The goal of the HyTROS (Hydrogen Transport, Offshore and Storage) project is to advance the development and deployment of a scalable, safe, and integrated hydrogen infrastructure to support the energy transition. By addressing key technical challenges—such as hydrogen transport infrastructure, offshore hydrogen production, and large-scale storage—alongside critical enabling aspects like safety, standardization, and system integration, the project aims to lay the foundation for a reliable and sustainable hydrogen economy.

Leiden University’s role in the project is to develop predictive maintenance strategies for hydrogen technologies. Our focus is on fundamental research, including multi-objective optimization in stochastic environments, and on applying these methods to enhance safety, economic efficiency, and environmental sustainability in hydrogen transportation and storage systems.

The HyTROs project is organized into five distinct tasks: three are technical in nature, while the remaining two focus on integration and enabling aspects. Each task maintains strong links with both academia and industry. The technical tasks address infrastructure, offshore systems, and large-scale hydrogen storage. The enabling task focuses on safety, standardization, and regulation—crucial boundary conditions for the successful development of a hydrogen infrastructure. The overarching task, in which Leiden University is involved, focuses on upscaling and system integration. Both the enabling and overarching tasks are closely connected to the technical pillars and depend on active collaboration across all tasks to ensure the project’s success.

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