+ 60 ECTS Credits

Master´s Degree in Green Hydrogen Projects + 60 ECTS Credits

Master´s Degree in Green Hydrogen Projects + 60 ECTS Credits

Would you like to help shape the energy transition by leading green hydrogen projects? Build critical skills from concept to strategic implementation across production, storage, and infrastructure.

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Master´s Degree in Green Hydrogen Projects + 60 ECTS Credits

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  • 60 ECTS Credits
  • Faculty of Energías Renovables y Eficiencia Energética
  • Internships at real companies
  • STRUCTURALIA qualification

What will you achieve by completing this master's degree?

Hydrogen fundamentals

Explore the fundamental characteristics of hydrogen and its energy and environmental impact in the energy transition.

Production and conversion

Analyze production technologies and master conversion through fuel cells in advanced hydrogen project design.

Storage, control, safety

Understand storage and control systems to optimize operational efficiency and safety in hydrogen deployment.

Infrastructure and decarbonization

Design fuel station infrastructure, assess climate impact, and integrate strategies and technologies for decarbonization.

Course curriculum

9 modules covering everything from hydrogen fundamentals and current context to production technologies, fuel cells, and storage control. Click on each module to see the full content.

01

Module 1. Hydrogen As An Energy Carrier

Didactic Unit 1. Energy And Hydrogen

  • History of hydrogen
  • What is hydrogen?
  • Current electricity and energy matrix
  • Hydrogen as an energy carrier
  • Prospects for the Hydrogen Roadmap

Didactic Unit 2. Hydrogen Generation And Storage

  • PEM electrolysis
  • Alkaline Electrolysis
  • Electrolysis SOEC and AEM
  • Hydrogen storage
  • Hydrogen distribution

Didactic Unit 3. Electrical Power Generation And Other Applications

  • Fuel cells
  • PEM fuel cells
  • HV fuel cells
  • Hydrogen turbines and engines
  • Fuel cell vehicles

Didactic Unit 4. Hydrogen Installations

  • Refuelling stations
  • Dimensioning of main equipment
  • Safety considerations. Explosive atmospheres
  • Design of hydrogen fuel cell related facilities
  • Example of installation calculation.
02

Module 2. Hydrogen Context

Didactic Unit 1. Energy And Production

  • Energy production and its evolution
  • Fossil fuels, the change of an era
  • Strategies for sustainability
  • Energy demands and transition
  • Energy and the future

Didactic Unit 2. Climate Change And Energy Transition

  • Climate change
  • Climate change impacts and strategies
  • Energy transition roadmap
  • The evolution of the energy transition
  • Carbon footprint and ESG criteria

Didactic Unit 3. Decarbonisation Techniques And Technologies I

  • Vectors of the energy transition
  • Renewable power generation, electrification and storage
  • Mobility and transport
  • Carbon capture and storage
  • Circular economy and new materials

Didactic Unit 4. Techniques And Technologies For Decarbonisation Ii

  • Hydrogen (H2)
  • Bioenergy
  • Integration between bioenergy processes and other technologies
  • The cities of the future (Smart Cities)
  • Entrepreneurship and enabling technologies and developments for decarbonisation
03

Module 3. Hydrogen Production And Fuel Cells

Didactic Unit 1. Hydrogen Production From Fossil Fuels

  • Hydrogen production
  • Hydrocarbon reforming
  • Partial oxidation and other hydrocarbon-based processes
  • Coal and biomass gasification
  • Advantages and disadvantages. Comparison between the different processes

Didactic Unit 2. Green Hydrogen Production

  • Electrolytic processes
  • Alkaline electrolysers
  • Polymer electrolysers
  • Green hydrogen production alternative
  • Technological maturity level

Didactic Unit 3. Operation Of Polymer Fuel Cells

  • Origin and operation of fuel cells
  • Composition and types of fuel cells
  • How polymer batteries work
  • Components of polymer batteries
  • Progress and future expectations

Didactic Unit 4. Other Types Of Fuel Cells

  • Solid oxide batteries. Geometries and materials.
  • Fuel cell efficiency
  • Alkaline, phosphoric acid and molten carbonate batteries
  • Biobatteries
  • Fuel cell design and costing
04

Module 4. Hydrogen Supply Chain

Didactic Unit 1. Hydrogen Gas Storage And Supply

  • Characteristics and storage systems
  • Storage in the form of compressed hydrogen gas
  • Pressure vessels, types, characteristics and development objectives
  • EIHP (European Integrated Hydrogen Project) specifications
  • Examples of development projects

Didactic Unit 2. Storage And Supply Of Liquid Hydrogen

  • Liquid hydrogen storage systems and characteristics
  • Storage, distribution and dispensing of liquid hydrogen
  • Liquid hydrogen storage tanks, types, characteristics and development objectives
  • EIHP (European Integrated Hydrogen Project) specifications
  • Examples of development projects

Didactic Unit 3. Hydrogen Storage And Supply In Solids

  • General concepts
  • Metal hydrides
  • Intermetallic compounds
  • Carbonaceous materials and organic polymers
  • Glass microspheres

Didactic Unit 4. Control Of Hydrogen Systems

  • Control theory
  • Model-based predictive control
  • Modelling of hydrogen systems
  • Control strategies
  • Associated regulations
05

Module 5. Mobility And Hydrogen Infrastructure

Didactic Unit 1. Land Mobility

  • Light transport.
  • Heavy transport
  • Captive fleets
  • Railway sector
  • Infrastructure

Didactic Unit 2. Air And Maritime Mobility

  • Energy transition in air transport
  • Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)
  • Energy transition in maritime transport
  • Sustainable fuels for maritime transport
  • Developments in air and maritime transport

Didactic Unit 3. Handling Hydrogen

  • Risks of hydrogen
  • Hydrogen detection
  • Security aspects
  • Explosive environments
  • Hydrogen risk assessment

Didactic Unit 4. Hydrogen Transport And Logistics

  • Hydrogen pathway
  • Distributed generation systems
  • Comparison of management systems
  • Environmental, health and safety considerations on the hydrogen journey
  • Safety and risk in hydrogen transmission, distribution and storage
06

Module 6. Uses And Applications Of Hydrogen

Didactic Unit 1 Stationary Applications

  • Large-scale electricity production
  • Distributed generation
  • Microgeneration systems
  • Interruptible power supply systems
  • Combined heat and power systems

Didactic Unit 2 Mobile Applications

  • Introduction and future perspectives on mobile applications
  • Forklift trucks
  • Cars and buses
  • Air mobility and reduced mobility
  • Other vehicles

Didactic Unit 3 Portable Applications

  • Reversible fuel cells
  • Space applications
  • Micro fuel cells
  • Portable generators
  • Other systems

Didactic Unit 4 Power-to-x

  • Power-to-X basics and concepts
  • Power-to-gas (PTG)
  • Power-to-liquid (PTL)
  • Power-to-heat (PTH)
  • Applications in the hydrogen world
07

Module 7. Hydrogen Filling Stations

Didactic Unit 1. Infrastructure Equipment And Components

  • Materials, pipes and fittings
  • Power supply and storage systems
  • Hydrogen compressors
  • Components and auxiliary systems
  • Hydrogen dispensers

Didactic Unit 2. Hydrogen Filling Station Installation And Operation

  • Installation and operation of the hydrogen refuelling station
  • Control systems and instrumentation
  • Inspection protocols
  • Service station operation
  • Maintenance work

Didactic Unit 3. Security Considerations

  • Fundamental security considerations
  • Security methodologies and risk assessment
  • Hazard mitigation and explosive atmospheres ATEX
  • Safety distances in hydrogen installations
  • Protective measures against external agents

Didactic Unit 4. Applicable Regulations

  • ISO 14687. Hydrogen fuel quality
  • ISO 17268. Hydrogen supply devices
  • ISO 19880-1. General requirements for service stations
  • ISO 22734. Electrolysers
  • IEC 62282-3-100. Stationary fuel cell power generation systems.
08

Module 8. Hydrogen Geopolitics

Geopolitics Of The Energy Transition: Why Does Hydrogen Matter?

  • Geopolitical keys to transition
  • A political history of hydrogen: bubbles and expectations
  • The advent of hydrogen geopolitics
  • Hydrogen geopolitics in the context of climate change
  • The players in hydrogen geopolitics

Didactic Unit 2. The Actors In Hydrogen Geopolitics

  • Importers: the case of the European Union
  • Hydrogen in the survival and energy transition of petro-states: the case of the gulf cooperation council
  • Emerging exporters and neo-extractivism
  • Emerging technological powers: the case of China
  • Emerging industrial powers: the case of the United States

Didactic Unit 3. The Geopolitics Of The Hydrogen Value Chain

  • Hydrogen in the new globalisation of derisking, decoupling and friendshoring
  • Strategic minerals for the hydrogen economy
  • Geopolitics of electrolysers
  • Hydrogen and the reconfiguration of industrial value chains
  • Hydrogen and the return of industrial policy

Didactic Unit 4. Strategic Aspects Of Hydrogen Geopolitics

  • Hydrogen diplomacy
  • Hydrogen and the geopolitics of infrastructures
  • Hydrogen and green colonialism
  • Allies and rivals in hydrogen geopolitics
  • Comparative study of hydrogen strategies in the European Union "
09

Module 9. Hydrogen Economics

Didactic Unit 1. Investment Drivers

  • Europe's technological, economic and environmental potential
  • Europe's deployment plans, hydrogen valleys
  • Drivers for investment in hydrogen and fuel cells
  • Supply and demand development initiatives
  • The route to technology commercialisation

Didactic Unit 2. Case Studies

  • Fuel cell handling equipment
  • Residential use. Microcogeneration fuel cell
  • CHP cogeneration
  • H2 production without CO2 capture (I)
  • Hydrogen production with and without CO2 capture (II)

Didactic Unit 3. Economic Viability

  • The feasibility plan
  • Production and expenditure plan
  • Investment and financing plan
  • Reporting; income statement, balance sheet and cash position
  • Key indicators, analysis and simulations

Didactic Unit 4. Financing Tools

  • First steps in the search for capital
  • Sources of internal funding
  • Sources of external funding
  • Mixed funding sources
  • How to negotiate our financing

Teaching faculty

Teaching team with professional experience in Master´s Degree in Green Hydrogen Projects + 60 ECTS Credits.

AR

Adrián Rodríguez Porres

Faculty of Gestión de Proyectos en Arquitectura

metodología BIM

VG

Vidal Gascón Culebras

Inteligencia Artificial aplicada

JM

Julia Molina Virués

Faculty of Gestión de Proyectos en Arquitectura

arquitectura sostenible

Charo Rey Zabalza

Charo Rey Zabalza

Faculty of Medioambiente y Sostenibilidad

economía circular

ÁS

Ángel Sanz Bernabé

control de calidad

Isabella Sánchez Bermúdez

Isabella Sánchez Bermúdez

Faculty of Dirección de Proyectos e Innovación Tecnológica

comunicación estratégica

Rogelio Delgado Mingorance

Rogelio Delgado Mingorance

Faculty of Ingeniería Industrial

gestión y dirección de proyectos

Miguel Ángel Aparicio Jiménez

Miguel Ángel Aparicio Jiménez

What jobs could you get?

With this master's degree you could apply for roles such as:

  • Project manager in green hydrogen
  • Business development manager energy solutions
  • Technical engineering lead infrastructure
  • Senior technical advisor public bodies
  • Hydrogen production optimization specialist
  • Strategic consultant financing and feasibility

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Artificial Intelligence

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Active industry professionals

Our teaching team, besides being specialists in their field, has specific training in the technology tools that make up the EDUCA EDTECH ecosystem.

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