In the 2020 call, the Hydrogen Foundation of Aragon was awarded a grant from the Ministry of Industry to conduct a feasibility study at the Sumarroca facilities. The objective of this study was to validate the concept of an IoT infrastructure that would allow the management of energy consumption, the generation with renewables and the generation of hydrogen for use in forklifts.

The project requested in this call focuses on the reduction of the carbon footprint in the grape harvest, the following stages will be presented in future calls.

Focusing on the first stage, one of the main uses of fossil fuels occurs with the use of portable machinery (generators) at times of peak consumption, especially during the harvest period. This project aims to reduce one of the energy consumptions with greater impact on the environment of Sumarroca by proposing hydrogen technology for power generation in specific periods of the wine process.

A prototype generator set will be defined that works with H2, adapting the fossil combustion technology to more environmentally friendly generators that can operate for the greatest number of hours without affecting the final price of the wine.

Therefore, the final solution will be managed from an IoT ecosystem, which will optimize the use of different energy sources (H2 and fossil fuel) in order to achieve an optimal balance from all approaches (Energy, Sustainability and Environmental).

IoT technology, in addition to providing the necessary information to estimate both logistical and energy efficiencies in the process of hydrogen generation and dosing in gensets, can act on the equipment to control the needs and bring them to a situation of maximum efficiency.

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