Our Case Studies
Technology Innovation Management
- Hydrogen Product Development – R&D
- Gearing up the R&D organization of an e-fuel start-up
Hydrogen Product Development – R&D
50-employee France based technology company developing fuel cells & electrolysers
Challenges
- Develop a plug and play energy storage product based on Hydrogen
- Support product business cases with field data generated
Solution
- Align technology development efforts on product reliability
- Realign R&D efforts on some key components and functions
- Develop specific engineering roadmap on BoM and assembly time evaluation and reduction
- Develop new multi-revenues business cases models
Results
- Redesign of stacking workshop with lean approach
- Assembly time and hydrogen leaks reduced by half in 2 iterations
- Roadmap for BoM reduction set up
- First sale of product
Gearing up the R&D organization of an e-fuel start-up
Quebec based e-fuel start-up
Challenge
Need to jump-start R&D approach and organization in a highly evolving context and with short deadlines
Solution
A few months long service package with a variable amplitude according to the milestones to be met, to quickly set up a first organization
- Support to pilot launch decision making
- Negotiation of R&D contracts, including intellectual property aspects
- Complementing the pilot with laboratory activities & First formalization of the technology roadmap
- Funding applications preparation
- Connection with new commercial partners
Results
- A first R&D organization, capable of supporting the operation of the pilot and initiating the first research activities with academic partners
Opportunity Analysis
- Pre-feasibility study of a Hydrogen Electrolysis Project
- Hydrogen Market Exploration for a Gas Distributor
- Supporting an innovation team with hydrogen sustainable design at a global mining company
Pre-feasibility study of a Hydrogen Electrolysis Project
Regional Economic Development Agency in Quebec
Challenges
- Develop an economic model adapted to region specific conditions in Quebec
- Assess the technical feasibility of the project by removing uncertainties on the main potential obstacles of the project
- Develop stakeholder support for the project
Solution
- Development of technical and economic models
- Interviews with key contributors, collecting techno-economic data
- Validation of the economic model
- Identification of key success factors, parametric studies
- Preparation of key messages for final report and presentation
Result
- Project moved to next steps – currently in FEED phase
Hydrogen Market Exploration for a Gas Distributor
Canadian Gas Distribution Company
Challenges
- End of natural gas in major U.S. cities, limitations arriving in Canada, need to shift business models to “green” offerings
- Identify short term hydrogen off-take opportunities
- Explore different hydrogen-related business models
- Develop hydrogen market trends awareness within company
Solution
- Expertise sharing on hydrogen technologies, markets and trends
- Market exploration & business development activities in relevant geography
- Development of a commercial offer
- Business cases economic model development
Results
- Developed hydrogen knowledge & awareness within customer’s workforce
- Equipped customer with several economic models to be further elaborated
- Commercial leads identified and commercial offer’s features selected
- Priorities for next steps of development crafted
Supporting an innovation team with hydrogen sustainable design at a global mining company
Canadian branch of a Global Major Mining Company
Challenge
- Develop sustainable design recommendations encompassing hydrogen solutions
Solution
- Presentation and discussions at customer’s internal workshops
- Review of draft rules
- Suggesting forward-looking ideas to develop customer’s involvement in hydrogen
Results
- Enhanced awareness about hydrogen within customer’s teams
- Recommendations covering most of customer’s activities
Business Development
- Hydrogen Energy Storage for a new public building
- Market Research and Development of Green Hydrogen Projects Leads in Canada
Hydrogen Energy Storage for a new public building
50-employee France based technology company developing fuel cells & electrolysers
Challenges
- Provide a solution for a community in the South-East of France “electric peninsula”
- Local energy balance management to cope with strong variations of winter / summer population due to tourism
- Develop an ambitious environmental policy and build an innovative and sustainable image
- Seize the opportunity of a new building to develop a strategy of self-consumption and energy efficiency
Solution
- Hydrogen energy education and development of acceptability
- Mobilization of local actors to build a project
- Summary and detailed preliminary designs
- Modeling of energy uses and profiles
Results
- Materialized the environmental vision of the community leaders
- Contribution of national visibility by the innovative aspect of the project
Market Research and Development of Green Hydrogen Projects Leads in Canada
Germany based Leading Large Scale Green Hydrogen Project Company
Challenges
- Develop knowledge of market potential in Canada
- Company Profile Awareness to be developed in Canada
- Qualification of opportunities and securing memoranda of understanding
Solution
- Market research
- Business development
- Development of brand awareness through talks and direct contacts
Results
- Developed opportunity having led to several projects in Canada
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