results for an integration at the local scale (building, district) and at the scale of the islands’ networks.
• This integration will be based on electrical needs, on the potential of decarbonization of transport (land and sea) and on the production of heat and cold.
• A study of the socio-economic impact of the integration of hydrogen technologies on the studied territories will be carried out. A white paper of recommendations on the integration of hydrogen in insular territories.