The GUARDIANE-Q consortium

The GUARDIANE-Q consortium

GUARDIANE-Q is being developed by an industrial consortium coordinated by Trinity Energy Storage, which also includes H2B2, Plexus, Hydra Space and Quside. Each of these companies provides complementary technological capabilities covering the various scientific and industrial fields required for the project's development.

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The consortium combines expertise in energy storage, hydrogen technologies, systems intelligence, space communications and quantum cybersecurity. This complementarity allows for an integrated approach to the technological challenges associated with the protection of critical underground hydrogen storage infrastructures.

In addition, several of the participating entities have previously collaborated on research and development projects, and have a solid track record in national and international R&D initiatives linked to energy transition, technological security and critical infrastructures.

The consortium is also supported by a network of collaborating entities from the academic and technological fields that provide specialised scientific knowledge and experimental validation capabilities.

Thanks to this combination of industrial, technological and scientific capabilities, GUARDIANE-Q meets the necessary conditions to address the project's technological challenges in a coordinated manner and generate results with high potential for future transfer.

Partners

Role

Leading entity and project coordinator. Trinity leads the comprehensive risk analysis and modelling of complex threats associated with underground hydrogen storage, as well as the overall coordination of the consortium's activities.

Contribution

Leadership of Activity 1 (Diagnosis and risk modelling). Identification and analysis of realistic disruptive scenarios (hydrogen leaks, sabotage, natural phenomena or targeted attacks). Evaluation of technical, environmental, economic and strategic impacts. Provision of infrastructures and technological validation environments in Aljarafe (Seville). Technical-normative review of the regulatory framework applicable to underground hydrogen storage in Spain.
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Trinity Energy Storage is an energy company that promotes, operates, and maintains underground energy storage facilities, with significant research activity in renewable gas and hydrogen storage projects. Trinity Energy Storage is leading the development of the Aljarafe Project, a pioneering initiative aimed at converting former natural gas fields into Spain's first underground storage facility for renewable hydrogen.

Governance

GUARDIANE-Q is an industrial research project aimed at the design and conceptual validation of an integrated advanced security architecture for critical green hydrogen underground storage infrastructures.

The project is aligned with Mission 6 of the Science and Innovation Missions Programme of the Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation (CDTI), which is focused on strengthening national technological capabilities for strategic autonomy in security and defence.

How the project is managed

Project coordination is structured through a governance framework that ensures technical alignment between the partners, progress monitoring, and strategic decision-making.

GUARDIANE-Q has a Management Committee made up of representatives from the participating companies, responsible for overseeing the project's technical progress and making decisions regarding its development.

Likewise, the project is structured into working groups associated with each technical activity, coordinated by the leaders of each work package.

Decision and coordination model

The governance model includes mechanisms for periodic coordination, technical monitoring and validation of results.

It also contemplates specific procedures for the management of public communications —such as publications, presentations or press releases— with the aim of ensuring the consistency of the project's message while protecting the sensitive information generated during the research.


Decision and coordination model

The governance model includes mechanisms for periodic coordination, technical monitoring and validation of results.

It also contemplates specific procedures for the management of public communications —such as publications, presentations or press releases— with the aim of ensuring the consistency of the project's message while protecting the sensitive information generated during the research.


CONTACT

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Project funded by:

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Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)

Science and Innovation Missions Programme 2025

  • Total budget: €7.04M

  • CDTI funding: €5.47M

Project funded by:

Probe White Logo

Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)

Science and Innovation Missions Programme 2025

  • Total budget: €7.04M

  • CDTI funding: €5.47M