Here you can find European Commission-funded projects to do with hydrogen (H2). The raw data is from the European Commission’s CORDIS database, downloaded on 21 July 2025 (data last modified 27 June 2025). We have classified the project objectives with respect to whether they are to do with hydrogen and the project partners with respect to whether they are in the fossil fuel industry or not.
❓ Read more on how we classified projects to do with hydrogen (H2)
📊 See a table of the countries with the biggest involvement in these projectsS
📊 See a chart of hydrogen projects with fossil fuel partners as a proportion of all projects with fossil fuel partners, over time
📊 See a chart of all hydrogen projects over time.
This data was produced as part of the project “Geo-techno-social solutions for climate change: understanding affordances and constraints in impact-oriented funding”, funded by the Climate Centre at the Universiteit Twente (PI: Dr. Guus Dix).
Count per entity of how many H2 projects they are involved in plus the subsidy they received
| name | code | country | frequency | subsidy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | COMMISSARIAT A L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE | 0 | FR | 124 | 48454740.05 |
| 58 | CNRS | 0 | FR | 104 | 35983372.56 |
| 32 | DLR | 0 | DE | 104 | 72500414.73 |
| 51 | FRAUNHOFER | 0 | DE | 76 | 43135988.84 |
| 406 | SINTEF | 1 | NO | 69 | 45200497.92 |
| 7 | TNO | 0 | NL | 65 | 18196640.55 |
| 45 | AIR LIQUIDE | 3 | FR, DE, ES, IT, BE, NO, NL | 61 | 31435174.11 |
| 12 | CSIC | 0 | ES | 56 | 16022943.92 |
| 24 | TU DELFT | 0 | NL | 55 | 28298295.1 |
| 363 | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK | 0 | DK | 54 | 20535635.42 |
| 446 | VTT | 0 | FI | 47 | 21931237.49 |
| 518 | CNR | 0 | IT | 43 | 17946699.67 |
| 880 | POLITECNICO DI TORINO | 0 | IT | 41 | 17411133.36 |
| 14 | FZ JUELICH | 0 | DE | 40 | 13233583.07 |
| 15 | KIT | 0 | DE | 39 | 14834335.12 |
| 206 | SHELL | 3 | NL, UK, DE | 39 | 17504362.27 |
| 1421 | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS | 0 | EL | 38 | 17804733.15 |
| 13 | IMPERIAL COLLEGE | 0 | UK | 35 | 5423033 |
| 688 | HYGEAR | 0 | NL | 35 | 16803091.2 |
| 81 | TU EINDHOVEN | 0 | NL | 35 | 13792177.72 |
| 900 | POLITECNICO DI MILANO | 0 | IT | 35 | 12673651.92 |
| 103 | ENGIE | 3 | FR, NL, BE, IT | 35 | 18480625.07 |
| 509 | FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON | 0 | ES | 34 | 8582308.27 |
| 740 | JRC | 0 | BE | 34 | 2882271.4 |
| 1084 | FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION | 0 | ES | 33 | 18366265.65 |
| 98 | LINDE | 0 | DE, HU, CH, SE, AT, IT, TR | 33 | 19150303.02 |
| 291 | RWTH AACHEN | 0 | DE | 31 | 12825322.15 |
| 1108 | AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE | 0 | IT | 31 | 7712141.85 |
| 593 | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE LAUSANNE | 0 | CH | 31 | 8156909.2 |
| 1309 | RINA | 0 | IT, UK, DE | 30 | 12334854.23 |
| 17 | JOHNSON MATTHEY | 0 | UK | 29 | 5620759.68 |
| 741 | NTNU | 0 | NO | 28 | 18984662.43 |
| 19 | SIEMENS | 0 | DE, UK, FR, DK, AT, BE, NO | 26 | 18899361.11 |
| 489 | THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | 0 | UK | 25 | 6675229.84 |
| 655 | ELEMENT ENERGY LIMITED | 0 | UK | 25 | 4425409.87 |
| 16 | UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART | 0 | DE, nan | 24 | 2185356.13 |
| 348 | UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER | 0 | UK | 21 | 3229172 |
| 512 | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 1 | NO | 21 | 6901893.21 |
| 579 | CENER-CIEMAT | 0 | ES | 21 | 4588847.82 |
| 287 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN | 0 | DE | 21 | 14123814.25 |
| 1110 | ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION | 0 | EL | 20 | 8793018.26 |
| 59 | IFP | 1 | FR | 20 | 4881947.25 |
| 767 | TOTALENERGIES | 3 | FR, DE, BE, NL | 20 | 4145704.51 |
| 1005 | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS EUROPE AS | 0 | DK | 19 | 14736095.53 |
| 1060 | “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS””” | 0 | EL | 19 | 6218335.39 |
| 297 | AIRBUS | 0 | UK, DE, FR, ES, NL | 19 | 45158554.66 |
| 296 | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH | 0 | DE | 19 | 8534372.24 |
| 165 | PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT | 0 | CH | 19 | 1888538.95 |
| 523 | EIFER | 0 | DE | 19 | 6367482 |
| 115 | BMW | 0 | DE | 18 | 2440023 |
| 46 | ARMINES | 0 | FR | 18 | 4333900.25 |
| 984 | SAFRAN | 0 | FR, BE | 18 | 94817682.95 |
| 377 | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE | 0 | UK | 18 | 1757457.73 |
| 78 | TU WIEN | 0 | AT | 17 | 4062099.55 |
| 1702 | SNAM | 3 | IT | 17 | 6365165.31 |
| 689 | LUDWIG-BOELKOW | 0 | DE | 17 | 2877815.3 |
| 49 | VOLVO | 0 | SE, NL | 17 | 4227202.41 |
| 1504 | KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | 0 | BE | 17 | 13441270.65 |
| 1339 | FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER | 0 | IT | 17 | 5406466 |
| 93 | SOLVAY | 0 | BE, IT, DE | 16 | 2725178.62 |
| 194 | FIAT | 0 | IT | 16 | 1769727.9 |
| 22 | BP | 3 | UK, nan, DE | 16 | 781424 |
| 680 | EQUINOR | 3 | NO | 16 | 444651.5 |
| 540 | COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE | 0 | BE, IT | 16 | 0 |
| 829 | HYDROGENICS | 0 | BE, DE | 16 | 9207801.99 |
| 60 | VITO | 0 | BE | 16 | 6597578.25 |
| 5 | UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE | 0 | NL | 15 | 3466857.29 |
| 911 | ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA | 0 | IT | 15 | 3601721.35 |
| 179 | DAIMLER/CHRYSTLER | 0 | DE | 15 | 12053600 |
| 89 | INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO | 0 | PT | 15 | 647783 |
| 125 | NORSK HYDRO | 0 | NO | 15 | 0 |
| 288 | UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID | 0 | ES | 15 | 7945371.16 |
| 1896 | ITM POWER UK LIMITED | 0 | UK | 15 | 29836543.62 |
| 869 | BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG | 0 | DE | 15 | 3954154.86 |
| 1139 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA | 0 | IT | 15 | 4240891.35 |
| 1047 | IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS | 0 | EL | 15 | 5450847.46 |
| 120 | KTH | 0 | SE | 15 | 3559183.58 |
| 493 | VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA V PRAZE | 0 | CZ | 15 | 3610403.21 |
| 1216 | TECHNION | 0 | IL | 15 | 8838900.8 |
| 584 | AVL LIST GMBH | 0 | AT | 15 | 3464598.79 |
| 1114 | FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG | 0 | DE | 15 | 13024966.18 |
| 533 | CENTER FOR SOLAR ENERGY AND HYDROGEN RESEARCH BADEN-WÜRTEMBERG | 0 | DE | 14 | 4660680.31 |
| 1843 | ERM FRANCE | 0 | FR | 14 | 1596708.23 |
| 536 | THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH | 0 | UK | 14 | 2271905.98 |
| 42 | ANSALDO | 0 | IT, CH | 14 | 2648630.68 |
| 1366 | POWERCELL SWEDEN AB | 0 | SE | 14 | 10908306.63 |
| 76 | ENI | 3 | IT, DE | 14 | 717324.8 |
| 1297 | ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION | 0 | ES | 14 | 5205636.67 |
| 321 | UPPSALA UNIVERSITY | 0 | SE | 14 | 5154784.16 |
| 1038 | MCPHY | 0 | FR, DE, IT | 14 | 32190439.79 |
| 253 | AIR PRODUCTS PLC | 0 | UK | 14 | 3434210.25 |
| 118 | INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL | 0 | ES | 13 | 2204300 |
| 123 | PLANET PLANUNGSGRUPPE | 0 | DE | 13 | 994404 |
| 1006 | NEL HYDROGEN | 0 | DK, NO | 13 | 6813644.35 |
| 641 | VATTENFALL | 3 | SE, DE, NL, DK | 13 | 150856 |
| 1261 | FUNDACION IMDEA ENERGIA | 0 | ES | 13 | 3145477.52 |
| 1168 | TOYOTA | 0 | BE, SE, DK, NO, US | 13 | 10476313.88 |
| 526 | MAX PLANCK | 0 | DE | 13 | 3908814.9 |
| 530 | SAPIENZA | 0 | IT | 13 | 1753739.68 |
| 353 | UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | 0 | UK | 13 | 4421721.22 |
| 2366 | STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS LUCHT – EN RUIMTEVAARTCENTRUM | 0 | NL | 13 | 18184175.76 |
| 77 | ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE | 0 | FR | 13 | 991073.5 |
| 1484 | AALTO UNI | 0 | FI | 13 | 5376554.99 |
| 1577 | HYGEAR FUEL CELL SYSTEMS BV | 0 | NL | 13 | 0 |
| 40 | NTUA | 0 | EL | 13 | 0 |
| 494 | KEMIJSKI INSTITUT | 0 | SI | 12 | 3822160.6 |
| 1354 | SOLYDERA | 0 | IT, CH | 12 | 5799455.16 |
| 248 | UNIVERSITY OF OSLO | 0 | NO | 12 | 3659165.11 |
| 1740 | CENTRE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHE ET DEFORMATION AVANCEE EN CALCUL SCIENTIFIQUE | 0 | FR | 12 | 4900017.38 |
| 828 | FAST – FEDERAZIONE DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE E TECNICHE | 0 | IT | 12 | 1053792.41 |
| 128 | BOCHUM UNIVERSITY | 0 | DE | 12 | 5064979.52 |
| 1150 | I.C.I CALDAIE SPA | 0 | IT | 12 | 6652705.61 |
| 1080 | ABENGOA | 0 | ES | 12 | 2686217.31 |
| 986 | OFFICE NATIONAL D’ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES | 0 | FR | 12 | 12218489.35 |
| 417 | CHALMERS | 0 | SE | 12 | 3395230.2 |
| 928 | ETHZ | 0 | CH | 12 | 4647408.35 |
| 254 | DNV | 0 | NO, EL, DE | 11 | 706410 |
| 2030 | FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA | 0 | ES | 11 | 7149033.25 |
| 1738 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE | 0 | IT | 11 | 4515328.72 |
| 1039 | PARCO SCIENTIFICO TECNOLOGICO PER LAMBIENTE ENVIRONMENT PARK TORINO SPA | 0 | IT | 11 | 1574364.87 |
| 484 | UNI PISA | 0 | IT | 11 | 2637705.93 |
| 640 | INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN | 0 | SI | 11 | 2362036.56 |
| 314 | NUOVO PIGNONE | 0 | IT | 11 | 4887103.5 |
| 1214 | SYMBIO | 0 | FR | 11 | 5654476.32 |
| 1838 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT LIMITED | 0 | UK | 11 | 2147972.29 |
| 867 | POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA | 0 | PL | 11 | 2349523.7 |
| 1803 | INDUSTRIE DE NORA SPA-IDN | 0 | IT | 11 | 6842385.25 |
| 1497 | UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI | 0 | SI | 11 | 2016945.85 |
| 114 | L-B-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 10 | 0 |
| 988 | UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA | 0 | ES | 10 | 3453896.44 |
| 521 | FUNDACION CIDETEC | 0 | ES | 10 | 2982956 |
| 2 | TU DARMSTADT | 0 | DE | 10 | 8529701.92 |
| 551 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | 0 | UK | 10 | 2953570.8 |
| 1409 | HYSYTECH SRL | 0 | IT | 10 | 4994053 |
| 328 | UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE | 0 | UK | 10 | 1458929.36 |
| 730 | THE CCS GLOBAL GROUP | 0 | CA, UK | 10 | 1134384 |
| 416 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ | 0 | AT | 10 | 2678921.85 |
| 227 | ICELANDIC NEW ENERGY | 0 | IS | 10 | 1016920 |
| 192 | NEDSTACK | 0 | NL | 10 | 5374909.19 |
| 827 | HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE | 0 | UK | 9 | 1273578.33 |
| 575 | AREVA | 0 | FR, DE | 9 | 1595675.72 |
| 181 | CRESS | 0 | EL | 9 | 524595 |
| 1132 | WATERSTOFNET VZW | 0 | BE | 9 | 1365785.12 |
| 1749 | ENAGAS | 3 | ES | 9 | 4663738 |
| 382 | LUND UNIVERSITY | 0 | SE | 9 | 2300912 |
| 2156 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II | 0 | IT | 9 | 3630123.64 |
| 1197 | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS | 0 | FR | 9 | 3248604.5 |
| 1411 | HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH | 0 | DE | 9 | 3647282.5 |
| 104 | ROLLS-ROYCE | 0 | UK, DE | 9 | 20436955.04 |
| 1078 | UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER | 0 | FR | 9 | 1090728.86 |
| 499 | ENEL | 3 | IT | 9 | 1379592.47 |
| 1051 | SPHERA SOLUTIONS GMBH | 0 | DE | 9 | 2795021.5 |
| 799 | ARCELORMITTAL | 3 | FR, DE, ES, BE | 9 | 8691358.8 |
| 1509 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN | 0 | DE | 9 | 2772255.8 |
| 1063 | UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO | 0 | PT | 9 | 3352669.49 |
| 285 | CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY | 0 | UK | 9 | 2186649.75 |
| 822 | GKN | 0 | DE, SE, IT | 9 | 8952175.38 |
| 1233 | FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA | 0 | IT | 8 | 3479147.94 |
| 1489 | FUNDACIO PRIVADA INSTITUT CATALA D’INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA | 0 | ES | 8 | 3405730.4 |
| 1743 | CAVENDISH HYDROGEN A/S | 0 | DK | 8 | 10028188.29 |
| 517 | UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE | 0 | UK | 8 | 2923119.8 |
| 1422 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO | 0 | IT | 8 | 2239061 |
| 286 | MTU | 0 | DE, PL | 8 | 19958906.25 |
| 1796 | AKTSIASELTS ELCOGEN | 0 | EE | 8 | 2553973.5 |
| 1152 | STEINBEIS | 0 | DE | 8 | 3063246.3 |
| 331 | VOLKSWAGEN | 0 | DE | 8 | 479536 |
| 1777 | PANEPISTIMIO PATRON | 0 | EL | 8 | 2746500 |
| 1045 | MERCEDES-BENZ | 0 | DE | 8 | 9349902.47 |
| 198 | CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS | 0 | EL | 8 | 295000 |
| 423 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO | 0 | IT | 8 | 2378650.45 |
| 1564 | AARHUS UNI | 0 | DK | 8 | 5668614.14 |
| 535 | THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | 0 | UK | 8 | 1233158.69 |
| 1736 | ELCOGEN OY | 0 | FI | 8 | 3490339.75 |
| 1156 | MAHYTEC SARL | 0 | FR | 8 | 6577849.18 |
| 1175 | HYDROGEN EUROPE | 3 | BE | 8 | 2465580.63 |
| 1004 | ZENTRUM FUR BRENNSTOFFZELLEN-TECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 8 | 3819898.67 |
| 2106 | PIPSTREL | 0 | SI | 8 | 7219268.64 |
| 469 | THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD | 0 | UK | 8 | 952740 |
| 1162 | RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB | 0 | SE | 8 | 3560027.69 |
| 1083 | IRD FUEL CELLS A/S | 0 | DK | 8 | 2691041.35 |
| 48 | RENAULT | 0 | FR | 8 | 1142565 |
| 997 | UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES | 0 | BE | 8 | 2817558.75 |
| 453 | TÜV | 0 | DE | 8 | 1059618.37 |
| 249 | GKSS | 0 | DE | 7 | 0 |
| 375 | WUR | 0 | NL | 7 | 2816961.5 |
| 263 | ALSTOM | 0 | FR, UK, CH, SE | 7 | 4985730.71 |
| 625 | POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA | 0 | PL | 7 | 815917.44 |
| 213 | LONDON BUS SERVICES | 0 | UK | 7 | 12391004.27 |
| 1496 | UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA | 0 | ES | 7 | 2596870.5 |
| 1032 | HEXAGON RAUFOSS AS | 0 | NO | 7 | 3054278.93 |
| 746 | UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB | 0 | HR | 7 | 1588712.5 |
| 1269 | UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY | 0 | IE | 7 | 2991927.65 |
| 2259 | HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE | 0 | CH | 7 | 125000 |
| 1229 | HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN FUR MATERIALIEN UND ENERGIE GMBH | 0 | DE | 7 | 4631093.78 |
| 720 | ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND | 0 | NL | 7 | 0 |
| 1030 | EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT | 0 | CH | 7 | 1563721 |
| 722 | MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN | 0 | AT | 7 | 2989503.7 |
| 333 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA | 0 | IT | 7 | 914076.94 |
| 3425 | OU STARGATE HYDROGEN SOLUTIONS | 0 | EE | 7 | 5412886.25 |
| 1287 | CENTRO NACIONAL DE EXPERIMENTACIONDE TECNOLOGIAS DE HIDROGENO Y PILASDE COMBUSTIBLE CONSORCIO | 0 | ES | 7 | 3423087.3 |
| 2013 | GERG | 3 | BE | 7 | 945369.75 |
| 232 | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND | 0 | IE | 7 | 3607945.63 |
| 1765 | NEW ENERGY COALITION | 1 | NL | 7 | 1228098.05 |
| 657 | INTELLIGENT ENERGY | 0 | UK | 7 | 6276430.81 |
| 70 | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON | 0 | UK, nan | 7 | 1202343.5 |
| 88 | LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY | 0 | UK | 7 | 140040 |
| 1457 | COORSTEK MEMBRANE SCIENCES AS | 0 | NO | 7 | 7069535.13 |
| 306 | UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK | 0 | UK | 7 | 1317029.94 |
| 1415 | AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH | 0 | AT | 7 | 4677546.23 |
| 2541 | FONDAZIONE ICONS | 0 | IT | 7 | 2867499.5 |
| 1840 | PLASTIC OMNIUM | 0 | AT, CH, BE, FR | 7 | 2061326.9 |
| 2142 | LHYFE | 0 | FR | 7 | 28742261.33 |
| 171 | EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS INTERNACIONAL SA | 0 | ES | 7 | 562991 |
| 41 | UDE | 0 | DE | 7 | 635347.33 |
| 99 | UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS | 0 | EL | 7 | 0 |
| 1472 | QUANTIS | 0 | CH | 7 | 1209158 |
| 53 | ABB | 0 | NO, UK, SE, FI | 7 | 3444681.25 |
| 176 | UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS | 0 | FR | 7 | 135200 |
| 513 | NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS” | 0 | EL | 7 | 0 |
| 498 | INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI | 0 | PL | 6 | 410416 |
| 256 | FORD | 0 | DE, TR | 6 | 326772 |
| 2412 | UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA | 0 | PT | 6 | 3761538.62 |
| 2570 | GE AVIO SRL | 0 | IT | 6 | 24888863.17 |
| 1451 | TC DUBLIN | 0 | IE | 6 | 3508727.08 |
| 1604 | CNET CENTRE FOR NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES SA | 0 | PT | 6 | 2303612.5 |
| 1327 | NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | 0 | UK | 6 | 1342734.5 |
| 781 | PAUL WURTH SA | 0 | LU | 6 | 2150962.83 |
| 1326 | OULUN YLIOPISTO | 0 | FI | 6 | 2599516 |
| 2670 | NATRAN | 0 | FR | 6 | 2414550 |
| 471 | WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE | 0 | IL | 6 | 2212018 |
| 1527 | CIAOTECH SRL | 0 | IT | 6 | 917472.5 |
| 1014 | CENEX – CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR LOW CARBON AND FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES | 0 | UK | 6 | 2237964.03 |
| 1027 | INSTRUMENTACION Y COMPONENTES SA | 0 | ES | 6 | 2457245.58 |
| 707 | TÜRKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU | 0 | TR | 6 | 897702 |
| 511 | COVENTRY UNIVERSITY (INCL. ENTERPRISES) | 0 | UK | 6 | 1363554.9 |
| 505 | RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 0 | RU | 6 | 533727.6 |
| 1462 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CLAUSTHAL | 0 | DE | 6 | 2286116.13 |
| 1275 | BELGISCH LABORATORIUM VAN ELEKTRICITEITSINDUSTRIE | 0 | BE | 6 | 4784950 |
| 2192 | FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS | 0 | ES | 6 | 4741906.5 |
| 1774 | C.I.R.A. CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA | 0 | IT | 6 | 5062295.55 |
| 1142 | LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 0 | LU | 6 | 4801043.5 |
| 50 | BRITISH GAS | 3 | UK | 6 | 0 |
| 797 | SSSA | 0 | IT | 6 | 2868177.37 |
| 418 | UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN | 0 | NL | 6 | 1430914.8 |
| 1111 | UNI SPLIT | 0 | HR | 6 | 670156.2 |
| 749 | BRGM | 0 | FR | 6 | 335927.5 |
| 2796 | ARIANEGROUP SAS | 0 | FR | 6 | 19208285.76 |
| 871 | FABER INDUSTRIE SPA | 0 | IT | 6 | 1586796 |
| 581 | VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS | 0 | BE | 6 | 2506821.25 |
| 1781 | ATENA SCARL – DISTRETTO ALTA TECNOLOGIA ENERGIA AMBIENTE | 0 | IT | 6 | 3062806.25 |
| 1760 | THE EUROPEAN MARINE ENERGY CENTRE LIMITED | 0 | UK | 6 | 1799651.25 |
| 1034 | KIWA | 0 | NL, UK, IT | 6 | 1256325.75 |
| 1802 | PNO INNOVATION GMBH | 0 | DE | 6 | 1182939.06 |
| 33 | ITALIAN AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | 0 | IT | 6 | 0 |
| 186 | STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITET | 0 | SE | 6 | 221100 |
| 1425 | NEXTCHEM TECH SPA | 0 | IT | 6 | 2337929.16 |
| 2363 | ARKEMA FRANCE SA | 0 | FR | 6 | 4996615.5 |
| 1181 | HUN-REN | 0 | HU | 6 | 1534856.5 |
| 1101 | UNIRESEARCH BV | 0 | NL | 6 | 1193080.51 |
| 1098 | HYET HYDROGEN BV | 0 | NL | 6 | 3479678.46 |
| 1730 | PRETEXO | 0 | FR | 6 | 448800.38 |
| 466 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA | 0 | IT | 6 | 1003690 |
| 1481 | GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER | 0 | DE | 6 | 3445042.38 |
| 1236 | THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL | 0 | UK | 6 | 1087093.64 |
| 2827 | RHODIA LABORATOIRE DU FUTUR SAS | 0 | FR | 6 | 335337 |
| 656 | FEV | 0 | DE, TR | 6 | 2736807.88 |
| 1230 | SOLARONIX SA | 0 | CH | 6 | 878528.15 |
| 528 | UMICORE | 0 | DE, DK, BE | 6 | 1171525 |
| 524 | FREUDENBERG | 0 | DE | 5 | 1504991.8 |
| 2574 | GENERAL ELECTRIC DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING GMBH | 0 | DE | 5 | 18613045.57 |
| 1684 | THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY | 0 | UK | 5 | 1400335.1 |
| 1148 | UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA LA MANCHA | 0 | ES | 5 | 1938930 |
| 332 | PEUGEOT CITROËN | 0 | FR, PT | 5 | 0 |
| 1042 | FUNDACION IMDEA MATERIALES | 0 | ES | 5 | 1509254.83 |
| 1877 | GALP | 3 | PT | 5 | 2317525.3 |
| 310 | UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA | 0 | ES | 5 | 1348518.75 |
| 309 | MANCHESTER UNI | 0 | UK | 5 | 154000 |
| 2145 | EUROQUALITY SAS | 0 | FR | 5 | 1194140.63 |
| 36 | NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY | 0 | IT | 5 | 0 |
| 2590 | COLLINS AEROSPACE IRELAND, LIMITED | 0 | IE | 5 | 3365985.75 |
| 1109 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI PARTHENOPE | 0 | IT | 5 | 63992 |
| 1102 | AYMING | 0 | FR | 5 | 301676.93 |
| 404 | UNI LIEGE | 0 | BE | 5 | 893961.375 |
| 1100 | ITM POWER (TRADING) LIMITED | 0 | UK | 5 | 6202580 |
| 1194 | ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AE EREUNAS & ANAPTYXIS YLIKON & PROIONTONANANEOSIMON PIGON ENERGEIAS & SYNAFON SYMVOULEFTIKON Y PIRESION | 0 | EL | 5 | 2870632.75 |
| 1095 | SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASZIEWICZ | 0 | PL | 5 | 1841045.25 |
| 394 | INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY | 0 | NL | 5 | 0 |
| 1755 | HYENERGY | 0 | NL, UK | 5 | 2961331.87 |
| 1728 | UNI FREIBURG | 0 | DE | 5 | 1584156.64 |
| 1085 | RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO – RSE SPA | 0 | IT | 5 | 687858 |
| 532 | THE UNIVERSITY OF READING | 0 | UK | 5 | 716293.92 |
| 1170 | OMV | 3 | AT | 5 | 3221317.63 |
| 1082 | ABO AKADEMI | 0 | FI | 5 | 2386304.6 |
| 1164 | HYUNDAI | 0 | DE | 5 | 7833705 |
| 1081 | FUMATECH BWT GMBH | 0 | DE | 5 | 1237643.81 |
| 47 | DE NORA | 0 | IT | 5 | 0 |
| 2560 | VDEH-BETRIEBSFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT GMBH | 0 | DE | 5 | 6240732.63 |
| 1737 | INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI – PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY | 0 | PL | 5 | 1648848.42 |
| 2510 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA | 0 | IT | 5 | 420840.08 |
| 501 | CARDIFF UNI | 0 | UK | 5 | 1424579.25 |
| 2182 | FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES | 0 | ES | 5 | 1457589.58 |
| 1739 | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET D’AEROTECHNIQUE | 0 | FR | 5 | 1459492.54 |
| 645 | UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT | 0 | FR | 5 | 1484994.44 |
| 3098 | ZURCHER HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN | 0 | CH | 5 | 0 |
| 2198 | CUTTING-EDGE NANOMATERIALS CENMAT UG HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT | 0 | DE | 5 | 2954919.21 |
| 1733 | HYDROGENIOUS | 0 | DE, NO | 5 | 7069833.76 |
| 119 | UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD | 0 | UK | 5 | 0 |
| 1028 | IHT INDUSTRIE HAUTE TECHNOLOGIE SA | 0 | CH | 5 | 1137004.24 |
| 2831 | SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE | 0 | FR | 5 | 875943.5 |
| 697 | GIG | 0 | PL | 5 | 137550 |
| 2754 | KIC INNOENERGY SE | 0 | NL | 5 | 48478886.73 |
| 1799 | UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION | 0 | UK | 5 | 289268.75 |
| 271 | THE QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST | 0 | UK | 5 | 291730 |
| 129 | UNI THESSALONIKI | 0 | EL | 5 | 1346732 |
| 2316 | FUNDACIO EURECAT | 0 | ES | 5 | 1434132.98 |
| 1405 | TWI LIMITED | 0 | UK | 5 | 446796 |
| 1606 | VDL | 0 | NL, BE | 5 | 3375427.38 |
| 803 | SSAB | 0 | SE, FI | 5 | 157500 |
| 905 | INIG | 2 | PL | 5 | 759182.5 |
| 134 | UNI BARCELONA | 0 | ES | 5 | 165312.96 |
| 261 | INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE | 0 | FR | 5 | 656224.85 |
| 1834 | UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN | 0 | NL | 5 | 2125160.8 |
| 1008 | ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL* | 0 | UK | 5 | 13113345.08 |
| 715 | PROTON MOTOR FUEL CELL GMBH | 0 | DE | 5 | 738170.5 |
| 2843 | STAM SRL | 0 | IT | 5 | 1296687.5 |
| 2845 | SWERIM AB | 0 | SE | 5 | 6065002.5 |
| 2653 | FUNDACION CARTIF | 0 | ES | 5 | 2534625 |
| 1452 | IDENER | 0 | ES | 5 | 2296033.75 |
| 226 | UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND | 0 | IS | 5 | 0 |
| 953 | AALBORG | 0 | DK | 5 | 2033365.82 |
| 3035 | TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY BV | 0 | NL | 5 | 1064122.6 |
| 1013 | UNIPER | 3 | DE, UK | 5 | 74181 |
| 107 | INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE | 0 | FR | 5 | 0 |
| 1430 | SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA | 0 | CH | 5 | 414198 |
| 973 | IBERDROLA | 0 | ES | 5 | 1372124.5 |
| 1844 | ELRINGKLINGER AG | 0 | DE | 5 | 2974936.68 |
| 1919 | CETIM | 0 | FR | 5 | 6350602.07 |
| 65 | TOPSOE | 0 | DK | 5 | 320479.25 |
| 1810 | PERSEE | 0 | FR | 5 | 642681.25 |
| 110 | MESSER | 0 | DE | 5 | 456218 |
| 2428 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE | 0 | IT | 5 | 1616598.36 |
| 2286 | K1-MET GMBH | 0 | AT | 5 | 3031617.24 |
| 167 | FRAMATOME | 0 | DE, FR | 5 | 1924334 |
| 2693 | EASN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SERVICES BVBA | 0 | BE | 5 | 896375 |
| 691 | REPSOL | 3 | ES, UK | 5 | 0 |
| 1037 | PNO | 0 | NL, DE, BE, PT | 5 | 749812.5 |
| 100 | NTH | 0 | NO | 5 | 0 |
| 2429 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG | 0 | DE | 5 | 3532793.29 |
| 113 | DEMOKRITOS | 0 | EL | 5 | 0 |
| 112 | COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES | 0 | IT, BE, NL | 5 | 0 |
| 2917 | ACITURRI ENGINEERING SL | 0 | ES | 4 | 3141949.25 |
| 2290 | RAG AUSTRIA AG | 0 | AT | 4 | 10138375 |
| 1380 | MARION TECHNOLOGIES S.A.S. | 0 | FR | 4 | 1079118 |
| 1161 | FORENINGEN HYDROGEN LINK DANMARK | 0 | DK | 4 | 223823 |
| 1195 | INSTITUTE OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ENERGY SYSTEMS | 0 | BG | 4 | 573440 |
| 1821 | ERIG | 1 | BE | 4 | 798653 |
| 230 | UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS | 0 | CY | 4 | 762232.61 |
| 3022 | AGFA GEVAERT NV | 0 | BE | 4 | 1270803.5 |
| 1228 | EVONIK | 0 | DE | 4 | 3187769.15 |
| 2154 | METLEN ENERGY & METALS AE | 0 | EL | 4 | 1201331 |
| 2393 | SCHIPHOL NEDERLAND BV | 0 | NL | 4 | 5895509.75 |
| 734 | BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE | 0 | DE | 4 | 349999.9 |
| 220 | SYDKRAFT | 0 | SE | 4 | 0 |
| 1795 | UNIVERSITE D’ORLEANS | 0 | FR | 4 | 284062.5 |
| 170 | NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP | 0 | NL | 4 | 0 |
| 1949 | OMB SALERI SPA | 0 | IT | 4 | 3378898.82 |
| 1707 | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS | 0 | FR | 4 | 0 |
| 182 | KURCHATOV INST | 0 | RU | 4 | 0 |
| 445 | UNI PARIS SUD | 0 | FR | 4 | 0 |
| 444 | GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY | 0 | UK | 4 | 841098 |
| 1804 | HYCC B.V. | 0 | NL | 4 | 1621538.9 |
| 1174 | ISTITUTO PER INNOVAZIONI TECNOLOGICHE BOLZANO SCARL | 0 | IT | 4 | 816260.5 |
| 1746 | REDEXIS | 0 | ES | 4 | 2251250 |
| 2135 | UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA | 0 | ES | 4 | 1130725.99 |
| 1172 | COPENHAGEN HYDROGEN NETWORK AS | 0 | DK | 4 | 2576083 |
| 760 | TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY | 0 | CN | 4 | 75000 |
| 2113 | ZABALA INNOVATION CONSULTING SA | 0 | ES | 4 | 1287700 |
| 981 | UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE | 0 | BE | 4 | 893961.375 |
| 1492 | TURUN YLIOPISTO | 0 | FI | 4 | 1212146.8 |
| 1734 | NOORDWES-UNIVERSITEIT | 0 | ZA | 4 | 517458.13 |
| 432 | INFRASERVE | 0 | DE | 4 | 42000 |
| 1169 | HONDA | 0 | DE, UK | 4 | 1172896 |
| 1815 | SUNFIRE GMBH | 0 | DE | 4 | 10490554.89 |
| 1215 | ANLEG GMBH | 0 | DE | 4 | 1615743.12 |
| 426 | EIDGENOESSISCHE MATERIALPRUEFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT | 0 | CH | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK | 0 | IE | 4 | 1163536.14 |
| 1534 | UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID | 0 | ES | 4 | 1182511.46 |
| 2871 | BLUENERGY REVOLUTION SCRL | 0 | IT | 4 | 728113.65 |
| 571 | INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE | 0 | FR | 4 | 469146.24 |
| 1112 | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET DES MICROTECHNIQUES | 0 | FR | 4 | 378939.2 |
| 1798 | HYDROGEN ONSITE, SL | 0 | ES | 4 | 5602891.25 |
| 1943 | FUTURE PROOF SHIPPING BV | 0 | NL | 4 | 4796675 |
| 208 | EVOBUS GMBH | 0 | DE | 4 | 494936 |
| 585 | ROBERT BOSCH GMBH | 0 | DE | 4 | 2680076.21 |
| 1523 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA | 0 | IT | 4 | 479625.25 |
| 1021 | UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA | 0 | UK | 4 | 2838909.19 |
| 2077 | TENOVA SPA | 0 | IT | 4 | 910616.71 |
| 2195 | UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN | 0 | BE | 4 | 1359125 |
| 2196 | ENERGY AND TURBOMACHINERY NETWORK | 0 | BE | 4 | 896828.75 |
| 2353 | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | 0 | US | 4 | 0 |
| 1052 | HYSOLUTIONS GMBH | 0 | DE | 4 | 360045.74 |
| 1580 | PROTON VENTURES BV | 0 | NL | 4 | 1310964.88 |
| 1470 | RAUSCHERT KLOSTER VEILSDORF GMBH | 0 | DE | 4 | 1193417 |
| 278 | MAN | 0 | DE | 4 | 0 |
| 2817 | MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FUR NACHHALTIGEMATERIALIEN GMBH | 0 | DE | 4 | 4748056 |
| 658 | TU PRAG | 0 | CZ | 4 | 358500 |
| 26 | RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY | 0 | DK | 4 | 0 |
| 662 | UNI GENEVA | 0 | CH | 4 | 444076.85 |
| 917 | CATATOR AB | 0 | SE | 4 | 726580.1 |
| 3068 | ARIANEGROUP GMBH | 0 | DE | 4 | 4631307.75 |
| 2830 | RHODIA OPERATIONS | 0 | FR | 4 | 14992.72 |
| 2350 | BENKEI | 0 | FR | 4 | 393187.08 |
| 1883 | INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE | 0 | FR | 4 | 999666.1 |
| 1894 | HYPE | 0 | FR | 4 | 5839614.08 |
| 2627 | HYDRUS ANOTATI SYNEKTIKI MICHANIKI ETAIREIA SYMVOULON ANONYMI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 4 | 2612550 |
| 674 | CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 0 | CN | 4 | 907000 |
| 295 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG HARBURG | 0 | DE | 4 | 1686500 |
| 315 | INSA ROUEN | 0 | FR | 4 | 376375 |
| 64 | TREIBACHER | 0 | AT | 4 | 0 |
| 1668 | EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON | 0 | EL | 4 | 1516437.5 |
| 1315 | ACCIONA CONSTRUCCION SA | 0 | ES | 4 | 793793.95 |
| 841 | UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS | 0 | UK | 4 | 235045.26 |
| 2325 | UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA | 0 | ES | 4 | 1833657.48 |
| 1319 | IMEC | 0 | BE | 4 | 2040624.6 |
| 2327 | STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN | 0 | NL | 4 | 998691.3 |
| 1092 | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED LBG | 0 | UK | 4 | 1381217 |
| 2410 | UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA | 0 | PT | 4 | 1000118.94 |
| 1001 | HINICIO | 0 | BE | 4 | 470974 |
| 1529 | NOBIAN INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS BV | 0 | NL | 4 | 798450 |
| 2847 | ESTEP PLATEFORME TECHNOLOGIQUE EUROPEENNE DE L’ACIER | 0 | BE | 4 | 365383.75 |
| 1007 | HYDROGEN, FUEL CELLS AND ELECTRO-MOBILITY IN EUROPEAN REGIONS | 0 | BE | 4 | 362241 |
| 1460 | SAINT-GOBAIN | 0 | FR | 4 | 1342386.55 |
| 1925 | FEN | 0 | AT | 4 | 1077632.75 |
| 135 | TAMPERE UNIVERSITY (INCL. TUT) | 0 | FI | 4 | 1650057.5 |
| 2023 | STORENGY SAS | 0 | FR | 4 | 8771119.51 |
| 1348 | ARTTIC | 0 | FR | 4 | 948711.32 |
| 1347 | DASSAULT AVIATION | 0 | FR | 4 | 6873052.99 |
| 1256 | UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA | 0 | ES | 4 | 1152835.43 |
| 1691 | SOCIETA’ PER AZIONI ESERCIZI AEROPORTUALI SEA | 0 | IT | 4 | 2415656.25 |
| 858 | GASUNIE | 3 | NL, CH | 4 | 1679780 |
| 852 | INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE | 0 | PT | 4 | 1208937.5 |
| 1017 | PANEPISTIMIO KRITIS | 0 | EL | 4 | 1069465.2 |
| 542 | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | 0 | UK | 4 | 854681.56 |
| 2669 | GOODRICH | 0 | FR, US, UK | 3 | 1481961.5 |
| 1824 | CEMTEC FONDEN | 0 | DK | 3 | 1636969.25 |
| 1939 | KONGSBERG MARITIME AS | 0 | NO | 3 | 3479137.38 |
| 965 | GFARS | 0 | DE | 3 | 550740 |
| 2673 | UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS | 0 | ES | 3 | 2210478.75 |
| 1134 | R2M SOLUTION | 0 | NL, FR | 3 | 899039.875 |
| 1927 | CONVION OY | 0 | FI | 3 | 1765500 |
| 3254 | APERAM STAINLESS FRANCE SASU | 0 | FR | 3 | 285750 |
| 2082 | INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY | 0 | PT | 3 | 1378280.04 |
| 549 | PRO-SCIENCE | 0 | DE | 3 | 475100 |
| 796 | LULEAA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | 0 | SE | 3 | 1039142.5 |
| 1135 | VLAAMSE VERVOERSMAATSCHAPPIJ DE LIJN | 0 | BE | 3 | 3901721.25 |
| 1836 | VDL BUS EINDHOVEN BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 0 |
| 778 | THYSSENKRUPP | 0 | DE | 3 | 47370.71 |
| 1839 | IVECO SPA | 0 | IT | 3 | 19810100.75 |
| 1816 | NESTE | 3 | FI, NL | 3 | 855837.5 |
| 3172 | ACITURRI AERONAUTICA SL | 0 | ES | 3 | 724733.8 |
| 1944 | MARITIME CLEANTECH | 0 | NO | 3 | 970156 |
| 1818 | EBN | 3 | NL | 3 | 442610 |
| 552 | POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 0 | PL | 3 | 332709.78 |
| 1941 | COMPAGNIE FLUVIALE DE TRANSPORT | 0 | FR | 3 | 2773875.25 |
| 933 | BTU COTTBUS | 0 | DE | 3 | 807500 |
| 864 | UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE | 0 | ES | 3 | 847171.25 |
| 724 | UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG | 0 | CH | 3 | 354495.6 |
| 1855 | TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING S.A. | 0 | BE | 3 | 578466.05 |
| 1876 | WSW MOBIL GMBH | 0 | DE | 3 | 3540460.53 |
| 1010 | VAN HOOL N.V. | 0 | BE | 3 | 559150 |
| 3203 | TRAKIYSKI UNIVERSITET | 0 | BG | 3 | 16503805.67 |
| 3204 | BALGARSKA ASOTSIATSIA ZA VODOROD, GORIVNI KLETKI I SAHRANENIE NA ENERGIA | 0 | BG | 3 | 2448750 |
| 2025 | STORENGY FRANCE | 0 | FR | 3 | 513599.63 |
| 1015 | NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPIC TECHNOLOGIES ICSI RM VALCEA | 0 | RO | 3 | 620224.25 |
| 2700 | ARTELYS | 0 | FR | 3 | 1392687.5 |
| 2019 | DVGW DEUTSCHER VEREIN DES GAS- UNDWASSERFACHES – TECHNISCH-WISSENSCHAFTLICHER VEREIN EV | 0 | DE | 3 | 833445 |
| 1984 | LLOYD’S REGISTER EMEA IPS | 0 | UK | 3 | 363722.5 |
| 1772 | BOEING | 0 | US, ES, TR | 3 | 590320 |
| 3470 | RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY | 0 | LV | 3 | 1430562.5 |
| 703 | COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION | 0 | AU | 3 | 0 |
| 1020 | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES OFFICIERS DE SAPEURS-POMPIERS (ENSOSP) | 0 | FR | 3 | 890856 |
| 926 | JOANNEUM | 0 | AT | 3 | 881344.46 |
| 1864 | RIGAS PASVALDIBAS SABIEDRIBA AR IEROBEZOTU ATBILDIBU RIGAS SATIKSME | 0 | LV | 3 | 131311.25 |
| 1782 | DAMEN RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 70000 |
| 895 | INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEM ANALYSIS | 0 | AT | 3 | 669437.5 |
| 1778 | GREENDELTA GMBH | 0 | DE | 3 | 1146625 |
| 671 | ENDESA GENERACION SA | 0 | ES | 3 | 0 |
| 670 | E.ON | 3 | UK, DE | 3 | 58315 |
| 668 | PROCESS DESIGN CENTER BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 925500 |
| 1784 | DANAOS SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED | 0 | CY | 3 | 476875 |
| 2622 | AMERICAN MPIRO OF SIPING HELLENIC MONOPROSOPI ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EVTHINIS | 0 | EL | 3 | 1565750 |
| 2691 | BUREAU VERITAS MARINE & OFFSHORE REGISTRE INTERNATIONAL DE CLASSIFICATION DE NAVIRES ET DE PLATEFORMES OFFSHORE | 0 | FR | 3 | 639125 |
| 1049 | SUEDTIROLER TRANSPORTSTRUKTUREN AG | 0 | IT | 3 | 4439152 |
| 2008 | AXELERA – ASSOCIATION CHIMIE-ENVIRONNEMENT LYON ET RHONE-ALPES | 0 | FR | 3 | 995062.5 |
| 1050 | HYCOLOGNE – WASSERSTOFF REGION RHEINLAND E.V. | 0 | DE | 3 | 75625 |
| 2763 | DIMOSIA EPICHEIRISI ILEKTRISMOU ANONYMI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 3 | 853938.13 |
| 1906 | MANUFACTURE FRANCAISE DES PNEUMATIQUES MICHELIN | 0 | FR | 3 | 370600 |
| 2715 | STEKLARNA HRASTNIK DRUZBA ZA PROIZVPROIZVODNJO STEKLENIH IZDELKOV DOO | 0 | SI | 3 | 3869672 |
| 1893 | HYOP AS | 0 | NO | 3 | 807438.53 |
| 1131 | PITPOINT | 0 | NL, BE | 3 | 1196314.38 |
| 3177 | TEST-FUCHS GMBH | 0 | AT | 3 | 1661472.75 |
| 565 | USTAV JADERNEHO VYZKUMU REZ A.S. | 0 | CZ | 3 | 0 |
| 2069 | OST – OSTSCHWEIZER FACHHOCHSCHULE | 0 | CH | 3 | 297250 |
| 1809 | UNIVERSITETET I SOROST-NORGE | 0 | NO | 3 | 397371.22 |
| 1119 | B.T.G. BIOMASS TECHNOLOGY GROUP BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 2780238.69 |
| 573 | STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE – CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE | 0 | BE | 3 | 0 |
| 2588 | UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS WROCLAW SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 3 | 171200 |
| 2063 | RECATALYST, RAZVOJ, PROIZVODNJA IN PRODAJA KATALIZATORSKIH KOMPOZITOV, D.O.O. | 0 | SI | 3 | 1082500 |
| 577 | ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E L’AMBIENTE | 0 | IT | 3 | 0 |
| 862 | UNI FRANCHE-COMTÉ | 0 | FR | 3 | 378062.5 |
| 2661 | UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG | 0 | LU | 3 | 1119000 |
| 582 | MAGNA STEYR | 0 | AT | 3 | 1045800 |
| 2060 | LATVIJAS UDENRAZA ASOCIACIJA | 0 | LV | 3 | 541250 |
| 2059 | STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS NORMALISATIE INSTITUUT | 0 | NL | 3 | 285767.5 |
| 860 | HELLENIC | 3 | EL | 3 | 147480 |
| 1794 | NRG PALLAS BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 499977.5 |
| 2771 | MOTOR OIL (HELLAS) DIILISTIRIA KORINTHOU A.E. | 0 | EL | 3 | 18031124.75 |
| 2040 | METACON MONOPROSOPI ANONYMI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 3 | 1120477.5 |
| 2043 | IRIS SRL | 0 | IT | 3 | 520655.07 |
| 732 | NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL | 0 | UK | 3 | 0 |
| 733 | DANMARKS OG GROENLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSOEGELSE | 0 | DK | 3 | 0 |
| 994 | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | 0 | UK | 3 | 5173680.25 |
| 2057 | ÖSTERREICHISCHE ENERGIEAGENTUR – AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY | 0 | AT | 3 | 554693.75 |
| 2050 | UNIVERSITE GUSTAVE EIFFEL | 0 | FR | 3 | 1169137.2 |
| 744 | MINERAL AND ENERGY ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE – POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 0 | PL | 3 | 0 |
| 2656 | R2M SOLUTION SPAIN SL | 0 | ES | 3 | 1002662.5 |
| 748 | UNI TALLINN | 0 | EE | 3 | 817000 |
| 987 | AVIO SPA | 0 | IT | 3 | 4957380 |
| 752 | ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE | 0 | IT | 3 | 0 |
| 1885 | UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI | 0 | RO | 3 | 316375 |
| 1911 | HYSILABS | 0 | FR | 3 | 1957763 |
| 737 | SLB | 3 | FR, NO, UK | 3 | 0 |
| 2836 | EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM | 0 | BE | 3 | 808088.75 |
| 1342 | LGI SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION | 0 | FR | 3 | 624627 |
| 3059 | ANA – AEROPORTOS DE PORTUGAL, SA | 0 | PT | 3 | 127127 |
| 2837 | SENER | 0 | ES | 3 | 563205 |
| 1350 | ETABLISSEMENTEN FRANZ COLRUYT NV | 0 | BE | 3 | 1232283.73 |
| 262 | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES | 0 | FR | 3 | 0 |
| 1356 | GREEN HYDROGEN SYSTEMS A/S | 0 | DK | 3 | 9984017.37 |
| 1652 | UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS PUBLICS | 0 | BE | 3 | 976675 |
| 255 | ADAM OPEL AG | 0 | DE | 3 | 0 |
| 2801 | IRT ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY | 0 | FR | 3 | 1075844 |
| 2243 | HYDROLITE LTD | 0 | IL | 3 | 1282200 |
| 238 | IST CANARIAS | 0 | ES | 3 | 156187.5 |
| 1385 | UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG | 0 | FR | 3 | 256776 |
| 1636 | UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT | 0 | NL | 3 | 1015412.5 |
| 2862 | ERGON RESEARCH SRL | 0 | IT | 3 | 1850125 |
| 222 | HAMBURGER HOCHBAHN | 0 | DE | 3 | 92812.5 |
| 2863 | BAUHAUS LUFTFAHRT EV | 0 | DE | 3 | 2085390.5 |
| 3013 | DE NORA ITALY HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES SRL | 0 | IT | 3 | 0 |
| 2443 | ETA – ENERGIA, TRASPORTI, AGRICOLTURA SRL | 0 | IT | 3 | 571658.83 |
| 2241 | RANIDO, SRO | 0 | CZ | 3 | 1241512.49 |
| 2177 | ENGITEC SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 0 | CY | 3 | 1226011 |
| 2183 | GRAPHENEA SA | 0 | ES | 3 | 688487.5 |
| 1268 | ELOGEN | 0 | FR | 3 | 2087955 |
| 3105 | LOMARTOV SL | 0 | ES | 3 | 1202875 |
| 1272 | UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER | 0 | NO | 3 | 669364 |
| 1274 | CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AERONAUTIQUE ASBL – CENAERO | 0 | BE | 3 | 795000 |
| 3102 | THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE | 0 | CY | 3 | 575875 |
| 347 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MESSINA | 0 | IT | 3 | 599817.5 |
| 2197 | PROPULS GMBH | 0 | DE | 3 | 1059277.5 |
| 2217 | TURKIYE PETROL RAFINERILERI ANONIM SIRKETI | 0 | TR | 3 | 2529345.86 |
| 2498 | UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID | 0 | ES | 3 | 1321300 |
| 337 | NUVERA FUEL CELLS EUROPE SRL | 0 | IT | 3 | 0 |
| 1291 | MATGAS 2000 AIE | 0 | ES | 3 | 463264.79 |
| 335 | FUMA-TECH GESELLSCHAFT FUER FUNKTIONELLE MEMBRANEN UND ANLAGENTECHNOLOGIE MBH | 0 | DE | 3 | 0 |
| 1679 | ENVISA SAS | 0 | FR | 3 | 1169525 |
| 313 | UNI ROUEN | 0 | FR | 3 | 0 |
| 303 | ET | 0 | DE | 3 | 0 |
| 300 | THALES | 0 | FR, IT | 3 | 550000.63 |
| 2216 | KT – KINETICS TECHNOLOGY SPA | 0 | IT | 3 | 1182850 |
| 1283 | FUNDACION CIDAUT | 0 | ES | 3 | 917624.14 |
| 1468 | CERAMIC POWDER TECHNOLOGY AS | 0 | NO | 3 | 855160 |
| 116 | HEW | 0 | DE | 3 | 0 |
| 1589 | INESC TEC – INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA | 0 | PT | 3 | 3839813.75 |
| 2322 | THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | 0 | AU | 3 | 0 |
| 1482 | CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA DE ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS FUNDACION, CIC ENERGIGUNE FUNDAZIOA | 0 | ES | 3 | 1193854.2 |
| 1483 | OY WOIKOSKI AB | 0 | FI | 3 | 631550 |
| 96 | FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY – HELLAS | 0 | EL | 3 | 0 |
| 2345 | FAURECIA | 0 | FR | 3 | 1100028.75 |
| 2912 | ALESTIS AEROSPACE SL | 0 | ES | 3 | 702900 |
| 202 | BIOMASS TECHNOLOGY GROUP BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 0 |
| 1559 | VERTECH GROUP | 0 | FR | 3 | 293122.58 |
| 2377 | IST-ID ASSOCIACAO DO INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E O DESENVOLVIMENTO | 0 | PT | 3 | 868765 |
| 31 | UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER | 0 | UK | 3 | 282033 |
| 2372 | CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA E LA DIMOSTRAZIONE SULLE ENERGIE RINNOVABILI | 0 | IT | 3 | 638975 |
| 2936 | BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION | 0 | ES | 3 | 706875 |
| 2935 | H2B2 ELECTROLYSIS TECHNOLOGIES SL | 0 | ES | 3 | 933050 |
| 2370 | ROTTERDAM AIRPORT BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 1208418.75 |
| 55 | INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY | 0 | NO | 3 | 0 |
| 1552 | SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE | 0 | SK | 3 | 538332.5 |
| 2352 | VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V BRNE | 0 | CZ | 3 | 461698.08 |
| 1412 | UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE | 0 | FR | 3 | 619600 |
| 200 | UKRANIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE | 0 | UA | 3 | 18000 |
| 2436 | HYCENTA RESEARCH GMBH | 0 | AT | 3 | 3786391.25 |
| 3009 | LUXMET OY | 0 | FI | 3 | 238533.75 |
| 3006 | RHI MAGNESITA GMBH | 0 | AT | 3 | 732693.95 |
| 187 | STATKRAFT | 0 | NO | 3 | 0 |
| 2427 | MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY | 0 | TR | 3 | 586250 |
| 1428 | TU FREIBERG | 0 | DE | 3 | 2311807 |
| 2876 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL SRO | 0 | CZ | 3 | 1003672.27 |
| 2314 | UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES | 0 | FR | 3 | 565387.2 |
| 1610 | ZERO EMISSION SERVICES BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 1130640 |
| 1608 | STICHTING MARITIEM RESEARCH INSTITUUT NEDERLAND | 0 | NL | 3 | 1902556.25 |
| 2417 | HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF EV | 0 | DE | 3 | 1332056.4 |
| 2415 | NORCE RESEARCH AS | 0 | NO | 3 | 918898 |
| 2990 | EUNICE LABORATORIES MONOPROSOPI ANONYMI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 3 | 3007562.5 |
| 1602 | STICHTING PROJECTEN BINNENVAART | 0 | NL | 3 | 1905563.75 |
| 147 | SPARQLE INTERNATIONAL B.V. | 0 | NL | 3 | 0 |
| 2884 | PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA | 0 | IT | 3 | 1673449.75 |
| 1594 | WARTSILA | 0 | NL, FI, NO, IT | 3 | 4252836.75 |
| 2291 | ENERGIEINSTITUT AN DER JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITAT LINZ VEREIN | 0 | AT | 3 | 1861572.5 |
| 2104 | EKPO FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES GMBH | 0 | DE | 3 | 505749.57 |
| 2559 | ARISTENG SARL | 0 | LU | 3 | 543583.62 |
| 1731 | FPT MOTORENFORSCHUNG AG | 0 | CH | 3 | 3466374.5 |
| 3143 | SUPELEC | 0 | FR | 3 | 242260.56 |
| 1729 | FPT INDUSTRIAL SPA | 0 | IT | 3 | 3959625 |
| 2144 | ENERGY CLUSTER DENMARK | 0 | DK | 3 | 1263650 |
| 1217 | UGENT | 0 | BE | 3 | 2194061.6 |
| 2098 | BGU NEGEV | 0 | IL | 3 | 4014708.5 |
| 1224 | NANOCYL SA | 0 | BE | 3 | 739802 |
| 2800 | LEONARDO – SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0 | IT | 3 | 9886270.11 |
| 1726 | LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | 0 | FI | 3 | 2361988.75 |
| 1727 | THE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENERGY | 0 | JP | 3 | 0 |
| 2549 | TORRECID SA | 0 | ES | 3 | 898806.25 |
| 1208 | UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA | 0 | IT | 3 | 1061197.2 |
| 1232 | UNIVERSITAT JAUME I DE CASTELLON | 0 | ES | 3 | 1779821.05 |
| 1227 | AEROSPACE PROPULSION PRODUCTS (A. P.P.) BV | 0 | NL | 3 | 523596 |
| 1185 | LIQTECH | 0 | DK | 3 | 793551.13 |
| 1213 | OPTIMUM CPV | 0 | BE | 3 | 1167746.18 |
| 2524 | CLUSTER VIOOIKONOMIAS KAI PERIVALLONTOS DYTIKIS MAKEDONIAS | 0 | EL | 3 | 604334.38 |
| 2531 | EPRI EUROPE DAC | 0 | IE | 3 | 2162292.24 |
| 3326 | LITHOZ GMBH | 0 | AT | 3 | 366000 |
| 529 | HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO | 0 | FI | 3 | 1104225 |
| 1171 | BRINTBRANCHEN | 0 | DK | 3 | 314462.75 |
| 1163 | VATGAS SVERIGE IDEELL FORENING | 0 | SE | 3 | 1200178.75 |
| 2572 | GE MARMARA TECHNOLOGY CENTER MUHENDISLIK HIZMETLERI LIMITED SIRKETI | 0 | TR | 3 | 7657427.26 |
| 2571 | SOGECLAIR | 0 | FR, ES | 3 | 1959581.88 |
| 443 | SOL S.P.A. | 0 | IT | 3 | 288386 |
| 2568 | GE AEROSPACE POLAND SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 3 | 5216204.41 |
| 2105 | H2FLY GMBH | 0 | DE | 3 | 1244873.63 |
| 531 | UNIVERSITY OF SURREY | 0 | UK | 3 | 113978.62 |
| 949 | EMPRESA MUNICIPAL DE TRANSPORTES DE MADRID SA | 0 | ES | 2 | 20000 |
| 1173 | DANISH HYDROGEN FUEL AS | 0 | DK | 2 | 1215463 |
| 1440 | PYROGENESIS SA | 0 | EL | 2 | 526263.2 |
| 3258 | UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS | 0 | ES | 2 | 265000 |
| 2881 | UNIFIED INTERNATIONAL | 0 | NL | 2 | 163867.5 |
| 1833 | HYDROGEN IRELAND NATURAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION COMPANY LBG | 0 | IE | 2 | 221333.28 |
| 1176 | THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK | 0 | UK | 2 | 474835.2 |
| 2887 | AERNNOVA AEROSPACE SA | 0 | ES | 2 | 1360056.08 |
| 1819 | GEMEENTE GRONINGEN | 0 | NL | 2 | 2290681.68 |
| 1605 | APS – ADMINISTRACAO DOS PORTOS DE SINES E DO ALGARVE, S.A. | 0 | PT | 2 | 514640 |
| 2883 | AERNNOVA ENGINEERING DIVISION SAU | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 1458 | CRI EHF | 0 | IS | 2 | 548725 |
| 1133 | QBUZZ | 0 | NL | 2 | 899039.875 |
| 2744 | GITONE KVARNER D.O.O. | 0 | HR | 2 | 239005.41 |
| 944 | EURO KEYS SPRL | 0 | BE | 2 | 12118 |
| 1117 | FUTURE CARBON GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 455034 |
| 3012 | NIPPON GASES | 0 | ES, IT | 2 | 1570052 |
| 1198 | ACTA SPA | 0 | IT | 2 | 246800 |
| 1118 | UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID | 0 | ES | 2 | 496484.16 |
| 3144 | UNIVERSITE DE TOULOUSE | 0 | FR | 2 | 1938343.59 |
| 2872 | ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD. | 0 | IL | 2 | 708158.25 |
| 1722 | WAVEC/OFFSHORE RENEWABLES – CENTRO DE ENERGIA OFFSHORE ASSOCIACAO | 0 | PT | 2 | 2207357.38 |
| 1754 | ENERCY BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 318450 |
| 1801 | CENTRAX LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 541771.46 |
| 3008 | GHI HORNOS INDUSTRIALES, SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 623825 |
| 2873 | AVIONS DE TRANSPORT REGIONAL | 0 | FR | 2 | 225991.25 |
| 2787 | SABANCI UNIVERSITESI | 0 | TR | 2 | 803000 |
| 978 | WUPPERTAL INSTITUT FUER KLIMA | 0 | DE | 2 | 396948.75 |
| 3150 | EUROPROJECT OOD | 0 | BG | 2 | 247343.75 |
| 2890 | ASOCIATIA ENERGY POLICY GROUP | 0 | RO | 2 | 508062.5 |
| 2753 | 1 CUBE BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 503125 |
| 2752 | GRANT GARANT SRO | 0 | CZ | 2 | 205612.5 |
| 1752 | ENERGY CO-OPERATIVES IRELAND LIMITED | 0 | IE | 2 | 80575 |
| 1426 | ERBICOL SA | 0 | CH | 2 | 348948 |
| 1807 | SERVICE PUBLIC FEDERAL INTERIEUR | 0 | BE | 2 | 56458.75 |
| 1427 | UAB MODERNIOS E-TECHNOLOGIJOS | 0 | LT | 2 | 432870.28 |
| 1751 | CALVERA HYDROGEN S.A. | 0 | ES | 2 | 820038 |
| 1811 | INTERNATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY | 0 | CH | 2 | 208612.5 |
| 2877 | DREAM INNOVATION SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 687075 |
| 3252 | UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI BERGAMO | 0 | IT | 2 | 325733.28 |
| 1613 | DHL GLOBAL FORWARDING (NETHERLANDS) BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 702537.5 |
| 3176 | ACITURRI AEROENGINE SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 1436 | MOLYCORP CHEMICALS & OXIDES (EUROPE) LTD | 0 | UK | 2 | 213500 |
| 1817 | H2TEC BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 1393502 |
| 1437 | AEIFOROS METAL PROCESSING AE | 0 | EL | 2 | 138938.4 |
| 1617 | STAD ANTWERPEN | 0 | BE | 2 | 938928.75 |
| 899 | INSTYTUT BUDOWNICTWA MECHANIZACJI I ELEKTRYFIKACJI ROLNICTWA | 0 | PL | 2 | 0 |
| 898 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI ROMA TRE | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 1565 | ZOZ GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 422949.13 |
| 1742 | EIFHYTEC | 0 | FR | 2 | 1813992.26 |
| 2717 | SORBONNE | 0 | FR | 2 | 580393.17 |
| 1517 | ZEG POWER AS | 0 | NO | 2 | 334185 |
| 1563 | USTAV MAKROMOLEKULARNI CHEMIE AV CRVVI | 0 | CZ | 2 | 181600 |
| 1866 | REBELGROUP ADVISORY BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 115625 |
| 2945 | INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON | 0 | ES | 2 | 1248750 |
| 1868 | DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL | 0 | UK | 2 | 86577.51 |
| 1153 | MES SA | 0 | CH | 2 | 666740.8 |
| 2781 | UNIVERSITE MOHAMMED VI POLYTECHNIQUE | 0 | MA | 2 | 274875 |
| 1870 | EE ENERGY ENGINEERS GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 19775 |
| 1151 | DANISH POWER SYSTEMS APS | 0 | DK | 2 | 616586 |
| 1469 | HYBRID CATALYSIS BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 613852 |
| 888 | ENVIRONMENT PARK S.P.A. | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 2713 | KNEIA SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 672066.25 |
| 3317 | UJV REZ AS | 0 | CZ | 2 | 467881 |
| 883 | DAF TRUCKS NV | 0 | NL | 2 | 878205.13 |
| 2914 | LGAI TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER SA | 0 | ES | 2 | 1871174.26 |
| 1528 | SOPRANO INDUSTRY | 0 | FR | 2 | 597915 |
| 1147 | OWI SCIENCE FOR FUELS GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 918648 |
| 1149 | EISENHUTH GMBH & CO. KG | 0 | DE | 2 | 755148 |
| 2933 | SAS 3DCERAM SINTO | 0 | FR | 2 | 473867.75 |
| 878 | MT AEROSPACE AG | 0 | DE | 2 | 1780300.38 |
| 2919 | OPRA | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 1879 | HYPORT | 0 | FR | 2 | 828782.6 |
| 1548 | ENBW | 3 | DE | 2 | 186489 |
| 1880 | REGIONALVERKEHR KOLN GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 9156940.79 |
| 1145 | MAST CARBON INTERNATIONAL LTD | 0 | UK | 2 | 338387.98 |
| 2978 | GASGRID FINLAND OY | 0 | FI | 2 | 1561000 |
| 2735 | DANIELI CENTRO COMBUSTION SPA | 0 | IT | 2 | 231450 |
| 1464 | BEKAERT NV | 0 | BE | 2 | 634670 |
| 1467 | BORIT NV | 0 | BE | 2 | 635696.25 |
| 1137 | FIT CONSULTING SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 330718 |
| 1408 | DALMINE SPA | 0 | IT | 2 | 182200 |
| 3174 | NOVOTEC CONSULTORES SA | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 1842 | DATS 24 | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 1588 | DELTAPORT GMBH & CO KG | 0 | DE | 2 | 400363.14 |
| 1480 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO | 0 | IT | 2 | 505885.96 |
| 3173 | ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE | 0 | ES | 2 | 1442668.75 |
| 2733 | META GROUP SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 921187.5 |
| 1846 | UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS ROUTIERS (IRU) | 0 | CH | 2 | 52447.69 |
| 3290 | SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET | 0 | DK | 2 | 405574.4 |
| 1513 | EOTVOS LORAND TUDOMANYEGYETEM | 0 | HU | 2 | 220622.4 |
| 918 | PALL FILTERSYSTEMS GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 55666.8 |
| 1579 | ENGICER SA | 0 | CH | 2 | 404625 |
| 2729 | UNI RIJEKA | 0 | HR | 2 | 427131.26 |
| 1495 | M2M ENGINEERING SAS DI DIANO MARCELLO MARIA | 0 | IT | 2 | 864000 |
| 1498 | UNI KIEL | 0 | DE | 2 | 2260380.75 |
| 1500 | BASF SE | 0 | DE | 2 | 377029 |
| 2905 | HYDROGEN-REFUELING-SOLUTIONS | 0 | FR | 2 | 2569889.25 |
| 1502 | UNIVERSITY PRAGUE | 0 | CZ | 2 | 438640 |
| 2907 | BALTIC INNOVATION AGENCY OU | 0 | EE | 2 | 646875 |
| 2723 | MARITIME CENTER OF EXCELLENCE D.O.O | 0 | HR | 2 | 2905822.2 |
| 2722 | META | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 1569 | TECNODELTA SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 228909 |
| 2953 | ORLEN | 3 | PL | 2 | 658542.12 |
| 2951 | MTS DUISBURG GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 3809020.25 |
| 1567 | CONICET | 0 | AR | 2 | 159680 |
| 1849 | ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY*RMIT UNIVERSITY | 0 | AU | 2 | 0 |
| 1061 | HYSTORE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 0 | CY | 2 | 1563308.26 |
| 1235 | UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK | 0 | AT | 2 | 250918.75 |
| 1762 | ASSOCIATION MAROCAINE POUR L’HYDROGENE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE | 0 | MA | 2 | 16910 |
| 1059 | DIADIKASIA BUSINESS CONSULTING SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON AE | 0 | EL | 2 | 1015571.2 |
| 3103 | SYPOX GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 666334.14 |
| 1097 | UNIVERSITAET BASEL | 0 | CH | 2 | 2399440 |
| 1280 | GEONARDO KORNYEZETVEDELMI TERINFORMATIKAI ES REGIONALIS PROJEKTFEJLESZTO KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG | 0 | HU | 2 | 420760 |
| 1775 | “INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE AEROSPATIALA “”ELIE CARAFOLI””- INCAS BUCURESTI” | 0 | RO | 2 | 692953.75 |
| 1053 | RUTER AS | 0 | NO | 2 | 5567601.37 |
| 1099 | HOCHSCHULE ESSLINGEN | 0 | DE | 2 | 338665.2 |
| 1231 | UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI | 0 | PL | 2 | 556770 |
| 3094 | DESTINUS ENERGY BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 379500 |
| 1290 | KOBENHAVNS KOMMUNE | 0 | DK | 2 | 845663 |
| 2798 | ADVANCED LABORATORY ON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 745014.38 |
| 1200 | LOGAN ENERGY LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 85000 |
| 1759 | GEMEENTE AMELAND | 0 | NL | 2 | 523078 |
| 3091 | EUROPEAN BIOGAS ASSOCIATION AISBL | 0 | BE | 2 | 638831 |
| 1293 | KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION MARKET S.L. | 0 | ES | 2 | 291398 |
| 1048 | UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW | 0 | UK | 2 | 419290 |
| 1680 | TRANSDEV | 0 | FR | 2 | 556156.25 |
| 2774 | NEW ENERGY ENVIROMENTAL SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES EE | 0 | EL | 2 | 364437.5 |
| 1296 | AQON WATER SOLUTIONS GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 684323 |
| 1677 | BUREAU VERITAS EXPLOITATION | 0 | FR | 2 | 932312.5 |
| 1300 | EILENBURGER ELEKTROLYSE- UND UMWELTTECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 871792 |
| 3086 | UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 1302 | CLEANWATTS DIGITAL SA | 0 | PT | 2 | 273781.63 |
| 1304 | C-TECH INNOVATION LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 393489 |
| 1308 | ALBANY ENGINEERED COMPOSITES GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 650696.23 |
| 1779 | SCHEEPSWERF DAMEN GORINCHEM BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 182375 |
| 1780 | DAMEN GLOBAL SUPPORT BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 1711 | RWE | 3 | DE, UK | 2 | 686645 |
| 2802 | INEGI – INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA E INOVACAO EM ENGENHARIA MECANICA E ENGENHARIA INDUSTRIAL | 0 | PT | 2 | 502698.06 |
| 1090 | MATRES SCRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 478000 |
| 1704 | ECATS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AISBL | 0 | BE | 2 | 89143.75 |
| 1243 | PROVINCIE ZUID-HOLLAND | 0 | NL | 2 | 97544.08 |
| 1087 | ENGINEERING – INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA | 0 | IT | 2 | 251781.25 |
| 3199 | CENTRUM VYZKUMU REZ SRO | 0 | CZ | 2 | 581193.75 |
| 3121 | LKR LEICHTMETALLKOMPETENZZENTRUM RANSHOFEN GMBH | 0 | AT | 2 | 894471.75 |
| 3120 | UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA | 0 | ZA | 2 | 182787 |
| 1248 | CONNEXXION VLOOT BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 3418548.23 |
| 2805 | FUNDACION CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIAS AERONAUTICAS | 0 | ES | 2 | 3485543.75 |
| 1250 | CONNEXXION OPENBAAR VERVOER NV | 0 | NL | 2 | 1200534.74 |
| 3117 | CONTACTICA SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 622355.5 |
| 1252 | PAU BEARN PYRENEES MOBILITES | 0 | FR | 2 | 4978445.02 |
| 1697 | UNIVERSITE PARIS XII VAL DE MARNE | 0 | FR | 2 | 588870 |
| 1062 | CERAMIQUES TECHNIQUES ET INDUSTRIELLES | 0 | FR | 2 | 471032 |
| 3202 | FORUM ATOMIQUE EUROPEEN | 0 | BE | 2 | 432037 |
| 3113 | EUROPEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS A.I.S.B.L. | 0 | BE | 2 | 1048349.5 |
| 1258 | CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI | 0 | IT | 2 | 541280.6 |
| 1071 | UTRECHT UNIVERSITY | 0 | NL | 2 | 336720 |
| 1069 | AVANTES BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 384631.26 |
| 1260 | UNIVERSITAET MUENSTER | 0 | DE | 2 | 620191.96 |
| 1771 | REACTION ENGINES LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 3195 | IOLITEC IONIC LIQUIDS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 663609.38 |
| 1067 | GASERA OY | 0 | FI | 2 | 376769.1 |
| 1066 | COSTECH INTERNATIONAL SPA | 0 | IT | 2 | 478757.25 |
| 1065 | UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA | 0 | PT | 2 | 3360 |
| 1064 | RUBOTHERM GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 489900.97 |
| 1694 | AEROPORTS DE PARIS SA | 0 | FR | 2 | 8165177.26 |
| 2810 | CONSORZIO PER LO SVILUPPO DELLE AREE GEOTERMICHE | 0 | IT | 2 | 3967500 |
| 1690 | UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA | 0 | RO | 2 | 1221625 |
| 1093 | MBN NANOMATERIALIA SPA | 0 | IT | 2 | 1192350 |
| 1209 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET ILMENAU | 0 | DE | 2 | 255453 |
| 2844 | 7 STEEL NORDIC MANUFACTURING AS | 0 | NO | 2 | 1324500 |
| 1207 | CONSTRUCTOR UNIVERSITY BREMEN GGMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 465300 |
| 1367 | REINZ-DICHTUNGS GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 1750487.5 |
| 3141 | NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA | 0 | CA | 2 | 744236.5 |
| 1002 | AFC ENERGY PLC | 0 | UK | 2 | 5242662.15 |
| 1368 | GREENERITY GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 1066851.25 |
| 3043 | MATGENIX | 0 | BE | 2 | 281310 |
| 1371 | KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 0 | KR | 2 | 0 |
| 2851 | SIDENOR INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLOSA | 0 | ES | 2 | 321500 |
| 999 | UNIVERSITAET BREMEN | 0 | DE | 2 | 361495.88 |
| 1792 | AUTORITE DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE ET DE RADIOPROTECTION | 0 | FR | 2 | 76403.76 |
| 1793 | LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ENERGORISK | 0 | UA | 2 | 274475 |
| 1375 | EDISON | 3 | IT | 2 | 136906 |
| 1316 | IKERLAN S. COOP | 0 | ES | 2 | 493379.3 |
| 3033 | UNIVERSITAET POTSDAM | 0 | DE | 2 | 165976.44 |
| 3187 | MATTECO TEAM SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 2415196.88 |
| 1386 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELL’AQUILA | 0 | IT | 2 | 423554.52 |
| 1387 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI – TELEMATICA | 0 | IT | 2 | 306016.22 |
| 993 | EWE-FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FÜR ENERGIETECHNOLOGIE E. V. | 0 | DE | 2 | 803872 |
| 1202 | HYDROGENE DE FRANCE | 0 | FR | 2 | 3547203 |
| 2859 | EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR STORAGE OF ENERGY | 0 | BE | 2 | 241475 |
| 3232 | THYSSENKRUPP UHDE GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 523172.29 |
| 1201 | BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM | 0 | HU | 2 | 189875 |
| 3023 | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D’ARTS ET METIERS | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 2864 | HIT09 SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 717500 |
| 2866 | INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES EN ENERGIE SOLAIRE ET ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 0 | MA | 2 | 245000 |
| 1622 | UANTWERPEN | 0 | BE | 2 | 1125540.59 |
| 1406 | GENPORT SRL – SPIN OFF DEL POLITECNICO DI MILANO | 0 | IT | 2 | 746507.86 |
| 1199 | ENAPTER SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 742350 |
| 3038 | ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES | 0 | FR | 2 | 1246039.26 |
| 3076 | ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FUR SCHIFFSTECHNIK UND TRANSPORTSYSTEME EV | 0 | DE | 2 | 1223287.5 |
| 3075 | EDGISE SA | 0 | BE | 2 | 1118754.75 |
| 1712 | PROVINCIALE ONTWIKKELINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ WEST-VLAANDEREN | 0 | BE | 2 | 2599015 |
| 1320 | FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR V.V.I | 0 | CZ | 2 | 278083.8 |
| 1036 | FUNDACION SAN VALERO | 0 | ES | 2 | 210314 |
| 3074 | SILICON AUSTRIA LABS GMBH | 0 | AT | 2 | 1784887.5 |
| 1033 | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L’AGRICULTURE, L’ALIMENTATION ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT | 0 | FR | 2 | 262446.6 |
| 3073 | INDUSTRIALISATION DES RECHERCHES SUR LES PROCEDES ET LES APPLICATIONSDU LASER | 0 | FR | 2 | 660150 |
| 3135 | INSTITUT CATALA D’ENERGIA | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 3137 | ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO | 0 | FI | 2 | 1197896 |
| 1031 | UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO | 0 | ES | 2 | 124966 |
| 3072 | ERNEO | 0 | FR | 2 | 1587931 |
| 3069 | AREELIS TECHNOLOGIES SARL | 0 | FR | 2 | 618673.75 |
| 1029 | INGETEAM | 0 | ES | 2 | 190528.56 |
| 3067 | ANWENDUNGSZENTRUM GMBH OBERPFAFFENHOFEN | 0 | DE | 2 | 874250 |
| 2793 | UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA | 0 | ES | 2 | 1117326.25 |
| 1026 | LAPESA GRUPO EMPRESARIAL SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 80611.83 |
| 1333 | AIR PRODUCTS GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 1334 | HEATHROW AIRPORT LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 102329.5 |
| 1024 | GEBZE YUKSEK TEKNOLOJI ENSTITUSU | 0 | TR | 2 | 214609 |
| 1340 | UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA | 0 | ES | 2 | 120900 |
| 1113 | INHOUSE ENGINEERING GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 674387 |
| 1019 | CRISIS SIMULATION ENGINEERING SARL | 0 | FR | 2 | 224900 |
| 1657 | CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA | 0 | ES | 2 | 584375 |
| 1212 | RAIGI SAS | 0 | FR | 2 | 809841.89 |
| 1351 | UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION | 0 | AT | 2 | 497198 |
| 3053 | FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ FHNW | 0 | CH | 2 | 0 |
| 2794 | INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L’AERONAUTIQUE ET DE L’ESPACE | 0 | FR | 2 | 521495.3 |
| 2759 | NOVA TELECOMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA SINGLE MEMBER SA | 0 | EL | 2 | 249187.5 |
| 1355 | ACCELOPMENT SCHWEIZ AG | 0 | CH | 2 | 103017 |
| 1009 | BOC LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 1217436.98 |
| 3066 | AIKO SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 608958.75 |
| 629 | WIEDEMANN | 0 | PL | 2 | 90774 |
| 268 | AXANE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 174 | NATIONAL NUCLEAR CORPORATION | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 630 | ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI | 0 | TR | 2 | 0 |
| 2425 | GFZ HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR GEOFORSCHUNG | 0 | DE | 2 | 673750 |
| 2026 | EH GROUP ENGINEERING SA | 0 | CH | 2 | 1480000 |
| 2287 | VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH | 0 | AT | 2 | 3959439.63 |
| 710 | BESEL S.A. | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 3479 | EUREC EESV | 0 | BE | 2 | 88312.5 |
| 168 | FORTUM | 3 | FI | 2 | 136750 |
| 638 | AWITE BIOENERGIE GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 207248 |
| 2021 | ESK GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 523646.24 |
| 2020 | KOC UNIVERSITY | 0 | TR | 2 | 3500000 |
| 2018 | GASWARME-INSTITUT ESSEN EV | 0 | DE | 2 | 1246221.25 |
| 2288 | MAGYAR FOLDGAZTAROLO ZARTKORUEN MUKODO RESZVENYTARSASAG | 0 | HU | 2 | 4203069.85 |
| 2289 | NEPTUNE | 3 | NL, DE | 2 | 0 |
| 635 | PROFACTOR | 0 | AT | 2 | 0 |
| 1546 | DONG/ØRSTED | 0 | DK, NL | 2 | 2201351.49 |
| 2140 | FACHHOCHSCHULE ZENTRALSCHWEIZ – HOCHSCHULE LUZERN | 0 | CH | 2 | 0 |
| 2271 | ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA | 0 | ES | 2 | 802862.5 |
| 431 | SAPIO PRODUZIONE IDROGENO OSSIGENO S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 193 | RUECKER | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 429 | REGIONE LOMBARDIA | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 2143 | EVERFUEL A S | 0 | DK | 2 | 316171.88 |
| 2280 | UBITECH ENERGY | 0 | BE | 2 | 577175 |
| 425 | VU AMSTERDAM | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 3490 | METEOROLOGISK INSTITUTT | 0 | NO | 2 | 511662.5 |
| 424 | LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER FESTKOERPER- UND WERKSTOFFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V. | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 2031 | SUSTEEN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 484487.5 |
| 2431 | TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT | 0 | DK | 2 | 1613750 |
| 3611 | UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA | 0 | ES | 2 | 844875 |
| 626 | SZEGEDI TUDOMANYEGYETEM | 0 | HU | 2 | 0 |
| 2613 | CELSA OPCO, SA | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 427 | UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 684 | ENVIROS S.R.O. | 0 | CZ | 2 | 0 |
| 3449 | VINCI AIRPORTS | 0 | FR | 2 | 428185.63 |
| 2414 | DIRECAO-GERAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA | 0 | PT | 2 | 128158.75 |
| 3447 | AEROPORTS DE LYON | 0 | FR | 2 | 2639000 |
| 273 | BERLINER VERKEHRSBETRIEBE | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 692 | STUART ENERGY EUROPE N.V. | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 2413 | INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU GEOLOGIE SI GEOECOLOGIE MARINA-GEOECOMAR | 0 | RO | 2 | 82737.5 |
| 2015 | DANSK GASTEKNISK CENTER AS | 0 | DK | 2 | 505896.25 |
| 143 | PUTZIER | 0 | DE | 2 | 300000 |
| 1986 | ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL | 0 | UK | 2 | 365854 |
| 702 | UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 397 | UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 2520 | UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE | 0 | FR | 2 | 122984.33 |
| 706 | UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI | 0 | ES | 2 | 503942.4 |
| 708 | BALLAST NEDAM INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT B.V. | 0 | NL | 2 | 37715 |
| 2642 | HYLIKO | 0 | FR | 2 | 2910000 |
| 148 | CALLAGHAN ENGINEERING LTD. | 0 | IE | 2 | 0 |
| 652 | NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS PARA LA DISTRIBUCION ACTIVA DE ENERGIA | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 3615 | CONSORCIO PARA EL DISENO, CONSTRUCCION, EQUIPAMIENTO Y EXPLOTACION DE LA PLATAFORMA OCEANICA DE CANARIAS | 0 | ES | 2 | 4290000 |
| 2012 | EDP – GESTAO DA PRODUCAO DE ENERGIASA | 0 | PT | 2 | 1477319.38 |
| 2011 | EFACEC ENERGIA – MAQUINAS E EQUIPAMENTOS ELECTRICOS SA | 0 | PT | 2 | 327100 |
| 2530 | IZES GGMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 308825 |
| 2009 | EDPR PT PROMOCAO E OPERACAO SA | 0 | PT | 2 | 0 |
| 2527 | GALWAY AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED | 0 | IE | 2 | 119811 |
| 2420 | GEOSTOCK SAS | 0 | FR | 2 | 5085321.38 |
| 1995 | DAIMLER BUSES GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 672 | TEHNICE UNIVERSITET SOFIA | 0 | BG | 2 | 0 |
| 2628 | ELKON ELEKTRIK SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI | 0 | TR | 2 | 850018.75 |
| 1999 | CENTER ODLICNOSTI NIZKOOGLJICNE TEHNOLOGIJE ZAVOD | 0 | SI | 2 | 137000 |
| 2418 | TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY | 0 | US | 2 | 0 |
| 678 | TECHNIP | 0 | FR | 2 | 141900 |
| 679 | CHEVRON | 3 | US, UK | 2 | 0 |
| 153 | ATO | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 2153 | ADVANCED MINERALS AND RECYCLING INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS IKE | 0 | EL | 2 | 726818.75 |
| 2419 | HYTER SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 171473.28 |
| 2250 | ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON | 0 | FR | 2 | 1124268 |
| 244 | ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OF CYPRUS | 0 | CY | 2 | 0 |
| 2565 | JPR | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 2566 | PFW AEROSPACE GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 3111984.06 |
| 2567 | FLUID ACTUATION & CONTROL TOULOUSE | 0 | FR | 2 | 1254540.88 |
| 516 | LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS | 0 | LT | 2 | 0 |
| 2569 | ESPA | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 3501 | CENTRE TECHNOLOGIQUE NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE COMPOSITES & MATERIAUX AVANCES | 0 | FR | 2 | 1661853 |
| 537 | CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE | 0 | CZ | 2 | 0 |
| 538 | UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG | 0 | DE | 2 | 107163 |
| 2575 | JEHIER | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 233 | INSTALACIONES INABENSA, S.A. | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 2576 | VSB – TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA | 0 | CZ | 2 | 3277375 |
| 544 | HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 545 | ECOFYS NETHERLANDS B.V. | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 3545 | TRINITY ENERGY STORAGE SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 1216844.13 |
| 2573 | SENIOR AEROSPACE ERMETO SAS | 0 | FR | 2 | 2108896.13 |
| 474 | PROCESS SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 2117 | PHOENIX BIOPOWER AB | 0 | SE | 2 | 1712795 |
| 470 | IBMC PORTUGAL | 0 | PT | 2 | 243500 |
| 2112 | PHOENIX BIOPOWER SWITZERLAND GMBH | 0 | CH | 2 | 0 |
| 2111 | RISE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CENTER AB | 0 | SE | 2 | 523525 |
| 2110 | INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE PORTALEGRE | 0 | PT | 2 | 475507.5 |
| 481 | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SUR LES TRANSPORTS ET LEUR SECURITE | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 2109 | UNIVERSITAET ULM | 0 | DE | 2 | 1445517.5 |
| 2121 | SKF | 0 | DE, UK, FR | 2 | 5222960.63 |
| 467 | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 486 | HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 488 | UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA COMILLAS | 0 | ES | 2 | 360258.75 |
| 2103 | POWERUP FUEL CELLS OU | 0 | EE | 2 | 295000 |
| 2119 | CEMEX ESPANA OPERACIONES SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 814337.5 |
| 3718 | EREGLI DEMIR VE CELIK FABRIKALARI TURK AS | 0 | TR | 2 | 659609.38 |
| 502 | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)- | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 504 | SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY | 0 | CN | 2 | 0 |
| 2244 | ECOINNOVAZIONE SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 295785.63 |
| 583 | SAFT | 0 | FR | 2 | 307631.45 |
| 449 | JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 2056 | THE SCOTTISH HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL ASSOCIATION LTD | 0 | UK | 2 | 92628 |
| 591 | NUCELLSYS GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 2592 | NOVAMECHANICS LIMITED | 0 | CY | 2 | 398250 |
| 2054 | DEUTSCHER WASSERSTOFF- UND BRENNSTOFFZELLEN VERBAND EV | 0 | DE | 2 | 140250 |
| 2539 | INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION KING DANYLO UNIVERSITY | 0 | UA | 2 | 337112.88 |
| 550 | PLUG POWER | 0 | NL, FR | 2 | 421875 |
| 3600 | UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA | 0 | RW | 2 | 450031.25 |
| 600 | SENTERNOVEM | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 2596 | S E & C IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 2 | 479687.5 |
| 2446 | HYLAB – GREEN HYDROGEN COLABORATIVE LABORATORY | 0 | PT | 2 | 1526321.25 |
| 264 | SGS-TUEV SAARLAND GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 3506 | CHART FEROX | 0 | CZ | 2 | 5271274.75 |
| 265 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC | 0 | FR, EL | 2 | 284784 |
| 2467 | HYDROGEN ARCHITECTS BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 147762 |
| 3512 | VRV SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 3092922 |
| 2240 | IFEU – INSTITUT FUR ENERGIE- UND UMWELTFORSCHUNG HEIDELBERG GGMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 853685 |
| 2547 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ASBL | 0 | BE | 2 | 774811.25 |
| 2078 | EPIC POWER CONVERTERS SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 583343.25 |
| 457 | C.R.F. SOCIETÀ CONSORTILE PER AZIONI | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 225 | TRANSPORTS DE BARCELONA S.A. | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 2073 | MEMBRASENZ | 0 | DE, CH | 2 | 259075 |
| 251 | UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE | 0 | ZA | 2 | 0 |
| 252 | RAUFOSS A/S | 0 | NO | 2 | 0 |
| 450 | SAVIKO | 0 | DK | 2 | 0 |
| 257 | STUART ENERGY EUROPE NV | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 563 | NEXIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 2070 | SALZGITTER | 0 | DE | 2 | 1536148.48 |
| 219 | STUTTGARTER STRASSENBAHN | 0 | DE | 2 | 32855 |
| 2067 | IGAS | 3 | DE | 2 | 1012562.5 |
| 2066 | WESTFALISCHE HOCHSCHULE GELSENKIRCHEN, BOCHOLT, RECKLINGHAUSEN | 0 | DE | 2 | 521993.75 |
| 3733 | UNIVERSITA DEL SALENTO | 0 | IT | 2 | 815125.2 |
| 3526 | ZENLAB RACUNALNISKE STORITVE IN SVETOVANJE DOO | 0 | SI | 2 | 1078480.5 |
| 3591 | ENERGIES 2050 | 0 | FR | 2 | 728625 |
| 75 | UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR, STRASBOURG 1 | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 305 | DYTECH CORPORATION LTD. | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | TECNOLOGIE AVANZATE, RICERCA E SVILUPPO SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 2389 | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC | 0 | CA | 2 | 0 |
| 3688 | LINZ STROM GAS WARME GMBH FUR ENERGIEDIENSTLEISTUNGEN UND TELEKOMMUNIKATION | 0 | AT | 2 | 1231488.38 |
| 2494 | HYDROSOLID GMBH | 0 | AT | 2 | 652379.38 |
| 301 | DIEHL | 0 | DE | 2 | 4266378.38 |
| 367 | MVV CONSULTANTS | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 2474 | ECUBES TEHNOLOGIJE D.O.O. | 0 | SI | 2 | 3085060.73 |
| 2392 | TLD EUROPE SAS | 0 | FR | 2 | 1291500 |
| 2332 | KEUKEN & DE KONING BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DORNIER LUFTFAHRT GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 2509 | POLITECNICO DI BARI | 0 | IT | 2 | 199500 |
| 87 | ROVER GROUP LTD. | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 776 | LUOSSAVAARA-KIIRUNAVAARA AB | 0 | SE | 2 | 0 |
| 2672 | ONDERZOEKSCENTRUM VOOR AANWENDING VAN STAAL NV | 0 | BE | 2 | 686395 |
| 2330 | DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY | 0 | IE | 2 | 454529.45 |
| 3648 | HTE GMBH THE HIGH THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION COMPANY | 0 | DE | 2 | 1423245 |
| 2482 | INDUSTRIA DE TURBO PROPULSORES S.A.U. | 0 | ES | 2 | 5101804.75 |
| 1938 | LMG MARIN AS | 0 | NO | 2 | 275012.5 |
| 788 | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND | 0 | DK | 2 | 0 |
| 373 | ISLENET | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 3386 | MERCURIUS SHIPBUILDING BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 362522.25 |
| 1940 | SOGESTION | 0 | FR | 2 | 302487.5 |
| 1942 | NORLED AS | 0 | NO | 2 | 416036.25 |
| 848 | EXERGIA | 0 | EL | 2 | 248875 |
| 2499 | FUNDACION BCMATERIALS – BASQUE CENTRE FOR MATERIALS, APPLICATIONS AND NANOSTRUCTURES | 0 | ES | 2 | 727750 |
| 1946 | LMG MARIN FRANCE | 0 | FR | 2 | 873285 |
| 2328 | ASTON UNIVERSITY | 0 | UK | 2 | 133083.6 |
| 1932 | FUNDACION DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA PARA LA INVESTIGACION, PROMOCION Y ESTUDIOS COMERCIALES DE VALENCIAPORT | 0 | ES | 2 | 646164.16 |
| 1907 | H2 MOBILITY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO KG | 0 | DE | 2 | 5296264 |
| 2351 | DENS POWER BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 2326640.1 |
| 318 | QINETIQ LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 668912.68 |
| 2347 | UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE | 0 | FR | 2 | 422500 |
| 2346 | COVESS NV | 0 | BE | 2 | 716327.93 |
| 344 | BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS | 0 | HU | 2 | 0 |
| 354 | EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 356 | INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESSES – FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS | 0 | EL | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | VARTA BATTERIE AG | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 3683 | INRETE DISTRIBUZIONE ENERGIA S.P.A | 0 | IT | 2 | 322812.5 |
| 1915 | MITIS | 0 | BE | 2 | 1346722.13 |
| 1916 | UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE | 0 | FR | 2 | 0 |
| 319 | AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS | 0 | EL | 2 | 0 |
| 339 | OSKAR VON MILLER | 0 | RO | 2 | 0 |
| 3681 | RTD TALOS LIMITED | 0 | CY | 2 | 399562.5 |
| 3362 | TECO | 0 | NO | 2 | 4032137 |
| 818 | OEKO-INSTITUT E.V. – INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE OEKOLOGIE | 0 | DE | 2 | 0 |
| 1917 | H2NOVA | 0 | FR | 2 | 474817.5 |
| 1901 | NISSAN MOTOR MANUFACTURING (UK) LIMITED | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 359 | ECO CERAMICS BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 815 | ISLENSK NYORKA EHF | 0 | IS | 2 | 0 |
| 3849 | LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA I.P. | 0 | PT | 2 | 600876.8 |
| 2213 | MONOLITHOS KATALITES KE ANAKIKLOSI ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EVTHINIS | 0 | EL | 2 | 457750 |
| 3685 | GAZ-SYSTEM | 3 | PL | 2 | 188125 |
| 72 | CLC SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 308 | TPS TERMISKA PROCESSER AB | 0 | SE | 2 | 0 |
| 2696 | FOUNDATION WEGEMT – A EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN MARINE TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED SCIENCES | 0 | NL | 2 | 432875 |
| 73 | UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI – L’AQUILA | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 3686 | AGGM AUSTRIAN GAS GRID MANAGEMENT AG | 0 | AT | 2 | 357319.38 |
| 805 | UNI KASSEL | 0 | DE | 2 | 803087.5 |
| 2341 | STUHFF MASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 836062.5 |
| 747 | CESKA GEOLOGICKA SLUZBA | 0 | CZ | 2 | 0 |
| 2492 | UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA AT NEWCASTLE | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 122 | ECOFYS B.V. | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 2171 | GRAAL TECH SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 1621250 |
| 1968 | FAIVELEY TRANSPORT LEIPZIG GMBH & CO. KG | 0 | DE | 2 | 169839.41 |
| 2652 | UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 735 | IEA ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS LTD | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 731 | VUB | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 1972 | CONSTRUCCIONES Y AUXILIAR DE FERROCARRILES INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 727 | ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ ENERGIA E L’AMBIENTE | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 1973 | DELTAMARIN | 0 | FI, PL | 2 | 706216.25 |
| 2169 | ON AIR S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 2 | 711000 |
| 3675 | MANN + HUMMEL GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 804514.43 |
| 2222 | ENZYMICALS AG | 0 | DE | 2 | 1060421.25 |
| 2490 | FUNDACION PARA LA PROMOCION DE LA INNOVACION INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO TECNOLOGICO EN LA INDUSTRIA DE AUTOMOCION DE GALICIA | 0 | ES | 2 | 560987.5 |
| 863 | AGH UNIVERSITY | 0 | PL | 2 | 73778.4 |
| 2648 | ZAMENHOF EXPLOITATION | 0 | FR | 2 | 974000 |
| 18 | GEC ALSTHOM LTD | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 3428 | ABSOLUT SYSTEM SAS | 0 | FR | 2 | 2794400 |
| 3328 | SAMSKIP HF | 0 | IS | 2 | 12000 |
| 326 | SELIN SISTEMI SPA | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 279 | TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ICELAND | 0 | IS | 2 | 0 |
| 2166 | ENERGY AND HYDROGEN ALLIANCE | 0 | BE | 2 | 331425 |
| 870 | COMAT COMPOSITE MATERIALS GMBH | 0 | DE | 2 | 170644.77 |
| 3432 | CESAME-EXADEBIT SA | 0 | FR | 2 | 695173.25 |
| 2707 | INNOVATION ENGINEERING SRL | 0 | IT | 2 | 331887.5 |
| 2311 | UNIVERSITE DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L’ADOUR | 0 | FR | 2 | 1019824.11 |
| 138 | TALLERES | 0 | ES | 2 | 985943.88 |
| 2649 | TINEXTA INNOVATION HUB S.P.A. | 0 | IT | 2 | 247712.5 |
| 1945 | SOGESTRAN | 0 | FR | 2 | 75787.5 |
| 1948 | ELEMENT ENERGY | 0 | FR | 2 | 88632.05 |
| 3396 | AURELIA DESIGN B.V. | 0 | NL | 2 | 2579412.5 |
| 850 | EUROGAS | 3 | BE | 2 | 49850 |
| 2219 | CHIRALVISION BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 512831.25 |
| 2176 | AKCINE BENDROVE KLAIPEDOS VALSTYBINIO JURU UOSTO DIREKCIJA | 0 | LT | 2 | 467500 |
| 771 | COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH | 0 | ZA | 2 | 447398 |
| 1951 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ | 0 | DE | 2 | 1572671.9 |
| 1892 | COMPAGNIE NATIONALE DU RHONE SA | 0 | FR | 2 | 1893200 |
| 3 | KING’S COLLEGE LONDON | 0 | UK | 2 | 0 |
| 2175 | ALTUS LSA EMPORIKI KATASKEVASTIKI – IDIOTIKI EPICHEIRISI PAROCHIS YPIRESION ASFALEIAS – ANONYMI ETAIREIA A.E. | 0 | EL | 2 | 1253125 |
| 3402 | HORIBA FRANCE SAS | 0 | FR | 2 | 881297.75 |
| 3403 | GENVIA | 0 | FR | 2 | 598176.25 |
| 2174 | TUCO YACHT VAERFT APS | 0 | DK | 2 | 819823.75 |
| 383 | VANDENBORRE | 0 | BE | 2 | 50000 |
| 97 | GASTEC NV | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 2702 | HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO KG | 0 | DE | 2 | 149698.75 |
| 2662 | UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX | 0 | FR | 2 | 181126.25 |
| 761 | KELLEN EUROPE SA | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 758 | GEOINZENIRING | 0 | SI | 2 | 0 |
| 1962 | CAF POWER & AUTOMATION SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 1987817.24 |
| 109 | HU BERLIN | 0 | DE | 2 | 168794.4 |
| 2173 | SPACE APPLICATIONS SERVICES NV | 0 | BE | 2 | 1220765 |
| 1960 | CONSTRUCCIONES Y AUXILIAR DE FERROCARRILES, S.A. | 0 | ES | 2 | 5520452.98 |
| 117 | HYDROGEN SYSTEMS N.V. | 0 | BE | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | ENEA | 0 | IT | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | KEMA NEDERLAND BV | 0 | NL | 2 | 0 |
| 1961 | CENTRO DE ENSAYOS Y ANALISIS CETEST SL | 0 | ES | 2 | 0 |
| 2488 | POLYMERIS | 0 | FR | 1 | 203625 |
| 2824 | WIT BERRY | 0 | LV | 1 | 97102.25 |
| 2462 | U. S. STEEL KOSICE SRO | 0 | SK | 1 | 65755.5 |
| 2823 | CALIX LTD | 0 | AU | 1 | 0 |
| 2822 | HYDRO EXTRUSION SWEDEN AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 0 |
| 2487 | FARPLAS OTOMOTIV ANONIM SIRKETI | 0 | TR | 1 | 165375 |
| 2849 | SIDENOR ACEROS ESPECIALES SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 398062.5 |
| 2486 | ENERGIAUGYI MINISZTERIUM | 0 | HU | 1 | 375000 |
| 2821 | ASSMANG MANGANESE CATO RIDGE WORKS | 0 | ZA | 1 | 0 |
| 2480 | FOKKER SERVICES BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 270785.36 |
| 2469 | A.U.S. ADVANCED UNMANNED SYSTEMS S.R.O. | 0 | SK | 1 | 185185.85 |
| 2838 | STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE DEL VETRO SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI | 0 | IT | 1 | 1262375 |
| 2470 | W2H2 KSK SRO | 0 | SK | 1 | 3673010 |
| 2471 | HYDROGEN UKRAINE, LLC(H2U) | 0 | UA | 1 | 717334 |
| 2479 | HENSOLDT NEXEYA FRANCE | 0 | FR | 1 | 1671988.5 |
| 2478 | EMBRAER SA | 0 | BR | 1 | 0 |
| 2477 | SHORT BROTHERS PLC | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2483 | ITP EXTERNALS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 2472 | KOSICKY SAMOSPRAVNY KRAJ | 0 | SK | 1 | 210312.5 |
| 2473 | KOSIT AS | 0 | SK | 1 | 574375 |
| 2461 | AUTOBUSOVÁ DOPRAVA KSK, S.R.O. | 0 | SK | 1 | 1076125 |
| 2835 | STARA GLASS SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 429000 |
| 2834 | C.I.B. UNIGAS S.P.A. | 0 | IT | 1 | 483750 |
| 2475 | ZIGRID AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 2499999 |
| 2833 | PILKINGTON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2832 | ZIGNAGO VETRO SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 1738749.75 |
| 2476 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO | 0 | IT | 1 | 209483.28 |
| 2848 | DEUTSCHE EDELSTAHLWERKE SIEGEN/HAGEN GMBH & CO. KG | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2485 | UNIVERSITE MARIE ET LOUIS PASTEUR | 0 | FR | 1 | 598750 |
| 2825 | LEILAC SARL | 0 | FR | 1 | 307431 |
| 2846 | HOGANAS SWEDEN AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 167565.75 |
| 2826 | OORT ENERGY LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2463 | EUSTREAM, A.S. | 3 | SK | 1 | 455438 |
| 2828 | HSSMI TRADING LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2842 | OCV CHAMBERY INTERNATIONAL | 0 | FR | 1 | 1927749.75 |
| 2481 | FOKKER NEXT GEN N.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 235950.46 |
| 2464 | TOMARK PROTON S.R.O. | 0 | SK | 1 | 15000 |
| 2465 | SPP – DISTRIBUCIA, A.S. | 0 | SK | 1 | 350612 |
| 2466 | NARODNA VODIKOVA ASOCIACIA SLOVENSKA | 0 | SK | 1 | 157483.5 |
| 2484 | AIRHOLDING S.A. | 0 | PT | 1 | 373119.25 |
| 2840 | WE PLUS SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 443100 |
| 2839 | VETROBALSAMO SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 1716732.75 |
| 2468 | LETISKO KOSICE – AIRPORT KOSICE, A.S. | 0 | SK | 1 | 120000.63 |
| 2829 | HSSMI CONSULTING LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2841 | HYDRO HAVRAND AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 2556059 |
| 2388 | SOCIETA AZIONARIA GESTIONE AEROPORTO TORINO | 0 | IT | 1 | 810600 |
| 2390 | BOS LOGISTICS BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 70000 |
| 2391 | SCHIPHOL REAL ESTATE BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 2903 | EVERZINC BELGIUM | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 2902 | EVERZINC NEDERLAND B.V | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 2901 | VISBLUE PORTUGAL | 0 | PT | 1 | 370911.25 |
| 2394 | EGIS STRUCTURES ET ENVIRONNEMENT SA | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 2900 | EVERZINC GROUP | 0 | BE | 1 | 243750 |
| 2899 | LINQ CONSULTING AND MANAGEMENT LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2395 | FLYXDRIVE GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 108548.13 |
| 2396 | NSX | 0 | BE | 1 | 119875 |
| 2397 | STADT AACHEN | 0 | DE | 1 | 64750 |
| 2898 | BREMBO NV | 0 | NL | 1 | 1029375 |
| 2897 | IVECO DEUTSCHLAND AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2434 | BLUE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING APS | 0 | DK | 1 | 88488.25 |
| 2895 | CT ENGINEERING GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 259500 |
| 2894 | GRUBER LOGISTICS S.P.A. | 0 | IT | 1 | 343800 |
| 2398 | HELICUS BVBA | 0 | BE | 1 | 264250 |
| 2893 | IVECO ESPANA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 2399 | UNIFLY | 0 | BE | 1 | 158049.5 |
| 2400 | SOCIETE ANONYME BELGE DE CONSTRUCTIONS AERONAUTIQUES-S.A.B.C.A. | 0 | BE | 1 | 153648.25 |
| 2401 | HYFLY BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 62606.25 |
| 2892 | LEAD TECH SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 295500 |
| 2891 | SUBRA A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 262741.25 |
| 2402 | DRONIQ GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 117066.25 |
| 2403 | INVOLI SA | 0 | CH | 1 | 96643.75 |
| 2404 | SKEYDRONE | 0 | BE | 1 | 169859.38 |
| 2405 | FUTURE NEEDS MANAGEMENT CONSULTING LTD | 0 | CY | 1 | 100187.5 |
| 2406 | AGENTFLY TECHNOLOGIES SRO | 0 | CZ | 1 | 43750 |
| 2896 | VILLINGER GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 161696.25 |
| 2924 | HLM GERMANY GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 5059075.9 |
| 2923 | JOHANNES OSTENSJO DY AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 13722 |
| 2922 | ATTICA HOLDINGS S.A. | 0 | EL | 1 | 121467 |
| 2921 | THOMASSEN ENERGY B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 1442125 |
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| 2369 | EGIS CONCEPT | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 2918 | ECONCORE NV | 0 | BE | 1 | 300008 |
| 2371 | HELIOS TECHNOLOGY LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
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| 2373 | EINDHOVEN AIRPORT NV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
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| 2375 | HAVENBEDRIJF AMSTERDAM N.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 425250 |
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| 2376 | AVINOR AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 1123325 |
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| 2913 | AERNNOVA COMPOSITES ILLESCAS SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 2911 | BOOSTAEROSPACE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
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| 2381 | KES B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 629562.5 |
| 2382 | MOBILITY CONCEPT BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 666532.13 |
| 2910 | ESPLORO PROJECTS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 248080 |
| 2383 | EGIS ONE 12 | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 2384 | WILDTRIUMPHS LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 370300 |
| 2909 | FUNDACION PARA LA INVESTIGACION, DESARROLLO Y APLICACION DE MATERIALES COMPUESTOS | 0 | ES | 1 | 3218718.75 |
| 2385 | CARGONAUT NEDERLAND BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 2908 | AERNNOVA COMPOSITES SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
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| 2906 | HYDAC TECHNOLOGY GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 356330.63 |
| 2387 | BAM INFRACONSULT BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 93878.75 |
| 2378 | SKYNRG BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 421913.63 |
| 2445 | ASSOCIACIO REVOLVE MEDITERRANEO | 0 | ES | 1 | 200000 |
| 2447 | VENDELBO SPEDITION A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 336411.25 |
| 2448 | BIOMEGA DENMARK A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 913146.5 |
| 2870 | IMPACT HYDROGEN B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 2869 | TEKNOLOGIE SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 0 | NG | 1 | 0 |
| 2868 | STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY | 0 | KE | 1 | 69035 |
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| 2865 | GEA ENERGIA CRIO SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 170625 |
| 2450 | HIRTSHALS HAVN | 0 | DK | 1 | 242239 |
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| 2452 | HIRTSHALS TRANSPORT CENTER P/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 162750 |
| 2861 | GEYSER BATTERIES OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 709629.38 |
| 2860 | RTE RESEAU DE TRANSPORT D’ELECTRICITE | 0 | FR | 1 | 251125 |
| 2407 | EHANG EUROPE SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 104562.5 |
| 2858 | TECNOLOGIES DE CONTROL DE L’ELECTRICITAT I AUTOMATIZACIO SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 289043.13 |
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| 2850 | HEIDELBERG MATERIALS CEMENT SVERIGE AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 62218.5 |
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| 2888 | FIVES CRYO | 0 | FR | 1 | 87750 |
| 2408 | ELLINIKO INSTITOUTO MI EPANDROMENON SYSTIMATON KAI DIASTIMATOS ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 1 | 47500 |
| 2886 | AERTEC SOLUTIONS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 373668.76 |
| 2409 | SKEYES | 0 | BE | 1 | 102812.5 |
| 2885 | AERTEC DEFENCE AND AERIAL SYSTEMS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 2411 | CIMPOR-INDUSTRIA DE CIMENTOS SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 97862.5 |
| 2882 | PROTOM GROUP SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 320687.5 |
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| 2878 | HONEYWELL AEROSPACE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
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| 2430 | UNIVERSITA CA’ FOSCARI VENEZIA | 0 | IT | 1 | 171473.28 |
| 2432 | ACCUREC-RECYCLING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 475000 |
| 2874 | RATIER FIGEAC SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 2433 | UNIVERSITAET BERN | 0 | CH | 1 | 688125 |
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| 2438 | BLUE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES APS | 0 | DK | 1 | 294011.75 |
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| 2440 | WRG EUROPE LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 398833.75 |
| 2441 | SLIBVERWERKING NOORD-BRABANT NV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
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| 2879 | AEROMECHS SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 39812.5 |
| 2640 | DEPARTEMENT DE LA LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE | 0 | FR | 1 | 900000 |
| 2641 | CONFERENCE DES REGIONS PERIPHERIQUES MARITIMES D EUROPE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
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| 2644 | ACO AUTOMOBILE CLUB DE L’OUEST | 0 | FR | 1 | 50750 |
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| 2650 | AUTOMA SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 722875 |
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| 2535 | HIVE HYDROGEN (IRELAND) LIMITED | 0 | IE | 1 | 583312.5 |
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| 2666 | ENCEVO SA | 0 | LU | 1 | 243219.38 |
| 2751 | MATERIALS MATES ITALIA SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 550000 |
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| 2749 | ALPACEM CEMENT, DD | 0 | SI | 1 | 500000 |
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| 2727 | ACEGASAPSAMGA S.P.A. | 0 | IT | 1 | 1691253 |
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| 2741 | ACTIVE SOLERA JEDNOSTAVNO DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA USLUGE | 0 | HR | 1 | 980054.51 |
| 2674 | METALOT FUTURE ENERGY LAB BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 97000 |
| 2740 | DILJ INDUSTRIJA GRADEVINSKOG MATERIJALA D.O.O. | 0 | HR | 1 | 3978095.26 |
| 2739 | TPL FVG S.C. A R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 922834.49 |
| 2738 | REGIONE AUTONOMA FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA | 0 | IT | 1 | 375262.25 |
| 2737 | MINISTARSTVO GOSPODARSTVA | 0 | HR | 1 | 99000 |
| 2675 | RESSORTS | 0 | FR | 1 | 158375 |
| 2687 | CERQUAL | 0 | FR | 1 | 66062 |
| 2736 | HSE INVEST DRUZBA ZA INZENIRING INIZGRADNJO ENERGETSKIH OBJEKTOV DOO | 0 | SI | 1 | 0 |
| 2677 | ASOCIATIA ROMANIA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL | 0 | RO | 1 | 75312.5 |
| 2678 | ELLINIKO INSTITOUTO PATHITIKOU KTIRIOU | 0 | EL | 1 | 88455 |
| 2679 | MATEK AS | 0 | EE | 1 | 100012 |
| 2680 | EVOWALL TECHNOLOGY, SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 201668 |
| 2681 | PASSIVHAUS INSTITUT GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 128187 |
| 2734 | TRIESTE TRASPORTI SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 2682 | ROOFIT SOLAR ENERGY OU | 0 | EE | 1 | 97650 |
| 2683 | SERVELECT SRL | 0 | RO | 1 | 28875 |
| 2684 | NEUE HEIMAT TIROL GEMEINNUTZIGE WOHNUNGS GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 334612 |
| 2732 | META CIRCULARITY, SVETOVANJE IN INOVACIJE DOO | 0 | SI | 1 | 0 |
| 2731 | INDELOOP D.O.O. ZA PROIZVODNJU I RAZVOJ | 0 | HR | 1 | 68658.29 |
| 2685 | SOCIALFARE IMPRESA SOCIALE SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 106250 |
| 2686 | WORLDSENSING SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 236468 |
| 2730 | CUBOGAS S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 2676 | UNIVERSITATEA VALAHIA TARGOVISTE | 0 | RO | 1 | 174843 |
| 2514 | IQUADRAT INFORMATICA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 105000 |
| 2515 | STMICROELECTRONICS SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 465108.41 |
| 2803 | STICHTING DUITS-NEDERLANDSE WINDTUNNELS | 0 | NL | 1 | 9156265 |
| 2516 | LONGVISION SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 132940.5 |
| 2517 | CEUS UG | 0 | DE | 1 | 232864.63 |
| 2518 | HELIOX AUTOMOTIVE BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 77934.69 |
| 2519 | SMURFIT WESTROCK PAPER SERVICES B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 50750 |
| 2799 | BNAE BUREAU NORMALISATION AERONAUTIQUE ESPACE | 0 | FR | 1 | 375145.98 |
| 2521 | BEYOND GRAVITY SCHWEIZ AG | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 2522 | TKMS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 418440 |
| 2523 | CLEOS IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 1 | 227500 |
| 2525 | THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE LBG | 0 | IE | 1 | 128025 |
| 2526 | CHESTERFIELD SPECIAL CYLINDERS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2528 | GALWAY HARBOUR COMPANY | 0 | IE | 1 | 79512.76 |
| 2612 | CELSA HUTA OSTROWIEC SP Z OO | 0 | PL | 1 | 614375 |
| 2797 | AVIATION DESIGN | 0 | FR | 1 | 1912387.75 |
| 2532 | PRIVATE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENT, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ENERGY, SKOPJE | 0 | MK | 1 | 30700 |
| 2533 | THE E&E MEP STUDIO LLC | 0 | CY | 1 | 23915.07 |
| 2795 | DASSAULT SYSTEMES | 0 | FR | 1 | 200070.95 |
| 2534 | CORAS IOMPAIR EIREANN | 0 | IE | 1 | 494500 |
| 2536 | HIVE HYDROGEN LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2537 | POLITECHNIKA LODZKA | 0 | PL | 1 | 61308.75 |
| 2792 | HIDROJEN PEROKSIT SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI | 0 | TR | 1 | 43750 |
| 2538 | BORD NA MONA POWERGEN LIMITED | 0 | IE | 1 | 2387625 |
| 2791 | TURKISH-GERMAN UNIVERSITY | 0 | TR | 1 | 65000 |
| 2540 | COLAS TEORANTA | 0 | IE | 1 | 266711.25 |
| 2542 | INNCEINNMAT SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 872400 |
| 2543 | REFRACTORY SOLUTIONS INSERTEC SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 705075 |
| 2544 | RECOM SERVICES GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 243543.75 |
| 2545 | SGS PORTUGAL – SOCIEDADE GERAL DESUPERINTENDENCIA SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 151050 |
| 2529 | BOC GASES IRELAND LIMITED | 0 | IE | 1 | 681125 |
| 2489 | TUSAS-TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII AS | 0 | TR | 1 | 200668.5 |
| 2491 | MAIP COMPOUNDING S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 341175 |
| 2493 | MATERIA NOVA | 0 | BE | 1 | 218125 |
| 2819 | TRANSALLOYS PTY LTD | 0 | ZA | 1 | 73281 |
| 2818 | SPOLKA AKCYJNA ODLEWNIE POLSKIE | 0 | PL | 1 | 61317 |
| 2495 | ETELATAR INNOVATION OU | 0 | EE | 1 | 333952.5 |
| 2496 | AKSA AKRILIK KIMYA SANAYII ANONIM SIRKETI | 0 | TR | 1 | 189975 |
| 2497 | COMPOSITEC | 0 | FR | 1 | 284145 |
| 2816 | MINTEK | 0 | ZA | 1 | 887936.88 |
| 2500 | STICHTING ELAADNL | 0 | NL | 1 | 266262.5 |
| 2815 | OFZ, AS | 0 | SK | 1 | 85881 |
| 2814 | DEMCON | 0 | NL | 1 | 149500 |
| 2813 | NTI ENGINEERING SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 240332.1 |
| 2501 | GREENFLUX ASSETS BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 588312.5 |
| 2804 | ITP NEXT GENERATION TURBINES SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 2812 | AM TESTING SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 178850 |
| 2503 | INGENICS DIGITAL GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 383268.75 |
| 2504 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING SOCIETA A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA | 0 | IT | 1 | 309559.75 |
| 2505 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA | 0 | IT | 1 | 140864.06 |
| 2506 | R-DAS, SRO | 0 | SK | 1 | 306250 |
| 2507 | UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA | 0 | ES | 1 | 203481.25 |
| 2811 | VZLU AEROSPACE AS | 0 | CZ | 1 | 655875 |
| 2508 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 0 | DE | 1 | 1141398.22 |
| 2809 | AVIO POLSKA SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 1 | 0 |
| 2808 | ITP AERO UK LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2511 | KRACHTWERK B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 231122.5 |
| 2512 | CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LA NANOELETTRONICA | 0 | IT | 1 | 744187.94 |
| 2807 | EASYJET AIRLINE COMPANY LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2806 | AEROSPACE TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2513 | TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE KOELN | 0 | DE | 1 | 300140.7 |
| 2502 | ENERGY WEB DEVHUB GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 774375 |
| 2779 | HELLENIQ PETROLEUM S.A. | 0 | EL | 1 | 90000 |
| 2585 | EATON ELEKTROTECHNIKA SRO | 0 | CZ | 1 | 1499400 |
| 2778 | EFENCO OU | 0 | EE | 1 | 2496592 |
| 2777 | JOHN COCKERILL HYDROGEN BELGIUM | 0 | BE | 1 | 30000 |
| 2586 | HS MARSTON AEROSPACE LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2587 | LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | DE | 1 | 297500 |
| 2589 | NORD-MICRO GMBH & CO OHG | 0 | DE | 1 | 956211.38 |
| 2776 | EXENTIS TECHNOLOGY GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 234923.75 |
| 2591 | GEOSCIENCES CONSEILS | 0 | FR | 1 | 299375 |
| 2593 | VENATOR GERMANY GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 100000 |
| 2775 | SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG | 0 | DE | 1 | 355420 |
| 2594 | SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 2595 | SMART AI SOLUTIONS SINGLE MEMBER P.C. | 0 | EL | 1 | 200000 |
| 2773 | PIRAEUS PORT AUTHORITY SA | 0 | EL | 1 | 493500 |
| 2790 | GUNEY MARMARA KALKINMA AJANSI | 0 | TR | 1 | 551875 |
| 2598 | EIT RAWMATERIALS CLC EAST SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 1 | 85625 |
| 2599 | ALUMINA DRUSTVO SA OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA PROIZVODNJU, PROMET I USLUGE ZVORNIK | 0 | BA | 1 | 181250 |
| 2600 | ORANO MINING | 0 | FR | 1 | 298202.17 |
| 2601 | MEAB CHEMIE TECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 218750 |
| 2602 | FERRO DUO GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 131250 |
| 2603 | LTB LASERTECHNIK BERLIN GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 341807.4 |
| 2772 | ELLINIKI ETAIREIA SYMMETOCHON KAI PERIOUSIAS A.E.- HELLENIC CORPORATION OF ASSETS AND PARTICIPATION S.A. | 0 | EL | 1 | 115937.5 |
| 2604 | VAN DER LAAN INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 95125 |
| 2605 | RAIZ – INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACAO DAFLORESTA E PAPEL | 0 | PT | 1 | 0 |
| 2606 | STRANE INNOVATION | 0 | FR | 1 | 430000 |
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| 2608 | ORGANIK KIMYA SANAYI VE TICARET AS | 0 | TR | 1 | 633437.5 |
| 2609 | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES ANDTECHNOLOGY AT ISLAMABAD | 0 | PK | 1 | 349375 |
| 2610 | FUNDACION TECNOLOGICA ADVANTX | 0 | ES | 1 | 375106.25 |
| 2611 | FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE INVESTIGACION MULTISECTORIAL | 0 | ES | 1 | 1189750 |
| 2597 | UNIVERZITET U ISTOCNOM SARAJEVU | 0 | BA | 1 | 163125 |
| 2789 | ETI MADEN ISLETMELERI GENEL MUDURLUGU | 0 | TR | 1 | 55000 |
| 2546 | PLUSTHERM POINT AG | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 2788 | TURKIYE SISE VE CAM FABRIKALARI AS | 0 | TR | 1 | 125000 |
| 2786 | SOFTWARE AG | 0 | DE | 1 | 222687.5 |
| 2548 | GLASS SERVICE AS | 0 | CZ | 1 | 108000 |
| 2550 | INSTITUT FUR ZIEGELFORSCHUNG ESSEN E.V. | 0 | DE | 1 | 1192933.75 |
| 2551 | WASTE TO ENERGY ADVANCED SOLUTIONS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 4004968.75 |
| 2552 | SYNHELION SA | 0 | CH | 1 | 51843.75 |
| 2553 | AQUAMBIENTE CIRCULAR ECONOMY SOLUTIONS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 473116 |
| 2785 | BANDIRMA ONYEDI EYLUL UNIVERSITY | 0 | TR | 1 | 0 |
| 2554 | MAGTEL OPERACIONES SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 339937.5 |
| 2555 | LA FARGA LACAMBRA SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 52609.38 |
| 2556 | CARTAGO VENTURES SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 298095 |
| 2784 | KALESERAMIK CANAKKALE KALEBODUR SERAMIK SANAYI AS | 0 | TR | 1 | 800000 |
| 2780 | POLYTECHNEIO KRITIS | 0 | EL | 1 | 321750 |
| 2558 | CETAQUA, CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DEL AGUA, FUNDACION PRIVADA | 0 | ES | 1 | 131125 |
| 2561 | HYDROMETAL SA | 0 | BE | 1 | 583125 |
| 2562 | CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES ASBL | 0 | BE | 1 | 631303.75 |
| 2563 | JEAN GOLDSCHMIDT INTERNATIONAL | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
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| 2564 | GREENIRON H2 AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 681250 |
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| 2577 | CORE KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS AMKE | 0 | EL | 1 | 369750 |
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| 2580 | SMARTUP ENGINEERING SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 73591.88 |
| 2581 | AEROSTACK GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 4216187.5 |
| 2582 | WOODWARD | 0 | DE, PL | 1 | 4580000 |
| 2583 | LIEBHERR | 0 | FR, DE | 1 | 2523803.63 |
| 2584 | MOTEURS LEROY-SOMER | 0 | FR | 1 | 2486638 |
| 2557 | MINCATEC ENERGY SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 80200 |
| 3549 | BUVNIECIBAS VALSTS KONTROLES BIROJS | 0 | LV | 1 | 174262.5 |
| 3550 | “RIGA MUNICIPAL AGENCY “”RIGA ENERGY AGENCY””” | 0 | LV | 1 | 196600 |
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| 3558 | ENGREEN SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 231525 |
| 3559 | LUXPROVIDE SA | 0 | LU | 1 | 520418.61 |
| 3154 | Q-PLAN INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS PC | 0 | EL | 1 | 350000 |
| 3561 | DUMAREY SOFTRONIX SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 346755 |
| 3562 | SIVONIC GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 328320 |
| 3563 | STERIMED | 0 | MA | 1 | 0 |
| 3564 | NANOTECHCENTER LLC | 0 | UA | 1 | 253000 |
| 3565 | POWER ID GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 197500 |
| 3566 | EGILE MECHANICS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 359375 |
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| 3568 | ADVANCED DRIVETRAIN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 637330 |
| 3569 | PERMASCAND AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 315625 |
| 3570 | F6S EU TECH INNOVATION NETWORK DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY | 0 | IE | 1 | 200062.5 |
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| 3572 | AMETHYSTE | 0 | FR | 1 | 694169.88 |
| 3560 | RE.CO.MA. S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 1497996.5 |
| 3521 | UNIVERSITE DE LILLE | 0 | FR | 1 | 549983.75 |
| 3522 | 1S1 ENERGY PORTUGAL UNIPESSOAL LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 541250 |
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| 3544 | HARDIE PACIFIC LIMITED | 0 | NZ | 1 | 0 |
| 3546 | INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR SCIENCES LIMITED | 0 | NZ | 1 | 350001.52 |
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| 3602 | YABE MATHIAS CHARLES | 0 | GH | 1 | 105171.5 |
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| 3607 | CYANOCAPTURE LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 560687.5 |
| 3608 | NECTON-COMPANHIA PORTUGUESA DE CULTURAS MARINHAS SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 402300 |
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| 3612 | QUBE RENEWABLES LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 65000 |
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| 3573 | SEA GREEN ENGINEERING S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 268117.5 |
| 3616 | SERVICIO CANARIO DE LA SALUD | 0 | ES | 1 | 528750 |
| 3617 | INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF RESEARCH STAFF ASSOCIATIONS COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE | 0 | IE | 1 | 413750 |
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| 3619 | LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY SCIENTIFIC PARK OF LVIV POLYTECHNIC NATIONAL UNIVERSITY | 0 | UA | 1 | 63875 |
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| 3622 | CO2 VALUE EUROPE AISBL | 0 | BE | 1 | 211250 |
| 3623 | FRICKE UND MALLAH MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 619075 |
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| 3575 | DOTCOM SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 92312.5 |
| 3576 | SOLBIAN ENERGIE ALTERNATIVE SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 349037.5 |
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| 3581 | EKW GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG | 0 | DE | 1 | 244559 |
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| 3584 | AGATA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 348000 |
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| 27 | IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
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| 3707 | 1 A INGENIEROS SLP | 0 | ES | 1 | 248500 |
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| 3709 | LHYFE HIDRÓGENO SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 420350 |
| 3710 | FERROLI ESPAÑA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 414750 |
| 3711 | ENTE PUBLICO REGIONAL DE LA ENERGIA DE CASTILLA Y LEON | 0 | ES | 1 | 392750 |
| 3699 | TRESCA INGENIERIA SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 257687.5 |
| 3084 | TEMAI INGENIEROS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 3085 | ISAMGEO ITALIA S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 259437.6 |
| 3087 | ZENSOR | 0 | BE | 1 | 262620 |
| 3088 | VALLEN SYSTEME GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 3089 | IMMS INSTITUT FUER MIKROELEKTRONIK- UND MECHATRONIK-SYSTEME GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 3090 | MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES CONSULTING | 0 | FR | 1 | 337187.5 |
| 3092 | UNIVERSITAET HOHENHEIM | 0 | DE | 1 | 513672.5 |
| 3093 | ESD-SIC BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 97500 |
| 3095 | TEC4FUELS | 0 | DE | 1 | 283750 |
| 3096 | AEE – INSTITUT FUR NACHHALTIGE TECHNOLOGIEN | 0 | AT | 1 | 367125 |
| 3097 | EBOS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 0 | CY | 1 | 260000 |
| 3406 | AGENZIA PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA RICERCA EUROPEA | 0 | IT | 1 | 133125 |
| 3100 | EMD INTERNATIONAL A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 241250 |
| 3101 | UNIVERSIDAD DE LLEIDA | 0 | ES | 1 | 519250 |
| 3104 | AGATA COMUNICACION CIENTIFICA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 305625 |
| 3106 | ECHEMICLES ZARTKORUEN MUKODO RESZVENYTARSASAG | 0 | HU | 1 | 552750 |
| 3107 | NORDIC BIOPRODUCTS GROUP OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 388250 |
| 3108 | UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3109 | HYDROGENPRO APS | 0 | DK | 1 | 254875 |
| 3110 | CHEMELOT RESEARCH FACILITIES BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 75481.77 |
| 3111 | BAYERNGAS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 429231.6 |
| 3112 | JOSEF KERNER ENERGIEWIRTSCHAFTS-GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 402500 |
| 3114 | SELAS LINDE GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 3115 | HULTEBERG CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 209868 |
| 3099 | ACCIONA INDUSTRIAL SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 207500 |
| 3047 | INSTITUT TEHNICKIH NAUKA SRPSKE AKADEMIJE NAUKA I UMETNOSTI – INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF THE SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS | 0 | RS | 1 | 105422.4 |
| 3048 | SOFTWARE COMPETENCE CENTER HAGENBERG GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 0 |
| 3049 | SIMUNE ATOMISTICS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 125985.6 |
| 3050 | ASOUTI V & SIA OE | 0 | EL | 1 | 120049.2 |
| 3051 | OPENCFD LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3052 | ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT S.A. | 0 | EL | 1 | 386400 |
| 3054 | DEEP BLUE SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 276150 |
| 3055 | STICHTING BEHEER JAA TRAINING ORGANISATION | 0 | NL | 1 | 312972 |
| 3056 | AEGEAN AIRLINES AE | 0 | EL | 1 | 283850 |
| 3057 | SOMNI CORPORATION B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 74719 |
| 3058 | EUROPEAN UNION AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY | 0 | DE | 1 | 715300 |
| 3060 | ILMATIETEEN LAITOS | 0 | FI | 1 | 301397 |
| 3083 | INDUCTOSENSE LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3062 | POLITECHNIKA POZNANSKA | 0 | PL | 1 | 310446 |
| 3063 | EDEN TECH | 0 | FR | 1 | 1169448 |
| 3064 | LIQUIFER SYSTEMS GROUP GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 149662.5 |
| 3065 | SCANWAY SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 1 | 156875 |
| 3070 | PROEKSPERT AS | 0 | EE | 1 | 318750 |
| 3071 | LASER CLADDING VENTURE | 0 | BE | 1 | 419845 |
| 3077 | STONE MARINE PROPULSION LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3078 | GLAFCOS MARINE EPE | 0 | EL | 1 | 335000 |
| 3079 | ESBJERG SHIPYARD A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 248750 |
| 3080 | O.S. ENERGY (UK) LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3081 | BAUMULLER ANLANGE-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH & CO KG | 0 | DE | 1 | 225000 |
| 3082 | UNIVERSITE CLERMONT AUVERGNE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 3061 | SKYWAY AIR NAVIGATION SEVICES SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 103250 |
| 3152 | NOVAMONT SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 386250 |
| 3153 | CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE & TECHNIQUE DEL’INDUSTRIE TEXTILE BELGE ASBL | 0 | BE | 1 | 275000 |
| 2368 | EGIS VILLES ET TRANSPORTS | 0 | FR | 1 | 822447 |
| 3155 | FUNDACION AITIIP | 0 | ES | 1 | 493625 |
| 3156 | SPECIFIC POLYMERS | 0 | FR | 1 | 475440 |
| 3157 | COMFIL APS | 0 | DK | 1 | 312000 |
| 3158 | DEUTSCHE INSTITUTE FUR TEXTIL- UND FASERFORSCHUNG DENKENDORF | 0 | DE | 1 | 483250 |
| 3159 | MOSES PRODUCTOS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 350562.5 |
| 3160 | CARBOTAINER PROYECTOS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 209544.24 |
| 3161 | PRZEDSIEBIORSTWO ROBOT ELEWACYJNYCHFASADA SP ZOO | 0 | PL | 1 | 186895.4 |
| 3162 | ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON | 0 | EL | 1 | 235250 |
| 3116 | ENVIROHEMP SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 765461 |
| 3164 | ASOCIATIA INOVARE SI DEZVOLTARE IN ENERGIE – IDEA | 0 | RO | 1 | 225000 |
| 3165 | FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOXICO DE EFICIENCIA E SOSTENIBILIDADE ENERXETICA | 0 | ES | 1 | 170280.28 |
| 3166 | CINTECH SOLUTIONS LTD | 0 | CY | 1 | 234846.26 |
| 3167 | TASGA RENOVABLES S.L. | 0 | ES | 1 | 152779.14 |
| 3168 | METAMIND INNOVATIONS IKE | 0 | EL | 1 | 300750 |
| 3169 | INTEX PRIM GREEN ENERGY SRL | 0 | RO | 1 | 56250 |
| 3170 | TAURON EKOENERGIA SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 1 | 374125 |
| 3171 | ACITURRI CORPORATE | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 3175 | TEST-FUCHS AEROSPACE SYSTEMS GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 0 |
| 3178 | FRENESIM DAS ONDAS LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 75000 |
| 3179 | C2CAT BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 75000 |
| 3180 | INNOENERGY | 0 | PL, US | 1 | 0 |
| 3163 | GIOUMPITEK MELETI SCHEDIASMOS YLOPOIISI KAI POLISI ERGON PLIROFORIKIS ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EFTHYNIS | 0 | EL | 1 | 303750 |
| 3118 | SPIKE RENEWABLES SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 682750 |
| 3119 | NANOLAYERS OU | 0 | EE | 1 | 290125 |
| 3122 | EDAG ENGINEERING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 487953 |
| 3123 | CNH INDUSTRIAL ITALIA SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 80000 |
| 3124 | AGC GLASS EUROPE SA | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 3125 | LAVISION GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 3126 | CONVERGENT SCIENCE GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 0 |
| 3127 | COMMUNAUTE UNIVERSITES ET ETABLISSEMENTS NORMANDIE UNIVERSITE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 3128 | CFD DIRECT LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3129 | WARMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 3130 | PARCO SCIENTIFICO E TECNOLOGICO D’ABRUZZO SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 631042 |
| 3131 | MCI MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK INTERNATIONALE HOCHSCHULE GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 422943 |
| 3151 | SEID AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 944125 |
| 3133 | WALTER TOSTO SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 409325.88 |
| 3134 | MEAM HOLDING | 0 | BE | 1 | 629391 |
| 3136 | ENERGY AUTHORITY, FINLAND | 0 | FI | 1 | 0 |
| 3138 | SEISMIK S.R.O | 0 | CZ | 1 | 0 |
| 3139 | SINOPEC | 3 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3140 | POLITECHNIKA CZESTOCHOWSKA | 0 | PL | 1 | 249875 |
| 3142 | UNIVERSITE D’AIX MARSEILLE | 0 | FR | 1 | 220025 |
| 3145 | I3S – INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACAO E INOVACAO EM SAUDE DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO | 0 | PT | 1 | 618750 |
| 3146 | ALGREEN BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 106250 |
| 3147 | COLD PAD | 0 | FR | 1 | 2498014.75 |
| 3148 | LMU | 0 | DE | 1 | 173847.36 |
| 3149 | IBBK FACHGRUPPE BIOGAS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 184375 |
| 3132 | BERTHOLD WALTER HEINRICH | 0 | DE | 1 | 364642 |
| 2957 | LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO KG | 0 | DE | 1 | 580000 |
| 2958 | ALFA LAVAL VICARB SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 259869 |
| 2959 | VANTAAN ENERGIA OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 84000 |
| 2960 | TALLINNA LINN | 0 | EE | 1 | 208750 |
| 2961 | P2X SOLUTIONS OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 1355900 |
| 2962 | YARA SUOMI OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 0 |
| 2963 | VANDENILIO ENERGETIKOS ASOCIACIJA | 0 | LT | 1 | 245750 |
| 2964 | HELEN OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 1344875 |
| 2965 | ENERGY VALLEY | 0 | NO | 1 | 434375 |
| 2966 | KEEMILISE JA BIOLOOGILISE FUUSIKA INSTITUUT | 0 | EE | 1 | 126875 |
| 2967 | CYBERNETICA AS | 0 | EE | 1 | 682500 |
| 3046 | AC2T RESEARCH GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 135165.6 |
| 2969 | ELOMATIC CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 0 |
| 2970 | GREEN NORTH ENERGY OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 1584625 |
| 2971 | SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT SIHTASUTUS | 0 | EE | 1 | 592562 |
| 2972 | RIGAS BRIVOSTAS PARVALDE | 0 | LV | 1 | 138750 |
| 2973 | FLEXENS OY AB | 0 | FI | 1 | 772625 |
| 2974 | SOLARSTONE INFRA OU | 0 | EE | 1 | 404600 |
| 2975 | OU HENDRIKSON & KO | 0 | EE | 1 | 196875 |
| 2976 | IWEN ENERGY INSTITUTE GGMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 305625 |
| 2977 | SKYBORN RENEWABLES SWEDEN AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 236250 |
| 2979 | RONNE HAVN A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 89425 |
| 2980 | MTU VIRU VESINIK | 0 | EE | 1 | 771875 |
| 2981 | BOREALIS POLYMERS OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 716175 |
| 2968 | CLIC INNOVATION OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 1399750 |
| 2925 | TEKNOTHERM MARINE AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 168118.12 |
| 2926 | ASTILLEROS GONDAN SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 1358088 |
| 2927 | EDDA WIND X AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 52395 |
| 2928 | OSTENSJO REDERI AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 104790 |
| 2929 | NOVOTECH AEROSPACE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 1492500 |
| 2930 | MICROTECNICA SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 950797.5 |
| 2931 | CROMPTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2932 | SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC., A PART OF COLLINS AEROSPACE | 0 | US | 1 | 0 |
| 2934 | VAC TRON SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 150000 |
| 2937 | ALKE SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 417439.61 |
| 2938 | EIT URBAN MOBILITY INNOVATION HUBEAST S.R.O. | 0 | CZ | 1 | 0 |
| 2939 | STICHTING CLIMATE-KIC INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION | 0 | NL | 1 | 507389.98 |
| 2956 | EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT FLOW B.V | 0 | NL | 1 | 150000 |
| 2941 | KONTAKT – ELEKTRO IPARI,KERESKEDELMI KFT | 0 | HU | 1 | 768508.07 |
| 2942 | EIT KIC URBAN MOBILITY SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 1402439.89 |
| 2943 | GRILLO-WERKE AG | 0 | DE | 1 | 953125 |
| 2944 | SOLUFORCE B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 319812.5 |
| 2946 | ENERTIME SA | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 2947 | ENVIROMETRICS TECHNIKOI SYMVOULOI ANONYMI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 1 | 199062.5 |
| 2948 | DFDS AS | 0 | DK | 1 | 0 |
| 2949 | H2BOAT SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 2950 | VERENIGDE TANKREDERIJ B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 2200149 |
| 2952 | THEO POUW BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 1389999.63 |
| 2954 | EMCEL GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 185662.5 |
| 2955 | TESCOM EUROPE GMBH CO KG | 0 | DE | 1 | 210000 |
| 2940 | EIT MANUFACTURING CENTRAL GGMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 960635.08 |
| 3015 | DIACHEIRISTIS ELLINIKOU DIKTYOU DIANOMIS ELEKTRIKIS ENERGEIAS AE | 0 | EL | 1 | 85750 |
| 3016 | KRITI | 0 | EL | 1 | 72500 |
| 3017 | DYNERGIE | 0 | FR | 1 | 164992 |
| 3018 | UNITED MOTION IDEAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 3019 | ILT TECNOLOGIE S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 1670444.79 |
| 3020 | NATIONAL AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY KHARKIV AVIATION INSTITUTE | 0 | UA | 1 | 602249.86 |
| 3021 | VECO BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 201250 |
| 3024 | UNIVERSITE DE LIMOGES | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 3025 | STEULER-KCH GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 3026 | SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY | 0 | KR | 1 | 0 |
| 3027 | REFRATECHNIK ASIA LIMITED | 0 | HK | 1 | 0 |
| 3028 | FEDERATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REFRACTORY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION | 0 | CA | 1 | 0 |
| 2982 | VIKING LINE ABP | 0 | FI | 1 | 0 |
| 3030 | CALDERYS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 130269.6 |
| 3031 | PYROTEK SCANDINAVIA AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 0 |
| 3032 | ELKEM SILICON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 148874.4 |
| 3034 | IMERYS ALUMINATES | 0 | FR | 1 | 282693.6 |
| 3036 | VESUVIUS GROUP SA | 0 | BE | 1 | 262620 |
| 3037 | ALMATIS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 3039 | UNIVERSITE DE CAEN NORMANDIE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 3040 | ETHNIKO IDRYMA EREVNON | 0 | EL | 1 | 218437.5 |
| 3041 | WENDELSBERGS BERÄKNINGSKEMI AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 0 |
| 3042 | FACULTY OF PHYSICS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE | 0 | RS | 1 | 0 |
| 3044 | ALTAIR ENGINEERING SINGLE SHAREHOLDER LTD | 0 | EL | 1 | 0 |
| 3045 | SCUOLA INTERNAZIONALE SUPERIORE DI STUDI AVANZATI DI TRIESTE | 0 | IT | 1 | 129718.8 |
| 3029 | HOCHSCHULE KOBLENZ | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2983 | STOWARZYSZENIE DOLNOSLASKA DOLINA WODOROWA | 0 | PL | 1 | 274625 |
| 2984 | ENERGIFORSK AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 166250 |
| 2985 | OULUN ENERGIA OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 137200 |
| 2986 | ZALO UN VIEDO TEHNOLOGIJU KLASTERIS | 0 | LV | 1 | 258125 |
| 2987 | BOSAL EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS NV | 0 | BE | 1 | 695796.25 |
| 2988 | INERCO INGENIERIA, TECNOLOGIA Y CONSULTORIA, SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 1973250 |
| 2989 | BOSAL ENERGY | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 2991 | LUMIKER APLICACIONES TECNOLOGICAS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | 0 | ES | 1 | 841750 |
| 2992 | FEBUS OPTICS | 0 | FR | 1 | 375303.75 |
| 2993 | CHYLA ANDRZEJ HENRYK | 0 | PL | 1 | 225581 |
| 2994 | ZAPORIZHZHIA MACHINE-BUILDING DESIGN BUREAU PROGRESS STATE ENTERPRISE NAMED AFTER ACADEMICIAN O.H. IVCHENKO | 0 | UA | 1 | 495625 |
| 2995 | ANTONOV COMPANY | 0 | UA | 1 | 311875 |
| 3014 | GENIKAI TOURISTIKAI EPICHEIRISEIS SOLMAR TOURS ANONYMI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 1 | 439250 |
| 2997 | PEDECE PROJECTO EMPREENDIMENTOS DESENVOLVIMENTO E EQUIPAMENTOS CIENTIFICOS E DE ENGENHARIA UNIPESSOAL LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 459250 |
| 2998 | LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY CENTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS FOR AIRPORTS | 0 | UA | 1 | 220000 |
| 2999 | SICK ENGINEERING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 3000 | EGEN BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 171000 |
| 3001 | SICK AG | 0 | DE | 1 | 781500 |
| 3002 | CLOUDSELLING BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 3003 | SARRALLE ENGINEERING SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 1036905 |
| 3004 | SPEIRA GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 475500 |
| 3005 | THERMAL CERAMICS UK LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3007 | C-TEC CONSTELLIUM TECHNOLOGY CENTER | 0 | FR | 1 | 729456.75 |
| 3010 | BEFESA ALUMINIO SLU | 0 | ES | 1 | 1130643 |
| 3011 | ASOCIACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO CEIT | 0 | ES | 1 | 600512.5 |
| 2996 | INOVA+ – INNOVATION SERVICES, SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 406875 |
| 3323 | LS AIRPORT SERVICES S.A. | 0 | PL | 1 | 40250 |
| 3324 | BUREAU VERITAS POLSKA SP ZOO | 0 | PL | 1 | 149406.25 |
| 3325 | INSTITUT DE LA CORROSION SASU | 0 | FR | 1 | 342875 |
| 3327 | OLIS EHF | 0 | IS | 1 | 1350000 |
| 3329 | TAEKNISKOLINN EHF | 0 | IS | 1 | 42000 |
| 3330 | LINDE GAS EHF | 0 | IS | 1 | 3897162 |
| 3331 | B.M. VALLA EHF. | 0 | IS | 1 | 75000.02 |
| 3332 | BLAMI FELAGASAMTOK*BLUE ASSOCIATION | 0 | IS | 1 | 0 |
| 3333 | COLAS ISLAND EHF | 0 | IS | 1 | 325000.03 |
| 3334 | REYKJAVIKURBORG | 0 | IS | 1 | 120000 |
| 3335 | KRAFTUR EHF. | 0 | IS | 1 | 600000 |
| 3181 | THE INSTITUTE OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGYSTICHTING | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 3337 | LANDSVIRKJUN | 0 | IS | 1 | 1744666 |
| 3338 | HASKOLI ISLANDS | 0 | IS | 1 | 24500 |
| 3339 | ELEKTROENERGIEN SISTEMEN OPERATOR EAD | 0 | BG | 1 | 8000 |
| 3340 | TROLEIBUSNI I AVTOBUSNI PREVOZI EOOD | 0 | BG | 1 | 8500 |
| 3341 | MAGYAR HIDROGENTECHNOLOGIAI SZOVETSEG | 0 | HU | 1 | 38125 |
| 3342 | TRANSPRES DELIVARI | 0 | BG | 1 | 6000 |
| 3343 | VODORODNA DOLINA STARA ZAGORA | 0 | BG | 1 | 73750 |
| 3344 | ZAGORA ENERDZHI OOD | 0 | BG | 1 | 58275 |
| 3345 | EVROPEISKI TSIFROV INOVATSIONEN KHUB ZAGORE | 0 | BG | 1 | 101250 |
| 3346 | SULZER TURBO SERVICES VENLO BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 26250 |
| 3347 | VYSUS NORWAY AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 76676.25 |
| 3348 | EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY | 0 | UK | 1 | 299464.17 |
| 3336 | SNERPA POWER EHF | 0 | IS | 1 | 70000.01 |
| 3296 | LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3297 | CAIRO UNIVERSITY | 0 | EG | 1 | 0 |
| 3298 | MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY | 0 | AU | 1 | 0 |
| 3299 | UNIVERSIDADE DA CORUNA | 0 | ES | 1 | 248400 |
| 3300 | PEKING UNIVERSITY | 0 | CN | 1 | 0 |
| 3301 | UNIVERSITE DU MANS | 0 | FR | 1 | 310083.75 |
| 3302 | HIDEN ISOCHEMA LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3303 | LAGUENS Y PEREZ SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 427500 |
| 3304 | ITALFERR SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 264500 |
| 3305 | IMMATERIAL LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 3306 | BCAM – BASQUE CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS | 0 | ES | 1 | 181152.96 |
| 3307 | UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARA | 0 | BR | 1 | 0 |
| 3322 | FUNDACJA W KLIMACIE | 0 | PL | 1 | 200000 |
| 3309 | CROWDHELIX LIMITED | 0 | IE | 1 | 379338.75 |
| 3310 | THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG | 0 | HK | 1 | 0 |
| 3311 | NARODOWE CENTRUM BADAN JADROWYCH | 0 | PL | 1 | 326500 |
| 3312 | EVALION SRO | 0 | CZ | 1 | 223000 |
| 3313 | VUJE AS | 0 | SK | 1 | 524700 |
| 3314 | NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY | 0 | UA | 1 | 87187.5 |
| 3315 | STATNI URAD PRO JADERNOU BEZPECNOST | 0 | CZ | 1 | 43000 |
| 3316 | ZAPADOCESKA UNIVERZITA V PLZNI | 0 | CZ | 1 | 180737.5 |
| 3318 | ARTHUR BUS SP Z O.O. | 0 | PL | 1 | 1200010 |
| 3319 | MIASTO STOLECZNE WARSZAWA | 0 | PL | 1 | 62305 |
| 3320 | MIEJSKIE ZAKLADY AUTOBUSOWE SP ZOO | 0 | PL | 1 | 25550 |
| 3321 | ENNOVATION TECHNOLOGY SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 1 | 3600625 |
| 3308 | PANGAIA GRADO ZERO SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 338932.14 |
| 3377 | ENFASYS INGENIERIA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 417375 |
| 3378 | ARCEL | 0 | FR | 1 | 758625 |
| 3379 | SECHERON SA | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 3380 | TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE OSTWESTFALEN-LIPPE | 0 | DE | 1 | 753128.75 |
| 3381 | AEG POWER SOLUTIONS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 607593 |
| 3382 | SEANERGY SHIPMANAGEMENT CORP | 0 | MH | 1 | 4765775 |
| 3383 | COMPOSITE RECYCLING SA | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 3384 | NEPTUNE LINES SHIPPING AND MANAGING ENTERPRISES S.A. | 0 | LR | 1 | 140250 |
| 3385 | RINA HELLAS ETAIRIA PERIORISMENIS EVTHINIS NIOGNOMONAS | 0 | EL | 1 | 330675 |
| 3387 | DG TWIN SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 306698.25 |
| 3388 | ATHINA KENTRO NAFTIKIS KATARTISIS KAI EXELIXIS ANONYMI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 1 | 61125 |
| 3389 | MINERVA MARINE INC | 0 | MH | 1 | 0 |
| 3349 | COLLEGE DES INGENIEURS ITALIA SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 429100 |
| 3391 | QUADRISE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 63489.75 |
| 3392 | ALFA MARIN TECHNIKH SYMVOULEYTIKH MELETON KAI ERGON EPE | 0 | EL | 1 | 1200580.5 |
| 3393 | VERTORO BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 64500 |
| 3394 | VOYEX B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 90000 |
| 3395 | BOUND 4 BLUE SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 221568.75 |
| 3397 | ERMA FIRST ESK ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS SA | 0 | EL | 1 | 90375 |
| 3398 | ALFA LAVAL AALBORG OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 541250 |
| 3399 | AURELIA TURBINES OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 1771900 |
| 3400 | CHANTIERS DE L’ATLANTIQUE | 0 | FR | 1 | 370825 |
| 3401 | UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO | 0 | ES | 1 | 545995 |
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| 357 | UNIVERSITY ‘ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS’ | 0 | nan | 1 | 0 |
| 358 | CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ZUPA – KRUSEVAC | 0 | nan | 1 | 0 |
| 360 | MEW & WONISCH GMBH & CO KG | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 361 | INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE | 0 | CZ | 1 | 0 |
| 343 | SAAR ENERGIE GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 430 | ADVANTICA LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 433 | CNG-TECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 434 | UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE WIESBADEN | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 435 | TÃSV TECHNISCHE ÃSBERWACHUNG HESSEN GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 436 | UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 437 | BREHON ENERGY PLC | 0 | IE | 1 | 0 |
| 438 | LUXFER GAS CYLINDERS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 439 | NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 440 | FEDERAZIONE DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI SCIENTIFCHE E TECNICHE | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 441 | C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILA PER AZIONI | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 392 | CONSORZIO ANSALDO ENERGIE RENNOVABILI | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 447 | SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM | 0 | EL | 1 | 0 |
| 448 | VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK (FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH) | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 451 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 452 | FRAPORT AG FRANKFURT AIRPORT SERVICES WORLDWIDE | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 454 | ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY | 0 | DK | 1 | 0 |
| 455 | COMUNE DI MANTOVA (MANTUA CITY HALL) | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 456 | UNIVERSITÀ COMMERCIALE LUIGI BOCCONI | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 458 | LABOR S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 459 | SEIRA ELETTRONICA INDUSTRIALE S.R.L. | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 460 | ENERTRON – STROMVERSORGUNGSGERÄTE UND ELEKTRONIC GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 461 | LINNET TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 442 | VIN.PE SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 393 | ISLAND EUROPEAN NETWORK ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 395 | INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 396 | UNIVERSITY OF READING | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 398 | INSTITUTE FOR SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS RESEARCH DRESDEN | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 399 | UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 400 | TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND, VTT ENERGY | 0 | FI | 1 | 0 |
| 401 | STIFTELSEN ROGALANDSFORSKNING | 0 | NO | 1 | 0 |
| 402 | ITALIAN NATIONAL AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 403 | EUROPEAN ELECTRIC ROAD VEHICLE ASSOCIATION | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 405 | ENERGIEVERWERTUNGSAGENTUR, THE AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY | 0 | AT | 1 | 0 |
| 407 | VGB POWERTECH E.V. | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 428 | REGIONE TOSCANA | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 409 | CONTINENTAL ENGINEERS B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 410 | ELCOGAS, S.A. | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 411 | HOERBIGER VALVE TEC GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 0 |
| 412 | IRION MANAGEMENT CONSULTING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 413 | UNIVERSITAET DER BUNDESWEHR MUENCHEN | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 414 | MECEL | 0 | SE | 1 | 0 |
| 415 | ANSYS GERMANY GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 419 | HYDROGEN SOLAR LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 420 | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FéDéRALE DE LAUSANNE | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 421 | EIDGENöSSISCHE MATERIALPRüFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 422 | WARSAW UNIVERSITY | 0 | PL | 1 | 0 |
| 408 | UNIVERSITAET ESSEN | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | PRAGMA INDUSTRIES | 0 | FR | 1 | 50257.5 |
| 2005 | VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 1039500 |
| 2006 | MARTIFER-CONSTRUCOES METALOMECANICAS SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 506875 |
| 2007 | EDP RENOVAVEIS SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 2056718.75 |
| 2010 | BONDALTI CHEMICALS SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 328125 |
| 2014 | GAS.BE | 0 | BE | 1 | 405801.25 |
| 2016 | BDR THERMEA GROUP BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 52348.75 |
| 2017 | ELECTROLUX ITALIA SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 52348.75 |
| 2022 | S.A.S. BROUARD CONSULTING | 0 | FR | 1 | 129500 |
| 2024 | INOVYN CHLORVINYLS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 17534.38 |
| 1251 | COMMUNE DE CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 2028 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA CAMPANIA LUIGI VANVITELLI | 0 | IT | 1 | 553500 |
| 2029 | FYZIKALNY USTAV SLOVENSKEJ AKADEMIE VIED | 0 | SK | 1 | 444000 |
| 2032 | THOR BIOCRUDE BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 50000 |
| 2033 | INSTALACIONES DE SISTEMAS ENERGETICOS EFICIENTES SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 50000 |
| 2034 | NORTEGAS | 3 | ES | 1 | 76250 |
| 2035 | SAES GETTERS S.P.A. | 0 | IT | 1 | 39853.14 |
| 2036 | KES KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT SECURITY SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 165462.37 |
| 2037 | VARANGER | 0 | NO | 1 | 955957.95 |
| 2038 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL SANNIO | 0 | IT | 1 | 328750 |
| 2039 | COMMUNAUTE D’ UNIVERSITES ET ETABLISSEMENTS UNIVERSITE BOURGOGNE – FRANCHE – COMTE | 0 | FR | 1 | 290312.5 |
| 2041 | GENERAL ELECTRIC (SWITZERLAND) GMBH | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 2027 | EXIS INNOVATION LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 217500 |
| 1977 | KARGIL BULGARIA EOOD | 0 | BG | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | HASYTEC ELECTRONICS AG | 0 | DE | 1 | 416002.5 |
| 1979 | WORLD MARITIME UNIVERSITY | 0 | SE | 1 | 357368.75 |
| 1980 | BA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 865323.75 |
| 1981 | CARGILL INTERNATIONAL SA | 0 | CH | 1 | 596066.25 |
| 1982 | MANTA MARINE TECHNOLOGIES AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 760000 |
| 1983 | SILVERSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LTD. | 0 | UK | 1 | 417973.75 |
| 1985 | SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION POWER CORPORATION | 0 | BE | 1 | 1955109.63 |
| 1987 | EUROPEAN FERRY COMPANY | 0 | BE | 1 | 38758.13 |
| 1988 | INTERFERRY AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 55740.99 |
| 2003 | IMAGINATION FACTORY | 0 | FR | 1 | 87097.3 |
| 1990 | FERGUSON MARINE ENGINEERING LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | CALEDONIAN MARITIME ASSETS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 523829.43 |
| 1992 | OTECHOS AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 2314112.5 |
| 1993 | KUNNSKAPSBYEN LILLESTROM FORENING | 0 | NO | 1 | 43502.5 |
| 1994 | VIP VERKEHRSBETRIEB POTSDAM GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 39226.25 |
| 1996 | INGENIEURTEAM BERGMEISTER SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 34850 |
| 1997 | FFG FAHRZEUGWERKSTATTEN FALKENRIED GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | VIKEN FYLKESKOMMUNE | 0 | NO | 1 | 30000 |
| 2000 | NIKOLA CORPORATION | 0 | US | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | FUELCELL ENERGY SOLUTIONS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 320162.5 |
| 2002 | CAMBRIDGE ECONOMETRICS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 176500 |
| 1989 | ARCSILEA LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 119192.5 |
| 2083 | HOXY TRONIC LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 50000 |
| 2084 | FUELSAVE GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 1601075 |
| 2085 | MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME | 0 | UK | 1 | 224522 |
| 2086 | DRIVR DANMARK A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 0 |
| 2087 | BREATH | 0 | BE | 1 | 793.72 |
| 2088 | GREEN TOMATO CARS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 1031183 |
| 2089 | VILLE DE PARIS | 0 | FR | 1 | 66875 |
| 2090 | DB SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2091 | DEUTSCHE BAHN AG | 0 | DE | 1 | 519031.05 |
| 2092 | KIEPE ELECTRIC GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2042 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA | 0 | IT | 1 | 121250 |
| 2094 | PATENTES TALGO SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 471064.54 |
| 2095 | DB ENERGIE GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2096 | KNORR-BREMSE | 0 | DE, AT, ES | 1 | 302273.92 |
| 2097 | SNCF VOYAGEURS | 0 | FR | 1 | 333202.29 |
| 2099 | T’AIR ENERGIES GROUP | 0 | FR | 1 | 50000 |
| 2100 | TERRAGENIC LTD. | 0 | IL | 1 | 50000 |
| 2101 | DRAGE & MATE INTERNATIONAL SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 50000 |
| 2102 | XSUN | 0 | FR | 1 | 1864450 |
| 2107 | FUNDACION AYESA | 0 | ES | 1 | 183500 |
| 2108 | GLOBAL GAS LOGISTIC SOLUTIONS LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 50000 |
| 2114 | BIT GMBH BERLINER INSTITUT FUR TECHNOLOGIETRANSFER | 0 | DE | 1 | 664781.25 |
| 2093 | DB REGIO AG | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 2044 | GRUPO CAPISA GESTION Y SERVICIOS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | 0 | ES | 1 | 124479.69 |
| 2045 | ORIZWN ANONYMH TECHNIKI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 1 | 154472.5 |
| 2046 | POWIDIAN | 0 | FR | 1 | 653870 |
| 2047 | NHOA ENERGY SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 639657.2 |
| 2048 | TRONDERENERGI AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 232137.5 |
| 2049 | BOSCH ENGINEERING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 821400 |
| 2051 | LINDHURST ENGINEERING LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 2137944 |
| 2052 | ENC POWER LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 364471.51 |
| 2053 | ENC ENERGY SGPS SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 0 |
| 2055 | BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 0 | BG | 1 | 21000 |
| 2058 | ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE POUR L’HYDROGENE ET LES PILES A COMBUSTIBLE | 0 | FR | 1 | 50000 |
| 2081 | NEAS ENERGY AS | 0 | DK | 1 | 187411 |
| 2062 | UK HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL ASSOCIATION | 0 | UK | 1 | 56500 |
| 2064 | SOLUCIONES CATALITICAS IBERCAT SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 153580 |
| 2065 | ADAMANT AERODIASTIMIKES EFARMOGES ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EFTHYNIS | 0 | EL | 1 | 150000 |
| 2068 | UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA | 0 | RO | 1 | 170250 |
| 2071 | USTAV FYZIKY MATERIALU, AKADEMIE VED CESKE REPUBLIKY, V.V.I. | 0 | CZ | 1 | 314225 |
| 2072 | ARIS PUMP LIMITED | 0 | CY | 1 | 50000 |
| 2074 | ITM LINDE ELECTROLYSIS | 0 | DE | 1 | 848201 |
| 2075 | CONCAWE | 3 | BE | 1 | 464500 |
| 2076 | ITM POWER GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 1164734 |
| 2079 | GRZ TECHNOLOGIES SA | 0 | CH | 1 | 50000 |
| 2080 | FORDONSGAS SVERIGE AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 0 |
| 2061 | STI – SISTEMAS E TECNICAS INDUSTRIAIS LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 21000 |
| 1865 | STRAETO BS | 0 | IS | 1 | 0 |
| 1867 | SOCIETE PUBLIQUE LOCALE D’EXPLOITATION DES TRANSPORTS PUBLICS ET DES SERVICES A LA MOBILITE DE L’AGGLOMERATION PALOISE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 1869 | OPENBAAR LICHAAM OV-BUREAU GRONINGEN EN DRENTHE | 0 | NL | 1 | 4658881.58 |
| 1871 | LANDSTINGET GAVLEBORG | 0 | SE | 1 | 0 |
| 1872 | OBCINA SOSTANJ | 0 | SI | 1 | 0 |
| 1873 | CA DE L’AUXERROIS | 0 | FR | 1 | 776480.26 |
| 1874 | NOORD-BRABANT PROVINCIE | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1875 | RHEINSCHE BAHNGESSELLSCHAFT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 1878 | TWYNSTRA GUDDE MOBILITEIT & INFRASTRUCTUUR BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 50000 |
| 1881 | TRANSPORTS DE BARCELONA SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 1251818.42 |
| 1976 | CLIMEON AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 420038.75 |
| 1884 | NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE IGOR SIKORSKY KYIV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | 0 | UA | 1 | 55125 |
| 1886 | STEDIN | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1887 | STICHTING CENEX NEDERLAND | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1888 | ISLENSKA VETNISFELAGID EHF | 0 | IS | 1 | 0 |
| 1889 | B. KERKHOF & ZN BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 1153500 |
| 1890 | MINISTERIE VAN INFRASTRUCTUUR EN WATERSTAAT | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1891 | GNVERT SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 335000 |
| 1895 | AUDI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 1897 | COMMUNAUTE URBAINE DU GRAND NANCY | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 1898 | SOCIETE D’ECONOMIE MIXTE DES TRANSPORTS EN COMMUN DE L’AGGLOMERATION NANTAISE (SEMITAN) | 0 | FR | 1 | 222000 |
| 1899 | HYSSY | 0 | FR | 1 | 169000 |
| 1882 | ZEROBUS OU | 0 | EE | 1 | 220000 |
| 1828 | U.V.O. VERVOER BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 81375 |
| 1829 | EMMTEC SERVICES BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 283001 |
| 1830 | GEMEENTE EMMEN | 0 | NL | 1 | 67875 |
| 1831 | BYTESNET GRONINGEN BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 59075 |
| 1832 | EWE GASSPEICHER GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 1835 | GEMEENTE HOOGEVEEN | 0 | NL | 1 | 591854 |
| 1837 | H2 ENERGY AG | 0 | CH | 1 | 1000000 |
| 1841 | EOLY | 0 | BE | 1 | 78633.87 |
| 1845 | IRU PROJECTS ASBL | 0 | BE | 1 | 7552.31 |
| 1847 | SIGMA EXPERIENCE SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 1848 | UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM | 0 | UK | 1 | 303172.56 |
| 1863 | BRIGHTON & HOVE BUS AND COACH COMPANY LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 4416513.16 |
| 1851 | E-TRUCKS EUROPE | 0 | BE | 1 | 644445.27 |
| 1852 | SAVER NV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1853 | RENOVA AKTIEBOLAG | 0 | SE | 1 | 225312.5 |
| 1854 | GEMEENTE BREDA | 0 | NL | 1 | 423767.32 |
| 1856 | PREZERO NEDERLAND HOLDING BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 463612.63 |
| 1857 | SEAB SERVIZI ENERGIA AMBIENTE BOLZANO SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 93452.62 |
| 1858 | GEMEENTE AMSTERDAM | 0 | NL | 1 | 242054 |
| 1859 | AZIENDA SERVIZI MUNICIPALIZZATI DI MERANO SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 90827.62 |
| 1860 | GEMEENTE NOORDENVELD | 0 | NL | 1 | 227089.38 |
| 1861 | MC2 INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 246650 |
| 1862 | MESTNA OBCINA VELENJE | 0 | SI | 1 | 0 |
| 1850 | INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY WITH CENTRE OF PHYTOCHEMISTRY – BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 0 | BG | 1 | 211586.4 |
| 1936 | SCALE GREEN ENERGY S L | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 1937 | SEAM AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 281358 |
| 1947 | COMMUNAUTE D’AGGLOMERATION SARREGUEMINES CONFLUENCES | 0 | FR | 1 | 192770 |
| 1950 | ABSISKEY | 0 | FR | 1 | 137562.5 |
| 1952 | POLARIXPARTNER GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 200000 |
| 1953 | IREN | 3 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 1954 | DELTA1 GGMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 159625 |
| 1955 | FRIEM S.P.A. | 0 | IT | 1 | 556834.71 |
| 1956 | THT CONTROL OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 458325.55 |
| 1957 | ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH) | 0 | DE | 1 | 133437.5 |
| 1900 | TECH TRANSPORTS COMPAGNIE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 1959 | PROTON NEW ENERGY FUTURE SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 50000 |
| 1963 | RENFE INGENIERIA Y MANTENIMIENTO SME | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 1964 | INFRAESTRUTURAS DE PORTUGAL SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 113181.25 |
| 1965 | CAF DIGITAL & DESIGN SOLUTIONS SOCIEDAD ANONIMA | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | RENFE OPERADORA | 0 | ES | 1 | 825678.01 |
| 1967 | CAF TURNKEY & ENGINEERING SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | RENFE VIAJEROS SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | STEMMANN-TECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 297412.25 |
| 1971 | ADMINISTRADOR DE INFRAESTRUCTURAS FERROVIARIAS | 0 | ES | 1 | 221875 |
| 1974 | VAASAN YLIOPISTO | 0 | FI | 1 | 1132538.75 |
| 1975 | MSC CRUISES | 0 | UK, CH | 1 | 1511362.5 |
| 1958 | INEA INFORMATIZACIJA ENERGETIKA AVTOMATIZACIJA DOO | 0 | SI | 1 | 376500 |
| 1902 | OPEN ENERGI LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 79284.61 |
| 1903 | RESEAU GDS | 0 | FR | 1 | 161749.99 |
| 1904 | HYSETCO | 0 | FR | 1 | 3120757.48 |
| 1905 | R-HYNOCA | 0 | FR | 1 | 156800 |
| 1908 | HYGO – HYDROGENE GRAND OUEST | 0 | FR | 1 | 306934 |
| 1909 | ALPHABET FUHRPARKMANAGEMENT GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 670750 |
| 1910 | AERISTECH LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 817530 |
| 1912 | NANOSUN LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 2478332.5 |
| 1913 | METATRON SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 50000 |
| 1914 | KEYOU GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 1533877.63 |
| 1918 | HASKEL FRANCE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 1935 | HYSTER-YALE NEDERLAND BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 1102000 |
| 1921 | IMS INDUSTRIE MECCANICHE SCARDELLATO SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 50000 |
| 1922 | IDRO MECCANICA SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 50000 |
| 1923 | ROUGE H2 ENGINEERING AG | 0 | AT | 1 | 50000 |
| 1924 | MPREIS WARENVERTRIEBS GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 1757900.38 |
| 1926 | PROMEOS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 50000 |
| 1928 | MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY TERMINAL VALENCIA SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 117860 |
| 1929 | AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE VALENCIA | 0 | ES | 1 | 27937.5 |
| 1930 | SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE CARBUROS METALICOS SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 338394 |
| 1931 | CANTIERI DEL MEDITERRANEO SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | UNIV. TWENTE | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1934 | GRIMALDI EUROMED SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 88754.34 |
| 1920 | HASKEL EUROPE LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 2324550 |
| 2273 | AMELANDER ENERGIE COOPERATIE UA | 0 | NL | 1 | 108062.5 |
| 2274 | SUNAMP LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 99946.88 |
| 2275 | EDA – ELECTRICIDADE DOS ACORES SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 233625 |
| 2276 | STICHTING HANZEHOGESCHOOL GRONINGEN | 0 | NL | 1 | 223312.5 |
| 2277 | SUWOTEC BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 94500 |
| 2278 | EFACEC ELECTRIC MOBILITY, SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 110862.5 |
| 2279 | COMUNE DI LAMPEDUSA E LINOSA | 0 | IT | 1 | 87125 |
| 2281 | TERALOOP OY | 0 | FI | 1 | 143500 |
| 2282 | SEAQURRENT HOLDING BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 97562.5 |
| 2283 | ALLIANDER NV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 2115 | SOCIEDAD ANONIMA SULQUISA S.A. | 0 | ES | 1 | 93525 |
| 2285 | AUSTRIAN POWER GRID AG | 0 | AT | 1 | 97650 |
| 2292 | NAFTA AS | 0 | SK | 1 | 0 |
| 2293 | HYSTER-YALE ITALIA SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 839466 |
| 2294 | FCP FUEL CELL POWERTRAIN GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 30338.88 |
| 2295 | CETENA SPA CENTRO PER GLI STUDI DI TECNICA NAVALE | 0 | IT | 1 | 41562.5 |
| 2296 | SOLARIS BUS & COACH SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 1 | 27125 |
| 2297 | UNIVERSITY OF KEELE ROYAL CHARTER | 0 | UK | 1 | 606345.12 |
| 2298 | BEKAERT COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 265619.88 |
| 2299 | THE BOARD TRUSTEES OF THE SCIENCE MUSEUM | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2300 | SONTECH AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 0 |
| 2301 | IODA LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2284 | VERBUND ENERGY4BUSINESS GMBH | 0 | AT | 1 | 1883945.44 |
| 2246 | ALUMINIUM PECHINEY | 0 | FR | 1 | 2250961.51 |
| 2247 | CRONITE CZ SRO | 0 | CZ | 1 | 198282.5 |
| 2248 | FLAME SPRAY TECHNOLOGIES B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 433554.67 |
| 2249 | CRONITE MANCELLE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 2251 | BODYCOTE SPECIALIST TECHNOLOGIES DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 125228.68 |
| 2252 | BODYCOTE H.I.P LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 2253 | STAMICARBON B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 53750 |
| 2254 | GREEN CAPITAL POWER SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 30805.94 |
| 2255 | ANGUITA FOTOVOLTAICO SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 171860.73 |
| 2256 | CAPITAL ENERGY SERVICES SLU | 0 | ES | 1 | 17583.33 |
| 2257 | SWECO POLSKA SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA | 0 | PL | 1 | 117643.75 |
| 2272 | SECRETARIA REGIONAL DO AMBIENTE E AÇAO CLIMATICAS | 0 | PT | 1 | 180562.5 |
| 2260 | COMMUNE DE BORA BORA | 0 | PF | 1 | 114900 |
| 2261 | AKUO ENERGY SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 184293.38 |
| 2262 | ELLINIKI ETAIREIA ENERGEIAKIS OIKONOMIAS | 0 | EL | 1 | 118125 |
| 2263 | EUROPEAN RENEWABLE ENERGIES FEDERATION-FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES | 0 | BE | 1 | 143750 |
| 2264 | REPOWERED BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 168590.63 |
| 2265 | BEMICRO LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 165375 |
| 2266 | GASTERRA | 3 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 2267 | BAREAU BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 90234.38 |
| 2268 | UNINOVA-INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS-ASSOCIACAO | 0 | PT | 1 | 245862.5 |
| 2269 | NEROA BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 174562.5 |
| 2270 | DIMOS NISUROU | 0 | EL | 1 | 95750 |
| 2258 | BITRON SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 192005 |
| 2336 | DBI – GASTECHNOLOGISCHES INSTITUT GGMBH FREIBERG | 0 | DE | 1 | 523971.25 |
| 2337 | ACEA PINEROLESE INDUSTRIALE SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 221582.21 |
| 2338 | TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE DEGGENDORF | 0 | DE | 1 | 134796.25 |
| 2339 | LAM RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 25203.75 |
| 2340 | STUEHFF GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 353500 |
| 2342 | CLARA VENTURE LABS AS | 0 | NO | 1 | 350000 |
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| 1373 | POLITECHNIKA KRAKOWSKA | 0 | PL | 1 | 65949.55 |
| 1374 | UNIVERSITE DE PROVENCE | 0 | FR | 1 | 151429 |
| 1376 | UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES | 0 | DE | 1 | 151130 |
| 1377 | DR ERICH ERDLE | 0 | DE | 1 | 285389 |
| 1378 | COMPANIA ESPANOLA DE SISTEMAS AERONAUTICOS SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 267223 |
| 1325 | HOCHSCHULE TRIER | 0 | DE | 1 | 130900 |
| 1381 | VISIMBEL NICOLA BUNDSCHUH | 0 | DE | 1 | 48750 |
| 1382 | TURBOCARE SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 11095 |
| 1383 | NAXAGORAS TECHNOLOGY SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 98632.5 |
| 1384 | ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT & CONSTRUCTION UG | 0 | DE | 1 | 65317.78 |
| 1388 | INTESASANPAOLO EURODESK S.P.R.L | 0 | BE | 1 | 60408.54 |
| 1389 | SOLINTEL M & P SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 600400 |
| 1390 | CESTEC- CENTRO PER LO SVILUPPO TECNOLOGICO, L’ENERGIA E LA COMPETITIVITA DELLE PICCOLE E MEDIE IMPRESE LOMBARDE | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 1391 | ICAX LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 208700 |
| 1392 | FINANZIARIA REGIONALE PER LO SVILUPPO DELLA LOMBARDIA (FINLOMBARDA) | 0 | IT | 1 | 62400 |
| 1393 | MOSTOSTAL WARSZAWA SA | 0 | PL | 1 | 80000 |
| 1394 | ERTZBERG CVBA | 0 | BE | 1 | 1126895 |
| 1379 | UNIVERSITE DIJON BOURGOGNE | 0 | FR | 1 | 396223.6 |
| 1328 | VSL BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 95389 |
| 1329 | STELLANTIS AUTO SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 35328 |
| 1330 | AXANE SA | 0 | FR | 1 | 27511 |
| 1331 | STILL GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 2879876 |
| 1332 | MULAG FAHRZEUGWERK HEINZ WÖSSNER GMBH U. CO. KG | 0 | DE | 1 | 129853 |
| 1335 | PRELOCENTRE | 0 | FR | 1 | 408872 |
| 1336 | BOOSTEC SA | 0 | FR | 1 | 442074.75 |
| 1337 | RANCO GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 299000 |
| 1338 | CIDETE INGENIEROS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | 0 | ES | 1 | 301600 |
| 1341 | TESTNET ENGINEERING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 108800 |
| 1343 | SENSITRON SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 77367 |
| 1363 | CUKUROVA MAKINA IMALAT VE TICARET AS | 0 | TR | 1 | 153415 |
| 1345 | UST UMWELTSENSORTECHNIK GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 48754 |
| 1346 | ZODIAC GALLEYS EUROPE SRO | 0 | CZ | 1 | 461439.6 |
| 1349 | ZODIAC CABIN CONTROLS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 314835.38 |
| 1352 | WEITERBILDUNGSZENTRUM BRENNSTOFFZELLE ULM EV | 0 | DE | 1 | 43417 |
| 1353 | ASSOCIATION PHYRENEES | 0 | FR | 1 | 38133 |
| 1357 | ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAZIONI SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 2128080 |
| 1358 | PAXITECH | 0 | FR | 1 | 502922 |
| 1359 | ORION INNOVATIONS (UK) LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 286865 |
| 1360 | THE UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION | 0 | UK | 1 | 230174 |
| 1361 | CEGA MULTIDISTRIBUCION SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 169780 |
| 1362 | ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LA INDUSTRIA DEL JUGUETE CONEXAS Y AFINES | 0 | ES | 1 | 341659 |
| 1344 | APPLIEDSENSOR GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 73740 |
| 1692 | ITW GSE | 0 | DK | 1 | 161601 |
| 1693 | CENTRO TESSILE COTONIERO E ABBIGLIAMENTO SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 280525 |
| 1695 | MZLZ-ZEMALJSKE USLUGE DOO | 0 | HR | 1 | 0 |
| 1696 | ASSAIA INTERNATIONAL AG | 0 | CH | 1 | 975625 |
| 1698 | ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE POUR LA PROMOTION DES EQUIPEMENTS ET SERVICES AEROPORTUAIRES ET ATC PROAVIA | 0 | FR | 1 | 185437.5 |
| 1699 | SERVICE TECHNIQUE DE L’AVIATION CIVILE | 0 | FR | 1 | 432687.5 |
| 1700 | INFRA PLAN KONZALTNIG JDOO ZA USLUGE | 0 | HR | 1 | 235812.5 |
| 1701 | GDI DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA PROIZVODNJU, TRGOVINU I USLUGE | 0 | HR | 1 | 208459.13 |
| 1703 | AIRPORT REGIONS COUNCIL | 0 | BE | 1 | 540985 |
| 1705 | AIR FRANCE SA | 0 | FR | 1 | 1837062.5 |
| 1539 | SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 139600 |
| 1708 | AEROPORTUL INTERNATIONAL AVRAM IANCU CLUJ RA | 0 | RO | 1 | 429843.75 |
| 1709 | B & S RESO NET SRL | 0 | RO | 1 | 381150 |
| 1710 | STICHTING DUTCH MARINE ENERGY CENTRE | 0 | NL | 1 | 1625711.25 |
| 1713 | EXCEEDENCE LTD | 0 | IE | 1 | 550068.75 |
| 1714 | LABELEC ESTUDOS DESENVOLVIMENTO E ACTIVIDADES LABORATORIAIS SA | 0 | PT | 1 | 642328.75 |
| 1715 | INNOSEA | 0 | FR, UK | 1 | 429187.5 |
| 1716 | SIMPLY BLUE MANAGEMENT(IRE)LIMITED | 0 | IE | 1 | 0 |
| 1717 | SBM SCHIEDAM B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 125716.25 |
| 1718 | IMODCO SERVICES SA | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 1719 | SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS BUREAU D ETUDES | 0 | MC | 1 | 0 |
| 1720 | SAOIRSE WAVE ENERGY LIMITED | 0 | IE | 1 | 679175 |
| 1706 | ADDAIR | 0 | FR | 1 | 406241.5 |
| 1661 | AKKODIS GERMANY SOLUTIONS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 705600 |
| 1662 | AUTOMOBIL CLUB ASSISTENCIA SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 126875 |
| 1663 | SLR CONSULTING LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 0 |
| 1664 | PANTEIA BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 89687.5 |
| 1665 | ANTWERP TERMINAL SERVICES | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 1666 | ENVISION DIGITAL FRANCE SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 1667 | ANTWERP MARITIME INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANTWERPSE MARITIEME INFORMATIESYSTEMEN | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 1669 | DANSER GROUP BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 462000 |
| 1670 | ANTWERP EUROTERMINAL | 0 | BE | 1 | 478576 |
| 1671 | HUB ONE | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 1672 | MEDUNARODNA ZRACNA LUKA ZAGREB DD | 0 | HR | 1 | 682281.25 |
| 1689 | EUROCONTROL – EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR THE SAFETY OF AIR NAVIGATION | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 1674 | L – UP SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 319725 |
| 1675 | BUREAU VERITAS ITALIA SPA | 0 | IT | 1 | 0 |
| 1676 | WALTR | 0 | FR | 1 | 594000.75 |
| 1678 | ERICSSON NIKOLA TESLA DD | 0 | HR | 1 | 280217 |
| 1681 | BATIRIM SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 157696.88 |
| 1682 | INEO ENERGY AND SYSTEMS | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 1683 | INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE TURBOMOTOARE – COMOTI | 0 | RO | 1 | 419000 |
| 1685 | SAFETY LINE | 0 | FR | 1 | 369989.38 |
| 1686 | SMART AIRPORT SYSTEMS | 0 | FR | 1 | 270612 |
| 1687 | PARCO LOMBARDO VALLE DEL TICINO | 0 | IT | 1 | 100528.75 |
| 1688 | CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER L’OTTIMIZZAZIONE E LA RICERCA OPERATIVA | 0 | IT | 1 | 165500 |
| 1673 | MUNICIPIUL CLUJ-NAPOCA | 0 | RO | 1 | 100000 |
| 1776 | INSTITUT FRANCO-ALLEMAND DE RECHERCHES DE SAINT LOUIS | 0 | FR | 1 | 283752.5 |
| 1783 | GHENOVA INGENIERIA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 148750 |
| 1785 | LEVANTE FERRIES NAFTIKI ETAIREIA | 0 | EL | 1 | 125000 |
| 1786 | DIMOS ANDRAVIDAS-KYLLINIS | 0 | EL | 1 | 103750 |
| 1787 | IDF – INGEGNERIA DEL FUOCO SRL | 0 | IT | 1 | 120000 |
| 1788 | CINECA CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO | 0 | IT | 1 | 185625 |
| 1789 | UNI – ENTE ITALIANO DI NORMAZIONE | 0 | IT | 1 | 136250 |
| 1790 | PIXEL VOLTAIC LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 305291.25 |
| 1791 | CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES LTD | 0 | CA | 1 | 0 |
| 1797 | PSA ID | 0 | FR | 1 | 264460 |
| 1721 | OCEANS OF ENERGY BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 7100377.38 |
| 1805 | BIOMETHANOL CHEMIE NEDERLAND B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 20000 |
| 1806 | LANDES-FEUERWEHRVERBAND TIROL | 0 | AT | 1 | 27000 |
| 1808 | AYUNTAMIENTO DE ZARAGOZA | 0 | ES | 1 | 25312.5 |
| 1812 | ASSOCIATION COMITE NATIONAL FRANCAIS DU CTIF (COMITE TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONAL DE PREVENTION ET D EXTINCTION DU FEU) | 0 | FR | 1 | 38125 |
| 1813 | MINISTERSTVO VNITRA | 0 | CZ | 1 | 24375 |
| 1814 | FIRE SERVICE COLLEGE LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 24062.5 |
| 1820 | GREEN PLANET REAL ESTATE BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 3307931.25 |
| 1822 | GRONINGEN SEAPORTS NV | 0 | NL | 1 | 336700 |
| 1823 | LENTEN SCHEEPVAART BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 1306725 |
| 1825 | BYTESNET ROTTERDAM BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 7074 |
| 1826 | EXXONMOBIL | 3 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1800 | CENTRAX FRANCE SAS | 0 | FR | 1 | 0 |
| 1723 | CORPOWER OCEAN AB | 0 | SE | 1 | 14153767.92 |
| 1724 | IMODCO TERMINALS S.A. | 0 | CH | 1 | 0 |
| 1725 | CORPOWER OCEAN PORTUGAL LDA | 0 | PT | 1 | 0 |
| 1732 | KUWAIT PETROLEUM RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY BV | 3 | NL | 1 | 49671.09 |
| 1735 | PGE | 3 | PL | 1 | 71075.4 |
| 1741 | COMMUNAUTE DE COMMUNES TOURAINE VALLEE DE L’INDRE | 0 | FR | 1 | 300125 |
| 1744 | DIKTYO AEIFORON NISON A.E. -ANAPTYXIAKOS ORGANISMOS TOPIKIS AFTODIOIKISIS | 0 | EL | 1 | 25175 |
| 1745 | ACCIONA GENERACION RENOVABLE, S.A. | 0 | ES | 1 | 150000 |
| 1747 | EMPRESA MUNICIPAL DE TRANSPORTS URBANS DE PALMA DE MALLORCA S.A | 0 | ES | 1 | 700000 |
| 1748 | AJUNTAMENT DE LLOSETA | 0 | ES | 1 | 320313 |
| 1750 | FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES AGENCES ET DES REGIONS POUR L’ENERGIE ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT | 0 | BE | 1 | 250000 |
| 1773 | FUNDACION DE LA INGENIERIA CIVIL DE GALICIA | 0 | ES | 1 | 100000 |
| 1756 | CONSULTORIA TECNICA NAVAL VALENCIANA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 194250 |
| 1757 | ASOCIACION IBERICA DE GAS NATURAL HIDROGENO Y GAS RENOVABLE PARA LA MOVILIDAD | 0 | ES | 1 | 20000 |
| 1758 | POWER TO GREEN HYDROGEN MALLORCA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 1761 | UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS | 0 | ES | 1 | 102813 |
| 1763 | INSTITUTO BALEAR DE LA ENERGIA | 0 | ES | 1 | 98875 |
| 1764 | HYCOLOGNE GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 100000 |
| 1766 | BALEARIA EUROLINEAS MARITIMAS SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 80500 |
| 1767 | AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE BALEARES | 0 | ES | 1 | 794000 |
| 1768 | ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DEL HIDROGENO | 0 | ES | 1 | 40000 |
| 1769 | ASOCIACION CHILENA DE HIDROGENO | 0 | CL | 1 | 21910 |
| 1770 | BOOM TECHNOLOGY INC | 0 | US | 1 | 0 |
| 1753 | AGENCIA REGIONAL DA ENERGIA E AMBIENTE DA REGIAO AUTONOMA DA MADEIRA | 0 | PT | 1 | 25000 |
| 1573 | BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY | 0 | IL | 1 | 264591.5 |
| 1574 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BARI ALDO MORO | 0 | IT | 1 | 402330 |
| 1575 | SURFACE INNOVATIONS LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 217923.8 |
| 1576 | FATIH UNIVERSITESI | 0 | TR | 1 | 100000 |
| 1578 | CA INFRAESTRUCTURAS INNOVACION Y DEFENSA SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 64241.95 |
| 1581 | HEEREMA MARINE CONTRACTORS NEDERLAND SE | 0 | NL | 1 | 51201.5 |
| 1582 | CIRCOE | 0 | FR | 1 | 154875 |
| 1583 | PLANCO CONSULTING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 501307.63 |
| 1584 | ENECO HEAT PRODUCTION & INDUSTRIALS BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 428266.83 |
| 1585 | IMGRUND SILOGISTIC GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 86987.81 |
| 1660 | NXTPORT | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 1587 | NAVINFO EUROPE BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1590 | GRAND PORT FLUVIO-MARITIME DE L’AXE SEINE | 0 | FR | 1 | 339675 |
| 1591 | VAN OORD | 0 | NL | 1 | 362908.57 |
| 1592 | BLOCKCHAIN FIELDLAB BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 148084.13 |
| 1593 | FONDEN MARSK MC-KINNEY MOLLER CENTER FOR ZERO CARBON SHIPPING | 0 | DK | 1 | 939637.5 |
| 1595 | NIEDERRHEINISCHE VERKEHRSBETRIEBE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT NIAG | 0 | DE | 1 | 88300.31 |
| 1596 | GOODFUELS BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 101675 |
| 1597 | BLUEWATER ENERGY SERVICES BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 428345.55 |
| 1598 | PRORAIL BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 65450 |
| 1599 | MTS EMMELSUM GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 86987.81 |
| 1600 | AI IN MOTION BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 357382.38 |
| 1586 | APM TERMINALS MAASVLAKTE II BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 78467.96 |
| 1540 | IT POWER CONSULTING LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 12777.93 |
| 1541 | DEXA WAVE ENERGY APS | 0 | DK | 1 | 0 |
| 1542 | INSTITUT FUR SEEVERKEHRSWIRTSCHAFT UND LOGISTIK | 0 | DE | 1 | 186885 |
| 1543 | VIRTUALPIE LTD | 0 | UK | 1 | 620956 |
| 1544 | CHLAMYS S.R.L | 0 | IT | 1 | 201879 |
| 1545 | FUSION MARINE LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 139520 |
| 1547 | PROCEDE GROUP BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 87500 |
| 1549 | MXPOLYMERS BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 349016 |
| 1550 | BASIC MEMBRANES BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1551 | DANTRUCK A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 140855 |
| 1553 | CENTIV GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 245080 |
| 1572 | FEDERAL MOGUL SYSTEMS PROTECTION | 0 | FR | 1 | 76359.6 |
| 1555 | PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO | 0 | CL | 1 | 315504 |
| 1556 | BIOZOON GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 299294.82 |
| 1557 | CONSORZIO IN.BIO – CONSORZIO PER L’INNOVAZIONE E LA BIOECONOMIA | 0 | IT | 1 | 270000 |
| 1558 | MEGARA RESIN INDUSTRY – ANASTASIOSFANIS SA | 0 | EL | 1 | 201400 |
| 1560 | HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES | 0 | DE | 1 | 99345.18 |
| 1561 | INSTITUT UNIV DE CIENCIA I TECNOLOGIA SA | 0 | ES | 1 | 972720 |
| 1562 | TANTALUM TECHNOLOGIES A/S | 0 | DK | 1 | 73230 |
| 1566 | KATCHEM SPOL SRO | 0 | CZ | 1 | 141826 |
| 1568 | TROPICAL S.A. | 0 | EL | 1 | 178500 |
| 1570 | ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES AS | 0 | DK | 1 | 189346 |
| 1571 | ROCKWOOD LITHIUM GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 185709.13 |
| 1554 | DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 494189.5 |
| 1635 | ECT DELTA TERMINAL B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 266346.17 |
| 1637 | SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY | 0 | CN | 1 | 0 |
| 1638 | INFRABEL SA | 0 | BE | 1 | 1061812.5 |
| 1639 | MOSAIC FACTOR SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 850237.5 |
| 1640 | COOPERATIE E-GLM UA | 0 | NL | 1 | 53375 |
| 1641 | BALANCE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 555537.5 |
| 1642 | EUROPEAN INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT(IWT) PLATFORM | 0 | BE | 1 | 91875 |
| 1643 | ALLIANCE FOR LOGISTICS INNOVATION THROUGH COLLABORATION IN EUROPE | 0 | BE | 1 | 142500 |
| 1644 | COMPANIA NATIONALA ADMINISTRATIA PORTURILOR MARITIME SA CONSTANTA | 0 | RO | 1 | 595765.63 |
| 1645 | ENVISION DIGITAL NETHERLANDS BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 859817.88 |
| 1601 | ENERGIEWIRTSCHAFTLICHES INSTITUT AN DER UNIVERSITAT ZU KOLN GGMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 276893.69 |
| 1647 | LINEAS | 0 | BE | 1 | 287175 |
| 1648 | GEMEENTE VENLO | 0 | NL | 1 | 412500 |
| 1649 | PSA ANTWERP NV | 0 | BE | 1 | 837851 |
| 1650 | ADMINISTRATION PORTUAIRE DE MONTREAL | 0 | CA | 1 | 0 |
| 1651 | PROCTER AND GAMBLE | 0 | CH, BE | 1 | 127750 |
| 1653 | MAGELLAN-ASSOCIACAO PARA A REPRESENTACAO DOS INTERESSES PORTUGUESES NO EXTERIOR | 0 | PT | 1 | 818125 |
| 1654 | ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL | 0 | BE | 1 | 214673.16 |
| 1655 | EUROPEAN INTEGRATED PROJECT | 0 | RO | 1 | 214287.5 |
| 1656 | HUTCHISON PORTS BELGIUM NV | 0 | BE | 1 | 170000 |
| 1658 | DECETE DUISBURGER CONTAINER-TERMINALGESELLSCHAFT MBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 1659 | VLAAMSE GEWEST | 0 | BE | 1 | 58750 |
| 1646 | MEDREPAIR | 0 | BE | 1 | 240187.5 |
| 1603 | ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE VILLES ET PORTS | 0 | FR | 1 | 847768.75 |
| 1607 | STICHTING NETHERLANDS MARITIME TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION | 0 | NL | 1 | 243270 |
| 1609 | RAIL INNOVATORS HOLDING B.V. | 0 | NL | 1 | 423710 |
| 1611 | H2 PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFTMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 86987.81 |
| 1612 | ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM | 0 | NL | 1 | 2176886.25 |
| 1614 | ERASMUS CENTRE FOR URBAN,PORT AND TRANSPORT ECONOMICS BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1615 | CHEMGAS SHIPPING BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 123844 |
| 1616 | HAVENBEDRIJF ROTTERDAM NV | 0 | NL | 1 | 2935774.41 |
| 1618 | DE MEYER | 0 | BE | 1 | 820295 |
| 1619 | AKKODIS GERMANY CONSULTING GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 0 |
| 1620 | VECTOS GMBH | 0 | DE | 1 | 573825 |
| 1634 | AKKODIS BELGIUM | 0 | BE | 1 | 0 |
| 1623 | SEAFAR | 0 | BE | 1 | 675062.5 |
| 1624 | HAVEN VAN ANTWERPEN-BRUGGE | 0 | BE | 1 | 4023223 |
| 1625 | DBH INNOHUB KFT. | 0 | HU | 1 | 0 |
| 1626 | AUTORITAT PORTUARIA DE BARCELONA | 0 | ES | 1 | 426615 |
| 1627 | PRODEVELOP SL | 0 | ES | 1 | 282843.75 |
| 1628 | N.V. LIMBURGS INSTITUUT VOOR ONTWIKKELING EN FINANCIERING | 0 | NL | 1 | 0 |
| 1629 | STICHTING SUPPLY CHAIN VALLEY | 0 | NL | 1 | 288278.83 |
| 1630 | PORTIC BARCELONA S.A | 0 | ES | 1 | 0 |
| 1631 | MACOMI BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 364218.75 |
| 1632 | FIER BV | 0 | NL | 1 | 140000 |
| 1633 | BUILDWISE | 0 | BE | 1 | 207945 |
| 1621 | MJC2 LIMITED | 0 | UK | 1 | 637000 |
Table of all H2 projects in CORDIS database
| URL | project_name | project_title | country_inst_partner | fossil_partner | x1_partner | x2_partner | start_date | end_date | signature_date | funding_program | total_cost | total_subsidy | subsidy_country_inst_partners | subsidy_fossil_partners | subsidy_x1_partners | subsidy_x2_partners | legal_basis | topics | objective | euroSciVocCode | euroSciVocPath | euroSciVocTitle | classed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | BREU0568 | nan | Microporous carbon membrane for gas separation | NRC DEMOCRITOS, SCT, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE | BP INTERNATIONAL LTD | 1991-01-01 | 1994-07-01 | FP2 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP2-BRITE/EURAM 1 | nan | A novel route to produce mechanically, thermally and chemically stable microporous carbon membranes has now been discovered that is based on proprietary porous polymer precursors. Initial tests have shown the simple thick film tubular membranes to have the potential for two types of separation. Simple molecular sieving has been demonstrated by separating hydrogen from hydrocarbons at high temperatures whilst C1-C5 hydrocarbons have been separated using novel mechanism that relies on condensation of theases in the carbon micropores at temperatures well above the gases critical temperatures. 2 This will requires the development of an understanding of the separation mechanism for these novel membranes, methods for producing the optimum pore structures for the different separations and new process routes for producing the monoliths and significantly thinner membrane layers inside the monolith channels. If successful the membrane modules should fine rapid commercial application by retrotting to a wide variety of existing processes. In addition it is anticipated that they could be used in a wide variety of novel grass routes applications in the environmental and process field at a later date. | F | ||||||
| 219 | JOU20301 | FEVER | Fuel cell powered electric vehicle for efficiency and range | ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, ANSALDO RICERCHE SPA*, DE NORA PERMELEC, REGIENOV GROUPEMENT D INTERET ECONOMIQUE*, VOLVO TECHNOLOGY (CORPORATION) | AIR LIQUIDE SA | 1994-01-01 | 1998-05-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP3-JOULE 2 | 40302 | JOU-301 Objective: Fuel cell driven vehicles are expected to have efficiencies which are 2 to 3 times higher than petrol or Diesel engine driven vehicles. As for fuel two options exist: hydrogen and methanol. This project aims at the development and construction of a small fuel cell driven passenger car which is driven by a 30 kW fuel cell and uses hydrogen as a fuel. ?? JOU-301 Brief description of the research project: The proposed project FEVER aims at: 1 The design and realisation of an hydrogen-air solid polymer fuel cell with a high energy efficiency for automotive traction. 2 The design and realisation of a fuel cell driven electric passenger car which has a high energy efficiency, which is environmentally friendly and is able to cover a range of typically 500 km without a recharge of hydrogen. Topics which will be addressed are: the integration of components, optimization of the complete system and safety. Particular attention will be paid to: – Cost reduction of the polymer fuel cell as compared to the present cost quotation by suppliers; – Study of the feasability of an air enrichment device which would reduce the need of electricity for the air compressor; – Reduction of the size of the fuel cell power module and make it suitable for integration in a passenger car fuelled by liquid hydrogen. The size of the fuel cell module will be 30 kw, allowing a top speed of 120 km/h and a range of 500 km at 100 km/h for the passenger car. The module of 30 kW will in future serve as a basic module for applications in buses and light trucks (eg. 3×30 kW). Participants from France (Renault), Italy (Ansaldo and DeNora) and Sweden (Volvo) are involved in this project. ?? | F | ||||||
| 234 | JOU20134 | nan | 10 kW demonstration of pilot stack technology for Direct Internal Reforming Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (DIR-MCFC) power plants | ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY | BRITISH GAS PLC | 1993-06-01 | 1995-12-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP3-JOULE 2 | 401 | Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFC) need hydrogen, obtained, for example, from steam reforming of natural gas, to produce electricity at high temperatures. When equipped with a direct internal reformer (DIR), their waste heat can be reused to convert natural gas into hydrogen, leading to a large reduction in cost and an improvement of the overall efficiency. The feasibility of a 1 kW DIR-MCFC was established in a previous project. In this project, the concept will be scaled-up to 10 kW for electricity production or co-generation. As a result of this scale-up, proper specifications for DIR-MCFC power plants in the sub-MW range can be achieved and efficiency and lifetime realistically estimated. The development of the DIR-MCFC stack technology will be carried out in 2 projects in parallel. One of the projects, an ECN project, deals with the design and manufacturing development of separator plates and stack hardware. The other one (JOULE project) attends to perform the necessary experiments and demonstration tests, to extend the service life of the stack (catalyst research) and to perform supporting activities (system studies and modelling). Models for cell and stack behaviour will be developed (ECN) to support system studies and analysis of cell and stack experiments. System studies (BG) will yield insight in the optimal configuration for sub-MegaWatt IR plants, assess plant efficiencies, specify operating conditions and identify further system development items. Catalyst research will address the catalyst deactivation process (BG) and the carbonate transport mechanism (BG, CNR) to ascertain appropriate selection of catalysts and to suppress the carbonate transport by hardware modifications and operational conditions. Cell experiments (ECN, BG, CNR) and stack experiments (ECN) will be carried out to support the development. The stack test program will be concluded by : – a demonstration of the developed technology in a 10 kW stack test (about l/3 m2 cell area), – a demonstration of the effect of modified hardware and operating conditions on performance degradation in an endurance test of a 1 kW stack with 0.1 m2 cells. Separator plates, porous components and other hardware for the stack test program will be manufactured by ECN. Expected Results : – specification of DIR-MCFC power plants in the sub-MW range, – realistic predictions for the efficiency of DIR-MCFC plants, – performance degradation characteristics for lifetime estimates of DIR stacks, – demonstration of the developed technology in a 10 kW stack test. | F | ||||||
| 327 | JOU20084 | nan | Membrane technology for low CO2 power generation | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), VITO – VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK NV, JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (TRADING AS SYNETIX), BRITISH COAL PLC | INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DU PÉTROLE | 1993-11-01 | 1996-10-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP3-JOULE 2 | 202 | The use of fossil fuels in the production of electricity is one of the main man-made sources of carbon dioxide. Although the case for any enhanced greenhouse effect due to carbon dioxide is not proven, it is prudent to investigate options for minimising the release of all man-made greenhouse gases. The objectives are to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of using membrane separation for the removal of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel derived fuel gas. In addition, issues associated with the scale-up/engineering of candidate systems will be investigated. In Europe, fossil fuel-fired systems will continue to play a major role in the energy scene for the forseeable future. Many research and demonstration projects are underway to provide high efficiency plants which will lead to reduced carbon dioxide emissions per unit of electricity produced. However, if a man-made greenhouse effect proves to be a significant problem, it is likely that further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions will be demanded. One option is to remove the carbon dioxide so that it can be stored (e.g. underground or at the bottom of the ocean). A number of technologies exist for the removal of carbon dioxide from process gases. Studies have indicated that membrane separation of hydrogen from synthesis gas produced from an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) with a water gas shift reactor has the potential to give the highest overall plant efficiency. Membranes have been used extensively for liquid:liquid and gas:gas separation purposes and various, well understood approaches have been developed. Hydrogen separation is already carried out on the industrial scale using polymer or palladium/silver membranes. Ceramic membranes are also under development for this purpose. All of these options have the potential to be adapted to power generation. It is expected that the outcome of this project will be proof of the concept of using membrane separation for carbon dioxide removal, the identification of suitable membrane systems and the determination of membrane characteristics and operating limitations. In addition, a detailed analysis of the scale-up/engineering issues associated with the candidate systems will be investigated to provide the information required for a full economic assessment. | 1 | ||||||
| 334 | JOE3950015 | nan | Development of 50kw class SOFC system and components | ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, GEC ALSTHOM LTD, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, SIEMENS AG | BG PLC, ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A. | 1996-02-01 | 2000-01-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 203 | Objectives The objective of the proposed work is to develop 50 kW SOFC technology based on the multiple cell array concept of Siemens with a metal separator plate. The existing technology has to be upscaled to bigger stacks delivering a power output of 12.5 kW. At the same time the behaviour of cells and stacks using methane as fuel gas has to be tested and improved. The knowledge gained will be implemented in a test plant with pre-reforming. The project aims at durable, low cost stack technology for simple SOFC systems for CHP applications and electricity production in combined cycles. Technical Approach To reach the objectives the multiple array concept of Siemens has to be upscaled for the 12.5 kW stacks, taking into account the use of CH4, i.e. pre-reforming or recycling of the gas and internal reforming in the fuel cell stack. For testing the 50 kW module a test plant will be designed and constructed. For this test plant a pre-reformer unit will be developed and the power conditioning will be investigated. In order to reach the final goal of the project, the 50 kW demonstration, two different options are available which will be explored, i.e. line using H2 as the fuel gas with O2 or air as the oxidant and a line with CH4 as the fuel gas. At least a 3 kW experiment with CH4 will be performed in the second year. The successful performance of this test is a prerequisite for the operation of the 50 kW test with methane. In parallel to the stack development, the electrodes will be further optimized and tested, especially concerning the behaviour with internal reforming. This will lead to suitable cells for internal reforming and the necessary pre-reforming rate will be elaborated. Catalysts available for the pre-reformer will be investigated. In collaboration with the manufacturer of the bipolar plate material, the parts for the different stacks will be made, as well as sealing, functional layers, catalysts and cells. All results gained in the different work groups will be implemented in optimized cells, which will be tested over 5000 hours to show the long term stability. Expected Achievements and Exploitation SOFC power plants have a great potential compared to conventional systems concerning electrical efficiency and environmental pollution. The specific emissions are reduced by one or two orders of magnitude. In the lower power range electrical efficiencies above 50 % can be reached. Above 10 MW the waste heat can be used in gas and steam turbines. By this measure, efficiencies up to 70 % can be realized. Besides this, an excellent part load behaviour of the SOFC system can be expected. A successful demonstration of SOFC systems will lead to an introduction on the market; somewhere between 2005 and 2010, starting with small capacity units (i.e. < 10 MW) for distributed power and cogeneration application. | F | ||||||
| 365 | JOE3960043 | nan | Development of full size electric bus with second generation fuel cells stacks | ANSALDO RICERCHE SPA*, UNIVERSITY OF GENOVA, DE NORA SPA, NEOPLAN, GOTTLOB AUWÄRTER GMBH & CO., SAR ELECKTRONIK BMBH STEUERUNG, AUTOMATION UND REGELTECHNIK | L’AIR LIQUIDE SA | 1996-05-01 | 2001-06-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 204 | Objectives Increasing demand for zero emission transport in densely populated areas is usually provided for by electric systems, which are either limited in range (battery) or require heavy infrastructures (trolleys, trams). The objective of the project is the realisation of a pre-commercial fuel cell powered electric bus with high energy efficiency, which will be environmentally compatible (ZEV vehicle), without range limitation and autonomous. Technical Approach A 35-50 kW PEM hydrogen/air fuel cell will be installed in hybrid combination with an energy buffer, allowing energy recovery when slowing or braking. The energy buffer will consist of an advanced Magneto Dynamic Storage (MDS) system and the energy flows between the fuel cell, the MDS and the electric motor will be managed by a special electronic component (Power Sources Integrator) in order to minimise the global energy consumption. The fuel cell and all its ancilliaries will be packaged in a self contained Power Module that will replace the original ICE in the engine bay of a Neoplan N4114 city bus. A significant task will be the industrialisation of the fuel cell technology, in order to make available a really low-cost, fuel cell capable of being mass produced. Expected Achievements and Exploitation The claimed innovative aspects of this project include: Development of the fuel cell technology, intended as a step forward from existing technology (FEVER Project), developing a stack with a unit power in the range of 10-17 kW, and demonstrating possibilities for cost reduction as low as 300 ECU/kW. Re-design of the fuel cell system (power module), i.e. all auxiliary components and subsystems needed for operating the fuel cells, in order to improve efficiency and significantly reduce weight and volume (2 to 3 times from present state). Particular attention will be paid to the air compression system, which is responsible for over 90% of auxiliary energy consumption. Development of a high pressure, low weight storage system for gaseous hydrogen storage. The particular design and materials selection will enable energy densities similar to those of liquid hydrogen to be reached. The results of these activities will be integrated into an advanced traction system based on flywheels as the energy buffer. It is foreseen that the complete propulsion system will not occupy any useful (payload) space on board; therefore the bus can be considered a real prototype rather than an experimental vehicle and will open the way to series production of fuel cell buses. | F | ||||||
| 388 | JOF3950026 | nan | Catalytic partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas (Syn-Gas): compact, energy-efficient reforming technology with reduced environmental impact | FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY – HELLAS, GASTEC NV, LINDE AG, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS, FOUNDATION FOR TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AT THE NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ICI CHEMICALS & POLYMERS LTD, CIRMAC BV | BG PLC | 1996-01-01 | 1998-06-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 403 | Objectives The aim of this project is to demonstrate in a lab. scale reactor the catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) of methane. This would allow the exploitation of remote/marginal gas fields. CPO offers a compact process with lower capital costs and reduced environmental emissions that could be operated on a floating platform. The catalysts must be highly selective and stable, giving complete methane conversion over a long time at high temperature and pressure, resistant to coking, and must not require high steam injection. The plant must be simple in construction and operate safely and adiabatically without fired heaters. Technical Approach The industrial partners will first define perceived markets for syn-gas production and use those to define product specifications, and reactor and operational requirements. Both fixed and fluidised bed process routes will be examined. The project will draw upon the best materials already developed by the participants of project JOU2-CT92-0073. These will be ranked as to activity, selectivity, stability, etc. and the top ranked catalysts tested at microreactor scale. Existing homogeneous reaction models will be further developed and experimentally validated. Poisoning and deactivation tests, designed to model reactor operations will be carried out. Kinetic studies will be carried out on a representative set of catalysts to derive a set of rate equations, and these results fed into computer models developed for both fixed and fluidized bed operation. The best catalysts will then go forward for testing at lab scale, with a final demonstration of one or more formulations under commercial conditions. A techno-economic and environmental assessment of the process will be carried out. Expected Achievements and Exploitation The project is expected to demonstrate that the catalytic partial oxidation of natural gas can be carried out safely in both fixed and fluidised bed geometry. It will identify catalysts that are able to perform CPO for run time of at least 1000 hours, and will include both an environmental impact assessment and a techno-economic assessment. Three potential exploitable products are foreseen: 1. a prototype compact and transportable unit for hydrogen generation, using natural gas as the feedstock and air as the oxidant; 2. a similar prototype unit, also using natural gas and air, for hydrogen production for fuel cells, probably as part of a solid polymer fuel cell stack system; 3. a low cost, clean and compact system for conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels such as methanol or syn-crude. As far as transport is concerned, the process could be relevant to both fixed and on-board reforming, and to vehicles that use both I.C.E.s and fuel cells for motive power. | F | ||||||
| 398 | EI./00174/97 | FC STAT | STATIONARY APPLICATION OF A PEM FUEL CELL FED WITH WASTE HYDROGEN | AIR LIQUIDE | 1997-10-01 | 2000-09-30 | FP4 | 4401253 | 1760502 | [-1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP4-NNE-THERMIE C | 10.2 | The objectives of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of a PEM Fuel Cell for generating electricity from waste gases from an industrial process. The power unit is targeting to produce a 200kW net power and is based upon a 240 kW PEM stacks. The consumption of auxiliaries for operating the power unit have an estimated power of 40 kW. Reliability, safety and economics of the system and more peculiarly of the air compression system and hydrogen feeder are emphasised in order to provide the complete system with low maintenance operation and costs. The industrial process is the AIR LIQUIDE liquefied hydrogen production plant located in Wazier, North of France, which, in normal operation is venting some gaseous hydrogen to the atmosphere without recovery. The idea is to fed the PEMFC with some of this wasted hydrogen. The D.C. current is converted to standard A.C.current (250KVA, 50Hz, 400 Volts Tri.) used to supply some equipment of the plant. Technical results : – achievement of a european technology prototype of a 200 kW stationary power plant using PEM fuel cell, connected to an industrial process – use of waste hydrogen as the fuel for a PEMFC – use of a high efficiency (50% converter (fuel cell) incorporated in a maintenance free system (maintenance lower than 1 day/year) Commercial and markets results : -Diffusion of the results to the first market : chlore alcali industry (which produce waste hydrogen at a energy level of 13 Nm, corresponding to a potential production of 13000 MW of electric power) after that first step, we will target the second market : Petroleum refineries, ammonia plants, hydrotreaters and hydrocrackers,… The innovating aspects are : – implementing of an european PEM fuel cell at a power level of 200kW for a stationary application – use of that demonstration prototype as an energy saving system within an industrial existing process and possibility of back experience. – coupling of an original D.C generator (PEMFC) to a standard AC network. – implementation of a numerical simulation tool describing a stationary PEMFC power plant -demonstration of a maintenance free system (fuel cell and no maintenance gas bearing air compressor) AIR LIQUIDE is operating in Wazier, a 10 tpd hydrogen plant. The hydrogen is coming from a chemical amonia plant as a by-product mixture of 90% hydrogen and 10% nitrogen. After purification, the hydrogen is liquefied and stored in four 250 m³ liquefied hydrogen superinsulated cryogenic storage tanks which boil-off are returned to the cold box of the process cycle reliquefaction. The liquefied hydrogen is trucked out of the plant to the customers sites by rail, road and sea dedicated cryogenic transportation trailers or containers. When coming back to the plant for refilling, the gas phase of the trailers is vented to the atmosphere and wasted. This gas phase of the trailers is not returned to the process cycle for reliquefaction because pollution is suspected and its recovery would require a costly purification. This wasted hydrogen yields roughly 2 Million Nm³ per year, equivalent to 10% of the total plant production capacity. The PEMFC stationary project consists in a power generating unit recovering this wasted hydrogen and contributing to the energy savings of the plant. An hydrogen feeder recovers the cold hydrogen from the trailers, and peakshave it from an erratic maximum 2400 Nm³/h flow to a steady low pressure 150 Nm³/h flow required for feeding the 200 KW PEMFC. Then, the converter and used to supplied some selected equipments of the plant. The connection of the unit to the grid will be investigated during this project but not implemented. The unit is operated automatically by a computer and remotely controlled via a modem link. | F | |||||||
| 429 | BRPR970413 | nan | Low-cost Fabrication and Improved Performance of SOFC Stack Components | RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY, ROLLS ROYCE PLC, IRD A/S, NAPIER UNIVERSITY, INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE | GAZ DE FRANCE | 1997-04-01 | 2000-03-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 | 201 | The world wide competitiveness in the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology requires the development of high performance SOFC components with low cost fabrication methods. The fabrication methods must be easy to scale up and should be generic to different SOFC stack designs. The aim of this project is to fabricate low cost, high performance SOFC stack components by the use of cheap state of the art materials and cheap, environmentally friendly printing techniques. The objectives of this project proposal are therefore to: 1. Develop environmentally friendly inks and printing techniques for the fabrication of: 1.1. Very thin (20 40 ,um) YSZ electrolytes (3 and 8 10 mol% Y203). 1.2. High performance, graded anodes based on Ni YSZ cermets and suitably doped LC with high catalytic activity. 1.3. High performance graded cathodes based on state of the art LSM YSZ composites and LSM LSCo as cathode current collector. 1.4. Dense, gas tight and stable interconnects based on LC. 2. Testing and optimization of the performance of individual components down to 800 C. 3. Testing and modelling of small stack performance of the two above mentioned SOFC stack designs at temperatures down towards 800 C, and under realistic circumstances using hydrogen, methane and natural gas as fuels. 4. Assessment of the cost and environmental aspects of the fully developed printing technique for fabrication of SOFC stack components of the two different designs. The following achievements are expected: – Establishment of cheap, environmentally friendly and generic fabrication methods of SOFC stack components with sufficiently high performance as calculated by the cost performance analyses (using the proposed technology it is expected that the cost of such SOFC stacks can be reduced to less than 1 kECU/kWe upon scale up). – Cells and small cell assemblies (flat plate and supported series connected SOFCs) giving a power density better than 0.5 Wcm 2 and 0.8 Wcm 2, at 800 and 900 C respectively, when tested under realistic circumstances, i.e. using available, distributed fuels. The Consortium consists of a large manufacturer of power stations, a large end user utility, two manufacturing SMEs and two leading research organisations. This combination of industrial partners and research organisations will ensure the development of high performing, low cost components and a fast exploitation of the results of this project. | F | ||||||
| 454 | BIO4980280 | nan | Functional and structural studies of NiFe hydrogenases as a basis for the industrial production and utilization of hydrogen | CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, COMMISSARIAT L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, KING’S COLLEGE LONDON, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM, HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET BERLIN | ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A. | 1998-12-01 | 2000-11-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP4-BIOTECH 2 | 601 | The interpretation of the structure of hydrogenases, responsible for hydrogen metabolism in micro-organisms, should provide a basis for the optimized bioproduction of hydrogen and the design of improved, CO-resistant, fuel cells. These two aspects are central to the development of clean energy sources and as substituents of rapidly depleting fossil fuel sources. A recent report (The Economist ‘Living with the car’, June 22nd, 1996, pp. 3-18) clearly shows that the only alternative to internal-combustion motors that makes sense is the hybrid engine. In such engines methanol is used to produce H2 which, in turn, is oxidized to generate electricity in a continuous way. Three problems arise, however: 1) the high cost of the hydrogen-splitting catalyst (normally platinum) makes such engines very expensive, 2) the fuel cells can be poisoined by carbon oxides, by-products of the H2 generation process and 3) hydrogen is much more expensive than traditional fossil fuels. We intent to apply the knowledge gained by studying H2 biocatalysis to help solving these problems. NiFe hydrogenases are bacterial enzymes that catalyse the reaction H<-> 2H\ \ 2e . All the groups participating to this proposal have significantly contributed to the elucidation of the active site structure and function of these proteins through 1) crystallographic studies on the enzyme from the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio gigas (that have shown that the site is an heterobinuclear containing nickel and iron, with three diatomic ligands bound to the latter); 2) Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopic analyses of Chromatium vinosum and D. gigas hydrogenases (that have indicated that the crystallographically detected Fe ligands are COCN-2 ); 3) redox titrations monitored by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and IR that have identified several electronic states of the active site of hydrogenases and, 4) site-directed mutagenesis of several residues at or near the active site that has shown (in the homologous tetrameric hydrogenase from the aerobic, CO and O2 resistant bacterium Alcaligenes eutrophus ) which amino acids are essential for the integrity of the active site. The picture emerging from these studies indicates that H2 biocatalysis is a complicated, fine-tuned process relying on an unusually complex active site (see cover). We propose to further our understanding of the catalytic mechanism of NiFe hydrogenases and their response to CO poisoning through a multidisciplinary approach including: 1) production and purification of native and mutated oxygen-sensitive and oxygen and CO-insensitive hydrogenases; 2) characterization of the sitedirected mutants by FTIR (both spectroscopy and spectroelectrochemistry), EPR, deuterium/hydrogen exchange and para/ortho H2 conversion; 3) high resolution crystallographic analyses of the reduced native, complexed enzyme and mutants of recombinant hydrogenases and, 4) interfacing of the various hydrogenases with solid electrodes to investigate electron transfer in the presence of CO and O2 Biomimetic models based on the knowledge acquired during the contract will be synthetized andtested electrochemically. It is expected that the information gathered within the network will benefit the industrial partner ENIRICERCHE in its efforts to improve hydrogen bioproduction Furthermore, our contacts with FUSINCO, a Spanish company with broad experience in fuel cell technology, will be intensify as technologically-relevant data are generated. | F | ||||||
| 459 | JOE3970088 | EIHP | European integrated hydrogen project | MESSER GRIESHEIM GMBH, RENAULT RECHERCHE ET INNOVATION, REGIENOV, VOLVO TECHNOLOGY (CORPORATION), COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ‘DEMOKRITOS’, L-B-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH, BMW BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG, HAMBURGISCHE ELEKTRIZITÄTS-WERKE AG, HYDROGEN SYSTEMS N.V., INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL ‘ESTEBAN TERRADAS’ | L’AIR LIQUIDE SA | 1998-02-01 | 2000-04-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 204 | The main focus of the proposed project is to come to a harmonized approach for the licensing and approval of hydrogen related vehicles, infrastructural equipment and components (e.g. from the EuroQuebec Hydro-Hydrogen Pilot Project [EQHHPPl, and other hydrogen vehicles and infrastructure equipment presently existing or being planned for the very next years). In order to achieve this goal, appropriate risk analysis instruments (e.g. fault tree analysis FTA, failure mode and effects analysis FMEA) for existing hydrogen vehicles and infrastructure equipment shall be worked out creating a more profound and comparable basis for discussion with the licensing authorities. The following activities shall be performed in the project: 1. Survey of existing European rules and regulations for licensing and evaluation of these rules and regulations as a basis for discussion [in Task 1 and Task 2] 2. Identification of rules and regulations already eligible for harmonization [in Task 3] 3. Identification of deficits in licensing practices [in Task 4 and Task 5] 4. Research and safety studies needed as preparation for standardization activities [in Task 4, 5, 6 and 7] (Safety concepts and risk analyses for LH2 and LNG vehicle/ storage systems; Investigation on licensibility of vehicle refueling systems; Safety studies comprising detailed modelling of dispersion, combustion and explosion phenomena in free, semi-confined and confined spaces; Collecting operation experience from past and ongoing projects; R&D leading to minimum certification infrastructure and standard licensing process for compressed gas vehicles, especially H2; Experimental investigation of two-phase flow in an existing safety valve for cryogenic tanks); Investigation on high strength steel tanks and refueling systems; 5. Proposal for pre-normative rules and as well as, where indicated, proposal for a vehicle operation and infrastructure test programme in view of the identified deficits and proposed improvements together with authorities [in Task 10] 6. Market analyses for fleet vehicles [in Task 10] The proposed project would be the first internationally integrated activity for the harmonization of rules, regulations and safety requirements jointly involving technology companies, vehicle operators and licensing authorities in the field of hydrogen technologies. It will provide the basis for global harmonization initiatives in the field of hydrogen technologies. At the same time it will serve as programme for dissemination and formation of acceptability in Europe, making use of already developed European prototype technology and of initially available approval experience, available from only very few operators, authorities and technology companies at present. This technical and administrative knowledge shall be shared among the interested member states of the EU. Valuable experience from the approval of CNG and LNG technology will also be considered in the EIHP. | F | ||||||
| 497 | BRPR950073 | nan | Novel Materials and Reactors for Catalytic Conversion of Natural Gas: Environmentally Friendly and Less Capital Intensive Technologies | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, GASTEC NV, LINDE AG, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM, UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, FOUNDATION FOR TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AT THE NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | BG PLC | 1996-04-01 | 1999-03-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 | 102 | Objectives and content Today, natural gas is used primarily as fuel for heating. However, there is a large economic and ecological incentive to convert it to carbon monoxide and hydrogen (synthesis gas) and to use this mixture for the production of chemicals, high-value transportation fuels as well as energy carriers in fuel cells. Currently, the only proven technologies to produce synthesis gas are steam reforming and oxyreforming, which is a combination of steam reforming and partial oxidation. The steam-reforming process has a disadvantage in that it requires a large heat input and the construction of such plants is mechanically complex. Currently available pardal-oxidation processes require little heat input, but have a major drawback with respect to heat management as very high temperatures exist in the initial reactor zone where total oxidation occurs, while the endothermic steam and CO2 reforming occur in the final zone. Whilst current investigations point towards novel materials which improve the isothermicity of the partial-oxidation reactor, it is expected that only a radically new approach involving a completely integrated design of the catalyst and the reactor, will lead to a breakthrough. During this three year programme, completely novel catalytic materials will be developed to produce synthesis gas from natural gas via partial oxidation in a cleaner, more efficient and less capital intensive way than the existing technologies. The investigation of new entirely catalytic routes such as direct partial oxidation (based on a proprietary Ru catalyst) and simultaneous oxidation plus reforming (based on Pt/La/Y/zirconia catalysts) will be carried out. Integrated catalyst and reactor design will be the guiding principle of the research involving the preparation and characterisation of novel catalysts, the study of catalytic reaction mechanisms, reactor engineering and process design. Computer models will be employed to allow the scale- – up of the novel process to pressures up to 5 MPa. If successful, it is expected that the project should lead to 15% less energy consumption, 60% less NOX and 15% less CO2 emissions, as well as 40% reduction in capital investment plus less raw material consumption in comparison to conventional process schemes. This will lead to a strong improvement of the European position in the market of the aforementioned products. To this end, end-users British Gas and Linde have a heavy involvement in this project. | F | ||||||
| 720 | FIKI-CT-2001-20180 | MICANET | Michelangelo network competitiveness and sustainability of nuclear energy in the European union | ITALIAN AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS PLC, UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, COMMISSARIAT A L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH – TECHNIK UND UMWELT, PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE DES MATIÈRES NUCLÉAIRES, FRAMATOME ANP GMBH, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH, VUJE TRNAVA INC – ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND RESEARCH ORGANISATION, NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP, EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS INTERNACIONAL SA, SOCIETE FRAMATOME, TRACTEBEL SA, ANSALDO ENERGIA SPA, NATIONAL NUCLEAR CORPORATION LTD. | FORTUM NUCLEAR SERVICES OY | 2001-12-01 | 2005-11-30 | FP5 | 2423110 | 1100000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EAECTP C | 2.1.2.-3.1.2 | The objective of MICANET is to propose a strategy for the European R&D aimed at keeping the industrial nuclear option open in 21st Century. The approach will be global, including all aspects, from fuel cycle front end to final disposal, from technico-economic issues to political, social and psychologic dimensions of acceptance, connecting in a network projects that can contribute to MICANET objectives. Criteria of competitiveness and sustainability will be defined, to be satisfied for securing durability of nuclear energy. In front of new challenges, innovative approaches will be encouraged. Non-electricity applications of nuclear energy (e.g. hydrogen production, desalination) will be assessed. Existing means for R&D (expertise, test facilities) will be compared to needs and a policy for developing research centres of excellence in Europe will be proposed. Co-operation with similar foreign initiatives, in particular GENERATION IV, will be searched. The objective of MICANET is to elaborate a European R&D strategy corresponding to the actual needs of industry for facing more and more stringent challenges of competitiveness and sustainability. It will promote innovative approaches , maybe the only solution to face such challenges. MICANET approach will be global, including all aspects, from fuel cycle front end to final disposal , from technico-economic issues to political, social and psychologic dimensions of acceptance, proposing an appropriate balance of efforts between short, medium and long-term R&D, connecting in a network the various projects , which can contribute to MICANET objectives. It will lay the foundations of a long-term stable partnership between the main European organisations of nuclear industry and research, which will be the only way to support future large projects. MICANET will act for the development an effective/active European partnership to the U.S. initiative GENERATIONIV. | F | ||||||
| 756 | NNE5/113/2000 | CUTE | Clean Urban Transport for Europe | UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, CITY OF STOCKHOLM, EVOBUS GMBH, FÉDÉRATION LUXEMBOURGEOISE DES EXPLOITANTS D’AUTOBUS ET D’AUTOCARS ASBL, FIRST GROUP PLC, AB STORSTOCKHOLMS LOKALTRAFIK, POLIS IASBL (EUROPEAN CITIES AND REGIONS NETWORKING), PLANET PLANUNGSGRUPPE ENERGIE UND TECHNIK, NORSK HYDRO ASA, LONDON BUS SERVICES LIMITED, BUSSLINK AB, MVV VERKEHR AG, DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, AUTOBUS DE LA VILLE DE LUXEMBOURG, GEMEENTEVERVOERBEDRIJF AMSTERDAM, MILIEUDIENST AMSTERDAM, STUTTGARTER STRASSENBAHN AG, SYDKRAFT AG, PE PRODUCT INGINEERING GMBH, HAMBURGER HOCHBAHN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECHNICO, EMPRESA MUNICIPAL DE TRANSPORTES, HAMBURGISCHE ELEKTRIZITÄTSWERKE AG, SOCIEDADE DE TRANSPORTES COLECTIVOS DO PORTO, SA, STATKRAFT SF, TRANSPORTS DE BARCELONA S.A. | SHELL HYDROGEN B.V., BP INTERNATIONAL PLC | 2001-11-24 | 2006-06-23 | FP5 | 52438453 | 18551209 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6.1.4 | Realisation of an unique public transport system, including the necessary accompanying energy infrastructure based on hydrogen. Improvement of the quality of air and life in urban areas and due to the high-energy efficiency of fuel cells (FC) the conservation of fossil resources. Gaining more than 250 000 operating hours of fuel cells for the first time due to the scheduled operation of 27 FC driven buses in 9 different cities over a period of 2 years, in order to prepare the fuel cell technology for series transport application. Design, construction and operation of the necessary infrastructure for hydrogen production and innovative refuelling stations. Ecological, technical, economic, social and socio-economic analysis of the entire system and comparison with conventional alternatives. Increasing the competitiveness of the EU industry. | F | ||||||
| 761 | ENK6-CT-2001-80449 | EURO-HYPORT | Feasibility study for export of hydrogen from iceland to the european continent (EURO-HYPORT) | UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND, NORSK HYDRO ASA, ICELAND NEW ENERGY LTD, ICELANDIC NATIONAL POWER COMPANY, HAMBURGISCHE ELEKTRIZITAETS-WERKE AG | SHELL HYDROGEN B.V. | 2002-01-01 | 2003-06-30 | FP5 | 456093 | 259468 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | A consortium of leading European corporations within the area of hydrogen production and fuel distribution, and hydrogen engine developers join forces to perform a full scale feasibility study of exporting renewably produced hydrogen from Iceland to the European continent. The EURO-HYPORT project examines the hydrogen production (cost, methods, efficiency, etc.), storage (cost/technical solutions – liquefied or compressed), transport possibilities (containers/tankers, pipeline), infrastructure both for a full scale implementation (Iceland, case study) and for a depot distribution at the European end. In addition the feasibility study will address the option of a electric sea cable connection from Iceland to Europe. Part of this Accompanying measure will also be on increasing public awareness of hydrogen, use and emissions. This is a key dissemination part of the project to strengthen this and other hydrogen activities in Europe. | F | ||||||
| 792 | G1RD-CT-2001-00651 | CERHYSEP | Ceramic membranes for hydrogen separation | CERAMICS AND REFRACTORIES TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY S.A., UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, FOUNDATION FOR TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AT THE NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, GKSS – FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH, MEMBRAFLOW GMBH & CO KG FILTERSYSTEME, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B.V. | 2002-03-01 | 2006-02-27 | FP5 | 4332377 | 2280515 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-GROWTH | 1.1.3.-1. | The project will focus on the development of a membrane/membrane module toolbox (containing silica, zirconium phosphate and high temperature proton conducting membranes) for hydrogen separation from various process streams in the (petro)chemical industry. The applications range from rather low temperature applications (150-400C, e.g. the water gas shift reaction) via medium temperatures (600C, steam reforming) to very high temperature applications (>800C, e.g. dehydrogenation reactions) and are of high interest to all industrial partners. The scientific prospects are the development of membranes that can work under harsh (e.g. high temperature, steam containing) environments. Membranes and membrane modules which can operate under these conditions are currently not available and technical progress in industry is hindered thereby. | F | ||||||
| 836 | ENK6-CT-2000-00442 | EIHP2 | European integrated hydrogen project – phase ii (EIHP2) | RAUFOSS A/S, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ‘DEMOKRITOS’, L-B-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH, AIR PRODUCTS PLC, VOLVO TECHNOLOGY (CORPORATION), DET NORSKE VERITAS A/S, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH – TECHNIK UND UMWELT, ADAM OPEL AG, BMW BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG, COMMISSARIAT A L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, FORD WERKE AG, STUART ENERGY EUROPE NV, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL ESTEBAN TERRADAS, MESSER GRIESHEIM GMBH INDUSTRIEGASE DEUTSCHLAND, NORSK HYDRO ASA, LINDE AG | L’AIR LIQUIDE SA, BP P.L.C., SHELL RESEARCH LTD | 2001-02-01 | 2004-01-31 | FP5 | 4926299 | 2359782 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | Objectives and problems to be solved: Provide inputs for regulatory activities on an EU and global level to facilitate harmonised pro-cedars for the approval of hydrogen fuelled road vehicles (with both internal combustion en-gene and fuel cell drive trains), hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and the relevant interfaces between the vehicle and the filling station. Ensure safe development, introduction and operation of hydrogen fuelled road vehicles and hydrogen filling stations throughout the EU and also on a global scale. By achieving the above objectives one of the commonly perceived barriers for the introduction of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles with maximum well-to-wheel energy efficiencies and minimum well-to-wheel emissions – i.e. the approval of vehicles for operation on public roads with pub-lily accessible infrastructure – shall be achieved. Description of work: Draft regulations for the approval of hydrogen fuelled road vehicles have been developed in EIHP (Contract JOE3-CT97-0088) and were submitted to the relevant European regulatory bodies and to UN-ECE WP.29 in spring 2001. These draft regulations are on its way to be de-eloped to such a level that they can be harmonised on a global level, initially between the EU and North America. By applying these draft regulations to the design and approval of road vehicles with direct onboard hydrogen storage they are validated by taking into account not only hydrogen related vehicle components and systems but also safety requirements, refuelling pro-cedars and periodic inspections. For the relevant hydrogen refuelling infrastructure components and systems, applicable national standards and regulations are to be identified and necessary requirements for new draft standards and possibly draft regulations for approval be developed. These activities among others comprise refuelling procedures, safety aspects, periodic inspections and the layout of refuelling stations. The interface between the refuelling station and the vehicle (receptacle and nozzle) are an important issue. To what extent certain elements of the refuelling systems are suitable for harmonisation on a global scale, e.g. components, is an issue for investigation. Comparative risk and safety analyses with respect to the release of hydrogen in confined and semi-confined environments, such as tunnels, garages, refuelling stations, and inner city streets are undertaken in order to provide data in sufficient depth enabling the partnership to define the required inputs for hydrogen related standards and regulations. Expected Results and Exploitation Plans: – Development of a worldwide-harmonised regulation for hydrogen fuelled road vehicles. – Development of procedures for periodic vehicle inspections (roadworthiness). – As far as possible development of a worldwide standard or regulation and of periodic inspection procedures for the relevant refuelling infrastructure, subsystems or components. These draft regulations and standards will enable vehicle and infrastructure industry to save enormous resources in bringing hydrogen fuelled road vehicles into everyday use. Many count-tries will for the first time have the legal basis to approve the operation of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles on public roads and refilling at public refuelling stations. In addition, the access of European vehicle and infrastructure component manufacturers to the EU market as well as the North American market will be facilitated in the medium and long term. | F | ||||||
| 848 | ENK6-CT-2001-20537 | nan | European hydrogen energy thematic network – hynet | CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, RAUFOSS A/S, NORSK HYDRO ASA, L-B-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH, STUART ENERGY EUROPE NV, BMW BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG, MESSER GRIESHEIM GMBH INDUSTRIEGASE DEUTSCHLAND, TECHNISCHER UEBERWACHUNGSVEREIN NORD E. V., TUEV SUEDDEUTSCHLAND BAU- UND BETRIEB GMBH, LINDE AG, ERNST & YOUNG ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT S.A. | SHELL HYDROGEN B.V., BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 2002-01-01 | 2004-12-31 | FP5 | 1432905 | 1072609 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | A Thematic Network for hydrogen will be established. Major objective of the network is well-balanced European hydrogen energy RTD strategy; an infrastructure road map and socio-economic and political issues associated with hydrogen energy. They will be developed or updated in a process of 6 workshops over 3 years with European experts from national governments, industry, institutes and organisations. The strategy reports will be initiated by state-of-the-art evaluations to identify gaps and needs of hydrogen technologies and issues surrounding its utilisation. Mapping of EU centres of excellence and suggestions for an RTD program with milestones and demonstration programs will also be part of the reports. The results will be disseminated to experts and the public by a web page to be based on the established HyWeb hydrogen page which will also be used to foster commercial interests in hydrogen via a B2B platform. | F | ||||||
| 857 | ENK5-CT-2001-00581 | FEBUSS | Fuel cell energy systems standardised for large transport, busses and stationary applications (FEBUSS) | INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE, INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL ESTEBAN TERRADAS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES, ALSTOM TRANSPORT S.A., SGS-TUEV SAARLAND GMBH, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER – GRENOBLE 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (TRADING AS SYNETIX), IRISBUS FRANCE S.A., AXANE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS, SGL TECHNOLOGIES GMBH | L’AIR LIQUIDE SA, INEOS CHLOR | 2002-01-01 | 2007-10-31 | FP5 | 7841259 | 3920627 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | So far, the passenger car industry has been the driving force for guiding the fuel cell designs, making the existing ones, only suitable for passenger car and residential or portable applications. In this process of development, the stack has been developed solely as being the more challenging item, then the balance of plant was added to make the Power Module with sometimes non – suitable specifications with the application. For other markets than the passenger car industry, these specifications are not suitable. The aim of FEBUSS is to develop a standardized Direct H2 PEMFC Power Module including the current converters with specifications validated by end users of the transport and stationary sectors and emphasizing the efficiency, the production and operating costs. The project will also propose an amendment of the EIHP draft proposal for the certification of fuel cell power modules. | F | ||||||
| 872 | NNE5/312/1999 | FUEL CELL BUS PROJEC | Fuel Cell Bus Project Berlin, Copenhagen, Lisbon Ii | INSTITUTION SUPERIOR TECNICO, BERLINER VERKEHRSBETRIEBE, COPENHAGEN TRANSPORT, SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DO AR LIQUIDO LDA.., BERLINER SENATSVERWALTUNG FÜR WIRTSCHAFT UND BETRIEBE, COMPANHIA DE CARRIS DE FERRO DE LISBOA S.A., MAN NUTZFAHRZEUGE AG | AIR LIQUIDE | 2000-03-01 | 2004-02-29 | FP5 | 5230527 | 1830680 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6.1.5 | The project is aimed at completing the demonstration approach of the first European fuel cell bus using liquefied hydrogen in an inner city application. This project has been already evaluated in a former THERMIE evaluation as, excellent. Due to a lack of funding means the Commission was only in a position to finance the first phase of the project. This fuel cell bus project is aimed at demonstrating the innovative fuel cell propulsion system, different energy storage systems and a stationary hydrogen refilling infrastructure, clearly outlining not only the benefits to be obtained from a zero emission fuel, but also the advantages of this low bus design. Fuel cells are at the cutting edge of vehicle design and the project will show how its wider market introduction could have major environmental benefits. Fuel cell technology will show how European dependency on foreign energy sources. | F | ||||||
| 880 | EVK4-CT-2000-00033 | ECTOS | Ecological city transport system. demonstration, evaluation and research project of hydrogen fuel cell bus transportation system of the future (ECTOS) | UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND, UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, NORSK HYDRO ASA, ICELAND NEW ENERGY LTD, TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ICELAND, SKELJUNGUR LTD, EVOBUS GMBH, SWEDISH AGENCY FOR INNOVATION SYSTEMS, STRAETO BS. (GREATER REYKJAVIK TRANSPORT), RAESIR HF. | SHELL HYDROGEN B.V. | 2001-03-01 | 2005-08-31 | FP5 | 6936855 | 2857173 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-4. | A consortium of leading European corporations within the area of hydrogen production and fuel distribution, vehicle manufacturing join forces in Reykjavik, Iceland to perform a real scale comparative assessment of the effect of changing the transport energy base from fossil fuel to regenerative produced hydrogen. The ECTOS-project involves research, demonstration and evaluation of hydrogen infrastructure and fuel cell buses. The research will focus on the socio-economic implications of transforming from one fuel to another, transport model research, life-cycle analysis, environmental monitoring and cost-benefit analysis Iceland has been chosen for the project as it is possible to run a hydrogen project in a CO2 free manner, that is there will be no emission of greenhouse gases in the whole energy chain. Results and experience will then be channelled into other similar European projects through various dissemination activities. | F | ||||||
| 887 | G4RD-CT-2000-00192 | CRYOPLANE | Liquid hydrogen fuelled aircraft – system analysis (CRYOPLANE) | CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA, DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTRE, MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN*, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIAL RESEARCH AND TESTING, ADVANCED PRODUCTS N.V., AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, GRIMM AEROSOL TECHNIK GMBH & CO KG, SECONDO MONA SPA, MI DEVELOPMENTS AUSTRIA SPACE TECHNOLOGY, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG-HARBURG, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH, AIRBUS UK LIMITED, FAIRCHILD DORNIER GMBH, AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIRBUS FRANCE SAS, SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY, THALES AVIONICS SA, AIRBUS ESPANA SL, DIEHL AVIONIK SYSTEME GMBH, ALENIA AERONAUTICA SPA, ET GMBH GESELLSCHAFT FUER INNOVATIVE ENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFFTECHNOLOGIE, LINDE AG, TECHSPACE AERO SA | L’AIR LIQUIDE SA, SHELL HYDROGEN B.V. | 2000-04-01 | 2002-05-31 | FP5 | 4473595 | 2817848 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-GROWTH | 1.1.3.-4. | Liquid Hydrogen is the only known fuel suitable for aviation to be produced from renewable energy sources and offering extremely ‘Low Pollutant Emissions’ (zero CO2, very low NOx). The project will assess all relevant aspects: Practical solutions (configurations) for all categories of commercial aircraft; Architecture and quantitative analysis of new systems, including computer mode for fuel system simulation and weight estimate; Engine concepts with emphasis on minimising NOx; Definition of airport infrastructure for fuel production and distribution; Analysis of Safety and Environmental Compatibility; Transition scenarios, global and regional. The project will provide a comprehensive analysis of complex and interrelated aspects. It will produce technical concepts, solutions and tools. It will indicate possible introduction strategies for Europe. Highly qualified partners will come from 11 European countries. | F | ||||||
| 1031 | QLK5-CT-1999-01267 | BIOHYDROGEN | A novel bioprocess for hydrogen production from biomass for fuel cells | WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS, BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTRE – HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ATO B.V. | L’AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2000-01-01 | 2002-12-31 | FP5 | 1925550 | 1495669 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-LIFE QUALITY | 1.1.1.-5. | The application of fuel cells is gaining an increasing in the world of energy production. The advantages of fuel cells are clear: the energy conversion is more efficient systems and emission is zero. However, the feedstock for fuel cells, hydrogen, is derived from fossil fuels and as such contributes to the increase in carbon dioxide. Gasification of the biomass is currently studied as a method to produce hydrogen from renewable resources, but is still hampered by high investment and operational costs. | F | ||||||
| 1032 | ENK5-CT-2001-50028 | ESSTRHDFC | Exploring stepping stones towards renewable hydrogen driven fuel cells for mobile applications | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B.V. | nan | nan | FP5 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | nan | The challenge for oil companies is to transform their business from refining of crude oil to sustainable production of energy and energy carriers in the 21st century. Future scenarios appoint hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles as one of the most attractive options for transport. Hydrogen fuel cells are highly efficient without handful emissions; however, numerous technical problems like hydrogen storage, hydrogen supply infrastructure, safety issues, etc. are blocking their introduction into the market. Alternative solutions are to produce hydrogen from hydrogen containing fuels in situ by means of a fuel reforrner. This allows any hydrocarbon fuels to be used, including natural gas, methanol and biofuels (i.e. fuels derived from biomass). The aim of the proposed project focuses on the development of enabling technologies for large-scale introduction of hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles. Research in the proposal has been divided into three subjects: 1) Biomass conversion towards fuel component | F | |||||||
| 1042 | 11698 | USHER | Urban Integrated Solar Hydrogen Economy Realisation Project | THE CHANCELLOR, MASTER AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, AGA GAS AB, CAMBUS LIMITED, ISLENET, WHITBY BIRD AND PARTNERS LTD., GOTLANDS KOMMUN, LUNDS UNIVERSITET, VANDENBORRE TECHNOLOGIES N.V., UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ENGINEERING DEPT CU-DENG | BP SOLAR LIMITED | 2001-12-20 | 2005-06-30 | FP5 | 5677339 | 2202760 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP5-EESD | nan | nan | F | ||||||
| 1119 | ENK5-CT-2002-00662 | AFTUR | Alternative fuels for industrial gas turbines – (AFTUR) | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY, INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO, TPS TERMISKA PROCESSER AB, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TRE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, AEA TECHNOLOGY PLC, UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN – HAUTE NORMANDIE, NUOVO PIGNONE S.P.A., UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, ALSTOM POWER UK LTD., INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE ROUEN*INSA ROUEN, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, TURBOMECA SA, AUXITROL SA, QINETIQ LIMITED, AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, UNIVERSIDADE DE BEIRA INTERIOR | INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE | 2003-01-01 | 2007-09-30 | FP5 | 7033085 | 4116221 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | This project aims to contribute to the optimisation of alternative fuel powered industrial gas turbines for heat and power generation. The project will deliver the methodologies required to develop IGTs capable to operate on a wide range of alternative fuels. The use of liquid and gaseous fuels from biomass will help fulfil the Kyoto targets concerning GHG emissions. Waste gases from industrial processes will be evaluated as a potential gas turbine fuel. The project aims to assess the combustion performances of these new fuels for clean and efficient energy production by gas turbines. Another objective is to extend the capability of dry low emission gas turbine technologies to low heat value fuels produced by gasification of biomass (LHV < 25% natural gas) and H2 enriched fuels. As a whole the project will contribute to the aspirations of EU energy policy in harmony with the White paper on RES and the Green paper on the security of energy supply. | 1 | ||||||
| 1127 | ERK6-CT-1999-00024 | FUERO | Fuel cell systems and components general reasearch for vehicle applications (‘FUERO’) | REGIENOV GROUPEMENT D INTERET ECONOMIQUE*, AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, VOLKSWAGEN AG, VOLVO TECHNOLOGY (CORPORATION), PEUGEOT CITROËN AUTOMOBILES S.A. | INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE | 2000-07-01 | 2004-06-30 | FP5 | 4517065 | 2501232 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | Objectives and problems to be solved: The final objective of the FUERO project is to make available advanced system and component technologies for fuel cell application on different categories of vehicles according to relevant operational requirements and consistent with sustainable life cycle and environmental impact prerequisites, including energy sources, infrastructures, fuel availability, industrial production and recycling aspects, whose analysis is also part of the project itself. Components according to specifications, established in this project will be tested and characterised in view of system and vehicle integration. A following demonstration phase, to be defined in the present project, is intended to be part of the cluster. The key issue of the project is focused on overall study and definition of the specifications of the components suitable for an optimised management of a FC powered vehicle, the LCA, the test bench evaluation and final assessment after the demonstration phase. Study of alternative fuels, hydrogen production, specification of the mission profile and the vehicle categories, specification and testing of systems and components and an assessment of the integration of the systems on the vehicle are the target of the project. Description of Work: The first phase studies of fuel alternatives included LCA and component community agreed specifications are defined according to different system architectures, to be supplied to the component manufacturers for the specific developments. A second phase will be dedicated to testing and characterisation of components in view of system integration, definition of demonstrators and evaluation of the relevant overall result, to make a complete frame of the fuel cell applicability on vehicle. Expected Results and Exploitation Plans: With the work in the FUERO project the partners bring the fuel cell technology one step closer to market introduction. Fuel cell driven vehicles can be the solution for clean and high efficient propulsion and due to the development effort all over the world automakers seem to believe that the fuel cell will eventually deliver the power and performance that drivers expect. Technical challenges, high prices and infrastructural problems will probably prevent a short-term introduction of the fuel cell technology on a wide basis in the transport sector. Therefore the efforts of five different car manufactures and two research institutes are bundled on a European level to raise the development stage of fuel cells in mobile applications. The gained knowledge and experience will strengthen the competitiveness of the European car manufactures in this promising field of technology. The results of this project will clarify the automotive industries specifications for the components of a fuel cell system to bring better understanding of the automotive industry’s need to the suppliers of fuel cell technology or to establish suitable suppliers. | 1 | ||||||
| 1166 | 13442 | HYSOCIETY | The European hydrogen (based) society – target action A | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND, VTT ENERGY, STIFTELSEN ROGALANDSFORSKNING, ITALIAN NATIONAL AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, EUROPEAN ELECTRIC ROAD VEHICLE ASSOCIATION, SYDKRAFT AB, UNIVERSITÉ DE LIEGE, ENERGIEVERWERTUNGSAGENTUR, THE AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY, VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL, INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV (FHG), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, VGB POWERTECH E.V. | SINTEF ENERGIFORSKNING AS | 2005-07-18 | nan | FP5 | 2108288 | 1617918 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP5-EESD | nan | The main objective of the proposal is to support the introduction of a safe and dependable hydrogen-based society in Europe through the creation of an enabling environment. Some important steps are: A) Identification of non-technical barriers and the proposal of policies and measures to remove and reduce existing barriers, B) Quantification of the technological, social, economical and environmental impacts of the introduction of hydrogen in the European society, C) To provide European decision and policy makers with a plan of action for the introduction of hydrogen in the European society, D) To foster the broad public awareness and debate as to the opportunities and challenges of the hydrogen society, stimulating the dialogue with all interest groups. The proposed action pretends to provide a starting point for making support for a clean hydrogen economy all across Europe. | 1 | ||||||
| 1185 | 32474 | HYDROGEN | Production and storage of hydrogen | THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB, UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN, SCIENCE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK, HYDROGEN SOLAR LIMITED, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FéDéRALE DE LAUSANNE, EIDGENöSSISCHE MATERIALPRüFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT, WARSAW UNIVERSITY | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B.V. | 2006-09-01 | 2011-02-28 | FP6 | -1 | 3536726 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.1 | The introduction of the hydrogen economy requires breakthrough solutions for the production of hydrogen, and for on-board storage of hydrogen in cars. The network’s aims are to achieve such breakthroughs through research, and to train a new generation of researchers in the skills needed for solving the problems associated with the introduction of the hydrogen economy. In performing the proposed research and through specific training actions, the network will train both early stage researchers (360 person months) and experienced researchers (138 person months). The first research goal of the network is to devise a tandem cell that can convert solar energy to chemical energy with an efficiency of 10%. To achieve this goal, a nano-structured electrode (consisting of iron-oxide, or another oxide), will be developed for use in a photo-electrochemical cell. The development will be based on an atomic scale understanding of the mechanism of photo-oxidation of water on metal-oxide surfaces, to be achieved through experimental and computational research. The second research goal is to find the best possible reversible hydrogen storage material, with a capacity of greater than 5wt%. To achieve this goal, experimental and computational research will be performed on complex metal hydrides (alanates and boro-hydrides), and metal ammines. We aim at determining the atomic scale mechanisms that underlie catalysed hydrogen release and uptake, and reversibility. The network’s researchers work in applied and fundamental physics and chemistry, and eight partners come from academia and two from industry. The interdisciplinary character of the network ensures the presence of the wide range of expertise needed to achieve breakthrough solutions and provide training on a European scope. The intersectorial character ensures that promising methods for production and storage developed by the academic partners can be further developed and scaled up by the industrial partners. | F | ||||||
| 1190 | 518326 | HYT-HY | Development, DEployment and Assessment of Infrastructures and Fleets based on Hythane and Hydrogen as Alternative Fuels for Transport | REGIONE TOSCANA, REGIONE LOMBARDIA, ADVANTICA LTD, SAPIO PRODUZIONE IDROGENO OSSIGENO S.R.L., INFRASERV GMBH & CO. HöCHST KG, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG, CNG-TECHNIK GMBH, UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE WIESBADEN, TÃSV TECHNISCHE ÃSBERWACHUNG HESSEN GMBH, UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN, BREHON ENERGY PLC, LUXFER GAS CYLINDERS LIMITED, NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL, FEDERAZIONE DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI SCIENTIFCHE E TECNICHE, C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILA PER AZIONI, VIN.PE SRL, SOL S.P.A., GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY, SYDKRAFT AB | GAZ DE FRANCE, ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A. | nan | nan | FP6 | -1 | -1 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.1.5 | The EC aims to substitute 5% of transport fuel with hydrogen by 2020. This projects aims to demonstrate routes to the short to medium term commercial uptake of hydrogen as a fuel within the European transport mix. This will be achieved through practical modification of existing technology (internal combustion engine vehicles) to operate on hydrogen and hydrogen/natural gas blends (Hythane). In this way, substantial CO2 reduction and air quality benefits are achieved and infrastructure deployment is facilitated, with vehicles which can be operated at affordable costs. With an overall objective of developing and deploying low-emission transport systems at a fast pace in European cities, the specific objectives of the project Hyt-Hy are: – Use of hydrogen as an alternative transport fuel, produced as primary or waste stream in a chemical plant orthrough small ‘on-site’ production facilities – Demonstration and evaluation of hydrogen as an alternative fuel via field tests of car fleets with hydrogen Ivehicles) to operate on hydrogen and hydrogen/natural gas blends (Hythane). In this way, substantial CO2 reduction and air quality benefits are achieved and infrastructure deployment is facilitated, with vehicles which can be operated at affordable costs. With an overall objective of developing and deploying low-emission transport systems at a fast pace in European cities, the specific objectives of the project Hyt-Hy are: – Use of hydrogen as an alternative transport fuel, produced as primary or waste stream in a chemical plant orthrough small ‘on-site’ production facilities. – Demonstration and evaluation of hydrogen as an alternative fuel via field tests of car fleets with hydrogen I | F | ||||||
| 1193 | 503190 | ZERO REGIO | Lombardia & Rhein-Main towards Zero Emission: Development & Demonstration of Infrastructure Systems for Alternative Motor Fuels (Bio-fuels and Hydrogen) | SAVIKO CONSULTANTS APS. (SAVIKO ROSKILDE APS), EUROPEAN COMMISSION – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, INFRASERV GMBH & CO. HÖCHST KG, LINDE AG, LINDE GAS DIVISION, DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, FRAPORT AG FRANKFURT AIRPORT SERVICES WORLDWIDE, TÜV TECHNISCHE ÜBERWACHUNG HESSEN GMBH, LUNDS UNIVERSITET, ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY, REGIONE LOMBARDIA, SAPIO PRODUZIONE IDROGENO OSSIGENO S.R.L., COMUNE DI MANTOVA (MANTUA CITY HALL), UNIVERSITÀ COMMERCIALE LUIGI BOCCONI, C.R.F. SOCIETÀ CONSORTILE PER AZIONI | ENI S.P.A., AGIP DEUTSCHLAND AG | 2004-11-15 | 2009-11-14 | FP6 | 18684606 | 7461264 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.1.5 | With an overall objective of developing low-emission transport systems for European cities, the specific objectives of the project ‘ZERO REGIO’ are: – Use of hydrogen as an alternative motor fuel, produced as primary or waste stream in a chemical plant or via on-site production facilities – Development of infrastructure systems for alternative motor fuels (bio-fuels & hydrogen) and integrating them in conventional refuelling stations – Adaptation and demonstration of 700 bar refuelling technology for hydrogen – Demonstration of high blends of bio-fuels in fuel flexible vehicles – Demonstration of alternative fuels via. automobile-fleet field tests at two different urban locations in the EU, Rhein-Main, Germany and Lombardia, Italy – Showing ways and prospects for faster penetration of low-emission alternative motor fuels in the market at short and medium term. Fuel sources are available at locations near the envisaged refuelling stations. | F | ||||||
| 1222 | 21018 | INECSE | Early stage research training in integrated energy conversion for a sustainable environment | ISTITUTO DI RICERCHE SULLA COMBUSTIONE CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI, JEDNOSTKA BADAWCZO ROZWOJOWA, AABO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY, DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN LEHRSTUHL FUR ENERGIESYSTEME | ENEL PRODUZIONE S.P.A., ENEL INGEGNERIA E INNOVAZIONE S.P.A. | 2006-03-01 | 2010-02-28 | FP6 | -1 | 2297548 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.2 | The INECSE programme has the mission of training young researchers in the field of Energy Technology and is organised by five renowned Universities (Abo Akademi (FL), Cardiff University (UK), Delft University of Technology (NL), University of Stuttgart (D) and Technical University of Munich (D)) and three Applied Research Centres (ENEL Produzione-Ricerca (I), Instytut Energetyki (PL) and CNR-Istituto Ricerche Combustione (I)). The general subject of the programme is the ‘Integrated Energy Conversion for a Sustainable Environment’, covering four areas particularly critical for the advent of future energy technologies: the integration of renewables in high efficiency systems, the development of low-to-zero emission processes, the production and utilisation of H2 and other sustainable fuels, the capture and sequestration of CO2. The INECSE programme is open to young Ph.D. students and/or University graduates in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry and Biological Sciences. It provides that Fellows will always carry out their activities in three countries different from that of origin, so that they will be exposed to different schools of thought. While a longer period at one Institution will be used by Fellows for carrying out experimental research on particular aspects of the most advanced energy technologies, shorter periods at two other Institutions will be mainly used to widen their scientific, technological and managerial background. In this frame, Fellows oriented to University Research shall spend at least one short stay at one of the Applied Research Centres (and vice-versa) and shall also attend a minimum number of complementary courses both on ‘technical’ and ‘non-technical’ subjects. In each activity Fellows will be required to play an active role by writing re ports and/or short theses and discussing them with their Supervisors and experts of Partner Institutions, or by presenting their major results at International Conferences and Workshops. | F | ||||||
| 1264 | 19825 | HYVOLUTION | Non-thermal production of pure hydrogen from biomass | TECHNOGROW B.V., WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN, ENVIROS CONSULTING LIMITED, POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA, SZEGEDI TUDOMANYEGYETEM, BIOTEST, COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE FOR RESEARCH & PRODUCTION, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, WIEDEMANN POLSKA, ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI, PROVALOR B.V., LUNDS UNIVERSITET, STUDIO SARDO, MOSCOW LOMONOSOV STATE UNIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, PROFACTOR GMBH, STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK, ADAS UK LTD, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, AWITE BIOENERGIE GMBH | L’AIR LIQUIDE S.A | A.V. TOPCHIEV INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS – RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 2006-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | FP6 | 14216992 | 9894082 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.5 | The aim of HYVOLUTION: ‘Development of a blue-print for an industrial bioprocess for decentral hydrogen production from locally produced biomass’ adds to the number and diversity of H2 production routes giving greater security of supply at the local and regional level. Moreover, this IP contributes a complementary strategy to fulfil the increased demand for renewable hydrogen expected in the transition to the Hydrogen Economy. The novel approach in HYVOLUTION is based on a combined bioprocess employing thermophilic and phototrophic bacteria, to provide the highest hydrogen production efficiency in small-scale, cost effective industries. The process starts with the conversion of biomass to make a suitable feedstock for the bioprocess. The subsequent bioprocess is optimized in terms of yield and rate of hydrogen production through integrating fundamental and technological approaches. Dedicated gas upgrading is developed for efficiency at small-scale production units. Production costs will be reduced by system integration combining mass and energy balances. The impact of small-scale hydrogen production plants is addressed in socio-economic analyses. In HYVOLUTION, 11 EU countries, Turkey and Russia are represented to assemble the critical mass needed to make a breakthrough in cost-effectiveness. This multinational and multidisciplinary consortium reinforces the European Research Area in sustainable energy issues. The participation of prominent specialists from academia and industries and the 7 SME’s warrants high quality and commercial exploitation of project results. The participants in this IP have a complementary value in being biomass suppliers, end-users or stakeholders for developing specialistic enterprises and stimulating new agro-industrial development, which will be needed to make the objectives of HYVOLUTION: small-scale sustainable hydrogen production from locally produced biomass, come true. | F2 | |||||
| 1266 | 36410 | SNF-TP | Sustainable Nuclear Fission Technology Platform | CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS-CIEMAT, STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE – CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM ROSSENDORF E.V., NEXIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED, NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP, INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH, USTAV JADERNEHO VYZKUMU REZ A.S., ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E L’AMBIENTE, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, UNIVERSITAET KARLSRUHE (TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE), UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA “LA SAPIENZA”, ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, ANSALDO NUCLEARE S.P.A., COMMISSARIAT A L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (CEA), COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, KFKI ATOMENERGIA KUTATOINTEZET, VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS (VTT), AREVA NP SAS | VATTENFALL AB | 2006-10-01 | 2008-09-30 | FP6 | 795305 | 600000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-EURATOM-NUCTECH | NUCTECH-2005/6-3.4.4.1-2 | The long-term contribution of nuclear energy to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions could be greatly increased by introducing sustainable nuclear energy technologies. Sustainability means: (i) minimizing the amount, the thermal load, and the toxicity of nuclear waste in geological disposal following the ALARA principle, (ii) efficient use of uranium and thorium resources. The overall objective of the proposed Sustainable Nuclear Fission Technology Platform (SNF-TP) is to develop a coherent European strategy and to provide the mechanisms for consolidating and deciding future joint undertakings within the EURATOM Treaty. The SNF-TP would also consolidate the European and EURATOM positions within the GIF-initiative, including waste management related to closed fuel cycles involving fast neutron reactors. The Platform would not propose to take decisions regarding the EU fission budget, but it would provide the forum for establishing future proposed projects for the EURATOM Framework Program. The SNF-TP has four sub-goals, as follows: A) Establishing a sustainable, closed fuel cycle for electricity production using innovative (Generation IV) fast neutron reactor systems in conjunction with partitioning and transmutation (P and T) technologies; B) Establishing a commercially viable Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) for process heat and hydrogen production; C) Improving the performance of currently operating (Generation II) and future near-term (Generation III) Light Water Reactors (LWR) while maintaining a high degree of safety, establishing a unified approach of LWR life time extension, and assessing the SCWR; D) Assuring adequate training to preserve and enhance the human competence in the nuclear field, and maintaining/renewing the infrastructure necessary for achieving sustainability of nuclear energy. Cooperating with the other EU-Projects, especially the hydrogen platform, geological waste disposal, and fusion material activities. | F | ||||||
| 1274 | 19733 | ROADS2HYCOM | Research Coordination, assessment, deployment and support to HyCOM | RICARDO UK LIMITED, RHEINISCH-WESTFÄLISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN (RWTH), PLANET – PLANUNGSGRUPPE ENERGIE UND TECHNIK GBR, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, L’AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME A DIRECTOIRE ET CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE POUR L’ETUDE ET L’EXPLOITATION DES PROCÉDÉS GEORGES CLAUDE, CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, COLLEGE OF EUROPE, NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS PARA LA DISTRIBUCION ACTIVA DE LA ENERGIA, S.L., ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLAND, AIR PRODUCTS PLC, AIRBUS DEUSCHLAND GMBH, AVL LIST GMBH, CORE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES SERVICES LIMITED, C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORZILE PER AZIONI, ELEMENT ENERGY LIMITED, ET ENERGIE TECHNOLOGIE GMBH, FEV MOTORENTECHNIK GMBH, ICELANDIC NEW ENERGY LTD, INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI, INTELLIGENT ENERGY LTD, CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE, CENTER CORTES, LTD, NORSK HYDRO ASA, RISO NATIONAL LABORATORY, NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TNO, VOLVO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, DAIMLER AG, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | L’AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME A DIRECTOIRE ET CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE POUR L’ETUDE ET L’EXPLOITATION DES PROCÉDÉS GEORGES CLAUDE, GAZ DE FRANCE S.A. | INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PÉTROLE | 2005-10-16 | 2009-04-15 | FP6 | 7801408 | 4499986 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | nan | Roads2HyCOM is a project to co-ordinate, assess and monitor research in the field of Hydrogen for stationary and transport power. Its outputs will support planning of future Hydrogen initiatives under FP7 and beyond (known as HyCom), which aim to develop hydrogen communities and stimulate growth in hydrogen technology markets. The project uses quantitative techniques to assess European and global technology, Hydrogen infrastructures, and the needs of generic community types which define thresholds required for successful Hydrogen Community application; considering technical, commercial, safety and socio-economic aspects of technology. In parallel, potential Hydrogen Community stakeholders will be engaged to support HyCom planning. This project will cover all aspects – the production of hydrogen, distribution, storage and conversion to useable energy by the end-user, in stationary and transport applications; and associated safety, security, regulatory and socio-economic issues. The project uses the expertise of independent research and technology organisations together with academia and key industrial stakeholders to conduct this assessment and provide strong links into many existing projects and initiatives. It will use the existing Technology Platform (Deployment Strategy & Strategic Research Agenda) and similar strategic and technical material as foundation-stones. Reference Groups will be used to engage a wide spectrum of stakeholders from industry and society. The project will deliver web-based calendars of research milestones and maps of research activity for access by the public and research community; together with reports which will assist the Commission in planning future research to support HyCom; and training manuals and dissemination directed at the wider community of interested stakeholders and communities. | F1 | |||||
| 1278 | 19972 | CACHET | Carbon Dioxide Capture and Hydrogen Production from Gaseous Fuels | PROCESS DESIGN CENTER BV, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN, SIEMENS AG, INSTYTUT EKOLOGII TERENOW UPRZEMYSLOWIONYCH, CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V, E.ON UK PLC, ENDESA GENERACION SA, TEHNICE UNIVERSITET SOFIA, AIR PRODUCTS PLC, ALSTOM POWER BOILERS S.A., DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OF CYPRUS, MEGGITT (UK) LTD, NORSK HYDRO ASA, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, SHELL INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLES BV, TECHNIP FRANCE SA, ENI S.P.A., AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND, STATOIL ASA | BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LTD, CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A., PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A., SHELL INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLES BV, SUNCOR ENERGY INC., CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, ENI S.P.A., STATOIL ASA | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2006-04-01 | 2009-03-31 | FP6 | 13447999 | 7500000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2;SUSTDEV-1.2.7 | CACHET aims to develop technologies to significantly reduce the cost of CO2 capture from natural gas with H2 production. The primary objective is to reduce the cost of CO2 capture from current levels to ?20-30 per tonne. Capture and storage of CO2 with H2 production is a large-scale option for long-term CO2 emissions reduction in Europe. While some CO2 capture technology integrated with H2 production is available today the main barrier to its use is its high cost and lack of proper integration with H2-based power production and high pressure, high purity vehicle fuel applications. This project plans to overcome these barriers targeting CO2-free power production and H2 for vehicle fuel. It will focus on gaseous fuels, which are a major component of the Europe an energy system. CACHET will be devoted to researching four promising technologies: advanced steam methane reforming, redox technologies, metal membranes and sorption enhanced water gas shift. By the end of the project the technologies should be ready for pilot-unit testing followed by pre-commercial demonstration, with commercial use foreseeable by ca. 2015. The project will also research the integration of the CO2 capture technologies with H2 production systems for power generation and fuel applications . All the technologies will be evaluated and costed on a consistent, integrated basis. CACHET is a strong and diverse consortium of research institutes, universities, energy business, engineering and manufacturing communities. Its partners have a track re cord, 8 partners including the Co-ordinator, BP are from the CO2 capture project (CCP), a major international collaborative project. Other major partners are also highly experienced in the area, and new partners will be involved from key countries includin g new EU members, China and Russia. | F1 | |||||
| 1288 | 502596 | HYWAYS | Development of a harmonised “European Hydrogen Energy RoAdmap” by a balanced group of partners from industry, European regions and technical and socio-economic sceanario and modelling experts | VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, HYGEAR B.V., LUDWIG-BÖLKOW-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH, DAIMLER AG, DET NORSKE VERITAS, ELECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE, INFRASERV GMBH & CO. HÖCHST KG, LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, STUART ENERGY EUROPE N.V., UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR, COMMISSARIAT À L´ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLGIE, L´ENERGIA E L´AMBIENTE, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA MECANICA, FRAUENHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUT, STATKRAFT DEVELOPMENT AS, EHN COMBUSTIBLES RENOVABLES S.A., INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL, GLOWNY INSTITUT GORNICTWA, ACCIONA BIOCOMBUSTIBLES S.A. | BP GAS MARKETING LTD, REPSOL YPF, S.A., VATTENFALL EUROPE AG | 2004-04-01 | 2007-06-30 | FP6 | 7916238 | 4000000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2;SUSTDEV-2.1.1 | HyWays is an integrated project to develop the European Hydrogen Energy Roadmap. It will comprise a comparative analysis of regional hydrogen supply options and energy scenarios, including renewable energies. An integrated toolbox of proven simulation models including E3 database, MARKAL, ISIS, GEM-E3 and COPERT III will investigate technical, socio-economic and emission challenges and impacts of realistic hydrogen supply paths under consideration of technological and economical needs. Though an initial emphasis will be pathways to a hydrogen infrastructure for transport fuel, synergies for stationary and portable end-use will also be considered. Regional or member/candidate state specific issues will be evaluated in partnership with local energy experts. In Phase I (18 months) France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway and the Netherlands will be represented to develop and validate the toolbox. Experienced co-ordinators of all other regions or 15\13 member/candidate states will also be invited in Phase I to learn about the HyWays methods and progress and to provide input about their specific hydrogen energy policy situation. These regions will then compete to become one of further 5-7 active HyWays partners in Phase II to apply the models and carry out the analysis. Institutes and industry will in consensus with the regions or member states provide or elaborate the data and information to later synthesise a harmonised European Hydrogen Energy Roadmap. A 1st order version of the roadmap comprising the first 6 member states is due after Phase I, the fully validated version after 36 months. Major deliverables of HyWays are the European Hydrogen Energy Roadmap and recommendations for stakeholders concerning realistic regional options to build the hydrogen energy infrastructure. Results of the process will be disseminated to stakeholders and the public via Internet. | F | ||||||
| 1294 | 19827 | NEMESIS | New Methods for Superior Integrated Hydrogen Generation System | DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E. V., CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, HYGEAR B.V., UMICORE AG & CO. KG, BALLAST NEDAM INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT B.V., NANJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO | REPSOL YPF SA | 2005-12-01 | 2008-11-30 | FP6 | 3868437 | 2199138 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | The objective of the project NEMESIS is to develop a small-scale, fuel flexible hydrogen generator that is capable of working with gaseous and liquid hydrocarbon feedstock. The existing fuel processor technology of Hexion is used as a starting point, thus saving time and cost. This state-of-the-art small-scale hydrogen generator will be extended to a wider range of fuels and significantly upgraded by new innovative materials and cost-effective, highly efficient sub components. An optimized system layout an d the balance of plant analysis will lead to an integrated modular design comprising a fuel flexible Fuel Preparation Module FPM, a generic Hydrogen Generation Module HGM, and a Hydrogen Conditioning Module HCM. The project will result in the following be nefits and main deliverables: – development of novel, multi-functional materials – catalysts, sorption materials, and membranes – detailed engineering and manufacturing of the FPM, HGM, and HCM modules for integration into a proof-of-principle prototype – development of a system simulation code – testing of the integrated prototype having an output of 10 kg pure hydrogen per day – concept for up-scaling to fuel 20 to 100 vehicles per day and integration into the existing infrastructure for transport and sta tionary applications including operational and safety aspects. The know-how and experience of the consortium guarantees that all innovations developed within the NEMESIS project will be transferred into a proof-of-principle prototype being the basis for f uture commercial development. The consortium covers the future end-user and turn-key supplier of this new technology as well as manufacturers of materials, equipment and the complete unit in combination with well experienced research institutes working in the field of material preparation and testing as well as in design and modelling. Thus NEMESIS will consolidate a European leading group in multi-fuel small-scale hydrogen generation technology. | F | ||||||
| 1301 | 518271 | NESSHY | Novel efficient solid storage for hydrogen | COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC., STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET, MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V., UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK, UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS, WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG, GKSS – FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH., SCIENCE INSTITUTE – UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND., DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA, TECNOLOGIA E INOVACAO, LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER FESTKOERPER- UND WERKSTOFFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V., TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, EIDGENOESSISCHE MATERIALPRUEFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT, NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS”, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), DAIMLER AG, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE | L’AIR LIQUIDE S.A | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2006-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | FP6 | 11608296 | 7499999 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | The proposed IP would drive forward the research and development of solid storage of hydrogen for vehicle propulsion and associated distribution functions. The proposed work programme will cover porous storage systems (particularly at reduced temperatures) , regenerative hydrogen stores (such as the borohydrides) and solid hydrides having reversible hydrogen storage and improved gravimetric storage performance. Initially, two categories of reversible stores will be investigated – light/complex hydrides, such as imides and intermetallic systems involving magnesium, although further categories may be included later. In all cases, the performance of different possible systems will be compared by a standards laboratory (working in collaboration with the US DoE st andardisation activity). Further, etforts will be made to understand the mechanisms involved by innovative modelling activities. The organisation of the IP will include the development of a Virtual Laboratory concept, the exchange of specialised staff betw een participating laboratories and appropriate training activities. When promising new materials are identified, industrial collaborators will be brought in to upscale the material production, develop appropriate demonstration storage tanks and test out th e prototype stores in practical conditions. | F1 | |||||
| 1303 | 19672 | DYNAMIS | Towards Hydrogen and Electricity Production with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage | NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL, DANMARKS OG GROENLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSOEGELSE, BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, IEA ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS LTD, SIEMENS AG, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, STORE NORSKE SPITSBERGEN GRUBEKOMPANI AS, E.ON UK PLC, ENDESA GENERACION SA, ALSTOM POWER ENVIRONMENT -ECS FRANCE, ETUDES ET PRODUCTIONS SCHLUMBERGER, PROGRESSIVE ENERGY LIMITED, SOCIETE GENERALE, TEHNICE UNIVERSITET SOFIA, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK – TNO, STIFTELSEN SINTEF, ECOFYS NETHERLANDS B.V., ALSTOM (SCHWEIZ) AG, JRC-JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU, ALSTOM POWER SYSTEMS S.A. | STATOIL ASA, BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, ENEL PRODUZIONE. S.P.A, L’AIR LIQUIDE S.A., ETUDES ET PRODUCTIONS SCHLUMBERGER, VATTENFALL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AB | SINTEF PETROLEUMSFORSKNING AS, STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF ENERGI AS, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2006-03-01 | 2009-02-28 | FP6 | 7461000 | 4000000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.7 | DYNAMIS responds to the target of ‘Preparing for large scale H2 production from decarbonised fossil fuels including CO2 geological storage’. The main objective is to prepare the ground for large scale European facilities producing hydrogen and electricity from fossil fuels with CO2 capture and geological storage. 29 legal entities have established DYNAMIS, encompassing 4 European fossil fuel end users, 3 fossil fuel producers, 6 technology providers, 1 engineering- and 1 financing group together with 14 R TD providers. The group gathers the critical mass required to undertake such a task. DYNAMIS is designed as an element of the HYPOGEN project, part of the European Commission´s Quick-Start Programme within the Initiative for Growth. The HYPOGEN project in cludes as an interim step the construction of a large-scale facility for the production of hydrogen and electricity from decarbonised fossil fuels with CO2 storage. DYNAMIS is the first step on that route, designed to rank the options and to reduce the ris k in development of a fullscale pilot plant post-2008. DYNAMIS is organised as an integrated project (IP). The RTD activities are structured in 5 sub projects that directly meet the stated objectives of the Work Programme: * SP2 Power plant and capture tec hnology * SP3 Product gas handling (H2 and CO2) * SP4 Storage of CO2 * SP5 Planning and pre-engineering of plants * SP6 Societal anchorage of a HYPOGEN demonstration DYNAMIS will, in compliance with the stated objectives of the Work Programme: * deliver ap propriate information and provide recommendations for potential technologies, plants and sites for large scale hydrogen production with CO2 management from fossil fuels at a level intended for pursuing the pilot phase of HYPOGEN * provide a framework for l egal, financing and public perception of a HYPOGEN demonstration * generate, exploit and disseminate new knowledge that contributes to the implementation of the EU energy and research policy. | F1 | |||||
| 1308 | 518318 | EU GEOCAPACITY | Assessing European capacity for geological storage of carbon dioxide | ENDESA GENERACION SA, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL, DANMARKS OG GROENLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSOEGELSE, MINERAL AND ENERGY ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE – POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, SOFIISKI UNIVERSITET “SVETI KLIMENT OHRIDSKI”, SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU – RUDARSKO-GEOLOSKO-NAFTNI FAKULTET, CESKA GEOLOGICKA SLUZBA, TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL GEOLOOGIA INSTITUUT, BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION, MAGYAR ALLAMI EOTVOS LORAND GEOFIZIKAI INTEZET, ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE, LATVIJAS VIDES, GEOLOGIJAS UN METEOROLOGIJAS AGENTURA, GEOLOGIJOS IR GEOGRAFIJOS INSTITUTAS, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK – TNO, ECOFYS B.V., PRZEDSIEBIORSTWO BADAN GEOFIZYCZNYCH, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEO-ECOLOGY, STATE GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF DIONYZ STUR, GEOINZENIRING D.O.O, INSTITUTO GEOLOGICO Y MINERO DE ESPANA, VATTENFALL UTVECKLING AB, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY | ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A., VATTENFALL UTVECKLING AB | INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE | 2006-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | 3464349 | 1900000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.7 | With the increase in EU member countries to 25 comes an increase in the challenge of reducing CO2 emissions Europe wide. Especially for Kyoto Protocol Annex 1 countries, whose challenge is to cut CO2 emissions by 8% by 2008-2012 and probably deeper cuts th ereafter. At the same time energy demand is rising and our reliance on fossil fuels is unlikely to diminish in the near to medium term. As a result the big challenge is to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide capture and geological stor age (CCS) could make huge cuts in CO2 emissions in the near to mid term. In order for CCS to be adopted on a large-scale assessment of the storage potential Europe wide is essential. The GeoCapacity project will focus on countries in eastern, central and s outhern Europe not previously covered in detail. This project will provide the data required for the Europe wide adoption of CCS. The project will focus on applying advanced evaluation techniques (GIS, DSS) and complementing the datasets by emission, inf rastructure and storage site mapping as well as undertaking economic evaluations. This will enable source-to-sink matching across Europe. Site selection criteria, standards and methodologies will be created and applied to the project. Locating potential CO 2 storage sites may be essential to the emergence of the hydrogen economy. Production of hydrogen will be heavily reliant on fossil fuels at least in its early development and will have to consider CO2 reduction strategies. GeoCapacities will also begin to build towards a framework for international cooperation especially with other CSLF countries beginning with China (possibly later with India and Russia). Focusing on technology transfer facilitating the countries to undertake similar studies, as these cou ntries perhaps face an even greater challenge to reduce CO2 emissions due to their rapidly growing energy demands. This project will be built on east – west and international cooperation. | F1 | |||||
| 1316 | 518350 | CO2REMOVE | CO2 geological storage: research into monitoring and verification technology | NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK – TNO, STATOIL ASA, GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM POTSDAM, WINTERSHALL HOLDING AG, WESTERNGECO A/S, GLOWNY INSTYTUT GORNICTWA, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL, DANMARKS OG GROENLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSOEGELSE, SINTEF PETROLEUMSFORSKNING AS, BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, DET NORSKE VERITAS AS, QUINTESSA LTD, MINERAL AND ENERGY ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE – POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA “LA SAPIENZA”, ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND, IEA ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS LTD, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ASTRONOMICAS Y GEOFISICAS, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA, COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES | BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, STATOIL ASA, TOTAL S.A., WINTERSHALL HOLDING AG, VATTENFALL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AB, WESTERNGECO A/S, ETUDES ET PRODUCTIONS SCHLUMBERGER | INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE, SINTEF PETROLEUMSFORSKNING AS | 2006-03-01 | 2012-02-29 | FP6 | 15465663 | 8299852 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.7 | The geological storage of CO2 provides a significant option to mitigate CO2 emissions, contributing to the achievement of Kyoto (and successor) targets in a world where economic growth will depend on fossil fuels for the next several decades. The first step towards Europe’s goal of becoming a hydrogen economy requires the manufacture of hydrogen from fossil fuels. This can be done cost-effectively on a large scale without GHG emissions, if the resultant CO2 can be securely geologically stored. Europe has in vested large research efforts in CO2 geological storage monitoring in several storage types, gaining experience with industrial-scale projects (Sleipner, Weyburn), and smaller ‘subsurface laboratories’ (Ketzin, K12B and Tarnow). A new project (In Salah) now provides the opportunity to build on this work with a new industrial-scale geological storage project. For CO2 storage to qualify in Emission Trading Schemes, R&D efforts are required to develop a sound basis for monitoring and verification. This will provide assurance of long-term storage security and establish standardized site certification guidelines for policy makers, regulators and industry. CChReMoVe is a consortium of industrial, research and service organizations with experience in CO2 geological storage. The consortium proposes a range of monitoring techniques, applied over an integrated portfolio of storage sites (including natural analogues), which will develop: 1) Methods for base-line site evaluation 2) New tools to monitor storage and po ssible well and surface leakage 3) New tolls to predict and model long term storage behaviour and risks 4) A rigorous risk assessment methodology for a variety of sites and time-scales 5) Guidelines for best practice for the industry, policy makers and regulators. This will encourage wide-spread application of CO2 geological storage in Europe and neighbouring countries. | F1 | |||||
| 1317 | 515960 | ULCOS | Ultra-Low CO2 steelmaking | INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE LORRAINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, CORUS UK LIMITED, CORUS TECHNOLOGY B.V., LUOSSAVAARA-KIIRUNAVAARA AB, ILVA S.P.A, THYSSENKRUPP STAHL AG, VOESTALPINE AG, DANIELI CORUS TECHNICAL SERVICES BV, MAN FERROSTAAL AG, PAUL WURTH SA, RAUTARUUKKI OYJ, VOEST-ALPINE INDUSTRIEANLAGENBAU GMBH & CO, ALPHEA POLE DE COMPETENCE SUR L’HYDROGENE’, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT, CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES, CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI S.P.A., ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, MEFOS – METALLURGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AB, SINTEF PETROLEUMSFORSKNING AS, FUNDACION LABEIN, BTG BIOMASS TECHNOLOGY GROUP BV, EUROPLASMA SA, GVS S.P.A., METALYSIS LTD, UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO, LULEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT’ANNA, LHOIST RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT SA, AG DER DILLINGER HUTTENWERKE, SAARSTAHL AG, ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, KUTTNER GMBH & CO. KG, SSAB TUNNPLAT AB, BETRIEBSFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT, VDEH-INSTITUT FUR ANGEWANDTE FORSCHUNG GMBH, UNIVERSITAT KASSEL, MONTANUNIVERSITAT LEOBEN | STATOIL ASA, L’AIR LIQUIDE SA, ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH AS | SINTEF – STIFTELSEN FOR INDUSTRIELL OG TEKNISK FORSKNING VED NORGES TEKNISKE HOEGSKOLE, SINTEF PETROLEUMSFORSKNING AS | 2004-09-01 | 2010-08-31 | FP6 | 35280915 | 19996966 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | FP6-NMP | NMP-2003-3.4.5.1 | This proposal to the 6FP is part of ULCOS, an initiative launched by the major players in the European Steel Industry and itsmain partners in other industries and academia (47 partners, 15 European countries). A related proposal, also part of theULCOS in itiative, was presented to the RFCS program as proposal RFCS-PR-03113. ULCOS is a major RTD program, which plans to find innovative and breakthrough solutions to decrease the CO2 emissions of the Steel industry. The context is the post-Kyoto era. The target is an expected reduction of specific CO2 emissions of 50% as compared to a modern Blast Furnace. Within 5 years, the project will deliver a concept process route, basedon iron ore, with a verification of its feasibility in terms of technology, eco nomic projections and social acceptability. It would be unrealistic today to choose among the candidate technologies that show potential for achieving this target, be-cause they are still tentative and the successful one will have to be selected on te chnical and non-technical criteria (futureenergy market, internalization of C2 mitigation costs in market prices, societal acceptance). The project hence starts by ex-amining a panel of technologies, which have passed a first prescreening but need to be investigated more closely. This ap-proach is believed to be the most efficient in terms of resources and lead-time necessary to develop the new technology. Examined in the first stage of the proposed stage-gate approach, are: (1) new carbon-based sme lting-reduction concepts,making use of the shaft furnace but also (2) of new less common reactors; (3) natural-gas based pre-reduction reactors be-yond state-of-the art technology; (4) hydrogen-based reduction using hydrogen from CO2-lean technologies; (5) direct pro-duction of steel by electrolysis, and (6) the use of biomass, which circulates carbon rapidly in the atmosphere. CO2 captureand storage (7) will be included in the design | F1 | |||||
| 1323 | 19813 | HYAPPROVAL | Handbook for Approval of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations | COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES, L-B-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH, AIR PRODUCTS PLC, DET NORSKE VERITAS AS, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH, HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL, LINDE AG, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK – TNO, BP P.L.C., TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY – CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ADAM OPEL AG, FAST – FEDERAZIONE DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE E TECNICHE, ISLENSK NYORKA EHF, HYDROGENICS EUROPE N.V., NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY, ENGINEERING ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN, COMMISSARIAT A L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (CEA), NORSK HYDRO ASA, NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS” | SHELL HYDROGEN B.V., L’AIR LIQUIDE S.A, BP P.L.C., ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A., TOTAL FRANCE | 2005-10-01 | 2007-09-30 | FP6 | 3948788 | 1900000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | HyApproval is a STREP to develop a Handbook (HB) facilitating the approval of hydrogen refuelling sta-tions (HRS). The project will be performed over 24 months by a balanced partnership including 25 partners from industry, SMEs and institutes which ensure the critical mass and required know how for obtaining the identified project goals. Most partners have extensive expertise from HRS projects. Key partners from China/ Japan / USA provide an additional liaison to international regulations, codes & stand ards activities. The project goals are to finalise the HRS technical guideline started under EIHP2 and to contribute to the international standard under development at ISO TC197 and in first line to provide a HB which assists com-panies and organisations i n the implementation and operation of HRS. The HB will be based on best prac-tices reflecting the existing technical know-how and regulatory environment, but also includes the flexibility to allow new technologies and design to be introduced at a later sta ge. In order to meet these goals, best practises will be developed from project experience (CUTE, ECTOS, EIHP1&2, HySafe, CEP, ZERO REGIO) and partner activities. In 5 EU countries (F/D/I/E/NL) and in China, Japan and the USA the HyApproval process wil l include a HB review by country authorities to pursue ‘broad agreement’ and to define ‘approval routes’. After finalising the HB process the developed requirements and procedures to get ‘Approval in Principle’ shall be suffi-ciently advanced to seek appro val in any European country without major modifications. Not only infra-structure companies, HRS operators/owners and local authorities but also the EC will profit from the HB that is deemed to contribute to the safe implementation of a hydrogen infrastruc ture. The project complies with EU’s R&D and energy policies, which aims at the introduction of 5% hydrogen as motor fuel by 2020. The HB will put Europe in a position to maintain and extend its leading position | F | ||||||
| 1325 | 38965 | HYWAYS-IPHE | Benchmarking of the European Hydrogen Energy Roadmap HyWays with International Partners | LUDWIG-BOLKOW-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH, INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA MECANICA, NUOVO PIGNONE SPA, STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND, MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ACCIONA BIOCOMBUSTIBLES SA, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, DAIMLER AG, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V | TOTAL FRANCE | 2006-10-01 | 2008-09-30 | FP6 | 536762 | 299621 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | HyWays-IPHE is an SSA to assess and compare the development efforts for the European Hydrogen Energy Roadmap prepared by HyWays with international road mapping or comparative activities of IPHE partner countries. Step 1 aims at an in-depth assessment and comparison of the individual elements of the national/ regional strategies, modelling approaches and experiences in EU & US. This will include infrastructure analysis, stakeholder consultation processes, actor analysis, economic modelling, WtW- & cashflow analyses and interaction between the different types of models used, scenario development, etc. In workshops modellers shall compare their models and experiences to foster a better mutual understanding of the models, facilitate the exchange of the methodologies and endorse the adoption of individual approaches. This may include tasks and goals of expected results, models used, stakeholders involved, process related issues, timelines and progress. A benchmarking between individual models (e.g. for the EU-US case: E3database and H2A\GREET) may be performed. Step 2 aims at broadening its scope within IPHE by involving other IPHE partner countries like J, CN and IND. In workshops these partners will be introduced into the EU-US work and engaged in this process. The deliverables of the project shall be reports presenting the assessment and comparison activities, for both steps. The learning effects for each IPHE partner shall be an important outcome from these comparative and benchmarking exercises leading to common elements of approaches on how to implement hydrogen technologies and infrastructures and to a better alignment of the road mapping activities. Future hydrogen roadmap development and proceeding implementation efforts in these partner countries shall benefit from the results, especially by avoiding mistakes, eliminating redundancies, inefficiencies and removing, unfounded frictions and misunderstandings between the different approaches and underlying drivers. | F | ||||||
| 1331 | 502661 | NATURALHY | Preparing for the hydrogen economy by using the existing natural gas system as a catalyst (NATURALHY) | ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, ECOLE NATIONALE D’INGENIEUR DE METZ, CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA, STATOIL ASA, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HÖGSKOLAN I BORÅS, COMMISSARIAT À L’ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE, COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS INTERNATIONAL LTD, THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF COGENERATION, DBI GAS- UND UMWELTTECHNIK GMBH, PUBLIC GAS CORPORATION S.A., DANISH GAS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, EXERGIA, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANTS S.A., TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN, PII LIMITED, ISTANBUL GAZ DAGITIM SANAYI VE TICARET A.S., INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE, TÜRKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU, NATURGAS MIDT-NORD I/S, NETHERLANDS STANDARDIZATION INSTITUTE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, PLANET – PLANUNGSGRUPPE ENERGIE UND TECHNIK GBR, SAVIKO CONSULTANTS APS (SAVIKO ROSKILDE APS), SQS PORTUGAL – SISTEMAS DE QUALIDADE DE SOFTWARE, LDA, NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, X/OPEN COMPANY LIMITED, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, COMPAGNIE D’ETUDES DES TECHNOLOGIES DE L’HYDROGÈNE, THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, NATIONAL GRID GAS PLC, GDF SUEZ SA | BP GAS MARKETING LIMITED, STATOIL ASA, SHELL HYDROGEN B.V., EUROPEAN UNION OF THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY – EUROPEAN GAS RESEARCH GROUP, TOTAL S.A., N.V. NEDERLANDSE GASUNIE, NATIONAL GRID GAS PLC, HELLENIC GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR S.A., GDF SUEZ SA | INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DU PETROLE | 2004-05-01 | 2009-10-31 | FP6 | 17270429 | 11000000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier is an essential element for global sustainable development. Despite the challenges going together with implementing a hydrogen based energy system, there is global interest in hydrogen as an energy carrier with commercial competition emerging for the EU from Japan and the US. Urgent progress towards the development of a full hydrogen system requires a practical strategy within the context of an existing natural gas system. The transition to a full hydrogen system will be lengthy, costly and requires significant R&D. The aim of NATURALHY is to test all critical aspects of a hydrogen system by adding hydrogen to natural gas in existing networks. This transitional approach will provide further experience with the transmission of hydrogen and natural gas mixtures and, by means of innovative separation technologies, the hydrogen utilisation in end use applications. The development of the road map for the use of hydrogen in the EU of IP HYWAYS will be supported. The economic, social and environmental costs and benefits of hydrogen systems including production technologies will be evaluated and compared with existing systems. Issues of safety, durability and pipeline integrity will be investigated. A Decision Support Tool will be developed to assist the technical implementation of hydrogen. In cooperation with NoE HYSAFE, awareness of the prominent attractions of hydrogen will be raised. A systematic and co-ordinated approach will be adopted in NATURALHY with a collection of work packages focussing on all vital components of transitional and full hydrogen systems. A European consortium of 40 partners with extensive experience and skills is assembled. In addition to a management team, guidance will be provided by a Strategic Advisory Committee. Potential collaboration and synergies will be fostered with complementary projects. Established information networks will be used in dissemination. | F1 | |||||
| 1340 | 502667 | STORHY | Hydrogen Storage Systems for Automotive Application (STORHY) | BMW FORSCHUNG UND TECHNIK GMBH, PIERBURG GMBH, MATERIAL N.V., THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL, LINDE AG, MESSER GRIESHEIM GMBH INDUSTRIEGASE DEUTSCHLAND, PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A., POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH, INSTITUT FUER VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH, AIR LIQUIDE S.A, BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG, COMAT COMPOSITE MATERIALS GMBH, FABER INDUSTRIE SPA, WEH GMBH, DYNETEK EUROPE GMBH, GKSS – FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH, NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS”, ADETE – ADVANCED ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, AUSTRIAN AEROSPACE GMBH, OEKO-INSTITUT E.V. – INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE OEKOLOGIE, FUNDACION PARA LA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO EN AUTOMOCION, ET GMBH – GESELLSCHAFT FUER INNOVATIVE ENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFFTECHNOLOGIE, INSTITUT FUER ARTUS SYSTEME – PROCHAIN EV, MAGNA STEYR FAHRZEUGTECHNIK AG & CO KG, COMMISSARIAT A L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, FORD FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM AACHEN GMBH, MT AEROSPACE AG, DAIMLER AG, OERLIKON SPACE AG | AIR LIQUIDE S.A, AIR LIQUIDE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2004-03-01 | 2008-08-31 | FP6 | 18598336 | 10729990 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | Hydrogen storage is a key enabling technology for the extensive use of H2 as energy carrier. In fact, one of the greatest technological barriers to the widespread introduction of hydrogen in vehicles is an efficient and safe storage method. Providing economically and environmentally attractive solutions for these three storage options for transport applications and reinforcing the competitiveness of the European car industry are indeed the main STORHY objectives. This IP is a European initiative on automobile H2 storage driven by major European car manufacturers and covering the full spectrum of currently qualified technologies. Although the primary target of STORHY is the automobile industry, the preparation of spin-offs for stationary systems is also considered. In the three vertical SPs, viable solutions will be developed based on the defined requirements. SP Pressure Vessel concentrates on developing a 700 bar storage technology including production technologies for composite vessels. SP Cryogenic Storage will develop free form lightweight tanks manufactured from composites as well as adequate production technologies. SP Solid Storage assesses current progress in the storage of solid materials and will focus its primary research activities on alienates. Furthermore, up scaling of the material production process will be considered resulting in the construction and testing of prototype tanks. These developments are accompanied by safety studies and pre-normative research within SP SAR. The three storage technologies will be evaluated applying technical, economic, social and environmental criteria in SP Evaluation. The final outcome of the project is to identify the most promising storage solution for different vehicle applications. Such results should illuminate the future perspectives of H2 storage for transport and stationary applications and assist decision makers and stakeholders on the road to an H2 economy. | F1 | |||||
| 1355 | 502587 | CHRISGAS | Clean Hydrogen-rich Synthesis Gas | TK ENERGI A/S, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH, VALUTEC AB, VAEXJOE VAERNAMO BIOMASS GASIFICATION CENTRE AB, S.E.P. SCANDINAVIAN ENERGY PROJECT AB, KS DUCENTE AB, VAEXJOE ENERGI AB, CATATOR AB, PALL FILTERSYSTEMS GMBH, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, LINDE AG, CORNELISSEN CONSULTING SERVICES B.V., SÖDRA SKOGSÄGARNA EKONOMISK FÖRENING, PERSTORP OXO AB, TPS TERMISKA PROCESSER AB, LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY | ENI S.P.A. | 2004-09-01 | 2010-02-28 | FP6 | 16160983 | 9500000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.5 | The transport sector represents an increasing share of the total fossil fuel use in the World. In order to fulfil the obligations of the Kyoto Protocol, the World must reduce the transport sector’s dependence on oil. One important way of achieving this is to increase the use of vehicle fuels produced from renewable. This project will develop and optimise an energy-efficient and cost-efficient method to produce hydrogen-rich gases from biomass, including residues. This gas can then be upgraded to commercial quality hydrogen or to synthesis gas for further upgrading to liquid fuels such as DME and methanol or Fischer-Tropsch diesel. The achievable yield of motor fuel from cellulose biomass is higher for fuels derived via the gasification/synthesis gas route than via the hydrolysis/fermentation route as by using the first route all carbon can be converted to fuel whilst through the second route only carbon convertible to sugar can yield motor fuel. This fact also means that the production cost for biomass-derived motor fuels produced via gasification can be expected to be lower than those produced via fermentation. The hub of the project will be the Varnamo Biomass Gasification Centre in Sweden and the use of the existing and unique biomass-fuelled pressurised IGCC (integrated gasification combined-cycle) CHP (combined heat and power) plant in Varnamo (presently owned by one of the participants in this proposal) as a pilot facility. By building this Centre around this plant, gasification research and demonstration activities can be conducted at a much lower cost than if new equipment were to be built. Within this particular project, new process equipment will be developed and tested and implemented in this pilot facility to produce clean gas, rich in hydrogen, which can be used for vehicle fuel production. Also included in the project are studies related to the large-scale use of such plants and their impact on the environment. | F | ||||||
| 1364 | 502743 | ISCC | Innovative In Situ CO2 Capture Technology for Solid Fuel Gasification (ISCC) | VTT VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS, SCS-TECHNOLOGY VERFAHRENSTECHNIK GES.M.B.H., INGENIEURBUERO DR.-ING. THOMAS WEIMER, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, ZENTRUM FUER SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG, BADEN-WUERTEMBERG, POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, BRANDENBURGISCHE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT COTTBUS, UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION, GLOWNY INSTYTUT GORNICTWA, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | VATTENFALL EUROPE MINING AG, KOPALNIA WEGLA BRUNATNEGO “TURSW” SPSLKA AKCYJNA | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 | FP6 | 2908085 | 1900000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.7 | The new process technology proposed is based on steam gasification of low rank, high moisture brown coal, which includes the high temperature removal of CO2 by using high temperature efficient sorbent materials. The combination of both, the gasification and the in situ CO2 capture initiates a shift reaction in product gas composition towards H2. Experiments with different hydrocarbons and dolomite revealed that hydrogen concentrations higher than 95 vol % can be achieved using this technology. The CO2 laden sorbent material has to be regenerated in an additional calcinations step, generating a pure CO2 gas stream for subsequent sequestration. The proposed project aims on exploiting this potential to produce a gas stream in the regeneration process consisting of >95% CO2. The work programme includes the screening of available inputs and required product quality, basic process investigations, pilot scale experiments and technical and socio-economic evaluation considering technical, social, ethical and economic criterions Expected Results are a detailed definition of an environmentally friendly, high efficient coal technology producing a highly H2 enriched product gas and in situ CO2 capture; a detailed technical assessment of process efficiency in terms of energy (coal to H2) and CO2 captured (% of input) and a life cycle assessment of H2 production costs and costs per t of CO2 captured. | F | ||||||
| 1369 | 19991 | HYFLEET:CUTE | Hydrogen for clean urban transport in Europe | TRANSPORTS DE BARCELONA S.A., EVOBUS GMBH, CHINA FCB DEMONSTRATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE, HAMBURGER HOCHBAHN AG, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BERLIN, INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA MECANICA – INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO, GVB, EURO KEYS SPRL, NEOMAN BUS GMBH, MVV CONSULTING GMBH, HYDROGENICS EUROPE N.V., UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, VILLE DE LUXEMBOURG – SERVICE DES TRANSPORTS EN COMMUN + C61, ICELANDIC NEW ENERGY, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT FOR PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND, BVG BERLINER VERKEHRSBETRIEBE A.Ö.R., LONDON BUS SERVICES LTD, MAN NUTZFAHRZEUGE AG, EMPRESA MUNICIPAL DE TRANSPORTES DE MADRID SA, PE EUROPE GMBH, PLANET PLANUNGSGRUPPE ENERGIE UND TECHNIK GBR, NORSK HYDRO ASA | TOTAL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, REPSOL YPF S.A., VATTENFALL EUROPE BERLIN AG & CO KG, VATTENFALL EUROPE HAMBURG AG, BP GAS MARKETING LTD., AIR LIQUIDE SA, SHELL HYDROGEN B.V. | 2006-01-10 | 2009-09-09 | FP6 | 43037049 | 18986145 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.1.5 | The HyFLEET:CUTE project will comprise the continued operation of the FC-fleet from the former CUTE and ECTOS projects, the development and demonstration of a new FC hybrid pre-prototype and the development, construction and demonstration of a fleet of 14 hydrogen powered internal combustion engine (ICE) buses in regular service in Berlin including the required hydrogen infrastructure. It will be a part of the European Hydrogen & Fuel Cell platform. Goals of this project are to: – Improve FC technology by continuing the operation of 21 FC- buses over a period of 12 months in 7 European and in parallel continuing the operation another 6 buses in China and Western Australia – Develop the concept, design and production of a new FC hybrid bus as a pre-prototype aiming at 20% less fuel consumption than a comparable diesel bus – Built up the hydrogen infrastructure for operating a fleet of 14 buses in Berlin – Development, design and production of 4 buses with naturally aspirated hydrogen ICE | F | ||||||
| 1380 | 19990 | HYLIGHTS | A coordination action to prepare European Hydrogen and fuel cell demonstration projects | PEUGEOT CITROËN AUTOMOBILES SA, ADAM OPEL AG, TOTAL FRANCE, NORSK HYDRO ASA, AIR PRODUCTS PLC, DEUTSCHE ENERGIE-AGENTUR GMBH, L’AIR LIQUIDE SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME À DIRECTOIRE ET CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE, DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG, KELLEN EUROPE SA, ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, VOLKSWAGEN AG, L-B-SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH, CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SOCIETÀ CONSORTILE PER AZIONI, LINDE AG, FORD FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM AACHEN GMBH | ENITECNOLOGIE S.P.A., TOTAL FRANCE, VATTENFALL EUROPE AG, L’AIR LIQUIDE SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME À DIRECTOIRE ET CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE, BP PLC, SHELL HYDROGEN B.V., REPSOL YPF SA | 2006-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | 3404670 | 3164531 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.1.5 | HyLights is a CA facilitating the planning of HyCOM. Focus is an assessment of concluded/ongoing H2/FC demonstration projects and recommendations for the preparation of HyCOM/Lighthouse Projects LP. Although HyLights’s assessment focuses on transport stationary and portable H2 applications will be considered if synergies become apparent. HyLights will comprise 3 phases of 12 months each. Phase I includes a methodology definition and assessment, Phase II gaps analysis and development of recommendations and Phase III continuous monitoring. HyLights will need to draw from a network of relevant experts. For this purpose a European Partnership for Hydrogen in Transport EPHT will be established to extend the reach of the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Platform HFP. An asset of EPHT will be to include the member states/regions view through a moderation process. Dissemination of the project results will supplement the activity, coherently presenting the European demonstration projects. | F | ||||||
| 1381 | 20006 | HYCHAIN MINI-TRANS | Deployment of innovative low power fuel cell vehicle fleets to initiate an early market for hydrogen as an alternative fuel in Europe | WIN EMSCHER-LIPPE GESELLSCHAFT ZUR STRUKTURVERBESSERUNG MBH, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, DEMOCENTER CENTRO SERVIZI PER L’INNOVAZIONE S.C. A R.L., UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO-CEU, MORONI AUTOSERVICE SRL, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L’EVIRONNEMENT ET DES RISQUES, IBERDROLA S.A., ASSOCIATION DE SURVEILLANCE ET DE CONTRÔLE DE LA POLLUTION ATMOSPHÉRIQUE DE LA RÉGION GRENOBLOISE, BESEL S.A., RÜCKER LYPSA, S.L., EDICIONES Y SERVICIOS ESCOLARES DOMÉNECH,S.A., NACIONAL MOTOR S.A.U, MASTERFLEX AG, HYDROGENICS, AXANE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS, WUPPERTAL INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT ENERGY, PAXITECH SAS, INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, COMMISSARIAT A L’ ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, FEDERAZIONE DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE E TECNICHE | AIR LIQUIDE GMBH, AL AIR LIQUIDE ESPAÑA,S.A., AIR LIQUIDE ITALIA SERVICE S.R.L., AIR LIQUIDE S.A. | 2006-01-15 | 2011-01-14 | FP6 | 37652922 | 17000000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.1.5 | The HYCHAIN MINI-TRANS project will deploy fleets of innovative fuel cell vehicles in four regions in Europe (France, Germany, Spain, Italy) operating on Hydrogen as an alternative fuel. The fleets are based on similar modular technology platforms in a variety of applications with the main objective to achieve a large enough volume of vehicles (180) to justify an industrial approach to lower costs and overcome major cross sectional barriers. Addressing early adopters for transport, the first sustainable business cases for hydrogen based fuel cells in Europe will be initiated where they will have the best chances to continue and grow beyond this project. Following a four step approach the project will start from existing prototypes of seven low power fuel cell applications that – are optimised in design and functionality. – Pre-commercial manufacturing lines will be set up to reduce costs | F | ||||||
| 1385 | 506604 | HYICE | Optimisation of hydrogen powered internal combustion engines (HYICE) | MAN NUTZFAHRZEUGE AG, HOERBIGER VALVE TEC GMBH, IRION MANAGEMENT CONSULTING GMBH, UNIVERSITAET DER BUNDESWEHR MUENCHEN, MECEL AB, BMW FORSCHUNG UND TECHNIK GMBH, FORD FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM AACHEN GMBH, VOLVO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AB, ANSYS GERMANY GMBH, MECEL ENGINE SYSTEMS AB, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ | INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE | 2004-01-05 | 2007-04-04 | FP6 | 8100238.71 | 5008316 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV | Hydrogen releases energy through a chemical reaction with oxygen. This can be used for powering vehicles either in a fuel cell delivering electricity output or in an internal combustion engine similar as in present vehicles. Internal combustion engines fed with hydrogen are considered preferable for universal use. In this range, hydrogen internal combustion engines are considered not just an intermediate but also a long- term solution with significant market share also for small and medium size cars. Hydrogen powered internal combustion engines also would be available earlier at reasonable prices, significantly lower than full size fuel cell power trains. Therefore, a relatively early market introduction of hydrogen in the automotive sector could be supported by a massive build-up of vehicles with hydrogen powered internal combustion engines. The hydrogen internal combustion engine also takes profit of the mature technology and all investment linked to the petrol combustion engine and would allow a direct link-up of natural gas and hydrogen, as the same engine could run on both fuels. The present Integrated Project examines possibilities of an efficiency enhancement of a hydrogen internal combustion engine. As a result of the project, down sized engines with a similar performance than today’s fossil fuel powered vehicles would be feasible. HylCE is a European initiative on automotive power train development, driven by major car manufacturers covering the crucial elements of conventional power train technologies (fuel injection, ignition and control). The European Automotive Industry’s pre-competitive research organization EUCAR considers this project to be complementary to other projects in the fuel and power train cluster. In addition, there are important spin-offs possible for stationary power generation.’ | 1 | ||||||
| 1405 | 38941 | HYSIC | Enhancing International Cooperation in running FP6 Hydrogen Solid Storage Activities | STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET, NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS”, UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NON-FERROUS METALS, INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, NANKAI UNIVERSITY, LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2007-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | 310850 | 300000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | NESSHY is the only running FP6 IP dedicated to medium to long term R&D on hydrogen storage in solids. It is widely recognised that H2 storage is one of the major technical barriers to H2 and fuel cell deployment. The NESSHY consortium has committed itself to deepen collaboration with the IPHE framework and NESSHY will soon be proposed to become a project associated with IPHE. In compliance with the FP6-2005-Energy-4 Call workprogramme, the basic objective of this SSA proposal is to facilitate and enhance significantly international cooperation (in the framework of IPHE) on hydrogen solid storage through the running FP6 IP NESSHY. To achieve this, HySIC aims at supporting and promoting the execution of innovative R&D actions that clearly complement the workplan of NESSHY. These actions refer to sample preparation and characterization, benchmarking and standardisation of test protocols, round robin testing of specific samples, comparison and cross validation of theoretical simulations and experimental results. HySIC also foresees a number of joint dissemination actions in close interaction to corresponding NESSHY training and dissemination activities. This SSA does not fund the research itself (the costs of which will be considerably higher than the proposed HySIC budget). It catalyses and enhances the international cooperation in the frame of NESSHY by facilitating the exchange of samples and individual meetings and promoting relevant studies between current NESSHY partners (coordinator and workpackage leaders), a partner from a new EU member state (Lithuania) and three organisations from IPHE members (China, Russia). It is important to stress that HySIC will benefit substantially from the extended NESSHY infrastructure in terms of management, organisation of workshops, etc. Indeed, without this interaction and mutual support, the ambitious goals of this SSA would not be realised within the proposed reasonable budget and effort. | 1 | ||||||
| 1406 | 5503 | INDENS | Intelligent design of nanoporous sorbents | THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, J. HEYROVSKY INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY – ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG | SINTEF – STIFTELSEN FOR INDUSTRIELL OG TEKNISK FORSKNING VED NORGES TEKNISKE HOEGSKOLE AS, INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE | 2005-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | -1 | 2711500 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.1 | The present RTN project aims to investigate and INtelligently DEsign NanoporouS media most adapted for the storage/separation of specific gas molecules. A number of applications use adsorption phenomena in nanoporous materials. The present Marie-Curie training project will form both ESR’s and ER’s in the dual fields of experiment and simulation with respect to given storage and separation applications inside nanoporous media. The RTN aims to design the zeolite and zeotype materials, to predict their adsorption properties in industrial applications with respect to specific molecules and to experimentally evaluate their performance by measurements of pure gas / mixture adsorption and diffusion. Initial work will focus on the following gases: -Carbon dioxide – Methane – Carbon monoxide – Hydrogen Whilst a large part of this project will be devoted to fundamental research, the role of the industrial partners and external consultants will be crucial in order to validate the choice of materials and to test under applied conditions. This work will combine modelling and experimental approaches by involving experts in the field of synthesis and experimental characterisation (adsorption, structure, diffusion), coupled with specialists in charge of the simulation of t he synthesis process as well as the various properties of the nanoporous materials investigated. The scientific originality of this project will be thus the development of a tool which is able to predict the structure and chemical composition of a given corresponding zeolite or zeotype. Building on this, specific synthesis routes will be developed to prepare such samples. The microscopic and macroscopic properties of these samples will be confronted with their performance in industrial tests. In this respect, this project is unique and ambitious. | 1 | ||||||
| 1408 | 32970 | HYCONES | Hydrogen storage in carbon cones | NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS”, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, INSTYTUT FIZYKI JADROWEJ IM. HENRYKA NIEWODNICZANSKIEGO – POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK, SCATEC AS | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2006-11-01 | 2009-10-31 | FP6 | 2564000 | 1550000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-NMP | NMP-2004-3.4.5.2 | HYCONES proposes the use of a radically new, leading-edge material, namely carbon cones (CCs), as a practical, inexpensive, lightweight, high capacity H2 storage medium, capable of storing/releasing above 6 wt.% H2 in a temperature window well suited for mobile applications. Carbon cones comprise a new form of carbon, fundamentally different from all the so far known carbon structures, which is produced in industrial quantities during the so-called Kværner Carbon Black H2 Process and is composed of carbon microstructures, which are flat discs and cones (appr. 20%). The CCs consist of curved graphite sheets, while five different cone angles have been observed, in accordance with the incurrence of one to five pentagons at the cone tips. Patented experiments clearly demonstrate unprecedented uptake-release of H2 unlike those for any other carbon material, as well as a new form of interaction between carbon and H2 (in contrast to conventional physi- and chemi-sorption), capable of releasing H2 at room temperature. This unique behaviour was explained after ad-hoc computational calculations, which indicate that due to the special topology of CCs, the system is characterized by unique electronic properties distinctively different from any other form of activated or nanostructured carbon, notably the fullerene family (including bucky-balls, single- and multi-wall nanotubes). Taking also into consideration the fact that the raw material can be produced economically in industrial quantities, HYCONES main target is to bring together a critical mass of instrumentation and know how resources and to focus its leading edge research potential in the development, characterization and modelling of this new ‘unexplored’ carbon form in order to develop a radically new H2 storage material with the potential to meet vehicle on-board storage requirements. | 1 | ||||||
| 1440 | 20133 | DESANNS | Advanced separation and storage of carbon dioxide : Design, Synthesis and Applications of Novel Nanoporous Sorbents. | THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, J. HEYROVSKY INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY – ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, UNIVERSITY OF PAVOL JOZEF SAFARIK, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2006-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | 3483791 | 2500000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.7 | One of the technological problems that faces society today is the environmentally friendly and economically favourable separation, capture and storage of gases. Here, CO2 that will be critically important in the future European H2 based economy. It is crucial to find a new route to capture and store CO2 produced during various industrial processes with different conditions. The present project aims to initiate novel synthesis strategies for adsorbents with specific properties with respect to gases, notably carbon dioxide, and operating conditions of industrial processes. Five aspects are tackled along the project: – what are the most appropriate building block for an adsorbent – what are the best pore sizes and architectures – how do adsorption properties agree with those predicted from calculations obtained for materials designed from the two first points. – what are the industrial prospects in terms of the scale-up of the synthesis of the novel adsorbents pinpointed above – how does the adsorbent behave with respect to specific applications involving environmentally sensitive gases. The basic building blocks required for adsorbent synthesis will be investigated with respect to gas interactions. Such groups will include metals, cations, silicon/aluminium wall ratio and organic ligands. After choosing a zeolite benchmark, the project will concentrate on the synthesis of two families of nanoporous materials: periodic mesoporous oxides and metal organic frameworks. An experimental/modelling approach will be followed to search the most suitable materials with the most appropriate building blocks, pore size and architecture. The materials will be characterised by adsorption of carbon dioxide and tested under industrial conditions. Several materials will be studied for synthesis up-scale. A test application of CO2 elimination during H2 production from Syngas will be investigated before providing a generic modelling tool to select adsorbents for further applications. | 1 | ||||||
| 1451 | 518309 | AER-GAS II | Biomass fluidised bed gasification with in situ hot gas cleaning | FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, GE JENBACHER GMBH & CO OHG, BIOMASSE – KRAFTWERK GUESSING GMBH UND CO. KG, ZENTRUM FUER SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG, BADEN-WUERTEMBERG, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN, UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2006-01-01 | 2009-06-30 | FP6 | 2652614 | 1800000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.5 | The project aim is a low-cost gasification process with integrated in-situ gas cleaning for the conversion of biomass into a product gas with high hydrogen concentration, high heating value and low tar/alkali/sulphur concentration in one process step for s ubsequent power production. The proposed process uses in-situ CO2 capture (AER, Absorption Enhanced Reforming). It is more efficient than conventional gasification due to (i) the in-situ integration of the reaction heat of CO2 absorption and water-gas shif t reaction heat (both exothermic) into the gasification and (ii) the internal reforming of primary and secondary tars, which cuts off the formation of higher tars. Thus, the chemical energy of tars remains in the product gas. The product gas after dust rem oval can directly be used in a gas engine for electricity generation. Due to the low operation temperature (up to 700°C) and due to CaO-containing bed materials, the proposed process allows the use of problematic feedstocks such as biomass with high minera l and high moisture content, e.g. straw, sewage sludge, etc., leading to an increased market potential for biomass gasification processes. Screening/development of absorbent materials with high attrition stability and tar cracking properties will be carrie d out. Analysis of tar formation/decomposition process will be studied in a lab-scale fixed bed reactor and a 100 kWth circulating fluidised bed reactor (continuous mode). With the acquired data, the 8 MWth biomass plant at Guessing, Austria, will be opera ted with absorbent bed material in order to prove the feasibility of a scale-up and to assess the economical aspects of the process. In order to point out the market potential, the cost reduction of the AER technology will be quantified in comparison with the conventional gasification power plant. Expected results will be: (i) a broad knowledge of the proposed process and (ii) a low-cost technology for biomass gasification with subsequent power production. | 1 | ||||||
| 1458 | 512443 | HYTRAIN | Hydrogen storage research training network | CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET, LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS, QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD, UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTÉ, GKSS – FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH, COMMISSARIAT À L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, AKADEMIA GORNICZO-HUTNICZA, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, UNIVERSITE DE GENÈVE, UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE, MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. | INSTITUT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2005-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | -1 | 2653631 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.1 | HYTRAIN integrates the leading centres in Europe active in hydrogen storage research within a coherent framework of dedicated networking activities focused on the training of young researchers through a joint innovative research programme. The core researc h objectives of HYTRAIN are to: propose and assess innovative methods of storage from the point of view of full engineering design; allow for a better response time to suggested novel storage materials, enabling quick assessment and development to the prot otype stage; achieve an accelerated transfer of research results to the corresponding engineering applications; and to ensure that basic research is informed by industrial, economic and social imperatives. HYTRAIN’s places an emphasis on longer-range solut ions, primarily hydrides and porous stores, with a view to identifying potential lightweight storage solutions and an aim of work towards practical storage tank design and hybrid solutions. Currently, no single hydrogen storage technology satisfies all of the criteria required by manufacturers and end-users. HYTRAIN’s scientific and technical activities have been structured to address the improvement and development of current and novel hydrogen storage technologies and it will lead to the generation, expl oitation and dissemination of new knowledge in a number of strategically important research areas, namely: hydrides, porous media, storage tank design and hybrid systems. The HYTRAIN research work plan takes into account the fact that the research methods for both hydrides and porous media use a number of common techniques and equipment, particularly with regard to sample characterisation. The rationale for this is that trainee researchers are likely to obtain a greater benefit at the research training lev el from the proposed structure, as it emphasises the complimentarity of the various techniques. The work plan is structured into 5 interdependent work packages, each with a number of tasks. | 1 | ||||||
| 1484 | 6631 | SRS NET AND EEE | Scientific Reference System on new energy technologies, energy end-use efficiency and energy RTD | INSTYTUT BUDOWNICTWA MECHANIZACJI I ELEKTRYFIKACJI ROLNICTWA, COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ ENERGIA E L’AMBIENTE, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH, INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING, HANS NILSSON, JOZEF STEFAN INSTITUTE, SENTERNOVEM, RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY, AGENCE DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE LA MAITRISE DE L’ENERGIE, INSITUTE FOR FUELS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK (DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET) | CENTRALNE LABORATORIUM NAFTOWE | 2005-01-01 | 2008-06-30 | FP6 | 800000 | 800000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | [-1.0] | FP6-POLICIES | POLICIES-3.2 | A Scientific Reference System (SRS) will. This project will produce unbiased, validated, organised and scientifically agreed technical and economic information on renewable energy and end-use efficient energy technology. Moreover, comparisons with other clean energy technologies of comparable importance for sustainable development e.g., Fuel Cells, H2-vectors and Heat Pumps, will be done. In order to underpin sustainable energy R&TD-strategies, all energy technologies (incl. fossil, nuclear) will be covered in collecting all historical European energy R&TD expenditure data since the 1960s.Today, only fragmented or inconsistently categorised data is available. It lacks verification via quality systems and is not yet suited for comparative integration. The SRS resolves this: A EU-25 synopsis of available data will be co-ordinated, discrepancies will be discovered and possibly resolved, and best practice statistical methods identified. In an ERA approach, the SRS joins IEA, EU-institutional, national and academic data-providers, and experts for energy-technology, -economy and -policy research. Results will underpin future energy-economy-environment models and EU regulations with references, thus supporting sustainable energy policy and Global Change Mitigation. The project structure consists of: 1) Co-ordination 2) Methodology 3) Technology Data Validation Synopsis 4) Energy R&TD Expenditure Data Gathering [public \ private] 5) Consensus Building and Diffusion for Decision Support. The last work-package will integrate, publish and disseminate results from all work-packages via an open platform for stakeholders to feedback i.e., the interested scientific community, policy- and decision-makers and public. There will be a Yearly Report, and a stakeholders’ conference for scientific and political Consensus Building near end-of-project. | 2 | ||||||
| 1485 | 502788 | NOE-BIOENERGY | Overcoming Barriers to Bioenergy (NOE-BIOENERGY) | JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT GMBH, INSTYTUT BUDOWNICTWA MECHANIZACJI I ELEKTRYFIKACJI ROLNICTWA, LUNDS UNIVERSITET, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUR TECHNOLOGIE | CENTRALNE LABORATORIUM NAFTOWE | 2004-01-01 | 2009-11-30 | FP6 | 8050000 | 8000000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | [-1.0] | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.5 | To accomplish the goals of the EU ‘White Paper’ (\ 108 Mtoe/a in the EU from renewable sources of energy between 1995 and 2010) and of the ‘Kyoto Protocol’ (- 8% GHG emissions in the EU by 2008/12) the use of bioenergy has to be increased significantly. A Network of Excellence (NoE) will support this through technology development and implementation, policy actions and market strategies. The RTD programme of the NoE will cover all processes, components and methods necessary for establishing successful ‘bioenergy chains’ to produce heat, electricity and biofuels for the energy end use market: Plantation and harvesting of biomass; solid fuels from agricultural and forestry residues and organic waste components; combustion, gasification and synthesis, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion and fermentation of biomass feed stock; production of liquid biofuels and hydrogen; heat and power production plants; analyses of socio-economic, policy, market and environmental issues including greenhouse gas balances. Management of the NoE and integrating activities will assure that the ongoing RTD activities of the partner institutions will be integrated in such a way that eventually a jointly executed RTD programme will be established in a ‘Virtual Centre of Excellence’. To assure a far reaching and long range impact of the experience and know-how within the NoE, activities to spread excellence will be carried out. An industrial and SME advisory group will be established. To support the creation of the European Research Area in the field of bioenergy, the NoE will cooperate with a future ERA-NET project on bioenergy which will be linking the national R&D programmes. The Network is clearly focused on the integration process, which will be planned and reviewed after every 18 months period under strategic and leadership aspects. The duration of the NoE is 5 years. | 2 | ||||||
| 1491 | 303485 | SWARM | Demonstration of Small 4-Wheel fuel cell passenger vehicle Applications in Regional and Municipal transport | JADE HOCHSCHULE WILHELMSHAVEN/OLDENBURG/ELSFLETH, UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE, EWE-FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FÜR ENERGIETECHNOLOGIE E. V., BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL, THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, SERVICE PUBLIC DE WALLONIE, UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH, UNIVERSITAET BREMEN | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA | 2012-10-01 | 2018-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 15294319.66 | 6712985.6 | [388544.8, 248434.0, 95992.0, 6864.0, 119900.0, 19800.0, 139200.0, 174320.8, 112147.0] | [1437333.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.1.1 | This project will establish a demonstration fleet of small passenger vehicles that builds on and expands existing hydrogen refuelling infrastructure. Three European regions will be participating in this effort: the UK (the Midlands and Wales), Belgium (the Brussels area and Wallonia), and North Rhine Westphalia Germany (Cologne/Weser Ems). Due to siting difficulties for two of the project HRS, Wales and the North Rhine Westphalia regions have been selected to replace Plymouth and Bremen in the project respectively. Each of these regions will deploy a new hydrogen refuelling site to close the gaps in a continuous ‘hydrogen highways’ that leads from Scotland via the Midlands to London, connecting to Brussels and on to Cologne and Hamburg/Scandinavia/Berlin.The vehicles employed are low-cost, high fuel-efficiency, hybridised, light-weight passenger cars specifically designed for city and regional transport. These vehicles provide a complementary pathway to commercialisation to the large Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of hydrogen fuel cell options, by allowing near-term rollout on a commercial basis to a wide range of users – in parallel with the planned rollouts for large OEM vehicles from 2015. Their deployment regions will gain the infrastructure, public exposure and technological understanding to act as seed locations for future large scale OEM vehicle rollout.This project will deploy an unprecedented number of these new road vehicles for demonstration with a view to preparing for large scale rollout following the end of the project. Three organisations will contribute 2, 12 and 20 vehicles respectively. These will be put in the hands of users in a variety of real-life operating environments. An extensive data monitoring exercise will run throughout the demonstration phase, allowing the reliability of the vehicles tested by different users to be evaluated and leading to recommendations for the improvement of future, fully commercial vehicle designs.The three European regions will deploy several hydrogen refuelling stations, adding a total of 3 new stations to existing supply sites, contributing to some of the first regional hydrogen refuelling clusters in Europe. Each region will as a consequence either own a high-standard filling station with high capacity (200 kg/day) and high performance (70 MPa) refuelling technology (Wallonia, Frechen), or build on existing smaller stations of lower capacity and pressure (UK Midlands and Wales).The project will be a near-commercial stepping stone and will include an outreach activity timed to coincide with OEM’s commercialisation plans in the post-2018 period, to attract further vehicles to the newly developed infrastructures – by offering cost effective and readily available focal points for additional hydrogen fleets developing around these regions. Therefore supplementing the SWARM fleet and infrastructure by more vehicles and hydrogen filling stations supplied through other projects and separate funding. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells | fuel cells | F | ||
| 1494 | 303417 | HyUnder | Assessment of the potential, the actors and relevant business cases for large scale and seasonal storage of renewable electricity by hydrogen underground storage in Europe | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND, NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPIC TECHNOLOGIES ICSI RM VALCEA | UNIPER ENERGY STORAGE GMBH, SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2012-06-18 | 2014-07-17 | nan | FP7 | 1766516 | 1193273 | [25094.0, 147136.0, 61219.0, 115352.0] | [74181.0, 141998.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.5.1 | Scope and background of projectIn the 4th call of the European FCH JU (AIP 2011) a project has been called to map out the relevance of hydrogen underground storage. The focus being on seasonal energy storage at large scale, the potential, application profile, impact of and schedule to implement this concept may differ across Europe. In recent studies a clear profile for various large-scale storage concepts / technologies has been elaborated for Germany, and here specifically the northern regions, with involvement of the public sector and industry.Utilizing this knowledge, also actors in other regions have started to assess the individual geographic hydrogen underground storage potential in their respective region such as in Spain and the UK and show interest to commercially deploy this concept.Expected resultsThe idea behind the project is to establish a European initiative supporting the deployment of hydrogen energy storage in underground storage caverns at large scale, benchmark their storage potential in relation to the energy market and competing storage technologies, and to identify and assess application areas, stakeholders, safety, regulatory framework and public acceptance.The general concept of the project foresees case studies for five representative European regions benchmarking against the results from ongoing German industry projects. Each of these case studies will consider the competitiveness of hydrogen storage against other large scale energy storage concepts, the geologic potential for hydrogen storage in the region, and how to embed the hydrogen energy storage in the energy market. The perspective of the cases studies is potential business cases for each region and the development of an Implementation Plan at European scale. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy | hydrogen energy | F | ||
| 1500 | 325348 | HYRESPONSE | European Hydrogen Emergency Response training programme for First Responders | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES OFFICIERS DE SAPEURS-POMPIERS (ENSOSP), UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2013-06-01 | 2016-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 2503522.4 | 1858453 | [438231.0, 348470.0] | [90335.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.3 | The HyResponse project will establish the World’s first comprehensive training programme for first responders, i.e. a European Hydrogen Safety Training Platform (EHSTP), to facilitate safer deployment of FCH systems and infrastructure. The EHSTP will provide first responders with the unique hi-tech training facilities, the original training materials based on a curriculum to be developed by professionals in the field of fire and hydrogen safety science and engineering that form the consortium. The core training programme is threefold: educational training, including the state-of-the-art knowledge in hydrogen safety, operational training on mock-up real scale hydrogen and fuel cell installations, and innovative virtual reality training reproducing in detail an entire accident scenario, including influence of first responder’s intervention. First responders will acquire professional knowledge and skills to contribute to FCH permitting process as approving authority. Contemporary engineering tools to assess accident scene status and facilitate decision making will be developed. Three pilot training sessions will be organised during the project. The Emergency Response Guide, explaining details of intervention strategy and tactics, will be developed and included into the pilot training sessions to receive attendees’ feedback. The Advisory and Consultative Panel will be established to engage as much as possible European stakeholders and provide highest outreach of the project results. The Panel membership will be open to first responders, site operators, representatives and hydrogen industry and car manufacturers throughout Europe. A website will stay active for training of new comers after the end of the project. EHSTP will train first responders to deal with all safety aspects for a range of hydrogen applications, including passenger vehicles, buses, forklifts, refuelling stations, backup power, stationary fuel cells for combined production of heat and power, etc. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/software/software applications/virtual reality’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘virtual reality’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | F | ||
| 1501 | 256823 | HYFACTS | Identification, Preparation and Dissemination of Hydrogen Safety Facts to Regulators and Public Safety Officials | HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2011-02-01 | 2013-07-31 | nan | FP7 | 1400631 | 1044409 | [38174.0, 187237.0] | [178561.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.5.2 | HyFacts aims to develop training material for Regulators and Public Safety Officials, which are responsible persons and work for entities, having to position themselves in the increasing number of upcoming installation of hydrogen-related technologies. The training material will focus on the fundamental aspects of hydrogen safety and on the safety approaches and criteria developed in standards and according to which hydrogen systems are engineered for the safe use of hydrogen under all circumstances.Hydrogen (H2) and its related technologies are relatively new to institutions which are dealing with issues like building regulations, local regulations, public safety and permission of technical installations. Most of the staff of these institutions does not have the necessary knowledge to judge on safety aspects based on real facts but tend to take decisions on the basis of either obsolete or incomplete knowledge or refuse to take any decision at all. This situation leads to heavy delay of decisions or to technically unreasonable, costly and sometimes also very ineffective safety measures to obtain the approval for a hydrogen installation or the allowance to install or operate hydrogen related technologies.Significant efforts will be devoted to identifying and prioritizing the audiences that would need to be trained to facilitate the commercialization of hydrogen and its related technologies. A vision and road-map for the establishment of permanent training activities for the targeted audiences by recognized institutions, along with the proposal specific initiatives will be an important outcome of the project.A large amount of new data on the behaviour of hydrogen has been developed during the last years (e.g. HySafe). These are now being applied for the design of new products and applications. It is therefore very important that the persons in charge of ensuring public safety be trained on these new safety approaches. | none given | none given | none given | F | ||
| 1511 | 278796 | DeliverHy | Optimisation of Transport Solutions for Compressed Hydrogen | NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2012-01-01 | 2013-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 1249565.6 | 719502 | [120068.0] | [116162.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.6 | Compressed hydrogen trailers are cost efficient for near term distribution. However, with the currently used 20 MPa trailers the supply of larger refuelling stations would result in multiple truck deliveries per day, which is often not acceptable. In order to increase the transported quantities, lighter materials and higher pressure must be adopted. The cost increase of the hydrogen trailers resulting from advanced technology can be off-set by the distribution cost savings from increased truck capacity.This project will assess the effects that can be achieved by the introduction of high capacity trailers composed of composite tanks with respect to weight, safety, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions.Transport of compressed hydrogen today is strictly regulated by international and regional regulations. New materials and product capacities available today have the potential to increase the payload of a single trailer from about 350 kg hydrogen today to more than 1000 kg. Materialising this potential is therefore of great importance for the efficient distribution of hydrogen to refuelling stations with high throughput. This will require changes to existing Regulations, Codes and Standards (RCS) in particular for proof pressures higher than 65 MPa and tubes larger than 3000 litres. Adopting these changes is a time consuming process and will only happen if authorities are convinced that the necessary safety precautions are taken care of to achieve a level of safety at least as high as observed with today’s distribution technologies for hydrogen.The proposed project will address these challenges by means of a detailed assessment of safety, environmental and techno-economic impacts of the use of higher capacity trailers and subsequently by the development of a preliminary action plan leading to a Roadmap for the required RCS amendments, which will be communicated to the authorities in charge. | none given | none given | none given | F | ||
| 1515 | 253863 | MATERHY | Development and characterisation of novel materials for hydrogen storage | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2010-08-03 | 2012-08-02 | nan | FP7 | 204568 | 204568 | [204568.0] | [] | [204568.0] | [] | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF | Hydrogen storage is considered to be the key challenge in achieving a hydrogen-based economy. The long-term solution for many applications like in vehicles is hydrogen storage in solid materials. Light-weight complex hydrides are considered as the most promising materials. This proposal is focused on hydrogen storage in selected novel boron-based complex hydrides based on alkali and 3d/4d transition metals, so-called mixed borohydrides. The proposal addresses synthesis of novel compounds by advanced ball milling, characterisation with respect to thermodynamics, kinetics and structure and studies of the effect of catalysts. The researcher from Hiroshima University has a significant competence in methodology related to ball milling and thermal characterisation of novel complex hydrides. The host institution, IFE, has a significant experience in hydrogen storage materials, and in particular structural studies of such compounds. A major goal of the project is a transfer of knowledge related to novel methods for synthesis and thermal characterisation. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/thermodynamics’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’] | [‘thermodynamics’, ‘catalysis’] | 1 | |||
| 1517 | 245133 | NEXTHYLIGHTS | Supporting action to prepare large-scale hydrogen vehicle demonstration in Europe | CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA, STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND | VATTENFALL EUROPE BUSINESS SERVICES GMBH, TOTALENERGIES MARKETING SERVICES, EQUINOR ASA | 2010-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 1138522 | 499303 | [17541.0, 94348.0] | [12356.0, -1.0, 12750.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-1.2 | The Supporting Action NextHyLights will work in close cooperation with and under supervision of FCH JU. NextHyLights will directly contribute to the FCH JU activities regarding the preparation of the next calls and will be prepared to react flexibly on FCH JU requirements. It will use the MAIP as the basis and will help to detail it towards the AIPs taking the ambitions and opportunities of all stakeholders into account. The concept of the project is to develop a strategy (Master Plan) on how to bridge the gap between today’s demo projects and the start of market introduction by building upon existing knowledge from various activities including: HFP & FCH JU (implementation plans), HyWays, R2H, HyLights (methods, instruments and databases), HyFleet:CUTE, ZERO REGIO, HYCHAIN and other demo projects (hardware experience). The key partners of the former FP6 projects HyWays and HyLights will assure that the results, instruments and lessons learnt from these projects can be used at their best. The Master Plan needs to be organized in timely steps comprising of milestones regarding cost and performance targets. The Master Plan development requires the separate preparation of detailed work and roll-out plans for the vehicle segments ‘passenger cars’, ‘buses’ and ‘other vehicles’ which will be checked against each other for coherence and then be integrated in the overall plan. In case of the bus segment a close relationship with the Hydrogen Bus Alliance (HBA) will be established via Element Energy who is already in charge of the Alliance’s secretariat. Here work can be based on previous HBA activities such as the HBA strategy paper. The Master Plan development will also take into account social and environmental impacts as well as the regulatory requirements of the activities planned in each vehicle segment. Furthermore, the project will prepare a criteria catalogue to identify regions / municipalities which are suitable to become hydrogen cluster regions. | / | /natural sciences/computer and information sciences/databases | databases | F | ||
| 1525 | 256848 | CHIC | Clean Hydrogen in European Cities | CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA, UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART, BERLINER VERKEHRSBETRIEBE, BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSIT | VATTENFALL EUROPE INNOVATION GMBH, TOTALENERGIES MARKETING DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS, SHELL DOWNSTREAM SERVICES INTERNATIONAL BV | 2010-04-01 | 2016-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 81956227.28 | 25878334 | [-1.0, 262587.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.1.1 | The Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC) Project is the essential next step to full commercialisation of hydrogen powered fuel cell (H2FC) buses. CHIC will reduce the ‘time to market’ for the technology and support ‘market lift off’ – 2 central objectives of the Joint Undertaking.CHIC will:- Intensively test the technology to generate learning for the final steps towards commercialisation by operating a minimum of 26 H2FC buses in medium sized fleets in normal city bus operation, and substantially enlarging hydrogen infrastructure in 5 European regions.- Embed the substantial knowledge and experience from previous H2FC bus projects (CUTE & HyFLEET:CUTE).- Accelerate development of clean public transport systems in new European Regions.- Conduct a life cycle based sustainability assessment of the use of H2FC buses in public transport, based on a triple bottom line approach considering environmental, economic and social aspects.- Identify the advantages, improvement potentials, complementarities and synergies of H2FC buses compared with conventional and alternative technologies- Build a critical mass of public support for the benefits of ‘green’ hydrogen powered transport, leading to increased visibility and political commitment across Europe.The project is based on a staged introduction and build-up of H2FC bus fleets and the supporting infrastructure across Europe. A phased approach will link experienced cities and new cities in partnerships, greatly facilitating the smooth introduction of the new systems now and into the future. Using this arrangement the project will be linked to other projects fully funded from other sources and therefore magnifies the impact of the JTI.In the context of the H2FC bus projects and progress achieved to this point, the expected results of CHIC will take the technology to the brink of commercialisation, leading in turn to very significant environmental & economic benefits to Europe and to the World. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/public transport’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘public transport’, ‘fuel cells’] | F | ||
| 1545 | 303418 | PHAEDRUS | High Pressure Hydrogen All Electrochemical Decentralized RefUeling Station | HOCHSCHULE ESSLINGEN, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2012-11-01 | 2015-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 6309832 | 3566343 | [135086.0, 204151.0, 70436.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.1.8 | PHAEDRUS addresses the complete scope and objectives of Topic SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.1.8. A new concept and new technologies for a hydrogen retail refuelling system are developed.The major objective is to develop and validate a new concept for 70 MPa hydrogen refuelling retail stations by showing the applicability of electrochemical hydrogen compression technology in combination with a PEM electrolyser, storage units and dispensing system. The use of electrochemical hydrogen compression technology is a step change in both the efficiency and cost of ownership of an integrated hydrogen refuelling system. The applicability will be demonstrated in a fuelling system producing 5 kg hydrogen per day, while a design is made for a fuelling system capable of producing 200 kg hydrogen per day. Safety aspects, efficiency and economic viability of the system’s components will be analysed and validated as well. The targeted HRS infrastructure will have a modular dispensing capacity in the range of 50-200 kg per day, and will be fit for early network roll-out from 2015 onwards to 2020.Various consortium members are actively involved in working groups where relevant standards like SAE J2601, SAE J2799, CSA TIR 4.3, ISO TC 58/SC3 and ISO TC197 are being developed.An Advisory Board will review the progress with respect to international developments and will act as an interconnection to efforts in other Member States, Asia and the United States.The project is scheduled for 3 years and can be regarded as phase one of a two-step development. In the first phase technology will be developed, a complete Hydrogen Refuelling System design is made for 200 kg/day capacity, and validated on a 5 kg/day scale. Subsequently in phase two the technology will be demonstrated in a scalable 200 kg/day Hydrogen Refuelling System.The consortium encompasses the complete value-chain for an innovative hydrogen refuelling station; from a hydrogen producer to the automotive industry. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/automotive engineering’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘automotive engineering’] | F | ||
| 1547 | 621194 | HYPACTOR | Pre-normative research on resistance to mechanical impact of composite overwrapped pressure vessels | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, INSTITUT DE SOUDURE ASSOCIATION, POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2014-04-01 | 2017-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 4049293.42 | 2143665 | [579354.97, 277098.32, 185080.0, 435931.6] | [155365.18] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.5.6 | Hydrogen is expected to be a highly valuable energy carrier for the 21st century as it should participate in answering main societal and economical concerns. However, in order to enable its extensive use as an energy vector, it is of primary importance to ensure its societal acceptance and thus its safety in use. To this aim, hydrogen storage and transportation must be secured. In particular today, the knowledge on composite overwrapped pressure vessels’ (COPV) behaviour when submitted to mechanical impacts is limited and existing standards are not well-appropriate to composite materials.The main objective of HYPACTOR is thus to provide recommendations for Regulation Codes and Standards (RCS) regarding the qualification of new designs of COPV and the procedures for periodic inspection in service of COPV subjected to mechanical impacts.To this aim, experimental work will be combined with feedback from experience in order to:- Understand and characterize the relationship between the impact, the damage and the loss of performance of COPV at short term and after further pressure loads in service;- Develop models to predict at least short term residual performance of the impacted COPV;- Assess relevant (non-destructive) inspection procedures and define pass-fail criteria for COPV in service subjected to mechanical impacts.Different applications will be considered: stationary application, transportable cylinders, bundles and tube trailers.The HYPACTOR project brings together partners with complementary expertise: experts in testing processes for compressed gaseous hydrogen (CGH2) storage in full composite vessels (CEA, WRUT), a gas company operating CGH2 technologies (AIR LIQUIDE), a pressure vessel supplier (HEXAGON), experts in characterization, particularly non-destructive testing (ISA, WRUT) and experts in modelling (NTNU), leading actors in international RCS development (HEX, AL, ISA, CEA), and an expert in European R&D collaborative project management (ALMA). | / | /engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites | composites | F | ||
| 1556 | 256810 | FC-EUROGRID | Evaluating the Performance of Fuel Cells in European Energy Supply Grids | EIFER EUROPAISCHES INSTITUT FUR ENERGIEFORSCHUNG EDF KIT EWIV, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT | UNIPER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, E. ON RUHRGAS AG | 2010-10-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 805931 | 588982 | [-1.0, 59385.0, 112887.0, 32636.0, 76504.0, 89345.0] | [-1.0, 58315.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.3.8 | It has become apparent in the development of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP) and Annual Implementation Plans (API) that it is difficult to formulate precise targets and requirements for stationary fuel cell applications due to the complicated interaction of FC system operation with grid specifics and the differing goals of FC implementation in the Member States. Neither for efficiency and emission levels, for example, nor for more technical specifications like cycling ability and turn-down ratio can clear targets be set and benchmarks applied that are independent from the energy supply grid environment the FC system is operating in.Therefore it was decided to omit such targets from the JU programme, which on the other hand constitutes an unsatisfactory situation due to the lack of clear technical guidelines.The project will contribute to solving this situation by collecting and reviewing information on stationary FC operations in various grid environments and application strategies. From this analysis and using information on competing technologies and their future development, benchmarks and targets for stationary fuel cell applications in Europe will be developed and coordinated with the relevant European stakeholders, as well as with the FCH JU and the Commission. These benchmarks will be essential in assessing the progress of the JU programme in improving fuel cell technology and the advantages fuel cells can offer over conventional technologies in the context of different energy supply grids. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells | fuel cells | F | ||
| 1565 | 325275 | Sapphire | System Automation of PEMFCs with Prognostics and Health management for Improved Reliability and Economy | SVEUCILISTE U SPLITU, FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE, STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE, EIFER EUROPAISCHES INSTITUT FUR ENERGIEFORSCHUNG EDF KIT EWIV, ZENTRUM FUR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET DES MICROTECHNIQUES | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2013-05-01 | 2016-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 3269417.1 | 1745140.6 | [136141.2, 187518.6, 378956.4, 316198.0, 378939.2] | [] | [378956.4] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.3.3 | The SAPPHIRE project will develop an integrated prognostics and health management system (PHM) including a health-adaptive controller to extend the lifetime and increase the reliability of heat and power-producing systems based on low-temperature proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (LT-PEMFC).The PHM system can actively track the current health and degradation state of the fuel-cell system, and through the health-adaptive control counteract the degradation of cells and balance of plant, and thereby boost the lifetime of the controlled system beyond the current lifetime expectancy. An important part of project is to develop novel prognostics approaches implemented in the PHM for estimation of the remaining useful life (RUL) of the PEMFC.An efficient sensor configuration for control will be chosen using controllability analysis methods, also including indirect sensing/estimation techniques to replace expensive measurement principles. Based on sensor inputs and input from the control system, the PHM algorithms identify the probable failure modes trajectories and estimate the remaining useful life. The consortium’s competence ranges from first principles estimation, to signal processing, regression and data-driven techniques, such as neuralnetworks. This ensures an efficient choice of methods.The project covers a full cycle of research activities, from requirement specification and laboratory experiments, through study of degradation phenomena and selection of prognostic methods, to synthesis of the control system and its testing on the target PEMFC system. A technical-economical analysis will be performed in order to assess the impact of the developed tool in terms of lifetime improvement.The project is expected to produce hardware and software solutions and have a significant scientific output. The implemented solutions resulting from the project will be tested and validated by the research and industrial partners. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/control systems’, ‘/social sciences/sociology/industrial relations/automation’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/sensors’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/artificial intelligence/computational intelligence’] | [‘control systems’, ‘automation’, ‘sensors’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘computational intelligence’] | 1 | ||
| 1606 | 245101 | H2MOVES SCANDINAVIA | H2moves.eu Scandinavia | CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA, RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 18731663.4 | 7732503 | [40080.0, 260691.0, 75422.0] | [] | [260691.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-1.1 | With this proposal the Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership (SHHP) applies for becoming the first EC funded European Lighthouse Project (LHP) for hydrogen fuel cell cars. Correspondingly, the LHP has been christened “H2moves Scandinavia” being synonymous to “H2moves.eu” as acronym for the cluster of European demonstration projects on hydrogen for transport. A state-of-the-art hydrogen refuelling station will be integrated in a conventional gasoline and diesel refuelling station in Oslo in early 2011, thus fulfilling all requirements specified in the call and offering the typical service profile of today’s conventional fuelling stations. The objective is to provide hydrogen in a normal retail setting with a fully integrated purchase interface and in an urban environment with probably the densest hydrogen fuelling station network anywhere in Europe. The user interface design will be intuitive, safe and easy to use, and the plan is to provide fully renewable hydrogen from electrolysis and hydropower. Ten Mercedes-Benz B-class F-CELL cars and an additional two Alfa Romeo MiTo fuel cell vehicles from Centro Ricerche FIAT will be provided for daily operation in Oslo and on specific tours in southern Norway and the whole SHHP region. In addition to these latest state-of-the-art fuel cell vehicles, five city cars from H2 Logic, mostly driven within the city of Oslo, will complement the vehicle fleet. The city cars will be based on a two-seater battery electric vehicle with a fuel cell range extender, being capable of up to 250 km driving range. Out of this fleet of customer cars, at least two cars (sedans and city cars) will be employed also on at least five European hydrogen vehicle demonstration tours. For the on-site refuelling of hydrogen during the vehicle demonstration tours H2 Logic will develop a mobile hydrogen refuelling concept for provision of almost 100% CO2 free hydrogen. A safety study will accompany the project to identify the certification gaps in Scandinavia to accelerate full commercialization of vehicles and fuelling stations. The project’s performance will be monitored and assessed versus benchmarks set in the beginning. The project’s results will be disseminated through a set of public reports. Communication with the JTI Programme Office, interested stakeholders and the public will be pursued. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/liquid fuels’, ‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/electric vehicles’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydroelectricity’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘liquid fuels’, ‘electric vehicles’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘hydroelectricity’, ‘fuel cells’] | 1 | ||
| 1611 | 621219 | HYFIVE | Hydrogen For Innovative Vehicles | GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY, COPENHAGEN HYDROGEN NETWORK AS, ISTITUTO PER INNOVAZIONI TECNOLOGICHE BOLZANO SCARL | OMV DOWNSTREAM GMBH | 2014-04-01 | 2018-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 39060997.33 | 17970566 | [582958.0, -1.0, 335360.0] | [932400.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.1.1 | HyFIVE is an ambitious European project including 15 partners who will deploy 185 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) from the five global automotive companies who are leading in their commercialisation (BMW, Daimler, Honda, Hyundai and Toyota).Refuelling stations configured in viable networks will be developed in three distinct clusters by deploying 6 new stations linked with 12 existing stations supplied by Air Products, Copenhagen Hydrogen Network, Linde, Danish Hydrogen Fuel, ITM Power and OMV.The project’s scale and pan-European breadth allow it to tackle all of the final technical and social issues which could prevent the commercial roll-out of hydrogen vehicle and refuelling infrastructure across Europe. Research tasks will ensure these issues are analysed and that the learning is available for the hydrogen community across Europe. Issues include:•Demonstrating that the vehicles meet and exceed the technical and environmental expectations for FCEVs•Establishing best practice on supporting FCEVs in the field, including new procedures for equipping maintenance facilities, training dealers, establishing a spare parts regime etc.•Using the stations in the project to understand progress on solutions to the outstanding technical issues facing HRS•Investigating the challenges of using electrolysers to generate renewable hydrogen•Understanding the impact of operating a network for filling stations operated by different suppliers, with different hydrogen supply modes•Understanding the buying characteristics of the earliest adopters, who will procure vehicles despite high costs and limited infrastructure•Providing evidence on the likely trajectory of the commercialisation of FCEVs in EuropeThe project will disseminate the results of this demonstration to opinion formers and decision makers across Europe to improve public readiness for the technology and encourage supportive policies and investment decisions. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/electric vehicles’, ‘/social sciences/sociology/social issues’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electric vehicles’, ‘social issues’, ‘fuel cells’] | F | ||
| 1621 | 219155 | FCHINSTRUCT | Preparatory Activities of the Joint Technology Initiative for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen | HYDROGEN EUROPE | 2007-10-01 | 2009-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 1368250 | 684125 | [] | [684125.0] | [] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY;REGPOT | The project will carry out all the preparatory activities necessary to ensure a successful launch of the Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) as soon as possible once the Council Regulation has been adopted. The main activities are to: – start the build-up of the resources and the support structure necessary to ensure the operational readiness of the Joint Undertaking’s Programme office; – prepare the governance process of the JTI and the development of processes for co-ordination with other entities engaged in the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen field; -develop and prepare the strategic work programme and the first annual activity plan; -prepare the project management tools and procedures for reception, treatment, monitoring, reviewing and management of the JTI projects; -prepare for the transfer of knowledge gained and website run from the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technology Platform. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/sociology/governance’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘governance’, ‘fuel cells’] | F | |||
| 1626 | 325381 | HAWL | Large scale demonstration of substitution of battery electric forklifts by hydrogen fuel cell forklifts in logistics warehouses | FM LOGISTIC CORPORATE | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2013-09-01 | 2017-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 9018435 | 4278555 | [83900.0] | [932450.0, 441585.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.4.1 | HAWL project aims at demonstrating competitiveness, technical maturity and user acceptance of hydrogen fuel cell powered forklift trucks fleets in a logistics warehouse environment in Europe, as an alternative to battery powered trucks operation.Electric forklift trucks have gained popularity in Europe due to efficiency of engines, absence of noise and of emissions at point of use. The main issue they have to address is battery management. Limited autonomy of batteries and voltage drops at end of discharge lead to complex battery swapping, and recharge processes.A few fuel cell initiatives have started in Europe in the material handling segment, however nearly all operators use a mix of forklift trucks of different types and no fuel cell vendor has yet proposed a wide enough range of products to allow a full warehouse fleet conversion, necessary to suppress battery operations and obtain the benefits expected from the technology.The new generation of fuel cell products and refuelling infrastructure that HyPulsion, Air Liquide and OEMs intend to develop in the frame of the HAWL project, are expected to bring productivity gains for the end users, due to faster and simpler refuelling and longer expected autonomy, while reaching the cost and performance targets needed for wide commercialization.The HAWL consortium, which gathers major companies in the field of fuel cells, forklift trucks, hydrogen distribution and dispensing and warehouse logistics, will undertake to prove productivity gains and reach or exceed economic breakeven in operations, using the technology on full fleets.The consortium within a 4-year time frame will:- solve relevant safety and acceptance issues,- pass required certification steps,- obtain necessary operating permits,- deploy and operate 200 Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 trucks, as well as refuelling systems in multiple warehouses,- jointly measure, assess and demonstrate the actual productivity;The consortium has set up a funding scheme where the grants for technology providers are used to accelerate product development, while the grants for end-users are used to limit deployment risks by helping finance local work and maintenance for the duration of the demonstration.All individual members of the consortium have a direct interest in further development of the technology, no commercial restriction is agreed between the partners and a specific communication effort is undertaken within the program. These characteristics combined with the market audience of the consortium as a whole should maximize the dissemination potential of any positive result of the HAWL demonstration program.The HAWL project is a unique opportunity for the consortium members and for the European industry to start the first full size deployments of fuel cells technology in the material handling vehicle segment. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/economics and business/economics/production economics/productivity’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘productivity’, ‘fuel cells’] | F | ||
| 1639 | 325329 | FIRECOMP | Modelling the thermo-mechanical behaviour of high pressure vessel in composite materials when exposed to fire conditions | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2013-06-01 | 2016-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 3543498.25 | 1877552 | [194786.0, 29034.0, 606735.0, 216033.0] | [282403.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.4 | Hydrogen is expected to be highly valuable energy carrier for the 21st century as it should participate in answering main societal and economical concerns. To exploit its benefits at large scale, further research and technological developments are required. In particular, the storage of hydrogen must be secured. Even if burst in service of pressure vessels in composite material is very unlikely, when exposed to a fire, they present safety challenges imposing to correctly size their means of protection.The main objective of FireComp project is thus to better characterize the conditions that need to be achieved to avoid burst. To this aim, experimental work will be done in order to improve the understanding of heat transfer mechanisms and the loss of strength of composite high-pressure vessels in fire conditions. We will then model the thermo-mechanical behaviour of these vessels.Different applications will be considered: automotive application, stationary application, transportable cylinders, bundles and tube trailers. A risk analysis will be conducted for each application leading to the definition of optimised safety strategies.The main outputs of the project will be recommendations for Regulation Codes and Standards regarding the qualification of high-pressure composite storage and sizing of its protections.The FireComp project brings together partners from diverse expertise: a GCH (Gaseous Compressed Hydrogen) technology integrator as a coordinator (AIR LIQUIDE), a pressure vessel supplier (HEXAGON), a leading actor in international Standards, Codes and Regulations development (HSL), experts in industrial risks (INERIS), experts in thermal radiation and mechanical behaviour of the composite (CNRS (Pprime & LEMTA), LMS Samtech), experts in thermal degradation and combustion of composites, numerical simulation (Edinburgh University and LMS Samtech) and an expert in European R&D collaborative project management (ALMA). | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/thermodynamic engineering/heat engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’] | [‘heat engineering’, ‘composites’] | F | ||
| 1664 | 227179 | NANOPEC | Nanostructured Photoelectrodes for Energy Conversion | UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO, UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, TECHNION – ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | ENI SPA | 2009-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3589188 | 2699909 | [324270.0, 610361.0, 220800.0, 273054.0, 501668.0, 100106.0, 523850.0] | [145800.0] | [] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2008.10.1.2;NMP-2008-2.6-1 | To address the challenges of photon capture and energy conversion, we will investigate solar-driven hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical water splitting. Although the concept is extremely attractive as a method of sustainable fuel production, no single material with acceptable performance, stability, and cost has been found, despite decades of investigation. To address this significant challenge, we will use new concepts and methods, afforded by nanotechnology, to design innovative composite nanostructures in which each component performs specialized functions. These novel nanocomposites will decrease the number of criteria that any single component must meet, thus overcoming the basic materials limitations that have hindered development. Computational studies will be used to assist in the selection of optimal material pairings and a wealth of advanced analytical techniques will be employed to improve the understanding of structure-composition-property relationships. As a final objective, we will use NanoPEC’s innovations to develop a 1 square-centimeter test device that converts solar energy to hydrogen energy with a sustained 10% efficiency and a maximum performance decay of 10% over the first 5,000 hours of operation and a 100 square-centimeter test device with a sustained 7% efficiency and similar stability, representing a performance standard that goes well beyond the state-of-the-art. NanoPEC’s innovative research will redefine the field of photoelectrochemistry and place Europe at the forefront of nanoscience and nanotechnology research by contributing to leadership in this strategically important area. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/nanocomposites’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘nanotechnology’, ‘nanocomposites’, ‘energy conversion’] | F | ||
| 1667 | 309223 | PHOCS | Photogenerated Hydrogen by Organic Catalytic Systems | UNIVERSITAT JAUME I DE CASTELLON, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA, FUNDACION IMDEA NANOCIENCIA, UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK, INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO | ENI SPA | 2012-12-01 | 2015-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 3828934.9 | 2849000 | [358644.8, 220456.25, 495699.6, 591225.2, 396999.6, 139043.75, 396531.0] | [250399.8] | [] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2012.10.2.1 | Aim of the project “Photogenerated Hydrogen by Organic Catalytic Systems (PHOCS)” is the realization of a new-concept,photoelectrochemical system for hydrogen production, based on the hybrid organic/inorganic and organic/liquid interfaces. PHOCS takes the move from the recent demonstration of reduction/oxidation reactions taking place, under visible light and at zero bias, at the interface of an organic semiconductor and an aqueous electrolyte, obtained by the coordinator’s group.PHOCS intends to combine the visible-light absorption properties of organics, together with the enhanced charge transport capabilities of inorganic semiconductors, in order to build a hybrid photoelectrode for hydrogen generation. New organic donor and acceptor materials (conjugated polymers and fullerenes derivatives) will be synthesized, properly tuning HOMO-LUMO levels position and energy gap extent for semi-water splitting purposes. In order to build properly-working photo-electrochemical cells, issues such as stability, wettability, catalytic functionality, electron transfer processes at the polymer/electrolyte interface will also be faced during the synthesis step. Multifunctional, high surface area, inorganic electrodes will be moreover developed, in order to increase surface area, provide ohmic contact to the organic active layer, 3D control of the donor-acceptor junction and advanced light management. Spectro-electrochemical characterization of organic/inorganic and organic/electrolytic solution interfaces will be continuously performed, in order to deep characterize charge transfer phenomena and improve the device performances. Final aim of PHOCS project is the realization of a scaled-up, 10×10 cm2, 1% solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion efficient device, as a tangible first step towards the new “organic water splitting” technology. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘semiconductivity’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘energy conversion’] | F | ||
| 1680 | 633174 | 3EMOTION | Environmentally Friendly, Efficient Electric Motion | COMMUNAUTE URBAINE DE CHERBOURG, PROVINCIE ZUID-HOLLAND, AALBORG KOMMUNE, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, VLAAMSE VERVOERSMAATSCHAPPIJ DE LIJN, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, REGION NORDJYLLAND (NORTH DENMARK REGION), COMMUNE DE CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, PAU BEARN PYRENEES MOBILITES, CENTRO INTERUNIVERSITARIO DI RICERCA PER LO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE, LAZIO, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2015-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 38181930.72 | 14999983 | [-1.0, 45262.0, 474579.0, 132800.0, -1.0, 3241.0, 1353982.0, -1.0, 3600668.0, 183435.0, 10376.0, -1.0] | [510000.0, 263012.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.1.1 | The 3EMOTION project will provide policymakers and financing institutions with the necessary arguments to invest in Fuel Cell Buses (FCB) as a cost effective strategy to accelerate the reduction of harmful local emissions while offering attractive co-modality options for commuters. By leveraging the experiences of earlier FCB demonstrations in overcoming the last technical and economic barriers, as well as significantly increasing the number of bus operators involved with FCBs, the project will support the achievements anticipated in the upcoming FCH-JU Bus Commercialisation Study, 2014. More specifically, the project will:•Lower H2 consumption for FCB’s to less than 9kg/100km (a 30% improvement over the FCH JU targets)•Integrate latest drive train, fuel cells & battery technologies to lower the TCO and increase their actual lifetime•Ensure Availability >90% without the need of permanent technical support, a major advance compared to that achieved under current FCH-JU projects•Increase warranties (>15,000 hours) and improved delivery times of key components•Reduce bus investment costs to 850K€ for a 13m bus (a reduction of 35% over the current generation of vehicles)A pan-European consortium of public & private actors will achieve these challenging targets and objectives by:•Operating 27 FCB in 5 leading EU cities: London, Pau, Versailles, Rotterdam, Aalborg (8 already existing)•Developing 3 new Hydrogen Refuelling Station (HRS)•Conducting an evaluation assessment of the use of FCB & HRS (environment, economic, social) using the existing MAF•Identifying the transferability model for accelerating the commercialisation of FCB’s in the EU by comparing their latest performances with conventional/alternative technologies•Consolidating and extending the network of H2 Bus Centres of Excellence to the project sites, in collaboration with the H2 Bus Alliance Global H2 Bus Platform and UITP. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electric batteries’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electric batteries’, ‘fuel cells’] | F | ||
| 1714 | 303484 | NOVEL | Novel materials and system designs for low cost, efficient and durable PEM electrolysers | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2012-09-01 | 2016-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 5987546 | 2663357 | [522088.0, 328830.0, 415123.0, 392133.0] | [] | [522088.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.2.7 | Water electrolysis based on PEM technology has demonstrated its applicability to produce hydrogen and oxygen in a clean and safe way. Systems have been demonstrated in a wide range of niche applications with capacities from << 1 Nl/hrs to 30 Nm^3/hrs.PEM electrolysers offer efficiency, safety and compactness benefits over alkaline electrolysers. However, these benefits have not been fully realised in distributed hydrogen generation principally due to high capital costs.Principal reasons for high capital costs of present state of the art PEM electrolyser are:-use of expensive materials (noble metals, perfluorinated ion-exchange membranes),-high material usage (e.g. catalyst loading, thickness of bipolar plates),-limited durability of the main components (membrane, electrode, current collectors and bipolar plates),-complex stack designThis project will take advantage of the progress beyond the state of the art achieved by the partners involved in the NEXPEL project. In the initial phase of this project, durability studies of electrolyser stacks developed in NEXPEL will be performed. The stacks will be run at different operating conditions (low pressure, constant load, fluctuating load coupled with RES). Invaluable data and post mortem analyses can be extracted from this demonstration part of NEXPEL and fed into the further development of novel materials for and design of cost competitive, high efficiency, small scale PEM electrolysers for home/community use.The functionality of the novel materials will be proved on the laboratory scale with a small electrolysis stack in the 1-kWel range. By minimising electrochemical losses in the stack, a system design will be developed which enables an overall efficiency > 70 % (LHV). The improved materials will also be made available to current developers of PEM electrolysers to allow them to quantify the benefits, and to provide early feedback that will drive ongoing performance improvements | / | /natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis | electrolysis | 1 | ||
| 1723 | 621233 | MEGASTACK | Stack design for a Megawatt scale PEM electrolyser | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2014-10-01 | 2017-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 3912286 | 2168543 | [505120.0, 277549.0, 267906.0] | [] | [505120.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.2.3 | “Water electrolysis based on PEM technology has demonstrated its applicability to produce hydrogen and oxygen in a clean and safe way on site and on demand. Systems have been demonstrated in a wide range of niche applications with capacities from << 1 Nl/h to 30 Nm^3/h. PEM electrolysers offer efficiency, safety and compactness benefits over alkaline electrolysers. However, these benefits have not been fully realised in distributed hydrogen generation principally due to high capital costs.In order for PEM electrolysers to fit with the need for large scale on-site production of hydrogen for hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS), renewable energy storage, grid balancing and ""power to gas"" the capacity of PEM electrolysers should be increased to at least 3-4 MW.The main goal of this project will be to develop a suitable stack design for PEM electrolysers in the MW range using large area cells and the necessary CCMs/MEAs, current collectors and seals for the large area cells." | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | 1 | ||
| 1725 | 239349 | H2-IGCC | Low Emission Gas Turbine Technology for Hydrogen-rich Syngas | UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY, THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI ROMA TRE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER, RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO – RSE SPA, CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AERONAUTIQUE ASBL – CENAERO, PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, CARDIFF UNIVERSITY | NUON POWER GENERATION B.V., ENEL PRODUZIONE SPA, UNIPER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 2009-11-01 | 2014-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 17191878 | 11279696.8 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2008.6.1.4 | The overall objective of this project is to provide and demonstrate technical solutions which will allow the use of state-of-the-art highly efficient, reliable gas turbines in the next generation of IGCC plants, suitable for combusting undiluted hydrogen-rich syngas derived from a pre-combustion CO2 capture process, with high fuel flexibility. The recognised challenge is to operate a stable and controllable gas turbine on hydrogen-rich syngas with emissions and process parameters similar to current state-of-the-art natural gas turbine engines. This objective will have severe implications on the combustion technology, hot gas path materials, the aerodynamic performance of turbomachinery components, and the system as a whole. The project will address these issues in Subprojects: SP1: Combustion; SP2: Materials; SP3: Turbomachinery and SP4: System analysis. In addition, the project will also look into gas turbine fuel flexibility, which will be demonstrated in order to allow the burning of back-up fuels, such as natural gas, without adversely affecting the reliability and availability. This is an important operational requirement to ensure optimum use of the gas turbine. The H2-IGCC project – coordinated by the European Turbine Network – gathers the whole value chain of gas turbine power plant technology, including Original Equipment Manufacturers, GT users/operators and research institutes with diverse key expertise needed to fulfil the objectives. Successful dissemination and implementation of the results will open up the market for IGCC with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), as it will improve the commercial competitiveness of IGCC technology. In particular, the integrated approach used in the project will enhance confidence and significantly reduce deployment times for the new technologies and concepts developed in this project. The vision is that this will allow for the deployment of high efficiency gas turbines in competitive IGCC plants with CCS technology by 2020. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/carbon capture engineering’] | [‘natural gas’, ‘carbon capture engineering’] | F | ||
| 1730 | 245262 | NEXPEL | Next-Generation PEM Electrolyser for Sustainable Hydrogen Production | THE UNIVERSITY OF READING, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES | EQUINOR ASA | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3068183.8 | 1256286 | [59166.0, 317113.0, 252689.0, 177008.0] | [128339.0] | [317113.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-1.1;SP1-JTI-FCH-2.1 | The main objective of the NEXPEL project, a successful demonstration of an efficient PEM electrolyser integrated with Renewable Energy Sources, supports the overall vision to establish hydrogen as an energy carrier in a large range of applications in the near future. The very ambitious objectives in the call will be addressed by a top class European consortium which is carefully balanced between leading R&D organisations and major industrial actors from 4 member states. An iterative approach between system, sub systems and components will be applied to define its cost, performance and ecological targets. This will be accompanied by a design to cost exercise as part of the life cycle analysis. Efficiency greater than 75% will be achieved by – developing more effective electrodes – adapting highly conductive new membrane materials – increasing the operating temperature for increased kinetics – lowering the hydrogen cross over using denser membranes – increasing the system pressure to reduce pump losses A stack life time towards 40 000 h will be achieved by – reducing hydrogen cross over reducing chemical degradation by peroxides – developing more stable catalysts, porous current collectors and bipolar plates – designing stack which minimizes temperature and mechanical stress gradients – developing high efficient advanced power electronic minimising load stress for the electrolyser Reducing system costs to EURO 5,000/Nm3 is a major driving force and will be addressed by – replacing/reducing of expensive materials (PFSA membrane, Pt loading, titanium) – increasing the performance of components and sub-systems – simplifying the system – developing components suitable for mass production The consortium is confident that the dissemination and exploitation of the project will create considerable impact especially in terms of Europe’s energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emission and increasing Europe’s competitiveness. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘transition metals’, ‘catalysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | F1 | |
| 1762 | 245332 | PREPAR-H2 | Preparing socio and economic evaluations of future H2 lighthouse projects | AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2010-01-01 | 2011-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 563870 | 257075 | [50795.0, 46120.0, 53100.0] | [] | [50795.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-1.2;SP1-JTI-FCH-5.1 | Economic predictions indicate that many national economies are falling into financially difficult times. When this occurs, there is tendency to refocus priories and funds and less emphasis is placed on projects promoting environmental well-being. Prepar-H2 is unique because the partners draw upon five ongoing nationally funded demonstration H2 projects and updating 5th-6th EC framework projects in addition to the national projects, creating many benefits at a very low cost. The thrust behind Prepar-H2 is driven by a study-matrix composed for the Hy-Approval and HyFLEET:CUTE which revealed that social studies carried out in context with hydrogen demonstrations often lacked substantiation and consisted of preset and repetitive questionnaires than revealing dialogues. Often technical and demonstration projects, like some of the national projects referenced here, use vast resources for hardware while neglecting the human interface and cultural variations of both public and private perceptions as well as economic aspects. Integrating lessons learned from these H2 projects, Prepar-H2 will upgrade the social matrix through progressive interviews from a cross-disciplinary approach by involving all stakeholders throughout the entire duration of the project. Applying the same method and having accessibility to others who are involved with other alternative fuels, Prepar-H2 will simultaneously provide an economic comparison between H2, other alternative fuels and conventional fossil fuel. The final outcome will be a systematic social and economic data sets providing grounds for accompanying measures in future hydrogen lighthouse projects. More importantly, findings from Prepar-H2 will not only be applicable to future lighthouse projects but also have the flexibility to be applied to other H2 projects thereby successfully promoting H2 in societies through a thorough social and economic understanding of all stakeholders’ perceptions, attitudes and actions. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels | energy and fuels | 1 | ||
| 1792 | 256773 | HYQ | Hydrogen fuel Quality requirements for transportation and other energy applications | CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ZENTRUM FUR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | TOTALENERGIES MARKETING SERVICES, SHELL DOWNSTREAM SERVICES INTERNATIONAL BV, L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2011-03-01 | 2014-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 3719818 | 1385219 | [62084.0, 368401.0, 183202.0, 176300.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, 102161.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.1.6 | Hydrogen-based energy conversion devices, especially proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), are known to be sensitive to hydrogen fuel impurities. In this context, adequate specification of hydrogen quality, as well as means of checking H2 fuel compliance, are crucial to warrant reliability of these devices. Besides, a technical and economical compromise between performance loss and purification levels has to be found: this is a key issue for all hydrogen stakeholders. Important international effort is currently being undertaken to develop Regulations, Codes and Standards (especially ISO/TC197/WG12) on this topic. This work is today mainly carried out by US DOE and Japan NEDO, and the HyQ project is being set up to enable the European industrial and scientific community to support actively this pre-normative research. The strong partnership of HyQ involves large research organisations and major industrial players involved in the hydrogen economy (end-users, manufacturers and gas suppliers).The first action of HyQ aims at identifying technological gaps from an extensive mapping on the various H2 production and purification pathways, and of current standardisation activities on the topic. In parallel, end-users specifications will be collected. On this basis, more appropriate methods will be proposed to determine acceptable impurity levels, as well as for checking H2 fuel quality, and in parallel, the technico-economical trade-off between H2 quality and generator performance will be quantified.Cooperation with standardisation organisations will be ensured all along the project to promote European contribution. One of the main outcomes of HyQ will be a synthesis document gathering all procedures validated during the course of the project. This document will form the basis of the European recommendations of harmonized methods for hydrogen fuel quality testing for the different applications. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘energy conversion’] | F | ||
| 1795 | 303451 | HYLIFT-EUROPE | HyLIFT-EUROPE – Large scale demonstration of fuel cell powered material handling vehicles | COPENHAGEN HYDROGEN NETWORK AS, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2013-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 15680960.2 | 6896871 | [-1.0, 46880.0] | [2205929.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.4.1 | The aim of HyLIFT-EUROPE is to demonstrate more than 200 fuel cell material handling vehicles and associated refuelling infrastructure at 2 sites across Europe (the initial plan foresaw 5-20 sites), making it the largest European trial of hydrogen fuel cell material handling vehicles so far. This continues efforts of the previous FCH JU supported HyLIFT-DEMO project.In the HyLIFT-EUROPE project the partners demonstrate fuel cell systems in material handling vehicles from the partner STILL and from non-participating OEMs. STILL purchases fuel cell systems from suppliers according to the FCH JU purchasing rules (“principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness”). Fuel cell vehicles from other non-participating OEMs are also demonstrated due to identified customer needs. The high volume combined with the FCH JU support is enabling a cost-neutral demonstration operation for vehicle-users. Dialogues have been established with 33 vehicle-users with a combined fleet of 2,097 vehicles of the types targeted for demonstration.At the vehicle-user sites 2 hydrogen refuelling stations (HRSs) are to be deployed (initially the deployment of 5-20 HRS was planned) using the latest technology by Air Liquide. To arrive at the target hydrogen price of 8-12 €/kg (average target < 10 €/kg) dispensed at the pump, vehicle deployment locations are to be chosen close to hydrogen production locations whenever possible in order to arrive at the lowest hydrogen supply cost.The project partners cover the entire value chain and all the disciplines and technologies required for providing fully working hydrogen powered fuel cell material handling solutions ranging from vehicle manufacturers, infrastructure operators to SME companies.The partners will also plan and ensure initiation of supported market deployment beyond 2018 and validation of performance targets on durability, efficiency and costs from the demonstration activities. Project results and experiences will be disseminated throughout Europe targeting early adopters of hydrogen vehicles, focused on large European industrial users of material handling vehicles, as well as on key policy and industry stakeholders. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘vehicle engineering’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | F | ||
| 1796 | 325277 | HYTRANSFER | Pre-Normative Research for Thermodynamic Optimization of Fast Hydrogen Transfer | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2013-06-01 | 2016-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3095956 | 1608684 | [101856.0, -1.0] | [604211.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.2.6 | Hydrogen transfer concerns filling and emptying processes. Filling generates heat which can lead to overheating of composite pressure vessels especially when filling transportable containers or fuelling vehicles. Emptying generates cooling. Excessive cooling may occur during delivery of hydrogen from a trailer. The HyTransfer project will address both issues.As hydrogen vehicle refuelling is the leading application the project will thus focus on fast filling of composite tanks. To avoid overheating, the speed of transfer can be limited or the gas cooled prior to introduction. Both impacts performance and costs, temperature control is thus essential for optimization of gas transfer. Temperature limits of transfer can apply to material, that must not exceed design temperature (e.g. 85°C), or to gas that must not exceed a specified limit. HyTransfer aims to develop and experimentally validate a practical approach for optimizing means of temperature control during fast transfers of compressed hydrogen to meet the specified temperature limit (gas or material), taking into account the system’s thermal behaviour. Whereas existing approaches focus on gas temperature and specify gas pre-cooling temperature, this project will be based on the implementation of a simple model predicting gas and wall temperature to determine the amount of cooling required to avoid exceeding the limit temperature, and on the specification of cooling energy, rather than a fixed pre-cooling temperature. The relevant parameters obtained from a simple test for characterizing the thermal behaviour of a tank system will also be determined.This project aims to create conditions for an uptake of the approach by international standards, for wide-scale implementation into refuelling protocols. The new approach will be thus evaluated and its benefits quantified with regards to performance, costs, and safety. Finally, recommendations for implementation in international standards will be proposed. | / | /engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites | composites | F | ||
| 1799 | 284522 | H2FC | Integrating European Infrastructure to support science and development of Hydrogen- and Fuel Cell Technologies towards European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, UNIVERSITA DI PISA, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG, “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS”””, PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA, EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2011-11-01 | 2015-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 10282531.18 | 7999977.24 | [473859.4, 391724.68, 198547.72, 946287.26, 528085.0, 219465.35, 127090.0, 1321509.47, 141475.0, 310931.25, 443964.93, 222311.58, 480210.0, 415568.8, 534574.5, 129308.5, 521410.8] | [] | [391724.68, 528085.0] | [] | FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES | INFRA-2011-1.1.16. | “The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) recognizes in its roadmap for Research Infrastructures that “”in the near future, hydrogen, as an energy carrier derived from a number of other fuels, and fuel cells, as energy transformers, are expected to play a major role, for mobile and stationary applications””. With the current fragmentation of the European R&D infrastructures and the uncoordinated approaches adopted, the demand for effective support of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (H2FC) technology developers cannot be satisfied. Therefore this proposal is built to integrate the European R&D community around rare and/or unique infrastructural elements that will facilitate and significantly enhance the R&D outcome. H2FCEuropean Infrastructure addresses the topic INFRA-2011-1.1.16 “Research Infrastructures for H2FC Facilities” and the related energy-chains, by bringing together, for the first time in Europe, the leading European R&D institutions of the H2 community together with those of the fuel cell community, covering the entire life-cycle of H2FC, i.e. hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and final use in fuel cells. The three pillars of the proposal are networking, transnational access and joint research activities. All are strongly interrelated and oriented towards the resolution of identified bottlenecks. The aim is to provide:• A single integrated virtual infrastructure accommodating H2FC test and analysis facilities•Transnational access for the H2FC R&D communities to advanced infrastructures• Expert working groups to enhance work at the provided facilities and coordination in aspects of safety, performance and durability• Central databases and libraries for safety, performance and durability data and modelling codes• Coordination of relevant education and training actions• Integration, enhancement and improvement of the existing infrastructures• Coordination with national / international bodies and industrial activities (incl.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/databases’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘databases’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | 1 | ||
| 1803 | 278534 | HyIndoor | Pre-normative research on safe indoor use of fuel cells and hydrogen systems | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS”””, HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2012-01-02 | 2015-01-01 | nan | FP7 | 3657760.4 | 1528974 | [202248.0, 252192.0, 67036.0, 209078.0, 321191.0, -1.0] | [214680.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.4.6 | This project addresses the issue of safe indoor use of hydrogen and fuel cells systems (priority 4.6 of the call FCH-JU-2010-1) for early markets (forklift refuelling and operation, back-up power supply, portable power generation, etc.): It aims to provide scientific and engineering knowledge for the specification of cost-effective means to control hazards specific to the use of hydrogen indoors or in confined space and developing state-of-the-art guidelines for European stakeholders.Specific knowledge gaps need to be closed in the areas of indoor hydrogen accumulations, vented deflagrations, and under-ventilated jet fires. A focus on foreseeable release conditions for fuel cell systems in the prescribed power range and enclosure characteristics related to early markets will feed the precise formulation of analytical, numerical and experimental studies to be performed in the project.The generated knowledge will be described in the state-of-the-art safety guidelines including contemporary engineering tools and recommendations to provide safe introduction of fuel cells and hydrogen in early markets.The recommendations will be formulated for integration into ongoing or new Regulations Codes and Standards activities to be implemented at national and international levels.The consortium includes key players in the field comprising industry (Air Liquide, HFCS), research organisations (CEA, KIT-G, HSL, JRC, NCSRD), academia (UU), and an actor in RCS development (CCS Global Group).The outputs of the project will be disseminated to the hydrogen safety community through different channels including international and national associations (IA-HySafe, EHA, EIGA, etc.), standard development organisation (ISO, CEN, etc.), national regulators (e.g. HSE/HSL in the UK) and educational/training programs (e.g. MSc course in Hydrogen Safety Engineering and International short course and advanced research workshop series “Progress in Hydrogen Safety“ at Ulster). | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells | fuel cells | F | ||
| 1804 | 325342 | HYCARUS | HYdrogen cells for AiRborne Usage | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL ESTEBAN TERRADAS, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA | 2013-05-01 | 2019-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 12064473.93 | 5219265 | [859058.4, 267467.0, 146732.8] | [810905.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.1.6 | In order to meet the increasing pressure to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, airlines are seeking alternative sources to power non-propulsive aircraft systems. The next generation of aircraft is heavily investigating the use of non-fossil fuel to generate electrical power for non-essential applications (NEA). Hydrogen fuel cells are actively being pursued as the most promising means of providing this power. Fuel cells also have the added benefits of no pollution, better efficiency than conventional systems, silent operating mode and low maintenance. The by-products from the fuel cells (heat, water and oxygen depleted air) will also have a positive impact on the global aircraft efficiency when they are harnessed and reused within the aircraft system.The HYCARUS project will design a generic PEM fuel cell system compatible of two NEA, then develop, test and demonstrate it against TRL6. A secondary electrical power generation model for a business executive jet will be run. The application will be tested with the fuel cell system and the storage system under flying conditions. Furthermore, investigations will be made to understand how to capture and reuse the by-products.The HYCARUS project will extend the work already completed in the automotive sector, particularly for safety codes and standards, and develop these for use in airborne installation and applications. Improvements in terms of efficiency, reliability, performance, weight /volume ratio, safety, cost and lifetime under flight conditions at altitude and under low ambient temperatures (mainly in the air) will also be examined.The HYCARUS project also aims to foster a better and stronger cooperation between all the agents of the sector: Aeronautics equipment and systems manufacturers, aircraft manufacturers, system integrators and fuel cell technology suppliers. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/aerospace engineering/aircraft’, ‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/automotive engineering’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/environmental sciences/pollution’, ‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/aerospace engineering/aeronautical engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘aircraft’, ‘automotive engineering’, ‘pollution’, ‘aeronautical engineering’, ‘fuel cells’] | F | ||
| 1811 | 256671 | HYCOMP | Enhanced Design Requirements and Testing Procedures for Composite Cylinders intended for the Safe Storage of Hydrogen | CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG, POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2011-01-01 | 2014-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 3642153.21 | 1380728 | [-1.0, 87585.0, 208547.0, 277503.2, 71051.0, -1.0] | [149310.65] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.1.5 | Hydrogen storage is a key enabling technology for the use of hydrogen as an energy vector. To improve volumetric and gravimetric performance, carbon fiber composite cylinders are currently being developed. However, current standards governing the design, qualification and in-service inspection of carbon fiber composite cylinders do not allow cylinder design to be optimized. In particular, safety factors for cycle life and burst pressure ratios appear to be conservative, which results in the cylinders being overdesigned and thus costly. Furthermore, the requirements in these standards are often not based on degradation processes in composite materials but have been adapted from standards covering metallic cylinders.To address these issues, HyCOMP will conduct pre-normative research on high-pressure type III and type IV composite cylinders for hydrogen storage and transport for automotive, stationary and transportable applications. The project will generate all the data necessary to develop a comprehensive scientific and technical basis for fully justifying as well as improving the full set of requirements defined for ensuring the structural integrity of the cylinders throughout their service life, covering design type approval, manufacturing quality assurance, and in-service inspection.The outcome of the project will be recommendations gathering broad support for improving the applicable European and international standards and regulation on high-pressure hydrogen cylinders for automotive, transport and stationary applications, as well as defining a strategy for implementing these changes. These recommendations will include performance-based design requirements, and improved procedures for type testing, batch testing and in-service inspections. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/fibers’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites/carbon fibers’] | [‘fibers’, ‘carbon fibers’] | F | ||
| 1812 | 210092 | NANOHY | Novel Nanocomposites for Hydrogen Storage Applications | CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS”””, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2008-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3402945.8 | 2399629 | [372730.0, 234111.0, 747504.0, 214350.0, 193275.0, -1.0, 273037.0, 198128.0] | [] | [372730.0] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-1.2-04 | In order to meet the international goals for hydrogen storage materials, the work in NANOHy aims at combining the latest developments in the metal hydride field with novel concepts for tailoring materials properties. Leading expertise in the field of complex hydride synthesis, synthesis and functionalization of nanostructured carbon, nanoparticle coating, structural characterization, and computational methods will be joined to achieve a fundamental understanding combined with considerable practical progress in the development of novel nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage. The target materials are nanocomposites consisting of hydride particle sizes in the lower nanometer range which are protected by a nanocarbon template or by self-assembled polymer layers in order to prevent agglomeration. Thus, there is potential to lower working temperature and pressure, to enhance the reversibility, and to control the interaction between the hydride and the environment, leading to improved safety properties. Materials of this kind can mitigate or solve principal and practical problems which have been identified recently in other projects. The composites will be synthesized out of novel complex hydrides with very high hydrogen content and nanocarbon templates. Alternatively, hydride colloids will be coated in a Layer-by-Layer self-assembling process of dedicated polymers. Computational methods will be used to model the systems and predict optimal materials/size combinations for improved working parameters of the systems. Sophisticated instrumental analysis methods will be applied to elucidate the structure and the properties of the nano-confined hydrides. An upscale of the target nanocomposite will be made in the final stage and 0.5-1 kg of the material will be integrated and tested in a specially designed laboratory tank. Techno-economical evaluation will be performed and potential spin-off applications will be explored by an industry partner in NANOHy. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/computational science’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/nanocomposites’] | [‘polymer sciences’, ‘computational science’, ‘coating and films’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘nanocomposites’] | 1 | ||
| 1816 | 245339 | LOLIPEM | Long-life PEM-FCH &CHP systems at temperatures higher than100°C | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA, POLITECHNIKA KRAKOWSKA, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, MATGAS 2000 AIE, UNIVERSITE DE PROVENCE, UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES | EDISON SPA | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 2677298.4 | 1360227 | [243100.0, 65949.55, 310355.14, 204240.0, 151429.0, 151130.0] | [66490.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-3.3 | The present proposal aims at the development of SPG&CHP systems based on Polymeric Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Hydrogen (PEMFCH). A drawback in the state-of-the-art systems is the too low operating temperatures (70-80°C) of PEMFCHs for cogeneration purposes. Operating temperatures above 100°C would have several advantages including easier warm water distribution in buildings, reduced anode poisoning due to carbon monoxide impurities in the fuel and improved fuel oxidation kinetics. A PEMFCH operating in the temperature range of 100-130°C is highly desirable and could be decisive for the development of SPG&CHP systems based on PEMFCHs. The main objective of the present project is to give a clear demonstration that long-life SPG&CHP systems based on PEMFCHs operating above 100°C can now be developed on the basis of recent knowledge on the degradation mechanisms of ionomeric membranes and on innovative synthetic approaches recently disclosed by some participants of this project. Main research tasks: (1) Develop long life (longer 40000 hrs) perfluoro sulfonic acid membranes and sulfonated aromatic polymer membranes operating at 100-130°C with current density of at least 4000A/m2; (2) Create new long-life catalytic electrodes and MEAs working in the above temperature range; (3) Perform accelerated ageing tests and long-term single cell tests to understand degradation mechanisms, to make lifetime predictions and to give input to objectives 1 and 2; (4) Develop a prototype of a modular SPG&CHP system based on multi-PEMFCHs realized with the new long-life MEAs; (5) Benchmarking the single-cell and the modular prototype performance at temperatures above 100°C against the best literature results. The project will benefit from the synergy arising from the know-how of leading research groups of universities and research institutes as well as from the technical knowledge and expertise of industries and utility companies involved in fuel cell development and testing. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘inorganic compounds’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘combined heat and power’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘fuel cells’] | F | ||
| 1823 | 299732 | UNIfHY | UNIQUE gasifier for hydrogen Production | UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELL’AQUILA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI – TELEMATICA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2012-09-01 | 2016-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 3433606.9 | 2203599 | [256776.0, 477296.0, 99232.52, 141016.22, 273029.68] | [24904.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.2.3 | Through development and scale up activities on materials and reactors for the integration of advanced biomass steam gasification and syngas purification processes, UNIfHY aims to prove from a process, pilot and industrial scale point of view continuous pure hydrogen production from biomass, increase well-to-tank efficiency and contribute to a sustainable energy portfolio, exploiting results achieved in past R&D EU projects on hot gas catalytic conditioning.The project is based on the utilization of plant components of proven performance and reliability and well established processes (UNIQUE coupled gasification and gas conditioning technology, Water-Gas Shift, WGS, system and Pressure Swing Adsorption, PSA, system), thus targeting up to 20 years plant durability with availability>95%.The project benefits from the already existing laboratories and UNIQUE gasifiers in order to maximize results (technology development at process-, system- and industrial-scale) with minimum risk and budget requirement (laboratories, pilot and industrial gasifier already available).Indirectly heated (100 kWth) and oxygen (1 MWth) steam fluidized bed gasifier power plants are tested without and with hot gas condition systems, meanwhile new materials for atmospheric pressure WGS are realized and utilized to develop a WGS reactor, that together with a ZnO reactor to reduce the sulphur compounds will be integrated with a tailored PSA in a portable purification unit, connected downstream the 1 MWth gasifier in order to yield pure hydrogen. The result will be the assessment of the two UNIfHY technologies (indirectly and oxygen gasifiers coupled to the Portable Purification Unit) for continuous production of hydrogen (up to 500 kg/day).The huge experimental and process/system simulations activities encompass also related routes (different catalysts, also sorbents, etc.) in order to evaluate different paths and reach, at least at simulated system level, global conversion efficiency in hydrogen up to about 70%.Finally, owing to the high level of thermal, chemical and plant integration (tar and methane reforming and particulates abatement carried out directly in the gasifier freeboard, reuse of purge gas in the process, etc.), the reduction of space and components and the investment cost savings are expected to be about 50%, bringing to a hydrogen production cost of about 5€/kg. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/atmospheric sciences/meteorology/atmospheric pressure’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agricultural biotechnology/biomass’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘catalysis’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘atmospheric pressure’, ‘biomass’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | F | ||
| 1854 | 621173 | SOPHIA | Solar integrated pressurized high temperature electrolysis | TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT | ENGIE | 2014-04-01 | 2017-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 6080105.14 | 3325751 | [399000.0, 893908.0, 495709.0, 412447.0, -1.0] | [128000.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.2.4 | Hydrogen and other fuels are expected to play a key role as energy carrier for the transport sector and as energy buffer for the integration of large amounts of renewable energy into the grid. Therefore the development of carbon lean technologies producing hydrogen at reasonable price from renewable or low CO2 emitting sources like nuclear is of utmost importance. It is the case of water electrolysis, and among the various technologies, high temperature steam electrolysis (so-called HTE or SOE for Solid Oxide Electrolysis) presents a major interest, since less electricity is required to dissociate water at high temperature, the remaining part of the required dissociation energy being added as heat, available at a lower price level. In addition, technologies that offer the possibility not only to transform energy without CO2 emissions, but even to recycle CO2 produced elsewhere are rare. High temperature co-electrolysis offers such a possibility, by a joint electrolysis of CO2 and H2O, to produce syngas (H2+CO), which is the standard intermediate for the subsequent production of methane or other gaseous or liquid fuels after an additional processing step.These aspects are covered by the SOPHIA project.A 3 kWe-size pressurized HTE system, coupled to a concentrated solar energy source will be designed, fabricated and operated on-sun for proof of principle. Second, it will prove the concept of co-electrolysis at the stack level while operated also pressurized. The achievement of such targets needs key developments that are addressed into SOPHIA.Further, SOPHIA identifies different “power to gas” scenarios of complete process chain (including power, heat and CO2 sources) for the technological concept development and its end-products valorisation. A techno-economic analysis will be carried out for different case studies identified for concepts industrialization and a Life Cycle Analysis with respect to environmental aspects according to Eco-indicator 99 will be performed. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/liquid fuels’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’] | [‘liquid fuels’, ‘solar energy’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘aliphatic compounds’] | F | ||
| 1856 | 621223 | HYCORA | Hydrogen Contaminant Risk Assessment | TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2014-04-01 | 2017-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 3842049 | 2159024 | [511155.0, 417913.0, 425534.0, -1.0, 344000.0] | [] | [511155.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.1.5 | In HyCoRA project, a strategy for cost reduction for hydrogen fuel quality assurance QA is developed and executed.For developing this strategy, hydrogen quality risk assessment is used to define the needs for hydrogen impurity gas analysis, system level PEMFC contaminant research as well as needs for purification needs in hydrogen production, especially produced by steam methane reforming (SMR).The use of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment enables identification of critical needs for gas analysis development and guides the research work on those issues, which require most attention. The development of quantitative risk model enables implementation of data from other parallel activities in USA, Japan and Korea.The measurement campaigns in hydrogen refuelling stations, as well as in SMR production units, provide quantitative data, which can be used for identification of canary species, when analysed with help of quantitative risk assessment.Essential part of the HyCoRA project is hydrogen contaminant research in PEMFC system level. The research is performed in down-scaled automotive fuel cell systems, which can replicate all the features of full-scale automotive fuel cell systems, including the change of gases in the anode and cathode during the start-stop cycling. The contaminants and levels to be studied are, excluding obvious carbon monoxide, determined using risk assessment with help of automotive advisory board.The main objective of HyCoRA project is to provide information to lower reduce cost of hydrogen fuel QA. However, it will also provide recommendations for revision of existing ISO 14687-2:2012 standard for hydrogen fuel in automotive applications. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘inorganic compounds’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | 1 | ||
| 1857 | 303422 | MATHRYCE | Material Testing and Recommendations for Hydrogen Components under fatigue | TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2012-10-01 | 2015-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 2446372.6 | 1296249 | [202028.0, 419253.0, -1.0, 92100.0] | [137045.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.2.8 | The deployment of a large hydrogen infrastructure with societal acceptance relies on the development of appropriate codes and standards to ensure safety. While hydrogen infrastructures are gradually being built all over the world, there exist no international standard to properly ensure fitness for service of pressure vessels subject to hydrogen enhanced fatigue. For example, high pressure compressors and pressure buffers in FCV refuelling stations experience cyclic loading due to pressure variation. The MATRHYCE project aims to develop and provide an easy to implement vessel design and service life assessment methodology based on lab-scale tests under hydrogen gas. This methodology will be based on selection and further development of the most appropriate, reliable and easy to handle lab-scale test under hydrogen pressure to quantify the hydrogen induced fatigue of a material. The results shall be transferable, allowing to design a component and to assess its lifetime without full scale tests. At least three types of lab-scale tests will be carried out and carefully analysed to address the fatigue of pressure vessel steels without and under hydrogen pressure. The proposed rationale will be finally validated by means of fatigue tests under hydrogen pressure on full scale components. The obtained results and conclusions will allow prioritized recommendations to support ongoing or new RCS initiatives at the international level. Indeed, this project will provide data and methodology necessary to improve European and International standards on high-pressure components exposed to hydrogen-enhanced fatigue. The project aims to support and speed up the build of a safe and harmonised Hydrogen supply network in Europe. | none given | none given | none given | F | ||
| 1865 | 212011 | REACCESS | Risk of Energy Availability: Common Corridors for Europe Supply Security | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACION A DISTANCIA, AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, E.T. GAIDAR INSTITUTE FOR THE ECONOMIC POLICY FOUNDATION, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, RESEARCH STUDIOS AUSTRIA FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATION CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART, FUNDACION GENERAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACION A DISTANCIA – F-UNED, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2008-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4085261 | 3021898 | [240750.0, -1.0, 340000.0, 132900.0, 308000.0, 116000.0, 236640.0, 126000.0, 81605.0, 585344.0, 110000.0, 92000.0, -1.0, 227059.0] | [] | [308000.0] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-9.1-01 | The implementation of the present Project aims at: Analysing present policies concerning EU MS and Community targets for energy import. Evaluating technical, economical and environmental characteristics of present and future energy corridors within Europe and among Europe and the supplying regions of the World, taking into account the different typology of infrastructures and technologies (railways, pipelines, cables, terminals, ships and other carriers, ..), the flows and the distances involved for oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, uranium, biomass and hydrogen (reference to the work done within the ENCOURAGED Project and other research activities). Introducing suitable parameters and indicators (including technical and socio-economical reliability) and cost components (investment, O&M, externalities) incorporating the above mentioned information, which may help a global evaluation of supply options (energy vectors, infrastructures, origins of the sources) and their impacts on economy, society, energy and environment toward sustainability. Identifying main corridors for primary and secondary energy carriers to EU27+ Implementing these energy corridors into an adapted version of the pan-EU TIMES model (PEM) built in the framework of the NEEDS IP or into other modelling tools. Analysing scenarios, in which for the fulfilment of the EU27+ energy needs, the import strategies of primary (and secondary) energy carriers compete with the evolution of energy efficiency policies (i.e. white certificates for the energy saving), the introduction of new energy schemes and the development of renewables, in the framework of the EU environmental targets for 2030-2050. Some hypotheses related to the energy supply and demand strategies of regions outside of Europe will be also assumed, given their potential impacts on the international energy prices (eg. China, India, OPEC, Russia etc.) Training target groups of EU DGs to familiarize with the modelling tool | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/coal’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agricultural biotechnology/biomass’] | [‘coal’, ‘natural gas’, ‘biomass’] | 1 | ||
| 1885 | 325361 | HYDROSOL-PLANT | Thermochemical HYDROgen production in a SOLar monolithic reactor: construction and operation of a 750 kWth PLANT | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV | ELLINIKA PETRELAIA AE | 2014-01-01 | 2018-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 3453422.16 | 2265385 | [618389.79, 488000.6, 803186.61] | [57480.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.2.5 | The HYDROSOL-PLANT project is expected to develop, verify and operate all of the tools required to scale up solar H2O splitting to the pilot (750 kWth) scale. The work will be based on the successful HYDROSOL series projects and mainly on the outcome of the current FCH-JU co-funded project, HYDROSOL-3D, dedicated to the provision of all main design specifications of such a pilot plant. HYDROSOL-PLANT comes thus as the natural continuation of such an effort for CO2-free hydrogen production in real scale. The main objectives of HYDROSOL-PLANT are to:• Define all key components and aspects necessary for the erection and operation of a 750 kWth solar plant for H2O splitting (heliostat field, solar reactors, overall process monitoring and control, feedstock conditioning, etc.)• Develop tailored heliostat field technology (field layout, aiming strategies, monitoring and control software) that enables accurate temperature control of the solar reactors.• Scale-up the HYDROSOL reactor while advancing the state-of-the-art (redox materials, monolithic honeycomb fabrication and functionalization) for optimum hydrogen yield.• Design the overall chemical process, covering reactants and products conditioning, heat exchange/recovery, use of excess/waste heat, monitoring and control.• Construct a solar hydrogen production demonstration plant in the 750 kWth range to verify the developed technologies for solar H2O splitting.• Operate the plant and demonstrate hydrogen production and storage on site (at levels > 3 kg/week).• Perform a detailed techno-economic study for the commercial exploitation of the solar process. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/software’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘software’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | F | ||
| 1886 | 245224 | HYDROSOL-3D | Scale Up of Thermochemical HYDROgen Production in a SOLar Monolithic Reactor: a 3rd Generation Design Study | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV | TOTALENERGIES SE | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 1729084.6 | 984375 | [238525.0, 177098.0, 242871.0] | [142144.0] | [] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-2.3 | HYDROSOL-3D aims at the preparation of a demonstration of a CO2-free hydrogen production and provision process and related technology, using two-step thermochemical water splitting cycles by concentrated solar radiation. This process has been developed in the frame of EU co-financed projects within FP5 and FP6. From the initial idea over the proof of principle and over several steps of improvement – that have awarded to project HYDROSOL the EU “2006 Descartes Prize for Collaborative Scientific Research” – the technology has recently reached the status of a pilot plant demonstration in a 100 kW scale showing that hydrogen production via thermochemical water splitting is possible on a solar tower under realistic conditions. The present project focuses on the next step towards commercialisation carrying out all activities necessary to prepare the erection of a 1 MW solar demonstration plant. HYDROSOL-3D concerns the pre-design and design of the whole plant including the solar hydrogen reactor and all necessary upstream and downstream units needed to feed in the reactants and separate and bottle the products. Two alternative options will be analyzed: adapting the hydrogen production plant to an already available solar facility or developing a new, completely optimised hydrogen production/solar plant. The most promising option will be analysed in detail, establishing the complete plant layout and defining and sizing all necessary components. Validation of pre-design components and process strategies by experiments (in laboratory, solar furnace, solar simulator and solar tower facilities) and a detailed techno-economic analysis covering market introduction will complement the project. The HYDROSOL-3D consortium has been built accordingly bringing together the experience and knowledge elaborated in all the R&D work carried out up to the current status of HYDROSOL projects, with industrial leaders and innovative SME’s capable to bring the technology to maturity and to the market. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/atmospheric sciences/meteorology/solar radiation’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘solar radiation’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | F | ||
| 1893 | 283015 | RESTRUCTURE | Redox Materials-based Structured Reactors/Heat Exchangers for Thermo-Chemical Heat Storage Systems in Concentrated Solar Power Plants | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV | TOTALENERGIES SE, TOTALENERGIES MARKETING SERVICES | 2011-11-01 | 2016-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 3035205.51 | 2114497.5 | [755300.0, 787597.5] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2011.2.5-1 | ThermoChemical Storage (TCS) involves the exploitation of the heat effects of reversible chemical reactions for the “storage” of solar heat. Among gas-solid reactions proposed for such an approach the utilization of a pair of redox reactions involving multivalent solid oxides has several inherent advantages that make it attractive for large-scale deployment.The new concept introduced in the current proposal is instead of using packed or fluidized beds of the redox material as the heat storage medium, to employ monolithic structures like honeycombs or foams, made entirely or partially from the redox oxide materials. The proposal stems from and capitalizes on a number of ideas, concepts and achievements materialized in previous co-operations among the current consortium members:-The successful development, qualification and demonstration of honeycombs made of advanced ceramics to operate as effective volumetric solar thermal collectors/heat exchangers in Solar Thermal Power Plants.-The successful demonstration and scale-up to the 100-kW of “structured” honeycomb reactors involving coating of mixed-iron-oxides-based redox materials on advanced ceramic supports for cyclic solar hydrogen production.-The capability of several multivalent oxide-based redox systems to be used in thermochemical storage cycles in order to store and release heat in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants.The proposed concept combines the demonstrated technologies of ceramic volumetric receivers and structured solar reactors and promotes them one step further to the development of an integrated receiver/reactor/heat exchanger configuration with enhanced heat storage characteristics, through a series of innovations to be implemented concerning new reactor/heat exchanger designs, enhanced incorporation of redox materials in the reactor’s structure, improved redox material compositions and utilization of industrial wastes as raw materials for the oxide redox systems synthesis. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/thermodynamic engineering/heat engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy/solar thermal’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/ceramics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy/concentrated solar power’] | [‘heat engineering’, ‘solar thermal’, ‘ceramics’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘concentrated solar power’] | F | ||
| 1916 | 621244 | ELECTRA | High temperature electrolyser with novel proton ceramic tubular modules of superior efficiency, robustness, and lifetime economy | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2014-03-03 | 2017-06-02 | nan | FP7 | 4007084.6 | 2240552 | [499135.0, 412310.0, 663866.0] | [] | [499135.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.2.4 | High temperature electrolysers (HTEs) produce H2 efficiently utilising electricity from renewable sources and steam from solar, geothermal, or nuclear plants. CO2 can be co-electrolysed to produce syngas and fuels. The traditional solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) leaves wet H2 at the steam side. ELECTRA in contrast develops a proton ceramic electrolyser cell (PCEC) which pumps out and pressurises dry H2 directly. Delamination of electrodes due to O2 bubbles in SOECs is alleviated in PCECs. The proton conductor is based on state-of-the-art Y:BaZrO3 (BZY) using reactive sintering for dense large-grained films, low grain boundary resistance, and high stability and mechanical strength. A PCEC can favourably reduce CO2 to syngas in co-ionic mode. Existing HTEs utilise the high packing density of planar stacks, but the hot seal and vulnerability to single cell breakdown give high stack rejection rate and questionable durability and lifetime economy. ELECTRA uses instead tubular segmented cells, mounted in a novel module with cold seals that allows monitoring and replacement of individual tubes from the cold side. The tubes are developed along 3 design generations with increasing efforts and rewards towards electrochemical performance and sustainable mass scale production. Electrodes and electrolyte are applied using spraying/dipping and a novel solid state reactive sintering approach, facilitating sintering of BZY materials. ELECTRA emphasises development of H2O-O2 anode and its current collection. It will show a kW-size multi-tube module producing 250 L/h H2 and CO2 to syngas co-electrolysis with DME production. Partners excel in ceramic proton conductors, industry-scale ceramics, tubular electrochemical cells, and integration of these in renewable energy schemes including geothermal, wind and solar power. The project counts 7 partners (4 SMEs/industry), is coordinated by University of Oslo, and runs for 39 months. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agriculture, forestry, and fisheries/agriculture/grains and oilseeds’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/ceramics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘renewable energy’, ‘grains and oilseeds’, ‘ceramics’, ‘fuel cells’] | 1 | ||
| 1923 | 262840 | DEMCAMER | Design and Manufacturing of Catalytic Membrane Reactors by developing new nano-architectured catalytic and selective membrane materials | VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V., FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA, BORESKOV INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS, SIBERIAN BRANCH OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | TOTALENERGIES ONETECH BELGIUM, TOTALENERGIES SE, TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS FRANCE SA | 2011-07-01 | 2015-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 10834742.24 | 7900000 | [855144.5, 488302.5, 1344034.55, 359802.25, 501052.5, 663924.9, 750947.2, 252207.6] | [41528.0, 73137.16, 7990.84] | [] | [] | FP7-NMP | NMP.2010.2.4-1 | The DEMCAMER project proposes an answer to the paradigm met by the European Chemical Industry: increase the production rate while keeping the same products quality and reducing both production costs and environmental impacts. Through the implementation of a novel process intensification approach consisting on the combination of reaction and separation in a “Catalytic Membrane Reactor” single unit.The aim of DEMCAMER project is to develop innovative multifunctional Catalytic Membrane Reactors (CMR) based on new nano-architectured catalysts and selective membranes materials to improve their performance, cost effectiveness (i.e.; reducing the number of steps) and sustainability (lower environmental impact and use of new raw materials) over four selected chemical processes ((Autothermal Reforming (ATR), Fischer-Tropsch (FTS), Water Gas Shift (WGS), and Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM)) for pure hydrogen, liquid hydrocarbons and ethylene production.The DEMCAMER scheduled workplan will comprise activities related to the whole product chain: i.e. development of materials/components (membranes, supports, seals, catalyst,..) through integration/validation at lab-scale, until development/validation of four pilot scale CMRs prototypes. Additionally, three research lines dealing with: 1) the collection of specifications and requirements, 2) modelling and simulation of the developed materials and processes, and 3) assessment of environmental, health & safety issues -in relation to the new intensified chemical processes- will be carried out..For a maximum impact on the European industry this research, covering the complete value chain of catalytic membrane reactors, can only be carried out with a multidisciplinary and complementary team having the right expertise, including top level European Research Institutes and Universities (8 RES) working together with representative top industries (4 SME, 5 IND) in different sectors (from raw materials to chemical end-users). | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/hydrocarbons’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’] | [‘hydrocarbons’, ‘catalysis’, ‘aliphatic compounds’] | F | ||
| 1948 | 228862 | MACADEMIA | MOFs as Catalysts and Adsorbents: Discovery and Engineering of Materials for Industrial Applications | CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL, UNIVERSITE DE MONS, JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY IN KRAKOW, UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA, UNIVERZITA KARLOVA, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH | TOTALENERGIES SE, TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS FRANCE SA, TOTALENERGIES MARKETING SERVICES | 2009-07-01 | 2013-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 11624431.33 | 7599998 | [468800.0, 380600.0, 194880.0, 514096.0, 243552.0, 294799.0, 188640.0, 2805592.0, 394280.0, -1.0, 246271.0] | [136867.0, 526647.0, 115680.0] | [] | [] | FP7-NMP | NMP-2008-2.4-1 | A major challenge facing European industry involves the development of more specific, energy saving processes with less environmental impact. The recent development of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) may prove a major milestone in achieving these goals. MACADEMIA project is an extension to an FP6 STREP (DeSANNS) which highlighted some MOF materials for CO2 capture and storage. It will expand and continue this work on a much larger scale. The three Total branches will focus on bringing MOFs to key market sectors – gas separation and storage, liquid separation and catalysis. The Total-led consortium, with 11 academic partners from across EU, one leading South Korean partner, among world leaders among their particular domain of MOF science, will be contributing to the project, with a dedicated management partner. MACADEMIA intends to produce new MOFs and optimise those already of promising interest, characterise MOFs using specialised techniques, test MOFs using a three-tiered process, use predictive modelling and demonstrate the use of MOFs in key industrial processes. It will target separation processes in gas / vapour phase (propene/propane, acid gases separation, CO2 and H2 purification), in liquid phase (xylene separations, recovery of N- and/or S-compounds from hydrocarbons), and in catalysis (Lewis-acid MOFs as catalysts for epoxide polymerization, redox-active MOFs as catalysts for hydrocarbon autoxidation). Several of MACADEMIA’s targets are expected to reach pilot scale whereas a blue sky approach will be taken for others giving room for innovation and step change. An attractive project, it is open to young researchers with industrially coordinated research to counterbalance competition from USA and Japan and able to contribute to a strong ERA. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/hydrocarbons’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’] | [‘hydrocarbons’, ‘catalysis’, ‘aliphatic compounds’] | F | ||
| 1966 | 278177 | IDEALHY | Integrated Design for Efficient Advanced Liquefaction of Hydrogen | LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | SINTEF ENERGI AS | 2011-11-01 | 2013-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 2117530 | 1295541 | [287117.0, 140040.0, 203208.0] | [158253.0] | [287117.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.5 | “Hydrogen is an important energy carrier as a viable future clean transport fuel. H2-fuelled vehicles are affordable, infrastructure investments are manageable and H2 and electric mobility are required to meet future CO2 emission targets. Plans are made to implement H2-refuelling infrastructure in Germany followed by roll-out over Europe by 2015. Logistically, liquid H2 appears the only viable option to supply the larger stations in the medium term. Without developing a liquefaction capacity, there is a serious risk to H2-infrastructure development and implementation. However, at present liquefaction of H2 is expensive, energy intensive and relatively small scale. Reduction of liquefaction costs via technology development and increased competition is crucial.IDEALHY is an enabling project for viable, economic liquefaction capacity in Europe, to accelerate rational infrastructure investment, and enable the rapid spread of H2-refuelling stations across Europe. The IDEALHY project researches, develops and scales-up data and designs into an optimised design for a generic liquefaction process at a scale of 30-50 te/day, representing a very substantial upscale over proposed and existing LH2-plants. The project also develops a detailed strategic plan for a prospective large-scale demonstration of efficient H2-liquefaction with options for location. The focus is to improve substantially efficiency and reduce capital costs of liquefaction through innovations, including linking LH2 production with LNG terminal operations to make use of available cryogenic temperatures for pre-cooling. Supporting economic and lifecycle assessment of the resulting gains in energy efficiency will be made, together with a whole chain assessment based on near term market requirements.IDEALHY will be undertaken by a partnership comprising world leaders in H2 distribution and liquefaction technologies, research institutes, academic partners and pioneering SME suppliers to the liquefaction indus” | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels | energy and fuels | F1 | |
| 1979 | 241342 | CACHET II | Carbon Dioxide Capture and Hydrogen Production with Membranes | ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND, POLITECNICO DI MILANO | BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LTD | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 5235327.6 | 3899944 | [885000.0, 336250.0, 372000.0, 535000.0, 1069325.0, 195469.0] | [365000.0] | [885000.0] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2009.5.1.1 | Hydrogen membrane reactors are an attractive technology for pre-combustion carbon dioxide capture in both coal and gas fired power stations because they combine the efficient conversion of syngas into hydrogen fuel with capture of the remaining carbon dioxide in one reactor. The carbon dioxide is produced at high pressure, reducing the compression energy for transport and storage. CACHET II project will develop innovative metallic membranes and modules for high capacity hydrogen production and separation from a number of fuel sources including natural gas and coal. The DICP membrane developed in FP6 project CACHET along with novel seal and substrate technology will be scaled up and undergo long term stability testing. An optimisation design tool will be built to include the relationship of all key operating parameters; this tool will be used to specify an optimised pilot and commercial membrane module design. The project will research novel binary and tertiary palladium alloys for improved durability and permeance for application to solid based fuels derived syngas and high temperature integrated reforming processes. Fundamental research on high temperature sulphur removal systems will enable sulphur tolerant membranes to become an economic possibility. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/coal’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘transition metals’, ‘coal’, ‘natural gas’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | F1 | |
| 1980 | 608512 | ASCENT | ASCENT – Advanced Solid Cycles with Efficient Novel Technologies | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, CALIX (EUROPE) LIMITED, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELL’AQUILA, STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2014-03-01 | 2018-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 9219967.4 | 7003803 | [510692.0, 317386.0, 282095.0, 1036818.0, 576495.0, 456928.0, 787509.0, 324322.0, 757788.0, 306979.0, 491995.0] | [] | [317386.0, 1036818.0] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2013.5.1.2 | “ASCENT will provide a robust proof-of-concept of three related high temperature processes; each will lead to a step-change in efficiency of carbon removal in three types of pre-combustion capture, producing the hydrogen needed for highly efficient low-carbon power production. The project brings together five small and medium enterprises preparing to launch these concepts with the support of leading research institutes, universities and industrial partners.The essential feature linking the three technologies is the use of a high temperature solid sorbent for the simultaneous separation of CO2 during conversion of other carbon containing gases (CO and CH4) into H2. Each technology provides a step-change in efficiency because they all separate the CO2 at elevated temperatures (>300°C) providing for more efficient heat integration options not available in technologies where the separation occurs at lower temperatures. Each process matches both endothermic and exothermic heat requirements of associated reactions and sorbent regeneration in an integrated in situ approach.The synergies between the three technologies are strong, allowing both multiple interactions between the different work packages and allowing a consistent framework for cross-cutting activities across all the technologies. Each technology will be proven under industrially relevant conditions of pressure and temperature, at a scale that allows the use of industrially relevant materials that can be manufactured at a scale needed for real implementation. This represents a necessary step to be taken for each of the technologies before setting out on the route to future demonstration level activities.ASCENT, Advanced Solid Cycles with Efficient Novel Technologies, addresses the need for original ideas to reduce the energy penalty associated with capturing carbon dioxide during power generation, and create a sustainable market for low carbon emission power with low associated energy penalties” | none given | none given | none given | 1 | ||
| 1981 | 213206 | CAESAR | CArbon-free Electricity by SEWGS: Advanced materials, Reactor and process design | STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND, POLITECNICO DI MILANO | BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LTD | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2008-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3143422 | 2263515 | [654337.0, 1117854.0, 242400.0] | [148924.0] | [654337.0] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-5.1-04 | The proposed project CAESAR is building on work currently performed with the FP6 IP CACHET. One of the four pre combustion CO2 capture technologies that are being developed in CACHET is the Sorption Enhanced Water Gas Shift (SEWGS) process. The SEWGS process produces hot, high pressure H2 in a catalytic CO shift reactor with simultaneous adsorption of CO2 on a high temperature adsorbent. The system operates in a cyclic manner with steam for adsorbent regeneration. The overall objective of proposed project CAESAR is the reduction of energy penalty and costs of the SEWGS CO2 capture process through optimization of sorbent materials, reactor- and process design. It is emphasized that with an optimized SEWGS process CO2 avoidance cost could be reduced to < € 15/ton CO2. CAESAR takes into account the lessons learned in CACHET in order to bring the SEWGS process a big step closer to the market. To achieve this, CAESAR takes a necessary step back such that novel, more efficient CO2 sorbents with regeneration steam/CO2 ratios less 2 will be developed. This value is needed to bring the CO2 avoidance costs to about 15 €/ton. Heat integration and the use of sorbent coatings can further enhance the efficiency. CAESAR will focus on the application of the optimized SEWGS process for pre combustion CO2 capture from natural gas. However the scope of application of SEWGS will be broadened to application in coal gas and industrial processes. A design for a pilot unit will be delivered for these applications. There is a clear delimitation between CACHET and CAESAR. The emphasis in CACHET was placed on demonstrating the SEWGS process on a larger scale in a continuous, multi-bed SEWGS process demonstrator. CAESAR goes one step further in taking boundary conditions as to cost and efficiency into account. This urges for better sorbents, reactor and process design. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/coal’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’] | [‘coal’, ‘natural gas’, ‘coating and films’] | F1 | |
| 1986 | 241309 | DEMOYS | Dense membranes for efficient oxygen and hydrogen separation | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO – RSE SPA, EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA | ENEL INGEGNERIA E INNOVAZIONE SPA | 2010-05-01 | 2014-07-31 | nan | FP7 | 5164084.6 | 3442696 | [485846.0, 297315.0, 175387.0, 315983.0, 215200.0, 151474.0, 302000.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2009.5.1.1 | Membranes for oxygen and hydrogen separation play a key-role in the development of CO2 emission-free coal or natural gas power plants. In addition, cost-effective oxygen and hydrogen production processes are urgently needed in gas supply industry. Today existing membranes, however, are not able to meet the requirements for an economical use because of the high costs in combination with limited permeability values and long-term stability in the operating environment. The objective of this project is, therefore, the development of thin mixed conducting membranes for O2 and H2 separation by using a new deposition technique “Low Pressure Plasma Spraying – Thin Film” (LPPS-TF) in combination with nanoporous, highly catalytic layers. TF-LPPS is a technique based on a combination of thermal spray and Physical Vapour Deposition technology. It allows the cost-effective production of thin, dense coatings on large areas at low substrate temperatures and has already successfully been used for the deposition of membranes for the solid oxide fuel cells. In this project both ceramic and metallic substrates will be used for deposition. It is expected that, by using the LPPS-TF process a dense, stable deposit with thickness lower than 20 micron can be obtained. This would allow to increase membrane performances while decreasing their manufacturing costs. Catalytic layers will be also applied to enhance the surface reactions becoming rate limiting for thin membranes. Membrane performances will be assessed in pilot loops in order to meet specific targets in terms of permeability and stability at temperature. A modelling study concerning the integration of the developed membranes in power and hydrogen production plants will be also performed. This will provide inputs for process scale-up and cost evaluation in the selected plant configurations in order to approach zero CO2 emission and a CO2 capture cost of 15 €/ton. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/coal’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘coal’, ‘natural gas’, ‘coating and films’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | F | ||
| 1991 | 278997 | ReforCELL | Advanced Multi-Fuel Reformer for Fuel Cell CHP Systems | FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2012-02-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 5546194.57 | 2857211 | [368974.0, 479011.0, 244541.0, 143040.0, 216913.0, -1.0] | [] | [368974.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.3.3 | Distributed power generation via Micro Combined Heat and Power (m-CHP) systems, has been proven to overcome disadvantages of centralized plant since it can give savings in terms of Primary Energy consumption and energy costs. The main advantage is that m-CHP systems are able to recover and use the heat that in centralized systems is often lost. Wide exploitation of these systems is still hindered by high costs and low reliability due to the complexity of the system.REforCELL aims at developing a high efficient heat and power cogeneration system based on: i) design, construction and testing of an advanced reformer for pure hydrogen production with optimization of all the components of the reformer (catalyst, membranes, heat management etc) and ii) the design and optimization of all the components for the connection of the membrane reformer to the fuel cell stack.The main idea of REforCELL is to develop a novel more efficient and cheaper multi-fuel membrane reformer for pure hydrogen production in order to intensify the process of hydrogen production through the integration of reforming and purification in one single unit.To increase the efficiency and lifetime of the reformer, novel stable catalysts and high permeable and more stable membranes will be developed. Afterwards, suitable reactor designs for increasing the mass and heat transfer will be realized and tested at laboratory scale. The most suitable reactor design will be scaled up at prototype scale (5 Nm3/h of pure hydrogen) and tested in a CHP system.The connection of the novel reformer within the CHP will be optimized by designing heat exchangers and auxiliaries required in order to decrease the energy losses in the system. The project aims to increase the electric efficiency of the system above 45% and the overall efficiency above 90%.A complete lifecycle analysis of the system will be carried out and cost analysis and business plan for reformer manufacturing and CHP system will be supplied. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | 1 | ||
| 1999 | 227560 | EFFIPRO | Efficient and robust fuel cell with novel ceramic proton conducting electrolyte | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2009-05-01 | 2012-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 3329010.7 | 2540258 | [345488.0, 371925.0, 302670.0, 580800.0, 321375.0, 292800.0] | [] | [371925.0] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2008.10.1.2;NMP-2008-2.6-1 | EFFIPRO will develop electrolytes and electrodes for proton conducting fuel cells (PCFCs) based on novel LaNbO4-type and similar proton conducting oxides that, unlike earlier candidates, are chemically stable and mechanically robust. The transport of H+ makes water form on the cathode side, avoiding fuel dilution and recycling and reducing risk of destructive anode oxidation, even at peak power. Moreover, the high operating temperature (e.g. 600 °C) alleviates recycling of liquid water and coolants, and provides efficient heat exchange with heat grids or fossil fuel reformers. All these give PCFCs major benefits in fuel utilisation, overall efficiency, and system simplicity with reformed fossil fuels as well as hydrogen from renewables. However, the proton conductivities of candidate materials are insufficient, and the project aims to improve proton conductivity through doping strategies and interface engineering, investigating new classes of stable proton conducting oxides, and developing technologies for thin film electrolytes on suitable substrates. Novel cathodes will be devised, all to bring area-specific electrolyte and interface resistances down to 0.2 Ωcm2 each within this first project. New production routes of precursors and materials are included, as well as surface kinetics research and cost reduction by mischmetal strategies. The project is accompanied by complementary national initiatives and projects e.g. on fundamental characterisation and interconnects. Novel PCFC technology involves high risk and long term research that needs concerted action from many actors including the emerging nano-ionics field. It is the aim that PCFCs by 2020 will be available, accelerate the use of fuel cells, reduce CO2 emissions, and increase efficiency by 10 % where applied, promote the hydrogen society, and be a dominating fuel cell technology. The project counts 7 partners in 5 countries, with leadership and PCFC dedication. It lasts 3 years and educates/trains 5 PhD/post-docs. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/waste management/waste treatment processes/recycling’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘recycling’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘coating and films’, ‘fuel cells’] | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 241393 | ICAP | Innovative CO2 capture | NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | VATTENFALL A/S, VATTENFALL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AB, ENBW AG ERNEUERBARE UND KONVENTIONELLE ERZEUGUNG AG | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2010-01-01 | 2013-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 6059305 | 4325202 | [697500.0, 544999.0, 400000.0, 75000.0, 202500.0, 470000.0, -1.0, 615219.0, 1032500.0] | [40000.0, 40000.0, 39984.0] | [544999.0, 615219.0] | [] | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2009.5.1.1 | In post-combustion CO2 capture, a main bottleneck causing significant reduction in power plant efficiency and preventing cost effectiveness is the low flue gas CO2 partial pressure, limiting membrane flux, solvent selection and capacity. In pre-combustion CO2 capture, key bottlenecks are number of processing steps, possible low hydrogen pressure, and high hydrogen fraction in the fuel Global deployment of CO2 capture is restrained by a general need for prior removal of SO2. iCap seeks to remove these barriers by developing new technologies with potential for reducing the current energy penalty to 4-5% points in power plant efficiency, to combine SO2 and CO2 removal, and to reduce the avoidance cost to 15 €/tonne CO2. iCap will: Develop solvents forming CO2 hydrates or two liquid phases enabling drastically increased liquid phase CO2 capacity, radically decreasing solvent circulation rates, introducing a new regime in desorption energy requirement, and allowing CO2 desorption at elevated pressures; Develop combined SO2 and CO2 capture systems increasing dramatically the potential for large scale deployment of CCS in BRIC countries and for retrofit in Europe. Develop high permeability/ high selectivity low temperature polymer membranes, by designing ultra thin composite membranes from a polymeric matrix containing ceramic nano particles. Develop mixed proton-electron conducting dense ceramic-based H2 membranes offering the combined advantages of theoretically infinite selectivity, high mechanical strength and good stability. Develop and evaluate novel coal and gas-based power cycles that allows post-combustion CO2 captures at elevated pressures, thus reducing the separation costs radically. Integrate the improved separation technologies in brownfield and greenfield power plants, and in novel power cycles in order to meet the performance and cost targets of the project | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/coal’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/chemical engineering/separation technologies’] | [‘coal’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘separation technologies’] | F1 | |
| 2029 | 325327 | SMARTCAT | Systematic, Material-oriented Approach using Rational design to develop break-Through Catalysts for commercial automotive PEMFC stacks | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2013-06-01 | 2017-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 4768172.6 | 2501998 | [536702.0, 640296.0, 372184.0, 603800.0] | [] | [536702.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.1.5 | The present consortium will build a new concept of electrodes based on new catalyst design (ternary alloyed/core shell clusters) deposited on a new high temperature operation efficient support. In order to enhance the fundamental understanding and determine the optimal composition and geometry of the clusters, advanced computational techniques will be used in direct combination with electrochemical analysis of the prepared catalysts. The use of deposition by plasma sputtering on alternative non-carbon support materials will ensure the reproducible properties of the catalytic layers. Plasma technology is now a well established, robust, clean, and economical process for thin film technologies. Well-defined chemical synthesis methods will also be used prior for quickly defining the best catalytists.MEA preparation and testing, MEA automated fabrication in view of automotive operation will complete the new concepts of catalysts with a considerably lowered Pt content (below 0.01 mgcm-2 and less up to 0.001 mgcm-2) and supports for delivering a competitive and industrially scalable new design of PEMFC suitable for automotive applications.SMARTCat will thus address the following objectives:- Deliver specifications/requirements for reaching the technical goals as a roadmap.- Design an efficient new catalyst architecture- Establish a support selection criteria based on physico-chemical characterization and modelling for defining the most suited electrode support to the defined catalytic system- Assess the robustness regarding operation conditions and fuel cell efficiency- Enable to automate the MEA production using state of the art (< 100°C) and high temperature membranes (120°C)- Build efficient short-stack required for competitive automotive fuel cell operation- Low cost process and low Pt content will dramatically reduce the fuel cell cost, and which will lead to economically suitable fuel cells for automotive application | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/plasma physics’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/mathematics/pure mathematics/geometry’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘plasma physics’, ‘coating and films’, ‘catalysis’, ‘geometry’, ‘fuel cells’] | 1 | ||
| 2032 | 256862 | HYLIFT-DEMO | European demonstration of hydrogen powered fuel cell materials handling vehicles | DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2011-01-01 | 2014-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 7306561.6 | 2877294 | [198496.0, 60376.0, -1.0] | [] | [198496.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.4.1 | The overall purpose and ambition of HyLIFT-DEMO is to conduct a large scale demonstration of hydrogen powered fuel cell materials handling vehicles, which enables a following deployment and market introduction starting no later than 2015.The HyLIFT-DEMO project objectives are:to conduct the demonstration of at least 11 units of fuel cell forklifts and fuel cell tow tractors with an integrated 3rd generation fuel cell system,to conduct the demonstration of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure at end-user sites throughout Europe where the fuel cell material handling vehicles are to be demonstrated,to conduct accelerated laboratory durability tests on fuel cell systems to validate life time and sensitivity to vibration exposure, reaching 4,000 hours in laboratory,to validate value proposition & reaching of commercial and environmental targets by conducting data acquisition from the demonstration operation and validating reaching of performance targets on durability, efficiency and costs for 3rd generation technology,to plan and secure initiation of R&D of 4th generation commercial products by ensuring that R&D of 4th generation fuel cell and hydrogen refuelling technology is initiated onwards reaching full commercial targets,to plan and ensure initiation of a commercial market deployment by end of 2015 of hydrogen powered fuel cell forklifts and develop suggestions for deployment support mechanisms,to secure RCS for enabling commercialisation by identifying future Regulation, Codes & Standard needs in order to enable commercial high volume certification & use of hydrogen powered fuel cell material handling vehicles andto disseminate project results throughout Europe to the hydrogen and fuel cell industry as well as the material handling industry, motivating national and regional actors to also initiate development and commercialisation activities within the area. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells | fuel cells | 1 | ||
| 2042 | 613667 | GRAIL | Glycerol Biorefinery Approach for the Production of High Quality Products of Industrial Value | SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE, DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, CONSORZIO IN.BIO – CONSORZIO PER L’INNOVAZIONE E LA BIOECONOMIA, THE QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, AALBORG UNIVERSITET, INSTITUT UNIV DE CIENCIA I TECNOLOGIA SA | STIFTELSEN SINTEF | 2013-11-01 | 2017-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 7867807.49 | 5954479 | [289920.0, 494189.5, 479655.6, 315504.0, 606658.0, 270000.0, 291730.0, 622343.88, 99345.18, 222430.82, 972720.0] | [] | [479655.6] | [] | FP7-KBBE | KBBE.2013.3.4-01;KBBE.2013.3.3-04 | The project GRAIL has been build with 15 partners from 9 different countries with the aim of finalising the solutions given previously to the valorization of glycerol and transform then in valuable products in a biorefinery approachThe overall concept of GRAIL project is the use, exploitation and further development of the state of the art in the field of bio-based products from glycerol and the development research-driven cluster for the use of crude glycerol for the production of high-value platforms, as well as valued end products, harnessing the biotech processes. Therefore GRAIL project has a strong business focus and its ultimate goal is to set up implantation of biorefineries in close relationship with biodiesel.This project’s aim is to develop a set of technologies for converting waste glycerol from biodiesel production in a biorefinery concept to end with products of high value such as 1,3 propanediol, Fatty acid glycerol formal esters, PolyHydroxyAlkanoates (PHA), Hydrogen and Ethanol, Synthetic coatings, powder coating resins, Secondary Glycerol Amine, Biobutanol, Trehalose, Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12), ß-carotene, Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), … .The GRAIL project has designed an overall strategy based on three main pillars covering all the value chain:Pillar 1: Raw materials: Evaluation of crude glycerol and purificationPillar 2: Product development: Research and development to transform crude glycerol into other high added value such as biofuels, green chemicals and food supplementsPillar 3: Industrial feasibility aspects including economic and environmental evaluation. This pillar will take the results of GRAIL from the product development to the industrial site. To carry out that the technical feasibility will be study on a pilot plant in a Demonstration (and the results will be important to evaluate the LCA and the economic feasibility (WP6). | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/lipids’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/amines’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/biofuels’] | [‘lipids’, ‘coating and films’, ‘alcohols’, ‘amines’, ‘biofuels’] | 1 | ||
| 2043 | 303428 | BOR4STORE | Fast, reliable and cost effective boron hydride based high capacity solid state hydrogen storage materials | AARHUS UNIVERSITET, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH, “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS”””, EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2012-04-01 | 2015-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 4070711.3 | 2273682 | [327907.0, 254220.0, 328128.0, 332211.0, 262125.0, 160000.0] | [] | [328128.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.2.4 | BOR4STORE proposes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach for the development and testing of novel, optimised and cost-efficient boron hydride based H2 storage materials with superior performance (capacity more than 8 wt.% and 80 kg H2/m^3) for specific fuel cell applications.Building on the results of past and ongoing EC funded projects on H2 storage, BOR4STORE aspires to tackle the S&T challenges that still hinder the practical use of the extremely attractive boron hydrides. The technical objectives of the project reflect an innovative and carefully designed strategy involving(a) new methods for the synthesis and modification of stable and unstable boron hydrides, as well as their combinations resulting in Reactive Hydride Composites and eutectic mixtures,(b) systematic and rationalised investigation of the effect of special catalysts and additives, and(c) adaptation of scaffolding concepts,in an attempt to use all possible ways for understanding and tailoring the key aspects of boron hydrides H2 storage performance (storage capacity, reaction pathways and enthalpies, hydrogenation/dehydrogenation kinetics, cycling stability).The most promising material(s), to be indicated by rigorous a downselection processes, will be used for the development of a prototype laboratory H2 storage system that will be integrated and tested in connection with a 1 kW SOFC (representative for fuel cell applications e.g. for stationary power supply).Special attention will be given, practically for the first time, to significant cost reduction by pursuing cost efficient material synthesis and processing methods (target material price <50 EUR /kg) but also by investigating the level of tolerable impurities of the new materials (target system price 500 EUR /kg of stored H2). | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/metalloids’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘composites’, ‘catalysis’, ‘metalloids’, ‘fuel cells’] | 1 | ||
| 2047 | 226943 | FLYHY | Fluorine substituted High Capacity Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage at low working temperatures | AARHUS UNIVERSITET, CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS (CONICET), UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2009-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 2749818.2 | 2099200 | [454996.0, 159680.0, 333680.0, 450500.0, 521844.0] | [] | [450500.0] | [] | FP7-NMP | ENERGY.2008.10.1.2;NMP-2008-2.6-1 | At present there is no solid state hydrogen storage material available fulfilling all requirements for practical use in mobile applications. These are 1. high storage density, 2. temperatures and heats of operation compatible with PEM fuel cells, 3. high hydrogen loading and unloading speeds in the range of a few minutes and 4. low production costs. FlyHy focuses especially on the first three points while using commercially upscalable materials preparation processes. High hydrogen capacity materials like alane or borohydrides as well as so called Reactive Hydride Composites (mixtures of borohydrides with selected other hydrides), nowadays suffering from too high or too low reaction temperatures and heats, shall be modified by substituting halogens for part of the hydrogen or hydrogen containing complexes. The project partners IFE, GKSS and AU have shown that by this approach novel mixed hydrido-halogenide compounds can be prepared. Fluorine substituted Sodium Alanate exhibited drastically increased desorption pressures at the same reaction temperature or lowered reaction temperatures at the same pressure resp. Targets of the FlyHy project are (i) to exploit these findings on materials destabilisation and stabilisation resp. by halogen substitution for alane, borohydrides and Reactive Hydride Composites , in order to achieve a breakthrough in the thermodynamic properties of these materials exhibiting the highest hydrogen capacities known at present, (ii) to obtain an in depth scientific understanding of the sorption properties of the substituted materials by extended structural and thermodynamical characterisation and modelling, for materials optimisation, (iii) determine tank relevant materials properties like e.g. densification behaviour and heat conductivity, and, if applicable, do first tests in a prototype tank. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/alkali metals’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/thermodynamics’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/halogens’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘composites’, ‘alkali metals’, ‘thermodynamics’, ‘halogens’, ‘fuel cells’] | 1 | ||
| 2049 | 256653 | SSH2S | Fuel Cell Coupled Solid State Hydrogen Storage Tank | CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2011-02-01 | 2015-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 3501748.45 | 1595685 | [145047.0, 429873.0, 241398.0, 302808.0, 228204.0, -1.0] | [] | [241398.0] | [] | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.2.4 | The main objective of SSH2S is to develop a full tank-FC integrated system according to the requirements of the call and to demonstrate its application on a real system. A new class of material for hydrogen storage (i.e. MM'(BH4)n mixed boroydrides) as well as an allready known system (Li-Mg-N-H) will be explored. A new concept of solid state hydrogen tank (i.e. combination of two materials) will be investigated. The application of hydrogen tank on real system will be experimented with a 1 kW prototype on High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (HTPEM) fuel cells. On the basis of the results obtained in the first part of the project, a ON/OFF milestone will be considered. If suitable performances will be obtained for the prototype integrated system, a scale up of the tank will be applied to a 5 kW APU.The final goal is to clearly demonstrate the applicability of the proposed integrated system in real applications. This final step in the project will allow a critical analysis of the system cost.For this goal, a consortium has been developed with the following expertises:•Materials development, synthesis and characterisation: UNITO, IFE, KIT, JRC•Tank design and production: DLR, TD, KIT, UNITO, JRC•Tank-FC integration and demonstration: DLR, TD, SER, CRF, UNITOThe consortium is well balanced among research centres, for basic materials research and modelling, and industries, for system development and test. All research centres are members of N.ERGHY and one industry is member of the IG of the FCH-JU. Two industries are SME. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘polymer sciences’, ‘fuel cells’] | 1 | ||
| 2050 | 607040 | ECOSTORE | Novel Complex Metal Hydrides for Efficient and Compact Storage of Renewable Energy as Hydrogen and Electricity | AARHUS UNIVERSITET, UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE, THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH, “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS”””, UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2013-10-01 | 2017-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4051541.94 | 4051541.94 | [604331.64, 277676.85, 302672.5, 255721.2, 313143.71, 694419.0, 235792.24, 235792.24, 452942.85] | [] | [313143.71] | [] | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN | Finding novel solutions for energy storage is of high societal relevance, since it is a prerequisite for the turnaround from fossil fuels and nuclear power to energy from renewable sources, since these sources mostly are intermittent. Also for providing an ecological friendly mobility, high capacity energy storage solutions are urgently needed. Well trained experts in energy storage are a prerequisite of the necessary technological development.ECOSTORE contributes to these targets by training 12 ESRs and 3 ERs in materials science and use of novel metal hydrides for energy storage – chemical, as hydrogen, and electrochemical, in batteries. The fellows will be trained in scientific skills by pursuing own research projects (leading to a PhD in the case of ESR) as well as in complementary skills, important for their future career in academia or industry, like management of scientific and technical projects, science-public communication and development of their own career and personality.ECOSTORE is an international network of partners each with high reputation in the field of hydrogen and electrochemical storage. 9 European research institutions, 3 European industrial companies, and 2 Associated Partners from Japanese Universities form a network of complementary scientific and techno-economical expertise.Novel borohydride- and nitride based materials may allow for high energy storage densities in terms of both hydrogen and electrochemical processes. For commercial introduction, a prerequisite is the cost efficient large scale production from abundant and relatively cheap raw materials, going from extremely pure chemicals and laboratory-scale to less pure raw materials and industrial scale. ECOSTORE aims at the scientific understanding of materials behaviour in hydrogen as well as in electrochemical processes, and, based on this, at scale-up of cost effective materials production, and at prototype testing to perform a techno-economical evaluation of the developments | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘energy and fuels’] | 1 | ||
| 2084 | 101036594 | MAGPIE | sMArt Green Ports as Integrated Efficient multimodal hubs | NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, INESC TEC – INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA, GRAND PORT FLUVIO-MARITIME DE L’AXE SEINE, ENERGIEWIRTSCHAFTLICHES INSTITUT AN DER UNIVERSITAT ZU KOLN GGMBH, STICHTING NETHERLANDS MARITIME TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, STICHTING MARITIEM RESEARCH INSTITUUT NEDERLAND, ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM, ERASMUS CENTRE FOR URBAN,PORT AND TRANSPORT ECONOMICS BV, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | AIR LIQUIDE FRANCE INDUSTRIE | IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2021-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2021-09-09 | H2020_newest | 30764358.84 | 24964564.23 | [2168250.0, 234885.0, 835875.0, 917937.5, 339675.0, 276893.69, 243270.0, 364122.5, 2176886.25, 225800.0, 0.0, 1725193.75] | [25103.53] | [225800.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | LC-GD-5-1-2020 | The MAGPIE consortium, consisting of 4 ports (Lighthouse Port of Rotterdam, Fellow ports DeltaPort (inland), Port of Sines and HAROPA), 9 research institutes and universities, 32 private companies and 4 other institutes, forms a unique collaboration addressing the missing link between green energy supply and green energy use in port-related transport and the implementation of digitisation, automation, and autonomy to increase transport efficiency. MAGPIE accelerates the introduction of green energy carriers (batteries, hydrogen, ammonia, BioLNG and methanol) combined with realisation of logistic optimisation in ports through automation and autonomous operations. The main objective of MAGPIE is to demonstrate technical, operational, and procedural energy supply and digital solutions in a living lab environment to stimulate green, smart, and integrated multimodal transport and ensure roll out through the European Green Port of the Future Master Plan and dissemination and exploitation activities. A living lab approach is applied in which technological and non-technological innovations are developed or demonstrated. Innovations demonstrated are: On-site BioLNG production; Smart Energy Systems; Shore power peak shaving; Port digital twin (GHG tooling and energy matching); Ammonia bunkering; Offshore charging buoy; Autonomous e-barge and transhipment; Green energy container for inland shipping; Hybrid shunting locomotive; Green connected trucking; Spreading of road traffic; Non-technological innovations to increase the use of green energy. Demonstrators will lead into the Master Plan for the European Green including a roadmap and handbook for implementation. To increase the reach and exploitation of the project results, stakeholders will be in the project through stakeholder consultation groups, targeted communication and dissemination activities. Technical collaborations will be set up with other actions to multiply the results of MAGPIE and of the other actions. | F1 | ||||
| 2086 | 101037564 | PIONEERS | PORTable Innovation Open Network for Efficiency and Emissions Reduction Solutions | STAD ANTWERPEN, VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V., UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN, AUTORITAT PORTUARIA DE BARCELONA, INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, STICHTING SUPPLY CHAIN VALLEY, BUILDWISE, UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT, SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY, ALLIANCE FOR LOGISTICS INNOVATION THROUGH COLLABORATION IN EUROPE, GEMEENTE VENLO, ADMINISTRATION PORTUAIRE DE MONTREAL, ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL, CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA, VLAAMSE GEWEST, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA, EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON | ENGIE, L’AIR LIQUIDE BELGE | 2021-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2021-09-09 | H2020_newest | 33465726.63 | 24999997.26 | [473125.0, 206690.0, 750014.34, 426615.0, 1123993.75, 288278.83, 207945.0, 315000.0, 0.0, 142500.0, 412500.0, 0.0, 214673.16, 405625.0, 58750.0, 236250.0, 694250.0] | [42035.0, 1061375.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | LC-GD-5-1-2020 | PIONEERS brings together four ports with different characteristics, but shared commitments towards meeting the Green Deal goals and Blue Growth socio-economic aims, in order to address the challenge for European ports of reducing GHG emissions while remaining competitive. In order to achieve these ambitions, the Ports of Antwerp-Bruges, Barcelona, Venlo and Constanta will implement green port innovation demonstrations across four main pillars: clean energy production and supply, sustainable port design, modal shift and flows optimization, and digital transformation. Actions include: renewable energy generation and deployment of electric, hydrogen and methanol vehicles; building and heating networks retrofit for energy efficiency and implementation of circular economy approaches in infrastructure works; together with deployment of digital platforms (utilising AI and 5G technologies) to promote modal shift of passengers and freight, ensure optimised vehicle, vessel and container movements and allocations, and facilitate vehicle automation. These demonstrations form integrated packages aligned with other linked activities of the ports and their neighbouring city communities. Forming an Open Innovation Network for exchange, the ports, technology and support partners will progress through project phases of innovation demonstration, scale-up and co-transferability. Rigorous innovation and transfer processes will address technology evaluation and business case development for exploitation, as well as creating the institutional, regulatory and financial frameworks for green ports to flourish from technical innovation pilots to widespread solutions. These processes will inform and be undertaken in parallel with masterplan development and refinement, providing a Master Plan and roadmap for energy transition at the PIONEERS ports, and handbook to guide green port planning and implementation for different typologies of ports across Europe. | F | |||||
| 2087 | 101036871 | OLGA | Holistic & Green Airports | MUNICIPIUL CLUJ-NAPOCA, AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE TURBOMOTOARE – COMOTI, THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, PARCO LOMBARDO VALLE DEL TICINO, CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER L’OTTIMIZZAZIONE E LA RICERCA OPERATIVA, EUROCONTROL – EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR THE SAFETY OF AIR NAVIGATION, UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, UNIVERSITE PARIS XII VAL DE MARNE, SERVICE TECHNIQUE DE L’AVIATION CIVILE, SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU FAKULTET PROMETNIH ZNANOSTI, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS, AEROPORTUL INTERNATIONAL AVRAM IANCU CLUJ RA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA, SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU, FAKULTET STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE | ENGIE, AIR LIQUIDE FRANCE INDUSTRIE, ENGIE GLOBAL MARKETS, ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES, SNAM S.P.A., L AIR LIQUIDE SA | IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2021-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2021-09-09 | H2020_newest | 34006426.75 | 24991644.02 | [100000.0, 250777.5, 419000.0, 0.0, 100528.75, 165500.0, 0.0, 758437.5, 0.0, 209553.5, 588870.0, 432687.5, 585000.0, 257500.0, 0.0, 429843.75, 0.0, 311000.0] | [937650.0, 169750.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1099218.75, 0.0] | [585000.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | LC-GD-5-1-2020 | Our world is facing unprecedented environmental challenges. Keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5°C implies a mandatory drop in CO2 emissions. Against this backdrop, the EC has issued the European Green Deal: an ambitious plan towards a fully sustainable economy, including aviation. With one million species endangered, biodiversity restoration is another key issue. Once aviation has recovered from the COVID pandemic effects, global air traffic as a major enabler of connectivity and economic growth will resume and keep increasing. This emphasizes the challenge of reducing the environmental impact of the air transportation sector as a whole. OLGA partners (airports, airline, handler, industry, research, SMEs) unite a wealth of expertise to contribute to solving this complex challenge: efficient and carbon neutral airport and airline operations, sustainable logistics, smart energy & mobility, intermodality for passengers and freight, emission/air quality assessments, green construction and circular end-of-life solutions. Sustainable Aviation Fuels supply chains will be integrated in conventional jet fuel infrastructure. Complementary types of low-emission mobilities, electric ground support equipment, hydrogen infrastructure and reduced carbon airside operations will be demonstrated. OLGA will achieve significant quantified advances already within the first three years, ready for exploitation by partners. This will lead to proven CO2 reduction, air quality improvement and biodiversity preservation with involvement of the entire sector’s value chain. Sustainable impacts will be realised on societal, environmental and economic levels at local, national and EU scale. OLGA will have a duration of 60 months, requesting a 25 MEuros grant. OLGA’s airports are uniquely positioned to showcase the environmental innovations, while the airports of Zagreb and Cluj will prove scalability and EU-wide applicability. | F1 | ||||
| 2093 | 101036457 | EU-SCORES | European Scalable Complementary Offshore Renewable Energy Sources | PROVINCIALE ONTWIKKELINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ WEST-VLAANDEREN, INESC TEC – INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA, UPPSALA UNIVERSITET, WAVEC/OFFSHORE RENEWABLES – CENTRO DE ENERGIA OFFSHORE ASSOCIACAO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT | RWE OFFSHORE WIND GMBH, RWE RENEWABLES MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED, RWE RENEWABLES MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED, ENEL GREEN POWER SPA, RWE RENEWABLES EUROPE & AUSTRALIA GMBH | 2021-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | H2020_newest | 45776319.72 | 34831483.81 | [2052390.0, 2350626.25, 747876.25, 1758794.88, 913866.25, 627625.0] | [194106.74, 0.0, 0.0, 665623.88, 26554.26] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-GD-2-1-2020 | Efficient and effective use of offshore renewables is pivotal in the transition of the EU to become a net-zero economy in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. EU-SCORES will unlock the large-scale potential of the roll-out of offshore renewable energy in multi-source parks across different European sea basins through two highly comprehensive and impactful demonstrations: (1) An offshore solar PV system in Belgium co-located with a bottom fixed windfarm and; (2) A wave energy array in Portugal co-located with a floating wind farm. The multi-source demonstrations in EU-SCORES will showcase the benefits of a continuous power output harnessing the complementarity between wind, sun and waves as it leads to a more resilient and stable power system, higher capacity factors and a lower total cost per MWh. These aspects will also improve the business case for the production of green hydrogen within these parks. The full-scale demonstrations will prove how the increased power output and capacity installed per km2 will reduce the amount of marine space needed, thereby leaving more space for aquaculture, fisheries, shipping routes and environmentally protected zones. Additional benefits attained by co-using critical electrical infrastructures and exploring advanced operation and maintenance methodologies supported by innovative autonomous systems will further lower the costs per MWh. The involvement of major project developers and utility companies (EDP, EGP, SBE, RWE, EnBW, Eneco, OceanWinds, and Parkwind) will ensure an accelerated path towards commercialisation of these innovative parks.Altogether, through a highly competent, skilled and motivated consortium EU-SCORES will pave the way for bankable multi-source parks including wind, wave and floating solar systems across different European sea basins by 2025, thereby supporting the stability and resilience of the European energy system, while considering sustainability, local stakeholders and existing ecosystems. | F | |||||
| 2105 | 101007223 | SHERLOHCK | SUSTAINABLE AND COST-EFFICIENT CATALYST FOR HYDROGEN AND ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS BASED ON LIQUID ORGANIC HYDROGEN CARRIERS : ECONOMIC VIABILITY FOR MARKET UPTAKE | FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, NOORDWES-UNIVERSITEIT, UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA | KUWAIT PETROLEUM RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY BV | 2021-01-01 | 2024-06-30 | 2020-12-04 | H2020_newest | 2563322.5 | 2563322.5 | [364659.38, 609261.86, 133463.13, 459932.25] | [49671.09] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-1-2020 | Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC), consisting on a reversible transformation catalytically activated of a pair of stable liquid organic molecules integrated on hydrogenation/dehydrogenation cycles, are attractive due to their ability to store safely large amounts of hydrogen (up to 7 %wt or 2.300 KWh/ton) during long time and release pure hydrogen on demand. Proof of concept and some commercial solutions exist but still suffer from high cost and energy needed to facilitate catalytic reactions. In order to reduce the system cost for LOHC technology to 3 €/Kg for large scale applications SherLOHCk project targets joint developments consisting on :i) highly active and selective catalyst with partial/total substitution of PGM and thermo-conductive catalyst support to reduce the energy intensity during loading/unloading processes: ii) novel catalytic system architecture ranging from the catalyst to the heat exchanger to minimize the internal heat loss and to increase space-time-yield and iii) novel catalyst testing, system validation and demonstration in demo unit (>10 kW, >200h); to drastically improve their technical performances and energy storage efficiency of LOHCs:A combination of challenges for the catalyst material, catalyst system and their related energy storage capabilities will constitute the core of a catalyst system for LOHC, that will be validated first at a lab scale, then in a demo unit > 10kW. As a whole they will enable the reduction of Energy intensity during loading/unloading processes, a higher efficiency and increased lifetime. Technological, economical and societal bottlenecks are considered to determine the economic viability, balance of energy and the environmental footprint of novel catalyst synthesis route.Scale-up of the obtained solutions will be carried out together with technology comparison with other hydrogen logistic concepts based on LCA and TCO considerations to finally improve economic viability of the LOHC technology. | F | |||||
| 2109 | 101006667 | SO-FREE | Solid oxide fuel cell combined heat and power: Future-ready Energy | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI – TELEMATICA | PGE POLSKA GRUPA ENERGETYCZNA SA | 2021-01-01 | 2025-09-30 | 2020-12-15 | H2020_newest | 2835807.75 | 2739094 | [255000.0, 300750.0, 165000.0] | [71075.4] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-4-2020 | The overall objective of SO-FREE is the development of a fully future-ready solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)-based system for combined heat and power (CHP) generation. This means a versatile system concept for efficient, near-zero-emission, fuel-flexible and truly modular power and heat supply to end users in the residential, commercial, municipal and agricultural sectors.Beyond the primary objective required by the call topic – i.e. the delivery of a pre-certified SOFC-CHP system allowing an operation window from zero to 100% H2 in natural gas and with additions of purified biogas – the SO-FREE project will endeavour the realization of a standardized stack-system interface, allowing full interchangeability of SOFC stack types within a given SOFC-CHP system. This interface design will be taken to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a new work item proposal (NWIP) for international standardization. In such a way all commercial barriers to full and free competition between SOFC stack suppliers and system integrators aim to be levelled. Furthermore, this interoperability will be proved by doubling the required demonstration period: two systems will be run for 9 months each, each operating, alternately, two different stacks, which will be exchanged between the two systems. One system will be operated to assess compliance with all applicable certification requirements of a TRL 6 prototype, defining the outstanding pathway to full product certification; the other system will run at TRL7 (demonstration in operational environment) providing combined heat and power with natural gas with injections of hydrogen. As a final proof of robustness and flexibility, the two stacks integrated in each of the two systems (one designed by AVL, the other by ICI Caldaie) will be characteristic of the extreme ends of the spectrum of SOFC operating temperatures: 650°C (Elcogen) and 850°C (Fraunhofer IKTS). | F | |||||
| 2119 | 101007201 | GREEN HYSLAND | “GREEN HYSLAND – Deployment of a H2 Ecosystem on the Island of Mallorca” | UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY, AJUNTAMENT DE LLOSETA, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, AGENCIA REGIONAL DA ENERGIA E AMBIENTE DA REGIAO AUTONOMA DA MADEIRA, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, CENTRO NACIONAL DE EXPERIMENTACIONDE TECNOLOGIAS DE HIDROGENO Y PILASDE COMBUSTIBLE CONSORCIO, GEMEENTE AMELAND, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA, UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS, INSTITUTO BALEAR DE LA ENERGIA, AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE BALEARES | ENAGAS RENOVABLE SA, ENAGAS SA | STICHTING NEW ENERGY COALITION | 2021-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2020-12-10 | H2020_newest | 23717171.38 | 9999999.5 | [196897.5, 320313.0, 249925.0, 25000.0, 200000.0, 100000.0, 24998.0, 40000.0, 102813.0, 98875.0, 794000.0] | [500000.0, 3200933.0] | [120000.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-03-2-2020 | The GREEN HYSLAND PROJECT adresses the requirements of the call FCH-03-2-2020: H2 Islands by deploying a fully-integrated and functioning H2 ecosystem in the island of Mallorca, Spain. The project brings together all core elements of the H2 value chain i.e. production, distribution infrastructure and end-use of green hydrogen across mobility, heat and power. The overall approach of GREEN HYSLAND is based on the integration of 6 deployment sites in the island of Mallorca, including 7.5MW of electrolysis capacity connected to local PV plants and 6 FCH end-user applications, namely buses and cars, 2 CHP applications at commercial buildings, electricity supply at the port and injection of H2 into the local gas grid. The intention is to facilitate full integration and operational interconnectivity of all these sites. The project will also deliver the deployment of infrastructure (i.e. dedicated H2 pipeline, distribution via road trailers and a HRS) for distributing H2 across the island and integrating green H2 supply with local end-users. The scalability and EU replicability of this integrated H2 ecosystem will be showcased via a long-term roadmap towards 2050, together with full replication studies. The intention is to expand the impact beyond the technology demonstrations delivered by the project, setting the basis for the first H2 hub at scale in Sothern Europe. This will provide Europe with a blueprint for decarbonization of island economies, and an operational example of the contribution of H2 towards the energy transition and the 2050 net zero targets The project has already been declared to be a Strategic Project by the Balearic Regional Government, and has support from the National Government through IDAE. | F1 | ||||
| 2157 | 862482 | ARENHA | Advanced materials and Reactors for ENergy storage tHrough Ammonia | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, CENTRO NACIONAL DE EXPERIMENTACIONDE TECNOLOGIAS DE HIDROGENO Y PILASDE COMBUSTIBLE CONSORCIO, UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, UNIVERSITE D’ORLEANS, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | ENGIE | 2020-04-01 | 2025-03-31 | 2020-03-12 | H2020_newest | 5684325 | 5684325 | [599768.75, 657125.0, 601000.0, 289268.75, 598156.25, 0.0, 448053.75] | [582042.5] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.2.1.3. | LC-NMBP-29-2019 | ARENHA (Advanced materials and Reactors for Energy storage tHrough Ammonia) is a European project with global impact seeking to develop, integrate and demonstrate key material solutions enabling the use of ammonia for flexible, safe and profitable storage and utilization of energy. Ammonia is an excellent energy carrier due to its high energy density, carbon-free composition, industrial know-how and relative ease of storage. ARENHA demonstrates the feasibility of ammonia as a dispatchable form of large-scale energy storage, enabling the integration of renewable electricity in Europe and creating global green energy corridors for Europe energy import diversification.Innovative Materials are developed and integrated into ground-breaking systems in order to demonstrate a flexible and profitable power-to-ammonia value chain but also several key energy discharge processes. Specifically, ARENHA will develop advanced SOEC for renewable hydrogen production, catalysts for low temperature/pressure ammonia synthesis, solid absorbents for ammonia synthesis intensification and storage, catalysts and membrane reactors for ammonia decomposition. Energy discharge processes studied in ARENHA tackle various applications from ammonia decomposition into pure H2 for FCEV, direct ammonia utilization on SOFCs for power and ICEs for mobility. ARENHA will demonstrate the full power-to-ammonia-to-usage value chain at TRL 5 and the outstanding potential of green ammonia to address the issue of large scale energy storage through LCA, sociological survey, techno-economic analysis deeply connected with multiscale modeling.ARENHA’s ambitious objectives will be tackled by a consortium of 11 partners from universities, RTO, SMEs and large companies covering the adequate set of skills and market positioning. Considering the global nature of the ARENHA project, the consortium will strongly interact with its international advisory board composed of key energy stakeholders from the 5 continents. | F | |||||
| 2159 | 884229 | HYFLEXPOWER | HYdrogen as a FLEXible energy storage for a fully renewable European POWER system | LUNDS UNIVERSITET, ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON | ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES | 2020-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2020-03-30 | H2020_newest | 15252168.5 | 10475081.6 | [199250.0, 255250.0, 418960.0, 198991.25, 289427.5] | [3831975.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-SC3-NZE-4-2019 | Clean, reliable and secure energy supply is a key requirement for the further development of the European economy. At the same time, the Paris Agreement and its aim to limit the global warming to well below 2°C call for a quick and significant reduction of CO2 emissions, including the energy sector. In the energy sector this can only be achieved by a significant increase of the share of renewable energy sources (RES). As the most abundant RES, wind and solar, are intermittent by nature, there is a need for energy storage technologies, to provide back-up power when wind and solar output are low and more generally for load levelling and grid stabilisation.Chemical storage appears to be the most promising long-term energy storage technology. Among chemical storage technologies, hydrogen is expected to dominate as it can be produced by electrolysis of water using excess energy from RES, easily compressed and stored, and finally re-electrified using gas turbines. The goal of HYFLEXPOWER is the first-ever demonstration (at TRL7) of a fully integrated power-to-H2-to-power industrial scale installation in a real-world power plant application. The project will update and enhance an existing power plant within an industrial facility in Saillat-sur-Vienne, France. It will include the integration of energy conversion (power-to-H2) in the demonstration plant using excess energy from RES and necessary storage capabilities. The Siemens SGT-400 gas turbine will be upgraded to operate with different natural gas / H2 fuel mixtures. A key objective is the operation at full load and production of 12 MW electrical energy with high-hydrogen fuel mixtures of at least 80% by volume H2 up to 100%. The tests will also demonstrate that EU emission limits for such installations can be not only met, but also reduced. Finally, the development of an economic assessment for this Power-to-H2-to-Power pilot plant demonstration will be conducted to show the economic benefits of this application. | F | |||||
| 2161 | 826089 | Djewels | Delfzijl Joint Development of green Water Electrolysis at Large Scale | NV NEDERLANDSE GASUNIE | 2020-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2019-12-03 | H2020_newest | 41967250 | 10999999 | [] | [257500.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-1-2018 | Djewels demonstrate the operational readiness of 20 MW electrolyser for the production of green fuels (green methanol) in real-life industrial and commercial conditions. It will bring the technology from TRL 7 to TRL 8 and lay the foundation for the next scale-up step, towards 100 MW on the same site. Djewels will enable the development of next generation of pressurised alkaline electrolyser, by developing embarking more cost efficient, better performing, high current density electrodes, preparing the serial manufacturing of the stack and scale-up of the balance of plant components . Economies of scale combines with the flexible and optimized operation of the electrolyser, applying advanced electricity procurement and arbitrage strategies will ensure a low cost of hydrogen for the end-user during the 3 years of operation. This project will demonstrate the conditions for a profitable business cases for green hydrogen production as an input for green (or low-carbon) methanol production towards large-scale deployment in Europe before 2030. Djewels will be located in Delfzijl industrial park, where AkzoNobel already produces hydrogen through a chlor-alkali process and where the (bio)methanol producer, BioMCN, is also located. Delfzijl industrial park has with a direct connection to the electricity transmission grid, and low distribution network charges within. Other hydrogen industry clients in Delfzijl create further conditions for scaling up green hydrogen production. Beyond Delfzijl, the park is connected via a dense gas networks to other large-scale chemical and (petro)chemical hydrogen clients in the Netherlands and Germany. These could allow Djewels to be a stepping stone towards the creation of a new hydrogen valley, in line with the ambitions of the FCH2-JU and the regional roadmap, within the industrial cluster of Delfzijl, the Northern Netherland and beyond. | F | ||||||
| 2162 | 875089 | HyResponder | European Hydrogen Train the Trainer Programme for Responders | LANDES-FEUERWEHRVERBAND TIROL, SERVICE PUBLIC FEDERAL INTERIEUR, AYUNTAMIENTO DE ZARAGOZA, UNIVERSITETET I SOROST-NORGE, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES OFFICIERS DE SAPEURS-POMPIERS (ENSOSP), MINISTERSTVO VNITRA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2020-01-01 | 2023-05-31 | 2019-12-09 | H2020_newest | 1000000 | 1000000 | [27000.0, 26175.0, 25312.5, 29250.0, 31112.5, 29125.0, 194625.0, 24375.0, 30000.0, 282795.0] | [72948.75] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04-1-2019 | The aim of the HyResponder project is to develop and implement a sustainable trainer the trainer programme in hydrogen safety for responders throughout Europe, supporting the commercialisation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies by informing responders involved in the permitting process, improving resilience and preparedness, and ensuring appropriate accident management and recovery. The specific objectives of the project include the development of clear and updated operational, virtual reality, and educational training for trainers of responders to reflect the state-of-the-art in hydrogen safety. The European Emergency Response Guide for responders will be revised to reflect advancements. The materials will incorporate identified intervention strategies and tactics for liquefied hydrogen applications. A Pan-European Network of responder trainers will be established and trainers from at least 10 European countries will attend a bespoke course in hydrogen safety pertinent to responders. Using feedback from the network on national specificities, educational training materials will be adapted where required to reflect regional peculiarities. The materials for responders will be translated and made available in 8 languages via an e-Platform. The translated materials will be utilised by the newly trained trainers to deliver workshops in 10 countries across Europe enhancing the reach and impact of the programme. National Training Clusters will be developed to consolidate links between the hydrogen safety and responder communities and to support the delivery of workshops at a national level. Through the establishment of an International e-forum for responders, and the integration of the translated materials in the e-Platform, it is anticipated that a sustainable pan-European training programme in hydrogen safety for responders will be developed, which will be recognised as the standard in hydrogen safety training across Europe. | F | |||||
| 2164 | 875123 | MultiPLHY | Multimegawatt high-temperature electrolyser to generate green hydrogen for production of high-quality biofuels | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES | NESTE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OY, ENGIE, NESTE OYJ, NESTE NETHERLANDS BV, NESTE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS BV, ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES | 2020-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2019-12-11 | H2020_newest | 9751722.51 | 6993725.39 | [558398.75] | [0.0, 0.0, 855837.5, 0.0, 0.0, 156625.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-2-2019 | The shift to a low-carbon EU economy raises the challenge of integrating renewable energy (RES) and cutting the CO2 emissions of energy intensive industries (EII). In this context, hydrogen produced from RES will contribute to decarbonize those industries, as feedstock/fuel/energy storage. MULTIPLHY thus aims to install, integrate and operate the world’s first high-temperature electrolyser (HTE) system in multi-megawatt-scale (~2.4 MW), in a renewable products refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to produce green hydrogen for the refinery’s processes. MULTIPLHY offers the unique opportunity to demonstrate the technological and industrial leadership of the EU in Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cell (SOEC) technology. With its rated electrical connection of ~3.5 MWel,AC,BOL, electrical rated nominal power of ~2.6 MWel,AC and a hydrogen production rate ≥ 670 Nm³/h, this HTE will cover ~40 % of the current average hydrogen demand of the chemical refinery. This leads to GHG emission reductions of ~8,000 tonnes during the planned minimum HTE operation time (16,000 h). MULTIPLHY’s electrical efficiency (85 %el,LHV) will be at least 20 % higher than efficiencies of low temperature electrolysers, enabling the cutting of operational costs and the reduction of the connected load at the refinery and hence the impact on the local power grid. A multidisciplinary consortium gathers NESTE (a Green Refiner as end-user), ENGIE (a global energy system integrator & operator), PaulWurth (Engineering Procurement Construction company for hydrogen processing units), Sunfire (HTE technology provider) and the world-class RTO CEA. They focus on operation under realistic conditions and market frameworks to enable the commercialisation of the HTE technology. By demonstrating reliable system operation with a proven availability of ≥ 98 %, complemented by a benchmark study for stacks in the 10 kW range, critical questions regarding durability, robustness, degradation as well as service and maintenance are addressed | F | |||||
| 2166 | 875090 | HEAVENN | Hydrogen Energy Applications for Valley Environments in Northern Netherlands | GEMEENTE GRONINGEN, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, GEMEENTE EMMEN, RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN, GEMEENTE HOOGEVEEN | EBN BV ENERGIE BEHEER NEDERLAND BV, TOTALENERGIES MARKETING NEDERLAND NV, NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ BV, NV NEDERLANDSE GASUNIE, ENGIE ENERGIE NEDERLAND NV, SHELL NEDERLAND VERKOOPMAATSCHAPPIJ BV, TOTALENERGIES GAS MOBILITY BV | EUROPEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR GAS AND ENERGY INNOVATION, STICHTING NEW ENERGY COALITION | 2020-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2019-12-13 | H2020_newest | 96128934.28 | 20000000 | [1600632.93, 71688.0, 370938.0, 67875.0, 516500.0, 591854.0] | [44100.0, 2606273.51, 0.0, 1422280.0, 232960.0, 1429050.0, 0.0] | [71688.0, 437310.3] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-03-1-2019 | HEAVENN is a large-scale demo project addressing the requirements of the call, by bringing together core elements: production, distribution, storage and local end-use of H2 into a fully-integrated and functioning “H2 valley” (H2V), that can serve as a blueprint for replication across Europe and beyond. The proposed concept is based on the deployment & integration of existing & planned project clusters across 6 locations in the Northern Netherlands, namely Eemshaven, Delfzijl, Zuidwending, Emmen, Hoogeveen and Groningen, with a total initial investment of 88 M EUR. The main goal is to make use of green hydrogen across the entire value chain, while developing replicable business models for wide-scale commercial deployment of H2 across the entire regional energy system. HEAVENN aims to maximize the integration of abundant RES resource available in the region, both onshore (wind and solar) and offshore wind, using H2 as: (i) a storage medium to manage intermittent and constrained renewable inputs in the electricity grid; and (ii) an energy vector for further integration of renewable inputs and decarbonisation across other energy sectors beyond electricity, namely industry, heat and transportation. The project facilitates the deployment of 11 HFC end-user applications across the project clusters, while ensuring the interconnection between them. This will be delivered by facilitating the deployment of key transport & distribution gas infrastructure to deliver green H2 from supply to the end-user sites. In this way HEAVENN will demonstrate the coupling the existing electricity and gas infrastructures at scale, to decarbonize industry, power, transport and heat across the entire region. The scale of the deployment delivered by HEAVENN is sufficient to achieve by itself significant economies of scale & improved business models across the entire value chain. | F1 | ||||
| 2179 | 826236 | H2Haul | Hydrogen fuel cell trucks for heavy-duty, zero emission logistics | HYDROGEN EUROPE, AIR LIQUIDE FRANCE INDUSTRIE, TOTALENERGIES MARKETING DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2019-02-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2019-07-23 | H2020_newest | 28110126.8 | 12000000 | [] | [204980.0, 120291.44, 0.0, 800000.0, 79708.56] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-1-2018 | H2Haul will develop and demonstrate a total of 16 new heavy-duty (26–44t) hydrogen fuel cell trucks in real-world commercial operations. The project includes two major European truck manufacturers (IVECO and VDL), who will build on existing small-scale prototyping activities to develop new zero-emission trucks tailored to the needs of European customers, mainly in large supermarket fleets. The vehicles will be standardised as far as possible to help encourage the development of the European supply chain. New high-capacity hydrogen refuelling stations will be installed to provide reliable, low carbon hydrogen supplies to the trucks. Most of the stations will be publicly accessible and this project will thus support the uptake of a broader range of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles.The vehicles and infrastructure will be thoroughly tested via an extended trial with the high-profile end users over several years. The comprehensive data monitoring and analysis tasks will ensure that the technical, economic, and environmental performance of the hardware is assessed, and that the business case for further deployment of heavy-duty fuel cell trucks is developed. The scope and ambition of this innovative project will create a range of valuable information that will be disseminated widely amongst truck operators, representatives of the retail sector, policy makers, and the broader hydrogen industry. Hence, H2Haul will validate the ability of hydrogen fuel cell trucks to provide zero-emission mobility in heavy-duty applications and lay the foundations for commercialisation of this sector in Europe during the 2020s. | F | ||||||
| 2195 | 779589 | REVIVE | Refuse Vehicle Innovation and Validation in Europe | STAD ANTWERPEN, GEMEENTE GRONINGEN, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, GEMEENTE BREDA, GEMEENTE AMSTERDAM, GEMEENTE NOORDENVELD | ENGIE IMPACT BELGIUM | 2018-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2017-12-08 | H2020_newest | 9760023.65 | 4993851 | [465803.75, 690048.75, 276318.01, 423767.32, 242054.0, 227089.38] | [0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-7-2017 | REVIVE will significantly advance the state of development of fuel cell refuse trucks, by integrating fuel cell powertrains into 15 vehicles and deploying them in 10 sites across Europe. The project will deliver substantial technical progress by integrating fuel cell systems from three major suppliers and developing effective hardware and control strategies to meet highly demanding refuse truck duty cycles. Specific work on standardisation will ensure that the lessons learned are applicable to the full range of OEMs supplying vehicles into the European market, helping to accelerate the introduction of next generation products. In parallel, the demonstration activities will greatly raise awareness of the viability of fuel cells as a solution to demanding heavy duty vehicle uses (and raise public awareness of hydrogen mobility more generally due to the visibility of the trucks). A successful demonstration of fuel cell trucks will have substantial impacts beyond the technical progress delivered by the project itself, as it will enable public authorities to continue implementing bold decarbonisation strategies by providing clear evidence that viable zero emissions solutions will exist for all vehicle types in the medium term. The project will also support the wider rollout of hydrogen mobility by introducing a further source of hydrogen demand that can improve the economics of existing and future refuelling station deployments, in turn facilitating the rollout of other vehicle types. | F | |||||
| 2196 | 779486 | GAMER | Game changer in high temperature steam electrolysers with novel tubular cells and stacks geometry for pressurized hydrogen production | SINTEF AS, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF AS | 2018-01-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2017-12-12 | H2020_newest | 2998951.25 | 2998951.25 | [0.0, 893693.75, 409053.75, 299756.25] | [58350.0] | [0.0, 893693.75] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-2-2017 | The GAMER project will develop a novel cost-effective tubular Proton Ceramic Electrolyser (PCE) stack technology integrated in a steam electrolyser system to produce pure dry pressurized hydrogen. The electrolyser system will be thermally coupled to renewable or waste heat sources in industrial plants to achieve higher AC electric efficiency and efficient heat valorisation by the integrated processes. The project will establish high volume production of the novel tubular proton conducting ceramic cells. The cells will be qualified for pressurized steam electrolysis operation at intermediate temperature (500-700°C). They will be bundled in innovative single engineering units (SEU) encased in tubular steel shells, a modular technology, amenable to various industrial scales. GAMER will develop designs of system and balance of plant components supported by advanced modelling and simulation work, flowsheets of integrated processes, combined with robust engineering routes for demonstrating efficient thermal and electrical integration in a 10 kW electrolyser system delivering pure hydrogen at minimum 30 bars outlet pressure. The consortium covers the full value chain of the hydrogen economy, from cell and SEU manufacturer (CMS), system integrators (MC2, CRI), through researchers (SINTEF, UiO, CSIC), to end users in refineries, oil and gas, chemical industry (CRI, Shell with advisory board members YARA and AirLiquide). All along the project, these experienced partners will pay particular attention to risk management (technical, economic, logistic, business) and ensure progress of the technology from TRL3 to TRL5. The overall consortium will perform strategic communication with the relevant stakeholders in order to ensure strong exploitation of the project’s results. | F1 | ||||
| 2197 | 779563 | JIVE 2 | Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe 2 | MESTNA OBCINA VELENJE, PROVINCIE ZUID-HOLLAND, STRAETO BS, DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL, OPENBAAR LICHAAM OV-BUREAU GRONINGEN EN DRENTHE, LANDSTINGET GAVLEBORG, OBCINA SOSTANJ, PAU BEARN PYRENEES MOBILITES, CA DE L’AUXERROIS, NOORD-BRABANT PROVINCIE | HYDROGEN EUROPE, ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES, PETROGAL SA | 2018-01-01 | 2025-06-30 | 2017-12-18 | H2020_newest | 86926760.59 | 25000000 | [0.0, 52282.08, 0.0, 86577.51, 4658881.58, 0.0, 0.0, 1377777.02, 776480.26, 0.0] | [666400.0, 52800.66, 25925.3] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-5-2017 | The spotlight on health impacts of poor air quality and the renewed focus on reducing GHG emissions in recent years provide a strong impetus for cities to seek clean, low carbon transport solutions. When it comes to meeting growing demands for public transport and addressing environmental issues, hydrogen fuel cell (FC) buses offer significant potential. A commercialisation process for FC buses is underway, through which a shared vision has been agreed between vehicle suppliers and their customers. This is based on reducing costs through scale via a phased approach of pre-commercial demonstrations that will provide the evidence for wider uptake of these vehicles in the 2020s.The first step in upscaling FC bus deployment is underway through the JIVE project, which began in January 2017. JIVE 2 is its successor and is Europe’s most ambitious FC bus project to date: 156 buses in 11 cities across six countries. JIVE 2 involves regions with experience of the technology scaling up fuel cell bus fleets (e.g. Cologne), and those seeking to build their knowledge and experience by demonstrating FC buses in small fleets for the first time (e.g. Auxerre). All deployment locations in JIVE 2 share an ambition to increase the size of their FC bus fleets following successful initial demonstrations, hence the participating cities/regions will be natural locations for larger scale roll-out of the technology in the 2020s.A comprehensive data monitoring and assessment exercise will capture the relevant evidence to inform next steps for the sector, and the project’s impacts will be maximised by a high-impact dissemination campaign. This will involve reaching wide audiences via various channels, including a series of international Zero Emission Bus Conferences.The JIVE and JIVE 2 projects together will see the deployment and operation of nearly 300 FC buses in 16European cities/regions, thus providing a sound basis for further development of this sector. | F | |||||
| 2201 | 700350 | H2ME 2 | Hydrogen Mobility Europe 2 | STICHTING CENEX NEDERLAND, EIFER EUROPAISCHES INSTITUT FUR ENERGIEFORSCHUNG EDF KIT EWIV, THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, MINISTERIE VAN INFRASTRUCTUUR EN WATERSTAAT, COMMUNAUTE URBAINE DU GRAND NANCY, KOBENHAVNS KOMMUNE | AIR LIQUIDE FRANCE INDUSTRIE, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2016-05-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2016-06-06 | H2020_newest | 106490818.38 | 34999548.5 | [0.0, 330000.0, 154000.0, 0.0, 0.0, 84000.0] | [0.0, 2016000.0, 220000.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-03.1-2015 | Hydrogen Mobility Europe 2 (H2ME 2) brings together action in 8 European countries to address the innovations required to make the hydrogen mobility sector truly ready for market. The project will perform a large-scale market test of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, passenger and commercial fuel cell electric vehicles operated in real-world customer applications and demonstrate the system benefits generated by using electrolytic hydrogen solutions in grid operations.H2ME 2 will increase the participation of European manufacturers into the hydrogen sector, and demonstrate new vehicles across a range of platforms, with increased choice: new cars (Honda and Mercedes), new vans (range extended vehicles from Renault/Symbio and Renault/Nissan/Intelligent Energy) and a new medium sized urban delivery truck (Renault Trucks/Symbio). H2ME 2 develops an attractive proposition around range extended vehicles and supports a major roll-out of 1,000 of these vehicles to customers in France, Germany, Scandinavia and the UK. 1,316 new hydrogen fuelled vehicles will be deployed in total, trebling the existing fuel cell fleet in Europe.H2ME 2 will establish the conditions under which electrolytic refuelling stations can play a beneficial role in the energy system, and demonstrate the acquisition of real revenues from provision of energy services for aggregated electrolyser-HRS systems at a MW scale in both the UK and France. This has the further implication of demonstrating viable opportunities for reducing the cost of hydrogen at the nozzle by providing valuable energy services without disrupting refuelling operations.H2ME 2 will test 20 new HRS rigorously at high level of utilisation using the large vehicle deployment. The loading of stations by the end of the project is expected to average 20% of their daily fuelling capacity, with some stations exceeding 50% or more. This will test the HRS to a much greater extent than has been the case in previous projects. | F | |||||
| 2214 | 826339 | H2Ports | Implementing Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies in Ports | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO, AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE VALENCIA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI PARTHENOPE, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, CENTRO NACIONAL DE EXPERIMENTACIONDE TECNOLOGIAS DE HIDROGENO Y PILASDE COMBUSTIBLE CONSORCIO, FUNDACION DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA PARA LA INVESTIGACION, PROMOCION Y ESTUDIOS COMERCIALES DE VALENCIAPORT | ENAGAS SA | 2019-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2018-12-12 | H2020_newest | 4117197.5 | 3999947.5 | [0.0, 27937.5, 0.0, 0.0, 827250.0, 304476.66] | [40625.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-03-1-2018 | Hydrogen is an energy carrier with great potential for clean, efficient power in transport applications. Hydrogen can be obtained from different sources, which in combination with fuel cells it can improve energy efficiency especially when hydrogen is produced by renewable energy sources. The action proposed tries to introduce hydrogen as an alternative fuel in the port industry.The H2Ports project is an Action aligned with the needs and objectives of the European Commission and the port industry. The aim is to provide efficient solutions to facilitate a fast evolution from a fossil fuel based industry towards a low carbon and zero-emission sector. Hydrogen has been proved in other logistics and transportation sectors as a solution to power machinery and vehicles, therefore the action proposes different pilots to bridge the gap between prototypes and pre-commercial products:• The first prototype will comprise a reach stacker powered with hydrogen and tested under a real life trial, in a Port Container Terminal.• The second prototype will comprise a yard tractor equipped with a set of fuel cells. The design will enable the tractor to perform different operations like container horizontal transport or ro-ro loading/unloading operations.• The third prototype will comprise a mobile Hydrogen supply station, which will provide the needed fuel under the appropriate thermodynamic conditions for guaranteeing the continuous working cycles of the abovementioned equipment.The H2Ports project would also have a transversal objective that consists on developing a sustainable hydrogen supply chain at the port, coordinating all actors involved: customers, hydrogen producers, suppliers, etc. The expected results of the project are to test and validate hydrogen-powered solutions in the port-maritime industry, with the aim of having applicable and real solutions without affecting to port operations while producing zero local emissions. | F | |||||
| 2216 | 671438 | H2ME | Hydrogen Mobility Europe | COMMUNAUTE D’AGGLOMERATION SARREGUEMINES CONFLUENCES, EIFER EUROPAISCHES INSTITUT FUR ENERGIEFORSCHUNG EDF KIT EWIV | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS, OMV DOWNSTREAM GMBH | 2015-06-01 | 2020-11-30 | 2015-07-14 | H2020_newest | 62308186.05 | 32000000 | [192770.0, 163114.0] | [5988107.0, 112004.0, 0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01.7-2014 | Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) brings together Europe’s 4 most ambitious national initiatives on hydrogen mobility (Germany, Scandinavia, France and the UK). The project will expand their developing networks of HRS and the fleets of fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) operating on Europe’s roads, to significantly expand the activities in each country and start the creation of a pan-European hydrogen fuelling station network. In creating a project of this scale, the FCH JU will create not only a physical but also a strategic link between the regions that are leading in the deployment of hydrogen. The project will also include ‘observer countries’ (Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands), who will use the learnings from this project to develop their own hydrogen mobility strategies.The project is the most ambitious coordinated hydrogen deployment project attempted in Europe. The scale of this deployment will allow the consortium to:• Trial a large fleet of FCEVs in diverse applications across Europe – 214 OEM FCEVs (Mercedes and Toyota) and 125 fuel cell range-extended vans (Symbio collaborating with Renault) will be deployed• Deploy 29 state of the art refuelling stations, using technology from the full breadth of Europe’s hydrogen refuelling station providers. The scale will ensure that stations will be lower cost than in previous projects and the breadth will ensure that Europe’s hydrogen station developers advance together• Conduct a real world test of 4 national hydrogen mobility strategies and share learnings to support other countries’ strategy development• Analyse the customer attitude to the FCEV proposition, with a focus on attitudes to the fuelling station networks as they evolve in each country • Assess the performance of the refuelling stations and vehicles in order to provide data of a sufficient resolution to allow policy-makers, early adopters and the hydrogen mobility industry to validate the readiness of the technology for full commercial roll-out. | F | |||||
| 2219 | 779606 | EVERYWH2ERE | Making hydrogen affordable to sustainably operate Everywhere in European cities | TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON | IREN SMART SOLUTIONS SPA, IREN ENERGIA SPA, IREN SPA | 2018-02-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2017-12-01 | H2020_newest | 6770248.74 | 4999945.76 | [378363.75, 197812.5] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-10-2017 | “European cities can become living lab for the demonstration of Fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, starting from their use in niche, but everyday applications such as temporary gensets that are used in construction sites, music festivals and temporary events. .Leveraging EU excellent knowledge from consortium partners in FC application for automotive and telecom backup power solutions, EVERYWH2ERE project will integrate already demonstrated robust PEMFC stacks and low weight intrinsecallty safe pressurized hydrogen technologies into easy to install, easy to transport FC based transportable gensets. 8 FC containerd “plug and play”gensets will be realized and tested through a pan-European demonstration campaign in a demonstration to market approach.The prototypes will be tested in construction sites, music festivals and urban public events all around Europe, demonstrating their flexibility and their.enlarged lifetime. Demonstration results will be capitalized towards the redaction of three replicability studies for the use of the gensets in new contexts (emergency and reconstruction sites, ships cold ironing in harbors, mining industrial sites) and for the definition of a commercial roadmap and suitable business model for the complete marketability of the gensets within 2025. A detailed logistic and environmental analysis will be performed in order to study the complete techno-economic viability of the gensets and a decision support tool will be realized to support end-users in future replicability. According to the crucial role of cities to promote through policies and dedicated regulatory framework the spreading of FC gensets, local authorities will be involved in the project since its beginning. A strong dissemination and communication campaign will be conducted particularly during “”demonstration events”” (more than 25 festivals involved) in order to increase public audience awareness about FCH technologies.” | F | |||||
| 2229 | 671426 | NewBusFuel | New Bus ReFuelling for European Hydrogen Bus Depots | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL, VLAAMSE VERVOERSMAATSCHAPPIJ DE LIJN, ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL*, ISTITUTO PER INNOVAZIONI TECNOLOGICHE BOLZANO SCARL, VIKEN FYLKESKOMMUNE | VATTENFALL EUROPE INNOVATION GMBH | 2015-06-01 | 2017-03-31 | 2015-07-08 | H2020_newest | 2471144.75 | 2438919.27 | [49816.25, 75266.25, 28208.75, 29462.5, 30000.0] | [58500.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01.6-2014 | The overall aim of NewBusFuel is to resolve a significant knowledge gap around the technologies and engineering solutions required for the refuelling of a large number of buses at a single bus depot. Bus depot scale refuelling imposes significant new challenges which have not yet been tackled by the hydrogen refuelling sector:• Scale – throughputs in excess of 2,000kg/day (compared to 100kg/day for current passenger car stations)• Ultra-high reliability – to ensure close to 100% available supply for the public transport networks which will rely on hydrogen• Short refuelling window – buses need to be refuelled in a short overnight window, leading to rapid H2 throughput• Footprint – needs to be reduced to fit within busy urban bus depots• Volume of hydrogen storage – which can exceed 10 tonnes per depot and leads to new regulatory and safety constraintsA large and pan-European consortium will develop solutions to these challenges. The consortium involves 10 of Europe’s leading hydrogen station providers. These partners will work with 12 bus operators in Europe, each of whom have demonstrated political support for the deployment of hydrogen bus fleets.In each location engineering studies will be produced, by collaborative design teams involving bus operators and industrial HRS experts, each defining the optimal design, hydrogen supply route, commercial arrangements and the practicalities for a hydrogen station capable of providing fuel to a fleet of fuel cell buses (75-260 buses).Public reports will be prepared based on an analysis across the studies, with an aim to provide design guidelines to bus operators considering deploying hydrogen buses, as well as to demonstrate the range of depot fuelling solutions which exist (and their economics) to a wider audience.These results will be disseminated widely to provide confidence to the whole bus sector that this potential barrier to commercialisation of hydrogen bus technology has been overcome. | F | |||||
| 2233 | 874997 | PRHYDE | Protocol for heavy duty hydrogen refuelling | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ZENTRUM FUR BRENNSTOFFZELLEN-TECHNIK GMBH | ENGIE, SHELL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2020-01-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2019-12-17 | H2020_newest | 3167078.16 | 1494417 | [196080.0, 370375.0] | [326776.25, 0.0, 222281.25] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-04-2-2019 | The objective of the proposal is to build the foundations of non-proprietary heavy duty refueling protocols for large tank systems (larger than 10kg), such as the ones found in heavy duty hydrogen applications. The consortium of PrHyde involves all the types of stakeholders linked with hydrogen HD refuelling. It and is therefore well suited to take end user needs, learnings from existing light duty protocols, learnings from the field, requirements for heavy duty applications, existing prior work (e.g. HyTransfer), considerations for improvements and requirements for safety into account and combine those into a proposal for a protocol that meets long term customer needs. Key metrics are refueling time, potential for cost reduction and ease of use. Although the consortium is formed by a large variety of companies, further partners are involved through a series of workshops to make sure the wider industry perspective is captured. The protocol to be developed is validated by simulation and experimental work on single tanks and multi-tank systems, showing that the proposed protocol works as intended and the understanding of thermodynamic effects on large, multi-vessel systems is adequate. Performance specifications for components and application-to-infrastructure communications are a planned by-product of the project. The results of the project will be used to develop an international standard for wide reach and adaptation outside of the project scope. The work will enable the widespread deployment of hydrogen for heavy duty applications, such as trucks, trains, etc. but also transport systems. The results are both a valuable guidance for station design, but also the prerequisite for the deployment of a standardized, cost effective infrastructure. To maximize impact, solutions are developed for pressure levels of 35MPa, 50MPa and 70MPa and non-gaseous storage options are analyzed and benchmarked against current state of the art storage and refueling performance. | F | |||||
| 2234 | 671457 | HY4ALL | Hydrogen For All of Europe (HY4ALL) | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, ISTITUTO PER INNOVAZIONI TECNOLOGICHE BOLZANO SCARL | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA | 2015-09-01 | 2018-08-31 | 2015-07-14 | H2020_newest | 2035349.11 | 1998339.3 | [48281.0, 174750.0, 121600.0] | [466661.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04.2-2014 | “Despite major technological development and the start of commercial deployments of the fuel cells and hydrogen technology, the public awareness of FCH technologies has lagged behind this technical progress so far, restricting the appetite of potential customers and risking a lack of support from policymakers. To address this challenge, a consortium of leading experts has come together, combining communication experts, PR of established manufacturers and technology suppliers and world-class experts on the societal benefits of low carbon technologies. Together, the they will deliver HY4ALL, an ambitious programme to drive a step-change in awareness and excitement around fuel cells and hydrogen and deliver clear and consistent messages that resonate with all audiences, from policymakers to the general public. The project will be active in minimum 11 member states, and will be closely linked to the large numbers of existing hydrogen initiatives and demonstrations, maximising its impact and allowing the communication strategy to influence dissemination work beyond the project for lasting effects.The project aims will be delivered through the following activities:• Development of an overarching communication strategy, that will form the basis for all subsequent project activities and will allow the FCH community to speak with ‘one voice’• Creation of an interactive web portal for FCH technologies, providing a ‘one stop shop’ for visitors seeking information and acting as a single brand and hub for all other dissemination activities• A cross-European “”hydrogen for society”” roadshow with fuel cell vehicles travelling between cities across the EU. The roadshow will form the focal point for a variety of innovative dissemination activities, public debates, co-hosting of national vehicle and infrastructure launches• A robust assessment of of the macro-economic and societal benefits of FCH technologies, providing fact-based analysis used to convey clear messages” | F | |||||
| 2235 | 101036908 | GREENH2ATLANTIC | A 100 MW FLEXIBLE GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS SOURCING HYBRID RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SUPPLYING GREEN HYDROGEN TO MULTIPLE END-USES | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, INESC TEC – INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE | GALP ENERGIA SA, ENGIE, ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES, PETROGAL SA | 2021-12-01 | 2027-11-30 | 2021-10-13 | H2020_newest | 76614020 | 30000000 | [342432.5, 571250.0, 428650.0, 522875.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 2778312.5, 1545625.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-GD-2-2-2020 | GREENH2ATLANTIC will help Europe to reach green and affordable electrolysis at GW-scale in 2030 by developing and demonstrating a first-of-a-kind 100 MW alkaline electrolyser at TRL8, leveraging scale-up, standardization and manufacturing automation. This 100 MW electrolyser will be composed of innovative, scalable and fast-cycling 8 MW modules which overcome bottlenecks related to CAPEX (480EUR/kW, -31%), efficiency (49 kWh/kg at nominal power), size (-40%), lifetime (70 000 operating hours @ degradation rate of 0.12%/1000h), current-density (>0.5 A/cm2) and flexibility (ramp-up and down between 20-100% in less than 30 sec and 5 sec, respectively). GREENH2ATLANTIC will supply multiple local off-takers and help reduce the LCOH to 2.87EUR/kg of green H2. An innovative interface system composed of advanced power electronics will allow for the direct coupling of the electrolyser with local, dedicated hybrid (solar and wind) renewable energy. Moreover, an innovative, AI-enhanced Advanced Hydrogen Management System will allow for the optimization of OPEX, load factor, real-time H2 production management, system behaviour analysis, etc.The consortium includes the full value chain including European electrolyser manufacturing, green hydrogen production, off-takers from the chemical industry and natural gas grids, power electronics developers, AI energy management system developers, renewable energy providers and electrical grid balancing. The demonstrator will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 82.16 ktCO2-eq/year. Clear exploitation and replication plans based on rigorous analyses are presented to reach 1 GW by 2030 in Sines and beyond, creating an estimated 1147 direct and 2744 indirect jobs. Green H2 market readiness will be enhanced in promising H2 valleys across Europe, targeting at least 5 systemic H2+RE investment plans facilitated across Europe by the end of the project. Finally, the project will provide actionable input for EU harmonisation and regulations. | F | |||||
| 2236 | 874983 | THyGA | Testing Hydrogen admixture for Gas Applications | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, DVGW DEUTSCHER VEREIN DES GAS- UNDWASSERFACHES – TECHNISCH-WISSENSCHAFTLICHER VEREIN EV | GERG LE GROUPE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES GAZIERES, ENGIE | 2020-01-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2019-12-08 | H2020_newest | 2468826.25 | 2468826.25 | [75077.5, 127445.0, 359513.75] | [75077.5, 456671.25] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04-3-2019 | THyGA main goal is to enable the wide adoption of hydrogen and natural gas (H2/NG) blends by closing knowledge gaps regarding technical impacts on residential and commercial gas appliances. For this purpose, THyGA will: •Screen the portfolio of technologies in the domestic and commercial sectors and assess theoretically the impact of hydrogen / natural gas admixture in order to have a quantitative segmentation of the gas appliance market and a selection of the most adequate products to be tested•Test up to 100 residential and commercial gas appliances (hobs, boilers, CHP, Heat pumps, etc.) and how 200 Million of European gas appliances will react to various H2 concentration scenarios•Benchmark and develop pre-certification protocols (test gases) for different level of H2 in natural gas for coming integration in standardization, these protocols will be validated through tests•Make recommendations for manufacturers, decision makers and end-users along the gas value chain to enable mitigation strategies for retrofitTHyGA will provide an extensive understanding of previous projects or studies related to H2NG admixture utilization with domestic and commercial appliances. Through extensive testing programme, the project will establish the impact of hydrogen concentration in natural gas on safety and performances of a large set of domestic and commercial appliances. Hence, THyGA will support recommendations for revising EN or ISO standards or drafting new standards and will fully support and secure FCH-JU’s “Hydrogen Roadmap Europe” (2019).THyGA project gathers 9 renowned partners including 4 research centres, 3 industries, 1 SME, and 1 association covering the whole value chain of natural gas. The extensive advisory panel includes manufacturers, European and International Associations and DSOs included in H2/NG blends projects ensuring a constant challenge of the processed results and a great opportunity for a wide dissemination/communication plan to share results. | F | |||||
| 2242 | 101006751 | HYPSTER | Hydrogen pilot storage for large ecosystem replication | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS | EQUINOR ENERGY AS | 2021-01-01 | 2025-06-30 | 2020-12-04 | H2020_newest | 15514301.73 | 4999999 | [0.0, 395500.0, 120225.0] | [0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-7-2020 | To prevent catastrophic climate change, we must rapidly shift to low carbon, renewable energies. Yet, 65% of Europes energy demand is still met by natural gas and other fossil fuels. Hydrogen provides solutions to several energy and climate problems. Geological hydrogen storage, like todays natural gas storage, is needed to store variable renewable energies and flexibly provide green hydrogen mobility, industry and residential uses. HYPSTER aims to demonstrate the industrial-scale operation of cyclic H2 storage in salt caverns to support the emergence of the hydrogen energy economy in Europe in line with overall Hydrogen Europe road-mapping.The specific objectives are to:Define relevant cyclic tests to be performed based on modelling and the needs of emerging hydrogen regions across EuropeDemonstrate the viable operation of H2 cyclic storage for the full range of use-cases of emerging European hydrogen regionsAssess the economic feasibility of large-scale cyclic H2 storage to define the roadmap for future replication across the EUAssess the risks and environmental impacts of H2 cyclic storage in salt caverns and provide guidelines for safety, regulations and standards Commit at least 3 companies to using the hydrogen storage and 3 potential sites to replicate the cyclic hydrogen storage elsewhere in Europe on a commercial-scale by the end of the projectHYPSTER will pave the way towards replication with the target to go below 1/kg for H2 storage cost for the potential 40 TWh salt cavern storage sites in Europe. The project coordinator STORENGY will massively invest for the upscaling of Europes first large-scale, cyclic salt cavern in operation by 2025 and 3 more targeted by 2030.HYPSTER brings together 9 European partners including 2 RTOs for technology development, and 6 industries including 2 SME, plus 1 public-private cluster association to ensure maximum dissemination and uptake of HYPSTER results. | F | |||||
| 2256 | 700355 | HyGrid | Flexible Hybrid separation system for H2 recovery from NG Grids | FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | NORTEGAS ENERGIA DISTRIBUCION SOCIEDAD ANONIMA | 2016-05-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2016-03-15 | H2020_newest | 3167710 | 2527710 | [736861.86, 460110.0] | [76250.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.5-2015 | The key objective of the HyGrid project is the design, scale-up and demonstration at industrially relevant conditions a novel membrane based hybrid technology for the direct separation of hydrogen from natural gas grids. The focus of the project will be on the hydrogen separation through a combination of membranes, electrochemical separation and temperature swing adsorption to be able to decrease the total cost of hydrogen recovery. The project targets a pure hydrogen separation system with power and cost of < 5 kWh/kgH2 and < 1.5 €/kgH2. A pilot designed for 25 kg/day of hydrogen will be built and tested.To achieve this, HyGrid aims at developing novel hybrid system integrating three technologies for hydrogen purification integrated in a way that enhances the strengths of each of them: Membrane separation technology is employed for removing H2 from the “low H2 content” (e.g. 2-10 %) followed by electrochemical hydrogen separation (EHP ) optimal for the “very low H2 content” (e.g. <2 %) and finally temperature swing adsorption (TSA) technology to purify from humidity produced in both systems upstream. The objective is to give a robust proof of concept and validation of the new technology (TRL 5) by designing, building, operating and validating a prototype system tested at industrial relevant conditions for a continuous and transient loads. To keep the high NG grid storage capacity for H2, the separation system will target the highest hydrogen recovery.The project will describe and evaluate the system performance for the different pressure ranges within 0.03 to 80 bar (distribution to transmission) and test the concept at pilot scale in the 6-10 bar range.HyGrid will evaluate hydrogen quality production according to ISO 14687 in line not only with fuel cell vehicles (Type I Grade D) but also stationary applications (Type I Grade A) and hydrogen fueled ICE (Type I grade E category 3). A complete energy and cost analysis will be carried out in detail. | F | |||||
| 2257 | 101006794 | MultHyFuel | MULTI-FUEL HYDROGEN REFUELLING STATIONS (HRS): A CO-CREATION STUDY AND EXPERIMENTATION TO OVERCOME TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, ZENTRUM FUR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE | ENGIE, HYDROGEN EUROPE, SHELL NEDERLAND VERKOOPMAATSCHAPPIJ BV, SNAM S.P.A., L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2021-01-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2020-12-10 | H2020_newest | 2121906.25 | 1997406.25 | [357036.25, 49461.56, 301025.0] | [237125.0, 447825.63, 102625.0, 51562.5, 134203.75] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-04-1-2020 | According to market studies scouted within the HyLaw project, by 2050 hydrogen will represent 18% of the total worldwide energy consumption. This would decrease the amount of CO2 released in the atmosphere by 6 gigatons per year and create 30 million jobs within an industry worth 2.5 trillion dollars annually. Given the systemic role that hydrogen can fulfil in integrating all energy sectors (production, transmission, storage, distribution and consumption) and the central role hydrogen can play in decarbonising our society., The need for producing, storing and distributing hydrogen in high quantities and in new locations is growing rapidly. For more efficient and lower cost hydrogen distribution, hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) can be integrated on already existing refuelling stations. In this context, the safety recommendations for including hydrogen in a multi-fuel refuelling stations requires in depth investigation. The aim of MultHyFuel project is to contribute to the effective deployment of hydrogen as an alternative fuel by developing a common strategy for implementing HRS in multifunctional contexts, contributing to harmonize laws and standards based on practical, theoretical and experimental data as well as on the active and continuous engagement of key stakeholders. To this purpose, the project will: 1) contribute to the existing knowledge base underpinning safety rules on hydrogen dispensing by providing experimental data from engineering research and smart mitigation measures/barriers; 2) define zoning thresholds and safety requirements (e.g. separation distances, validation of safety barriers, permitting and technological requirements) based on experimental and modelling approaches, 3) contribute to the harmonization of rules applicable to HRS co-located alongside other fuels by implementing an extensive cross-country assessment of the regulation in place, performing a gap analysis, and building relevant and efficient network of stakeholders. | F | |||||
| 2259 | 779579 | REFHYNE | Clean Refinery Hydrogen for Europe | SINTEF AS | SHELL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, SHELL ENERGY EUROPE LIMITED | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF AS | 2018-01-01 | 2024-06-30 | 2017-12-12 | H2020_newest | 19758743.71 | 9998043.5 | [0.0, 875061.87] | [2414401.0, 118705.0] | [0.0, 875061.87] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-5-2017 | The REFHYNE project will install and operate a 10MW electrolyser from ITM Power at a large refinery in Rhineland, Germany, which is operated by Shell Deutschland Oils. The electrolyser will provide bulk quantities of hydrogen to the refinery’s hydrogen pipeline system (currently supplied by two steam methane reformers). The electrolyser will be operated in a highly responsive mode, helping to balance the refinery’s internal electricity grid and also selling Primary Control Reserve service to the German Transmission System Operators.The combination of hydrogen sales to the refinery and balancing payments create a business case which justifies this installation. This business case will be evaluated in detail, in a 2 year campaign of techno-economic and environmental analysis. The REFHYNE business model is replicable in markets with a similar regulatory structure to Germany. However, to expand this market to a GW scale, new business models will be needed. These will include valuing green hydrogen as an input to industrial processes (to meet carbon policy targets) and also on sales to H2 mobility markets. The REFHYNE project will gather real world data on these models and will use this to simulate the bulk electrolyser model in a range of market conditions. This will be used to produce reports on the conditions under which the electrolyser business models become viable, in order to provide the evidence base required to justify changes in existing policies. A campaign of targeted dissemination will ensure the results of these studies reach decision makers in large industrial sites, financiers, utilities and policy makers.The REFHYNE electrolyser will be the largest in the world and has been designed as the building block for future electrolysers up to 100MW and beyond. REFHYNE includes a design study into the options for a 100MW electrolyser at the Rhineland refinery, which will help prepare the market for deployments at this scale. | F1 | ||||
| 2260 | 779469 | Haeolus | Hydrogen-Aeolic Energy with Optimised eLectrolysers Upstream of Substation | UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT – MONTBELIARD, UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL SANNIO, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET DES MICROTECHNIQUES, COMMUNAUTE D’ UNIVERSITES ET ETABLISSEMENTS UNIVERSITE BOURGOGNE – FRANCHE – COMTE | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF AS | 2018-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2017-12-15 | H2020_newest | 7779761.25 | 4997738.63 | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 230093.75, 745396.38, 328750.0, 0.0, 290312.5] | [] | [0.0, 745396.38] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-4-2017 | The Haeolus project will install a 2.5 MW electrolyser in the remote region of Varanger, Norway, inside the Raggovidda wind farm, whose growth is limited by grid bottlenecks.The electrolyser will be based on PEM technology and will be integrated with the wind farm, hydrogen storage and a smaller fuel cell for re-electrification.To maximise relevance to wind farms across the EU and the world, the plant will be operated in multiple emulated configurations (energy storage, mini-grid, fuel production).Like many large wind farms, especially offshore, Raggovidda is difficult to access, in particular in winter: Haeolus will therefore deploy a remote monitoring and control system allowing the system to operate without personnel on site.Maintenance requirements will be minimised by a specially developed diagnostic and prognostic system for the electrolyser and BoP systems.The containerised electrolyser is a standard model carried by project partner Hydrogenics. The integrated system will be housed in a specially erected hall to protect it from the Arctic winter and allow year-round access. The integrated system of electrolyser, fuel cells, and wind farm will be designed for flexibility in demonstration, to allow emulating different operating modes and grid services.Haeolus answers the AWP’s challenge with the widest possible project scope, with operation modes not limited to the site’s particular needs but extended to all major use cases, and several in-depth analyses (released as public reports) on the business case of electrolysers in wind farms, their impact on energy systems and the environment, and their applicability in a wide range of conditions. | 1 | |||||
| 2276 | 671396 | AutoRE | AUTomotive deRivative Energy system | SVEUCILISTE U SPLITU, FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE, STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE, SINTEF AS, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF AS | 2015-08-01 | 2019-04-30 | 2015-07-07 | H2020_newest | 4464447.25 | 3496947 | [83750.0, 186175.7, 100211.8, 121250.0] | [] | [186175.7, 100211.8] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.5-2014 | “The overall aim is to create the foundations for commercializing an automotive derivative fuel cell system in the 50 to 100 kW range, for combined heat and power (CHP) applications in commercial and industrial buildings. More specifically, the project has the following objectives:• develop system components allowing reduced costs, increased durability and efficiency • build and validate a first 50 kW PEM prototype CHP system • create the required value chain from automotive manufacturers to stationary energy end-usersMass-market production of fuel cells will be a strong factor in reducing first costs. In this respect, joining the forces of two non-competing sectors (automotive and stationary) will bring benefits to both, to increase production volume and ultimately reduce costs to make fuel cells competitive. As a consequence, the project partners have identified a PEM fuel cell based CHP concept to address the stationary power market, primarily for commercial and industrial buildings requiring an installed capacity from about 50 kWe to some hundreds of kWe. The main components of the system have been validated to at least laboratory scale (TRL>4). As a part of the present AutoRE proposal, the overall system will be demonstrated and further validated to increase the technology readiness level to TRL5. In addition, innovative solutions will be demonstrated to continuously improve performance and reduce costs and complexity. The project consortium reflects the full value chain of the fuel cell CHP system which will enhance significantly the route to market for the system/technology. The proposal relates to FCH-02.5-2014: Innovative fuel cell systems at intermediate power range for distributed combined heat and power generation, and it addresses the main specific challenges and scope laid down in the FCH JU AWP2014 to “develop, manufacturing and validation of a new generation of fuel cell systems with properties that significantly improve competitiveness””.” | 1 | |||||
| 2283 | 779541 | REMOTE | Remote area Energy supply with Multiple Options for integrated hydrogen-based TEchnologies | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, SINTEF AS, POLITECNICO DI TORINO | ENEL GREEN POWER SPA | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF AS | 2018-01-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2017-12-06 | H2020_newest | 6740031.4 | 4995950.25 | [215075.0, 0.0, 250356.25, 460996.3] | [78039.74] | [0.0, 250356.25] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-12-2017 | REMOTE will demonstrate technical and economic feasibility of two fuel cells-based H2 energy storage solutions (integrated P2P system; non-integrated P2G+G2P system), deployed in 4 DEMOs, based on renewables, in isolated micro-grid or off grid remote areas. DEMO 1: Ginostra (South Italy): off-grid configuration (island); RES based on hybrid system with PV- generators; residential loads on-site; almost complete substitution of fossil fuels. End-user: ENEL Green Power utility;DEMO 2: (Greece): isolated micro-grid application; RES based on hydro generators; industrial (SME) loads onsite; complete substitution of fossil fuels; avoid costs for new transmission line. End-user: Horizon SA owner of hydro plant; DEMO 3: Ambornetti (North Italy): off-grid configuration (remote Alps); RES based on hybrid system with PV-biomass CHP generators; residential loads on-site; complete substitution of fossil fuels. End-user: IRIS stakeholder of the hamlet;DEMO 4: Nordic Island (Norway): isolated micro-grid application; RES based on hybrid system with PV-wind generators; residential loads+ fish industry on-site; complete substitution of fossil fuels; avoid costs for new transmission line. End-user: Trønder Energi utility. VALIDATE the 4 DEMO units, to enable suppliers, end-users and general stakeholders to gain experience throughout the value chain of the energy storage; DEMOSTRATE the added value of the fuel cell-based H2 energy storage solutions with respect to alternative technologies in terms of economics, technical and environmental benefits; VALIDATE EU-based sub-MW P2P manufacturing solutions to fill the gap in the European energy storage sector while utilising the existing EU know-how already developed in previous consortium among partners; EXPLOITATION and BUSINESS scenarios for the replication of P2P solutions, considering different typologies of micro-grids (isolated or not); DISSEMINATION, build up confidence among stakeholders and raise public interest. | F1 | ||||
| 2288 | 700101 | Giantleap | Giantleap Improves Automation of Non-polluting Transportation with Lifetime Extension of Automotive PEM fuel cells | SVEUCILISTE U SPLITU, FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE, STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE, UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE, UNIVERSITE GUSTAVE EIFFEL, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET DES MICROTECHNIQUES | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF AS | 2016-05-01 | 2019-10-31 | 2016-03-10 | H2020_newest | 3260297.5 | 3260297.5 | [296250.0, 239635.0, 378062.5, 375600.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [] | [239635.0, 375600.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01.2-2015 | Fuel-Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) have been deployed in multiple demonstrations in Europe, Canada and the USA, but they still suffer from high costs and low availability.Oddly enough, the low availability has almost always been due to control issues and hybridisation strategies rather than problems in the fuel cells themselves.Giantleap aims to increase the availability and reduce the total cost of ownership of FCEBs by increasing the lifetime and reliability of the fuel cell system; this will be achieved with advanced online diagnostics of the fuel cells and the balance-of-plant components of the system, coupled with prognostics methods to calculate the system’s residual useful life, and advanced control algorithms able to exploit this information to maximise the system’s life.The same control system will also be engineered for robustness, in order to increase availability to the level of diesel buses or better.Giantleap will improve the understanding of degradation in fuel-cell systems with extensive experimentation and analysis; diagnostic and prognostic methods will focus on exploitation of current sensors to make the novel control approach cost-effective.Giantleap includes the demonstration of a prototype in relevant environment, allowing the project to reach technology readiness level 6.The prototype will be a trailer-mounted fuel-cell based range extender meant for battery city buses. The ability to swap out the range extender in case of malfunctions greatly increases the availability of the bus, while the large battery capacity allows the bus to complete its route should malfunctions occur during usage.Furthermore, the large battery capacity will give the control system ample opportunity to optimise fuel-cell usage via hybridisation management strategies. | 1 | |||||
| 2306 | 735977 | HyLAW | Identification of legal rules and administrative processes applicable to Fuel Cell and Hydrogen technologies’ deployment, identification of legal barriers and advocacy towards their removal. | BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS NORMALISATIE INSTITUUT, GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPIC TECHNOLOGIES ICSI RM VALCEA | HYDROGEN EUROPE | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF AS | 2017-01-01 | 2019-03-31 | 2016-12-14 | H2020_newest | 1143000 | 1143000 | [21000.0, 27925.0, 39000.0, 20000.0, 124000.0, 28750.0, 11075.0, 39000.0, 39000.0, 21000.0] | [308000.0] | [27925.0, 11075.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04-2-2016 | The fuel cells and hydrogen (FCH) industry has made considerable progress toward market deployment. However existing legal framework and administrative processes (LAPs) – covering areas such as planning, safety, installation and operation – only reflect use of incumbent technologies. The limited awareness of FCH technologies in LAPs, the lack of informed national and local administrations and the uncertainty on the legislation applicable to FCH technologies elicit delays and extra-costs, when they do not deter investors or clients.This project aims at tackling this major barrier to deployment as follows: • Systematically identifying and describing the LAPs applicable to FCH technologies in 18 national legal systems as well as in the EU proper legal system. • Assessing and quantifying LAP impacts in time and/or resource terms and identify those LAP constituting a legal barrier to deployment. • Comparing the 18 countries to identify best and bad practices • Raising awareness in the countries where a LAP creates a barrier to deployment. • Advocating targeted improvements in each of 18 countries + EU level • It will make all this work widely available through: (1) A unique online database allowing easy identification, description and assessment of LAPs by country and FCH application. (2) Policy papers by applications and by country with identification of best practice and recommendations for adapting LAP. (3) A series of national (18) and European (1) workshops with public authorities and investors.HyLAW sets up a National Association Alliance not just for the duration of the project, but for the long term consolidation of the sector under a single unified umbrella. By bringing together these national associations and all of Hydrogen Europe’s members, it’s the first time ever that the entire European FCH sector is brought together with a clear and common ambition. | F1 | ||||
| 2310 | 779478 | PRETZEL | Novel modular stack design for high pressure PEM water electrolyzer technology with wide operation range and reduced cost | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, WESTFALISCHE HOCHSCHULE GELSENKIRCHEN, BOCHOLT, RECKLINGHAUSEN, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS, UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA TIMISOARA | IGAS ENERGY GMBH | 2018-01-01 | 2021-06-30 | 2017-12-08 | H2020_newest | 1999088.75 | 1999088.75 | [216250.0, 375000.0, 399626.25, 162435.0, 0.0, 170250.0] | [169750.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-1-2017 | Green hydrogen produced by electrolysis might become a key energy carrier for the implementation of renewable energy as a cross-sectional connection between the energy sector, industry and mobility. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis is the preferred technology for this purpose, yet large facilities can hardly achieve FCH-JU key performance indicators (KPI) in terms of cost, efficiency, lifetime and operability. Consequently, a game changer in the technology is necessary. PRETZEL consortium will develop a 25 kW PEM electrolyzer system based on a patented innovative cell concept that is potentially capable of reaching 100 bar differential pressure. The electrolyzer will dynamically operate between 4 and 6 A cm^(-2) and 90 °C achieving an unprecedented efficiency of 70%. This performance will be maintained for more than 2000 h of operation. Moreover, the capital cost of stack components will be largely reduced by the use of non-precious metal coatings and advanced ceramic aerogel catalyst supports. Likewise, the system balance of plant (BoP) will be optimized for cost reduction and reliability. The high pressure hydrogen generator will become part of the product portfolio of a German manufacturer but at the end of PREZEL, this company will establish a supply business partnership and R&D collaboration with France, Spain, Greece and Rumania, strengthening and consolidating cooperation among EU states with contrasting economies. Lastly, the hydrogen produced by the PEM electrolyzer will not be wasted, but rather used for feeding the fuel cell test stations in one of the partner’s laboratory. | F | |||||
| 2311 | 875091 | HIGGS | Hydrogen In Gas GridS: a systematic validation approach at various admixture levels into high-pressure grids | FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, OST – OSTSCHWEIZER FACHHOCHSCHULE, DVGW DEUTSCHER VEREIN DES GAS- UNDWASSERFACHES – TECHNISCH-WISSENSCHAFTLICHER VEREIN EV | EUROPEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR GAS AND ENERGY INNOVATION | 2020-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2019-12-11 | H2020_newest | 2107672.5 | 2107672.5 | [531187.5, 211375.0, 559000.0, 297250.0, 227360.0] | [] | [211375.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-5-2019 | The new policies and the revised renewable energy Directive are fixing ambitious targets for 2030: renewable energy target of at least 32% and an energy efficiency target of at least 32.5%. When the policies are fully implemented, they will lead to a great reduction on emissions for the whole EU, around 45% by 2030 (relative to 1990 GHG emission). The EU framework towards GHG emissions reduction is based in six key areas of action, including the deployment of renewable energy production, decarbonising heating and cooling applications (which vastly relies on fossil fuels), and reducing the emissions on the transport sector. Therefore, the integrated energy markets in the EU shall allow important transformations to provide more flexibility and be better placed to integrate a greater share of renewable energies, allowing also a more independent energy system. In this context, Hydrogen can play a pivotal role as energy vector allowing coupling the energy sectors (produced by electrolysis) , and as an alternative fuel in hard to electrify sectors. To facilitate that a high amount of hydrogen is produced by RE, existent gas infrastructure could be a way of transporting hydrogen between production point and final use. Therefore, hydrogen injection into the gas grid could support gas-electricity sector coupling and opening the role of hydrogen as a way of decarbonising the gas usages.HIGGS project aims to pave the way to decarbonisation of the gas grid and its usage, by covering the gaps of knowledge of the impact that high levels of hydrogen could have on the gas infrastructure, its components and its management. To reach this goal, several activities, including mapping of technical, legal and regulatory barriers and enablers, testing and validation of systems and innovation, techno-economic modelling and the preparation of a set of conclusions as a pathway towards enabling the injection of hydrogen in high-pressure gas grids, are developed in the project. | 1 | |||||
| 2313 | 101036970 | REFHYNE II | Clean Refinery Hydrogen for Europe II | FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION | CONCAWE IVZW, SHELL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | SINTEF AS | 2021-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2021-09-10 | H2020_newest | 148956405 | 32431618 | [170875.0, 890635.0] | [464500.0, 8672250.0] | [890635.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-GD-2-2-2020 | REFHYNE II will install a 100MW PEM electrolyser at Rheinland refinery in Cologne, Germany, using renewable power to produce green hydrogen and oxygen, which will be fed-in to the existing refinery networks to decarbonise refinery operations. The electrolyser will be based on a state of the art 5MW PEM stack integrated into pre-engineered 20MW electrolyser trains, with factory assembled balance of plant to reduce the amount of bespoke work required to integrate electrolysers into new sites. The project will be delivered by the same team responsible for the REFHYNE project that has installed a 10MW PEM electrolyser at the same site, exploiting the experience of the consortium to deliver a timely and cost-effective project. REFHYNE II will achieve a viable business case for large-scale electrolysis at refineries by valorising the hydrogen and oxygen streams in the refinery and receiving RED credits for the hydrogen produced, while minimising the cost of hydrogen through improvements in efficiency and capital cost. A research task will explore the upgrading of waste heat to higher temperatures for use in the refinery, to further improve the business case. Power will be sourced through novel PPAs with named renewable plants. Emissions avoidance will be achieved by displacing the hydrogen currently produced on-site through SMR and adapting the refinery to allow the electrolyser to act as a flexible load and hence contract direct with renewable generators, to increase renewable penetration into the grid. Research work packages will support the deployment of 100MW+ scale electrolysers at refineries and industrial sites across Europe and enable GW-scale electrolysis systems to be implemented. Finally, a thorough dissemination work package will exploit the results of the project by delivering key messages to target audiences, and supporting three fast follower sites (of which at least two will be located in EU13 countries) to rapidly replicate the results of the project. | F1 | ||||
| 2315 | 779475 | HYDRAITE | Hydrogen Delivery Risk Assessment and Impurity Tolerance Evaluation | TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, ZENTRUM FUR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, ZENTRUM FUR BRENNSTOFFZELLEN-TECHNIK GMBH | STIFTELSEN SINTEF, SINTEF AS | 2018-01-01 | 2021-09-30 | 2017-12-06 | H2020_newest | 3499867.5 | 3499867.5 | [0.0, 590453.75, 453406.25, 757758.75, 433875.0, 502927.5] | [] | [0.0, 757758.75] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04-1-2017 | HYDRAITE project aims to solve the issue of hydrogen quality for transportation applications with the effort of partners from leading European research institutes and independent European automotive stack manufacturer, together with close contact and cooperation with the European FCH industry.In this project, the effects of contaminants, originating from the hydrogen supply chain, on the fuel cell systems in automotive applications are studied. As an outcome, recommendations for the current ISO 14687 standards will be formulated based on the technical data of the impurity concentrations at the HRS, FC contaminant studies under relevant automotive operation conditions, and inter-compared gas analysis.The methodology for determining the effect of contaminants in automotive PEMFC system operation will be developed by six leading European research institutes in co-operation with JRC and international partners. In addition, a methodology for in-line monitoring of hydrogen quality at the HRS, as well as sampling strategy and methodology for new impurities, gas, particles and liquids, will be evolved.Three European laboratories will be established, capable of measuring all of the contaminants according to ISO 14687 standards, and provide a strong evidence on the quality and reliability on their result. Beyond the project, the three laboratories will offer their services to the European FCH community. In addition, a network of expert laboratories will be set, able to provide qualitative analysis and the first analytical evidence on the presence or absence of these new compounds with potential negative effect to the FCEV.The efficient dissemination and communication improves the resulting data and input for the recommendations for ISO standards of hydrogen fuel. The project and its results will be public, to boost the impact of the project outcomes and to enhance the competitiveness of the European FC industry. | 1 | |||||
| 2317 | 671384 | HyBalance | HyBalance | FORDONSGAS SVERIGE AB, COPENHAGEN HYDROGEN NETWORK AS | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS, AIR LIQUIDE GLOBAL E&C SOLUTIONS FRANCE | 2015-10-01 | 2020-09-30 | 2015-12-16 | H2020_newest | 15803441.25 | 7999370.8 | [0.0, 657168.0] | [952310.0, 3991992.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.10-2014 | Power-to-Gas (PtG) is an innovative energy concept which will help to incorporate flexibility into future energy systems, increasingly characterised by the use of fluctuating renewable electricity. One PtG option, dubbed Power-to Hydrogen (PtH2) is to produce hydrogen from water electrolysis applying cheap renewable electricity in times of surplus and providing it for re-electrification in times of electricity shortages or to other hydrogen end-users, whatever promises the best business opportunities. It has been shown by recent studies that these can be best exploited, if PtH2 simultaneously supplies hydrogen to more than one end-use sector. The combination of electricity and mobility sectors has been earmarked as being specifically relevant, promising high utilization of the electrolysers and hence possible revenues.It is the purpose of the HyBalance project to demonstrate the concept of multi-sectoral hydrogen end-use in the renewable energy friendly environment of wind-rich Denmark at Megawatt scale with a PtH2 plant. A group of partners representing all steps along the renewable electricity to hydrogen to end-use value chain have convened to develop a PtH2 demonstration plant. This plant will be designed for combined operation providing both grid balancing services and hydrogen for industry and as a fuel for transport in the community of Hobro in the Danish province of Nordjylland. The plant will be used to demonstrate its feasibility to identifying potential revenue streams from PtH2 under today’s and future constraints (regulatory environment, state-of-art of key technologies), simultaneously applying most recent developments for hydrogen distribution and storage.Relevant applications in the hydrogen production site’s proximity are: hydrogen refuelling stations for fuel cell cars and buses in Hobro, local industry and, as perspective, hydrogen storage in salt caverns located in Hvornum and Lille Torup. | F | |||||
| 2323 | 779538 | ZEFER | Zero Emission Fleet vehicles For European Roll-out | MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME, VILLE DE PARIS | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, AIR LIQUIDE FRANCE INDUSTRIE, L’AIR LIQUIDE BELGE, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED BUSINESS | 2017-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2017-12-01 | H2020_newest | 13676254.48 | 4998843 | [224522.0, 66875.0] | [158812.5, 91875.0, 0.0, 238487.5, 0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-6-2017 | Despite considerable support for the hydrogen mobility sector, there remains low take-up of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and vehicle sales remain low. This is a significant issue for the commercialisation of the sector, as whilst sales volumes are low, vehicle production costs and prices remain high. The lack of demand for hydrogen also damages the business case for investment in early hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS). The ZEFER project proposes a solution to this issue. ZEFER will demonstrate viable business cases for captive fleets of FCEVs in operations which can realise value from hydrogen vehicles, for example by intensive use of vehicles and HRS, or by avoiding pollution charges in city centres with applications where the refuelling characteristics of FCEVs suit the duty cycles of the vehicles. ZEFER aims to drive sales of FCEVs in these applications to other cities, thereby increasing sales volumes of FCEVs and improving the business case for HRS serving these captive fleets. ZEFER will deploy 180 FCEVs in Paris, Copenhagen and London. 170 FCEVs will be operated as taxi or private hire vehicles, and the remaining 10 will be used by the police. The vehicle customers are all partners in the project, so that deployments will occur quickly, (the majority of vehicles will be deployed by the end of 2018) and FCEV mileage will be accumulated rapidly (in Paris mileages will be over 90,000 km/year; in Copenhagen mileages will be over 75,000 km/year and in London mileages will be over 40,000 km/year). These applications mean that vehicle performance will be tested to the limit, allowing a demonstration of the technical readiness of new generation FCEVs for high usage applications. The vehicles will be supported by existing and planned HRS. ZEFER will complement these ambitious deployments with robust data collection, analysis of the business cases and technical performance of the deployments. A targeted dissemination campaign will aim to replicate the business cases across Europe. | F | |||||
| 2335 | 826247 | HEAVEN | High powEr density FC System for Aerial Passenger VEhicle fueled by liquid HydrogeN | DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, FUNDACION AYESA | AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA, L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2019-01-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2018-12-11 | H2020_newest | 6903128.81 | 3995305 | [517067.0, 183500.0] | [1815000.0, 0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-4-2018 | The main goal of HEAVEN project is to design, develop and integrate a powertrain based on high power fuel cell and cryogenic technology into an existing 2-4 seats aircraft for testing in flight operation. Specifically, the project proposes to design a modular architecture with modular systems that can be scale-up to other sizes of aircrafts and UAV applications. The design methodology is complemented with safety and regulation analysis. Regarding the fuel cell technology, two high power PEM fuel cell systems of 45 kW based on metallic bipolar plates will be adapted for aircraft applications and integrated with optimized balance of plant components to obtain an enhanced 90kW fuel cell system able to propel without support of a battery the aircraft operating modes. The hydrogen storage will be based on cryogenic technology successfully applied in previous space applications in order to achieve a gravimetric index of about 15% for a hydrogen payload between 10 and 25 kg that provides an autonomy range to the demonstrator of 5-8 hours. Moreover, HEAVEN project will leverage existing drivetrain components and an aircraft demonstrator in order to achieve an overall and successful TRL6 at the end of the project. The technology developments will be enriched with economic and business assessments during the execution of the project. Thus, HEAVEN will produce estimations of a total cost of ownership for the entire life cycle of the technology and business plan for the deployment of the technology in different aeronautics applications.Finally, HEAVEN consortium comprises large companies, SMEs and well-known research center with a strong experience and knowledge in fuel cell technology development for aeronautic applications that is supported with the participation in previous relevant H2020 projects and national projects. | F | |||||
| 2356 | 101037125 | FORWARD-2030 | Fast-tracking Offshore Renewable energy With Advanced Research to Deploy 2030MW of tidal energy before 2030 | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH | ENGIE | 2021-09-01 | 2027-07-31 | 2021-08-31 | H2020_newest | 27987218.75 | 21509866.26 | [102500.0, 432095.0] | [0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-GD-2-1-2020 | There is 10 GW of predictable, high value tidal stream potential in European waters, with up to 100 GW of capacity globally. It is an entirely unharnessed resource, with just 13 MW currently deployed . FORWARD-2030 has an overall objective to fast track 2030MW of tidal energy deployment by 2030. The project has five specific objectives:1.Reducing Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) from ?200/MWh to ?150/MWh, 2.Enhancing environmental and societal acceptance,3.Complete industrial design for volume manufacture rollout for 10 and 100+ MW projects,4.Reducing life cycle carbon emissions by 33% from 18 gCO2 eq/kWh to 12 gCO2 eq/kWh,5.Enhancing commercial returns and energy system integration (with battery storage and green hydrogen production).Objective 1 is focused on fast-tracking innovation to support the development of a technically and commercially viable tidal energy solution by rapidly reducing LCOE. This will be achieved by developing and verifying seven high priority cost reduction innovations to reduce CAPEX, reduce OPEX, increase efficiency and increase availability.Objectives 2, 3, 4 and 5 are focused on the regulatory and commercial barriers that must be overcome to achieve the project vison of installing 2030MW of tidal energy by 2030. It will be achieved by developing three market uptake innovations: an integrated environmental monitoring system, an energy management system, and an operational forecasting tool. Four market rollout initiatives will be completed: a supply chain plan for large scale roll out, Societal Cost of Energy (SCOE) assessment tool, marine spatial planning to encompass floating tidal and a life cycle carbon reduction assessment. | F | |||||
| 2369 | 101007205 | HyShip | DEMONSTRATING LIQUID HYDROGEN FOR THE MARITIME SECTOR | EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH, “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS”””, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE | EQUINOR ENERGY AS, AIR LIQUIDE NORWAY AS | 2021-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2020-12-04 | H2020_newest | 10796560 | 7993942 | [363500.0, 248500.0, 416875.0] | [0.0, 0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-6-2020 | The develops and validates approaches to build (3MW) and scale (to 20MW) fuel cell approaches that lower operational cost (capex) and design cost of LH2 PEM operations. We integrate the technical solutions in a larger socio-technical system, in cooperation with linked projects and considerable investments that the project will help generate, with the result of providing what could be the first European maritime supply chain for LH2. This is helped by having the demonstrator as one of two planned sister ships that will connect a new hydrogen production facility with LH2 demand in a series of vessels. Most of these new vessels are in planning stages, and one of them are now built for operation in September 2021 (which then will be the first LH2 ship in operation, with a smaller 400 kW system, by consortia member Norled). HyShip combines the state of the art in ship design (building on the RHODA-method to incorporate logistics and fuel supply in the design process), intelligent energy management systems (lowering capex) and a range of novel conceptual designs of LH2 systems. The project will generate considerable value for Europe, both as its generic approaches will lower cost and time for new vessel projects, but also through its initiative to initiate a scalable distribution system where operators have stable and low-cost access to CertifyHy’ed Green H2. Behind the project is a combination of leading expertise on LH2, energy systems, business models and ship design. Industry partners cover the energy system (Kongsberg Maritime), LH2 systemsThis proposal, HyShip, is a response to topic “FCH-01-6-2020: Demonstration of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for segments of the waterborne sector”, in the “Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking”. We propose development and validation of a 2MW fuel cell liquid hydrogen ship, used in a hydrogen bunkering and supply chain, along with developing business models and the innovation ecosystem for multiple vessels and European regions. | F | |||||
| 2373 | 779577 | REFLEX | Reversible solid oxide Electrolyzer and Fuel cell for optimized Local Energy miX | TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA | ENGIE, ENGIE SERVIZI SPA | 2018-01-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2017-12-06 | H2020_newest | 2999575.48 | 2999575.25 | [299981.25, 595826.25, 298217.5, 387140.99] | [198525.25, 0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-3-2017 | The REFLEX project aims at developing an innovative renewable energies storage solution, the “Smart Energy Hub”, based on reversible Solid Oxide Cell (rSOC) technology, that is to say able to operate either in electrolysis mode (SOEC) to store excess electricity to produce H2, or in fuel cell mode (SOFC) when energy needs exceed local production, to produce electricity and heat again from H2 or any other fuel locally available. The challenging issue of achieving concomitantly high efficiency, high flexibility in operation and cost optimum is duly addressed through improvements of rSOC components (cells, stacks, power electronics, heat exchangers) and system, and the definition of advanced operation strategies. The specifications, detailed system design and the advanced operation strategies are supported by modelling tasks.An in-field demonstration will be performed in a technological park, where the Smart Energy Hub will be coupled to local solar and mini-hydro renewable sources and will provide electricity and heat to the headquarters of the park. It will demonstrate, in a real environment, the high power-to-power round-trip efficiency of this technology and its flexibility in dynamic operation, thus moving the technology from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 to 6.The Smart Energy Hub being modular, made of multistacks/multimodules arrangements, scale up studies will be performed to evaluate the techno-economic performance of the technology to address different scales of products for different markets. To reach these objectives, REFLEX is a cross multidisciplinary consortium gathering 9 organisations from 6 member states (France, Italy, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland). The partnership covers all competences necessary: cells and stacks development and testing (ELCOGEN, CEA, DTU), power electronics (USE, GPTech), system design and manufacturing (SYLFEN), system modelling (VTT), field test (Envipark), techno-economical and market analysis (ENGIE). | F | |||||
| 2388 | 101007108 | MegaSyn | Megawatt scale co-electrolysis as syngas generation for e-fuels synthesis | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | OMV DOWNSTREAM GMBH | 2021-04-01 | 2025-03-31 | 2021-03-02 | H2020_newest | 7785793.75 | 4999449.39 | [420000.0, 649937.5] | [1864667.63] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-8-2020 | In order to combat the climate changes and to reach the European goals for reduction of greenhouse emissions, fossil fuels must be replaced with renewables. MegaSyn will contribute by upscaling high-temperature co-electrolysis to mega-watt scale to produce green syngas (CO + H2) out of renewable electricity, waste CO2 and H2O. This process is called Power-to-X; it is the most important approach to decarbonise hard-to-electrify sectors such as the iron and steel industry, the chemical industry as well as heavy and long-distance transport, as syngas can be used as precursor for the manufacture of e-fuels and other chemicals. By using the co-electrolyser technology, the highest overall process efficiencies can be achieved. MegaSyn will demonstrate that syngas can be produced via the solid oxide electrolyser cell technology (SOEC) in quantities relevant for industrial applications, while showing the way to competitive electrolyser costs and durability. It will be the world’s first demonstration of syngas production by co-electrolysis on the mega-watt scale in an industrial environment at the Schwechat Refinery in Austria. The project will lift the technology from TRL 5 to TRL 7, thus taking an important step towards commercialisation.The consortium is carefully selected to cover all the necessary competences: DTU and TU Graz, respectively, will improve knowledge on degradation of cells and stacks and purification needs of feed streams, while Sunfire will design & build the co-electrolyser; OMV will install it at their Schwechat Refinery and Paul Wurth will perform the engineering of overall system integration. After installation, the MegaSyn system will run for 2 years to demonstrate the production of >900 kg syngas based on renewable energy. Integrating the co-electrolyser based MegaSyn system at a refinery proves its value not only for the production of e-crude but also as a mega-watt scale system that can be integrated in e.g. the chemical industry. | F | |||||
| 2391 | 101036935 | GreenHyScale | 100 MW Green hydrogen production in a replicable and scalable industrial hosting environment | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | EQUINOR ENERGY AS | 2021-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2021-09-01 | H2020_newest | 52982523.75 | 30000000 | [821352.5, 1279577.5] | [252812.5] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-GD-2-2-2020 | The objective of GreenHyScale is to pave the way for large scale deployment of electrolysis both onshore and offshore, in line with the EU hydrogen strategy and offshore renewable energy strategy.GreenHyScale will develop a novel multi-MW alkaline electrolyser platform with factory assembled and pre-tested modules, allowing rapid onsite installation capable of reaching a CAPEX below 400 EUR/kW by the end of the 5-year project. A 6 MW module fitting into a 40-foot container will be demonstrated as the first step in the project, and lead to a minimum 100 MW electrolysis plant located in the ideal hosting environment of GreenLab Skive: a symbiotic, industrial Power-to-X platform capable of replicating across Europe with associated green growth and job creation benefits.The minimum 100 MW electrolysis plant will generate green hydrogen for 2 years from 80 MW directly connected renewables in combination with certified green electricity from a TSO grid connection. GreenLab Skive distributes green electricity from both sources through its unique SymbiosisNet which optimises and exchanges energy in all forms (heat, gas, water, heat) between the industrial park entities and external suppliers and offtakers. The setup enables the electrolysis plant to reach an overall energy efficiency above 90%. The GreenHyScale electrolysis plant will become the world’s largest electrolyser system qualified as a TSO balancing services provider, thereby reducing the cost of hydrogen to below 2.85 EUR/kg for an electricity cost of 40 EUR/MWh.Besides, because of the inevitable link between offshore wind and electrolysis, an upgraded high-pressure 7.5 MW electrolysis module suited for offshore applications will be developed.GreenHyScale will form new European green value chains that support the paradigm shift to hydrogen economy and transition to green energy by overcoming both technical upscaling and commercial barriers. GreenHyScale will pave the way towards GW-scale electrolyser plants. | F | |||||
| 2405 | 958307 | HARARE | Hydrogen As the Reducing Agent in the REcovery of metals and minerals from metallurgical waste | RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | SINTEF MANUFACTURING AS, SINTEF AS | 2021-06-01 | 2025-05-31 | 2021-05-07 | H2020_newest | 9455632.51 | 8589910.13 | [0.0, 969816.25, 750937.5, 2030750.0, 1310382.5, 1508005.0] | [] | [0.0, 2030750.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.5. | CE-SC5-07-2020 | HARARE will demonstrate sustainable pathways to produce metals using hydrogen as an enabler, for removing waste and valorising materials in carbon free processes. The consortium’s concern and thus the drive to build this initiative, starts with an industry that is key contributor to a sustainable future: the metallurgical sector. The switch to renewable energies requires vast amounts of metals, such as steel and aluminium for solar panels and wind turbines, and copper for bolstering the electricity grid necessary for transport and industry. However, the metallurgical industry amounted to 70 million tons direct CO2 emitted in 2017. Moreover, carbon-based processes make the European metallurgical industry dependent on imports.Using hydrogen as a reductant to substitute carbon is one of the few ways metallurgical industry can potentially become truly free of CO2-emissions, utilizing raw materials that can be produced in Europe. HARARE’s vision is to tackle these challenges and become part of the solution, making the metallurgical industry more sustainable by presenting a circular concept that is based on a two-fold reasoning:1)Recover wastes with hydrogen. choosing two representative wastes from the copper and aluminium production processes, namely: flash smelter slag from primary copper production and Bauxite residue (BR) from aluminium production.2)Hydrogen-based processes will allow for an environmentally friendly metal industry while decreasing dependence from hard coal imports and being cost competitive. HARARE will thus eliminate waste from the metallurgical industry while recovering valuable materials, and increasing the use of hydrogen in the industry, thereby increasing its circularity, the utilization of raw materials and the profitability, lessening the negative side-effects on the community, and making steps toward the less carbon-dependent metallurgical industry necessary for a sustainable future. | 1 | |||||
| 2406 | 724084 | EAGLE | Efficient Additivated Gasoline Lean Engine | RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II, UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA | IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2016-10-01 | 2020-11-30 | 2016-08-04 | H2020_newest | 5993062.74 | 5993062.74 | [626717.5, 390612.5, 393000.0, 1400626.25] | [] | [1400626.25] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | GV-02-2016 | The decrease of CO2 & particulates emissions is a main challenge of the automotive sector. European OEMs and automotive manufacturers need new long term technologies, still to be implemented by 2030. Currently, hybrid powertrains are considered as the main trend to achieve clean and efficient vehicles. EAGLE project is to improve energy efficiency of road transport vehicles by developing an ultra-lean Spark Ignition gasoline engine, adapted to future electrified powertrains. This new concept using a conventional engine architecture will demonstrate more than 50% peak brake thermal efficiency while reducing particulate and NOx emissions. It will also reach real driving Euro 6 values with no conformity factor. This innovative approach will consequently support the achievement of long term fleet targets of 50 g/km CO2 by providing affordable hybrid solution.EAGLE will tackle several challenges focusing on:• Reducing engine thermal losses through a smart coating approach to lower volumetric specific heat capacity under 1.5 MJ/m3K• Reaching ultra-lean combustion (lambda > 2) with very low particulate (down to 10 nm) emission by innovative hydrogen boosting• Developing breakthrough ignition system for ultra-lean combustion• Investigating a close loop combustion control for extreme lean limit stabilization• Addressing and investigating NOx emissions reduction technologies based on a tailor made NOx storage catalyst and using H2 as a reducing agent for SCR. A strong engine modeling approach will allow to predict thermal and combustion performances to support development and assess engine performances prior to single and multi-cylinder test bench application. An interdisciplinary consortium made of nine partners from four different countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain) will share its cutting-edge know-how in new combustion process, sensing, control, engine manufacturing, ignition system, simulation & modeling, advanced coating, as well as after-treatment systems. | 1 | |||||
| 2407 | 101006774 | CoacHyfied | Coaches with hydrogen fuel cell powertrains for regional and long-distance passenger transport with energy optimized powertrains and cost optimized design – “CoacHyfied” | COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN | ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES | 2021-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2020-12-09 | H2020_newest | 7329180.25 | 4999441.75 | [133038.75, 128230.0] | [111377.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-5-2020 | In the past, fuel cell (FC) systems have been successfully developed for city buses. No activities towards the development of coaches are known in Europe so far. The target of this project is both to carry the experience from the development of FC city bus systems one step further into the more challenging constraints of typical coaches as well as to strengthen the European vehicle manufacturing base and supply chain of hydrogen components. The project presents two coach solutions to solve the challenges of longer driving distances of regional and long-distance coaches (400-800 km), the more stringent packaging constraints, less favourable driving patterns (lower recuperation) and higher auxiliary powers (air conditioning & heating) and demonstrates the coaches at two regions in 2 to 3-year demo phases.The project is based on a coherent structure and balanced partnership, addresses all call specific requirements and aims for the highest benefits from a technological and market perspective:-both coach types being equally addressed by applying a common hybrid system concept and preparing for the development of FC drive system synergies,-comparing different and modular FC packaging concepts by the use of multiple and single FC units being tested in fulfilment of the 100 kW power requirement,-one set of coaches to develop an OEM-based new-built FC coach and another one an existing coach retrofit to also provide answers for the second life use of environmentally outdated coach chassis,-partnering with established FC manufacturers promising to reach the required 25,000 operating hours minimum, and validated in the project possibly with used stacks.-an experienced composite tank manufacturer to discuss the design option of potentially applying 350 bar and 700 bar technology for the coaches in fulfilment of targeting the required driving ranges at lowest costs and-experienced automotive system developers to search for operational minimum energy consumption patterns. | F | |||||
| 2416 | 875088 | CHANNEL | Development of the most Cost-efficient Hydrogen production unit based on AnioN exchange membrane ELectrolysis | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | SINTEF AS | 2020-01-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2019-12-12 | H2020_newest | 1999906.25 | 1999906.25 | [433546.25, 388875.0, 323968.75] | [38750.0] | [388875.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-4-2019 | The CHANNEL proposal brings together world-leading and highly experienced industrial and research partners with AEM electrolyser expertise to address the topic New Anion Exchange electrolyser – FCH-02-4-2019. The main objective of CHANNEL is to develop a low cost and efficient electrolyser stack and balance of plant (BoP) that will become a game-changer for the electrolyser industry. The concept is to construct an AEM electrolyser unite using low cost materials, using state-of-the-art anion exchange membranes and ionomers, non-PGM electrocatalysts, as well as low-cost porous transport layers, current collectors and bi-polar plates. This will enable the development of an electrolyser technology at a capital cost (CAPEX) equal or below classical alkaline electrolysis. However, in contrast to the alkaline technology, the CHANNEL AEM electrolyser will have an efficiency and current density operation close to the one of proton exchange membrane electrolyser (PEMWE). The CHANNEL stack will not only result in decreased electrolyser part count, but it will also be able to operate at differential pressure, as well as under dynamic operation, optimal for producing high quality, low cost hydrogen from renewable energy sources. | F1 | ||||
| 2462 | 779540 | NEPTUNE | Next Generation PEM Electrolyser under New Extremes | CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | ENGIE | 2018-02-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2018-01-17 | H2020_newest | 1927335.43 | 1926221.25 | [399906.25] | [154470.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-1-2017 | Water electrolysis supplied by renewable energy is the foremost technology for producing “green” hydrogen forfuel cell vehicles. The ability to follow rapidly an intermittent load makes this an ideal solution for grid balancing.To achieve large-scale application of PEM electrolysers, a significant reduction of capital costs is required togetherwith a large increase of production rate and output pressure of hydrogen, while assuring high efficiency and safeoperation. To address these challenges, a step-change in PEM electrolysis technology is necessary. The NEPTUNEproject develops a set of breakthrough solutions at materials, stack and system levels to increase hydrogen pressureto 100 bar and current density to 4 A cm-2 for the base load, while keeping the nominal energy consumption <50kWh/kg H2. The rise in stack temperature at high current density will be managed by using Aquivion® polymers forboth membrane and ion exchange resin. Aquivion® is characterised by enhanced conductivity, high glass transitiontemperature and increased crystallinity. Dramatic improvements in the stack efficiency will be realised using novelthin reinforced membranes, able to withstand high differential pressures. An efficient recombination catalyst willsolve any gas crossover safety issues. Newly developed electro-catalysts with increased surface area will promotehigh reaction rates. The novel solutions will be validated by demonstrating a robust and rapid-response electrolyserof 48 kW nominal capacity with a production rate of 23 kg H2/day. The aim is to bring the new technology toTRL5 and prove the potential to surpass the 2023 KPIs of the MAWP 2017. The proposed solutions contributesignificantly to reducing the electrolyser CAPEX and OPEX costs. The project will deliver a techno-economicanalysis and an exploitation plan to bring the innovations to market. The consortium comprises an electrolysermanufacturer, suppliers of membranes, catalysts and MEAs and an end-user. | F | |||||
| 2470 | 735218 | PECSYS | Technology demonstration of large-scale photo-electrochemical system for solar hydrogen production | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, UPPSALA UNIVERSITET, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN FUR MATERIALIEN UND ENERGIE GMBH | ENEL GREEN POWER SPA | 2017-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2016-12-07 | H2020_newest | 2499992.5 | 2499992.5 | [600532.53, 531138.94, 370973.89, 715562.5] | [185338.85] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-3-2016 | The objective of the project PECSYS is the demonstration of a system for the solar driven electrochemical hydrogen generation with an area >10 m². The efficiency of the system will be >6% and it will operate for six month showing a degradation below <10%. Therefore, the consortium will test various established PV materials (thin-film Silicon, crystalline Silicon and CIGS) as well as high potential material combinations (Perovskite/Silicon). It will study and develop innovative device concepts for integrated photoelectrochemical devices that will go far beyond the current state of the art and will allow to reduce Ohmic transport losses in the electrolyte and membranes. The best concepts will be scaled up to prototype size (>100 cm²) and will be subject to extensive stability optimization. Especially, the use of innovative ALD based metal oxide sealing layers will be studied. The devices will have the great advantage compared to decoupled systems that they will have reduced Ohmic transport losses. Another advantage for application in sunny, hot regions will be that these devices have a positive temperature coefficient, because the improvements of the electrochemical processes overcompensate the reduced PV conversion efficiency. With these results, an in-depth socio-techno-economic model will be developed to predict the levelized cost of hydrogen production, which will be below 5€/Kg Hydrogen in locations with high solar irradiation, as preliminary back of the envelope calculations have revealed. Based on these findings, the most promising technologies will be scaled to module size. The final system will consist of several planar modules and will be placed in Jülich. No concentration or solar tracking will be necessary and therefore the investment costs will be low. It will have an active area >10 m² and will produce more than 10 Kg of hydrogen over six month period. | F | |||||
| 2483 | 875118 | NEWELY | Next Generation Alkaline Membrane Water Electrolysers with Improved Components and Materials | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA V PRAZE, WESTFALISCHE HOCHSCHULE GELSENKIRCHEN, BOCHOLT, RECKLINGHAUSEN, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, USTAV MAKROMOLEKULARNI CHEMIE AV CRVVI, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | AIR LIQUIDE FORSCHUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG GMBH, L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2020-01-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2019-12-11 | H2020_newest | 2597413.75 | 2204846.25 | [296883.75, 139000.0, 146993.75, 455503.75, 282000.0, 119000.0, 0.0] | [0.0, 234000.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-4-2019 | Green hydrogen is one of the most promising solutions for the decarbonisation of society. Alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) is already a mature technology but its large footprint makes it inadequate for producing the energy vector at GW scale. Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) on the other hand is compact but its dependence on iridium and other expensive materials poses a serious threat for up-scaling. Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) combines the benefits of both technologies. However, its key performance indicators (KPI) do not reach commercial requirements and are lacking competitiveness. NEWELY project aims to redefine AEMWE, surpassing the current state of AWE and bringing it one step closer to PEMWE in terms of efficiency but at lower cost. The three main technical challenges of AEMWE: membrane, electrodes and stack are addressed by 3 small-medium-enterprises (SME) with their successful markets related to each of these topics. They are supported by a group of 7 renowned R&D centres with high expertise in polymer chemistry and low temperature electrolysis. The SMEs and one of the largest hydrogen companies in the world will oversee that the new developments have a clear commercial perspective, placing Europe at the lead of AEMWE technology in three years. In this period , the NEWELY consortium will develop a prototypic 5-cell stack with elevated hydrogen output pressure. It will contain highly conductive and stable anionic membranes as well as efficient and durable low-cost electrodes. It will reach twice the performance of the state of the art of AEMWE operating with pure water feedstock only. The targeted performance of the NEWELY prototype will be validated in a 2,000 hours endurance test. The new AEMWE stack will lead to a significant cost reduction of water electrolysis having a relevant impact in the cost of green hydrogen. | F | |||||
| 2484 | 735582 | JIVE | Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL, ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL*, DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL, GELDERLAND, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, HERNING KOMMUNE | HYDROGEN EUROPE | 2017-01-01 | 2024-06-30 | 2017-01-19 | H2020_newest | 89176155.23 | 32000000 | [5117000.0, 4030867.73, 0.0, 1950909.09, 84375.0, 96105.0] | [130750.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-9-2016 | The hydrogen fuel cell (FC) bus is one of very few options for the elimination of harmful local emissions and the decarbonisation of public transport. Its performance has been validated in Europe in recent years through various demonstration projects, however, a number of actions are required to allow the commercialisation of FC buses. These include addressing the high ownership costs relative to conventional buses, ensuring the FC buses can meet the high availability levels demanded by public transport, developing the refuelling infrastructure to provide reliable, low-cost hydrogen and improving the understanding of the potential of FC buses for zero emission public transport. JIVE will pave the way to commercialisation by addressing these issues through the deployment of 142 fuel cell buses across 8 locations, more than doubling the number of FC buses operating in Europe. JIVE will use coordinated procurement activities to unlock the economies of scale which are required to reduce the cost of the buses. They will operate in large fleets of 10-30 buses, reducing the overhead costs per bus, as well as allowing more efficient supply chains and maintenance operations compared to previous deployments. By working at this scale and with bus OEMs with proven vehicles, JIVE will ensure reliability at the level required for commercialisation. JIVE will also test new hydrogen refuelling stations with the required capacity to serve fleets in excess of 20 buses. This will not only reduce the costs of hydrogen and increase the availability of equipment but will also test the ability to offer >99% reliability, which is required for the commercialisation of FC buses. A dissemination campaign will use the project results to demonstrate the technical readiness of FC buses to bus operators and the economic viability of hydrogen as a zero emission bus fuel to policy makers will help to catalyse the future development and expansion of the hydrogen bus sector. | F | |||||
| 2497 | 862253 | PROMET-H2 | Cost-effective PROton Exchange MEmbrane WaTer Electrolyser for Efficient and Sustainable Power-to-H2 Technology | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | AIR LIQUIDE FORSCHUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG GMBH, IGAS ENERGY GMBH | 2020-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2020-03-17 | H2020_newest | 5900250 | 5900250 | [299998.75, 349937.5, 291375.0, 1151538.75, 350000.0] | [803750.0, 842812.5] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.2.1.3. | LC-NMBP-29-2019 | The need for de-carbonization of our society is a pressing issue raising the attention at social and political levels. The production of high value chemicals and fuels such as methanol requires hydrogen derived at the moment from hydrocarbons and resulting in large emissions of CO2. Green Hydrogen produced by water electrolysis coupled to renewable sources could be the ultimate solution to this problem. Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) is the most suitable technology for this process due to its compactness and flexibility. However, the dependence on precious metal catalysts and expensive components manufactured in titanium poses a serious threat for the scale up and market penetration of this technology. PROMET-H2 project aims to develop a pressurized PEMWE with the lowest capital cost ever achieved (500-750 €/kW) without compromising performance and durability. The stack, based on hydraulic compression technology, will contain improved membranes and electrodes with reduced or even free of precious metal contents and with coated stainless steel bipolar plates (BPP) and porous transport layers (PTL). The materials and components that will make this possible have already been demonstrated in laboratory and in PROMET-H2 these innovations will be implemented in a 25 kW PEMWE system. Such electrolyser will be coupled with a methanol production pilot plant from CO2. Materials recycling strategies will be developed and a deep LCA and cost evaluation will be realised to ensure that the new PEMWE can be scaled-up to meet the demands of large methanol industrial plants. A well-balanced consortium of 12 industry and academic partners will address these challenges in three years with the aim of achieving renewable methanol production. At the end of the project, they will establish R&D and business cooperation in a value chain that goes from the nanomaterial synthesis to the green production of one of the most promising fuels and feed-stock chemicals. | F | |||||
| 2501 | 869896 | MACBETH | Membranes And Catalysts Beyond Economic and Technological Hurdles | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO, VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V., FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, CENTRO NACIONAL DE EXPERIMENTACIONDE TECNOLOGIAS DE HIDROGENO Y PILASDE COMBUSTIBLE CONSORCIO, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA | ENGIE | 2019-11-01 | 2025-01-31 | 2019-10-30 | H2020_newest | 20611394.29 | 16606129.56 | [845000.0, 715312.5, 639500.0, 1190875.0, 804660.0, 300415.0, 567375.0, 699375.0, 300312.75, 1068938.25, 128750.0] | [738902.78] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.2.1.5. | CE-SPIRE-04-2019 | The MACBETH consortium provides a breakthrough technology for advanced downstream processing by combining catalytic synthesis with the corresponding separation units in a single highly efficient catalytic membrane reactor (CMR). This disruptive technology has the ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of large volume industrial process by up to 45 %. Additionally, resource and energy efficiency will be increased by up to 70%. The revolutionary new reactor design will not only guarantee substantially smaller and safer production plants, but has also a tremendous competitive advantage since CAPEX is decreased by up to 50% and OPEX by up to 80%.The direct industrial applicabilty will be demonstrated by the long term operation of TRL 7 demo plants for the highly relevant and large scale processes: hydroformylation, hydrogen production, propane dehydrogenation.The confidence of the MACBETH consortium to reach its highly ambitious goals are underlined by two special extensions that go well beyond the ordinary scope of an EU project: 1) Transfer of CMR technology to biotechnology: Within MACBETH we will demonstrate that starting from building blocks of TRL 5 (not from a TRL 5 pilot plant), that fit the requirements of selective enzymatical cleavage of fatty acids with the combined support and system knowledge of the experienced CMR partners, a TRL 7 demo plant will be established and operated 2) Creation of the spin-off European “Lighthouse Catalytic Membrane Reactors” (LCMR) within MACBETH:A European competence center for CMR will be established already within the MACBETH project with an actual detailed business plan including partner commitment. These efforts will ultimately lead to the foundation of the “Lighthouse Catalytic Membrane Reactors” (LCMR) that will provide access to the combined knowledge of the MACBETH project . | F | |||||
| 2510 | 101007165 | WINNER | WORLD CLASS INNOVATIVE NOVEL NANOSCALE OPTIMIZED ELECTRODES AND ELECTROLYTES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | ENGIE, SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | SINTEF AS | 2021-01-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2020-12-04 | H2020_newest | 2931788.75 | 2931788.75 | [734841.25, 608215.0, 550000.0, 300607.5] | [126250.0, 74375.0] | [734841.25] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-03-1-2020 | The WINNER project will develop an efficient and durable technology platform based on electrochemical proton conducting ceramic (PCC) cells designed for unlocking a path towards commercially viable production, extraction, purification and compression of hydrogen at small to medium scale. This will be demonstrated in WINNER in three applications: ammonia cracking, dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons, and reversible steam electrolysis. By such, WINNER will create innovative solutions for flexible, secure and profitable storage and utilization of energy in the form of hydrogen and green ammonia, electrification of the chemical industry and sectors coupling. The WINNER project builds on the pioneering multidisciplinary expertise of world leading partners in the fields of proton conducting ceramic (PCC) materials and technologies to combine materials science, multi-scale multi-physics modelling and advanced in-situ and operando characterisation methods to unveil unprecedent performance of tubular PCC cells assembled in a flexible multi-tube module operating at industrially relevant conditions. WINNER will develop innovative cell architectures with multifunctional electrodes and a novel pressure-less current collection system using eco-friendly and scalable manufacturing routes. These activities will be steered by a novel multi-scale multi-physics modelling platform and enhanced experimentation methodologies. These tools combined with advanced operando and in situ methods will serve at establishing correlations between performance and degradation mechanisms associated with both materials properties and interface’s evolution upon operation. Testing of cells and modules will also be conducted to define performance and durability in various operation modes. Techno-economic assessment of the novel PCC processes will be conducted as well as Life Cycle Assessment. The project is coordinated by SINTEF with support from UiO, CSIC, DTU, SMT, CTMS, ENGIE, Shell. | F1 | ||||
| 2529 | 727463 | BioMates | Reliable Bio-based Refinery Intermediates | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA V PRAZE, IFEU – INSTITUT FUR ENERGIE- UND UMWELTFORSCHUNG HEIDELBERG GGMBH | BP EUROPA SE | 2016-10-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2016-09-15 | H2020_newest | 5923316.25 | 5923316.25 | [1141275.0, 450001.25, 1229358.75, 656672.5, 374310.0] | [267500.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LCE-08-2016-2017 | The EU targets at replacing 10% of all transport fossil fuels with biofuels by 2020 to reduce the dependence on petroleum through the use of nationally, regionally or locally produced biofuels, while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the EU is concerned with the questionable sustainability of the conventional biofuels and the unattractive production costs of second and third generation biofuels. The BioMates project aspires to contribute to the drastic increase of non-food/feed biomass utilisation for the production of greener transportation fuels via an effective and sustainable new production pathway. The project will validate the proposed innovative technology which has the potential of over 49 million tons CO2-eq savings, at least 7% crude oil imports reduction which corresponds to over 7 billion € savings for EU, while indicating its socio-economic, environmental and health expected benefits.The main premise of the BioMates project is the cost-effective and decentralized valorization of residual (straw) and nonfood (Miscanthus) biomass for the production of bio-based products of over 99% bioenergy content. The bio-based products’ targeted market is the EU refining sector, utilizing them as a bio-based co-feed of reliable, standardizable properties for underlying conversion units, yielding high bio-content hybrid fuels which are compatible with conventional combustion systems. The BioMates approach is based on innovative non-food/feed biomass conversion technologies, including ablative fast pyrolysis and mild catalytic hydrotreating, while incorporating state-of-the-art renewable H2-production technology as well as optimal energy integration. The proposed pathway for decarbonizing the transportation fuels will be demonstrated via TRL5 units, allowing the development of an integrated, sustainability-driven business case encompassing commercial and social exploitation strategy. | F | |||||
| 2559 | 735692 | CH2P | Cogeneration of Hydrogen and Power using solid oxide based system fed by methane rich gas | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2017-02-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2016-12-15 | H2020_newest | 6711722.58 | 3999896 | [100000.0, 549916.0, 461000.0] | [370000.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-4-2016 | To achieve European ambitions to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases by 80% before 2050, emissions of the transport and the energy sectors will need to decrease drastically. The Hydrogen Economy offers ready solutions to decarbonize the transport sector. Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) close to be deployed in the market in increasing numbers. For FCEVs to be introduced to the market in volumes, a network of hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) first has to exist. Green hydrogen is figured, in the medium – long term, as the target technology to decarbonize the transport sector. Indeed, this will not be commercially attractive in the first years. Similarly, new-built hydrogen supply capacity will not be viable in the first years with low demand. CH2P aims at building a transition technology for early infrastructure deployment. It uses widely available carbon-lean natural gas (NG) or bio-methane to produce hydrogen and power with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology. Similar to a combined heat and power system, the high quality heat from the fuel cell is used to generate hydrogen. CH2P therefore generates hydrogen and electricity with high efficiencies (up to 90%) and a reduced environmental impact compared to conventional technologies. The system will have high dynamic (more than 50% of energy will be in form of hydrogen), purity level of hydrogen at 99.999%, a CO-level lower than 200 ppb. The target cost for the hydrogen generated will be below 4,5 €/kg. The overall technology concept will be based on modularity to enable a staged deployment of such infrastructure.CH2P will realize two systems, one with hydrogen generation capacity of 20 kg/day, for components validation, and another at 40 kg/day for infield testing. A dissemination campaign will use the project results to demonstrate the technical readiness of CH2P technology, while industrial partners are committed to enter the market after the project end. | F | |||||
| 2560 | 101007194 | PROMETEO | Hydrogen PROduction by MEans of solar heat and power in high TEmperature Solid Oxide Electrolysers | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, FUNDACION IMDEA ENERGIA, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER | SNAM S.P.A. | 2021-01-01 | 2024-06-30 | 2020-12-09 | H2020_newest | 2765206.25 | 2499531.25 | [215000.0, 416000.0, 150625.0, 345156.25] | [88750.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-2-2020 | PROMETEO aims at producing green hydrogen from renewable heat & power sources by high temperature electrolysis in areas of low electricity prices associated to photovoltaic or wind.Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE) is a highly efficient technology to convert heat & power into hydrogen from water usually validated in steady-state operation. However, the heat for the steam generation may not be available for the operation of the SOE when inexpensive power is offered (e.g. off-grid peak, photovoltaics or wind). Thus, the challenge is to optimize the coupling of the SOE with two intermittent sources: non-programmable renewable electricity and high-temperature solar heat from Concentrating Solar (CS) systems with Thermal Energy Storage (TES) to supply solar heat when power is made available.In PROMETEO a fully integrated optimized system will be developed, where the SOE combined with the TES and ancillary components will efficiently convert intermittent heat & power sources to hydrogen. The design will satisfy different criteria: end-users’ needs, sustainability aspects, regulatory & safety concerns, scale-up and engineering issues. The players of the value-chain will play key roles in the partnership created around the project: from developers and research organizations, to the electrolyzer supplier, system integrator/engineering and end-users. A fully-equipped modular prototype with at least 25 kWe SOE (about 15 kg/day hydrogen production) and TES (for 24 hours operation) will be designed, built, connected to representative external power/heat sources and validated in real context (TRL 5). Particular attention will be given to partial load operation, transients and hot stand-by periods.Industrial end-users will lead to techno-economic & sustainability studies to apply the technology upscaled (up to 100 MW) in on-grid & off-grid scenarios for different end-uses: utility for grid balancing, power-to-gas, and hydrogen as feedstock for the fertilizer & chemical industry. | F | |||||
| 2561 | 875148 | SWITCH | SMART WAYS FOR IN-SITU TOTALLY INTEGRATED AND CONTINUOUS MULTISOURCE GENERATION OF HYDROGEN | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2020-01-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2019-12-05 | H2020_newest | 3746753.75 | 2992521 | [300128.75, 541517.5, 391000.0] | [65498.26] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-3-2019 | Solid Oxide Cells are efficient ways to convert variable electricity from renewables in green hydrogen. At the same time, they can be used in a reversible mode to enable the use of other sources (e.g. methane, bio-methane) to match a variable energy production with continuous and guaranteed production of hydrogen for contracted end uses. Switch will focus on the development of this specific solution and realize a mostly green and always secured production of hydrogen, heat and power. Core of the system is a reversible Solid Oxide module based on anode supported electrolyte, supported by an advanced fuel processing unit able to manage steam generation and methane reforming reactions at high efficiency and a purification unit to guarantee highly pure hydrogen in compliance with the main industrial and automotive standards. SWITCH project focuses on the demonstration of a 25kW (SOFC)/75kW (SOEC) system operating in a relevant industrial environment for at least 5000 hrs. Part of the activities will be focused on the issue of cost competitiveness and environmental impact, with the target of the hydrogen price lower than 5 €/kg. The basic solution will be designed to be up scalable to bigger sizes and thus reaching target applications in other different sectors such as industrial, residential and grid services. The modularity, low transient times, an integrated gas treatment unit and different modules combined in between SOFC and SOE mode will set a solution able to modulate between different sources and a flexible production of hydrogen, heat and power, with specific use cases considered. | F | |||||
| 2578 | 957810 | IANOS | IntegrAted SolutioNs for the DecarbOnization and Smartification of Islands | COMMUNE DE BORA BORA, ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, UNINOVA-INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS-ASSOCIACAO, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, DIMOS NISUROU, SECRETARIA REGIONAL DO AMBIENTE E AÇAO CLIMATICAS, GEMEENTE AMELAND, STICHTING HANZEHOGESCHOOL GRONINGEN, COMUNE DI LAMPEDUSA E LINOSA | GASTERRA BV | STICHTING NEW ENERGY COALITION | 2020-10-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2020-08-31 | H2020_newest | 8786838.75 | 6999654.65 | [114900.0, 755250.0, 299732.5, 245862.5, 174900.0, 95750.0, 180562.5, 498080.0, 223312.5, 87125.0] | [0.0] | [354500.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-SC3-ES-4-2018-2020 | IANOS brings together two Lighthouse (LH) islands (Terceira-PT, Ameland-NL), and three Fellow islands (FI) (Lambedusa-IT, Bora-Bora-FR, Nisyros-GR), all sharing a common vision of decarbonizing their energy systems and be energy independent until 2050. Thirty-four (34) strongly experienced partners from nine (9) European countries, join forces to deliver smart technological, economic and social innovations, providing systemic optimization starting from an Energy Community-centric approach. IANOS adopts an Island Energy Transition Strategy built around three (3) Island Energy Transition Tracks that focus on: a) Energy efficiency and grid support for extremely high RES penetration, b) Decarbonization through electrification and support from non-emitting fuels, c) Empowering Local Energy Communities (LEC). Through IANOS an impressive repository of elements (technologies, tools, methods) will be demonstrated in the two LH islands and within nine (9) carefully defined Use-Cases (UCs) that will lead to: a reduction of fossil fuel consumption by 379.7 GWh/y, an increase in RES utilization by 83.6 GWh/y, increase accuracy of vRES forecasts by >10% and reduce energy bills of end-users by >15%. In total, 900 participants (prosumers/consumers) will be involved in LECs by the end of IANOS. Elements to be demonstrated include: an iVPP operative orchestration toolkit, smart energy routers, hybrid transformers, flywheel storage, biobased batteries, heat batteries, tidal kite, an auto-generative digester and the IANOS Energy Planning and Transition Suite (IEPT). The replication potential of IANOS UCs will be evaluated in the three FIs. Due to their current local energy mix, Terceira and Ameland can particularly act as LHs for geothermal and hydrogen-centered island economies, respectively. To reach all these goals, a total of 121.6M€ will be invested by the 2 LH ecosystems, while another 60.4M€ will be fuelled by the 6 FI ecosystems during IANOS (until 2025). | F1 | ||||
| 2589 | 101006632 | HyUsPRe | Hydrogen Underground storage in Porous Reservoirs | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT CLAUSTHAL, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY, ENERGIEINSTITUT AN DER JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITAT LINZ VEREIN, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH | EBN BV ENERGIE BEHEER NEDERLAND BV, UNIPER ENERGY STORAGE GMBH, NEPTUNE ENERGY HYDROGEN BV, EQUINOR ENERGY AS, CENTRICA STORAGE LIMITED, SNAM S.P.A., SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2021-10-01 | 2024-06-30 | 2021-07-09 | H2020_newest | 3714850 | 2499850 | [266190.0, 669996.25, 309853.75, 173810.0, 475000.0, 130000.0, 475000.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-5-2020 | The HyUsPRe project researches the feasibility and potential of implementing large-scale storage of renewable hydrogen in porous reservoirs in Europe. This includes the identification of suitable geological reservoirs for hydrogen storage in Europe and an assessment of the feasibility of implementing large-scale storage in these reservoirs technologically and economically towards 2050. The project will address specific technical issues and risks regarding storage in porous reservoirs and conduct an economic analysis to facilitate the decision-making process regarding the development of a portfolio of potential field pilots. A techno-economic assessment, accompanied by environmental, social and regulatory perspectives on implementation will allow for the development of a roadmap for widespread hydrogen storage towards 2050; indicating the role of large-scale hydrogen storage in achieving a zero-emissions energy system in EU by 2050. This project has two specific objectives. Objective 1 concerns the assessment of the technical feasibility, risks, and potential of large-scale underground hydrogen storage in porous reservoirs in Europe. HyUsPRe will establish the important geochemical, microbiological, flow and transport processes in porous reservoirs in the presence of hydrogen via a combination of laboratory-scale experiments and integrated modelling, establish more accurate cost estimates and identify the potential business case for hydrogen storage in porous reservoirs. Suitable stores will be identified and their hydrogen storage potential will be assessed. Objective 2 concerns the development of a roadmap for the deployment of geological hydrogen storage up to 2050. The proximity of hydrogen stores to large renewable energy infrastructure and the amount of renewable energy that can be buffered versus time varying demands will be evaluated. This will form the basis to develop future scenario roadmaps and prepare for demonstrations. | F | |||||
| 2600 | 101005934 | StasHH | Standard-Sized Heavy-duty Hydrogen | NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES | SINTEF AS | 2021-01-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2020-12-08 | H2020_newest | 14310447.8 | 7500000 | [594270.0, 491652.25, 518681.75] | [] | [518681.75] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-4-2020 | This project will develop an open standard for heavy-duty fuel-cell modules in terms of size, interfaces, control and test protocols, with the objective of kickstarting the use of fuel cells and hydrogen in the heavy-duty mobility sector, where electrification with batteries is impractical.Multiple modules may be integrated in a system, similar to AA batteries; this will allow using the same modules for multiple sizes. Combined with the standardisation across several sectors (road, offroad, rail, maritime, etc.) represented by participating OEMs, the same modules will address a large pooled market.The size of the market, and the availability of multiple module suppliers (8 in this project alone) will create a fair competition environment where OEMs may choose and change vendors, driving down prices and activating a virtuous cycle through economies of scale and achieving one of the main goals of the FCH JU’s Work Programme in the heavy-duty mobility sector.This project will also produce prototypes form 8 leading FC vendors, which will then be thoroughly tested by two independent institutes for compliance with the open standards produced by the project itself.The project will feature significant dissemination and outreach activities, especially towards external OEMs that may become customers of the module suppliers. | 1 | |||||
| 2634 | 778307 | HYDRIDE4MOBILITY | Hydrogen fuelled utility vehicles and their support systems utilising metal hydrides | SVEUCILISTE U SPLITU, FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE, STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE, INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI SEPULUH NOPEMBER, FIZYKO-MEKHANICHNYY INSTYTUT IM H V KARPENKA NATSIONALNOYI AKADEMIYI NAUK UKRAYINY, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH, UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2017-12-01 | 2024-05-31 | 2017-11-20 | H2020_newest | 355500 | 355500 | [126000.0, -1.0, 18000.0, 108000.0, 85500.0, -1.0] | [] | [108000.0] | [] | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-RISE-2017 | The goal of this project is in addressing critical issues towards a commercial implementation of hydrogen powered utility vehicles (test case – forklift) using metal hydride (MH) hydrogen storage and PEM fuel cells, together with the systems for their refuelling at industrial customers facilities. For these applications, high specific weight of the metallic hydrides is an advantage, as it fits a purpose of vehicle counterbalancing without an extra cost. However, slow H2 charge / discharge of the MH systems, complexity of their design and high cost, together with efficiency of system integration remain great challenges to overcome.The present RISE proposal will address these problems by a collective effort of consortium containing experienced, high profile academic teams and industrial partners from two EU Member States (Germany, Croatia), one associated country (Norway) and two third countries (South Africa, Indonesia). The work will strengthen already existing and will establish new collaborative links. This will allow overcoming the challenges associated with implementation of Metal Hydride technologies in transportation and in promoting their commercialisation in the European countries contributing to the project consortium.Various efficient and cost-competitive solutions including (i) advanced MH materials for hydrogen storage and compression, (ii) Advanced MH containers characterised by improved charge-discharge dynamic performance and ability to be mass produced, (iii) integrated hydrogen storage and compression / refuelling systems will be developed and tested together with PEM fuel cells during the collaborative efforts of the consortium members having a strong expertise in hydride materials science, manufacturing of the advanced hydrogen storage materials, design and manufacturing of gas sorption reactors, fuel cell system integration, as well as in manufacturing of the fuel cell power modules, utility vehicles, and their optimisation for the customers. | 1 | |||||
| 2639 | 734561 | PROMECA | PROcess intensification through the development of innovative MEmbranes and CAtalysts | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2017-01-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2016-11-08 | H2020_newest | 688500 | 688500 | [153000.0, 45000.0, 193500.0] | [67500.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-RISE-2016 | PROMECA strategic objective is to substantially contribute to the increase of knowledge, skills, and competitiveness in the European research area and industry, through the design and deployment of a thorough plan of research and secondment of researchers between top-level EU academia and industrial partners, contributing to the main European Policies on innovation. In line with the MSCA-RISE general objectives, the project will:• Support career development and training of 44 researchers through international and inter-sectoral mobility among 3 academia and 3 industrial partners in 4 European countries;• Promote sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to the market (and vice versa) in a systematic way, through the participation of researchers to 3 focused research groups where scientific and industrial mix of competences are ensured, and the organization of 8 project meetings, where research findings will be assessed and validated among groups.• Carry out a thorough training of researchers in 6 dedicated workshops, each with a different focus, also adding key entrepreneurial skills and innovation management.As an ultimate R&D goal, PROMECA will develop, test, and validate an innovative membrane reactor integrating new structured catalysts and selective membranes to improve the overall performance, durability, cost effectiveness, and sustainability over different industrially interesting processes, with distributed hydrogen production as the main focus of the project. The project will bring substantial impacts in terms of skills and knowledge development of the researchers, as well as higher R&I output, contributing to convert more ideas into products. Organizations involved will strongly boost their capacity to carry out R&I activities in multidisciplinary and inter-sectorial collaborations. Finally, the project will enhance the innovation potential and competitiveness of the EU industry, reinforcing its world leadership as a true knowledge-driven industry | F | |||||
| 2674 | 818120 | WASTE2ROAD | Biofuels from WASTE TO ROAD transport | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN, OSLO KOMMUNE, CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | OMV DOWNSTREAM GMBH | SINTEF AS | 2018-10-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2018-09-26 | H2020_newest | 4996155 | 4996155 | [284875.0, 165757.5, 320000.0, 662587.5, 394535.0, 908962.5, 590000.0] | [424250.0] | [908962.5] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-SC3-RES-21-2018 | WASTE2ROAD will develop a new generation of cost-effective biofuels from a selected, well-defined range of low cost and abundant biogenic residues and waste fractions. Through optimisation of European waste recycling logistics and development of efficient low-risk conversion pathways, high overall carbon yields > 45% can be obtained while reducing greenhouse gases emissions > 80%. The established consortium covers the full value chain, from a) waste management and pre-treatment based on designated streams from households; b) the subsequent transformation of waste to bio-liquids through fast pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction, c) production of advanced biofuels through intermediate refining processes combined with existing downstream refinery co-processing technologies deploying sustainable hydrogen production, and d) assessment of the end-use compatibility of the obtained biofuels for road transport applications.Correlations will be established between the quality and properties of diverse waste fractions, the relevant process parameters and final properties of the biofuel’s: aiming to provide a unique understanding of the technical aspects related the whole value chain, as well as to assess and optimize the environmental, economic and social benefits.Throughout the whole value chain development, emphasis will be on risk-mitigation pathways to maximize further exploitation of the results in industrial implementation. Specific attention will be paid to risk management, while establishing connections with stakeholders and relevant standardisation bodies to secure the future exploitation of the project’s results. | F1 | ||||
| 2692 | 826352 | HyCARE | An innovative approach for renewable energy storage by a combination of hydrogen carriers and heat storage | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | ENGIE | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2019-01-01 | 2023-07-31 | 2018-12-03 | H2020_newest | 2024230 | 1999230 | [271800.0, 116500.0, 148100.0, 148130.0, 135900.0] | [291300.0] | [116500.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-5-2018 | The main objective of the HyCARE project is the development of a prototype hydrogen storage tank with use of a solid-state hydrogen carrier on large scale. The tank will be based on an innovative concept, joining hydrogen and heat storage, in order to improve energy efficiency of the whole system. The developed tank will be installed in the site of ENGIE LAB CRIGEN, which is a research and operational expertise center dedicated to gas, new energy sources and emerging technologies. The center and its 350 staff are located at Plaine Saint-Denis and Alfortville in the Paris Region (F). In particular, the solid-state hydrogen tank will be installed in a Living Lab aimed to develop and explore innovative energy storage solutions. The developed tank will be joined with a PEM electrolyzer as hydrogen provider and a PEM fuel cell as hydrogen user.The following goals are planned in HyCARE:- High quantity of stored hydrogen >= 50 kg- Low pressure < 50 bar and low temperature < 100°C- Low foot print, comparable to liquid hydrogen storage- Innovative design- Hydrogen storage coupled with thermal energy storage- Improved energy efficiency- Integration with an electrolyser (EL) and a fuel cell (FC)- Demonstration in real application- Improved safety- Techno-economical evaluation of the innovative solution- Analysis of the environmental impact via Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)- Exploitation of possible industrial applications- Dissemination of results at various levels- Engagement of local people and institution in the demonstration site | F1 | ||||
| 2700 | 826262 | THOR | Thermoplastic Hydrogen tanks Optimised and Recyclable | CETIM GRAND EST, SIRRIS HET COLLECTIEF CENTRUM VAN DE TECHNOLOGISCHE INDUSTRIE, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET D’AEROTECHNIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2019-01-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2018-12-19 | H2020_newest | 2884330.29 | 2853958.75 | [157687.5, 474187.5, 0.0, 0.0, 300524.57, 260615.0, 366605.0] | [247902.5] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-3-2018 | THOR aims at developing a cost-effective thermoplastic composite pressure vessel for hydrogen storage both for vehicle and for transportation applications. Thermoplastics appear as a promising solution to the challenges faced by conventional tanks in terms of compatibility with hydrogen service and with mass automotive market requirements. The use of thermoplastic materials, advanced numerical modeling techniques and innovative manufacturing processes will boost the performance, improve safety, enable optimized tank geometry and weight (reduction of 10%) and reduce the cost for mass production (400€/kg of H2 stored for 30 000 tanks/year). A series of tests extracted from demanding automotive standards will validate all the requirements and demonstrate that thermoplastic tanks outperform thermoset ones. The consortium is representative of the hydrogen supply chain, from technology developer to manufacturer and end-user enhancing market uptake: a disruptive technology provider with successful commercial experience of thermoplastic tanks (COVESS), an ambitious Tier One supplier targeting a wide market introduction towards all OEMs (FAURECIA), an industrial gas expert with a long history related to hydrogen and a complementary end-user of tanks for hydrogen supply and refueling station operations (AIR LIQUIDE). This core industrial team is limited in purpose to avoid possible future commercial conflicts of interests and backed up with top research expertise to address all the identified challenges: an innovation center for material research with important tank scale testing capacity (CSM), a technology center in the fields of composite materials, manufacturing, automation, and testing (SIRRIS), academic teams with strong experience of composite materials and non-destructive testing (NTNU) and of thermo-mechanical materials behavior under fire aggression (CNRS) and a technical center with an innovative recycling technology for thermoplastic composites (CETIM-CERMAT). | F | |||||
| 2702 | 838014 | C2FUEL | Carbon Captured Fuel and Energy Carriers for an Intensified Steel Off-Gases based Electricity Generation in a Smarter Industrial Ecosystem | UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | ENGIE THERMIQUE FRANCE, ENGIE | 2019-06-01 | 2023-11-30 | 2019-05-03 | H2020_newest | 4130291.25 | 3999840 | [0.0, 300750.0, 450500.0, 1017568.75, 275843.75] | [70333.75, 574827.5] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | CE-SC3-NZE-2-2018 | C2FUEL project aims to develop energy-efficient, economically and environmentally viable CO2 conversion technologies for the displacement of fossils fuels emission through a concept of industrial symbiosis between carbon intensive industries, power production, and local economy. This concept will be demonstrated at Dunkirk between DK6 combined cycle power plant, Arcelor Mittal steel factory and one of the major European harbor, a solid showcase for future replication.The CO2 present in the blast furnace gas will be selectively removed and combined with green hydrogen generated by electrolysis fed with renewable electricity to produce two promising energy carriers. It will allow to simultaneously reuse CO2 emission from the steel-making factory, electricity surplus in the Dunkirk area and to improve the operational and environmental performance of the DK6 combined cycle. C2FUEL unique circular approach could contribute to mitigate up to 2,4 Mt CO2 per year.Key technical and economic challenges to be tackled in the project are high temperature electrolysis, innovative production routes of DME and FA from renewable H2 and captured CO2. The developed processes will be integrated, demonstrated and validated in an industrial relevant environment and the produced fuel will be tested in real end-user systems. Technical-economic-environmental feasibility and societal acceptance will be carried out to ensure the replication potential.C2FUEL key projected targets are an annual production of 2,4 Mt of formic acid, 100 kt of green hydrogen for seasonal storage using 3,6TWh of renewable electricity and 1,2 Mt of DME with 320 kt of green hydrogen using 11TWh of renewable electricity.C2FUEL partnership gathers the whole value chain necessary for production and use of CO2 conversion to carbon-captured energy carriers : carbon captured supply, renewable hydrogen and fuel development, integration to power plant and operation, as well as end-users and international promoters. | F | |||||
| 2721 | 760944 | MEMBER | Advanced MEMBranes and membrane assisted procEsses for pre- and post- combustion CO2 captuRe | UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, FUNDACION CENER, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | PETROGAL SA | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2018-01-01 | 2022-06-30 | 2017-11-30 | H2020_newest | 9672418 | 7918901 | [513215.0, 1089909.52, 747588.75, 69216.34, 1021083.0, 496073.75] | [85225.0] | [747588.75] | [] | H2020-EU.2.1.3. | NMBP-20-2017 | The key objective of the MEMBER project is the scale-up and manufacturing of advanced materials (membranes and Sorbents) and their demonstration at TRL6 in novel membrane based technologies that outperform current technology for pre- and post-combustion CO2 capture in power plants as well as H2 generation with integrated CO2 capture. Two different strategies will be followed and demonstrated at three different end users facilities to achieve CO2 separation:- A combination of Mixed Matrix Membranes (MMM) for pre- and post-combustion, – A combination of metallic membranes and sorbents into an advanced Membrane Assisted Sorption Enhanced Reforming (MA-SER) process for pure H2 production with integrated CO2 captureIn both cases, a significant decrease of the total cost of CO2 capture will be achieved. MEMBER targets CO2 capture technologies that separate >90% CO2 at a cost below 40€/ton for post combustion and below 30€/ton for pre-combustion and H2 production. To achieve this objective, MEMBER has been built on the basis of the best materials and technologies developed in three former FP7 projects, ASCENT, M4CO2 and FluidCELL. In particular, special attention will be paid to the manufacturing processes scale up of key materials and products such as Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs), polymers, membranes and sorbents. At the end of the project we will deliver a robust demonstration of the new materials at real conditions (TRL 6) by designing, building, operating and validating three prototype systems tested at industrial relevant conditions:- Prototype A targeted for pre-combustion in a gasification power plant using MMM at the facilities of CENER (BIO-CCS). – Prototype B targeted for post-combustion in power plants using MMM at the facilities of GALP.- Prototype C targeted for pure hydrogen production with integrated CO2 capture using (MA-SER) at the facilities of IFE-HyNor | F1 | ||||
| 2725 | 101036996 | TULIPS | DemonsTrating lower pollUting soLutions for sustaInable airPorts acrosS Europe | UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN, STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS LUCHT – EN RUIMTEVAARTCENTRUM, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA E LA DIMOSTRAZIONE SULLE ENERGIE RINNOVABILI, IST-ID ASSOCIACAO DO INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E O DESENVOLVIMENTO, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | SINTEF ENERGI AS, SINTEF AS | 2022-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2021-09-10 | H2020_newest | 31796273.02 | 24997762.89 | [1108500.0, 375526.25, 1557580.0, 1193463.75, 959250.0, 445287.5, 0.0, 793588.75, 339250.0, 886361.25, 1475765.0] | [] | [1108500.0, 793588.75] | [] | H2020-EU.3.4. | LC-GD-5-1-2020 | Airports will play a major role in transition towards climate neutral aviation. Sustainable energy production and use (both airside and landside) as well as a shift towards greener multi-modal transport options will reduce GHG emissions and improve local air quality around airports. Bringing together a highly competent and complementary consortium of 29 partners supported by an external advisory board, TULIPS will accelerate the implementation of innovative and sustainable technologies towards lower emissions at airports. At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol alone, TULIPS will realise an estimated 800kT/year CO2 savings based on the sum of the expected benefits of the 17 demonstrations by 2025 with further savings scaled with technology roll out.17 real-life demonstrations of green airport innovations (technological, non-technological and social) will be performed at the Lighthouse Schiphol, and some also at fellows Oslo, Turin and Larnaca airport. Measuring and quantifying benefits and forecasting their impact on EU climate goals should they be implemented extensively across European airports, results in hands-on robust roadmaps which present how these technologies and concepts should be deployed to different sized airports (international hubs down to regional level) considering economic, geographical, and political scenarios across Europe and beyond.Topics covered include a) improved multi-modal shift for passengers and freight, reduce traffic congestion and offer seamless green travel options, b) improved airside infrastructure for future electric/hybrid aircraft infrastructure, c) smart energy solutions to manage airport operations, d) integrating hydrogen fuel cell technology into current ground support equipment, e) enabling large scale supply of SAF fuel along with the preparation of an EU clearing house, f) circular economy, and g) UFP mitigation. | 1 | |||||
| 2744 | 837754 | STRATEGY CCUS | STRATEGIC PLANNING OF REGIONS AND TERRITORIES IN EUROPE FOR LOW-CARBON ENERGY AND INDUSTRY THROUGH CCUS | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, GLOWNY INSTYTUT GORNICTWA – PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY, SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU RUDARSKO-GEOLOSKO-NAFTNI FAKULTET, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA, INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU GEOLOGIE SI GEOECOLOGIE MARINA-GEOECOMAR, BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, DIRECAO-GERAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA, NORCE RESEARCH AS, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, SCOALA NATIONALA DE STUDII POLITICE SI ADMINISTRATIVE | TOTALENERGIES SE | IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2019-05-01 | 2022-07-31 | 2019-04-02 | H2020_newest | 3069473.75 | 2959533.75 | [192050.0, 137550.0, 73650.0, 288978.75, 130631.25, 172223.75, 133076.25, 108750.0, 82737.5, 335927.5, 496190.0, 63125.0, 228750.0, 325000.0, 93031.25] | [0.0] | [496190.0] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-SC3-NZE-3-2018 | The STRATEGY CCUS project aims to elaborate strategic plans for CCUS development in Southern and Eastern Europe at short term (up to 3 years), medium term (3-10 years) and long term (more than 10 years). Specific objectives are to develop:•Local CCUS development plans, with local business models, within promising start‐up regions;•Connection plans with transport corridors between local CCUS clusters, and with the North Sea infrastructure, in order to improve performance and reduce costs, thus contributing to build a Europe-wide CCUS infrastructure.As recommended by the SET Plan Action 9, the STRATEGY CCUS project will study options for CCUS clusters in Eastern and Southern Europe, as at present the CCUS clusters being progressed are concentrated in Western Europe around the North Sea. Therefore, the project is timely for the strategic planning for CCUS development in the whole of Europe.Strategic planning will consider 8 promising regions, within 7 countries (ES, FR, GR, HR, PO, PT, RO) representing 45% of the European CO2 emissions from the industry and energy sectors. These regions satisfy CCUS relevant criteria: presence of an industrial cluster, possibilities for CO2 storage and/or utilization, potential for coupling with hydrogen production and use, existing studies, and political will. The methodology starts with a detailed mapping of CCUS technical potential of the regions together with a comprehensive mapping of local stakeholders and a process for their engagement. This will pave the ground for CCUS deployment scenarios including assessment of ‘bankable’ storage capacity, economic and environmental evaluation. The project strength relies on of a highly skilled consortium with experience on the whole CCUS chain as well as key transverse skills. CCUS development plans will be elaborated in close cooperation with stakeholders, through the Regional Stakeholder Committees and the Industry Club, to ensure plans can be implemented, i.e. socially acceptable. | F1 | ||||
| 2786 | 745749 | TO-SYN-FUEL | The Demonstration of Waste Biomass to Synthetic Fuels and Green Hydrogen | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION | ENI SPA | 2017-05-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2017-04-04 | H2020_newest | 14196108.72 | 12250528.13 | [6230931.33, 789003.75, 488345.0, 202562.5] | [321125.0] | [] | [] | H2020-EU.3.3. | LCE-19-2016-2017 | TO-SYN-FUEL will demonstrate the conversion of organic waste biomass (Sewage Sludge) into biofuels. The project implements a new integrated process combining Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR©), with hydrogen separation through pressure swing adsorption (PSA), and hydro deoxygenation (HDO), to produce a fully equivalent gasoline and diesel substitute (compliant with EN228 and EN590 European Standards) and green hydrogen for use in transport . The TO-SYN-FUEL project consortium has undoubtedly bought together the leading researchers, industrial technology providers and renewable energy experts from across Europe, in a combined, committed and dedicated research effort to deliver the overarching ambition. Building and extending from previous framework funding this project is designed to set the benchmark for future sustainable development and growth within Europe and will provide a real example to the rest of the world of how sustainable energy, economic, social and environmental needs can successfully be addressed. This project will be the platform for deployment of a subsequent commercial scale facility. This will be the first of its kind to be built anywhere in the world, processing organic industrial wastes directly into transportation grade biofuels fuels which will be a demonstration showcase for future sustainable investment and economic growth across Europe. This project will mark the first pre-commercial scale deployment of the technology processing up to 2100 tonnes per year of dried sewage sludge into 210,000 litres per year of liquid biofuels and up to 30,000 kg of green hydrogen. The scale up of 100 of such plants installed throughout Europe would be sufficient to convert up to 32 million tonnes per year of organic wastes into sustainable biofuels, contributing towards 35 million tonnes of GHG savings and diversion of organic wastes from landfill. This proposal is responding to the European Innovation Call LCE-19. | F | |||||
| 2802 | 101192366 | ECOPEM | dEvelopment of non-fluorinated COmponents for PEM fuel cells and water electrolysers | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH, HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2025-04-01 | 2028-03-31 | 2025-04-04 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2996992.5 | [743010.61, 590731.89, -1.0, 833025.0, 354600.0, -1.0] | [] | [833025.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-05-02 | PEM water electrolysers (PEMWE) and PEM fuel cell (PEMFC) technologies currently rely on perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA)-based materials and components, which pose significant health and environmental risks due to the release of toxic fluorine groups during production and disposal. Moreover, the production of PFSA remains costly, compounding the challenges associated with their use. Therefore, the ECOPEM project aims at developing safe-by-design, non-fluorinated hydrocarbon-based membranes, reinforcements, and ionomers. This ambitious work will be facilitated by the development and implementation of life cycle thinking tools addressing environmental and economic dimensions to drive the research and innovation using quantifiable sustainability criteria. ECOPEM will deliver scientific breakthroughs in the design and processing of materials, components and membrane electrode assembles (MEAs) enabling replacement of PFSAs by hydrocarbon-based polymers in membranes and catalyst layers. The project will validate the significant benefits of these MEAs by demonstrating an increased current density, reaching a minimum of 3 A cm-2 at a cell voltage of 1.8 V and degradation rate < 5µV/h for PEMWE cells; and a power density > 1.5 W/cm2 at 0.650 V and a degradation rate < 5 µV/h for PEMFC using harmonized JRC testing procedures. Achieving these ambitious targets would result in a new standard for hydrocarbon-based MEAs for PEMWE and PEMFC applications. | 1 | |||||
| 2813 | 101192418 | HySEas | Hydrogen from Seawater Electrolysis | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, KEMIJSKI INSTITUT, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | SINTEF AS | 2025-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2025-03-31 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3999970.85 | [734312.5, 199375.0, 763135.1, 402937.5, 483950.0, 516260.75] | [] | [483950.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-03 | HySEas introduces an innovative approach to direct seawater electrolysis through the integration of a Bipolar Membrane (BPM), incorporating both a cation exchange layer akin to a proton exchange membrane (PEM) and an anion exchange layer similar to anion exchange membrane (AEM) as well as a water dissociation catalyst layer, within a Bipolar Membrane Water Electrolyser (BPMWE) device. Thus far, BPMWEs have been tested using conventional borrowed components from PEM and AEM water electrolysers. These tests have revealed limitations in terms of both durability and overall performance.Here, the development of the BPMWE is combined with the recovery/reuse of salts and compounds from seawater brine through the development of innovative technological solutions: a) metal ion removal from seawater through direct reduction/photoreduction on oxide particles; and b) oxide particle regeneration through acid treatment to capture and reuse metals. Moreover, the drastic reduction of CRM will be achieved by: a) conducting a mitigation strategy to reduce Ir loading: sputter deposition on powder substrates to deposit the conductive layer of various morphologies between iridium catalyst and TiO2 support; b) using Fe, Ni, Mo oxide catalysts and other high entropy compounds to replace Ir-based catalysts; and c) using metal phosphides, sulphides and carbides (CoP, MoS2, Mo2C, etc.) to replace Pt-based catalysts. Plasma treatment is used to engineer defects and vacancies and increase the active site density on the catalyst surface as well as to promote transport by manipulating particle size and enhanced pore distribution. HySEas also deploys customized computational models via multiphysics simulations, integrating microkinetic and microscopic models into a novel multiscale model of a salty water electrolyser. Finally, extensive stack assessment is conducted in terms of performance and durability. | 1 | |||||
| 2815 | 101192335 | EASTGATEH2V | EastGate Hydrogen Valley | TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V KOSICIACH, PRIEMYSELNY INOVACNY KLASTER, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, KOSICKY SAMOSPRAVNY KRAJ | EUSTREAM, A.S. | 2025-04-01 | 2031-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 8999997.98 | [121231.0, 62500.0, 329468.75, 199687.5, 210312.5] | [455438.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-06-02 | EASTGATEH2V will deploy an integrated H2 ecosystem in the region of Kosice, Slovakia. It brings together all core elements of the value chain i.e. production, distribution infrastructure and end-use of renewable hydrogen across mobility and industry. The project is based on the integration of 4 deployment sites across the region, including 4MW of newly deployed electrolyser capacity deployed in two stages (2 MW alkaline and 2 MW PEM respectively), connected by H2 trailer distribution to 4 distinctive mobility end-user applications, namely buses and a garbage truck, a H2-powered touristic boat and aviation VTOL vehicles, along with delivery of H2 to existing industrial applications. The objective is to facilitate full integration and operational interconnectivity of all these H2 applications with the existing regional transport, industry and broader energy system.EASTGATEH2V will also deliver studies for scaling-up the regional ecosystem, including deployment of pipeline H2 infrastructure at transmission and distribution level, along with studies for the deployment of large-scale renewable H2 supply in neighbouring Ukraine including pipeline interconnections with Kosice region. The EU replicability of this regional H2 ecosystem will be showcased via replication studies with other CEE regions. EASTGATEH2V also aims to address public perception towards hydrogen, by ensuring high visibility of the H2 Valley project to local communities, through a comprehensive communication and dissemination plan. The aim is to expand the project reach beyond technology demonstrations, analysing also its socio-economic impacts, and providing CEE regions with a blueprint for decarbonization of their economies, and an example of the contribution of H2 Valleys towards the EU energy, industry and net zero targets. EASTGATE H2V is an integrated collaborative project, aiming to ensure the uptake of hydrogen and the deployment of H2 Valleys in other regions across EU and beyond. | F | |||||
| 2824 | 101139790 | ECS4DRES | Electronic Components and Systems for flexible, coordinated and resilient Distributed Renewable Energy Systems | SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE, STICHTING ELAADNL, FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MESSINA, POLITECNICO DI BARI, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITA DI PISA, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LA NANOELETTRONICA, TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE KOLN, ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | ENEL X SRL | 2024-07-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2024-07-08 | Horizon_newest | 27930499.07 | 8577941.75 | [114100.0, 266262.5, 422909.2, 140864.06, 203481.25, 131250.0, 199500.0, 0.0, 272382.84, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 744187.94, 300140.7, 119437.5, 261817.06, 379242.5] | [28750.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-KDT-JU-2023-1-IA-Focus-Topic-4 | ECS4DRES targets the ambitious objective of pursuing flexible, coordinated, and resilient distributed energy systems developing several innovation activities, specifically:- realization of a multi-modal energy hub- exploiting renewable energy sources- realized by means of dedicated high-efficiency power electronics converters- multi-modal energy storage devices- sophisticated energy management algorithms enabling the local balances between energy production, storage, and consumptionECS4DRES will strengthen the long-term reliability, safety, and resilience of DRES by developing advanced monitoring and control technologies including integrated sensors provided with energy harvesting functions, capable of different types of detection for safety purposes, and for monitoring of energy transfers. ECS4DRES will also achieve interoperable and low-latency communication systems, as well as algorithms, AI tools and methods, enabling the widespread interconnection, monitoring and management of a large number of DRES, subsystems, and components to realize optimal energy management between sources, loads, and storages, to improve power quality and to enable resilient system operation. Most of all, ECS4DRES commits to perform a thorough validation of all the above with a set of 5 relevant use cases and demonstrators.By exploiting the project results, ECS4DRES will generate a wide range of scientific, technological, economic, environmental and societal impacts of global scale, fulfilling the needs of e.g., OEMs, DSOs, grid operators, EV charging station aggregators, energy communities, end customers, academia. ECS4DRES will provide interoperable and tailored solutions in the form of electronic control systems, sensor technology and smart systems integration for the deployment and efficient and resilient operation of DRES including integration of hydrogen equipment and components. | F | |||||
| 2828 | 101138002 | HyCoFlex | Hydrogen for Cogeneration in Flexible operation | ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV | EQUINOR ENERGY AS, ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES, ENGIE SOLUTIONS H2 | 2024-02-01 | 2027-04-30 | 2024-01-25 | Horizon_newest | 7073275 | 4442550.75 | [230750.0, 310815.0] | [0.0, 141050.0, 1491914.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-03 | HyCoFlex is aiming at the development of a retrofitable decarbonisation package for cogeneration of power and industrial heat with 100%-fired gas turbines. The solution will be integrated and fully demonstrated at an industrial site in Saillat-sur-Vienne in France. HyCoFlex will leverage on and further advance the infrastructure of a power-to-hydrogen-to-power industrial scale plant which was developed and demonstrated within the HYFLEXPOWER project. The project will develop operational flexibility capabilities and protocols to satisfy the typical operating profiles experienced by industrial cogeneration plants. By doing so, HyCoFlex will elaborate credible pathways for upscaling and replicating the retrofit package, ultimately accelerating the achievement of industrial and energy sector decarbonisation. In order to meet the global objective, within the HyCoFlex project, the HYFLEXPOWER plant concept and infrastructure will be implemented for 100% H2-fuelled cogeneration. In the framework of the project a Siemens Energy SGT-400 gas turbine will be upgraded with an advanced dry low-emission (DLE) H2 combustion system to operate with different natural gas / H2 fuel mixtures. The retrofitted demonstrator plant will be validated for flexible operation under various natural gas/hydrogen mixtures and loads, while aiming at overcoming state-of-the-art efficiencies with decreased NOx emissions. Finally, HyCoFlex will explore pathways for upscaling and commercialization of decarbonised power generation from gas turbines within a circular-economy framework. | F | |||||
| 2829 | 101112039 | SH2AMROCK | Sourcing Hydrogen for Alternative Mobility, Realising Opportunities and Creating Know How in Ireland | THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE LBG, UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY, DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY, KEMIJSKI INSTITUT, IZES GGMBH, EPRI EUROPE DAC, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, PRIVATE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENT, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ENERGY, SKOPJE, CORAS IOMPAIR EIREANN, NOORDWES-UNIVERSITEIT, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, POLITECHNIKA LODZKA, ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION, INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION KING DANYLO UNIVERSITY | STICHTING NEW ENERGY COALITION | 2024-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2023-12-11 | Horizon_newest | 54806601.01 | 7582467.22 | [128025.0, 911337.0, 278663.45, 33334.53, 95100.0, 110250.0, 212025.0, 30700.0, 494500.0, 40245.0, 90900.0, 61308.75, 54519.75, 19362.88] | [] | [0.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-02 | SH2AMROCK – Ireland’s Emerald Hydrogen ValleySH2AMROCK will deploy green hydrogen across key hard-to-abate sectors across the island of Ireland – including key infrastructure to enable the production, distribution, and use of green hydrogen. The 5 year-project, with a total investment of approximately €80m, will showcase the capacity of H2 to maximise penetration of RES through sector coupling, while facilitating widespread integration of renewable H2 into Ireland’s energy system. SH2AMROCK will realise this goal through the deployment of the country’s first hydrogen valley and multi-modal H2 transport hub in Galway – accelerating the island of Ireland’s energy transition and decarbonisation across multiple end-user applications. | 1 | |||||
| 2832 | 101137792 | HYIELD | A novel multi-stage steam gasification and syngas purification demonstration plant for waste to hydrogen conversion | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, CETAQUA, CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DEL AGUA, FUNDACION PRIVADA, FUNDACIO EURECAT | ARCELORMITTAL BREMEN GMBH, ENAGAS SA | SINTEF AS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-11 | Horizon_newest | 15512377.5 | 9999964.63 | [415000.0, 220047.5, 131125.0, 283000.0] | [52937.5, 44849.0] | [415000.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-05 | Europe faces the joint challenge of decarbonising ever newer sectors and applications, whilst also seeking clean waste treatment and valorisation pathways. With over 300Mt of waste generated each year, Europe could produce up to 30Mt of clean hydrogen from waste to accelerate the decarbonisation of challenging sectors like aviation and heavy industry. However, exploiting this energy potential remains a challenge and so far, no robust and cost-effective solutions has been successfully commercialised. HYIELD aims to open a new low-cost pathway for clean hydrogen production and waste disposal. The project proposes a novel multi-stage steam gasification and syngas purification plant concept, which will efficiently convert different organic waste streams into hydrogen and is expected to achieve H2 99.97% purity and 62-74% energy conversion efficiency. The concept includes several beyond state-of-the-art innovations, including a novel process design, waste heat exploitation, Water-Gas-Shift membrane reactor, low-pressure metal hydride storage buffer and IA driven digital twin. The solution will be implemented at 3MW scale in a cement plant in Spain, where the hydrogen will be exploited for cement kiln firing. The demonstrator is expected to operate for 4,000h over a 15-month testing period with at least 10 different organic waste streams, treating over 3.9kt of dry material and producing 650t of hydrogen. It will also carry out the groundwork for up-scaling post-project locally and across the EU, working closely with industrial partners from the cement, steel, copper and gas sectors. It is forecasted that the solution will be able to deliver a Levelized Cost of Hydrogen of 2.19€/kg at industrial scale (20,000t/year waste treated), far below current electrolyser pathways (>5.5€/kg). The project is led by a consortium of Europe’s leading research groups, technology developers and industrial players in the hydrogen sector, from Spain, France, Germany, Norway and Luxembourg. | F1 | ||||
| 2834 | 101138276 | ZHYRON | Valorisation of iron-rich & Zinc-containing steelmaking by-products via HYdrogen-based ReductiON | VDEH-BETRIEBSFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT GMBH, FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS, CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES ASBL | ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH, ARCELORMITTAL INNOVACION INVESTIGACION E INVERSION SL | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-05 | Horizon_newest | 4531761.5 | 4531761.5 | [542812.5, 839518.75, 631303.75] | [379025.0, 558414.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-45 | In the coming years, innovative DR shafts and EAFs will be installed in several steelmaking sites across Europe to follow the strategic decarbonization guidelines. The progression of these production processes will imply changes in the composition and management of generated by-products, especially for those containing Zn. Likewise, the large rate of fossil fuels/reductants needed in the current valorisation processes of these wastes make them very intensive in terms of CO2 emissions, requiring the metallurgical industry to move to H2 applications in its targeted pathway towards zero wastes goal. To tackle with these complex challenges and to solve the recycling of key steelmaking by-products like EAF dust, BOF dust and sludges, DR sludge and pellet fines and mill scales (among others), ZHYRON will develop an innovative valorisation route for Fe-rich and Zn-containing by-products based on the combination of pyrometallurgical (using green H2 as reductant) and hydrometallurgical stages The iron oxides units would be recovered as Direct Reduced Iron able to be consumed in EAF and the zinc would be recovered as zinc oxide concentrate to be used in zinc smelting sector, contributing thus to circular economy and industrial symbiosis approaches.The proposed technologies will be developed and endorsed at lab pilot scale (TRL6), and the obtained circular products will be validated by testing and characterization analysis. ZHYRON will also examine solutions regarding technical integration, economic and environmental criteria, contributing to the development of novel business models, guidelines and strategies. ZHYRON has been structured in 6 WP, combining R&D activities, project management and dissemination activities, and gathering a competitive consortium of 9 partners from 6 EU countries. If the solutions are successful, the benefits will include avoiding landfill of dangerous wastes, reduction in the CO2 emissions and the implementation of a new circular economy loop. | F | |||||
| 2835 | 101137770 | NHyRA | pre-Normative Research on Hydrogen Releases Assessment | AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY | GERG LE GROUPE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES GAZIERES, ENAGAS TRANSPORTE SA, ENGIE, EQUINOR ENERGY AS, SNAM S.P.A. | INSTYTUT NAFTY I GAZU – PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-17 | Horizon_newest | 2086683.75 | 2086683.75 | [143375.0, 174125.0, 173800.0, 228875.0, 269150.0, -1.0, 167471.25, -1.0] | [143375.0, 83550.0, 430937.5, -1.0, 242000.0] | [] | [269150.0] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-05-03 | “How much hydrogen (H2) is released from the value chain? To answer the question is very challenging since insufficient and, when available, no standardized data can be found in the literature. However, it is essential to cover this knowledge gap to perform any credible and scientifically validated research regarding the H2 value chain impact on the climate change. The literature is full of studies investigating and calculating the risk of H2 leakages in case of failures, accidents, and emergencies. But significant knowledge gaps exist about the amount of anthropogenic H2 (in the atmosphere) from the H2 value chain. The research community needs to address this by improving the capability to quantify small and large releases, delivering validated methodologies and techniques for measuring or calculating them. A universally accepted and open-access inventory is needed as soon as possible. Likewise, an open access and comprehensible tool that is easy to be used is also asked by the stakeholders to better quantify the leaks from the whole in H2 value chain while the momentum is fast gathering to upscale H2 energy applications. The NHyRA project is specifically designed to address these urgent needs. The project will deliver a “”H2 releases”” inventory to serve as a reference for the scientific and industrial community. New or adequately adapted experimental, theoretical, and simulation methodologies will be validated to perform laboratory or in-field measurements to achieve the ambitious goal. Experimental tests will also be performed on the most critical elements of the H2 value chains by the partners of the Consortium. A complete picture of the H2 releases’ scenarios in the middle (2030) and long (2050) term will be developed to enable decision-makers to identify and prioritize effective mitigation actions. And finally, the project will formulate recommendations for Standards and Technical Specifications.” | F2 | ||||
| 2851 | 101137592 | PilgrHYm | PRE-NORMATIVE RESEARCH ON INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS OF GAS PIPES REPURPOSED TO HYDROGEN AND MITIGATION GUIDELINES | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON | GERG LE GROUPE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES GAZIERES, ENAGAS TRANSPORTE SA, FLUXYS BELGIUM SA, SNAM S.P.A. | SINTEF AS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 3999073.75 | 3999073.75 | [165500.0, 433435.0, 432378.75, 467565.0, 404478.75, 521571.25, 252000.0] | [165500.0, 78500.0, 125000.0, 79000.0] | [521571.25] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-02 | Transporting natural gas through pipelines has been shown to be safe and efficient for decades. However, decarbonizing the European industry and reducing carbon emissions will require a significant portion of the existing pipeline infrastructure to be used for transporting gaseous hydrogen under high pressure across the continent, from production sites to end users. The pipelines, originally designed for natural gas, are not considered H2-ready, and Transmission System Operators must demonstrate their compatibility with hydrogen. The existing standards, such as ASME B31.12, are often viewed as overly conservative and not conducive to the development of pure hydrogen networks.PilgrHYm is an ambitious R&D project that seeks to develop a pre-normative framework to support the development of a European standard. The project aims to conduct a comprehensive testing program on small-scale laboratory specimens, focusing on 8 base materials, 2 welds, and 2 heat-affected zones that are representative of the EU gas grids. These specimens will be selected after a thorough review by TSOs to address safety concerns, lack of regulations, codes, and standards, as well as research gaps related to the compatibility of current pipelines with hydrogen. PilgrHYm’s ultimate goal is to provide quantified data on more than 70% of the EU grid and refine existing norms, codes, and standards by reducing over-conservatism and ensuring the safety and reliability of flaw assessment methodologies.The results of PilgrHYm will serve as the baseline for a harmonized European solution. This project represents a significant step forward in the development of a comprehensive European standard for transporting hydrogen through pipelines and will be instrumental in the successful decarbonization of the European industry and reducing carbon emissions. | F1 | ||||
| 2876 | 101101446 | H2Accelerate TRUCKS | Large scale deployment project to accelerate the uptake of Hydrogen Trucks in Europe | WIRTSCHAFTSKAMMER OSTERREICH, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY | SHELL NEDERLAND VERKOOPMAATSCHAPPIJ BV, TOTALENERGIES GAS MOBILITY BV | SINTEF AS | 2023-02-01 | 2029-01-31 | 2023-01-27 | Horizon_newest | 110961308.68 | 29991488.5 | [139500.0, 865450.0, 818251.0] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [818251.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-03-03 | 150 trucks from three European truck OEMs, the Volvo Group, Daimler AG and IVECO will be deployed across eight EU member states. Each company, will develop and deploy 41-44 tonne articulated trucks which are specified for the longest haul operation (ranges over 600km). The trucks will be deployed with over 20 truck operators and operate in a wide range conditions and day-to-day operations across 8 European member states.The trucks will operate on a new network of high throughput hydrogen refuelling stations, designed specifically for trucks (installed by Shell, OMV, TOTAL, Everfuel and Linde). These will be installed to cover the major TEN-T transport corridors from North to South Europe, with an initial focus on the regions where the vehicles are manufactured (to enable the high level of on-road support that the OEMs’ customers rely on). The stations will be supplied using green hydrogen from a network of 8 new large electrolysers producing green hydrogen consistent with RED II requirements, with associated Guarantees of Origin.The project will create an extensive technical, economic and attitudinal dataset which proves the viability of hydrogen as a solution to decarbonising road freight. This will be analysed by research partners, SINTEF, VTT and Element Energy to create easily interpreted public report on the performance of the fleet. The results will be disseminated to an audience of: policy makers (to encourage policy change to favour hydrogen truck deployment), truck operators (to enable future uptake) and the wider hydrogen industry (to underpin supply chain investment).These activities will contribute to accelerating the rate and scale of uptake of hydrogen fuelled vehicles in Europe, preparing the policy, fuelling network and end user acceptance for the first series production of these OEM vehicles (at the scale of 1,000’s per year per OEM) from as early as 2026 and full industrialisation (10,000’s per year per OEM) around 2030. | F1 | ||||
| 2878 | 101111927 | NAHV | NORTH ADRIATIC HYDROGEN VALLEY | SVEUCILISTE U SPLITU, FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE, STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE, GRAD CRES, SVEUCILISTE U RIJECI-TEHNICKI FAKULTET, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, MINISTARSTVO GOSPODARSTVA, REGIONE AUTONOMA FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, MINISTRSTVO ZA OKOLJE,PODNEBJE IN ENERGIJO, MINISTRSTVO ZA INFRASTRUKTURO, AREA DI RICERCA SCIENTIFICA E TECNOLOGICA DI TRIESTE, UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI, SVEUCILISTE U RIJECI, SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU, FAKULTET STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE | SNAM S.P.A. | 2023-09-01 | 2029-08-31 | 2023-07-19 | Horizon_newest | 343783024.33 | 24996826.69 | [0.0, 401750.0, 21772.91, 0.0, 214200.0, 99000.0, 375262.25, 457362.5, 354140.81, 0.0, 461060.0, 297718.75, 268631.26, 0.0] | [952834.51] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-01 | The North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley – NAHV project builds on the LoI signed in March 2022 by representatives of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure, Croatian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) Autonomous Region in Italy, contributing to the European Green Deal and European Hydrogen Strategy goals.The project’s high-level objective is the creation of a hydrogen-based economic, social and industrial ecosystem based on the capacity of the quadruple helix actors. This will drive economic growth, generating new job opportunities in the framework of both the green and digital transitions and, by creating the conditions for wider EU replicability, it will contribute to the creation of a European Hydrogen Economy,To fulfil these objectives the NAHV project involves a well-rooted partnership of 36 organizations (of which 2 in Hydrogen Europe, 3 in Hydrogen Europe Research), covering the transnational Central European area of 3 territories – Slovenia, Croatia and FVG Region, demonstrating cross-border integration of hydrogen production, distribution and consumption, and exchange of over 20% of NAHV annual hydrogen production of over 5000 tons.The project will activate 17 testbed applications in their related ecosystems, clustered in 3 main pillars – hard to abate, energy and transport sectors. These will act as real-life cases for piloting global hydrogen markets, moving from TRL 6 at the beginning to TRL 8 at the end of the project. Four fuel cell applications in the energy and transport sectors will be demonstrated. Testbeds will then be scaled up at industrial level as a replicable model, contributing to the decarbonisation of the 3 territories by harnessing renewables to improve system resilience, security of supply and energy independence. Replicability will also be ensured for the whole NAHV model, with the uptake of at least 5 additional hydrogen valleys in Europe, particularly in Central and South Eastern Europe. | F | |||||
| 2880 | 101112056 | TRIERES | Towards the development of a hydRogen valley demonstratIng applications in an intEgRated EcoSystem in Greece | DIMOS LOUTRAKIOU-PERACHORAS-AGION THEODORON, FEN RESEARCH GMBH, ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS, PERIFEREIA PELOPONNISOU, “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS”””, RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN | STICHTING NEW ENERGY COALITION | 2023-07-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2023-06-29 | Horizon_newest | 10492431.25 | 7995825.63 | [175000.0, 267475.0, 478500.0, 285000.0, 101937.5, 197500.0, 352500.0] | [] | [262500.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-02 | TRIĒRĒS is Greece’s first Hydrogen Valley brings together business, knowledge and regional interests. The TRIĒRĒS Valley starts as a small scale Valley but has a tremendous upward perspective over a large part of the Balkans, South-Eastern Europe and the wider area of Eastern Mediterranean. The Valley will be built around the nucleus of MOH’s Corinth Refinery complex. From a business perspective the project has strong transeuropean interest as 80% of the refinery sales are generated outside of Greece, rendering it internationally oriented by default. Creating and building a Valley using the refinery as Hydrogen generator accelerates the transition, with an annual production of 2,410 tons of Green Hydrogen that will be utilised in the production of low and no Carbon footprint energy and industrial products and will be injected in the natural gas grid creating a Hydrogen Backbone of full EU interest. High visibility actions in mobility will include one (1) short-sea ferry ship, three (3) public transport buses, and at least (two) 2 cars. Knowledge and innovations are spurred through the intensive collaboration with knowledge institutes and SME’s. The participation of the local and regional governments assures the component of public acceptance, understanding and advocacy, generating interest to many parties supporting regional economic growth. The learnings from HEAVENN and WIGA P&G Valleys will be replicated with the specific knowledge of the Greek and broader connected geographies. TRIĒRĒS entails an investment of 115 mil EUR (initially by project partners) up to 408 million EUR (potential direct/indirect leverage of investments). Several thousand people will be employed during the realisation of the valley project, which will promote new skills development. The consortium partners are creating a true new perspective in the region, transitioning from a traditional refinery complex to a state-of-the art future oriented energy and hydrogen ecosystem in the region. | 1 | |||||
| 2894 | 101101504 | PROTOSTACK | Tubular proton conducting ceramic stacks for pressurized hydrogen production | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI PARTHENOPE, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | SINTEF AS | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2022-12-07 | Horizon_newest | 2497013.75 | 2497013.75 | [0.0, 754343.75, 0.0, 404645.0] | [135000.0] | [754343.75] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-02 | PROTOSTACK will create a radically new, compact and modular PCCEL stack design with integrated hot-box for operation and delivery of hydrogen up to 30 bar. The stack will be demonstrated at 5 kW and provide a pathway for further scale-up to systems of hundreds of kW. These achievements will be an important proof of technological feasibility that will attest to the advancement of PCCEL technology from TRL 2 to TRL 4. To achieve its ambitious goals, the project consortium gathers research and industry partners that are world-leading within proton ceramic technologies, with recognized expertise relevant to the research and development of electrolysers, membrane-reactors, materials, electrochemistry, and process engineering. The overall consortium will engage in wide communication and dissemination activities to ensure maximum impact of the project’s outcomes and the industry partners have high ambition for business exploitation and commercialisation of the PROTOSTCK technology. | F1 | ||||
| 2896 | 101091936 | HAlMan | Sustainable Hydrogen and Aluminothermic Reduction Process for Manganese, its alloys and Critical Raw Materials Production | MINTEK, ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FUR NACHHALTIGEMATERIALIEN GMBH, ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | SINTEF AS | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-11-18 | Horizon_newest | 8046086.88 | 7316151.63 | [887936.88, 440312.5, -1.0, 751370.0, 842398.0, 874375.0, 1817841.25] | [] | [874375.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-07 | Decarbonization of processes, scarcity of raw materials and Europe independence on key resources, valorisation of industrial waste are all key and strong challenges the EU metallurgy industry is facing and will have to deal with in the next decades to remain sustainable while keeping its economic competitiveness. This is particularly true for the manganese (Mn) & Mn ferroalloys industries. HAlMan represents a game changer in the metallurgical industry in view of developing sustainable processes with low carbon footprint, low energy consumption, no solid waste generation, valorisation of secondary raw materials from mining and metallurgical industry. HAlMan will demonstrate at TRL 7 an integrated process to produce Mn metal and Mn alloys from Mn ores and Mn-containing waste by using hydrogen and secondary aluminum (Al) sources as reductants. As metallurgical processes have large share in CO2 emission, decarbonization in metallurgical industry is essential to operate metal production in Europe. The benefits of the HAlMan innovative process will go beyond Mn and Mn Ferroalloys industries, and it presents a unique intersectoral approach in circular economy where:•Al-containing dross/scrap, and waste from ferromanganese industry are valorised to produce directly new Al-Mn master alloys for Al and Steel industries• metallurgical grade alumina (the feedstock for Al production, produced almost exclusively from Bauxite which is a CRM for EU) is produced via a zero-carbon footprint process •the extraction of critical raw materials, including REEs, from the alumina production process by-products will be demonstrated•the production of manganese oxide and cell fabrication for lithium-ion battery applications will be demonstrated.Additionally, HAlMan project studies heat and hydrogen recovery from process gas to improve process economy and yield. Significant activities on Life cycle assessment, Business development, dissemination and communication will be carried. | 1 | |||||
| 2897 | 101101318 | ADVANCEPEM | Advanced High Pressure and Cost-Effective PEM Water Electrolysis Technology | CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | RWE GENERATION SE, RWE POWER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 2023-02-01 | 2027-01-31 | 2022-12-06 | Horizon_newest | 1631066.56 | 1607330 | [430875.0] | [0.0, 465984.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-03 | Direct production of highly pressurised hydrogen from electrolytic water splitting can allow saving relevant amounts of energy compared to down-stream gas compression. The aim of this project is to develop a novel polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser able to produce hydrogen at very high pressure (200 bar) thus reducing the post-compression energy consumption. Another goal is to develop a cost-effective technology allowing to achieve large-scale application of PEM electrolysers. A significant reduction of capital costs is achieved by critical raw materials minimisation, developing cheap coated bipolar plates and operating the electrolyser at a high production rate while assuring high efficiency (about 80% vs. HHV) and safe operation. ADVANCEPEM aims at developing a set of breakthrough solutions at materials, stack and system levels to increase hydrogen pressure to 200 bar and current density to 5 A cm-2 for the base load, while keeping the nominal energy consumption <50 kWh/kg H2. Reinforced Aquivion® polymer membranes with enhanced conductivity, high glass transition temperature and increased crystallinity, able to withstand high differential pressures, are developed for this application. The approach is to operate the innovative membrane at high temperature 90-120 °C under high pressure to allow increasing energy efficiency. To mitigate hydrogen permeation to the anode and related safety issues, efficient recombination catalysts are integrated both in the membrane and anode structure. The new technology is validated by demonstrating a high-pressure electrolyser of 50 kW nominal capacity with a production rate of about 24 kg H2/day in an industrial environment. The project will deliver a techno-economic analysis to assess reduction of the electrolyser CAPEX and OPEX. The consortium comprises an electrolyser manufacturer, membrane and catalyst supplier, an MEA developer and an end-user for demonstrating the system. | F | |||||
| 2902 | 101092153 | H2GLASS | advancing Hydrogen (H2) technologies and smart production systems TO decarbonise the GLass and Aluminium SectorS | SINTEF ENERGI AS, STEINBEIS INNOVATION GGMBH, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE DEL VETRO SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI, KEMIJSKI INSTITUT, UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU, ASTON UNIVERSITY | SINTEF MANUFACTURING AS, SINTEF ENERGI AS, SINTEF AS | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 31862996.25 | 23267442 | [993750.0, 3104875.0, 739750.0, 257500.0, 1262375.0, 502573.75, 1841250.0, 290625.0, -1.0, 1058912.5, -1.0] | [] | [993750.0, 3104875.0, 1841250.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17 | The glass industry will have to be completely decarbonized in the next 30 years. The lifetime of a glass furnace is about. 12-15 years. So it is urgent to start innovating because the year 2050 is only 2 furnaces away. H2GLASS aims to create the technology stack that glass manufacturers need to (a) realize 100% H2 combustion in their production facilities, (b) ensure the required product quality, and (c) manage this safely. H2GLASS will address the challenges related to NOx emissions and high flame propagation speed, process efficiency, and supply of H2 for on-site demonstrations. Digital Twin techniques will be critical for risk-based predictive maintenance, optimized production control, and combustion system control. Hydrogen will be supplied by a portable electrolyser co-funded by the industrial demonstrators, and the oxygen produced will be reused in the process. The H2GLASS technologies and design solutions will be validated up to TRL 7 on 5 industrial demonstrators from 3 segments (container glass, flat glass and glass fibre), which together represent 98% of the current glass production in the EU. The expertise of partners such as Steklarna Hrastnik, PTML Pilkington, Owens Corning and Stara Glass representing the State Of The Art (SOTA) in the use of H2 in the glass process will be an asset for the H2GLASS Consortium. A demonstrator for the aluminum industry (HYDRO) will prove the transferability of the basic solutions and underlying models to energy-intensive industries that have similarities with the glass manufacturing process, thus strengthening the impact of the project. In EU the Glass and Aluminium industries employ >400.000 people in Europe, generate > 3.5B€ and emit ca.21.5 Mt CO2e. The innovations generated by H2GLASS will potentially create 10.000 new jobs and unlock 1 – 5B€ revenues for glass technology deployment, >17B investments and 200.000 new jobs for green H2, and cut emissions by ca.80%. | 1 | |||||
| 2904 | 101101422 | ROAD TRHYP | ROAD trailer design – use of Type V theRmoplastic tube with light composite structure for HYdrogen transPort | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE MECANIQUE ET D’AEROTECHNIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2022-12-14 | Horizon_newest | 2642912.59 | 2499999.5 | [0.0, 0.0, 285077.0, 236125.0] | [560451.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-07 | Nowadays, existing trailer transportation solutions use tubes with a working pressure between 200 and 300 bar. This is not efficient in terms of quantities or cost to address large refuelling stations knowing the upcoming ramp-up of fuel cell-based vehicles. The overall objective of the ROAD TRHYP project is to develop and validate a trailer integrating new thermoplastic composite tubes (Type V) to reach Clean Hydrogen Partnership objectives by maximising the quantity of H2 transported while satisfying end-user requirements (safety, ability to be decontaminated) and enforced regulations with a low TCO. By the end of the project, the consortium will design a trailer capable of handling a payload of 1.5 tonne of H2 with 700 bar tubes and a capex lower than 400 €/kg. This enables the decrease of the number of transport rotations between the site of production and the delivery site, consequently the reduction of the environmental footprint of transporting compressed hydrogen, but also a downsizing of the compressor at the HRS. In the meantime, the project will heavily investigate new fire testing methodologies and safety barriers for type V adoption, results which will be disseminated to key policy makers and regulatory committees.ROAD TRHYP’s overall ambition is to develop Europe’s value chain of type V technologies. More specifically, the project intends to address all manufacturers across Europe who could benefit from the project’s innovative process and materials. Beyond the targeted commercial type V trailers applications, the knowledge developed on composite materials could benefit main actors in the mobility sectors or the hydrogen storage for inter-seasonal energy storage. As a consequence, the project would help achieve the European Green Deal making hydrogen a widespread energy carrier, by 2030. | F | |||||
| 2905 | 101096197 | AGISTIN | Advanced Grid Interfaces for innovative STorage INtegration | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, EPRI EUROPE DAC, UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, UNIVERSITAET KASSEL, EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH, FUNDACION CARTIF, INGETEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-13 | Horizon_newest | 8912148.88 | 7930450.25 | [2361476.25, 368075.0, 1046581.36, 623250.0, 803087.5, -1.0, 326000.0, 0.0] | [295245.13] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-11 | AGISTIN will enable industrial grid users to rapidly deploy renewables through advanced integration of innovative energy storage technologies at the interface with the grid. Rapid decarbonisation of industry through electrification, the growth of renewables, and the need for grid stability present a unique opportunity for new forms storage of storage and integration schemes to emerge. The main objectives in the project are to develop new forms of energy storage that meet grid needs for short-duration flexibility and stability, reduce the impact of new, large demand on the grid, and reduce costs for large grid users through innovative storage integration. This project will exceed the state of the art for aqueous batteries, use of irrigation systems as energy storage, grid interface designs and provision of advanced grid services from large load users. Two demonstrations and three test activities centered around renewable hydrogen electrolysis, irrigation pumping, and fast EV charging are used to demonstrate advanced concepts for energy storage, grid integration and grid users. AGISTIN results in reduced grid connection for industrial grid users, reducing H2 production cost by 10% and improved grid stability through advanced grid services, that enable grids to run with 100% renewables. The innovative storage technologies directly addressed in the project include aqueous electrochemical recuperators, with properties between super capacitors and batteries, use of irrigation systems as energy storage and aluminum ion batteries. These technologies will be developed to test and demonstrate in the target use cases, resulting in TRL level increases for each. The consortium consists of members from 9 countries and across the value chain best able to exploit project results, including; storage and power electronics providers, industrial grid users, a grid operator, a engineering consultancy, research institutes, universities and an energy storage association. | F | |||||
| 2912 | 101112144 | SINGLE | Electrified Single Stage Ammonia Cracking to Compressed Hydrogen | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI | SINTEF AS | 2023-05-01 | 2026-04-30 | 2023-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 2989671.25 | 2989671.25 | [316136.25, 869785.0, 196250.0, 198250.0] | [] | [316136.25] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-04 | SINGLE will enable ammonia as an energy carrier in the hydrogen value chain through demonstration of a proton ceramic electrochemical reactor (PCER) that integrates the ammonia dehydrogenation (ADH) reaction, hydrogen separation, heat management and compression in a single stage. The realization of 4 process steps in a single reactor allows the technology to achieve unprecedented energy efficiencies with a project target to demonstrate > 90% (HHV) at system level. The PCER-ADH technology enables to directly deliver purified, pressurized H2 (20 bar). SINGLE will demonstrate the technology at a 10 kg H2 /day scale that will provide a pathway for future scale-up systems ranging from small (fuelling stations) to large centralized (at harbour) deployments. A key technology component is the electrochemical cell, that will be engineered to act as a durable PGM-free ADH catalyst at 500 °C and a voltage-driven membrane separator. The achievements in SINGLE will be an important proof of technological feasibility advancing the technology from TRL3 to TRL5. To strengthen the implementation of NH3 as a H2 carrier, SINGLE will actively disseminate and communicate the results to influence stakeholders in the value chain, including standardization entities within the hydrogen sector. The consortium counts on partners from the industry, institute and academia sector with high world-wide excellence in the respective fields of catalysis, electrochemical membrane reactors, life-cycle assessment, process engineering, control systems and hydrogen fuelling stations. | 1 | |||||
| 2918 | 101101461 | HyLICAL | Development and validation of a new magnetocaloric high-performance hydrogen liquefier prototype | UNIVERSITA DI PISA, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF EV, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA | ENGIE, SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2023-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2022-12-05 | Horizon_newest | 4677848.75 | 4677848.75 | [731250.0, 307866.25, 472125.0, 545406.25, 1104125.0, -1.0, 358835.0] | [259125.0, -1.0] | [731250.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-03 | HyLICAL will contribute to reaching an energy demand of 8 kWh/kg and a liquefaction cost of <1.5 €/kg as targeted in the call by validating an innovative and energy-efficient liquefier prototype for the cryogenic region (< 120 K) based on magnetic refrigeration. The implementation of the magnetocaloric hydrogen liquefaction (MCHL) technology developed in HyLICAL offers the following perspectives: i) Increased energy efficiency of >20% for small liquefaction volumes of <5 tonnes per day (TPD) and up to 50% for >5 TPD; ii) Reduced capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenses (OPEX) by at least 20% in addition to the targeted energy savings; iii) Decentralized (local) production of liquid hydrogen (LH2), thus reducing the need for distribution and transport across long distances; iv) Coupling of the MCHL technology to hydrogen production from renewables (green hydrogen) for off-grid configurations; v) Integration into conventional liquefaction plants to increase their overall energy efficiency; vi) Application of the process for the liquefaction of hydrogen and for boil-off management of LH2 tanks.The MCHL technology will enable the decentralized production of green LH2, in competition with LH2 from fossil sources, and will furthermore reduce the need to transport LH2 over large distances if there is a local green energy source available (e.g., bio-based or electricity from renewables). We will drive the Technology Relevance Level for MCHL technology from initially TRL 3 to TRL 5 at project end. This will be achieved by significantly increasing the liquefaction capacity of the demonstrator from the current SoA (<1 kg/day) to close to 100 kg/day. We will demonstrate that there are no intrinsic limitations that prevent the MCHL technology from being scaled up to suit flowrates above 100 TPD, as highlighted in the call, thus satisfying the need for large-scale production capacities needed in the heavy-duty mobility sector and elsewhere. | F1 | ||||
| 2920 | 101096028 | EMPOWER | Eco-operated, Modular, highly efficient, and flexible multi-POWERtrain for long-haul heavy-duty vehicles | AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, FUNDACION CIDETEC, ISTITUTO PER INNOVAZIONI TECNOLOGICHE BOLZANO SCARL | AIR LIQUIDE FRANCE INDUSTRIE, L AIR LIQUIDE SA | IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-13 | Horizon_newest | 27008688.16 | 18034188 | [2439284.0, 496563.0, 883881.0, 524688.0, 329838.0] | [217273.5, 188476.5] | [883881.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-08 | EMPOWER addresses in full the expected outcome and scope of the HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-08 topic by delivering two flexible, modular, and scalable zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles (ZE HDV) belonging to the VECTO vehicle group 9 (6×2 rigid trucks), with a gross vehicle weight equal or above 40 tons. One vehicle is powered by a Fuel Cell (FC) system and has a driving range of 750 km, while the other is powered by a battery-electric powertrain, and has a driving range of 400 km. Both vehicles will be delivered at TRL 8 by the end of the project (end of 2026) and are expected to approach the market by 2029. Within its technical activities, EMPOWER will:•design, implement and deliver technology bricks: (1) a modular vehicle system architecture, (2) a modular high voltage architecture, (3) a modular low-voltage E/E architecture, (4) a FC system with high reliability and extended operational lifetime with a modular energy storage, (5) a highly efficient e-axle, (6) an optimised thermal- and energy management, (7) an optimised HVAC system featuring CO2 as refrigerant and infrared heating panels, (8) an electrified distributed braking system, (9) digital twin models of the demonstrators, (10) an innovative Human Vehicle Interface for optimised control of the vehicle systems, featuring Vehicle-to-Grid communication and eco-routing, (11) a fleet management system for the integration of ZE HDV into the fleet, (12) an overall LCA and TCO assessment, and (13) the operation of a green hydrogen infrastructure for ZE HDV.•demonstrate the driving range and real-world operation performance of the two ZE HDV in five different long-haul and regional distribution use-cases, including cross-border corridors between different European member states.The modular and scalable EMPOWER technology is transferable to VECTO vehicle groups 4, 5, and 10, and it is designed to achieve the total cost of operation parity against the conventional 2020 baseline diesel truck by 2030, targeting a production volume above 10,000 vehicles/year. | F1 | ||||
| 2921 | 101101439 | OUTFOX | Optimized Up-scaled Technology for next-generation solid OXide electrolysis | NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, FONDAZIONE POLITECNICO DI MILANO | SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2023-02-01 | 2027-01-31 | 2023-01-16 | Horizon_newest | 2925824.5 | 2925824 | [507120.0, 426993.0, 331850.0, 0.0] | [360625.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-09 | The main aim of OUTFOX is to remove scale as limiting factor in the deployment of SOEL technologies, while proving their potential to become the preferred option for green hydrogen production. By combining experimental results up to 80 kW scales with identification of optimal cell and system designs, OUTFOX will prepare SOEL for industrial scale systems of 100+ MW with an LCOH as low as €2.7/kg hydrogen and applicability to mass manufacturing lines.The industrially-driven OUTFOX consortium will combine expertise on cell, stack and module development, manufacturing, and full system evaluation to advance the maturity of SOEL and contribute to the targets of the Clean Hydrogen JU SRIA. OUTFOX will achieve current densities of at least 0.85 A/cm2 through the use of cells with 25% less thickness than current high volume state-of-the-art, improving sustainability through reducing total materials requirements. Scale-up will be approached from two sides: (1) development and validation of cells with geometric areas up to 800 cm2 that are compatible with at-scale manufacturing techniques, and (2) validation of optimized design concepts with increased numbers of stacks per module. The partners will validate high current density operation with reference scale (144 cm2), industrial scale (>300 cm2) and next-generation cells (900 cm2) in single repeating units, short stacks of 15 cells, and 80 kW prototype systems, leading to more than 10,000 hours of SOEL operation. Two separate 80 kW testing campaigns with two different stack configurations and a total of more than 4000 operating hours, to be tested onsite at the Shell facilities in Amsterdam, will go beyond the scope of the call text to provide a comprehensive validation of the OUTFOX technology, thus providing key data for design of a full scale 100+ MW SOEL system, including the module configuration and all balance of plant requirements, and preparing the technology for a multi-MW demonstration following the project end | F | |||||
| 2925 | 101115535 | ReZilient | Redox-mediated hybrid zinc-air flow batteries for more resilient integrated power systems | AARHUS UNIVERSITET, AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR, TURUN YLIOPISTO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | SINTEF ENERGI AS, SINTEF AS | 2023-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2023-06-16 | Horizon_newest | 3998856.25 | 3998856.25 | [1278750.0, 864385.0, 61375.0, 355875.0, 104240.0, 719570.0] | [] | [1278750.0, 355875.0] | [] | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02 | The penetration of renewable energies into the electric grid increases the demand for energy storage to ensure reliable power supply, grid resiliency, and cost reductions. Long-duration and long-term energy storage (LDES and LTES) can bridge the intermittency of renewable sources and reduce the risks incurred by diminished fossil-fuel baseload generation. Electrochemical energy storage (EES), or Li-ion batteries (LIBs), are considered for short-duration energy storage (4-6 hours). When talking about seasonal storage, hydrogen storage is usually the preferable option. The goal of ReZilient is to fill the gap between short-term EES and long-term hydrogen storage by developing and demonstrating at lab-scale (0.5-1.5kW/6kWh) a completely new Zn-air flow battery technology. The estimated capital cost for large-scale deployment is approximately 80 €/kWh, with a levelized-cost-of-storage <0.5 €/kWh/cycle (based on 100 kW/1000 kWh system, 1 week discharge duration). A disruptive redox-mediated strategy for enhanced charge transfer processes is employed with the goal of confining the Zn/Zn2+ redox reaction in the negative reservoir (filled with a semi-solid zinc solution) and eliminating the electroplating process inside the cell (no dendrites) to improve battery lifetime. This will allow discharge times beyond days, contrary to conventional zinc-based batteries where long discharge is hampered by the formation of a cm-thick zinc anode. If successful, the technology has disruptive potential in terms of both extremely low levelized-cost-of-storage, extended storage time, recyclability, and use of non-critical-raw-materials. A pilot concept design of the cell will be conceived after demonstration of the technology. The output of this design will lead to an update of the business case of the distribution network operators and potential customers | 1 | |||||
| 2929 | 101101274 | HyP3D | Hydrogen Production in Pressurized 3D-Printed Solid Oxide Electrolysis Stacks | FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION | SNAM S.P.A. | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2022-12-05 | Horizon_newest | 2543398.75 | 2543398.75 | [643750.0, 445000.0, 391250.0, 300000.0] | [98750.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-01 | Reliable and stable operation under pressure is one of the major challenges of currently existing Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOEL) technologies for its ultimate application in relevant sectors such as energy storage and transport. The main goal of HyP3D is to overcome this barrier by delivering disruptive ultra-compact and lightweight high-pressure SOEL stacks, able to convert electricity into compressed hydrogen, for gas grid injection (P2G) and on-site generation in Hydrogen Refueling Stations (HRS). HyP3D stacks are based on innovative 3D-printed SOEL cells with unprecedented mechanical properties, embedded functionality and self-tightening capabilities implemented by design. These unique advantages will allow operation at pressures above five bars without the need of unpractical, energy inefficient and costly pressure vessels, which is the only actual solution for pressurization despite their low reliability. Breakthrough HyP3D geometries will multiply by more than three times the volume and mass specific power density of conventional technologies (reaching 3.40kW/L and 1.10 kW/kg, respectively), resulting in pressurized SOEC stacks with a remarkably reduced footprint (one third of state-of-the-art stacks) and ultra-low use of raw materials (76% reduction). Moreover, the elimination of any vessel will increase the system efficiency, reduce the final cost and substantially simplify the scaling-up towards required MW-size systems. The project is product-driven and involves industrial partners with proved experience in mass manufacturing of ceramics by 3D printing, glass-to-metal sealing and assembly of electrolysers, which will ensure, together with the presence of P2G and HRS stakeholders, competently covering the entire value-chain. HyP3D technology will be fabricated in a pilot line, which will ensure reaching stack level and validation at laboratory scale by 2025 (TRL=4). | F | |||||
| 2932 | 101112220 | EPHYRA | Establishing European Production of Hydrogen from RenewAble energy and integration into an industrial environment | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON | STICHTING NEW ENERGY COALITION | 2023-06-01 | 2028-05-31 | 2023-05-25 | Horizon_newest | 24705752.39 | 17757002.5 | [600000.0, 539465.0, 350000.0] | [] | [53787.75] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-08 | EPHYRA will demonstrate the integration of a first-of-its-kind renewable hydrogen production facility at industrial scale in South-eastern Europe by employing an improved electrolysis technology, at a scale of 30 MW. The large-scale electrolysis will be integrated with industrial operations within MOH’s Corinth Refinery, one of the top refineries in Europe and the largest privately-owned industrial complex in Greece. It will be operated for at least 2 years under commercial conditions and will supply renewable hydrogen to the refinery’s processes and external end-users.The industrially integrated renewable hydrogen production will be developed around a circular economy, industrial symbiotic approach, as the electrolyser will be coupled with (i) renewable electricity production, (ii) renewable electricity storage, (iii) an innovative waste heat harvesting technology, (iv) water use environmental optimisation, (v) valorisation of produced oxygen in current MOH Refinery operations, (vi) a digital twin and (vii) a dedicated energy management system. EPHYRA will contribute to all electrolysis technology KPIs as detailed in Clean Hydrogen Partnership SRIA objectives. Therefore, the project will demonstrate its reliability for green hydrogen production at the lowest possible cost thus enabling the EU renewable hydrogen economy, industry decarbonisation and zero-emission fuels uptake.EPHYRA will be implemented by a strong consortium with robust research, innovation and industrial capabilities, able to successfully deliver the project within time, budget and detail objectives. The aim of EPHYRA is to enhance European synergies on the globally expanding hydrogen market and build a unique value proposition on industrial symbiotic renewable hydrogen production. | 1 | |||||
| 2935 | 101101358 | RH2IWER | Renewable Hydrogen for Inland Waterway Emission Reduction | TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA | AIR LIQUIDE BV, L’AIR LIQUIDE BELGE, L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2023-03-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2023-02-17 | Horizon_newest | 20531971.5 | 14998541.38 | [1165725.0, 280375.0] | [499362.5, 0.0, 0.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-03-05 | The main aim of RH2IWER is to create a solid basis for the acceleration of hydrogen fuel cell powered vessels in inland waterway shipping by demonstrating six commercially operated vessels. These vessels are of varying lengths and types – 86m, 110m and 135m; container, bulk and tanker vessels with installed power ranging from 0.6 to ~2 MW. The project will also work with standardization of containerized fuel cell and hydrogen solutions. With the demonstration, standardization work and multi-level analysis, combined with vigorous dissemination and communication measures, RH2IWER project will create a basis on which the shipping industry can significantly reduce their environmental footprint and remove emissions from their entire fleet in the future. The inland waterway fleet comprises a total of more than 15,000 vessels and the vessels within RH2IWER are representative of the typical dry and liquid cargo vessels in the Rhine and Danube fleets, amounting to 12,800 vessels or roughly 80% of the inland waterway fleet. The lessons learned from developing fuel cell and hydrogen solutions for the vessels in this project could be applied more or less directly to these vessels, which would then immediately reduce the GHG emissions from these ships to zero.The consortium includes 14 European partners, with five shipowners Future Proof Shipping, Theo Pouw, VT Shipping, DFDS and Compagnie Fluviale de Transport with its affiliated entity Sogestion. The shipowners are supported by two of the main maritime fuel cell manufacturers Ballard Europe and Nedstackl, as well as world leading gas company Air Liquide and its affiliated entities Air Liquide Belge and L’Air Liquide SA. Lastly, highly respected knowledge institutions VTT, Stichting Projecten Binnenvaart and University of Genova with their affiliated entity H2Boat, will assist the companies in successful deployment as well as the dissemination, replication and exploitation of these demonstrations and technologies. | F | |||||
| 2937 | 101101447 | HQE | HyQuality Europe | EIFER EUROPAISCHES INSTITUT FUR ENERGIEFORSCHUNG EDF KIT EWIV, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, ZENTRUM FUR SONNENENERGIE- UND WASSERSTOFF-FORSCHUNG BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, ZENTRUM FUR BRENNSTOFFZELLEN-TECHNIK GMBH | ORLEN LABORATORIUM SPOLKA AKCYJNA, ENGIE, AIR LIQUIDE FRANCE INDUSTRIE, ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES, L AIR LIQUIDE SA | SINTEF AS | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 3453685 | 3453685 | [325971.25, 440218.75, 219323.75, 498811.25, 522100.0] | [12957.5, 558592.5, 378393.75, 0.0, 0.0] | [440218.75] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-09 | HyQuality Europe aims to understand hydrogen fuel quality across Europe and enable HRS operators to provide assurance that their fuel is fulfilling the required quality standards. The project is designed to understand hydrogen fuel quality in Europe by carrying out a representative mass market investigation of European HRS hydrogen quality, collecting 300 spot samples of both light-duty (700 bar, <60 g/s flow rate) and heavy-duty samples (350 bar, >60 g/s flow rate) from at least 100 HRS in at least 13 European countries. These samples will be analysed by the leading hydrogen analysis laboratories in Europe, and the results will be published in an open-source database. The results will provide the data to clarify the Occurrence Class of different European HRS impurities, from which HRS operators will be able to form a cost-effective risk assessment quality assurance plan instead of taking an expensive prescriptive approach. By facilitating HRS operators to provide low cost quality assurance the project will lower the price of hydrogen at the nozzle and subsequently increase consumer confidence, increase the incentive for fleet operators to switch to hydrogen vehicles, and enable the widespread deployment of hydrogen vehicles and refuelling infrastructure. The project will also advance upon state-of-the-art hydrogen quality assurance by instrumenting 3 HRS with online analysers, and develop testing capacity by laboratory proficiency testing 10 European hydrogen analysis laboratories in line with ISO standards. Finally, the occurrence of a minimum of 4 new impurities will be investigated using wide scope analytical techniques. The project will proactively seek to influence the development of ISO standards and future research on this crucial topic through the involvement of leading researchers in the field. | F1 | ||||
| 2941 | 101101443 | RHeaDHy | Refuelling Heavy Duty with very high flow Hydrogen | ZENTRUM FUR BRENNSTOFFZELLEN-TECHNIK GMBH | ENGIE, ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES | 2023-02-01 | 2027-01-31 | 2022-12-07 | Horizon_newest | 4734730 | 3999381.5 | [749675.0] | [491873.75, 0.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-10 | There is a strong demand from EU to decarbonise freight transport. RHeaDHy will contribute to this by developing high-performance hydrogen (H2) refuelling stations. RHeaDHy aims at fully implement and validate new refuelling protocols that will allow to refuel 100kg H2 trucks in 1Omin. Partners will design and assembly a new very high flow refuelling line for 700bar H2 truck. To do so, they will develop missing key components needed to reach the mean flow target of 170g/s (300g/s at peak). The unique RHeaDHy comprehensive approach will guaranty an optimal design of components and refuelling line by gathering in the consortium best-in-class partners manufacturing all the components downstream high-pressure refuelling station storage to vehicle storage. This approach will allow to choose the optimal trade-off on constrains repartition among components and to fully consider vision of real vehicle constrains. New implemented refuelling protocols are based on previous work (PRHYDE) and standardization committee work, and involve calculation of refuelling coefficients specific to vehicle storage that need to be derived from hundreds of simulations. This extensive simulation work will be performed on refuelling model validated in previous European projects. To dedicate at least 1.5 years to an extensive test campaign, components and refuelling line design, manufacturing and assembly will be achieved within 2 years. 2 refuelling stations will be installed in France and Germany within the first 2.5 years. 2 truck storage test systems will be used to test and validate refuelling protocols on full scale storage. This work will allow to provide feedback from the field to significantly contribute to the establishment of standards on refuelling interface components and protocols. RHeaDHy will then represent a significant step forward to unlock H2 truck market by allowing wide and performant refuelling station network based on European alternative fuel infrastructures ambition. | F | |||||
| 2942 | 101112047 | BalticSeaH2 | Cross-border Hydrogen Valley around the Baltic Sea | TALLINNA LINN, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, RIGAS BRIVOSTAS PARVALDE, RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB, UPPSALA UNIVERSITET, AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR, IWEN ENERGY INSTITUTE GGMBH, ENERGIFORSK AB | NESTE OYJ | 2023-06-01 | 2028-05-31 | 2023-06-07 | Horizon_newest | 33235406.25 | 24998830 | [208750.0, 2533125.0, 138750.0, 536718.0, 93750.0, 446250.0, 305625.0, 166250.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-01 | BalticSeaH2 will establish the first, largescale interregional hydrogen valley in Europe. BalticSeaH2 will build a main cross-border Hydrogen Valley between Finland and Estonia and connects it with local valleys in different countries surrounding the Baltic Sea. The ultimate goal is to develop an international hydrogen economy and markets that work optimally both from the technical, economic and environmental perspectives across country borders in the Northern Europe, more specifically around the Baltic Sea.The project will develop, scale and demonstrate hydrogen use in production, storage and distribution, and in Use Cases in different sectors from industry, mobility and energy. The learnings from the cross-border build-up of a hydrogen economy will be shared with specifically identified Connected Valleys and replicated across borders between them, but furthermore, shared to boost replication and initiate new hydrogen valleys across Europe.The cross border Main Valley is to be located in the region of Southern Finland – Estonia. These regions are already connected with a natural gas pipeline, transmission cable and maritime operations and the Transmission System Operators (TSO) in both countries collaborate actively in the further development of the cross border infrastructures. The cross border nature of the Main Valley makes is possible to develop cross border markets and businesses for green hydrogen production, transport and use from the start, including also development of cross border neighbouring pricing zones for renewable electricity to reach optimized system, market and business designs for an efficient hydrogen economy. | F | |||||
| 2943 | 101101418 | 24_7 ZEN | REVERSIBLE SOEC/SOEFC SYSTEM FOR A ZERO EMISSIONS NETWORK ENERGY SYSTEM | ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS, FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, OST – OSTSCHWEIZER FACHHOCHSCHULE, FACHHOCHSCHULE ZENTRALSCHWEIZ – HOCHSCHULE LUZERN | DIAXIRISTIS ETHNIKOU SISTIMATOS FISIKOU AERIOU ANONIMI ETERIA. HELLENIC GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR | 2023-02-01 | 2026-01-31 | 2023-01-16 | Horizon_newest | 5499822.5 | 5499822.5 | [535937.5, 328026.25, 539375.0, 303375.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [90000.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-04-03 | The goal of 24_7 ZEN is to design and build a high performing 33/100kW scale rSOC power balancing plant and demonstrate its compatibility with the electricity and gas grids. The multidisciplinary consortium behind this project has been spearheading innovations in the energy management and are pioneers on the rSOC systems development. Together, they cover every step of the value chain from enhanced materials on the cell level (POLITO, FORTH, IREC), fully operational rSOC system (SP_CH, SP_IT, OST) fully integrated, plug and play ecosystem for grid interconnection (INER, BOS, CERTH), renewable energy generation (EUNICE), transmission system operator (DESFA) and international quality assurance (KIWA). The ecosystems’ ability to optimize efficient routes of Power to Gas to Power, using H2 or NG as fuel and inject H2 into the grid, transition in <30 minutes and round trip efficiency of 45% will be demonstrated while ensuring compliance with standards and safety regulations. Finally, the consortium count on well-connected organizations in the European hydrogen, electricity and grid services sector (HSLU, CLUBE) that ensures the dissemination of the developed new business models and practices for renewable energy storage, including new concepts for the delivery of green hydrogen. This consortium will develop and validate an ecosystem that can be efficiently scaled and replicated to multi-MW scale installations. Further knowledge on how to improve the performance of rSOC (degradation rates of 0.4%/kh for 1000h, current densities of 1.5A/cm2 in both modes) and make them more cost competitive (by reducing CAPEX from 6000€/kW to 3500€/kW) will be generated. At the end of the project, new and viable scenarios to provide grid balancing and supply green hydrogen will be presented by means of a deep techno-economic analysis. By advancing rSOC towards commercial exploitation, the renewable hydrogen deployment required for a climate neutral Europe will be one step closer. | F | |||||
| 2944 | 101101415 | OPTHYCS | OPTIC FIBRE-BASED HYDROGEN LEAK CONTROL SYSTEMS | FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON | GERG LE GROUPE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES GAZIERES, ENAGAS TRANSPORTE SA | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2022-11-28 | Horizon_newest | 2499428.75 | 2499428.75 | [150312.5, 357812.5, 143125.0] | [150312.5, 311875.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-02 | Hydrogen has emerged as a required fuel and commodity needed for the decarbonization of the generation, distribution, storage, and energy consumption. Through the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the EC recognised the important role of hydrogen, and the need for the hydrogen market to be significantly scaled up. The boost in hydrogen production and its introduction in the energy market has arised one important issue: leakage of hydrogen during its storage, transportation and distribution. This leakage produces two negative side effects: there is a safety issue derived from the hydrogens broad flammability range (4 to 74% concentration in air) and it contributes to a net emmission of greenhouse gases (GHG) by depleting hydroxyl radicals (OH), thus increasing the atmosperic lifetime of methane and influencing tropospheric ozone formation, with an estimate accumulation effect of 5.8% increase over 100 years.The Green2TSO-OPTHYCS project will aim to develop new sensor technologies for continuous leak detectors based on optical fibre sensors technologies which will lead to an increase in the safety level of hydrogen applications, from production to storage and distribution, both in new infrastructure, working with pure H2, and in natural gas repurposed installations and pipelines, contributing to a safe and economically viable implementation of H2 production, transport, and storage processes. OPHTYCS project is built upon 3 conceptual areas: A) Technology pillars analysis and definition of new sensor technology , B) Validation of key use cases (pipelines, HRS and midstream sites (compression , metering stations, etc.) of the new technologies in 3 different controlled validation sites, and C) Aspects of the technologies derived from the use cases, including the assessment of the security and environmental risks evaluations and regulatory framework, and a scalability and cost efficiency study. | F | |||||
| 2948 | 101091456 | HyInHeat | Hydrogen technologies for decarbonization of industrial heating processes | OULUN YLIOPISTO, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, SWERIM AB, ESTEP PLATEFORME TECHNOLOGIQUE EUROPEENNE DE L’ACIER, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU, ASOCIACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO CEIT, BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION | ARCELORMITTAL OLABERRIA-BERGARA SL, ARCELORMITTAL INNOVACION INVESTIGACION E INVERSION SL, ARCELORMITTAL SESTAO SL | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-11-29 | Horizon_newest | 24007413.75 | 17707718.25 | [504952.5, 2416052.5, 925712.5, 1905873.75, 125375.0, 323125.0, 824071.25, 600512.5, 406875.0] | [0.0, 0.0, 1651856.25] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17 | The main objective of HyInHeat is the integration of hydrogen as fuel for high temperature heating processes in the energy intensive industries. While some of the equipment is already presented as hydrogen-ready, the integration of hydrogen combustion in heating processes still needs adoption and redesign of infrastructure, equipment and the process itself. HyInHeat realizes the implementation of efficient hydrogen combustion systems to decarbonize heating and melting processes of the aluminium and steel sectors, covering almost their complete process chains. To reach this overarching objective within the project, furnace and equipment like burners or measurement and control technology but also infrastructure is redesigned, modified and implemented in eight demonstrators at technical centres and industrial plants. Besides hydrogen-air heating, oxygen-enriched combustion and hydrogen-oxyfuel heating is implemented to boost energy efficiency and to decrease the future hydrogen fuel demand of the processes. This might result in a total redesign of the heating process itself which will be supported by simulation methods enhancing digitalisation along the value chain. Since critical production processes are converted, it is a fundamental requirement to maintain product quality and yield. Priority is also given to the refractory lining to prove sustainability. From an environmental perspective, new concepts for NOx emission measurement in hydrogen combustion off-gas are developed. Material flow analysis and life cycle analysis methods will support the comprehensive cross-sectorial evaluation, which allows the determination of the potential for the implementation of hydrogen heating processes in energy intensive industry. With these activities, HyInHeat contributes to the objectives of decreasing CO2 emission of the processes while increasing energy efficiency in a cost competitive way keeping NOx emission levels and resource efficiency at least at the same level. | F | |||||
| 2965 | 101101381 | ELVHYS | Enhancing safety of liquid and vaporised hydrogen transfer technologies in public areas for mobile applications | DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, “NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “”DEMOKRITOS”””, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER | L AIR LIQUIDE SA | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 1433960 | 1433960 | [388690.0, 305018.75, 227863.75, 130665.0, -1.0, 220413.75, -1.0] | [161308.75] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-05-02 | International standards related to cryogenic hydrogen transferring technologies for mobile applications (filling of truck, ship, stationary tanks) are missing, and the experience is limited or non-existent. ELVHYS aims to provide indications on inherently safer and efficient cryogenic hydrogen technologies and protocols in mobile applications by proposing innovative safety strategies including selection of effective safety barriers and hazard zoning strategies, which are the results of a detailed risk analysis. This is carried out by applying an inter-disciplinary approach and conducting experimental, theoretical, and numerical studies both on the cryogenic hydrogen transferring procedures and on the phenomena that may arise from the loss of containment of a piece of equipment containing hydrogen. Unique investigations on (i) cryogenic hydrogen transferring operations for selected mobile applications, (ii) equipment and materials response to liquid hydrogen (LH2) transfer and incident roots, as well as (iii) releases, combustion and explosion phenomena will be pursued. For the first time, a study on the frequency of failure of LH2 transferring equipment will be carried out by exploiting the internal databases of some of the consortium partners which contain valuable information collected in the last decades. In addition, critical and exclusive data on innovative safety barriers (e.g. emergency release device) under development will be shared by Air Liquide partner, beyond knowledge on cryogenic hydrogen transfer gained in several years. In this fashion, critical inputs can be provided for the development of international standards by creating safe and optimised procedures and guidelines for cryogenic hydrogen transferring technologies. The results of ELVHYS will contribute to many objectives of the Clean Hydrogen JU SRIA such as increase the level of safety and support the development of regulations codes and standards for hydrogen technologies and applications. | F | |||||
| 2971 | 101072625 | CESAREF | Concerted European action on Sustainable Applications of REFractories | UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D’ARTS ET METIERS, MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN, UNIVERSITE DE LIMOGES, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, FEDERATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REFRACTORY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, HOCHSCHULE KOBLENZ, UNIVERSITAET POTSDAM, BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH | 2022-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2022-07-13 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 4103866.8 | [393930.0, 270331.2, -1.0, 270331.2, -1.0, 260539.2, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, 130269.6, 706734.0] | [141346.8] | [] | [] | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01 | Refractory materials are key enablers for high temperature industries such as Iron & Steelmaking (I&S). Refractories are sophisticated materials designed and optimized to sustain severe operation conditions inducing complex combinations of thermo-mechano-chemical damage mechanisms. Nevertheless, refractory material consumption has been reduced over the last 50 years from more than 35 kg of refractories per ton of steel to about 10 kg/t in the European steel industry, while keeping safety of the utmost importance.The movement of the I&S industry towards Net-Zero emissions and digitalized processes through disruptive, breakthrough technologies will be achieved through the use of Hydrogen. The biggest challenge for the refractory industry is to continue to meet the performance expectations while, at the same time, moving to a more sustainable production direction.The complexity and urgency of these technology changes, highlighted by the European Green Deal, requires a Concerted European Action on Sustainable Applications of REFractories (CESAREF). A consorted and coordinated European network with steel, refractory, raw material producers and key academic poles will tackle the following key topics: •Efficient use of raw materials and recycling, •Microstructure design for increased sustainability,•Anticipation of hydrogen steelmaking,•Energy efficiency and durability.While creating new developments in the I&S and refractory industries, the network will train highly skilled doctoral candidates capable of communicating and disseminating their acquired knowledge. CESAREF will create a core team across the European refractory value chain, accelerating the drive towards the European refractory industries push towards sustainable materials and processes, as well as Net-Zero emission Steel production. This will help to create and secure sustainable employment in the European refractory and I&S industries. | F | |||||
| 2988 | 101072599 | USES2 | USES of novel Ultrasonic and Seismic Embedded Sensors for the non-destructive evaluation and structural health monitoring of critical infrastructure and human-built objects | ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D’ARTS ET METIERS, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA, UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET ILMENAU, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, UNIVERSITE GUSTAVE EIFFEL, IMMS INSTITUT FUER MIKROELEKTRONIK- UND MECHATRONIK-SYSTEME GMBH, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID | ENI SPA | 2023-03-01 | 2027-02-28 | 2022-07-06 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2657779.2 | [-1.0, -1.0, 260539.2, 282693.6, -1.0, -1.0, 262620.0, 260539.2, -1.0, -1.0, 565387.2, -1.0, 251971.2] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01 | Detecting degradation that endangers the safety and impairs availability of infrastructure and components is currently the task of schedule-driven Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), this process is however costly and disruptive. The attractive alternative is to use condition based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).Current, SHM typically uses sensors that provide local information only, which may be insufficient for detecting interior degradation or require very dense networks. Furthermore, the performance of both in-situ sensing systems and algorithms to process and interpret the sensor data is reduced when subject to Environmental and Operational Conditions (EOC). This limits their large-scale deployment.USES2 will develop and combine novel emerging sensing technologies (optical fibre and wireless pieozoelectric sensors), advanced processing (compressed sensing, artificial intelligence) and full-mechanical-waveform-based imaging to tackle these issues.Key to this cross-disciplinary work is a new generation of researchers with skills across sensing and signal processing. They will be trained with a unique combination of “hands-on” multidisciplinary research demonstrators, industrial placements, and courses /workshops on scientific and transferable skills. All of which is facilitated by the broad intersectoral composition of the consortium.USES2 will produce world class researchers expert in innovative sensing solutions, advanced mechanical wave processing and robust EOC compensation methods. Their skills will be embodied in a series of laboratory demonstrators and in situ industrially relevant experiments spanning three key sectors of European industry: energy [power plants (nuclear, wind), hydrogen storage, pipeline networks for fuel exploration and transport], mobility for citizens (aircraft, automotive industry) and construction (urban subsurface soil, infrastructures). | F | |||||
| 3004 | 101069665 | TRANSITION | fuTure hydRogen Assisted gas turbiNeS for effective carbon capTure IntegratiON | SINTEF OCEAN AS, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY | TOTALENERGIES ONETECH | SINTEF ENERGI AS, SINTEF OCEAN AS | 2022-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2022-05-18 | Horizon_newest | 2922218.5 | 2922217 | [455632.0, 0.0, 461800.0, 581652.0, 386250.0] | [199187.0] | [455632.0, 0.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-08 | The achievement of the EU targets established for 2030 for a more sustainable, cost-effective and environmentally-neutral energy production will not only require increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) into the actual mix, but necessarily point to reduce the carbon footprint of the conventional technologies based on the use of natural gas which is required to complement and compensate intermittent availability of RES. TRANSITION objective is to pave the way for carbon-neutral energy generation from natural gas-fired power plants using gas turbines (GT), by enabling a highly efficient Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) process in the post-combustion phase. This will be achieved by the development of advanced hydrogen assisted combustion technologies capable to permit stable engine operations with high Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) rates leading to high CO2 content in the exhaust gas sent to the CCS unit. Two distinct scenarios will be considered, by i) validating up to TRL4 retrofit hydrogen-based burners targeting 50% EGR rate and ii) proving up to TRL 3 more aggressive technologies adopting hydrogen/oxygen flame piloting to reach 60% EGR. Experimental tests (from atmospheric up to full-engine pressure) will support the technology assessment and the validation of high-fidelity numerical CFD models. Overall CCS-GT system integration will be also carried out with technical and economic analysis. The global sustainability of the proposed technologies will also be investigated to assess environmental/social/economic impacts.TRANSITION outcomes will enable the decarbonisation of GT-based power plants, which are among the most efficient energy thermal generators adopted in several energy-intensive applications. The multi-fuel capabilities and the retrofit opportunity of the developed systems will allow targeting hard-to-decarbonize sectors enabling an efficient transition to a net greenhouse gas neutral EU economy. | F1 | ||||
| 3005 | 101072779 | ENCODING | ENabling sustainable COmbustion technologies using hybrid physics-based Data-driven modelING | RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II, UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, COMMUNAUTE UNIVERSITES ET ETABLISSEMENTS NORMANDIE UNIVERSITE, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID | ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SA | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-07-06 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2645172 | [521078.4, -1.0, 787860.0, -1.0, 518875.2, 565387.2, 251971.2] | [-1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01 | At the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), the reached consensus points for the need of an energy revolution, in which hydrogen will play a key role, especially in Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) for which electrification is more challenging. Still, current infrastructures are not ready to adopt hydrogen and other Renewable Synthetic Fuels (RSFs) in an efficient, safe, and sustainable way. ENCODING holds the promise to smooth the transition towards RSFs use, thereby helping decarbonise EIIs. To do so, ENCODING main objective is to train the next generation of digital combustion experts, by offering them an innovative training programme. The 10 doctoral candidates will gain multidisciplinary know-how in sustainable fuels, experimental techniques and numerical simulations of turbulent reacting flows, big data analytics and machine learning, and intersectoral experience (academic and industrial relevant training). Together, they will be able to create knowledge to develop a generalised hybrid ML-based digital infrastructure, with the capability to solve current and future outstanding questions to decarbonise EIIs.The unique training is only possible thanks to the participation of renowned academic institutions with partners specialized in combustion experiments and simulation (ULB, RWTH, CNRS, CNR), data analysis and dimensionality reduction (UPM, ULB), data-driven and ML-based modelling (ULB, RWTH, CNRS) and different companies in the whole chain of knowledge: sustainable fuels (Air Liquid), combustion systems (MITIS, NPT), fuel flexible burners (WS, TENOVA), pollutant remediation strategies (AGC, AMMR) and CFD software (CONVERGE, CFD Direct). | F | |||||
| 3006 | 101058293 | eQATOR | Electrically heated catalytic reforming reactors | STEINBEIS INNOVATION GGMBH, MCI MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK INTERNATIONALE HOCHSCHULE GMBH, IFEU – INSTITUT FUR ENERGIE- UND UMWELTFORSCHUNG HEIDELBERG GGMBH, UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | EQUINOR ENERGY AS | SINTEF AS | 2022-06-01 | 2025-11-30 | 2022-05-25 | Horizon_newest | 8544467.5 | 7535960.38 | [314687.0, 1754390.0, 422943.0, 479375.0, 456183.0, 786593.0] | [50750.0] | [1754390.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-14 | Process electrification and use of renewable resources for the production of chemicals can have a huge impact on climate change. Biogas is a particularly attractive renewable carbon source for decentralized production of chemicals due to its huge current production capacity and opportunities for growth. In parallel, methanol is an important base chemical with a huge and growing market size, produced mainly from fossil resources today.In this context, eQATOR aims to demonstrate in an industrially relevant environment (TRL6) scalable, electrically-heated catalytic reactor technologies that will allow conversion of biogas into syngas with improved efficiency compared to the state-of-art, bridging biogas production with downstream conversion technology into higher-added value products such as methanol, fuels and hydrogen. The central innovation in eQATOR is the integrated development of catalysts and reactors, and two different, yet complementary, electric heating technologies, resistive and microwave heating, leading to disruptive electrically-heated reactor technologies for syngas production. eQATOR will help transform syngas production from large-volume reactors with fired burners to renewable heated and compact reactors (up to 90% size reduction of total reactor unit and 50-75% reduction in catalyst volume), providing significant benefits from process intensification. Implementation of eQATOR technology will decrease life-cycle CO2 emissions for syngas production by 60-80% and save from 7 Mt CO2/year in 2030, up to around 45 Mt CO2/year in 2045.The experimental development is supported by a broad integrated sustainability assessment including techno-economic feasibility, environmental footprint and impact on society and rural development.The eQATOR consortium provides complementary world class expertise along the entire value chain and strong industrial commitment to maximise wide exploitation of the results through industrial implementation. | F1 | ||||
| 3007 | 101073195 | THERESA | Training for a Hydrogen Economy based Renewable Energy Society in the Anthropocene | UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI, INSTITUT CATALA D’ENERGIA, ENERGY AUTHORITY, FINLAND, RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN, ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO | STICHTING NEW ENERGY COALITION | 2022-12-01 | 2026-11-30 | 2022-06-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 1625659.2 | [503942.4, -1.0, -1.0, 548740.8, 572976.0] | [] | [-1.0] | [] | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01 | Thanks to the long standing collaborations among the Universities of Rovira i Virgili (Spain), Groningen (the Netherlands) and Eastern Finland (Finland), THERESA proposes the first European doctoral programme for legal specialists in the field of the hydrogen economy. In the context of climate emergency and socio-ecological transition of the Anthropocene, Green hydrogen is a promising energy carrier to facilitate the transition to an energy system based on renewable energies. Hydrogen can replace natural gas as a feedstock and help fossil-based economic sectors for which electrification is not possible, or excessively burdensome, to lower their greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, the development of a hydrogen market is characterized by uncertainties and associated economic, societal and environmental risks. The few existing scholarly legal studies on this subject matter highlights the fragmentation of the regulatory framework applying to hydrogen. THERESA combines the focus on three specific themes of regulatory intervention in the hydrogen economy 1) reducing sectoral fragmentation to spur socio-environmental sustainability; 2) enabling sustainable circular use of hydrogen; and 3) societal engagement in the hydrogen economy with three methodological approaches doctrinal constructivism, empirical legal research and legal comparativism to advance scientific knowledge and form the doctoral experts needed to contribute to the development of a hydrogen economy. THERESA encompasses a fully-fledged training programme offering substantive, theoretical, methodological and transferable skills to the Early State Researchers. THERESA addresses the gender dimension and other diversity aspects not only in the ESRs selection, but also in its theoretical framework. | 1 | |||||
| 3010 | 101073271 | SHINE | Safe underground Hydrogen storage IN porous subsurface rEservoirs | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT | ENI SPA, SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD UK PLC, CHEVRON NORTH SEA LIMITED, REPSOL SINOPEC RESOURCES UK LIMITED, SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2023-02-01 | 2027-01-31 | 2022-06-01 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2136945.6 | [518875.2, 503942.4, 565387.2, -1.0, -1.0, 548740.8] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01 | Hydrogen is attracting global attention as a key future low-carbon energy carrier which could replace hydrocarbon usage in transport and fuel-intensive industry. However, to supply energy in the TWh-range necessary for Net Zero it requires storage at much larger volumes than the currently deployed surface tanks or cavern storage. The next solution for large-scale hydrogen storage are porous saline aquifers and depleted hydrocarbon fields. This perspective is scientifically attractive but remains technically challenging given the lack of active hydrogen storage knowledge and experience. The main target of the SHINE consortium is to explore the feasibility and address technical, geological, and hydrogeological challenges related to hydrogen storage across subsurface porous reservoirs. SHINE will bring together 5 leading universities and research groups, from five European countries, and 5 industrial partners to deliver new training and research skills to 10 young scientists. SHINE aims at providing this next generation of scientists with technical and transferable skills to integrate geosciences, engineering, and microbiology techniques to find solutions to existing open questions in hydrogen storage technologies. Our novel approach is to integrate analytical, monitoring and computing techniques to explore how hydrogen may react with the subsurface minerals, fluids and microbial community potentially affecting the storage operations; model the stress field changes across hydrogen reservoir/caprocks and monitor its geomechanical response during repeated injection/production cycles. The expertly trained cohort of young research scientists resulting from the SHINE consortium will therefore radically improve our understanding of this technology, implement and de-risk its application to potential projects providing the necessary insights into underground hydrogen storage for decision makers in government and industry and contribute actively to the EU transition energy | F | |||||
| 3014 | 101079246 | TWINN2SET | TWINNING TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION | IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS, UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER | IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2022-10-01 | 2025-09-30 | 2022-07-12 | Horizon_newest | 1491971.25 | 1491970 | [702981.0, 409508.0, 379481.0] | [] | [379481.0] | [] | HORIZON.4.1 | HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03-01 | EU is facing a pressing challenge to transition into a carbon neutral economy 2050, with an intermediate target of 55% CO2 reduction emissions in comparison to 1990. Greece is lagging behind in the energy transition process due to a number of reasons such as:•high share of natural gas in the electricity generation mix on a permanent basis•use of fossil fuels (lignite) in high-demand periods•lack of industrial plans to exploit CO2 capture and storage technologies as well as perspectives for CO2 export in other countries•lack of geothermal energy penetration into the electricity mixGeosciences play a fundamental role in research activities tackling new energy transition themes through the use of underground resources, such as the geological storage of CO2 and hydrogen and geothermal energy.This is the foundation of TWINN2SET project. It will be implemented as a partnership between the Institute of Geoenergy of the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (EL), the University of Stavanger (NO) and the IFP Energies Nouvelles (FR), in the domains of 1) Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), 2) Deep Geothermal Energy and 3) Subsurface Hydrogen Storage. The project consists of a capacity building & mentoring programme in the above three areas which will be complemented by an exploratory project focusing on Hydrogen storage in Geological formations, fostering interdisciplinary competencies at the interplay of a promising energy vector with subsurface reservoir characterisation, modelling and monitoring. The TWINN2SET project will provide a coherent network that will strengthen interactions between members of the consortium. More specifically, TWINN2SET will enable the newly established IG/FORTH to participate in the European R&I process on Energy Transition. | 1 | |||||
| 3070 | 101092087 | HyTecHeat | HYbrid TEChnologies for sustainable steel reHEATing | SWERIM AB | ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH, SNAM S.P.A. | 2022-12-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2022-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 4999261.25 | 3357137.75 | [893953.75] | [96984.75, 117525.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16 | Currently, NG is normally substituted by hydrogen in upstream processes (both blast furnace and DRI), or limited application in finishing lines. Current downstream processes totally rely on NG burning as thermal source. Therefore, the massive usage of hydrogen in steel industry, as envisioned in the Carbon Direct Avoidance pathway of the ESTEP/EUROFER masterplan, requires a transformation of entire steelmaking process from liquid production process (UPSTREAM) to the rolling and finishing line (DOWNSTREAM). This research project is aimed at adopting hybrid heating technology (based on NG with progressive and increasing H2 utilization) in downstream processes. Thermal treatment and reheating processes, which are common to both BF and EAF route have a significant NG demand (about 50 Nm3/t of produced steel). also utilization for ladle preheating has a relevant NG demand (in the range 5-15 Nm3/t). In order to allow the shift from NG to H2 and consequently to reduce the environmental impact by using innovative combustion technologies (like flameless and oxyfuel combustion), impacts on steel quality, refractory and furnace must be assessed at high TRL (7).The general objective of this project is to exploit the hybrid heating technologies by evaluating the effects of the steel products, on the refractories and also on the combustion systems. Three Demo cases testing innovative multifuel burner and testing the limit of current systems at TRL 7 will facilitate the hydrogen transition of the steel sector. Achieved results will bring to a CO2 saving in the range 7.5-25Mt/year. Regarding the steel quality, the project activities will individuate the optimum processing parameters to ensure that primary scale and associated scale defects do not persist through to the final product. | F | |||||
| 3075 | 101217279 | TALENT H2_CAT-BW | A New Talent Generation for the Future of Hydrogen Research and Innovation in Catalonia and Baden-Württemberg | UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANA, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ, INSTITUT CATALA D’ENERGIA, ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY*RMIT UNIVERSITY, MINISTERIUM FUR UMWELT, KLIMA UND ENERGIEWIRTSCHAFT BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG, AGENCIA DE GESTIO D’AJUTS UNIVERSITARIS I DE RECERCA, INSTITUT DE INVESTIGACIO EN CIENCIES DE LA SALUT GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA DEPARTAMENT DE RECERCA I UNIVERSITATS, AGENCIA PER A LA COMPETITIVITAT DE LA EMPRESA, GROUPEMENT EUROPEEN DE COOPERATION TERRITORIALE PYRENEES-MEDITERRANEE, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, AREA METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA, FUNDACIO EURECAT, CENTRE DE VISIO PER COMPUTADOR | HYDROGEN EUROPE RESEARCH | 2026-03-01 | 2031-02-28 | 2025-05-28 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 4752000 | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, 4752000.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-COFUND-01-01 | TALENT H2 CAT-BW is an innovative doctoral program aiming at training the next generation of leading researchers in the field of hydrogen, positioning Europe at the forefront of hydrogen innovation. This program is led by the Ministry of Research and Universities of Catalonia (Spain) and the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg (Germany), marking the first collaborative initiative of its kind between two prominent European regions recognized for their excellence in research and innovation.TALENT H2 CAT-BW will support 40 doctoral researchers through 36-month fellowships, promoting a unique interdisciplinary, intersectoral, and international approach to hydrogen research and innovation. The program is committed to adhering strictly to the principles of Open Science while upholding the highest standards of research quality. A distinctive aspect of the program is that the PhD projects will be set out interregionally, with each fellow supervised by a principal supervisor at their host institution and a co-supervisor from the other region. This arrangement enables fellows to complete placements in both regions, providing them with access to cutting-edge infrastructure and expertise, as well as a rich and enriching experience that significantly contributes to their personal and professional development. In addition to these placements, the fellows will also participate in internships and research visits to organizations and enterprises across Europe and internationally.The program is embedded within the respective regional hydrogen ecosystems, commonly referred to as Hydrogen Valleys, which include over 500 entities and features participation from 21 different implementing partner organizations from both regions. TALENT H2 CAT-BW adheres to the European Competence Framework for Researchers (ResearchComp) and is fully aligned with the Smart Specialisation Strategies of Catalonia and Baden-Württemberg, the European Hydrogen Strategy (2020), RePowerEU (2022), and the European Green Deal, all of which set ambitious sustainability goals and position hydrogen as a crucial element in achieving these targets. | F | |||||
| 3077 | 101119805 | Unite.Energy | Unite! Doctoral Network in Energy Storage | UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA, FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR, UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT, POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA, BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION | SNAM S.P.A. | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-06-28 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3171187.2 | [-1.0, 130269.6, 135165.6, 282693.6, 293709.6, -1.0, 286488.0, 755913.6, 1037750.4, 173692.8, 75504.0, -1.0] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01-01 | Unite!Energy builds on the coordination effort of academic institutions of the Unite! Alliance, composed of ten of the most prestigious universities in Europe, together eight companies and two institutions that closely cooperate in the context of a doctoral training programme. The focus of the proposal is the use of hydrogen to store excess electrical energy generated off-peak from a renewable energy plant and its use for the generation of electricity at peak demand, that is, chemical energy storage. Hydrogen is produced through electrolysis and photoelectrolysis, stored on site and used to generate electricity in a fuel cell. Our aim is to increase the cost-competitiveness of chemical energy storage using hydrogen by reducing the end-to-end costs of electricity produced from renewable sources, and the costs of electrolysis, storage and fuel cell technologies. At the same time, the objective is to increase efficiency and minimise the environmental impact. The ultimate objective of Unite!Energy is to prepare a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial, innovative researchers who can develop a successful career in the integration of hydrogen in the energy field. Researchers will be exposed to scientific and technological excellence, in highly reputed European technological universities. The programme will be developed in an attractive institutional environment, shared by more than 200 k students in Europe, with interdisciplinary research options, from more fundamental science to research in hybrid academic-industrial state-of-the-art facilities. Quality assurance procedures will be implemented following those of the participating universities whose long relationship assures strong international networking among universities, research centres and industries (both large and SME) and sound training on transferable skills, which has become one of the pillars of education and innovation in partner academic institutions. | F | |||||
| 3102 | 101192536 | HySPARK | Hydrogen Solutions for euroPean Airports & Regional Kinetics | MIASTO STOLECZNE WARSZAWA, POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA | ORLEN SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 2025-01-01 | 2029-12-31 | 2024-12-16 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 8999074.63 | [62305.0, 235067.44] | [645584.62] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-06-02 | Hydrogen’s importance globally is evident across multiple sectors like industry, energy, and transport, with the EU prioritizing renewable hydrogen production. Strategies outlined in the EU Hydrogen Strategy and REPowerEU plan aim to decarbonize the EU and reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels. The shift towards hydrogen requires comprehensive strategies, encompassing investment support, market creation, and global cooperation. HySPARK in Poland accelerates this transition by overcoming technological and non-technological barriers. With a production hub in Włocławek, it aims to produce over 3,000 tons of renewable hydrogen annually, serving various local applications. Six testbed applications will be tested for at least 2 years, gathering operational data to evaluate the techno-economic, societal, and environmental metrics. The testbeds will cover both the transport and the industry sectors and will consist of: (i) the upstream hydrogen production and (ii) the Hydrogen Refuelling stations infrastructure; (iii) 4 semi-trucks for freight road, (iv) 2 buses for the public road, (v) 8 tow tractors for the ground handling transport; (vi) Green Ammonia production. Each testbed application will be fully set up in terms of infrastructure, planning of the associated logistics and the synergetic management of all distributed assets, to demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of H2, also integrated within Warsaw Chopin Airport to contribute to EU’s 2050 hydrogen-ready airports objective. Nevertheless, HySPARK will develop the user-friendly and intuitive Energy Planner utilized to refine and optimize the HySPARK supply chain, ensuring its seamless integration into the broader energy ecosystem. In connection with ongoing EU-funded projects (TH2ICINO and SH2AMROCK), HySPARK leverages established networks to improve project deliverables and fosters a community of practice that supports continuous improvement and innovation in hydrogen valley initiatives. | F | |||||
| 3104 | 101101427 | FLEX4H2 | Flexibility for Hydrogen | DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, ZURCHER HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN | EDISON SPA | SINTEF ENERGI AS | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-03 | Horizon_newest | 4872197.5 | 4178517.25 | [554687.5, 478335.0, -1.0] | [70416.0] | [554687.5] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-04-04 | The project aims at moving technological frontiers for low-emission combustion of hydrogen to fuel modern gas turbines at high firing temperatures and pressures, beyond the latest state-of-the-art. This will be achieved whilst maintaining high engine performance, efficiency, fuel and load flexibility, without diluents. At the same time, all emission targets set by the Clean Hydrogen JU Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) will be met.The idea is based on a proprietary combustion technology, designated constant pressure sequential combustion (CPSC) already deployed into the GT36 H-class engine (760 MW in combined cycle). The CPSC concept, based on a unique longitudinally staged combustion system, yields the best fuel flexibility and has the greatest potential to achieve the project target of demonstrating stable and clean combustor operation with concentrations of hydrogen admixed with natural gas, up to 100%, at firing temperatures typical of modern H-Class engines. The new, improved combustor design will be fully retrofittable to existing gas turbines, thereby providing opportunities for refurbishing existing assets.The primary objective is to demonstrate the CPSC technology in engine relevant environment (TRL6) in three steps (70, 90 and 100 vol% H2). In this pursuit, a subset of specific performance data (KPIs) will be met within the project timeline and with the planned resources and allocated budget.The project uses state-of-the-art computational tools, analytical modelling, and diagnostic techniques to investigate static and dynamic flame stabilisation. Testing is performed at world-class laboratories in test campaigns at reduced scale and in full size (at atmospheric and pressurised conditions).In preparation for commercialisation, the project will also develop a roadmap towards deployment of the developed system into operation and demonstration into a power plant environment quantifying the valuable contributions to the EU Green Deal. | F1 | ||||
| 3105 | 101192342 | SWEETHY | Direct seawater electrolysis technology for distributed hydrogen production | RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, INSTITUT DE LA CORROSION SASU, FUNDACION CIDETEC | SINTEF AS | 2025-03-01 | 2029-02-28 | 2025-02-17 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3999768.04 | [670046.94, 462718.75, 465400.63, 650000.0, 342875.0, 406500.0] | [] | [462718.75] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-03 | SWEETHY will develop an advanced technology for direct seawater electrolysis that will be able to produce H2 and O2 under intermittent conditions accounting for the coupling to renewable power sources (especially wind, PV). The electrolyser will be based on an anion exchange membrane (AEM) operating in natural or alkaline seawater, and the SWEETHY technology will be developed along three dimensions:a) Materials optimization to meet the specific requirement of seawater environment: A focus will be made on corrosion resistance and selective PGM-free electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions, on AEM with high selectivity for transporting hydroxide anions and anti-fouling properties as well as on novel anti-corrosion coatings for bipolar plates and porous transport layers prepared by plasma spraying and electrodeposition.b) An electrolyser stack prototype based on a novel stack architecture applying hydraulic cell compression is developed to host the advanced materials to produce H2 at high pressure. Beneficial functions of the targeted unique stack are related to scalability and maintainability that will be tremendously improved in comparison to conventional AEMWE stacks.c) Sustainability analysis studies not only for the electrolyser system but also for its integration into renewable-power systems and for efficient by-product utilization in industrial symbioses, feeding back to materials optimization and stack development early on. Complementing LCA, social LCA and techno-economic analyses/optimization by qualitative work ensures both environmental, economic, and social sustainability.Combining these three dimensions, SWEETHY will utilize Mediterranean seawater feed in Messina, Italy, to withstand more than 2000 h of operation to produce 20 gH2/h with a degradation rate lower than 1%/100h. In addition, SWEETHY will demonstrate how the operation of the electrolyser can ensure an optimized revenue concerning by-products and grid services. | 1 | |||||
| 3112 | 101137953 | H2SHIFT | SERVICES FOR HYDROGEN INNOVATION FACILITATION AND TESTING | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES PRIFYSGOLDE CYMRU, FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, FONDAZIONE POLITECNICO DI MILANO | SNAM S.P.A. | 2024-03-01 | 2028-02-29 | 2023-12-15 | Horizon_newest | 9102035.83 | 7211180.45 | [-1.0, 906471.25, 1017398.75, 875314.58, 0.0] | [2021621.87] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-01-06 | H2SHIFT – Services for Hydrogen Innovation Facilitation and Testing aims to create the first Open Innovation Test Bed for innovative hydrogen production technologies open to startups and SMEs from Europe and globally. H2SHIFT will be a Single Entry Point offering open access to unrivalled resources, innovative infrastructures, unique expertise and capabilities, arranged in a challenging Acceleration Programme. The proposed innovation model combines: •Hydrogen production testing services, including 7 test lines grouped in 4 clusters (Advanced water electrolysis, Bio-hydrogen, Direct-solar Hydrogen production, Hydrogen production in offshore environment);•Technology upscaling services, such as Prototyping for industrial scalability, and Computational modelling;•Non-technical services, among Techno-economic and environmental assessment, Legal and regulation compliance, and Business development.The initiative boosts the Clean H2 JU SRIA on the path towards the upscaling of unmatched and competitive hydrogen production technologies distinctively trailblazing innovation in high-temperature and AEM electrolysis, bio-hydrogen, direct-solar and offshore H2 production, to build a complete portfolio with existing OITB projects dedicated to AEL and PEM technologies.H2SHIFT kickstarts a collaborative ecosystem throughout Europe that links research, academia, and industry, along with final investors, working closely with startups and SMEs to advance groundbreaking solutions that will be demonstrated in industrial environment to advance their technology readiness and market uptake. Remarkably, H2SHIIFT scales up an open pay-per-use hub intended to circumvent expensive costs for early-stage innovators, lowering investment risks for potential investors and contributing to attract private capital for innovation. It contributes to make hydrogen a key part of a cleaner and more secure energy future, and a catalyst for EU leadership in innovative hydrogen technologies. | F | |||||
| 3117 | 101096981 | HyEkoTank | Hydrogen PEM fuel cell system to retrofit ships in the marine transport industry | UNIVERSITETET I TROMSOE – NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET | NESTE OYJ, SHELL INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD, SHELL INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION BV | 2023-02-01 | 2026-07-31 | 2022-12-19 | Horizon_newest | 9551041 | 5092999 | [218750.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, 2086387.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-04 | The HyEkoTank project will develop cost-effective technology for retrofitting seagoing and inland waterway vessels with hydrogen PEM fuel cell systems for emission-free operations. Retrofit solutions are urgently needed to transform the waterborne transport and reach the reduction of green house gas emissions established by EU and IMO by 2050. HyEkoTank project proposes the design, development, approval and demonstration of a 1.6 MW hydrogen fuel cell system. The technology will be developed by a consortium of 13 partners who are experts in the field and demonstrated by retrofitting a container ship, Kvitnos, under operation at fix round trip from Rotterdam to the Northern Norway in the North Sea.The main challenges that need to be resolved concern the development of a cost-efficient fuel cell system specifically designed for maritime applications and suitable to retrofit existing vessels, as well as the assessment and creation of hydrogen infrastructure and logistics for vessel refueling in ports, as well as safe hydrogen storage and handling. We aim at approving the HyEkoTank technology to deploy it for any type of vessel and operation, while demonstrating the expected environmental impacts: 50% GHG reduction during voyage, 100% reduction in port, and 50% total reduction yearly. The project will take the technology from TRL 4/5 to TRL 8.The HyEkoTank consortium is mostly composed by companies with industrial/commercial interest in the project results: TECO 2030 AS (NO), Shell International Exploration & Production B.V. (NL), Shell International Trading & Shipping Company Limited (UK), Samskip (IS), Nav-Tech BV (NL), Tarbit Shipping AB (SE), TECO 2030 Innovation Center AS (NO), Fartygskonstruktioner AB (SE), Blom Maritime AS (NO), Teco Solutions AS (NO), Umoe Advanced Composites AS (NO). They are all experienced in providing services and commercializing products in the hydrogen and/or maritime fields. The consortium also counts with the participation of an academic partner, Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges Arktiske Universitet (NO). | F | |||||
| 3120 | 101137600 | NOAH2 | Novel SOE architectures for hydrogen production | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE | SINTEF AS | 2023-12-01 | 2026-11-30 | 2023-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 2656024 | 2655084 | [806250.0, 425937.5, 387021.5, 829625.0, -1.0] | [] | [387021.5] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-02 | Hydrogen is a key energy vector in a future decarbonised economy. Large-scale application in numerous sectors, such as transport, iron & steel plants, and the chemical industry, requires efficient and sustainable production routes of green hydrogen. Electrolysis of water/steam using electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar is the solution. High temperature or solid oxide electrolysis (SOEL) has significantly attractive features, which allow for lower CAPEX and OPEX, thus facilitating commercial breakthrough: High electrical efficiencies approaching 100%, cost competitive, non-noble materials, and operational flexibility. SOEL challenges that need to be solved are increase of lifetime and reduction of degradation for realistic applications, the ceramic brittleness of most mature SOEL configurations, which challenge rapid operational strategies when integrated with renewable energy sources, and scaling costs for the required Mega to Gigawatt volumes.NOAH2 aims at overcoming these challenges. The overall goal of the NOAH2 project is to provide a robust, cost-competitive, flexible, and durable stack concept for hydrogen production at intermediate temperatures through innovative electrode, cell, and stack designs. NOAH2 will boost the electrolysis performance of solid oxide cells & stacks significantly beyond State-of-the-Art (SoA) through a combination of optimised structures and highly active materials, with a focus on reducing critical raw materials (CRM) and manufacturability using well-established large scale routes for solid oxide technology. The NOAH2 stack architecture relies on a metal based monolithic concept with infiltrated electrodes.NOAH2 will outline a path towards commercialisation, provide a sustainability classification with emphasis on substituting CRM, provide an assessment of commercialization potential compared to SoA SOEL, PEM, and Alkaline electrolysers, and identify potential industrial players for high-volume manufacture. | 1 | |||||
| 3121 | 101136656 | HyPowerGT | DEMONSTRATING A HYDROGEN-POWERED GAS-TURBINE ENGINE FUELLED WITH UP TO 100% H2 – (HYPOWERGT) | ZURCHER HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN | TOTALENERGIES ONETECH, EQUINOR ENERGY AS, SNAM S.P.A. | SINTEF ENERGI AS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-05 | Horizon_newest | 12269095 | 6000000 | [1220000.0, -1.0] | [-1.0, -1.0, 161700.0] | [1220000.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-03 | The HyPowerGT project aims at moving technological frontiers to enable gas turbines to operate on hydrogen without dilution. The core technology is a novel dry-low emission combustion technology (DLE H2) capable of handling mixtures of natural gas and hydrogen with concentrations up to 100% H2. The combustion technology has been successfully validated at TRL5 (early 2021) retrofitted on the combustion system of a 13 MWe industrial gas turbine (NovaLT12). Besides ensuring low emissions and high efficiency, the DLE H2 combustion technology offers fuel flexibility and response capability on a par with modern gas-turbine engines fired with natural gas.The new technology will be fully retrofittable to existing gas turbines, thereby providing opportunities for refurbishing existing assets in industry (CHP) and offering new capacities in the power sector for load levelling the grid system (unregulated power) and for mechanical drives. The DLE H2 technology adheres to the strictest specifications for fuel flexibility, NOx emissions, ramp-up rate, and safety, stated in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2021-2027. System prototype. The new DLE H2 combustion technology will be further refined and matured and, towards the end of the project, demonstrated at TRL7 on a 16.9 MWe gas-turbine engine (NovaLT16) fired with fuel blends mixed with hydrogen from 0-100% H2. Within this wide range, emphasis is placed on meeting pre-set targets for (a) fuel flexibility and handling capabilities, (b) concentration of hydrogen fuel during the start-up phase, (c) ability to operate at varying hydrogen contents, (d) minimum ramp speed, and (e) safety aspects pertaining to any level with regard to related systems and applications targeting industrial gas-turbine engines in the 10-20 MWe class. A digital twin will be developed to simulate performance and durability characteristics, emulating cyclic operations of a real cogeneration plant in the Italian paper industry. | F1 | ||||
| 3125 | 101192352 | Hermes | HYDROGEN EFFICIENT PURIFICATION USING MEMBRANES IN INDUSTRIAL GAS STREAMS | FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | SNAM S.P.A. | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-12-18 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 5943423.08 | [816125.0, 294875.0, 699802.9] | [696897.68] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-02-03 | The HERMES project advances hydrogen separation and purification technologies through the development, scaling-up, and industrial demonstration at TRL7 of innovative membrane systems, while conducting comprehensive evaluations for safety, environmental impact, social acceptance, and cost reduction in industrial settings.The project aims at developing and scaling up two membrane technologies (Pd-based and Carbon based membranes), to design and build 2 prototypes at TRL7, and to prove the technologies at two industrial sites (in Italy and in Turkey), for separation of pure hydrogen for 5 different streams of industrial interest.The prototypes will allow the separation of hydrogen with energy consumptions well below 3.5 kWh/kg and costs below 1 euro/kg. The project will also evaluate the environmental impact of the processes with detailed LCA analysis. HERMES will also contribute to safety studies of the system and to the public awareness of the technologies.The project counts with 1 University, 2 research institutions and 4 large industries and SMEs. | F | |||||
| 3126 | 101192349 | InsigH2T | Scientific insights into H2 combustion under elevated pressure conditions | RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN, ZURCHER HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU | SINTEF ENERGI AS | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-12-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3999657.39 | [330978.75, 519904.6, 250975.0, 882000.0, -1.0, 1001174.04] | [] | [330978.75] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-04-02 | InsigH2t aims to advance the current scientific understanding regarding the effect of pressure on the turbulent burning rate, thermoacoustic response, and emissions performance of premixed hydrogen flames under relevant gas-turbines operating conditions. Hydrogen, with its high diffusivity and reactivity, poses significant challenges to its clean and efficient utilisation as a fuel in gas-turbines, due to the lack of understanding of its pressure-dependent turbulent burning rate, crucial for combustion stability in gas-turbines operation. InsigH2t leverages high-pressure experimental measurements, featuring advanced optical diagnostics, coupled to cutting-edge direct numerical simulations, focusing on a selection of simple canonical flames that are paradigms of more complex industrial burner geometries and configurations. The fundamental insights gained will facilitate the development of advanced models and enhanced design tools, empowering industrial OEMs to reduce the significant development time and costs of hydrogen combustion technologies. By leveraging science-based predictive capabilities, InsigH2t aims to accelerate the deployment of clean, reliable, and efficient hydrogen-fired gas turbines. The project’s impact extends beyond scientific understanding, addressing directly relevant industry challenges. Crucially, the involvement of two gas turbine OEMs ensures full alignment with the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, facilitating the swift transfer of improved combustion methodologies and understanding towards application in operational power plants. Ultimately, InsigH2t’s contributions align fully with the objectives of the EU Green Deal, reducing dependency on fossil fuels and offering a tangible pathway towards a more sustainable energy future. | 1 | |||||
| 3127 | 101192392 | GUESS-WHy | GUidelinEs for Safe and Sustainable-by-design systems based on reneWable Hydrogen | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, THE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENERGY, FUNDACION IMDEA ENERGIA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA, UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI | SINTEF ENERGI AS | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2024-12-17 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 1499976.56 | [144412.5, 220668.76, -1.0, 212801.62, 226000.0, 183625.0] | [] | [144412.5] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-05-01 | The transition to a hydrogen-based economy necessitates a paradigm shift in design approaches. Traditional engineering practices must be augmented with a holistic perspective that considers safety, environmental, social, and economic principles in the whole life cycle of the target system. The safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) approach, recently recommended at the EU level in a specific framework, is the highest standard to reduce the negative life cycle impacts directly in the design phase. GUESS-WHy project aims to improve the sustainability and safety of the fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) systems by promoting the SSbD methodology.GUESS-WHy will develop and publish seven SSbD guidelines of seven different FCH systems, covering different technology readiness level (TRL) along the hydrogen value chain (production, storage and utilization). Selected systems are (5+2): PEM electrolyzer, SOFC system, Alkaline electrolyzer, metal hydrides storage, H2 gas turbine plus PEM-FC and SOE electrolyzer based on the existing sustainable-by-design guidelines. The SSbD guidelines provide the impact assessment of the system as well as the recommendations and products concepts for safe and sustainable impact improvements along the whole life cycle.The project will start collecting inputs from previous projects, stakeholders and literature. The guidelines will be developed following a standard process: product definition, initial impact assessment, idea generation and scenario and benchmark analysis.Dissemination and exploitation will target both the regulatory field and the industrial stakeholders to promote the utilization of the guidelines.GUESS-WHy consortium is composed of universities and research centers, expert in safety and sustainability assessments, and by private companies with expertise in the design and production of FCH systems. GUESS-WHy is supported by a network of public bodies and industries interested in providing inputs and disseminating project results. | 1 | |||||
| 3129 | 101137743 | DelHyVEHR | Delivery of liquid Hydrogen for Various Environment at High Rate | UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER | ENGIE | EUROPEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR GAS AND ENERGY INNOVATION | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-08 | Horizon_newest | 5064971.25 | 3711901.13 | [255425.0, -1.0] | [668591.88] | [255425.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-05 | Liquid hydrogen is a key solution to enable strong carbon reduction for energy, chemical and mobility industries. If technologies are mature for light vehicles fast refuelling, it is still a challenge for heavy duty applications, hampering massive environmental gains for aviation, maritime, railroad.DelHyVEHR offers to fill the gap of liquid hydrogen distribution technologies by driving the maturation to the demonstration at TRL 6 of the large-scale refuelling station and each main systems with a specific focus on pumping, metering, loading and boil-off gas management systems.DelHyVEHR main objectives are to: •Develop a high flowrate (>5 t/h and up to 6 t/h) transfer cryogenic pump for LH2 refuelling stations with high efficiency (>60%) and high reliability (Mean Time Between Maintenance > 3000h)•Develop and adapt loading and dispensing systems for the high-flowrate refuelling station•Develop and optimize a boil-off gas management system enable to recover >80% of the hydrogen•Design, build and operate the LH2 refuelling station to refill a cryogenic storage of 4-6 m3 and with integrated technologies demonstrated over long-time operation (>10 h)•Assess economic, environmental impacts and policy suitability of the technologies and demonstrator with expected cost reduction of investments and operation of LH2 bunkering stations at 1.5 €/kg and deliver H2 carbon footprint aligned with RED II legislation below 3.38 kgCO2/kgH2•Ensure safety of the LH2 bunkering station and its operationDelHyVEHR demonstration before 2027 will enable commercialisation before 2029 to target 15 refuelling stations in 2030 and up to 81 stationsin 2040 for shipping, aviation and railroad markets.To succeed, DelHyVEHR gathers 13 EU leading partners covering the whole value chain from component development to system demonstration and assessment, along with an advisory board of worldwide leading H2 end-users. | F1 | ||||
| 3130 | 101111893 | CANDHy | Compatibility Assessment of Non-steel metallic Distribution gas grid materials with Hydrogen | UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI BERGAMO, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON | GERG LE GROUPE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES GAZIERES | 2023-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2023-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 2607481.25 | 2607481 | [128646.0, 116250.0, 371325.0, 451500.0] | [128646.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-01 | Green hydrogen is gaining moment across Europe as feedstock, fuel or energy carrier and storage, as solid actions are needed to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Hydrogen has many possible applications across industry, transport, energy and building sectors and, therefore, local gas grids across Europe are working hard to get ready for its transport. The realization of the prospects of delivering H2/NG admixtures or even 100 % H2 by existing gas distribution grids exacerbates the problem of pipe integrity due to the well-known negative impact of hydrogen on the mechanical properties of metals.Most projects assessing safe hydrogen compatibility with natural gas distribution grids (i.e. H21, HydePloy,etc.) have performed experiments to study the leakage ratio, emission potential and explosion severity of vintage components. However, long-term material integrity assessment replicating distribution grid operating conditions in testing platforms is still necessary. CANDHy will allow the possibility of testing relevant metallic materials, different from the well-studied steels, with a methodology involving simultaneous test in independent R&D platforms with a common methodology. This will allow to obtain trustful and reproducible results about hydrogen tolerance of materials that have not been considered in previous research but that are an essential part in in low-pressure gas grids.CANDHy project will enable hydrogen distribution in low pressure gas grids by consolidated and exhaustive scientific data, coupled with harmonized guidelines for non-steel metallic grid materials. At least five material grades of different families (such as cast iron, copper, brass, lead, aluminium), both new and vintage, will be fully documented, and the results will be publicly available for all stakeholders in a continuously updated database. Mechanical tests will base on static and dynamic conditions to assess hydrogen sensitivity following the most relevant current and updated standards | F | |||||
| 3131 | 101137892 | FrHyGe | Full qualification in France of large-scale HYdrogen underground storage and replication from Germany to all European countries | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS | ENAGAS TRANSPORTE SA | IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES | 2024-03-01 | 2029-02-28 | 2024-03-14 | Horizon_newest | 27240481.25 | 19994886.4 | [1099397.5, 933220.0, 295750.0, 0.0] | [50750.0] | [295750.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-01 | If the solution for integration of intermittent renewable sources to decarbonate the industry and mobility is hydrogen, for example with European Hydrogen Backbone initiative, large-scale storage of H2 technical feasibility and economic viability is still hampering wide EU market uptake.FrHyGe main goal is to demonstrate and qualify in industrial environment in France the injection and withdrawal of H2 in a current natural gas commercial storage site. But FrHyGe will also deliver the conversion process and up-scale strategies to foster EU replication of H2 storage in caverns, starting with an ongoing project in Germany to accelerate know-how transfer and economic viability.FrHyGe objectives are: •To develop and implement two conversion processes from natural gas or brine cavern to hydrogen storage•To demonstrate H2 storage and cyclability in a 3000 tons potential cavern with 100 cycles from 1h to 1 week•To study the local hydrogen value chain and the techno-economic impacts on local actors and to upscale and deploy H2 storage along European Hydrogen Backbone •To assess the risks and environmental impacts of H2 cyclic storage in salt caverns and provide guidelines for safety, regulation and normative adaptations in EuropeFrHyGe will open a path towards a potential of commercial 38 ktons of H2 storage in several EU countries as soon as 2030, and up to 1.5 Mtons in 2050 through conversion and creation of caverns, leading to a CAPEX below 10 €/Kg of H2 stored.To succeed, FrHyGe gathers EU leading H2 industries and research centres, led by worldwide underground storage actor Storengy, willing to make happen large-scale and multi-site H2 storage in caverns. | F1 | ||||
| 3135 | 101137586 | IMAGHyNE | IMAGHYNE: INVESTMENT TO MAXIMISE THE AMBITION FOR GREEN HYDROGEN IN EUROPE | COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON, REGION AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES, POLITECNICO DI TORINO | ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES | 2024-01-01 | 2029-12-31 | 2023-12-19 | Horizon_newest | 200255979.99 | 19996911.75 | [582176.25, 295690.0, 147875.0, 678693.75, 225625.0] | [1347500.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-06-01 | IMAGHyNE will pave the way for the deployment of a large-scale renewable hydrogen (H2) economy in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, fully integrated in the energy system and addressing the needs of high emitting sectors.The objectives will be to: 1) deploy 57 MW of new electrolysis capacity, 2) implement a flexible H2 supply chain combining underground storage and tube-trailer deliveries 3) deploy 13 multi-modal H2 refuelling stations, 4) deploy 201 on-road fuel cell vehicles, 5) deploy 63 off-road fuel cell vehicles and stationary equipment, 6) strengthen the robustness of the energy and H2 supply chain by integrating a flexible industrial player, 7) design an efficient pipeline-based multi-user H2 ecosystem, 8) prepare for additional large-scale deployment as part of the Valley extension (including IPCEI) and its replication, 9) disseminate and communicate the results of the project to a wide audience. IMAGHyNE will meet the requirements of the Work Programme and contribute to the EU’s H2 strategy. IMAGHyNE will foster the development of a long-lasting H2 economy through: 1) an extension of the Valley including the development of a pipeline network and the transition of several industries part of the observer group, 2) an ambitious replication strategy with at least 5 territories from European countries (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland), airports, and mountain ecosystems, 3) high quality communication and dissemination activities including training, 4) recommendations to public authorities on regulation (e.g. tunnels).This ambition will be achieved thanks to the involvement of key public and private entities covering the entire H2 value chain, with an extensive experience of EU-funded projects, who have defined a detailed governance structure, Work Plan and financing strategy. IMAGHyNE partners will work collectively to create links and synergies with upcoming and existing Valleys already supported by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership. | F | |||||
| 3136 | 101192425 | NAVHYS | LH2 storage and fuel-system below deck, integrated in a Service Operating Vessel | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB, ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION | ENGIE | EUROPEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR GAS AND ENERGY INNOVATION | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2025-02-17 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 4999049 | [260165.0, 87205.0, 191440.0, 254996.0, 117285.0] | [508234.0] | [260165.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-03-03 | To achieve the ambitious objectives set at the international level, the transition to an alternate low carbon energy source will become essential. Since batteries are limited to smaller ship, and synthetic-fuel will remain hardly available, hydrogen will irremediably appear as the best alternative energy. However, the related challenge is to store efficiently and safely hydrogen, and here Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) is the most attractive solution. Alternate storage solutions (CH2, ammonia) have lower power-to-volume ratio, and additional constraints, such as high-pressure, toxicity, reverse transformation etc. Moreover, LH2 is already becoming a standard in space, aeronautics, motorsport, trucks. NAVHYS aims at providing a concept based on a LH2 storage and fuel-system below deck, integrated in a Service Operating Vessel to provide to wind energy providers a fully decarbonized solution. The design of the LH2 system, its integration in the ship and the risk analysis will be very challenging as they deviate from previous prescriptive safety rules and design guidelines.NAVHYS will design a fuel-system to supply GH2 at 5 bar/Tambiant to be used in any propulsion system to produce from 500kW to 2MW. This system will integrate a LH2 pump, benefiting from ArianeGroups experience in Ariane 6, thus making it more robust to sloshing and allowing beneficial impact of low-pressure tank considering sizing and loading limit. A prototype of the distribution system will be tested on ArianeGroup test bench.NAVHYS will confirm the safety and the operability of the proposed design with an Approval in Principle delivered by the Classification Company Bureau Veritas.NAVHYS will address refuelling operations and supply chain evaluation, based on the HORIZON Europe DelHyVEHR project which already aims at demonstrating the capacity to refuel LH2 with a high flowrate.NAVHYS will also integrate an analysis of the potential scale-up of the system and a spill-over towards other applications. | F1 | ||||
| 3142 | 101137575 | HyPEF | Promoting an environmentally-responsible Hydrogen economy by enabling Product Environmental Footprint studies | EIFER EUROPAISCHES INSTITUT FUR ENERGIEFORSCHUNG EDF KIT EWIV, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, FUNDACION IMDEA ENERGIA | ENGIE | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-08 | Horizon_newest | 1499431.25 | 1499431.25 | [209125.0, 119700.0, 277531.25] | [206000.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-05-01 | Fuel cells and hydrogen (FCH) systems are increasingly considered in energy and climate policies, roadmaps and plans all over the world. In order to avoid past criticalities, such as those leading to a climate emergency situation, sustainability criteria are being progressively implemented in these initiatives, e.g., by promoting low-carbon renewable hydrogen in Europe. In this regard, science-based criteria and procedures are required to guarantee the environmental suitability of FCH products, reporting their life-cycle environmental profile according to the principles of transparency, traceability, reproducibility, and consistency for comparability. While these principles are aligned with those of the general methodological guidance for Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) studies, further specification is required to effectively implement them when addressing FCH products. Hence, the HyPEF project aspires to support and promote the establishment of an environmentally-responsible hydrogen economy by developing and testing the first Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs) specific to FCH products, while paving the way for subsequent related initiatives in the FCH sector. HyPEF is conceptualised as the natural step forward in methodological specification towards policy- and market-relevant life-cycle environmental assessment and benchmarking of FCH products. The interdisciplinary approach behind HyPEF leads to crucial advancements regarding (i) the first development and application of well-accepted PEFCRs tailored to three pre-selected FCH product categories (electrolysers for hydrogen production, tanks for hydrogen storage, and fuel cells for hydrogen stationary use), (ii) increased high-quality data availability for consistent environmental assessment and benchmarking of FCH products, and (iii) first PEF-oriented policy recommendations towards official qualification of an FCH product as an environmentally-responsible investment. | F | |||||
| 3146 | 101138105 | ALRIGH2T | Airport-Level DemonstRatIon of Ground refuelling of Liquid Hydrogen for AviaTion | AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES – INERIS, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, LKR LEICHTMETALLKOMPETENZZENTRUM RANSHOFEN GMBH | SINTEF ENERGI AS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-15 | Horizon_newest | 12920388 | 9999720.01 | [653250.0, 977784.25, 365937.5, 177092.5, 400000.0, 255763.75] | [] | [653250.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-07 | ALRIGH2T responds in full to the expected outcomes and scope of the HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-07 topic, by developing and demonstrating two alternative technologies for LH2 aircraft refuelling: – Direct LH2 refuelling, encompassing the definition of operational protocols for safe and rapid refuelling, the development and testing of a LH2 transfer pump and an instrumented tank, their integration in an iron bird laboratory for the execution of refuelling/defueling tests and the delivering of a digital twin model. – LH2 tanks swap refuelling, encompassing end-to-end logistic and supply chain of tank modules, the design of the associated on- and off-site infrastructure and its demonstration.Both concepts will achieve TRL 6 by the end of the project, undergoing a comprehensive technology evaluation informed by demonstration results in two major airports, i.e. Milan Malpensa and Paris (Orly or LeBourget) respectively. The two technology lines are complemented by transversal activities for the definition of technical and techno-economic boundary conditions, the demonstration of the use of H2 for ground operations (i.e. H2 powered tow vehicle, demonstrated at the Malpensa site) as well as environmental, safety and regulatory cross-cutting aspects. ALRIGH2T has the ambition of demonstrating, for the first time, LH2 refuelling in a scale compatible with airport operations, synergizing with the Clean Aviation research and development efforts at the aircraft level. The project is implemented by a consortium built on the competences of top European industrial players, positioned along entire hydrogen and aeronautic value chain, complemented by research and technology organisations and selected member of the Advisory Board, including the EASA. ALRIGH2T is expected to be a cornerstone in the path towards the deployment of LH2 as an aviation fuel, strengthening the European research and industry leadership and consolidating the role of green airports as hubs of the H2 economy | 1 | |||||
| 3154 | 101137701 | X-SEED | eXperimental Supercritical ElEctrolyser Development | DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION | SNAM S.P.A. | 2024-01-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2023-12-13 | Horizon_newest | 2989495 | 2989495 | [205396.25, 709602.5] | [254042.5] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-01 | X-SEED aims at developing an innovative alkaline membrane-less electrolyzer that works at supercritical water conditions (>374°C; >220 bar) generating high-quality H2 at pressures over 200 bar. This technology maximizes energetic efficiency, improves circularity, and enhances lifetime, resulting in a more competitive green H2 production. X-SEED validates results at laboratory scale (TRL4) for a single cell and a 5-cell stack. Novel catalysts and electrodes are designed, synthesized, and characterized to ensure high efficiencies. Multiscale modeling and cell design ensure laminar fluid flows, allowing H2 and O2 separation without a membrane. Supercritical conditions and membrane-less configuration reduce the electrochemical work required to generate H2 (as interface resistances across cell components are decreased) and increase system lifetime. This results in an improved voltage and energy efficiency (42 kWh/kg H2), current density (> 3 A/cm2), H2 production rate and robustness (degradation rate < 1%/1000h). X-SEED also integrates circularity and sustainability assessments in decision-making, limiting the use of critical raw materials (below 0.3 mg/W) and using wastewaters both for catalyst production and as a possible electrolyte for the supercritical electrolyser. X-SEED consortium possess extensive technical knowledge and experience in key enabling technologies and areas. These will be utilized to realize multiphysics models of cell and stack (DTU, SNAM, IDN, PMat), manufacture and select the best catalyst and electrodes (LEITAT, PMAT, IDN), and design the cell, the stack, and the test bench to validate the supercritical electrolyzer at a laboratory scale (IDN, PMat, SNAM). In conclusion, X-SEED project's relevance and added value extend beyond the technological dimension: it will accelerate the H2 ecosystem, supporting Europe in meeting climate targets and maintaining its leadership position as a technological developer, producer, and exporter of green energy | F | |||||
| 3156 | 101137802 | ELECTROLIFE | ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE ON COMPREHENSIVE ELECTROLYSERS TECHNOLOGIES DEGRADATION THROUGH MODELING, TESTING AND LIFETIME PREVISION, TOWARD INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTATION | FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, POLITECNICO DI TORINO, UNIVERSITE DE LILLE, AALBORG UNIVERSITET | ENEL GREEN POWER SPA | 2024-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2023-12-06 | Horizon_newest | 9995705 | 9995705 | [549133.75, 600056.25, 1026698.75, 470000.0, 981687.5, 549983.75, 587230.0] | [421840.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-07-02 | The ELECTROLIFE project aims to be a booster to enable the use of green hydrogen technologies to support decarbonization of European global industry. Currently, electrolysis technologies suffer from limitations in terms of cost, efficiency, stability, scalability, and recyclability. This is mainly due to the lack of understanding and identification of electrolyzer degradation mechanisms and improvement of current cell performance. ELECTROLIFE aims to increase the efficiency performance of electrolyzers by reducing the use of critical materials and extending the useful life of these systems. These goals will be achieved through test campaigns to identify multiple degradation mechanisms on multiple scales, multiphysics simulations with superimposed degradation mechanisms, prototyping of cells and stack components, and construction of dedicated test benches. The type of testing will be harmonized through dedicated protocols, and test results will be processed and made available through dedicated online data centers. In addition, diagnostic and stack health models will be developed to reduce the degradation rate, enabling the implementation of predictive control systems. ELECTROLIFE will demonstrate the implementation of durable stacks using relevant experimental methods through the production of high-performance technologies with minimal CRM content, enabling scalability and recyclability. ELECTROLIFE is expected to reduce the average cost of ownership of the electrolyzers by 40% for AEL and PEMEL and by 70% for AEMEL and SOEL. These achievements will enable utilization of the innovations developed by ELECTROLIFE, reaching 15% of European production capacity (corresponding to about +3GW/a – IEA 2022). | F | |||||
| 3160 | 101137756 | CARMA-H2 | Carbon-negative pressurized hydrogen production from waste using an energy efficient protonic membrane reformer CARMA-H2 | ASOCIACION DE LA INDUSTRIA NAVARRA, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | SNAM S.P.A., SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | SINTEF AS | 2024-10-01 | 2028-09-30 | 2024-08-02 | Horizon_newest | 12818293.75 | 9954418.76 | [1130800.0, 353025.0, 224156.25] | [199062.5, 77656.25] | [353025.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-05 | CARMA-H2 will enable highly attractive hydrogen production from biogas through demonstration of a protonic membrane reformer (bioPMR) that integrates steam methane reforming and water-gas shift reactions, hydrogen separation, heat management, CO2 capture and hydrogen compression in a single stage. The realization of 6 process steps in a single reactor allows to achieve unprecedented energy efficiency with a project target to demonstrate >85% (HHV) at the bioPMR level. The bioPMR technology enables direct delivery of purified and pressurized H2 (30 bar). BioPMR will be coupled with CO2 liquefaction to enable direct production of food-grade CO2. Coupling the liquefaction unit allows for higher hydrogen recovery and liquid CO2 production as the off-gas from the liquefaction process will be recycled back to the bioPMR unit. CARMA-H2 will demonstrate the bioPMR technology integrated with CO2 liquefaction at the existing Arazuri wastewater treatment plant in the region of Navarra in Spain. The demonstration plant will be operated for at least 4000 h, and produce 500 kg/day of hydrogen and above 4000 kg/day of food-grade CO2. To facilitate the demonstration CARMA-H2 will install 1) a pre-treatment system for biogas compression and removal of sulphur and other impurities, 2) two bioPMR modules which will operate directly on biogas (CO2 > 40 vol.%), and 3) an integrated CO2 liquefaction unit. The demonstration plant will be located in Ebro Valley Hydrogen Corridor, and the project aims to secure off-take of the produced hydrogen and liquid CO2 during operation. The overall system will be controlled and analysed by an advanced control system and an associated digital twin that will be developed in the project. The wastewater plant is currently operating a biogas production plant of >4 MW from which the biogas is utilized for power generation. The achievements in CARMA-H2 will be an important proof of technological feasibility advancing the technology from TRL5 to TRL7. | F1 | ||||
| 3162 | 101192918 | HYPPER | Hybrid protonic reactor for flexible energy conversion, storage and transmission by reversible organic electrolysis | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSITETET I OSLO, PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS, UNIVERZITA KARLOVA | SINTEF AS | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-11-11 | Horizon_newest | 2498143.75 | 2498143.75 | [395000.0, 699841.25, 429802.5, -1.0, 265000.0, 250000.0] | [] | [395000.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-04 | The increasing availability and affordability of renewable electricity are enabling the decarbonisation of many industrial sectors. A key tool is electricity storage, especially providing high-capacity, long-term storage and transportability. However, currently-proposed energy-storage technologies are either based on energy-inefficient multistage processing or require electrified units at temperatures not compatible with catalytic steps. hyPPER vision is to combine process intensification and innovative molecular catalysis to bring out ground-breaking efficient, load-flexible and scalable reactor technology that intimately integrates LOHC-based storage and proton-ceramic steam-electrolysis/fuel-cell. hyPPER will develop a compact reactor cell integrating a hybrid layered membrane and selective electrodes. Through the first-principles engineering of a proton-conducting electrolyte heterojunction, both ionic transport and electrocatalysis at LOHC-cycle operation conditions (250-400°C) will be enhanced. As a result, this compact technology will boost atomic and round-trip efficiency in energy storage potentially reaching >75% , thus cutting associated GHG emissions. Integration of the hyPPER concept in existing and emerging RE-plants and use cases will contribute to expanding the business portfolio and strengthen the sustainability and economic base of the energy sector. Up-scale viability will be analysed by considering techno- economic, regulatory, societal and sustainability criteria. Upon fabrication of the cell applying advanced thin-film methods and catalyst integration, hyPPER will validate this technology (TRL-4) in the reversible electrochemically-driven LOHC charge/discharge. The consortium counts on academic partners with the highest worldwide excellence in electroceramics, catalysis and nanofabrication of energy devices, together with leading industrial partners with exceptional expertise in sustainability and medium-temperature electrochemical cells. | 1 | |||||
| 3163 | 101192337 | HyDRA | Diagnostic Tools and Risk Protocols To Accelerate Underground Hydrogen Storage | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT CLAUSTHAL, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II, BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR SCIENCES LIMITED, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN | IGAS ENERGY PLC, OMV EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION GMBH, NEPTUNE ENERGY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, UNIPER ENERGY STORAGE GMBH, CENTRICA STORAGE LIMITED, EQUINOR ASA | 2025-01-01 | 2028-02-29 | 2024-12-16 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3016110.22 | [253815.0, 356275.0, 349999.9, 360375.0, 350001.52, 260034.21, 305072.34, 443498.5] | [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0, -1.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-02-01 | The overall goal of the HyDRA project is the Characterisation of hydrogen-consuming microbial activity and interaction with the storage formation to determine guiding principles that mitigate risk and enable fast-tracking of porous media underground storage as part of the European hydrogen ecosystem. Our goal is achieved through 10 quantifiable key objectives, including: standardized field sampling protocols and bio-geochemical laboratory methods, mapping microbial taxonomic and functional diversity across Europe, deriving models that enhance and upscale laboratory bio-geochemical findings for site-specific microbial risk assessment, delivering a fast-track site selection tool with predictive microbial risk index, updating guidelines to support storage site operators (SSOs) in their site-specific risk identification and management. Targeting the full diversity of geology and subsurface conditions encountered across the different European storage sites, the interdisciplinary HyDRA research partners and associated SSOs will assess microbial risks associated with the storage of hydrogen in porous reservoirs. Across 12 work packages, the HyDRA project will generate new fundamental understanding of microbial risk and mitigation in the context of underground hydrogen storage. With an interdependent workflow across relevant disciplines (microbiology, geosciences, geophysics and -chemistry, porous media modelling, and safety/risk assessment), HyDRA research focuses on the elusive interplay between microbiology, geochemistry, and hydrogen flow during underground hydrogen storage in porous media. Addressing this knowledge gap across the full spectrum of site- and operational conditions for active and future hydrogen storage sites, amplified by natural hydrogen seeps will support the development and standardization of site-specific and general guidelines and regulation codes for an accelerated and widespread European underground hydrogen storage deployment. | F | |||||
| 3172 | 101192075 | DELYCIOUS | DELYCIOUS: Diagnostic tools for ELectrolYsers: Cost-efficient, Innovative, Open, Universal and Safe | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE | AIR LIQUIDE FORSCHUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG GMBH | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2024-12-16 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3995403.18 | [913399.38, 612768.75] | [683492.5] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-04 | The Net Zero Industry Act reckons the production of low-carbon hydrogen (H2) to be a strategic industry. Water electrolysis using renewable energy sources (RES) is a promising way to produce low-carbon H2. To allow the large-scale deployment of electrolysis technologies, monitoring the status of health of the electrolyser to opt for optimal operating conditions for the extension of their lifetime under fluctuating RES, and thus the reduction of the cost of ownership, is still a challenge. The DELYCIOUS project will develop monitoring and diagnostic tools for electrolysers that are cost-efficient, innovative, open, universal, and safe, leveraging:- A unique combination of techniques to probe chemical and electrochemical properties (Raman and Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopies) and modelling approaches (physical and data-driven modelling) to access degradation parameters.- An interoperability prerogative thanks to validation of the functionality and resilience of DELYCIOUS on low and high temperature domains of technologies using three electrolysis technologies (AEL, PEMEL, SOEL).- A strong European consortium combining expertise in the development of hardware sensors (Horiba, SIVONIC) and algorithms (Air Liquide, UT), and their eventual integration into the Electrolyser Management System software platform (Dumarey).The hardware and algorithms will be validated on a laboratory scale during test campaigns of AEL (Stargate), SOEL (UT), and PEMEL (Air Liquide). Since AEL electrolysers will play a major role in large-scale low-carbon H2 production plants, we will provide a TRL6 demonstration of diagnostic and monitoring tools for AEL >100kW (Fraunhofer IWES). A techno-economic analysis is carried out to outline a commercialisation and exploitation roadmap, in line with the needs and expertise of our consortium and advisory board partners. It is expected that 5.9GW of water electrolysers capacity installed in EU by 2035 will be using our technology. | F | |||||
| 3183 | 101138620 | GAMMA | Green Ammonia and Biomethanol fuel MAritime Vessels | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, POLITECNICO DI MILANO | SINTEF AS | 2024-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2023-12-06 | Horizon_newest | 16813696.25 | 12986214.88 | [3458585.0, 199965.0, 144375.0] | [] | [199965.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-12 | GAMMA features 16 of the most important innovators and disruptors in the maritime sector. GAMMA partners will design, test and validate the very best energy conversion technologies and integrate them on an ocean-going vessel on international sea / ocean routes. The main goal of GAMMA is to support commercial vessels in their energy transition by demonstrating the safe integration of fuels (biomethanol and NH3), and fuel systems (biomethanol reformer, NH3 cracker and 1MW low-temperature PEM fuel cell) to provide an Ultramax bulk carrier with substantial emissions savings by performing steam reforming and ammonia cracking instead of combusting Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (through the replacement of auxiliary engines, which will stay as a back-up). Among the objectives of the project, GAMMA will (1) successfully retrofit the vessel, (2) show that ship operations can be handled in a safe manner and (3) test the availability of the sustainable fuel value chain for maritime vessels. | 1 | |||||
| 3204 | 101144144 | FLEXBY | Flexible and advanced Biofuel technology through an innovative microwave pYrolysis & hydrogen-free hydrodeoxygenation process | AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AGRUPACION DE INTERES ECONOMICO, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA | PETROGAL SA | 2024-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2024-03-28 | Horizon_newest | 3993682.5 | 3993682.5 | [404500.0, 853750.0, 337500.0, 384750.0] | [240750.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-07 | Biomass-derived liquid transportation fuels have been proposed as part of the solution to mitigate climate change and many countries are providing incentives to support the growth of bioenergy utilization. Nevertheless, most biofuels currently are made from food-related sources and have a negative impact on food production. The development of cost-effective solutions to minimize carbon waste and inhibit biogenic effluent gas emissions in sustainable biofuel production processes is still at an early stage of development. FLEXBY intends to go significantly boost this development by producing advanced biofuel through an innovative, cost-efficient process that will reach TRL5. At FLEXBY we will produce biofuel using biogenic waste from microalgae cultivated in domestic wastewater as well as the oily sludge from refineries. This residual biomass will undergo a microwave pyrolysis treatment to produce three different fractions: bio-liquid, pyro-gas, and bio-char. The bio-liquid fraction will be converted to jet, diesel, and marine bio-fuels (heavy transport biofuels) through a versatile and innovative Hydrogen-free Hydrodeoxygenation. The gaseous fraction will be converted to bio-hydrogen through a steam-reforming water gas-shift process (WGS) and preferential CO oxidation (PrOx). Both liquid and gaseous biofuel will be tested and validated in fuel cells to produce electricity, along with an evaluation of their respective suitability for the transport sector. FLEXBY promotes a circular economy by recycling biomass residues and all sub-products obtained during the project. The combined expertise of the industrially-driven consortium (formed by 1 LE, 4 SMEs, 2 universities, 1 non-profit association, and 2 RTOs) from 5 different countries will be able to achieve these objectives. In terms of impact, FLEXBY will increase the use of advanced biofuels in the heavy transport sector, mitigating climate impact in key areas of the global economy | F | |||||
| 3205 | 101136123 | FUEL-UP | Production of advanced bioFUELS via pyrolysis and UPgrading of 100% biogenic residues for aviation and marine sector, including full valorisation of side streams | LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV | SINTEF OCEAN AS, SINTEF AS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-11-17 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 8417003.08 | [685905.0, 278487.5, 1576687.49, 1134411.25] | [] | [685905.0, 1576687.49] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-06 | FUEL-UP project aims at producing simultaneously the key renewable SAF and marine fuels from 100% biogenic feedstocks (primarily forestry residues) through pyrolysis and downstream upgrading of pyrolysis oils to advanced biofuels, reducing GHG emissions of the important aviation and marine transport sectors. FUEL-UP will demonstrate at TRL6-7 the production of sufficient aviation and marine fuel in the project, transforming 1000 L HPO to 450-500 L SAF, 300-350 L marine diesel and 100-200 L marine fuel Naphtha/Bio-methanol co-blend for testing. The key challenges are to de-risk and optimize stabilisation, deoxygenation, hydrodeoxygenation, hydrotreatment and hydro-isomerisation steps; including optimisation of catalysts and scalability. FUEL-UP will ensure the fuel quality meets standards and engine specifications. The produced SAF will be tested according to aviation standards (Tier 1, 2 & 2.5) to qualify them with D4054 certification and provide a strategy for fuel certification through introduction to EU Clearinghouse. The produced marine biofuels streams fuel quality (marine diesel and Naphtha enhanced Bio-methanol co-blend) will be assessed with marine engine testing performed according to ISO 8217 and ISO 8178 standards. FUEL-UP will also maximise the valorisation of all carbon side streams (gaseous and aqueous), with aqueous phase treatment and extraction up to 80%, resulting in at least 200 L valuable compounds /t HPO, followed by subsequent conversion into high quality biogas. The heavy component of Naphtha fraction will be evaluated for aromatisation by continuous catalytic reforming to produce solvents. Environmental impact of the value chain will be assessed to show up to 80% GHG emission reduction compared to fossil fuels and provide scenarios for green hydrogen production. Process engineering will ensure scale-up of technologies to reach commercial scale by 2030 and replication in 10 sites by 2035 and 25 sites by 2040, allowing production of >2Mt fuels. | 1 | |||||
| 3227 | 101137799 | CLEANER | Clean Heat and Power from Hydrogen | TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER | EUROGAS – EUROPEAN UNION OF THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY | SINTEF AS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-08 | Horizon_newest | 3949959.5 | 3949959.5 | [1068097.0, 539250.0, 922195.0, 300187.5] | [49850.0] | [922195.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-01 | Achieving the European Green Deal target of becoming the worlds first climate-neutral continent by 2050 will require deep cuts to emissions across all aspects of the economy, including the power generation and heating sector. This, combined with the REPowerEU plans, places hydrogen as a clean energy carrier in a unique position. It can be used in, and thereby couple, all sectors like; power&heat, transport and industry. Hydrogen offers long term storage, it can be transported over large distances and it can be produced and used without, or with very low emissions. A central part of the EU climate strategies is the target of domestic renewable hydrogen production of 10 million tons by 2030, in addition to the same amount imported. Large-scale stationary fuel cells in the MW-range should be able to operate on such industrial quality H2 without repurification. They can offer a low-cost clean alternative for both large scale (peak) power and heat production, as well as for small, medium and large-scale back-up power units for the critical infrastructure, thereby also improving the resilience of the energy system. The aim of CLEANER is to develop and demonstrate for more than 5000 hours a >100 kW PEM fuel cell system operating on industrial quality hydrogen. | F1 | ||||
| 3235 | 101192442 | HyPrAEM | High-pressure anion exchange membrane electrolyzers for large-scale applications | FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE | TOTALENERGIES ONETECH | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-12-16 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3992949.44 | [360807.5, 291344.49, -1.0, 1083179.51, -1.0] | [296250.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-02 | The HyPrAEM project aims to develop a disruptive Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer (AEMEL) stack and BoP layout capable of producing hydrogen directly at 100 barg, enabling direct integration into the thermochemical industry. The 100 kW/100 bar AEMEL stack, with an active area of 500 cm2 will be demonstrated for > 3000 h under both continuous and discontinuous operation at the site of an end user. integrating wind, solar, batteries, and HyPrAEM’s electrolyzer, to push the AEMEL technology to TRL 5. The stack will operate at a nominal current density of 2 A/cm2 at 1.75 V per cell with an efficiency of ~ 85%, corresponding to an energy consumption of ~ 46.9 kWh/kg. The proposed stack will include consortium-developed CRM-free/lean electrocatalysts (0-0.05 mg/W), high-performance (reinforced) AEM membranes, separately optimized ionomers for cathode and anode, and microstructure optimized porous transport layers and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA). All components will be optimized for high differential pressure operation and durability, exploiting the Consortium’s unique capabilities for high pressure testing. Round Robin testing and harmonization between all partner testing facilities will be carried out to ensure consistency and interoperability. Specific AST protocols will be developed and validated within the project to assess and optimize degradation characteristics of specific components within the MEA and the stacks. Multi-physics models and a digital twin for the 100 kW stack will be developed to further aid the understanding and optimization of the component and stack design, and to support the operation of the system. Sustainability and recycling aspects will be addressed, and comprehensive techno-economic and life cycle assessments will be conducted. Dissemination and exploitation will be proactively pursued to maximize the impact of the developments within HyPrAEM. | F | |||||
| 3238 | 101111888 | SHIMMER | Safe Hydrogen Injection Modelling and Management for European gas network Resilience | NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG, POLITECNICO DI TORINO | GERG LE GROUPE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES GAZIERES, ENAGAS TRANSPORTE SA, GASSCO AS, OPERATOR GAZOCIAGOW PRZESYLOWYCH GAZ-SYSTEM SPOLKA AKCYJNA, SNAM S.P.A. | SINTEF AS | INSTYTUT NAFTY I GAZU – PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY | 2023-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2023-05-15 | Horizon_newest | 3037265 | 2999156.25 | [130708.75, 284250.0, 404312.5, 723787.5, 217250.0, 328125.0, 238597.5] | [130708.75, 92500.0, 0.0, 130625.0, 94000.0] | [723787.5] | [238597.5] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-05-03 | To accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy while exploiting existing infrastructure, hydrogen can be injected to the natural gas network. However, the there are many technical and regulatory gaps that should be closed and adaptations and investments to be made to assure that multi-gas networks across Europe will be able to operate in a reliable and safe way while providing a highly controllable gas quality and required energy demand. Recently, the European Committee for Standardization concluded the impossibility of setting a common limiting value for hydrogen into the European gas infrastructure recommending a case-by-case analysis. In addition to this, there are still uncertainties related to material integrity on pipelines and networks components with regards to a reduced lifetime in presence of hydrogen. Existent results from previous and ongoing projects on the hydrogen readiness of grid components should be summarized in a systematic manner together with the assessment of the existent T&D infrastructure components at European level to provide stakeholders with decision support and risk reduction information to drive future investments and the development of regulations and standards. The SHIMMER project aims to enable a higher integration and safer hydrogen injection management in multi-gas networks by contributing to the knowledge and better understanding of hydrogen projects, their risks, and opportunities. – To map and address European gas T&D infrastructure in relation to materials, components, technology, and their readiness for hydrogen blends- To define methods, tools and technologies for multi-gas network management and quality tracking, including simulation, prediction, and safe management of transients, in view of widespread hydrogen injection in a context of European-wide context-To propose best practice guidelines for handling the safety of hydrogen in the natural gas infrastructure, managing the risks | F12 | |||
| 3239 | 101137798 | EUH2STARS | European Underground H2 STorAge Reference System | MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, ENERGIEINSTITUT AN DER JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITAT LINZ VEREIN | EBN BV ENERGIE BEHEER NEDERLAND BV, SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV | 2024-01-01 | 2029-09-30 | 2023-11-29 | Horizon_newest | 27228904.25 | 19655460.13 | [441653.75, 1083895.0, 516875.0] | [398510.0, 905193.63] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-01 | The overall aim of the project is to demonstrate underground hydrogen storage in depleted porous natural gas reservoirs at TRL-8. RAG Austria AG is in the unique position to start with an already existing pilot facility, developed within the framework of the USS-2030 project (www.uss-2030.at) to TRL 6. EUH2STARS will bring the pilot to TRL8 using results of several relevant projects (HyUSPRe, HyStoRIEs, Underground Sun Storage, Underground Sun Conversion and others). To achieve the overall aim and maximize the exploitation of the project results for replication in other regions of Europe the following specific objectives and outcomes are planned: – Provide recommendations to best manage all environmental, legal and (future) regulatory, societal and market-related aspects to ensure a successful implementation of an underground hydrogen storage facility in Europe (WP 1) – Provide recommendations on the topic of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) including a monitoring plan to ensure an ALARP (as low as reasonably practicable) risk level when operating the demonstration site and future commercial storage sites (WP 2) – Run 4 cycles of seasonal operation with different characteristics and usage profiles to demonstrate the ability to integrate with different energy infrastructure systems with highest purification levels of Hydrogen (WP 3) – Show transformation pathways to replicate demonstrator findings in full-scale commercial settings at existing underground gas storage facilities and new to be developed storage sites in depleted natural gas reservoirs in Europe located in Austria (RAG), The Netherlands (Shell), Hungary (HGS), and Spain (TES) (WP 4) – Show how to integrate hydrogen storage facilities into the local, national and European energy infrastructure and market by showcasing specific use cases in AT, HU, NL and ES and other use cases including the integration into the European Hydrogen Backbone (WP 5) – Establish a sound interactive stakeholder involvement process to maxim replication potential and exploitation of the demonstrator results (WP 6).Our EUH2STARS mission is:Best practice demonstrator for a competitive, complete and qualified large-scale hydrogen storage system using a porous subsurface reservoir to enable the integration of European renewable energy sources. | F | |||||
| 3240 | 101059479 | TANDEM | Small Modular ReacTor for a European sAfe aNd Decarbonized Energy Mix | INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, AUTORITE DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE ET DE RADIOPROTECTION, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, UNIVERSITA DI PISA, EUROPEAN NUCLEAR EDUCATION NETWORK, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA RICERCA TECNOLOGICA NUCLEARE, GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) GGMBH, JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION | FORTUM POWER AND HEAT OY | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2022-05-30 | Horizon_newest | 3781490 | 3372400.75 | [61867.55, 204250.0, 632875.0, 61741.2, 140375.0, 62500.0, 129625.0, 251562.0, 342937.0, 351375.0, 0.0] | [136750.0] | [] | [] | EURATOM2027 | HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-02 | “Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) can be hybridized with other energy sources, storage systems and energy conversion applications to provide electricity, heat and hydrogen. SMR technology thus has the potential to strongly contribute to the energy decarbonisation in order to achieve climate-neutrality in Europe by 2050. However, the integration of nuclear reactors, particularly SMRs, in hybrid energy systems is a new R&D topic to be investigated. In this context, the TANDEM project aims to provide assessments and tools to facilitate the safe, secure and efficient integration of SMRs into smart low-carbon hybrid energy systems. It proposes to specifically address the safety issues of SMRs related to their integration into hybrid energy systems, involving specific interactions between SMRs and the rest of the hybrid systems; new initiating events will have to be considered in the safety approach. An open-source “”TANDEM”” model library of hybrid system components will be developed in Modelica language to build a hybrid system simulator which, by coupling, will extend the capabilities of existing tools implemented in the project.TANDEM intends to focus on two main study cases corresponding to hybrid system configurations covering the main trends of the European energy policy and market evolution: a district heating network and power supply in an urban area, and an energy hub serving energy conversion systems, including hydrogen production, in a regional perspective. TANDEM will provide assessments on SMR safety, hybrid system operationality and techno-economics. Societal considerations will also be encased by analyzing the European citizen engagement regarding SMR technology safety.The work will result in technical, economic and societal recommendations and policy briefs on the safety of SMRs and their integration into hybrid energy systems for industry, R&D teams, TSOs, regulators, NGOs and policy makers. The TANDEM consortium will involve 17 partners from 8 countries.” | F | |||||
| 3256 | 101137912 | AEMELIA | Anionic Exchange Membrane water ELectrolysis for highLY efficIenTcy sustAinable, and clean Hydrogen production | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | SINTEF AS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-02-28 | 2023-12-06 | Horizon_newest | 2764927 | 2764926.75 | [-1.0, 380053.75, 596349.25, 409218.75, 410000.0, 203366.25] | [] | [409218.75] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-01 | AEMELIA accepts the challenge to design and prototype AEMEL that meets and surpasses Hydrogen Europe’s 2030 targets for performance, durability, safety and cost. AEMELIA proposes a clear path to reach high current-density (1.5 A cm-2) and low voltage (1.75 V). Energy-efficiency surpasses the 2030 target (46.9 kWh/kg, or 85% of maximum theoretical efficiency), to make 3 times more H2 with less energy compared to XY. LCOH also outshines 2030 targets at 2.5€/kgH2 (17% lower than 2030 target). The degradation rate meets the 2030 target, enabling a 10-year lifetime. These and other KPIs will be validated via the TRL4 prototype of a 5-cell stack at 100 cm² that will deliver 7.2 Nm3/day of H2 at a purity of 99.9% at 15 bar.The team will develop and test disruptive materials, such as fluorine-free ionomers ; thin, highly-conducting membranes ; PGM-free recombination catalysts ; and ionomer-free electrodes. These components are based on earth-abundant, safe materials. They would be fully scalable via existing manufacturing processes. They will be combined in innovate cell designs, taking into account novel flow-field design based on CFD models. Innovative operating conditions such as high operating temperature and pulsed current will increase energy-efficiency while reducing balance of plant (BoP) and will be tested in single cells, as will the use of impure water for improved LCA and cost. Lastly, disruptive methods for AI-based ionomer development and the measurement of the catalytically-active surface area of non-PGM catalysts will be developed.Performance, durability, LCA and cost KPIs will be shared with companies to convince them to invest in upscaling after the project. Partners have many success stories in developing disruptive electrochemical materials and systems and bringing them to market. AEMELIA’s market penetration in 2031 is expected to generate 527 M€ in revenues by 2036, and 1172 kt CO2/year avoided compared to steam methane reforming. | 1 | |||||
| 3263 | 101192503 | REMEDHYS | RECYCLED METALS FOR ABOVEGROUND HYDROGEN STORAGE | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, UNIVERSITE PARIS XII VAL DE MARNE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-12-16 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3996168.95 | [280856.25, 582158.75, 370062.5, 240718.75, 0.0, 302685.2] | [] | [582158.75] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-02-02 | The main objective of REMEDHYS is to advance the maturity of aboveground solid-state hydrogen storage solutions based on metal hydrides with hydrogen chemically bounded to the metals, and operation at ambient conditions. This is a compact and safe hydrogen storage method, and with significant advantages compared to both compressed and liquid hydrogen storage solutions. The hydrogen storage system in REMEDYS with capacity of 100 kg H2 will operate at a pressure below 50 bar. The metal hydrides will be produced from low-cost recycles metals sourced in Europe, and then minimizing the needs to import critical raw materials to Europe. The modular hydrogen storage system will be validated in an end-user scenario with a 2 MW PEM electrolyzer and supplies of hydrogen to a hydrogen-powered offshore service supply vessel. REMEDHYS will contribute to implementation of regulations, codes, and standards for large-scale aboveground storage systems for solid-state hydrogen storage systems. The project will also address sustainability and circularity aspects by employing a Life Cycle Assessment and make recycling of critical raw materials as an integrated part of the materials development. The REMEDHYS consortium consists of the leading research institutions in Europe on solid-state hydrogen carriers; four research centers and two universities, and four partners from the industry. REMEDHYS will build on the experiences from the EU funded project HyCARE, 2019-2023, which had six of the REMEDHYS partners. | 1 | |||||
| 3269 | 101058692 | RecHycle | Recycling renewable hydrogen for climate neutrality | JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE, IRT ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH, ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM NV | 2022-06-01 | 2026-11-30 | 2022-05-25 | Horizon_newest | 28419720 | 6226743 | [166746.0, 0.0, 126875.0, 99950.0, 132085.0] | [601087.0, 5100000.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-22 | RecHycle’s goal is to implement a gas hub, capable of mixing metallurgic gases produced on site with or without external (green) hydrogen sources. This is to be fed ultimately into the Blast Furnace and a future DRI furnace to sustainably produce green steel. The project will demonstrate a cost-efficient solution to decrease carbon emissions by initiating a new industrial symbiosis between and within the steel industry, chemical industry and renewable energy sources (e.g. wind or solar to obtain green electricity or hydrogen). The project will contribute in the shift towards a circular economy where waste products are valorised to the maximum of their potential. Furthermore, the project is to serve as a stepping stone towards further development of synergies between companies within the North Sea Port industrial area, thus creating new opportunities for innovation and economic activities. Challenges to be addressed are the dynamic optimization of gas mixtures and flows, minimizing risks of hydrogen on material embrittlement, ceramic feed-inlet (Tuyeres) within the furnaces, the quality of the produced steel and the (future) material scrap streams of the DRI. RecHycle is to be executed through a consortium of 6 partners from 4 different countries including an industrial partner that is world leading in the steel manufacturing industry and 5 research partners specialized in hydrogen-based studies. | F | |||||
| 3277 | 101091812 | CUMERI | Customised membranes for green and resilient industries | VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V., FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ FHNW, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT, ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI | SINTEF AS | 2022-12-01 | 2025-11-30 | 2022-11-18 | Horizon_newest | 7235177.5 | 6380768.14 | [1636093.75, -1.0, 1161813.75, 332187.5, 364667.5, 511950.0, 380433.75] | [] | [380433.75] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-14 | Increased energy and resource efficiency in industrial sectors is paramount to build a resilient and sustainable future. In this context, the CUMERI project will develop and demonstrate at TRL7 advanced and customised membrane separation systems in two key industries: in the steel sector where H2 will be recovered and CO2 captured in one comprehensive system, and in the O&G industry where a two-step liquid filtration system will enable base oil and additives recovery from used lubricant oil.To reach these goals, CUMERI gathers 16 partners (7 RTOs and 9 companies including 4 SMEs) and will elaborate in 36 months three impactful membrane technologies: 1) Enhanced bio-based and recyclable polymer membranes for CO2 permeation; 2) Stable and selective SiC/SiCN membranes for H2 recovery, for a better H2 valorisation in the steel sector; 3) Grafted porous ceramic membranes for waste oil purification and additives recovery by ultra-filtration and liquid-liquid membrane contactors. All membrane systems will unlock greater energy efficiency and decreased emissions in their respective sectors. High separation performances together with increased chemical, mechanical and thermal stability will be demonstrated. Moreover, re-usage and recycling of membranes will be validated. Beyond these demonstrations, the project will generate novel insights on membrane separation including a variety of flexible solutions to help industry, the scientific community and policy makers accelerate the rollout of separation technologies. To maximise the impact of CUMERI, other promising separations will be screened and the transferability of results to other industries (refinery, pharmaceuticals, etc.) will be ensured.Through its activities, CUMERI will pave the way to decreased emissions in the industry, to the greater valorisation of valuable chemicals, and to more energy-efficient processes, promoting resilient and circular industrial value chains. | 1 | |||||
| 3287 | 101192356 | HI2 Valley | Hydrogen Industrial Inland Valley | RIGAS TEHNISKA UNIVERSITATE, AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, BEST – BIOENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ, SENERGY ELEMZO ES KUTATO NONPROFIT KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG, K1-MET GMBH, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, HYCENTA RESEARCH GMBH, ENERGIEINSTITUT AN DER JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITAT LINZ VEREIN, PODKARPACKA DOLINA WODOROWA, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, ASOCIATIA CLUSTER PENTRU PROMOVAREA AFACERILOR SPECIALIZATE IN ECOTEHNOLOGII SI SURSE ALTERNATIVE DE ENERGIE -MEDGREEN (REGIUNEA SUD-EST SI REGIUNEA BUCURESTI ILFOV) | GASUNIE INFRASTRUKTUR AG | 2025-01-01 | 2030-12-31 | 2024-12-18 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 19996861.2 | [68562.5, -1.0, 101250.0, -1.0, 50625.0, 1440000.0, 519375.0, 2132103.75, 1214697.5, 65625.0, 374662.7, 55187.5] | [-1.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-06-01 | The HI2 Valley project will establish a large-scale renewable hydrogen (H2) economy in the Austrian industrial regions of Upper Austria, Styria and Carinthia, directly contributing to the goals outlined in the European Green Deal, REPower EU and Hydrogen Strategy. The project will achieve this by decarbonising key sectors through H2, drastically reducing emissions in the steel, chemical, and cement industries as well as in energy and mobility via displacement of fossil fuels – including reducing the reliance on natural gas which Austria overwhelmingly imports from Russia. With 13,000 tons of green hydrogen being needed in the regions by 2028, over 10,000 tpy of green hydrogen will be produced within this HI2 Valley. By introducing strategically placed, decentralised H2 production facilities, the project will strengthen the country’s energy resilience and flexibility and create a robust domestic market for green H2. The HI2 Valley will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between Southern and Eastern European hydrogen supply corridors. Being embedded on the European Hydrogen Backbone and TEN-T network and future pipeline connections (PCIs) with Southern Europe and North Africa, the HI2 Valley will seamlessly connect Austria’s multi-user H2 ecosystem with neighbouring countries like Germany, Italy and Slovakia, fostering a truly interconnected Central European hydrogen network. This role model helps to secure industrial jobs, and through standardisation and integration brings costs of hydrogen down, creating a green industrial future for Europe. Going beyond its immediate neighbours, the HI2 Valley will also foster knowledge sharing and wider adoption of green hydrogen through the active collaboration with five other emerging Hydrogen Valleys in Eastern Europe in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Latvia and the Czech Republic. | F | |||||
| 3301 | 101137611 | H2tALENT | Alentejo Green Hydrogen Valley delivering integrated full-chain sustainable hydrogen ecosystem with technical, economic, social and environmental benefits and superior upscaling/replicability. | CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE EVORA, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, CAMPUS SUL ASSOCIACAO INTERUNIVERSITARIA DO SUL, UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA, UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA, MUNICIPIO DE ALANDROAL, UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG, UNIVERSITE MOHAMMED PREMIER 1 – UMP, CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DA CERAMICA E DO VIDRO, COMISSAO DE COORDENACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL DO ALENTEJO, UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE, INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE, INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE PORTALEGRE, ASSOCIACAO FRAUNHOFER PORTUGAL RESEARCH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN | GALP ENERGIA SA, PETROGAL SA | 2024-03-01 | 2029-02-28 | 2024-02-28 | Horizon_newest | 9948453.94 | 8828774.82 | [200000.0, -1.0, 636250.0, 869487.69, 608125.0, 698750.0, 115000.0, 37500.0, 153125.0, 146343.75, 597498.75, 220625.0, 149007.5, 169375.0, 152500.0] | [0.0, 420000.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-06-02 | H2tALENT launches a flagship Hydrogen Valley in Alentejo-PT to consolidate the strong investment in place and boost the penetration of “green” hydrogen by deploying new initiatives across the entire value chain from local production to use including distribution for a range of applications in industry, mobility and buildings while also connecting with existing/planned infrastructures and initiatives. In the next 5 years are foreseen 2.1 GW electrolysers, 180 ktons/y of “green” H2, 2 B€ investments and 5000 jobs in Alentejo. Safe design and operation are ensured to deliver certified “green” hydrogen. H2tALENT produces >500 ton/y used by several off-takers in industry, mobility (public bus & truck) and building (municipal pool). The strategic position of the Sines Port is valorised as a key multi-modal hub for interconnection and import/export as well the industrial ecosystem surrounding it. Optimal energy system integration is ensured via technology assessment and impact modelling to contribute to the national energy transition strategy. H2tALENT generates investments around 20 M€. Digital Twinning and tools for optimal planning and operation are delivered to support upscaling and replication, while professional upskilling and public perception equip the workforce with the needed competences and deliver social benefits. H2tALENT builds a global network where lessons learned from existing valleys are gathered, cooperation with Brazil and Morocco fostered and replication promoted in 2 follower valleys in DE Saxony and UK Midlands. Roadmaps and concrete actions for upscaling and replication are defined for the Sines Port, Alentejo and Portugal. The consortium includes 29 partners from 7 countries covering the entire value chain including energy suppliers, DSO, technology manufacturer, system integrator, end users and RTO/university experts in digitalization, public acceptance, environmental assessments and technology assessment with strong political support. | F | |||||
| 3304 | 101070741 | H2STEEL | Green H2 and circular bio-coal from biowaste for cost-competitive sustainable Steel | UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA E LA DIMOSTRAZIONE SULLE ENERGIE RINNOVABILI, POLITECNICO DI TORINO | ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH | 2022-10-01 | 2025-09-30 | 2022-06-01 | Horizon_newest | 2368910 | 2368910 | [372750.0, -1.0, 638975.0, 824375.0] | [109707.5] | [] | [] | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | The achievement of the Net-zero emissions target established by the European Commission is huge challenge which could not be achieved without re-thinking the conventional route (materials and energy chains). H2STEEL project proposes an innovative, disruptive solution to convert wet waste streams into green Hydrogen, Carbon and Critical Raw Materials. The proposed innovative solution aims at supporting the green transition of one of the most hard-to-abate industrial sector: metallurgy. In particular, H2STEEL combines the conversion of biowaste and bioCH4 through innovative catalyzed pyrolysis with chemical leaching, to fully convert biowastes into Green Hydrogen, Green Carbon (biocoal), and recovery of Critical (inorganic) Raw Materials. Biomethane pyrolysis is carried out in a brand new, ad-hoc designed, and proof-of-concept reactor, on a bed of biocoal made from pre-carbonized biowastes, i.e. on a very cheap fully carbon-based catalyst, very resistant to temperature and contaminants: this will enhance the efficiency of the methane cracking step to generate Green Hydrogen. As new solid carbon from methane cracking is generated on the biocoal surface, thus reducing the performance of the catalyst, new biocoal-catalyst is inserted in the reactor, while the spent biocoal is removed: the continuous renewal of the catalyst is feasible thanks to its low cost, and to the market value of the spent catalyst. This material, fully bio-carbon based, is then used in steel-making as a substitute of metallurgical (fossil) coke, generating a net GHG reduction, EU ETS (Emission Trading Scheme) compliant. The regeneration of the spent catalyst thus becomes unnecessary, as the biocoal is used in a downstream process, avoiding the release of CO2 in atmosphere (as it happens in the SMR process or in most of the catalysts regeneration steps). | F | |||||
| 3308 | 101058565 | AMBHER | Ammonia and MOF Based Hydrogen storagE for euRope | FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT, MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FUER KOHLENFORSCHUNG, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | ENGIE | 2022-06-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2022-05-24 | Horizon_newest | 4915873.75 | 4915870 | [588750.0, -1.0, 300818.0, -1.0, 384583.0, 330000.0, 300000.0, 600041.0, 499936.0] | [347847.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17 | AMBHER (Ammonia and MOF based Hydrogen for Europe) is a European project providing a holistic approach to tackle the short and long term energy storage challenges raised by the high degree of electrification our society is aiming for. Firstly, AMBHER is addressing the main societal, economic and technological questions coming together with the use of green ammonia as seasonal renewable energy storage. Simultaneously, AMBHER is developing and demonstrating innovative and cheaper compressed hydrogen storage potentially solving the gap toward local and economically relevant power-to-hydrogen hub. AMBHER will thus increase the number of applications in the energy and transport sectors and the possibilities for success and industrial adoption by key players. For short-term hydrogen storage, novel nanoporous MOFs (Metal Organic Frameworks) of high surface area (>2.500 m2/g) and low cost synthesis will be developed following an original shaping process (3D printing). Furthermore, AMBHER will develop a conformable cryo-vessel that can accommodate stacks of MOF bodies of tailored-made shape. A capacity of 40g/L of usable space at 100 bar is achieved at competitive cost with respect to current high pressure cylinders (600-1.000 euros/kg H2). For long-term storage, advanced materials (both catalysts and membranes) and their combination in an intensified 3D-printed intensified periodic open cell structured reactor will be developed to allow hydrogen storage in the form of ammonia (NH3) in a cost-efficient and resource-effective process at lower temperatures and pressures compared to conventional systems. AMBHER project is validating both short-term and long term solutions at TRL 5 addressing the positioning of the solutions developed in relevant business cases. The project is built around 16 industry and academic leaders in Europe, from 7 different countries. Track record of AMBHER partners proves the synergies and fruitful collaborative nature among all members. | F | |||||
| 3319 | 101075602 | SCARLET | Superconducting cables for sustainable energy transition | ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DECHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DEPARIS, GFZ HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR GEOFORSCHUNG, WAVEC/OFFSHORE RENEWABLES – CENTRO DE ENERGIA OFFSHORE ASSOCIACAO, RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO – RSE SPA, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | SINTEF ENERGI AS | 2022-09-01 | 2027-02-28 | 2022-08-23 | Horizon_newest | 19602668.75 | 14999959.75 | [1473750.0, 402500.0, 673750.0, 448562.5, 371875.0, 443493.75, 446375.0] | [] | [1473750.0] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-09 | Superconducting medium-voltage cables, based on HTS and MgB2 materials, have the potential to become the preferred solution for energy transmission from many renewable energy sites to the electricity grid. Onshore HTS cables provide a compact design, which preserves the environment in protected areas and minimizes land use in urban areas where space is limited. Offshore HTS cables compete on cost and – compared to conventional HVDC cables – have the clear benefit of eliminating the need for large and costly converter stations on the offshore platforms. MgB2 cables in combination with safe liquid hydrogen transport directly from renewable energy generation sites to e.g., ports and heavy industries, introduce a new paradigm of two energy vectors used simultaneously in the future.Both HTS, cooled with liquid nitrogen, and MgB2, cooled with liquid hydrogen, MVDC superconducting cables will be designed, manufactured, and tested, including a six-month test for the MgB2 cable. For grid protection, a high-current superconducting fault current limiter module will be designed and tested. Furthermore, the technology developments will be supported by techno-economic analyses, and a study of elpipes, large cross-section conductors for high-power transfer, will be performed.The superconductor technology developments will accelerate the energy transition towards a low-carbon society by the direct key impacts of the project:•30% LCOE reduction for offshore windfarm export cables•15% reduction in total cost of entire offshore windfarms•Possibility to transfer 0.5 GW in the form of H2 and 1 GW electric energy in one combined system•Installation of cables for 90 GW transmission capacity by the consortium partners by 2050•Creation of 5 000 European jobs within the field of sustainable energy | 1 | |||||
| 3323 | 101131793 | RISEnergy | Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy | AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES LABORATORIES (DERLAB) EV, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE COMPONENTES, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, CONSORCIO PARA EL DISENO, CONSTRUCCION, EQUIPAMIENTO Y EXPLOTACION DE LA PLATAFORMA OCEANICA DE CANARIAS, COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU, UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA, CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND SAVING FONDATION, UNIVERZITA TOMASE BATI VE ZLINE, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA, FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA I.P., DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, EUROPEAN SOLAR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER, UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, OFFIS EV, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN FUR MATERIALIEN UND ENERGIE GMBH, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, UNIVERSITATEA NATIONALA DE STIINTASI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCURESTI, FUNDACION IMDEA ENERGIA, RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO – RSE SPA, DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, FUNDACION CENER, INSTITUTE OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ENERGY SYSTEMS, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA, UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON, NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU, STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA, THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE, ECCSEL EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA, CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE | ENBW ENERGIE BADEN-WURTTEMBERG AG | SINTEF ENERGI AS | 2024-03-01 | 2028-08-31 | 2023-11-27 | Horizon_newest | 14499997.59 | 14499997.59 | [0.0, 400720.44, 515255.29, 295034.38, 306616.71, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 215064.03, 485326.55, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 623051.79, 0.0, 0.0, 426085.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1709231.47, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1248931.25, 0.0, 3411848.89, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 410995.25, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1390664.24, 0.0, 0.0, 290640.85, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0] | [146505.0] | [0.0] | [] | HORIZON.1.3 | HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-01 | The European Green Deal aims to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy with zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To achieve more efficient, competitive and cost-effective energy systems and devices, RISEnergy fosters a European ecosystem of industry, research organizations and funding agencies aimed at developing novel energy technologies and concepts. RISEnergy brings together a consortium of 69 beneficiaries from 23 countries: ERIC institutions, technology institutes, universities and industrial partners, to jointly improve the economic performance of technologies. Members of the European Energy Research Alliance are establishing the core European ecosystem. The main objectives of RISEnergy are: 1.) enable research and innovation to increase energy efficiency and reduce the cost of energy technologies to foster wider use of renewables into energy systems through proactive innovation management having single entry point with tailor-made access roads for academics, industry, and SMEs, and advising RI providers, all acces Users, and policy makers on LCA, ICT development and networking issues; 2.) provide efficient transnational access (TNA) to facilities to support renewable energy technologies and systems: Provide more than 2,500 days of access to major European and international world-leading analytical facilities; 3.) reach out to all stakeholders performing research along the value chain, from materials and technology development to applications in the eight most relevant fields of PV, CSP/STE , hydrogen, biofuels, offshore wind, ocean energy, integrated grids, and energy storage, research infrastructure providers and policy makers; 4.) provide comprehensive services of unprecedented quality: new cross-RI services, a single entry point, tailor-made access roads for academia industry, and SMEs with a particular focus on scientists from research fields in which the use of research infrastructures is not yet established. | F1 | ||||
| 3324 | 101101540 | THOTH2 | NOVEL METHODS OF TESTING FOR MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL GAS AND HYDROGEN MIXTURES | EIDGENOSSISCHES INSTITUT FUR METROLOGIE METAS, AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA | GERG LE GROUPE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHES GAZIERES, ENAGAS TRANSPORTE SA, OPERATOR GAZOCIAGOW PRZESYLOWYCH GAZ-SYSTEM SPOLKA AKCYJNA, SNAM S.P.A. | INSTYTUT NAFTY I GAZU – PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY | 2023-02-01 | 2025-07-31 | 2023-01-26 | Horizon_newest | 1997361.25 | 1997360.5 | [-1.0, 151750.0, 43125.0, 66750.0, 161801.0, 251435.0, -1.0, 212431.0] | [151750.0, 260156.0, 57500.0, 208200.0] | [] | [251435.0] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-05-04 | How maximize hydrogen (H2) blending potential in natural gas (NG) networks, supporting European energy system decarbonisation? The answer lies in the need of a systemic, multi-disciplinary approach to make NG infrastructure resilient to the challenges of tomorrow. Industrial and research players’ competences are required. In this framework, THOTH2 consortium focuses on energy measurement value chain and instruments’ ability to accurately measure physical parameters of H2NG mixtures with increasing H2 percentages, up to 100%. Including gas TSOs, DSOs, metrological and research institutes and academia, THOTH2 consortium has all competences and skills to reach the goals of i) define standards to evaluate the metrological performances of measuring devices at different H2 blending rates (up to 100%), ii) verify safety and durability of the same devices, and iii) suggest future needs to overcome the observed barriers and limitations. SNAM competences in managing NG assets are essential for the coordination and synergic integration of the 14 partners, recognized as experts in NG and H2 industry (GRTGAZ, GAZ-SYSTEM, Enagás, INRETE), metrology (CESAME, INRIM, METAS), H2 blending technologies and measuring devices design, engineering, and R&D activities (UNIBO, INIG, FBK, ENEA, CSIRO). The communication and dissemination strategy by GERG will give visibility to project’s results, including contributions to Mission Innovation 2.0 and EURAMET projects. THOTH2 vision will lead to an acceleration towards H2 economy, contributing to REPowerEU and NextGeneration EU objectives. The project impact potential includes the establishment of a R&D Hub center, including THOTH2 partners and Advisory Board members, to translate into valuable results achieved by the project, aiming to i) the development/update of international standards, ii) foster innovation in the field of H2NG blending measuring devices, and iii) supporting H2 value chain development leveraging on the EU gas infrastructure | F2 | ||||
| 3325 | 101160662 | SET4H2 | Support to the SET Plan IWG on hydrogen | DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, DIRECAO-GERAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA, MINISTERO DELL’UNIVERSITA E DELLA RICERCA | HYDROGEN EUROPE RESEARCH | 2024-05-01 | 2026-04-30 | 2024-05-07 | Horizon_newest | 599996.25 | 599996.25 | [250868.75, 0.0, 65033.75, 71750.0] | [23500.0] | [] | [] | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03-08 | The aim of SET4H2 is to provide organisational, logistic and secretarial support to the newly formed Implementation Working Group on hydrogen under the revamped SET Plan. This includes refining the IWG’s mission and identity, finalising the Implementation Plan and exploiting synergies with the activities of other SET Plan stakeholders and relevant European and international hydrogen initiatives. The new IWG can build on the results already achieved in the ERA pilot initiative “Agenda Process on Green Hydrogen”, a comprehensive pan-European strategy-building process involving 30 European countries, and thus can achieve faster progress in implementing the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. The CSA supports the IWG in applying an integrated, systematic and interdisciplinary approach to address research needs, while considering the different starting conditions of European countries in the energy transition. Furthermore, the CSA will contribute to enhancing cooperation and synergies among Member States and SET-Plan countries, ensuring their active involvement in decision-making and implementation of the IP’s activity fiches as well as facilitating mutual coordination of R&I programmes. The consortium of SET4H2 consists of eight members having the necessary experience both in the field of hydrogen and in the context of coordination within the SET Plan. Consortium members have worked together in several contexts and are involved with IWGs including the new one on hydrogen. The annual work plan enables priority-setting in all six work packages, with WP2 leading the thematic focus and consolidating the findings from analytical work in WP 3, 4 and 5 and from regular exchange with the hydrogen IWG members, other IWGs and hydrogen initiatives. WP6 serves to develop and carry out tailored communication and outreach activities, while WP1 ensures the targeted and efficient implementation of the CSA as well as the exchange with the European Commission. | F | |||||
| 3368 | EN3M0026 | nan | THE ANALYSIS OF ENERGY SUPPLY, HYDROGEN AND OTHER NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. THE WOIL-MODEL DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION AND CASE STUDIES. | 1986-01-01 | 1986-12-31 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | THE APPLICATION OF WOIL WILL ENABLE THE COMMISSION SERVICES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY OF WORLD OIL PRICES TO CHANGE IN BOTH WORLD AND EC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, AND TO GENERATE INTERNALLY CONSISTENT WORLD OIL PRICES AND PRODUCTION SCENARIOS TO ASSIST IN TESTING E.E.C. ENERGY POLICY INITIATIVES. THE EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGIES, RESULTING FROM NEW INVESTMENT, REQUIRES A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO DEFINING AND DEVELOPING METHODS OF ESTIMATING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS INVOLVED. IT WILL REQUIRE THE HARMONISATION OF CURRENT NATIONAL WORK AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, COMPARISON OF VARIOUS ENERGY POLICIES.THE EC IS ALREADY A SUBSTANTIAL USER OF HYDROGEN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ELECTROLYSIS TECHNIQUES COULD PROVIDE CONSIDERABLE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES TO THE COMMUNITY. IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE OECD/IEA THIS RESEARCH STUDY WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THESE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF QUANTIFYING THE RESULTS RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL ENERGY SUPPLY PICTURE. – COMMUNITY COLLABORATION WITH THE U.S.A. DOE AND BNL. THE FIRST AREA OF RESEARCH IS THAT OF THE WORLD OIL MODEL (WOIL) -TO ACCOUNT FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE EC -TO MORE ACCURETELY REPRESENT THE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES -TO EXTEND THE TIME HORIZON TO 2020 -TO TRANSFER THE MODEL TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER. – EFFECTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A METHOD BY WHICH THE EVOLUTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE SPECIFICS OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS TO ITS COMMERCIAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, DIRECTED TOWARDS FINAL INTEGRATION INTO A COMPETITIVE MARKET PLACE, IS TREATED AS STOCHASTIC PROCESS. – HYDROGEN IN COLLABORATION WITH OECD/IEA. THIS RESEARCH CARRIED OUT IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE OECD/IEA IS DIRECTED TOWARDS A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ADVANCED ELECTROLYSIS TECHNIQUES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF QUANTIFYING THE RESULTS RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL ENERGY SUPPLY PICTURE. – CONSULTANCY. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE THE HARMONISATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE APPLICATION OF ENERGY ORIENTED MODELS WITH SECTORAL DIMENSIONS BETWEEN THE INTERESTED ENERGY MODELLING COMMUNITIES OF THE EC AND THE US. | |||||||||
| 3760 | EN3V0008 | nan | PRODUCTION OF INHERENTLY SUPPORTED CERMET DIAPHRAGMS AND DIAPHRAGM/ELECTRODE UNITS FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF SYNTHESIS-HYDROGEN. | 1986-03-01 | 1989-08-31 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | RESEARCH WILL ALLOW PRODUCTION OF INHERENTLY SUPPORTED CERMET-DIAPHRAGMS AND DIAPHRAGM/ELECTRODE UNITS BY LOW-COST METHODS. THIS IS HOPED TO REDUCE PRODUCTION COSTS FOR INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF H2O-ELECTROLYSERS BY AT LEAST 30 % ESPECIALLY BY DISPENSING OF NICKEL GAUZE. CONVENTIONAL SINTER-TECHNIQUES ARE TODAY BEING USED TO PRODUCE NICKEL-NET SUPPORTED CERMET DIAPHRAGMS WHICH SERVE AS ROBUST AND CHEMICALLY VERY STABLE COMPONENTS FOR H2-PRODUCING ELECTROLYZERS WITH LOWERED ENERGY-CONSUMPTIONS.THE INTERNALLY SUPPORTING NICKEL NET WHICH HITHERTO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UNAVOIDABLE,CAN BE DISPENSED OF,PROVIDED ONE SUCCEEDS IN INCORPORATING INTO THE COMPOSITE AND LAYERED DIAPHRAGM STRUCTURE A COHERENT POROUS METALLIC NICKEL LAYER. THIS TECHNIQUE FURTHER AIMS AT APPLYING POROUS METAL LAYERS ON ONE SIDE OR EVEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CERMET ELECTRODE BY CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES: PREPARING ‘GREEN’ CERMET AND POROUS METAL SHEETS BY THE DOCTOR-BLADE PROCEDURE AND COMBINING THESE ‘GREEN’ LAYERS TO TWO-LAYERED OR THREE-LAYERED GREENS; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTIVE SINTERING IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE UNITS COMPOSED OF POROUS METAL LAYERS AND OF INTERCALATED ELECTRICALLY INSULATING CERMET LAYERS (THE DIAPHRAGM). THE POROUS METAL LAYERS ARE SUPPOSED TO FORM SIMULTANEOUSLY THE METALLIC SUPPORT OF THE UNIT AND POROUS ELECTRODES.. CORRESPONDINGLY THE FINAL STEP OF THE R&D WORK AIMS AT ACTIVATING THE POROUS METAL-ELECTRODES. AS CATHODIC ELECTROCATALYSTS ZN AND AL TOGETHER WITH MO WILL BE USED IN ORDER TO FORM RANEY-METALS FOR THE CATHODES AND CO/RU/AG WILL BE APPLIED IN ORDER TO FORM ELECTROCATALYSED ANODES. STATE OF SDVANCEMENT: THREE PROGRESS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. AN ONLINE PROCESS HAS BEEN WORKED OUT AND FIRST ELECTROLYSIS EXPERIMENTS WERE MADE. FURTHER WORK WILL BE DONE TO ENLARGE THE SIZE OF THE NICKEL NET FREE EDE UNITS AND TO SCALE UP THE ELECTROLYSIS TEST UNIT. | |||||||||
| 3980 | EN3B0059 | nan | USE OF IMMOBILIZED CYANOBACTERIA FOR THE PHOTOPRODUCTION OF ENERGY-RICH COMPOUNDS. | 1986-04-01 | 1989-09-30 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | THE AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO OPTIMIZE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE MAXIMUM AND CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF ENERGY-RICH PRODUCTS SUCH AS NH3, H2 AND NADPH2 BY CYANOBACTERIA IMMOBILIZED IN POLYMER FOAM MATRICES. ALSO PHOTOSYNTHETIC MEMBRANE PARTICLES (PSI AND PSII) ISOLATED FROM CYANOBACTERIA WILL BE USED FOR THE PHOTOPRODUCTION OF H2, H2O2 AND NADPH2 AFTER IMMOBILIZATION. ANABAENA AZOLLAE, CYANOSPIRA RIPPKAE AND MASTIGOCLADUS LAMINOSUS WERE IMMOBILIZED IN POLYVINYL FOAM PIECES AND USED FOR AMMONIA PRODUCTION IN A CONTINUOUS FLOW PACKED BED PHOTOREACTOR OPERATING UNDER LIGHT-DARK CYCLES AND USING A NUTRIENT MEDIUM OCCASIONALLY SUPPLEMENTED WITH L-METHIONINE-D-L-SULFOXIMINE (MSX). AMMONIA EXCRETION WAS OBSERVED FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS INDICATING THAT IMMOBILIZATION STABILIZED THE NITROGENASE ENZYME OF THE CELLS. IMMOBILIZATION ALSO RESULTED IN THE EXTENSION OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT AND HYDROGENASE ACTIVITIES. LIGHT-INDUCED H2 EVOLUTION WAS DEMONSTRATED WITH PSI-ENRICHED PHORMIDIUM LAMINOSUM MEMBRANES COUPLED TO BACTERIAL HYDROGENASE VIA METHYL VIOLOGEN. | |||||||||
| 4215 | EN3E0174 | nan | MODELLING OF THE MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES OF SOFC MODULES | 1988-06-01 | 1990-03-31 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSPORT OF WASTE HEAT OUT OF THE SYSTEM, REPRESENT A CENTRAL QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED SOFC MODULE CONCEPTS. THE THEORETICAL-NUMERICAL TOOLS WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE PROJECT ALLOW THE ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF DIFFERENT DESIGNS WITH RESPECT TO THESE PROBLEMS OF THERMAL CONTROLLABILITY AND OF EVENTUAL LIMITATIONS FOR SCALE-UP. ADDITIONALLY A BASIS FOR FURTHER MORE COMPLEX AND DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLETE SOFC PLANTS WILL BE ESTABLISHED. Modelling was performed in the following stages: the establishment of the analytical mass and energy balances for a local element in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) (micromodel); the enlargement and adaption of the balance equations (macromodel) according to the cell and module geometry under consideration (both crossflow monolithic design and tubular design); the writing of a computer code and optimisation of the code with respect to convergence. Calculations were carried out for the following cases: crossflow monolithic design with hydrogen as a fuel; crossflow monolithic design with internally reformed methane; tubular design with hydrogen as a fuel. The main conclusions which can be drawn from the results are: the temperatures of the gases involved coincide to within a few degrees with the temperatures of the cell components; reasonable fuel utilisations and efficiencies can be achieved with both designs; in the tubular design investigated (Westinghouse type) there are inherently large temperature gradients; temperature distributions of crossflow monolithic designs are significantly flatter than those of tubes; the kinetics of the steam reforming reaction occurring in cell operation with internal reforming of methane (natural gas) strongly affects the temperature distribution within a module. THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY BY CERAMIC SOFC MODULES IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRODUCTION OF CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF HEAT WHICH HAS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE MODULES (MAINLY BY THE AIR FLOW ACTING AS A COOLANT) IN ORDER TO PREVENT SUPERHEATING OF THE UNITS. THIS SEEMS TO BE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHLY INTEGRATED HIGH POWER CONCEPTS DISCUSSED MEANWHILE FOR SOFC APPLICATION. BY MEANS OF A THEORETICAL-NUMERICAL MODELLING THE MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE OF TYPICAL MODULE CONFIGURATIONS WILL BE DETERMINED. AS FAR AS POSSIBLE VALUES WHICH WERE ALREADY REALIZED IN THE LABORATORY, THEY WILL BE USED AS INPUT PARAMETERS (E G FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES OR POLARIZATION PROPERTIES). SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE LAID UPON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISMS OF HEAT TRANSFER FROM THE MODULE CONSTITUENTS TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE GASES INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS BY CONDUCTION ABD ESPECIALLY RADIATION WHICH IS IMPORTANT DUE TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURE. PARAMETER VARIATIONS WILL YIELD INDICATIONS FOR PREFERABLE CONFIGURATIONS AND FOR ADEQUATE SOLUTIONS FOR THE COOLING OF THE SOFC-MODULES. | |||||||||
| 4264 | EN3B0107 | nan | DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW METHOD FOR HYDROGEN RECOVERY FROM LEAN GAS MIXTURES (E.G. PRODUCER GAS) USING METAL HYDRIDE SLURRIES | 1986-09-01 | 1990-02-28 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A MORE ECONOMIC METHOD TO RECOVER HYDROGEN FROM LEAN GAS MIXTURES, AS THE EXISTING METHODS (PRESSURE SWING ABSORPTION, CRYOGENIC OR MEMBRANE SEPARATION) ARE LESS FEASIBLE. THE METAL HYDRIDE SLURRY METHOD, DUE TO ITS UNIQUE ABILITY TO SELECTIVITY AND CONTINUOUSLY ABSORB HYDROGEN, COULD BE THE OPTIMAL CHOICE FOR MANY APPLICATIONS, SPECIALLY ON THE SMALL TO MEDIUM SCALE AND LOW HYDROGEN CONCENTRATIONS, AS IN THE CASE OF THERMOCHEMICAL BIOMASS CONVERSION. IT HAS BEEN EARLIER DEMONSTRATED BY US THAT HYDRIDE SLURRIES ARE ABLE TO REVERSIBLE BATCH ABSORPTION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF HYDROGEN AT PRACTICAL ABSORPTION/DESORPTION RAYES AND AT THE CONVENIENT TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE RANGE. THE MAIN SCOPE OF THE PRESENT WORK IS TO DESIGN CONTINUOUS SLURRY REACTORS WHICH HAVE TO BE USED FOR THE GAS-SLURRY CONTACTING. THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES CONCERN AN INVESTIGATION OF KINETICS AND HYDRODYNAMICS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUOUS REACTORS BUT ALSO THEY CONTINUE THE METAL HYDRIDES SLURRIES. THE KINETICS STUDIES OF H2 ABSORPTION IN 1 VOL% SLURRY OF LANI5 AND SILICONE OIL PD5 PERFORMED IN A CONTINUOUS VALVE PLATE REACTOR HAVE SHOWN THAT THE OVERALL ABSORPTION RATE IS UNDER THE MIXED CONTROL OF THE MASS TRANSFER AND THE REACTION RATE. HYDROGEN ABSORPTION FROM THE GAS MIXTURES CONTAINING HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN HAS BEEN SHOWN TO THE FEASIBLE USING THE SAME HYDRIDE SLURRY SYSTEM AND THE BATCH STIRRED CELL REACTOR. | |||||||||
| 4528 | EN3E0173 | nan | MEMBRANE-BASED THIN-LAYER SOFC TECHNOLOGY. | 1989-01-01 | 1990-12-31 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | – INCREASE OF EFFICIENCY BY DECREASING CHEMIC POLARIZATION LOSSES – HIGHER ENERGY PRODUCTION RATE, INCREASE OF POWER OUTPUT – REDUCTION OF OPERATING TEMPERATURE, INCREASE OF CELL VOLTAGE. An alumina supported air electrode of La0.85Sr0.15MnO3 (SLM) was developed on which a 8 um layer of Y2O3 stabilised zirconia (YSZ) was deposited by electrochemical vapour deposition (ECVD). The alumina support was made by tape casting, and the 15SLM powder was obtained using a citrate pyrolysis technique. The final composite was made by tape casting 15SLM on the sintered alumina structure followed by sintering of the composite at 1100 C in air for 10 hours. The alumina support was 1 mm thick with a porosity of 45% and a mean pore size of about 10 um. The cathode had a thickness of 10-35 um, a porosity of 60-70% and a mean pore size of 0.4 um. Sintering characteristics and the electrical conductivity of SLM as a function of strontium content were investigated. 15SLM was directly tape cast on sintered tapes of 3YSZ. The resulting half cells, with a cathode/electrolyte active area of 3 cm{2}, were combined with a platinum paste anode and used for cell testing experiments. Satisfactory results were obtained. The voltage at open circuit was 1.13 V, and at 200 mA/cm{2} it was 0.55 V. Operating temperature was 1000 C, the fuel was hydrogen and the oxidant was air. In addition to the deposition of the 8 um layer of YSZ, an intermediate membrane between the air electrode and the ECVD electrolyte was deposited. This 2.5 um thick membrane of 8YSZ was deposited by film coating and prevents the growth of zirconia in the air electrode during electrolyte deposition. Leakage of hydrogen gas across the electrolyte and along the sealing edges of the cell causes erroneous open circuit voltages and no current in cells with ECVD electrolytes and platinum paste anodes. Reactivity experiments between the cathode and thin electrolyte material have shown that reaction kinetics strongly control the reaction. For tape cast YSZ with SLM air electrodes, only diffusion of lanthanum or strontium into YSZ was observed at relatively high temperatures (1100-1150 C) whereas powder mixture s of the same materials at these temperatures yielded La2Zr2O7 or SrZr03. For alumina supported air electrodes with ECVD electrolyte, alumina reacted with 15SLM at these temperatures. At lower temperatures (850 C or 1000 C) no reaction products could be observed between 15SLM and YSZ in the latter composites. Reactivity experiments between alumina supported ECVD electrolytes (YSZ) and nickel(II) oxide have shown that nickel is able to diffuse through the electrolyte layer into alumina at temperatures of 1100 C or 1150 C. No nickel diffusion into tape cast YSZ electrolytes was observed. DEVELOPMENT OF FABRICATION TECHNIQUE FOR MEMBRANES AND THIN LAYERS TO BE APPLIED IN SOFC TECHNOLOGY WITH THE AIM TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND TO REDUCE POLARIZATION LOSSES. THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY ECN AND UNIVERSITY TWENTE IN CLOSE COOPERATION. | |||||||||
| 4534 | EN3B0057 | nan | PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 AND CLEAVAGE OF H2O. | 1986-03-01 | 1989-02-28 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | IN THE PHOTOCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY, THE LIGHT-INDUCED GENERATION OF HYDROGEN FROM WATER AS WELL AS THE PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO CARBON-BASED LIQUID FUELS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INTEREST ARE OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A BOTTLENECK FOR EACH OF THE TWO STARTING COMPOUNDS. IT IS THE AIM OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH TO DEVELOP AN ACTIVE, HIGHLY SELECTIVE PHOTOELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR THE REDUCTION OF CO2 TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND TO LOOK FOR ANALOGIES BETWEEN THIS ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS. FOR H2O CLEVAGE INTO H2 AND O2 THE BOTTLENECK IN THE AREA OF EFFICIENT PHOTOELECTRODES IS ANODE STABILITY. RECENTLY, SOME GROUPS HAVE DESCRIBED STABILIZATION OF SILICON BY APPLYING THIN INSULATING LAYERS. THIS IS A PROMISING TECHNIQUE AND IT IS PROPOSED TO EXTEND PUBLISHED WORK BY A RESEARCH FOR OTHER INSULATING LAYERS WITH TUNNELING PROPERTIES. TWO LINES OF IMPORTANT RESEARCH FOR THE TITLE SUBJECT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. FOR THE PEC REDUCTION OF CO2, WE PROPOSE TO STUDY MONO-AND BINUCLEAR TETRA-AZAMACROCYCLIC TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES OF CO AND NI AS MEDIATORS AT P-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS AS PHOTOCATHODES. IN THE PEC SPLITTING OF WATER, THE USE OF SILICON AS PHOTOANODE IS HAMPERED BY THE CORROSIVE NATURE OF THE OXIDATION PROCESS. WE PROPOSE HERE TO STUDY THE STABILIZING EFFECT OF THIN FILMS ON MONO- OR POLYCRYSTALLINE SI AND ON AMORPHOUS SI ELECTRODES. MATERIALS PRESENTLY UNDER STUDY INCLUDE SI3N4, BP. | |||||||||
| 4586 | EN3E0167 | nan | MULTI-CHANNEL SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL REACTORS. | 1987-10-01 | 1989-06-30 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENT R AND D PROJECT WILL BE AS FOLLOW : A) FABRICATION AND EVALUATION OF SMALL (20W) MULTI-CHANNEL SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (SOFC)REACTORS AND ALTERNATIVE CERAMIC OXIDE ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS. B) THE ABOVE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND MODELLING STUDIES WILL CONSTITUTE THE BASIS FOR SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF LARGER (1KW) PROTOTYPE REACTORS INCORPORATING THE NEW OXIDE – ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS, AND C) THE COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION POSSIBILITIES OF SUCH SOFC REACTORS IN COMBINED HEAT AND POWER AND COAL GASIFICATION SYSTEMS WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED. THE PRESENT PROPOSAL INCORPORATES FIVE PRINCIPAL THEMES RELEVANT TO THE FABRICATION AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF NOVEL MULTI-CHANNEL SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (SOFC) REACTORS : 1) FABRICATION OF SMALL (20W) PROTOTYPE FLOW-THROUGH AND CROSS-FLOW-MULTI-CHANNEL REACTORS. THESE ASSEMBLIES WILL BE PRODUCED WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 CHANNELS/CM TO THE POWER OF 2 AND WALL THICKNESSES IN THE RANGE 100-200 MICROMETERS WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO CURRENT TECHNOLOGY USED IN THE MASS PRODUCTION OF CORDIERITE (2MGO.2AL2O3.5SIO2) HONEYCOMB CATALYST SUPPORT. EXISTING ZIRCONIA-YTRIA ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS WILL INITIALLY BE USED IN THE FABRICATION OF THE MULTI-CELL REACTORS WHICH WILL BE PRODUCED BY INDUSTRIAL GROUPS COLLABORATING IN THE PROPOSAL. 2) INCORPORATION OF ELECTRODE STRUCTURES AND CURRENT LEADS INTO THE ADJACENT AIR/FUEL CHANNELS. A VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE INVESTIGATED INCLUDING SOL-GEL ELECTROPHORETIC AND CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION. ATTENTION WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO JOINING THE AIR AND FUEL GAS MANIFOLDS TO THE MULTI-CHANNEL REACTORS. 3) CURRENT-VOLTAGE PARAMETERS AND OTHER PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MULTICHANNEL REACTORS WILL BE EVALUATED IN THE TEMPERATURE RANGE 900-1000 CELSIUS DEGREES FOR H2, H2\CO, AND CH4 FUELS. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT WILL ALSO BE MADE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF INTERNAL REFORMING PROCESSES. 4) FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A SERIES OF ALTERNATIVE CERAMIC OXIDE ELECTROLYTES WILL BE CARRIED OUT. THESE DATA WILL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSEQUENT MULTI-CHANNEL FUEL CELL REACTORS DESIGNED TO OPERATE AT LOWER TEMPERATURES (600-800 CELSIUS DEGREES). 5) PRELIMINARY MODELLING STUDIES WILL BE MADE OF THE MULTI-CHANNEL SOFC REACTORS ENSURE THE OPTIMIZATION OF MASS AND THERMAL FLUXES FOR APPROPRIATE SERIES/PARALLEL CELL CONNECTIONS AND DIFFERENT GASEOUS FLOW-RATES, CELL AND REACTOR DIMENSIONS, ETC. | |||||||||
| 4672 | EN3M0035 | nan | ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT – OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ENERGY USE. | 1986-01-01 | 1988-12-31 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | AS A RESULT OF THE RAPID INCREASE IN FOREST DAMAGES IN MID-EUROPE, THE NEED FOR THE REDUCTION OF AIR POLLUTIONS FROM ENERGY CONVERSION AND ENERGY-END-USE TECHNOLOGIES BECAME AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL OBJECTIVE. AIR POLLUTIONS ARE DITRIBUTED OVER LARGE DISTANCES PARTLY OVER SEVERAL THOUSAND KILOMETRES CROSSING SEVERAL BORDERS. ALL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE BURDENED BY THE TRANSPORT OF AIR POLLUTIONS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. THIS CLARIFIES THE FACT THAT ANY MEASURES TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES CAN ONLY BE EFFECTIVE IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT. DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ENERGY SYSTEM, ITS NUMEROUS INTERRELATIONS AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGIES AND MEASUREMENTS, WHICH IN PRINCIPLE ARE AVAILABLE TO REDUCE THE AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS, THE ANALYSIS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF EFFICIENT EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGIES REQUIRE AN ADEQUATE METHODOLOGICAL INSTRUMENT. THE EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING EFOM 12C THAT DESCRIBES THE ENERGY SYSTEMS AT THE DIFFERENT EC COUNTRIES IN A VERY DETAILED FORM SEEMS TO BE A PROMISING STARTING POINT FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS : – THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF AIR POLLUTION EMISSIONS. – IMPACT OF FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND OF A POSSIBLE INCREASE OF THE MARKET SHARE FOR SOLID FUELS. – EFFECTS OF EMISSION REDUCTION MEASURES AND POLICIES. – COST-OPTIMAL EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGIES. – WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE FOLLOW-UP PRODUCTS. – CONTRIBUTION OF INTERREGIONAL MEASURES. The main importance is given to the oil subsystem although detailed descriptions are given of the oil subsystem, the gas subsystem and the hydrogen subsystem. For the unification of assumptions concerning the fuels used in the Federal Republic of Germany, it was agreed to have a uniform fuel characterisation. One of the major decisions was that the demand vector which should be used in the various scenario calculations should be based upon the calculations of the European Community study ‘Energy 2000’. Major effort was put on the analysis of the database used in ‘Energy 2000’ and its comparison with more recent evaluations in the Federal Republic of Germany. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TWOFOLD : DURING THE FIRST PHASE THE ENERGY MODEL EFOM DEVELOPED WITHIN THE EC-PROJECT ON ‘ENERGY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS’ SHALL BE EXTENDED BY AN ENVIRONMENT -MODULE AND AS A PILOT STUDY THE MODEL WILL BE USED FOR AN ANALYSIS OF COST-OPTIMAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE SO2-,NOX- AND DUST-EMISSIONS IN CONNECTION WITH ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ENERGY USE IN THE FRG. THIS FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THREE DIFFERENT INSTITUTES (IKE, IIP, STE), EACH PARTICIPATING ACCORDING TO ITS SPECIALISATION. THE PRESENT CONTRACT DESCRIBES THE PART OF THE GLOBAL WORK, TO BE DONE BY STE. STE WILL BE CHARGED WITH THE MODELLING OF THE ENERGY EXTRACTION OF DOMESTIC RESSOURCES, THE REFINERY SECTOR, AND THE TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE OF ENERGY CARRIERS. FURTHERMORE STE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECTION OF THE FUTURE USEFUL ENERGY DEMAND. DURING THE SECOND PHASE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF ‘ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT’ WILL BE STUDIED ON AN EUROPEAN LEVEL. A COOPERATION BETWEEN INSTITUTES IN SEVEN EC COUNTRIES WILL BE SET UP TO DEMONSTRATE THE USEFULNESS OF THE DEVELOPED MODEL. | |||||||||
| 5078 | EN3S0020 | nan | STUDY OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION | 1985-10-01 | 1986-02-28 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | ||||||||||
| 6249 | EN3E0069 | nan | NOVEL INTERNAL REFORMING CATALYSTS FOR MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS. | 1987-03-01 | 1989-04-30 | FP1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP1-ENNONUC 3C | nan | MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS OFFER A VERY ATTRACTIVE OPTION FOR THE EFFICIENT GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY AND HIGH GRADE HEAT USING NATURAL GAS. THE FUEL CELL IS DEPENDENT ON PURE HYDROGEN AS FUEL AND THIS INVOLVES CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS BY STEAM REFORMING. OPERATION OF THE REFORMER AND FUEL CELL AS ONE SINGLE UNIT ELIMINATES MUCH OF THE COMPLEXITY OF A SEPARATE REFORMER UNIT. THE INCORPORATION OF AN INTERNAL REFORMING STATE INTO THE SYSTEM ENABLES THE HIGH GRADE HEAT TO BE USED DIRECTLY IN THE ENDOTHERMIC REFORMING REACTION, WITH A RESULTANT IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALL THERMAL EFFICIENCY, REDUCED COSTS, AND LOWER TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH ACTIVITY STEAM REFORMING CATALYSTS WHICH ALLOW THE FUEL CELL TO OPERATE AT LOWER TEMPERATURES AND WILL IMPROVE TO OVERALL LIFE OF THE UNIT. A variety of catalyst formulations have been tested in an out of cell activity testing rig. Literature searches indicated that the major problems which are encountered with internal reforming catalysts are corrosion and wetting by the carbonate electrolyte. Accordingly, a comprehensive study of the corrosion and wetting of various materials has been carried out (under simulated anode conditions). This has enabled the design of potential catalysts. Zirconia, magnesia and ceria were identified as relatively inexpensive corrosion resistant support materials. The platinum group metals and nickel showed excellent corrosion resistance. All of the ceramic materials tested were found to be wetted at 650 C by carbonate but metals had more resistance, in particular gold, silver, ruthenium and copper had high contact angles under fuel gas atmospheres. THE AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP CORROSION RESISTANT INTERNAL REFORMING CATALYSTS FOR THE EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF METHANE/STEAM MIXTURES TO HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE AT TEMPERATURES IN THE RANGE 575 DEGREES C TO 650 DEGREES C FOR USE IN MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS. STUDIES IN THE USA HAVE SHOWN THAT REDUCING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELL FROM 650 DEGREES C TO 625 DEGREES C GREATLY IMPROVES THE LIFE OF THE UNIT BUT REDUCES THE EFFICIENCY OF THE METHANE TO HYDROGEN CONVERSION REACTION. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME ARE: A) TO IDENTIFY CORROSION RESISTANT CATALYST SUPPORTS B) TO IDENTIFY HIGH ACTIVITY REFORMING CATALYSTS THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE ADDITION OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF PRECIOUS METALS TO BASE METAL REFORMING CATALYSTS SHOULD ENHANCE REFORMING ACTIVITY. PROMISING CATALYSTS WILL BE EVALUATED UNDER REALISTIC CONDITIONS IN A MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELL AT CNR MESSINA. | |||||||||
| 7146 | JOUE0048 | nan | Development of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) | 1990-08-01 | 1993-07-31 | FP2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP2-JOULE 1 | nan | Development of a flat plate 1kW solid oxide fuel cell with a metal separator plate. Two flat plate SOFC concepts will be developed by Siemens and ECN respectively. After comparative tests one concept will be selected for the construction of the 100 W and 1 kW units. Starting from the results of a foregoing CEC-project where fundamental research and development activities have been carried out, the Siemens Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) reactor concept was realized for the 1 kW SOFC class. The characteristic point of this fuel cell reactor type is the multifunctional metallic bi-polar plate serving as separator between fuel- and oxidant gas, as electrical link between cells connected in series and as support of the thin ceramic composite of positive electrode/electrolyte/negative electrode (PEN). The stack representing the 1 kW type was built up by 9 bipolar plates with 4 PENs of the dimensions 5 x 5 cm{2} on each plate and an additional PEN layer on the base plate. The operating temperature of this stack with 10 PEN layers was 950 C with O2 on the cathode side and H2 on the anode side. Under these conditions the results of the SOFC stack tests were 370 W at a voltage of 0.7 V and a current density of 0.9 A/cm{2}. With this stack test the great improvements, that could be realized by the PEN development, performed within this program, were impressively confirmed. At the same time the usefulness of functional layers between electrodes and bipolar plates within the used planar multiple cell design was proofed. High technical requirements had to be fulfilled by ceramic component fabrication, by development of glass-ceramic bonding materials and by the material of the bi-polar plate. Activities on these fields have been carried out by the european partners (ECN, NL; GEC Alsthom, UK; and Imperial College, UK) of the CEC sponsored project (JOULE-Programme) and contributed in reaching the project goal in time. The project is pursued aiming at the development of a SOFC-stack of the 20 kW class. In the EC programme two groups lead by Siemens (contract JOUE-CT90-0048) and ABB (contract JOUE-CT90-0027) are presently developing 1 kW SOFC prototypes according to different concepts. These projects are a first step in the development of MW size SOFC electricity plants which are expected to have efficiencies of 50% or 60% for coal and methane respectively, with a 10-100 times lower pollution than for conventional power plants. In this project (contract JOUE-CT90-0048) a flat plate 1 kW SOFC unit will be developed with a metal separator plate. This project will be pursued along two lines: ECN will explore flat plate SOFC cells using wet chemical preparation techniques for the fabrication of the cathode. The component development should result in a 3 layer electrode- electrolyte-electrode composite which will be scaled up to 5 x 5 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2. As a gas distribution concept a sponge structure of the electrode will be investigated. Know-how developed on the metal separator plate for MCFC (in a parallel nationally funded project) will be used for the development of SOFC metal separator plates. Siemens, which is the project leader, developed 5 x 5 cm2 SOFC cells under a previous EC contract (EN3E-0176-D). This research work will be continued on cells with mixed oxide cathodes, where gas distribution is brought about by corrugated separator plates. In view of the fact that large ceramic surfaces of 20 x 20 cm2 or 30 x 30 cm2 are difficult to realize. Siemens will investigate the possibility to join 5 x 5 cm2 or 10 x 10 cm2 cells to form larger surface multiple cell plates. After a decision on the selection of the cell concept. Siemens will construct 100 W and 1 kW units. The construction of stacks of multiple cell plates and scaling up, will be the main problems; the testing facilities will be located at Siemens. This project is a part of a larger project where fundamental SOFC material research will be funded by BMFT and where development of manufacturing methods for SOFC compounds is expected to be funded by BRITE/EURAM. | |||||||||
| 7932 | JOUF0029 | nan | Sampling and analysis of product gas produced by coal gasifiers under actual process conditions (high temperature and pressure) | 1990-04-01 | 1994-03-31 | FP2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP2-JOULE 1 | nan | The work program covers the development of dynamic measurement techniques, with a response time of about 10 seconds, for the major gas components, produced by coal gasifiers. One approach is on-line ex-situ analysis of the gas sample by mass spectrometry or by spontaneous Raman spectroscopy. The other approach is in-situ gas analysis using solid electrolyte based sensors. The work to be performed consists of three parts, namely : A) Preliminary study :Identification of measuring locations for several coal gasification processes; ranges in process conditions for coal gasification processes; definition of target specifications. B1) Sampling and analysis system: Specification of mass spectrometry and spontaneous Raman spectroscopy; making a choice between these two techniques for further research; laboratory experiments with synthetic gas; inventory of sampling problems; selection of construction materials; design and final construction of sampling procedures/system; testing of prototype in non-aggressive high pressure environment. B2) Sensor development: Synthesis and electrical characterisation of candidate proton conducting materials; compatibility tests of these materials in simulated gas atmospheres; adaption and testing of commercial oxygen sensors in simulated gas atmospheres; selection of suitable reference systems; realisation of ceramic-ceramic and ceramic-metal joints and compatibility tests; realisation and in-situ testing of porous ceramic protection; construction of prototype high pressure hydrogen sensors; testing of prototype sensors (in simulated gas atmosphere and in non-aggressive high pressure systems);in-situ testing of prototype sensors. C) Testing of both the sampling and gas analysis system (ex-situ) and of the electrolyte based sensor system (in-situ) in an actual environment. | |||||||||
| 9095 | JOUM0018 | nan | Finalisation of the CO2 study/CRASH Programme. | 1992-01-01 | 1992-07-01 | FP2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP2-JOULE 1 | nan | The purpose of the project is to finalise the CO2 study ‘CRASH Programme’. Additional tasks have to completed to finalise the CRASH Progamme. They are relative to the completion and harmonization of the data input of the EFOM-ENV model; to new simulation of EFOM-ENV and comparisons with the previous results. 1) The completion and harmonization of the input data are mainly relative to MURE, DERE and FRET options (see JOUM-CT90-0010). As far as the MURE options are concerned, energy efficiency measure for industry have to be integrated into EFOM. During the preparation of the DERE Report for the CRASH Programme, the comparison of the DERE data used by each country revealed a number of discrepancies. It has been proposed that the DERE data should be revised using, whenever possible, previous Europe-wide studies to ensure the use of common assumption and costs. Data for ss-hydro, wind, tidal, wave and waste burning technologies will be prepared by ETSU whilst data for photovoltaics, biofuels and active solar will be prepared by an energy consultant (Science). As a continuation of previous DERE project management responsibilities, ETSU will compile the revised DERE data for each country and send it to the appropriate DERE teams for confirmation and/or comments and will pass the agreed data on to the central modelling group. All DERE data and results will be presented in a final DERE report. The FRET options are more or less completed. The hydrogen system will be integrated into the Belgian model by an expert (Science) directly in collaboration with the Commission. The time horizon will be 2030 and this task implies that some new data will be added in the model in order to make simulations on this period. Analysis of the H2 potential following the different options will be made by the Commission with the assistance of this expert. 2) New simulations have been mentioned in the introduction. The principle is that it will be a considerably shorter exercise than the original CRASH Programme. The objective is to be sure that there is no fundamental change with the previous results. A large part of the simulations will be made by the Commission. | |||||||||
| 10062 | BREU0185 | nan | NEW MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS. | 1990-05-01 | 1992-10-31 | FP2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP2-BRITE/EURAM 1 | nan | This research has investigated the manufacturing technologies associated with the production of a new design of solid fuel cell. A new design which uses a flat plate, rather than a tubular, geometry enables low cost, high volume ceramic processing technologies to be used (extrusion, screen printing, tape casting, etc). The support is the largest and most complex component in the design (typically 100 by 200 by 17 millimetres) and has been successfully extruded. The support’s thermal expansion coefficient has been optimised to closely match that of the active cell. Cell components have been obtained by tape casting and tape rolling techniques. These foils are strong (450 megapascals), gas tight, 150 um to 200 um thick, flat when sintered and relatively large (80 by 80 millimetres). Single active cells were successfully produced from these electrolyte foils by coating either side with the electrodes. These single cells were operated at 1000 C with a hydrogen air combination to produce electricity. The Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) provides a new and exciting option for the conversion of fossil fuels, including natural gas, into electricity. It does this with higher efficiency and lower pollution (virtually no NOx) than conventional means. The SOFC has not been commercially successful yet because the fabrication costs for the existing designs and technologies are prohibitive. We have recently developed a new design which has the potential to solve the cost problem. The objective of this research is to develop the associated manufacturing technologies. | |||||||||
| 10181 | JOUB0075 | nan | CO2 neutral substitution of fossile energy sources by fast growing biomass (Miscanthus) | 1991-03-01 | 1993-02-28 | FP2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP2-JOULE 1 | nan | The objective is to demonstrate that the conversion of fast growing biomass via gasification into hydrogen is a good route for energy supply, under the point of view of CO2-balance. The conversion of fast growing biomass via gasification into hydrogen seems to be an attractive route for energy supply, considering boundary conditions for limited carbon dioxide (CO2) emisssions. Hydrogen is often in energy industries, such as petroleum refining. Therefore biomass derived hydrogen can easily be integrated into existing market structures of energy supply and distribution. First economical calculations show that biomass gasification is the most economic route for the production of nonfossil hydrogen. The basis for these calculations is the use of Miscanthus sinensis giganteus, as a fast growing biomass. The objective of this project is to ensure the assumptions made in the basic economical considerations with respect to the production rate of Miscanthus, soil and climate requirements for Miscanthus plantations, establishing farming costs, and the ecological impacts of large scale Miscanthus plantations. The work is being carried out at 2 sites which have varying soil types and an altitude differential. 3 crop years are to be studied. 2 fertiliser levels will be applied. Destructive measurements and the inclusion of relevant weather factors should give a clue of growth conduct and site suitability of plants. Hopefully cultivation guidelines and profitability calculations can then be formulated. The experimental work with the cultivation of Miscanthus giganteus in Potugal was conducted at Monte Caparica. The standard protocol of the European Miscanthus Network was followed. The results of this work are to be compared with those obtained in Ireland and the United Kingdom. This research programme proposes an investigation to ensure that the assumptions made in the above economic considerations with respect to: -production rate of miscanthus (time: 6 months); -soil and climate requirements for planting miscanthus (time: 6 months) -establishing farming costs (time: 6 months); -ecological impact of large scale miscanthus plantations (time: 6 months). Hydrogen is often used in the energy industries (e.g. petroleum refining). Therefore, biomass derived hydrogen can easily be integrated into existing market structures of energy supply and distribution. First economical calculations show that biomass gasification is the most economic route for production of non-fossil hydrogen. The basis for these calculations is the use of ‘Miscanthus sinensis Gigantheus’ as a fast growing biomass with a production rate of about 30 tonnes dry matter per year and hectar. The estimated biomass production costs will be input to the biomass gasification model at Aston University, UK to conform the cost estimates of hydrogen production via different gasification processes. Definition To meet the project goals, a plantation of miscanthus will be established at Scholven in Germany. The production rate of miscanthus with soil and climate condition at a given plantation site will be investigated and worked out in a computer model for general application. It is intended to cooperate with other European institutions (Energy from Biomass Contractors in Biomass Production and Thermochemical Conversion – JOULE programme to obtain a complete picture of the suitability of miscanthus as a CO2-neutral balance raw material for energy supply | |||||||||
| 10474 | JOU20413 | nan | Hydrogen generation from stand-alone wind-powered electrolysis systems | 1994-04-01 | 1996-09-30 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 304 | This project will seek to design and build a small scale (<10kW), stand-alone wind hydrogen production system. Particular emphasis will be placed on controlling the wind turbine to produce a smooth power output. In this respect the role of short term energy storage using batteries or flywheels will be considered. Finally, the economics of the system implemented will be assessed. The major deliverables will constitute the final system itself and a report detailing the technical problems encountered, the limits of operation of the electrolysis system, the extent to which the wind power source can match those limits, and the economics of hydrogen production within such a system. The major technical objectives of the project will be: 1. the assessment of hydrogen electrolysis systems undergoing intermittent operation, 2. comparison of wind turbine operational strategies for dedicated stand-alone hydrogen production, 3. assessment of the overall economics of a stand-alone wind hydrogen system, 4. assessment of the suitability of the technology for use in small community power systems. Full realization of the potential of renewable energy resources in isolated locations requires efficient means of energy storage. Hydrogen, generated by the electrolysis of water, could be used as both a storage medium and as a fuel for heating or transportation. Recent European research has looked at the integration of solar photovoltaic power sources with hydrogen electrolysis. Wind power fluctuates more rapidly than solar power, so there is a more severe problem in matching the irregular power output from a wind turbine to the smooth input requirements of the electrolyser. This project brings together complementary expertise from four laboratories in three EC nations to explore this problem. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Leicester University Engineering Department (UK) will devise a suitable control strategy to operate a stand-alone wind turbine with the objective of smoothing the power output. The role of a flywheel as a shortterm energy store in such a system will also be studied. In parallel, a wind/battery/electrolyser system will be constructed by ENEA (Italy) and operated on their test site. Experimental data gathered on this system (current/voltage characteristic, gas impurities, etc) will be input to a model of the electrolyser operation developed by DLR (Germany) and any degradation of performance arising from intermittent operation will be identified. The electrolyser will also be operated using a simulated power input derived from the wind/flywheel system and the differences in operation of the two systems analyzed. Finally, an overall assessment will be made of the economics of hydrogen generation by an autonomous system of this nature. | |||||||||
| 10626 | JOU20290 | nan | Theoretical and experimental studies for a compact H2 generator, integrated with second generation fuel cells | 1994-02-01 | 1996-01-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 401 | Fuel cells use hydrogen to generate electricity. Due to the unavailability of pure hydrogen, other fuels can be used, such as natural gas (methane) or methanol, but a further conversion step of the fuels to hydrogen is needed. This project will develop an adiabatic reactor prototype of 5 Nm3 H2/h for the catalytic selective partial oxidation of methane (CSPOM). The catalyst will be chosen from the most suitable Ni supported commercial catalysts and be able to achieve syngas yield in the order of 95 %. To provide a plant analysis to make an overall assessment of the process, including the extent of gas clean-up required for the integration of the fuel processor (CSPOM) with different classes of fuel cells, a technoeconomical evaluation, and a comparison of the results with the conventional process (steam reforming of methane). – Screening and evaluation of commercially available Ni-supported catalysts. Catalytic tests and characterization (Messina, Madrid) – Design and construction of an adiabatic reactor prototype of 5 Nm3H2/h. (Messina,Bari) – Experimental tests on the prototype, in order to define the optimized reaction conditions and to evaluate the endurance tests. (Bari,Messina) – Balance of plant analysis in order to make an assessment of the requirements for gas clean-up and of the basic design of the integrated system ‘fuel processor \ fuel cell’.(Messina, Bari) – Techno-economic evaluation based upon advantages and proven and/or expected savings, from introduction of the CSPOM concept in combination with different categories of fuel cells (i.e. SOFC, MCFC, PAFC,SPE). ( Messina) | |||||||||
| 11209 | JOU20102 | nan | Experimental studies on a high power density low cost Solid Polymer Fuel Cell (SPFC) – | 1993-02-01 | 1995-04-30 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 401 | The allowable cost of Solid Polymer Fuel Cell (SPFC) systems for road traction is of the order of 400 ECU/kW and 150-200 ECU/kW for buses and private cars respectively. The current cost of SPFC is much higher and the major aim of R&D projects is to reduce the cost of SPFC to acceptable levels. This project is intended to develop and model a high efficiency, environmentally friendly fuel cell propulsion system for electric vehicles. The costs of components and manufacturing will be reduced without loss of performance of the SPFC supplied with air instead of pure oxygen. Significant cost reduction opportunities were identified that do not affect the performance of the fuel cells. Using Pt/Ru catalysts instead of pure Pt improved the CO tolerance of the anode by a factor of 30. Even when using air instead of oxygen on the cathode side, transport losses in the electrode can be minimised by using thin electrode structures. Membrane structures were identified which seemed to be suitable alternatives to the material currently used (NAFION). Costs modelling showed that reductions to as low as 100 ECU/kW could be achieved using these new materials, under mass production conditions. In order that the SPFC might achieve commercial success in terrestrial application, it is necessary to reduce the costs and the amount of catalysts to be used in the fuel cell. The goal is to develop a propulsion system for electric vehicles. The material costs of present designs of SPFC are focussed in the electrolyte membrane in the precious metal loading of the electrodes. Cost reduction will also depend on the identification of cost efficient large-scale manufacturing methods for components and stacks. The reduction of the catalyst amount in the working layer of the electrode is, therefore, yet another feature of the investigation. The catalyst loading of several mg/cm2 in presently used membrane fuel cells is too expensive and should be considerably reduced. The experimental study will reveal the technical and commercial feasibility and specially the advantages and drawbacks of fuel cell driven vehicles as compared with the conventional propulsions. A main objective is the cost reduction by material development and replacement: inexpensive membranes, lowest possible precious metal content of the electrodes and inexpensive cooling plates. In order to simplify the fuel preparation system reformer, the possibility of working with a CO-tolerant anode electrocatalyst will be investigated. The component modelling will evaluate the steps of reaction occurring in the fuel cell and determine the missing physical and chemical parameters to analyze which of them are decisive for the reaction rate. At the same time, new approaches shall be made to improve the course of the reaction and the nature of transport and thus to determine the maximum current density. The results will also be used in defining the requirements for the functional and the construction materials. From these investigations it is expected to find an answer to the question of acceptance and requirements of fuel cells with methanol as a fuel for partial markets. Also hydrogen as fuel will be discussed. The computer based modelling will lead to a definition of the optirnal working conditions, requirements for functional and construction materials, especially of the electrode structure for the utilization of feed gases containing high proportions of inactive gases (diluted reactants H2/ 2 from air). Siemens will develop critical functional and construction materials, CO-tolerant anode catalysts, composite membranes, electrode structure and cooling plates. The reduction of catalyst loading is the primary task of AEA. They will use carbon based noble metal catalysts. A screening of radiation grafted membranes will be performed at AEA. The Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires will concentrate their efforts on anode catalysts for the oxidation of pure hydrogen. All the groups will characterize the cell performance for air operation. | |||||||||
| 11217 | JOU20158 | nan | An Attractive Option for CO2 Control in IGCC Systems: Water Gas Shift with Integrated Hydrogen/Carbon Dioxide Separation (WIHYS) Process . Phase I: Proof of Principle | 1993-01-01 | 1995-12-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 201 | The emission of carbon dioxide and other pollutant gases from fossil fuel-fired power stations contribute to the man-made greenhouse effect. The project concentrates on studies and investigations of technologies to reduce or eliminate such emissions from coal-fired power generation systems. The objectives of this project are to develop a process for cost-effective and energy-efficient hydrogen recovery from coal-derived gases as a means of carbon dioxide control by combining the water gas shift and hydrogen separation steps in one catalytic (ceramic) membrane reactor unit. The specific aim of Phase I is to prove the feasibility of such a process development. Conventional approaches for CO2 control in Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle power plants (IGCC) generally consist of a separate multistage shift reactor to convert CO with steam to CO2 and H2 followed by a low temperature CO2 removal process. A promising approach lies in the combination of the water gas shift reaction with continuous hydrogen separation from the reaction mixture. By using selective membranes, combined with a catalyst active to the shift reaction, the equilibrium production of H2 from coal gas can be enhanced, resulting in system simplification and decreased steam/CO ratio. This should lead to a lower efficiency penalty and is thus considered to be an economically attractive alternative. Within the project six tasks can be 1. System Integration studies: IGCC-WIHYS system configurations will be evaluated and an estimation will be given of the total system efficiency and cost effectivity of CO2 control with WIHYS in the chosen design point. 2. Catalyst Research: Catalysts and catalytic membranes will be screened and investigated in a small scale research reactor. 3. Membrane research: Fabrication and characterisation of (catalytic) gas separation membranes. 4. Modelling: Different membrane reactor options will be scouted. Furthermore models, which can describe the flow and heat and mass transfer phenomena in the membrane reactor, are built. 5. WIHYS Laboratory Reactor: An ‘optimum’ reactor will be designed and constructed according to the most promising configurations, from a materials and engineering point of view. In order to prove the feasibility of the principle, experiments will be performed. Data gathered concerning reactor performance, will be used for the drafting of a preliminary full scale process design. 6. Process Evaluation: A preliminary conceptual process design, including investment and running cost estimation, will be prepared in order to evaluate the full-scale implications of the process. The technical feasibility of the process development will be evaluated. | |||||||||
| 11234 | JOU20050 | nan | Methanol reformer for Hydrogen production and SPFC feeding | 1993-02-01 | 1995-12-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 40302 | The application of fuel cells for road traction using methanol as a fuel requires compact, cheap reformers to convert methanol to hydrogen. A major effort is needed to develop such reformers. The purpose of this project is the development and construction of a high efficiency methanol reformer for hydrogen production to be integrated in a 50 kW SPEFC stack power plant for ground and river transport. The best results obtained under test conditions showed methanol conversion between 87 and 93 %, with the value determined by the reforming temperature. The conversion efficiency was about 93%, and the overall thermal efficiency achieved was about 37%. The CO exhausted from the CO reducer was always less than 5 ppm. These promising results were somewhat offset by other difficulties that were not overcome during the work period. In particular, the cold start-up took about 30 minutes because of the heavy methanol reformer design. Also, the overall design of the prototype was not as compact as had originally been proposed, mainly because of the size of the commercial components that had been used in its construction. The general technical approach is described step by step : – Preliminary operating parameters: the operating parameters of the reformer and the other components will be based on a 12-meter bus, with a small power requirement estimated at 50 kW for an urban cycle. This will be developed by ANSALDO RICERCHE (ARI). – The catalyst selection and testing on the reformer, the CO reducer and the burner will be coordinated by ARI with support from ENGELHARD (minor sub-contractor), STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE DEI COMBUSTIBILI (SSC) and TECNARS – The design and construction of the reformer and the CO reducer will be developed by TECNARS with the collaboration of ARI (stress analysis, thermal exchange calculation). The catalytic burner and the gas separators will be designed and built by, respectively, SAC and UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA (U). – A general test of the plant design will be made by ARI, taking into account the advice of the manufacturers of individual components. The prototype will be assembled, tested and operated in ARI laboratories together with TECNARS, SAC and U. – To evaluate the mechanical and vibration resistance tests, measurements, made by ARI on a bus to evaluate the typical vibration stresses during an urban cycle, will be used for the tests performed on a vibrant table by ARI laboratories. The targets of the above system are: high conversion efficiency (95 %), high thermal efficiency (40 %), very compact arrangement (1 m3), high reliability, no pollution treatment device. | |||||||||
| 11443 | JOU20185 | nan | Coal-fired multicycle power generation systems for minimum noxious gas emission, CO2-control and CO2-disposal | 1993-01-01 | 1995-12-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 201 | The emission of carbon dioxide and other pollutant gases from fossil fuel-fired power stations contribute to the man-made greenhouse effect. The project concentrates on studies and investigations of technologies to reduce or eliminate such emissions from coal-fired power generation systems. This project aims at providing the basis for planning and design of coal-fired combined cycle power generation systems for CO2 emission control and minimum noxious gas emission, to estimate costs and to show ways of carbon dioxide capture and dumping or utilization. The efficiency obtained from the IGCC with CO2 separation was about 40%, based on current IGCC plants with modern gas turbine generators. This is within the efficiency range of conventional coal-fired power plants, but is about 6% lower than an IGCC plant without CO2 removal. Capital investment needed to incorporate the CO2 removal components added about 10% (50 million ECU) onto investment costs for a commercial 300 MWe IGCC. Electricity generation costs were increased by 18% compared with those of an IGCC without CO2 removal, and were 30% higher compared with a conventional modern steam power plant. These costs rise to 50% if the CO2 is extracted as a liquid. Overall, the costs of CO2 emission avoidance were calculated to be 20-40 ECU/t CO2. The only market identified for CO2 utilisation was the transport sector, where CO2 could contribute to the production of synthetic methanol/gasoline to substitute for mineral oil derivatives. Allocating the CO2 removal costs to the electricity generating costs results in gasoline costs near to present market prices including tax. A survey of fossil fuel-fired multicycle power generation systems which are qualified for CO2 control will be elaborated. Two variants of process schemes will be investigated in more detail: – coal gasification with oxygen, CO/steam shift conversion, H2 /CO2 separation, combustion of hydrogen with air – coal gasification and combustion with oxygen, CO2 turbine and CO2 recycling. Both variants are applicable to the combined cycle or to even more advanced multicycle systems. The systems are complex and optimization involves gasification, gas clean-up, gas separation, gas/steam turbine plants, heat integration and CO2 removal. The investigation of appropriate gas clean up and gas separation systems will include the compilation of all gas cleaning options related to IGCC concepts, the evaluation of sorption type processes in viewpoint of simultaneous H2S and CO2 removal must be considered with respect to the disposal, i.e. whether CO2 is removed in the gaseous or liquid state or even as dry ice. The investigations involve mathematical modelling, thermodynamical, chemical and thermal engineering analyses, an appraisal of materials, turbo machinery and performance. The programme includes also the elaboration of flow schemes for pre-basic design of the aforementioned selected power plant processes, cost analyses of such power plants and of the avoidance of CO2 emissions, respectively. | |||||||||
| 11850 | JOU20170 | nan | Electric battery car with small fuel cells | 1993-02-01 | 1995-04-30 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 40302 | Methanol and natural gas can both be used as fuel for fuel-cell powered vehicles, provided there is a cheap, compact reformer for conversion to hydrogen available. Full-cycle efficiency favours natural gas since methanol is produced from natural gas at 65-70% efficiency. The objective of this project is to develop a compressed natural gas (CNG) reformer to supply hydrogen to fuel cell driven electric cars. A CNG reformer which supplies hydrogen to a 5 kW fuel cell will be developed and a reformer for a 20 kW fuel cell designed. Studies with the electric vehicle showed that, for urban use at low average speeds, the range depended on the CNG tank capacity rather than on the battery capacity. The maximum daily range could increase from 90 km to 250 km if the car was refuelled regularly with natural gas. When the reformer needed to power, a 5 kW fuel cell was operated under a range of conditions, the methane conversion varied between 85-92% and the efficiencies between 55-58%. The lowest achievable CO content of the reformat was 0.7 Vol%. However, since PEM fuel cells are very sensitive to CO, this indicates that additional gas clean-up would be needed. Traces of sulphur compounds were identified in the natural gas, but these could be removed in a desulphurisation system, based on active carbon, at a low cost. In the first phase of the project a 1 kW fuel cell back-up system for an electric car will be studied (TNO). The system comprises a hydrogen supply system including CNG storage and reforming and a 1 kW solid polymer fuel cell. The study should yield a reliable basis for the technical realization of the required hardware. It will be based on the car construction, chosen driving cycles and the expected technical properties of the system components. The integration of a 1 kW system into an electric car will be investigated in a design study (HBZ). In the second project phase a hydrogen supply device will be developed. NG reformer for 1 kW and 5 kW fuel cells (FhG-ISE) and a CNG storage and supply suitable for connection to both reformers (TNO) will be built up. The NG reformers include integrated catalytic NG burners and will produce 700 l/h hydrogen (for a 1 kW fuel cell with 50% electrical efficiency) and 3200 l/h hydrogen (for a 5 kW fuel cell with 50 % electricity efficiency). Developmental work includes reformer modelling, design and construction and as an essential task, the removal of CO from the reformate. The design of a reformer for a 20 kW fuel cell will also be carried out on the basis of the experimental experience gained with the smaller systems (FhG-ISE). During the third phase, brass boards (storage tank and reformer combined) for 1 kW and 5 kW fuel cell will be built up and tested (FhG-ISE and TNO). | |||||||||
| 13889 | JOU20428 | nan | Development and testing of stand-alone small-size solar photovaltaic hydrogen power system | 1994-07-01 | 1997-06-30 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 304 | The objectives of the project are: to assess the seasonal storage efficiency of solar hydrogen to meet about 90% of the energy demand; to design a SAPHYS for unattended operation. The main deliverables are: SAPHYS detailed design and operating manual; plant modelling software; advanced electrolyser system and electrolyser design report; experimental campaign data report and post test evaluation report. Production of hydrogen by water electrolysis powered by intermittent renewable sources like photovoltaic, its storage and regeneration of electricity by fuel cells, is a young technology proposed to overcome the storage limitations of renewable sources. A promising application of this kind of plants concerns small stand alone Photovoltaic Power System for remote areas (SAPHYS). In this perspective the goal of this Project is to develop a SAPHYS at ENEA Casaccia Research Centre. Main equipment of SAPHYS are the PV generator, high pressure advanced electrolyser, the 3 kW Solid Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell (SPFC), hydrogen storage, gas treatment section. On the basis of a detailed test plan, a 12 month experimental campaign will be made, to test performance and reliability of the plant, to validate the plant simulation program and control strategy. | |||||||||
| 14237 | JOU20399 | nan | Advanced and integrated biomass gasification with hot and catalytic flue gas cleaning for electricity production and other end products | 1994-01-01 | 1996-12-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 303 | ADVANCED GASIFICATION OF BIOMASS WITH CATALYTIC/HOT GOOD FLUE GAS CLEANING HAS A VERY PROMISING FUTURE. UP TO A 99.99% TAR AND METHANE DESTRUCTION HAS ALREADY BEEN REACHED IN THE FLUE GAS WITH COMMERCIAL CATALYSTS OF STEAM REFORMING (NI BASED) AND OF HYDROCRACKING (CO-MO). WITH SUCH CATALYSTS PLACED DOWNSTREAM THE GASIFIER A CLEAN AND H2-RICH (70% H2) GAS, USEFUL FOR MANY PURPOSES, HAS ALREADY BEEN OBTAINED. SEVERAL EXIT GAS COMPOSITIONS WILL BE OBTAINED OR TAILORED FOR SEVERAL END USES. LONG TERM RUNS AND A FEASIBLE AND ECONOMICAL PROCESSING WILL BE BASIS OF THIS WORK. PARTICIPANT #l (UCM) WILL STUDY HOW TO INCREASE THE CATALYST LIFE TO ALLOW LONG TERM OPERATION. COKE FORMATION ON THE CATALYST SURFACE WILL BE DIMINISHED. LESS TAR YIELD WILL BE PRODUCED IN THE GASIFIER AND A NEW 3-STAGE PROCESS WILL BE USED. THIS 3-STAGE PROCESS IS BASED IN A GASIFIER, A GUARD BED (OF DOLOMITE OR LIGNITE COKE OR CHAR) FOR TAR ELIMINATION AND A CATALYTIC BED WITH COMMERCIAL STEAM REFORMING (NI) CATALYSTS. THIS PROCESS WILL BE OPTIMIZED TO MADE ECONOMICAL ITS USE AT COMMERCIAL SCALE. UCM WILL RUN THREE EXPERIMENTAL FACILITES: lST) A TWO STAGE BENCH SCALE STEAM GASIFIER (0.5 KG/H). 2ND) THE 3-STAGE FACILITY. HIGH TAR ELIMINATION AND LONG LIVES FOR THE CATALYSTS WILL BE MAIN OBJECTIVES. 3ND) A SMALL PILOT PLANT (520 KG/H) CIRCULATING FLUID BED GASIFIER. AN ABUNDANT AND PROBLEMATIC RESIDUE AS CEREAL STRAW WILL BE THERE GASIFER WITH AIR/STEAM MIXTURES. PARTICIPANT #2 (DTI) WILL DEVELOP, IMPROVE AND TEST NEW CATALYSTS FOR CONVERSION OF TAR FROM GASIFIERS INTO GASEOUS LIGHT HYDROCARBONS. THE CATALYSTS ARE BASED ON HYDROCRACKING CATALYSTS OPERATING AT ATMOSPHERC PRESSURE AND IN THE TEMPERATURE RANGE OF 350 – 600 °C. THE CATALYSTS ARE FIRST TESTED IN THE LABORATORY WITH RESPECT TO DEGREE OF CONVERSION SELECTIVITY AND STABILITY. TESTS RUNS OF GASIFICATION WITH DOWNSTREAM CONVERSION USING SELECTED CATALYSTS WILL BE AFTERWARDS MADE IN BENCH AND PILOT PLANT SCALES (10 – 100 NM3/H). EFFORT WILL BE MADE TOWARDS DEVELOPING ADVANCED, FEASIBLE AND ECONOMICAL CATALYTIC GASIFICATION PROCESSES OF BIOMASS, MAINLY STRAW. THE SHARE OF TIME BETWEEN THE 2-ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT IS: ADVANCED CATALYTIC GASIFICATION=70%, GASIFIING STRAW=30%. | |||||||||
| 14640 | BRE20219 | nan | IMPROVED HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOYS FOR CADMIUM-FREE HIGH PERFORMANCE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES UTILIZING CLOSED LOOP RECYCLING | 1993-01-01 | 1995-12-31 | FP3 | -1 | 1025000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-BRITE/EURAM 2 | 1.2.1 | Hydrogen storing alloys were shown to offer a chance of further improvements. This is valid mainly for the high load performance. It was demonstrated that the use of new materials could improve the discharge rate capability by more than 50% compared to the standard materials currently being used. Though there still is a gap to the well established Ni/Cd-system the materials developed showed that NiMH-cells with improved materials can meet most of the power demands set by industrial applications today. The power capability of the new electrode materials was demonstrated with a new high power battery with high efficiency. Due to the high gravimetric and volumetric power values the hydride vehicle is the preferred application if this new battery. Although it was demonstrated that a 60% reduction of the Co-content in the alloy can be realised by application of a new alloy formulation and the employment of an advanced production technology it is believed that a certain small amount of Co will be used also in the future. A first Co-free alloy seems to be on the horizon. However, it is envisaged that it will take some more time to improve capacity and rate capability of this material to a level appropriate for the new demand. Therefore the establishment of a recycling process if of vital interest if NiMH as a new battery system shall have a chance for becoming a wide spread product. The necessity to use a La enriched Mischmetal for producing the hydrogen storing alloy is also an argument for the high priority for establishing a recycling facility. Energy storage by Hydrogen absorption in metals and alloys is becoming increasingly important technology today. Electrochemical Hydrogen storage has been realized in the rechargeable Nickel/metal hydride (Ni/H) cells which are beginning to penetrate the market for portable and consumer appliances. Ni/H-batteries have 50% more energy density than comparable Nickel/Cadmium (Ni/Cd) batteries. But their use is as yet limited to low drain applications. The high drain requirements of batteries for motive power or portable power tools cannot be satisfied by existing Ni/H technology. These markets are available to Ni/Cd batteries, but the use of these cells will become increasingly constrained by environmental factors. Automotive manufacturers have hesitated to use Ni/Cd batteries in traction applications because of lack of efficient and envrironmentally compatible recycling for this system. The proposed research therefore is directed towards the development of new environmentally compatible materials to enable new, competitivly priced and high performance Ni/H cells to be developed to meet the growing needs of the market. The major objectives of the R&D project will be : 1. Development of suitable, cost effective, and environmental compatible materials optimised for electrochemical Hydrogen-storage meeting the high performance requirements of power tools and electric vehicles. 2. Establishment of the technology for the production of the Hydrogen storage materials and big Ni/H-batteries on a commercial basis. 3. To assess the potential for an effective commercial recycling operation and to develop the basis for a closed loop recycling process. A successful outcome of this project will facilitate the production of high performance, cost effective, and environmentally acceptable batteries which can be recycled in a closed loop environmentally safe process. At the end of the project the full commercial development of the battery technology will require a further two years. | |||||||||
| 15016 | JOU20047 | nan | Hydrogen from methanol for fuel cells in mobile systems – Development of a compact reformer | 1993-01-01 | 1995-04-30 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 40302 | The application of fuel cells for road traction using methanol as a fuel requires compact, cheap reformers to convert methanol to hydrogen. A major effort is needed to develop such reformers. The objective of this project is the development of a compact methanol reformer to produce hydrogen-rich gas as fuel for a low temperature fuel cell (proton exchange membrane fuel cell type) to be used for road traction. The tasks are concentrated on : – Investigating the production of a hydrogen-rich gas with a low CO content based on a heterogeneous catalytic system with a high dynamic stress stability in a mobile system. – Developing a catalytic burner to use the anode flue gas (low hydrogen content) as a heat source for the endothermic methanol reforming process. – Design and basic engineering for a compact reformer integrated with the catalytic burner utilizing off-gases from the anode, with methanol as fuel, adapted to the boundary conditions of a mobile system with a PEM-FC and an electric motor for vehicles (15-20 kWe) Main topics are (Haldor Tops e, DK and KFA Jülich, DE) : – the calculation of balances concerning the reformer and CO conversion as a part of the total system; – reformer, in particular reformer and CO reforming catalysts; – gas treatment; – catalytic burner; – compact reformer. | |||||||||
| 15042 | CR112291/BRE20426 | AGRO-ROBOT | Hydrogen fuelled pick-and-placed unit | 1993-02-01 | 1993-10-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-CRAFT | 2.1.1;2.2.3;2.3.2 | Computer driven Pick-and-Place units are today standart technology for stock management in wharehouses. For these applications the necessary power is taken from batteries. In greenhouses the same technology can not be applied, mainly due to the 2-dimensional working field, i.e. long distances and many cross overs. A diesel driven electro-power-group gives the power resuired for such a pick-and-place unit but, bue to the confined working place the exhaust gases need to be pollution free. Hydrogen fuel brings the solution. Both CES and GENTEC are experts in gas engines and gas injection systems, but expertise in hydrogen handling, storage abd safety is lacking. If succesfull Agrisystems B.V., the largest supplier of greenhouses in the Nederlands sees a rapid market penetration. Applications in other segments suc as food industry and mining will be envisaged too. The requested support through CRAFT allows adaptation of existing gas engine technology to respond to specific problems in greenhouses and other confined environments and to conceive new opportunities for development of a new product, i.e. the hydrogen driven pick-and-place unit. | |||||||||
| 15509 | JOU20287 | nan | Systematic analysis of gas turbine – fuel cell combinations generation with very high efficiency | 1994-01-01 | 1995-03-31 | FP3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP3-JOULE 2 | 401 | Fuel Cells, as electrochemical electricity generators, are in competition with conventional electricity generators such as gas turbines. However, fuel cells can also be combined with gas turbines to generate electricity. In this project, a systematic analysis of gas turbine/fuel cell combinations for the electric power generation at very high efficiency will be carried-out. The deliverables are economic analyses, all based on the same assumptions, which will enable objective comparison of system economics. A design matrix was developed containing the gas turbine (\reformer)-fuel cell combinations which the parties involved were planning to analyse as well as a manageable coding system for those designs. Simulations started by modelling of the three standard gas turbine cycles. These models formed the starting point for gas turbine-reformer combinations. In a reformer a mixture of steam and methane is converted into a hydrogen rich gas which is the primary fuel for fuel cells which were to be incorporated later on. For each cycle, the most interesting reformer positions were worked out after which for each gas turbine only one most interesting gas turbine-reformer combination was selected in order to limit the total number of models. These three gas turbine-reformer combinations were then successively analysed for possible expansion with one of the five fuel cell types. Heat exchanger networks of the resulting designs were designed using ‘pinch technology’. This technique systematically matches streams that need to be cooled and those that require heating up in order to recover as much process heat as is economically justified before external utilities are used. After all the modelling a detailed economic analysis has been conducted in an attempt to assess the economic feasibility and future commercial prospects of the proposed combination systems. The type of fuel cells considered in this project are alkaline fuel cells, solid polymer fuel cells, phosphoric acid fuel cells, molten carbonate fuel cells and solid oxide fuel cells. The gas turbines considered will differ in power output (1.5-10 MW) and in application, e.g. industrial & aero-derivative turbines The input of fuel cell parameters and the input of gas turbine parameters result in a common basis of design, with the collaboration of all partners. Software adaptations are made for each type of fuel cell. The different types of fuel cells are ‘integrated’ with each gas turbine considered, and are optimized for different possible configurations using Pinch technology. | |||||||||
| 15694 | JOR3950037 | nan | Production of hydrogen rich gas by biomass gasification: application to small scale, fuel cell electricity generation in rural areas | 1996-01-01 | 1997-12-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 305 | Objectives This is a feasibility study of the coupling of a biomass gasification process, converting the energy of biomass directly to hydrogen, with fuel cells for electricity and heat generation. Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells (PAFC) are considered, in small modular units of a few MWe capacity as they represent an industrial reality, readily available in appropriate commercial size for field operation. The proposed coupling of biomass gasification and fuel cell is characterized by high energy conversion efficiency and very low environmental impact: this provides for easy integration into small-to-medium size agricultural concerns. Electricity could be either sold or consumed internally; heat would be used for heating or other internal processes. The activities are directed towards the study of such systems, both technically and in terms of the technical and economic constraints on siting in the rural context. Technical Approach The research study will start from an exchange of information concerning the characteristics and requirements of the various sub-processes (fluidized bed and entrained bed gasification, phosphoric acid fuel cell electricity generation), through laboratory investigations in well-defined key areas (biomass pretreatment, catalytic conversion, and cleaning of the gasification product), to conceptual design of the integrated systems and estimation of system investment costs. Biotec is investigating the most important aspects related to general plant siting and to the biomass pretreatments which are needed to transform the harvested crops into suitable feedstock for gasification plant. University College London and Noell Energy are performing the process design of the fluidised bed system and the entrained flow gasification process respectively. The Universities of L’Aquila and Strasbourg are operating on the catalytic aspects of the system (residual tar, methane and CO conversion, catalytic combustion of fuel cell anode exhaust to provide heat for the fluidized bed) both at a conceptual level and with laboratory activities. Expected Achievements and Exploitation The cost of energy generated from biomass is generally considered too high with the present technology, mainly due to the investment cost. The application of a PAFC hydrogen module to power generation from biomass is focused on expanding the market potential, thereby drastically reducing unit costs: low environmental impact and easy operation would rapidly make the present system very attractive for small agricultural industries, thus opening the market to the relatively large volumes necessary for the reduction of production costs. All the partners see the programme as a means of implementing EC Common Agricultural Policy with regard to the rational exploitation of non-food agricultural applications and clean energy production. | |||||||||
| 15698 | JOR3970196 | nan | Hydrogen-rich gas from biomass steam gasification | 1998-03-01 | 2000-11-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 3050105 | This project is directed at the development of a fluidised bed gasification process for the production of a hydrogen rich gas from biomass. It is proposed to design and build a pilot scale unit that could integrate with a commercially available fuel cell power plant that is at present being modified for operation with hydrogen feed. In order to achieve the necessary high hydrogen yield, steam has been chosen as the gasification agent and suitable catalytic agents will be included in the bed inventory. The fluidisation system will consist of both a gasification and a combustion zone. The heat necessary for the gasification process will be generated by the combustion process and transferred by circulating the bed material through the two zones. A laboratory scale test rig (100 kWth) incorporating the above circulatory, heat transfer principle, using sand as bed material, has been operated successfully yielding encouraging results in straightforward gasification applications. The objective of the proposed project is the maximisation of the hydrogen content of the product gas in a scaled up, pilot-plant unit capable of fully demonstrating the feasibility of an economically viable industrial plant. To demonstrate one potentially powerful application of the product gas, it is proposed to use it for electrical energy production in a fuel cell. Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells (PAFC) have been chosen as these represent an industrial reality, with well defined operating characteristics, readily available for field operation. An additional attraction of this application is that sufficient steam is generated as a by-product of the fuel cell operation to provide all the requirements for the steam fluidised gasifier. Achieving the above objective involves the construction and operation of a pilot-scale test unit consisting of a 500 kWth biomass steam gasifier, a PAFC module and the necessary gas cleaning and CO steam reforming facilities. In order to minimise the tar content and maximise the hydrogen yield (the PAFC fuel) in the product gas, the fluidised bed inventory will be chosen so as to be catalytically active for both the cracking and reforming of high molecular weight gasification products, and for methane conversion into hydrogen. Natural mineral substances (dolomite, olivine, alumina), as well as commercial and tailored Ni catalysts with perovskite structures, will be utilised. A further advantage of the dual fluidised bed configuration of the gasifier is that it enables carbon deactivation of the catalyst particles to be dealt with (by regeneration in the combustion zone) without provision in the plant layout of secondary, high temperature, catalytic reactors. The design will also seek to minimise particle-particle and particle-wall frictional effects in the solids circulation system so as to reduce catalyst losses related to the production of fines by attrition. | |||||||||
| 15713 | JOE3970046 | nan | Rational use of energy in electrochemical processes to recover metals and to regenerate metal ions containing aqueous liquids from industrial plants using hydrogen | 1998-01-01 | 2000-06-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 20201 | Objectives The recovery of metals and the regeneration of electrolytes become increasingly important. Thus the objective of this project focuses on the implementation of an industrial scale energy saving clean process for the recovery of metals by a reduction of ions using hydrogen. The process should allow the re-use of the deposited metals as well as the recycling of the purified liquids. This demands a long term stable gas diffusion electrode and a close process performance. Technical approach Due to their large specific surface area, three-dimensional electrodes, in particular packed bed electrodes, are very useful for the reduction of metal ions at very low concentrations. To reduce metal ions in a dilute solution, it is planned to use an electrochemical reactor consisting of a hydrogen gas diffusion electrode (GDE) in direct contact with a packed bed electrode where two electrochemical processes occur simultaneously and spontaneously. This electrochemical cell consists of two different electrodes (a gas diffusionand a bed electrode give the name to the cell) is called a GB-cell (GBC). No external power supply is necessary to reduce ions (e.g. Cu2\, CrO4-, Fe3\) with hydrogen. Any reduction process which is thermodynamically possible can be carried out in this reactor. Present gas diffusion electrodes, which have been developed for application in fuel cells are loaded with high active catalysts, which are very sensitive to organic and inorganic pollutants. A less active catalyst would be preferable since the required rate of hydrogen oxidation is relatively low and these catalysts are less sensitive to poisoning. A pilot plan will be designed, constructed and operated under industrial conditions. Expected achievements and exploitation At present, there is no experience with industrial process liquids in a GBCprocess. The project should lead to a detailed understanding of the complex interaction of galvanic baths, pollutants and electrochemical techniques. The work should result in a verification of the industrial possibilities of the GBC-process and in particular the hydrogen gas diffusion electrode. The results will be of great interest to a large number of companies, especially small and medium sized enterprises. The complete GBC-process will be installed at the galvanic firms which are partners in the project. Exploitation will further focus on the production and operation of gas diffusion electrodes (GDE) for industrial operation. The application of GDEs is not restricted to the GBC-process. Dissemination of the results will be assisted by technology transfer coordinators. | |||||||||
| 15722 | JOE3950038 | nan | Compact methanol reformer test-design construction and operation of a 25 kW unit | 1996-01-01 | 1998-12-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 203 | Objectives Drive systems for cars using a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) and an electric motor can lead to increased energy usage efficiency and substantially reduced emissions compared with the best drive systems based on the internal combustion engine. Methanol is today the best energy carrier for such systems, when taking into account availability, cost and safety aspects into account. The overall goal of this project is the design, construction and operation of a compact methanol reformer (CMR), including gas cleaning in combination with a PEMFC stack and the interfaces as part of a passenger car drive system. Technical Approach The project can be divided into the following main tasks: Design and construction of a CMR (Haldor Topsoe A/S) Development of a gas cleaning unit based on membranes (Haldor Topsoe A/S) Design and construction of a catalytic combustor unit (KFA, Jülich) Assembly and tests of integrated CMR, gas cleaning unit and PEMFC stack (KFA, Jülich) Development and manufacturing of a PEMFC stack (SIEMENS) Evaluation of results HALDOR TOPSØE A/S (HTAS) will design a compact reformer corresponding to 25 kW electricity integrated with a catalytic converter, which provides heat for the endothermal reforming reaction. A prototype will be constructed and delivered to KFA, Jülich. HTAS will also develop a gas cleaning unit based on membranes selective for hydrogen. KFA will design, construct, test, and deliver a catalytic combustor for the prototype. KFA will also be responsible for assembling the total system and carry out test with it, including testing its dynamic behaviour. SIEMENS will construct a PEMFC stack generating a power of 1 kW and conduct endurance tests with H2/air. This stack will be delivered to KFA, where it will be combined with the methanol reformer and gas cleaning step and operated with reformate. Expected Achievements and Exploitation On completion of the research, the design of a compact unit comprising methanol reformer, gas cleaning step and PEMFC stack for mass production should be possible. The aim is to have a total unit with a weight/volume of less than 4/5 kg/l per kW and a cost below 100-200 ECU per KW. The emissions will be an order of magnitude better than ULEV standards. | |||||||||
| 15728 | JOE3950002 | MERCATOX | Development and evaluation of an integrated methanol reformer and catalytic gas clean-up system for a spfc electric vehicle | 1996-01-01 | 1999-06-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 203 | Objectives The project is connected with the development and evaluation of a prototype integrated catalytic methanol steam reformer and high temperature selective oxidation gas clean-up system to produce a hydrogen rich fuel suitable for a SPFC and to meet the performance requirements (including transients) of an electric vehicle. The prototype integrated reformer/gas clean-up unit will produce sufficient fuel for a cell stack configuration capable of producing 20 kW of electrical power. Technical Approach The programme consists of the following elements: The development and evaluation of an active catalyst with high thermal stability for the steam reforming of methanol at about 225°C to produce a fuel with the lowest practical level of carbon monoxide. The development and evaluation of an active combustion catalyst to promote the burning of fuel cell off-gas to provide the endothermic heat of reaction for the methanol reforming reaction. The development and evaluation of a catalyst for selectively oxidising carbon monoxide in the presence of hydrogen, to produce a hydrogen-rich stream with a carbon monoxide content of less than 2 ppm. The operating temperature (130°C/200°C) is to be such that no interstage cooling after the reformer will be required. The development and evaluation of methods of applying the above active catalysts to suitable metal substrates or foams for optimum performance. The testing of the resulting substrates in prototype tubes installed in a suitable test rig(s). The design construction and operation of an integrated, compact methanol reformer. The design, construction and operation of a carbon monoxide selective oxidation system operating at elevated temperatures (130°C/200°C) incorporating suitable heat transfer elements. Integration of the methanol reformer and carbon monoxide selective oxidation system. The development of mathematical models for the above systems to be used as scale-up tools. Assessment of resulting design for early exploitation in particular addressing the issues of vehicle integration, mass production and optimum cost. Expected Achievements and Exploitation Methanol and natural gas fuelled SPFC systems have been identified as an approach to improving the efficiency of energy systems and reducing harmful gaseous emissions to the atmosphere. The MERCATOX project is intended to contribute significantly to achieving these goals by developing, building, testing a prototype integrated methanol reformer and gas clean-up system that is compact, efficient and responsive with low emission levels. A successful project will result in the design of a unit capable of mass production. | |||||||||
| 16424 | JOE3950013 | HYDRO-GEN | Second generation PEM fuel cell working with hydrogen stored at high pressure for the electric vehicle | 1996-01-01 | 2001-03-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 203 | Objectives The main objective of the project is the development of an innovative fuel cell system based on a PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) stack with an emphasis placed on cost reduction for on board application in electric vehicles. System integration is studied for final demonstration in a fuel cell powered monospace electric car with high energy efficiency, environmentally compatible (ZEV). Part of this project will be the industrialisation of the bipolar plate technology, in order to make available a fuel cell mass production, with a unit power in the range of 30 kW demonstrating cost reduction possibilities as low as 200 ECU/kW. The re-design of the power module will result in weight/volume reduction by a factor of 2 to 3 with respect to presently developed applications (EQHHPP FC BUS). The integration of this power module with one of the most advanced traction system will result in a highly integrated, high efficiency fuel cell vehicle. Technical Approach The project will develop along three main lines of activity: Development of the fuel cell technology, intended as a step forward from existing technology (FEVER Project) using improved innovative components (bipolar plates, electrodes and membranes) studied for low cost application. Re-design of the fuel cell system (power module), i.e. all auxiliary components and subsystems needed for operating the fuel cells, in order to improve efficiency and significantly reduce weight and volume occupancy. Particular attention will be paid to the air compression system, responsible for over 90 % of auxiliary energy consumption. Development of a high pressure, low weight storage system for gaseous hydrogen storage. The particular design and materials selection will allow to reach energy densities similar to those of liquid hydrogen. The products of these activities will be integrated into an advanced traction system using a battery as energy buffer. Although significant modifications to the vehicle chassis and body will be necessary to accommodate the power module and the hydrogen storage, it is foreseen that the complete propulsion system will only occupy a small useful (payload) space on board. Expected Achievements and Exploitation Fuel Cell Stack Power = 30 kW for EV application with improved components weight < 4 kg/kW volume < 3.5 l/kW cost 200 ECU/kW High efficiency air compressor (working at 1.5 bars) Improved DC/DC Convertor High pressure gaseous Hydrogen Storage tanks allowing 6 % energy content with potential application for other gas Development of a technological know-how for the integration on board of an electrical vehicle Monospace electric vehicle with the integration of the different components as a demonstrator | |||||||||
| 18032 | JOE3970075 | nan | Hydrogen separation from reformate produced by an on-board methanol reformerfor SPFC vehicles : development and evaluation of Metal Membrane Unit | 1998-02-01 | 2001-07-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 204010202 | Within the EC Joule programme the integrated development of SPFC vehicles is identified as an important approach to reducing harmful gaseous emissions into the atmosphere in the transport sector. Such systems will be basically using liquid fuels as methanol which must be reformed to obtain hydrogen to fuel the SPFC unit. During reforming always some carbon monoxide is formed which will poison the SPFC and a feasible gas clean up unit will be critical to the future SPFC vehicle technology development. Currently membrane separation with Pd/Ag membranes is considered to be the only simple and one step clean up technique to produce hydrogen with a carbon monoxide level < lOppm. The objective of the project is the development and evaluation of a prototype hydrogen separalion unit based on composite ceramic-Pd/Ag membranes. The unit is performance-effective, sizeeffective and cost-effective as gas clean up unit by means of separation of hydrogen from reformate produced by an on-board methanol reformer for 20 kW SPFC vehicles. The project concerns the development of the module as well as- the membrane material itself based on the requirements for this particular application. For a compact module design it is important to have a high membrane surface area to volume rate, a reliable sealing technique and a geometry which ensures minimal concentration polarisation. The membrane manufacturing procedure has to give low cost membranes whereas their durability (start-up/shut-down cycles) and longevity (life-time) must be sufficient. In their performance the membranes must have negligible surface catalytic effect, high flux and a good response to transient behaviour. All above mentioned issues will be investigated experimentally in order to guide the research to an advanced state of the art than currently available. In the evaluation of the feasibility of the separation, unit system integration studies are carried out for setting boundary conditions and requirements, to determine optimum process designs and to calculate cycle efficiencies. Flow sheeting will be used and the system performance will be validated experimentally. The viability in supplying pure hydrogen gas from the separation unit using reformate gas to an SPFC stack will be demonstrated. The partners in the consortium have unique skills which are necessary in the different key parts of the project. The membrane development is done by t vo research institutes and two universities each with a proven expertise in either of the six membrane application technologies which are used. The module development and integrated system development is predominantly carried out by a chemical plant contractor and a car manufacturer supported by one of the research institutes which is experienced in scaling up and real size prototyping of energy technology products. | |||||||||
| 18064 | JOE3971005 | nan | Definition of relevant technologies and their development potential for the non-polluting operation of public transport buses on the basis of regenerative energy sources | 1997-07-31 | 1998-03-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 204010202 | The aim of the project is to develop a mature concept for busses fuelled by hydrogen gained from renewable energy. In this way, a true zero-emission system regarding air and noise pollution for innercity and suburban passenger transport will be achieved. Most of the system components required are available on the market, excluding suitable fuel cells, but no integrated concept exists so far. The objectives of the project are to design a flexible vehicle concept, to determine the system requirements and options on the background of different components available today (e.g. electrolysis or wind energy converters) or still under development (i.e. various fuel cell technologies), to define the necessary infrastructure with regard to storage and safety, and to identify the relevant economic parameters for a demonstration project as well as the following introduction to the market. Cooperation with SMEs in other regions of the European Union is sought. In this way, a solution will be achieved that fits the necessity of various local and regional passenger transport systems throughout the Union. The project is seen as a significant contribution to a sustainable energy supply concept for Europe in the context of the Commission’s commitment to a reduction of CO2-emissions. | |||||||||
| 18385 | BRPR950045 | nan | Membrane Reactors for Cost Effective Environmental-Friendly Hydrogen Production | 1996-01-01 | 2000-01-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 | 102 | Objectives and content Inorganic membranes that are stable and have high hydrogen selectivity and flux, can be used in membrane reactors for large-scale production of hydrogen by steam reforming and shift conversion of hydrocarbons. The overall reaction may be written as CH4 \ 2H20 = C02 \ 4H2 By current technology, this thermodynamically restricted process is carried out in conventional reactors at 850-900°C to a conversion of 90%. With a membrane reactor removing H2 from the reaction zone through a hydrogen selective membrane, the same conversion can be obtained at much lower temperature. This process concept would be significantly cheaper, both with respect to the investments costs for production plants and to the energy consumption of the process. The objective of this project is to develop a microporous silica membrane with high flux and hydrogen selectivity, and with sufficient chemical and thermal stability, for production of hydrogen by steam reforming at temperatures from 500 – 650°C. The membrane will be prepared using advanced sol-gel technology and deposition techniques on an alumina support. The membrane properties will be verified by lab-scale membrane reactor testing in gas mixtures simulating the steam reforming conditions up to 30 bar pressure and 700°C. Selected and characterised steam reforming catalysts will be used in the reactor testing. The membrane stability will be followed for several hundred hours, and textural and chemical changes will be measured by advanced characterisation methods. The membrane and reactor performance will be analysed by kinetic modelling. A techno-economic evaluation of the membrane reactor concept for production of hydrogen by steam reforming to support ammonia and clean energy productions, will be carried out. In the assessments, also data describing the performance of the lab-scale membrane reactor will be applied. Deliverables from the project will be new high temperature, high pressure membrane reactor technology for hazardous gases based on membranes with unique materials properties, and an thorough evaluation of the potential industrial possibilities of this technology. | |||||||||
| 18404 | JOR3980207 | nan | Energy storage by reversible electrolyser/fuel cell system | 1998-10-01 | 2001-09-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 3080101 | Objectives of the project: The main goal of the proposed project is to prove the feasibility of a reversible electrolyser/fuel cell stack, including a metal hydride hydrogen storage unit. In this system the operation mode of a water electrolyser for hydrogen production and the operation mode of a fuel cell for regeneration of electricity are combined in one electrochemical cell. A metal hydride system stores the electrolytically produced hydrogen until the gas in consumed during the fuel cell mode. Additionally an experimental study on materials for oxygen storage will be performed. Technical approach: The reversible system includes two main devices, the fuel cell stack and the purification/storage unit. They will be developed separately and finally combined to a system, which will undergo the tests. The stack will consist of several polymer electrolyte cells connected in series. The number of cells and the active area of the electrodes are determined by the power required. Before the stack can be designed, a reversible single cell will be developed, including development and testing of the necessary cell materials and membrane/electrode-units. For low power reversible systems, a hydride storage unit is the best choice. But hydrides are damaged by humid gases. Therefore, a compact and high efficient gas drying concept has to be designed and tested. A suitable hydride will be selected and a storage unit will be adapted to the requirements of the reversible system. As an option, the storage of oxygen will be considered within an experimental study. Information on various materials will be collected and evaluated with respect to capacity, dynamic charge/discharge behaviour and cost. The oxygen storage unit must withstand the comparison with a fan for air supply of the oxygen electrode in the fuel cell mode. The improvement in performance of the fuel cell must cover the additional losses (auxiliaries, heat demand for oxygen release) for the oxygen storage system. Expected achievements: The most important technical achievements which will be realised in the course of the project are: – selection of catalysts and materials being suitable for electrolysis and fuel cell operation mode; – manufacturing and test of components and single cells; – design, construction and test of an energy conversion device in the low power range; – design, construction and test of a unit for hydrogen purification (drying); – construction and test of a hydride storage system in laboratory; – combination of the energy converter, the gas purification unit and the hydride tank to the complete, reversible system, realisation of a control system; – test of the reversible system. | |||||||||
| 20170 | IN./00060/97 | nan | GAS HEATED REFORMER | 1998-01-01 | 2001-01-01 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-THERMIE C | 6.2 | The engineering and construction of a gas-heated reformer to produce hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and mixtures of syn-gas in an energy efficient manner, dedicated tuned to the needs of the customer. This new technology replaces conventional steam reformer, whereby energy is saved and environmental advantages are realised. The energy balance of the gas-heated reformer is calculated in Nm³ natural gas. The existing steam reformer uses energy in terms of natural gas : 74375 Nm³/hr. The gas heated reformer will use 60208 Nm³/hr that will result in hourly saving 14167 Nm³/hr. The syn-gas production unit will consist of a gas heated reformer, combined with CO2 wash-unit; a cold box for separation of hydrogen and CO recycling and a PSA unit for production of pure hydrogen. The gas-heated reformer is based on a new process, in which no steam reforming furnace is necessary. The reforming process is realised by adding pure oxygen to the natural gas flow. This leads to an auto thermal reaction, of which the heat is used to realise the steam reforming. The risks of this new reforming process are the critical conditions of the controlled oxidation of natural gas in the oxygen-fired auto-thermal reactor. The use of catalysts, the working conditions in terms of pressure and the piping materials in the reactor are still under development. The process conditions are determined by the end-products needed by the customers. the engineering is focussed on minimal maintenance costs and maximum production time. The existing steam reforming processes use a natural gas fired furnace to produce the heat needed to realise the steam reforming. The heat of the exothermal process of the gas-heated reformer is used to react the steam and the natural gas in the steam reforming part of the gas-heated reformer. This technology is new in relation to conventional steam reforming for this capacity and demands thorough engineering to make the process conditions flexible and related to the product-mix required. It is assumed that energy savings lie in terms of 20% in relation to the natural gas use in conventional steam reformers with the same capacity, no exhaust of flue-gas and waste heat is produced and emission of CO2 is significantly reduced. The investment costs are expected to lay significantly under the level of a conventional steam reformer. The reason is that no furnace is needed because the reforming process is realised in the auto thermal section and the steam reforming section. | |||||||||
| 20792 | EI./00003/97 | nan | ERECTION OF A 250 KWel/237KWth – PEM FUEL CELL PLANT FOR COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PRODUCTION IN BERLIN-TREPTOW | 1998-01-01 | 2000-09-30 | FP4 | 3763438 | 1505375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-THERMIE C | 10.2 | The aim is to show that the integration of the PEM fuel cell into district heating systems can be an ideal supplement or alternative to the established technology used in cogeneration plants. This can only be done by setting up a plant with an output comparable to what is standard in cogeneration plants. A plant of this kind has not been installed to date. The general benefits of fuel cell technology – high level of efficiency, virtually no moving parts, low noise emission levels, very low waste gas emission levels, minimum maintenance – are enhanced by the use of the PEM cell. The relatively low operating temperature of around 80°C permits the use of low-price materials and ensures a fast start-up. Moreover, the temperatures of central heating systems. The waste heat of the cell can, therefore, be used without the need for any expensive hydraulic circuits or storage facilities. This makes the cell suitable for use in small-scale district heating systems. A considerable market potential is forecast for the PEM cell in the medium term since it is well suited for series manufacture. The aim of the demonstration project is to fulfil the requirements for series manufacture. This will make it possible in the medium term to reduce the currently high specific costs of around 13000 ECU / KW to less than 1500 ECU / KW A Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), also know as a Solid Polymer Fuel Cell (SPFC), with an output of 250 kWel / 237 kWth is to be installed in the Berlin district of Treptow. The fuel cell is to be integrated into an existing district heating system run by Bewag which currently has an installed thermal output of 43.4 MW. The temperatures in the heating system’s return permit easy assimilation of the available heat. The fuel cell is to be operated using natural gas which is converted into hydrogen and carbon dioxide by the addition of oxygen in a reforming process. In addition the operation with gas-storaged hydrogen is planned. The aim is to permit the both heat and power orientated generation. Full-load operation for the generation of heat can be maintained throughout the year. The auxiliary cooler which is installed makes it possible to generate power irrespective of the level of heat required. The low operating temperature predestinates the PEM fuel cell – as conventional small CHP stations – to cover the basic heat load. For the covering of peak loads during very cold days the existing peak boilers will supply heat. The location of the plant in Berlin’s city centre and its immediate proximity to the BEWAG headquarters are ideal for the presentation of the project to the public. The needs of specialists visiting the plant can be well catered for and there are no obstacles to the free flow of information. Finally the erection of this plant in the eastern part of Berlin as part of the former GDR (5 New Lander) means that this advanced technology will support the industrial development of East Germany. | |||||||||
| 21798 | BRST970599 | nan | Engine management system for hydrogen fuel | 1997-10-01 | 1998-04-01 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 | 30204 | Due to its specific properties, hydrogen is the only fuel which guarantees a zero emission when properly burned in existing Internal Combustion (IC-engines. The main drawback of this fuel is that it easily causes ‘backfire’ in the inlet manifold. To avoid this problem, the power control has to be conducted on a quantitative and qualitative base, i.e. both the throttle plate angle and the equivalence ratio are varied in combination in order to perform the power adjustment. Research required and RTD goals for this new and innovative Hydrogen-Engine-Management concept are: define for each combination of engine speed and engine torque the optimal volumetric efficiency and equivalence ratio regulate and control the optimal volumetric efficiency and equivalence ratio for each combination of engine speed and engine torque develop a fuel flow system by means of electromagnetic intermittently opened valves The research fits Area 3B.4 ‘Environmental Technologies’ of the ‘Industrial & Materials Technologies’ Programme, more precisely 3B.4.1S, i.e. development of advanced propulsion technologies for substantial reduction of NOx, CO, VOC and particulate emission. The action is coordinated through CLEPA, the European Association for Automotive Suppliers Industry | |||||||||
| 22634 | FMBI960978 | nan | Enzymes as catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells. Assembly of a multicomponent enzymatic film at an electrode surface by a step-by-step method | 1996-10-14 | 1998-10-13 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-TMR | 0302;TC06 | Molecular recognition performed by specialised biological molecules like antibodies or avidin is an useful tool for the construction of enzymes onto electrode surfaces. The objective of this project is to accomplish a experimental and theoretical study of enzymatic electrocatalysis in a multilayer structure where both the enzyme (a hydrogenase) and the redox mediator (a viologen derivative) are immobilized in a sequential manner. Briefly, this would imply the direct modification of the electrode surface hy a step-by-step construction, using the strong biotin-avidin affinity, of conveniently derivatized enzymes and redox mediators. The main goal of the proposed method is to obtain high catalytic currents without mediator in the bulk solution and to study the reversibility of such system in a large range of pH. This modified electrode could be the active part of a fuel cell using hydrogenase as catalyst instead of platinoids. | |||||||||
| 22968 | BRST975156 | HVOF | Development of a quality control system for alloyed wc-ni – co – cr coatings obtained by high velocity oxy-fuel spraying | 1997-10-01 | 1999-09-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 | 201 | Based on the physical interpretation of the results obtained, the QCS allows the sprayer to maintain the final quality of the coatings in the highest possible level by controlling the whole process: selection of the best suited powder/s for each specific gun, checking the parameters of the powder and adjusting the spraying parameters accordingly. The guns participating in the project have been classified into three groups accordingly with their transfer of heat and momentum to the powder granules. The powders have also been classified into six groups following their specific characteristics that influence the heat and momentum transfer from the HVOF jet. The parameters responsible for the final properties of the coatings (wear and corrosion resistance) have been identified and the influence of the spraying parameters on the characteristics of the powder granules assessed. The absence of reliable methods for selection of spray powders and optimum HVOF thermal spray conditions causes serious problems in assurance of the coating quality and leads to economic losses of SMEs. One of a highly effective approaches used in this proposal to overcome this is to provide research on evaluation of the sprayed thick coatings including characterisation of the coatings, assessment of the coating properties, physical interpretation of the coating formation, testing of the HVOF sprayed coatings in the working conditions on the industrial components and development of the optimum conditions of the spray process giving high quality coatings. In this proposal the system WC-Ni(Co)Cr has been chosen since the industrial partners need a powder material which gives at a reasonable cost the coatings with higher corrosion and oxidation resistance and wear resistance comparable with that of the WC-Co coatings. The main industrial objective of this project is to develop the recommendations enabling formation of a reliable and practice oriented quality control system (QCS) giving high quality and reproducible coatings by HVOF spraying of WC-Ni(Co)Cr powders. The QCS will also allow the optimum spraying conditions for given combinations of above powders and substrates in relation to the operational parameters of the HVOF spray equipment being used (gun design, combustion gases, etc.). Some specific guns will be considered (Diamond Jet, DJ-2700, Jet Kote, Top Gun, CDS Gun, OSU and D-Gun). Propane, propylene, acetylene and hydrogen will be tested as fuel gases and a fuel gas with a minimal oxidation power will be outlined. Through the development of a data bank industrial partners will have ready access to results which have been obtained to meet their needs. The final result of the project (QCS) immediately after finishing this project can be used for commercial purposes. Then also a reduction in working time and costs will be achieved for the production of a suitable quality of the coatings. The principles and inherent characteristics of the QCS developed for the specific combinations of powder system (WC-Ni(Co)Cr) and substrates (mild steel, stainless steel, Al-4%Cu alloy and copper) in HVOF spraying with different guns and fuel gases will enable similar systems to be developed for the other cermet powders and substrates under different spray conditions. The main economic objective is to produce at a reasonable cost and within a period of two years the quality control system. Another economic objective is to reduce the energy consumption and the time for spraying which in turn will lead to an increase in spray productivity. It is expected also that the cermet powder chosen widen the scope of use of HVOF spraying to produce wear, corrosion and oxidation resistant coatings. The main social objective of the project is to increase the life of industrial components. The project has an important environmental objective in decreasing corrosion and hence decreasing the deposits of scrap and waste materials and making HVOF spraying a cleaner technology. | |||||||||
| 23287 | JOR3971005 | nan | Hydrogen production by supercritical biomass gasification | 1997-08-06 | 1998-03-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 3050102 | Supercritical water (SCW) gasification of aqueous biomass is an innovativeapproach to production of electric power on a sustainable basis. The products of SCW biomass conversion are high BTU fuel gases with a high H2 content. These gases can subsequently be transformed into electric power by either combustion in gas turbine generators or fuel cells. So far, SCW has been demonstrated only at a labscale with a reactor throughput capacity of only a few grams of biomass per hour, but same work has also provided interesting new leads. It is our intention to start an experimental programme which would demonstrate on a pilot plant scale the technical feasibility of SCW gasification and provide sensible estimates of capital investment costs and operating costs of a commercial scale plant Through a systematic analysis of possible process configurations we aimat identifying (technical) hurdles in development and commercial exploitation. Substantial part of the research project will be reserved for the experimental demonstration. The results of the proposed research is experiment-based data for the design of a pre-commercial scale SCW gasifier and for the estimation of economic merit of this technology. | |||||||||
| 24256 | JOE3970057 | nan | A clean process for carbon nanoparticles and hydrogen production from plasma hydrocarbon cracking | 1997-12-01 | 2000-11-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 202010101 | Objectives The objective of this project is to develop of a new clean electrothermic continuous process for direct carbon nanoparticles and hydrogen production. Carbon nanoparticles cover materials ranging from graphite to carbon black. The process should be clean, with no direct pollutant emissions to the atmosphere, flexible and able to use gaseous or liquid hydrocarbons and should be more energy efficient and consume less raw materials than present processes. Technical approach In the partial combustion processes, the necessary energy for cracking hydrocarbons is generated by the combustion of part of the raw material. In this project, an external source forwards the required energy. A 3-phase AC source is used to supply the energy to the plasma reactor. The temperature can be adjusted by the electrical energy input, allowing a quite broad range of operating conditions. The temperatures could range between several hundreds degrees and several thousands degrees and more specifically two zones will be explored : (1) a relatively low temperature zone, between 1100 C and 2000 C, close to the one used in carbon black production and (2) a high temperature zone, above 2400 C, normally used in graphite production. Graphite electrodes will be used. The hydrocarbon is introduced in the high temperature reaction zone while various injection points are considered. The reaction chamber is insulated and classical techniques are used to separate the carbon from the gaseous stream. The scale of the experimental set-up will be intermediate between laboratory and industrial. Expected achievements and exploitation This new continuous process could replace the Acheson batch process for graphite and without the need for selection and crushing. Carbon blacks will be produced without any emissions of CO2 and NOx. Hydrogen is a high value by-product. Due to better energy management, the process will be more efficient. The plasma technology has a high flexibility. New carbon materials will be produced and consequently new applications will be developed The two industrial partners consider that two to three years will be required to set up a full scale process for both carbon black and graphite production. The plasma technology developed within this project will also find applications outside the carbon industry. | |||||||||
| 26174 | FAIR961201 | ABE-INTEGRATION | LIQUID PRODUCTS AND HYDROGEN FROM BIOMASS (THE ABE FERMENTATION) – EUROPEAN INTEGRATION | 1996-10-01 | 1999-09-30 | FP4 | 150000 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-FAIR | 1.2.2 | The aim of this coordinated action project is to bring together researchers from different European countries studying the ABE-fermentation. In particular to bring together researchers of different disciplines, esp. microbiologists, biotechnologists and chemical/process engineers. It is expected that this will provide further support for the Pilot Plant Testing of the ABE-fermentation (EU-RTD project AIR3-CT94-2153). The ABE-fermentation produces chemical feedstocks (butanol, acetone and hydrogen) on a renewable and CO2-neutral basis from biomass or biomass wastes. The ABE-products can serve as chemical feedstocks or as diesel and/or petrol extender/substitute. The present State of the Art for the fermentative production of ABE products from biomass can be summarised as ‘technically possible, but economically and energetically expensive’. Research is therefore required to reduce both the costs and the energy requirements of the process. A combined approach with process engineers applying modern engineering techniques (e.g. membrane processes, energy ‘recycling’, etc) and microbiologists improving the fermentation characteristics (e.g. reliability, phage resistance, productivity, etc) and perhaps improved product tolerance (product inhibition is a problem) is seen as a strong association in support of improved process economic viability. | |||||||||
| 27071 | BRPR950025 | nan | Booster Battery for High Power Demand | 1996-01-01 | 1999-06-30 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 | 201 | Objectives and content Environmentally compatible passenger vehicles aiming at zero emissions and reduced energy requirements are now being under development. The reduction of the C02-emissions (‘Greenhouse effect’ ) as well as the use of regenerative energy sources are also important aspects of the actual research. The presented proposal is aimed at the development of a high power booster battery. This is a key component of the new hybrid vehicles which are now believed to be the way forward. The proposed work fits into the ‘Electric and Hybrid Vehicles cluster of the European programme EU-TRA on environmentally Friendly Cars’. Hybride vehicles are one of the most promising concepts for a more efficient and environmentally compatible car and they are being developed by almost all car manufacturers in the world. These cars require a small energy storing unit (in the range of 3 kWh) capable of delivering high loads and being recharged rapidly by the on-bord-engine. They must be capable also of absorbing the energy from regenerative braking. From all battery systems available today the NiMH-system is considered the most promising one with respect to meeting the high demands. However, the existing product has limitations which have to be overcome by intensive development work. These activities have to focus on: – Improvement of specific power up to 400W/kg – Increasing energy efficiency to more than 70% even under high load conditions -Improving of cycle life endurance -Keeping feedstock and manufacturing costs on an economically reliable level These technical improvements are to be achieved by new concepts in materials, cell and battery design. Moreover the battery/engine interface including thermal and electronic control has to be developed for the significantly increased requirements. The technical aspects will be addressed by: – New Hydrogen-storing alloys taylormade for high discharge capability – Advanced electrode technologies for high drain applications – Cell and battery configuration redesign with regard to the special demand – Employment of an intelligent battery and thermal management system -Reducing costs by use of cheaper, widely available materials and a establishment of a recycling procedure for spent batteries The consortium comprises VARTA as a battery developer, TREIBACHER AUERMET as a manufacturer of advanced storage materials, CERAM RESEARCH as a materials expert. The presence of BMW and VOLVO as two potential users of the battery system for their hybride vehicles will give the appropriate feedback from the user side. Development work will be done according to the users specific demands. Testing in experimental cars will be performed according to their experience of driver habits. A detailed technical account of the work, together with an economical and ecological assessment covering all environmentally relevant aspects. will be given at the end of the project. | |||||||||
| 29502 | JOE3987043 | EUHYFIS | European hydrogen filling station infrastructure for fuel cell vehicles based on renewable energies | 1999-01-01 | 2000-03-31 | FP4 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP4-NNE-JOULE C | 204 | ||||||||||
| 30140 | ENK6-CT-2002-00653 | HYMOSSES | Hydrogen in mobile and stationary devices – safe and effective storage solution (HYMOSSES) | 2002-11-01 | 2006-01-31 | FP5 | 4274907 | 2452271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | The main obstacle preventing H2 to become a major source for energy supply in both private and industrial applications is the lack of efficient, safe and compact storage solutions. Metal hydrides and carbon nonmaterial fulfil today’s requirements of compactness and high inherent safety. Problems to be solved are hydrogen storage capacity and kinetics as well as production costs. This project aims to improve and provide carbon and metal hydride materials revealing the required properties. Serious attention will be paid to cost-effective production methods and to concepts of scaling-up these methods. A life cycle assessment of storage material, and examining the incentives and barriers to hydrogen market would assess the sustainability of hydrogen economy. The materials will be further examined exemplarily in miniaturized and compact storage units. | |||||||||
| 30178 | ENK5-CT-2001-00558 | H2 MINIPAC | Hydrogen fed miniature fuel cell for next generation portable equipment (H2 MINIPAC) | 2002-01-01 | 2004-12-31 | FP5 | 2797451 | 1398724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | The objective of the project consists in a feasibility demonstration to realize a hydrogen fed miniature fuel cell (FC) for the supply in energy of next generation portable equipment. The laboratory demonstrator which will be delivered at the end of the project will assemble technology bricks developed by the partners: – in-site hydrogen fuel generator developed according to a strongly innovativeprocess – FC management system using Mems and miniature devices- new thin films materials (electrode, electrolyte) allowing high performances | |||||||||
| 30220 | ENK6-CT-2002-00600 | HYSTORY | Hydrogen storage in hydrides for safe energy systems (HYSTORY) | 2002-11-01 | 2005-10-31 | FP5 | 4245918 | 2370789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | A major unresolved problem for the introduction of the ‘Hydrogen Economy’ and the extensive use of hydrogen as energy carrier is efficient and safe storage of hydrogen. High pressure compressed gas storage is energy intensive if high volume efficiency is desired, and liquid and solid hydrogen storage even more so. Storing hydrogen in the fun of solid metal hydrides from which it can readily be recovered by heating is an alternative and safe, highly volume efficient storage method. For typical applications, however, both volume and weight efficiencies are important. Conventional metal hydrides (MH) suffer from low weight efficiencies and the challenge is to improve them substantially. In addition, the temperature and pressure of operation of the materials need to conform to specifications set by the practical applications. With a view to responding to these challenges, HYSTORY aspires to advance significantly the state-of-the-art in three MH classes and develop hydrides based on lightweight, low cost elements with improved hydrogen storage properties. The proposal is driven mainly by the material developers and industrial producers while including a number of end-users that will integrate and test the respective hydrogen storage systems (material & tank) in stationary (power generation) and marine (FC-based boats) fuel cell applications. | |||||||||
| 30229 | ENK6-CT-2002-00646 | OPTIMERECELL | Development of cost effective pemfc for automotive applications (OPTIMERECELL) | 2002-11-01 | 2006-01-31 | FP5 | 2993925 | 1496960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | The industrial objective of the project is to use the developed and optimised fuel cell technology for the realisation of a 10 kW PEMFC stack designed and manufactured with a special attention on the cost reduction and working at temperature around 120-130°C with hydrogen containing up to 200 pip CO. Particular attention will be paid to reduction of the weight and the volume occupancy. The Pelf’s obtained will be tested to check their capacity for generation of the electric energy. The potential and current will be measured in a membrane electrode assembly and correlated with the heat and water balance of the system. The optimum conditions of the PEMFCs manufacturing will be established during the project and will be completely orientated to the cost reduction and the industrialisation capacities thank to the experience of car manufacturers. | |||||||||
| 30292 | NNE5/20025/1999 | HELPS | Hydrogen Based Electrical Energy System for Local Power Storage | 2001-05-01 | 2005-04-30 | FP5 | 2615525 | 1095000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6.3.1 | The final objective of the project is to realise a fuel cells based electrical energy storage system. Applications are: 1) energy storage for renewable energies as solar and wind for autonomous networks. Storage capacity is a necessary support to develop these energies (clouds, nights, no wind), 2) power peak lowering device for grid connected users. Distributed energy storage allows the grid load optimisation, regenerating the fuel when energy is available and cheap, providing energy when the grid load is too high. The first step is to develop the technology in the frame of an economically affordable niche market: emergency power sources. Functions are the same, but in this niche market, the cost effectiveness is based on the grain of performance, and on lower costs of infrastructures and operation. The demonstration unit will prove the reliability of the system and open a first industrial for the fuel cells technology with interest for SME’s employment. | |||||||||
| 30571 | ENK6-CT-2002-00629 | HYDROSOL | Catalytic monolith reactor for hydrogen generation from solar water splitting (HYDROSOL) | 2002-11-01 | 2005-10-31 | FP5 | 2634300 | 1317149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | Objectives and Problems to be solved: The effective harnessing of the huge energy potential of solar radiation has been a subject of primary technical interest and attracted significant scientific attention during the past decade. Highly intensive solar radiation can be obtained by developed parabolic dishes tracking the sun with heliostats. The areas of Southern Europe with high insulation and potential installation of such solar tower plants are mostly coincident with economically depressed regions. The conversion of the so obtained solar energy into transformable forms such as e.g. reduced chemical compounds able to be re-used as fuels (‘solar fuels’) are a concept of major importance. One of the reactions that have tremendous economical interest because of the low economical value of its reactants as well as because of the high economical value of its products is the dissociation of water to oxygen and hydrogen. The proposed Project not only employs the use of renewable solar energy but also produces hydrogen, a ‘clean’ fuel considered to be the energy source of the future with the advancement of fuel cell technology, without any CO2 emissions. Description of the work: By far the most economically attractive reaction for the production of hydrogen is the decomposition of water and the direct pure hydrogen production. However because of unfavourable thermodynamics interesting yields can only be achieved at very high temperatures imposing therefore technological difficulties to any ideas trying to couple solar energy as the driving energy for the reaction. Catalytic materials are therefore required in order to lower the reaction temperature. The reaction is carried out via a two-step process. In the first step the activated catalyst dissociates water and produces hydrogen; in the second step the used catalyst is regenerated. The concept has been proven experimentally, however the catalyst regeneration temperatures are still high (i.e. >1600°C). The aim of this proposal is to exploit solar energy for the catalytic dissociation of water and the production of hydrogen. The basic idea is to combine a support structure capable of achieving high temperatures when heated by concentrated solar radiation, with a catalyst system suitable for the performance of water dissociation and at the same time suitable for regeneration at these temperatures, so that complete operation of the whole process (water splitting and catalyst regeneration) can be achieved by a single solar energy converter. The purpose of this project is thus twofold; 1. Development of novel catalytic materials for the water dissociation reaction at moderate temperatures (800-1100oC) and of the associated coating technology on supports, 2. Integration of the developed material technologies into a solar catalytic reactor suitable for incorporation into solar energy concentration systems, opening the road towards a complete hydrogen fuel production unit based on solar energy. Expected results and exploitation plans: The integration of systems for concentrating solar radiation with reaction systems able to split water molecules forms a system of immense value and impact on the energetic and economics worldwide. The project concerns a key technology for using solar heat to chemical processes (hydrogen production) aiming to reaction yields which when obtained at the temperature interval described above consist a significant improvement of the current ‘state of the art’ and open serious possibilities towards commercialisation of the technology. The project will have a significant impact both from contributing to achievement of the ecological targets (emission reduction, natural source preservation) as well as from job creation and economical growth push to not yet fully developed EU areas particularly those coinciding with high direct normal insulation. | |||||||||
| 30607 | ICA2-CT-2001-60006 | ICHMS’2001 | Vii international conference “hydrogen materials science and chemistry of metal hydrides”, september 16-22, 2001 | 2001-09-01 | 2002-02-27 | FP5 | 20000 | 20000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-INCO 2 | nan | IHSE organize and will held the ICHMS’2001, which becomes traditional for scientists, takes the status of international and is recognized in the world as part of conferences system on problems ‘Hydrogen Energy’ and ‘Hydrogen in Metals ‘ . The ICHMS’2001 will made possible to get acquainted with the best new elaborations of various leading schools, directions and groups working in the field of hydrogen materials science and fluorine-related materials. The main conference topics are: 1. Metal Hydrides; 2. Related-Related Materials as Hydrogen Storage; 3. Materials for Hydrogen Separations and Fuel Cell Applications; 4. Hydrogen Energy and Environmental Problems . The conference will cover the topics on metal hydrides and fooleries including their physical and chemical properties, their preparation, production and utilization, the development of scientific backgrounds for creation of new related-related materials as hydrogen storage. | |||||||||
| 30779 | ENK5-CT-2001-30010 | WINEGAS | Hydrogen ruel gas from supercritical water gasification of wine grape residues and wet rest-biomass (WINEGAS) | 2002-01-01 | 2003-12-31 | FP5 | 1200000 | 600000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | ||||||||||
| 31078 | ENK5-CT-2001-00545 | AER-GAS | A new approach for the production of a hydrogen-rich gas from biomas – an absorption enhanced reforming process (AER-GAS) | 2002-01-01 | 2004-12-31 | FP5 | 2405511 | 1363664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | The aim of the proposed project is to convert biomass in an AER (Absorption Enhanced Reforming) process to obtain a gas containing > 80 Vol.% hydrogen with tar content < 300 mg/m3 . A CO2-absorbent in the reactor bed not only removes CO2 from the product gas but also shifts the chemical equilibrium towards H2, away from CO, hydrocarbons, soot and tar. Consequently the number of required process units is minimised, which reduces cost and increases energetic efficiency. Different catalytic absorbent materials will be investigated. The combustion of charcoal formed in AER gasification provides the heat required for the regeneration of the absorbent. Using existing gasifiers and the experience with AER hydrocarbon reforming will minimise technical risk. The produced hydrogen-rich gas can be used directly or - after gas conditioning - in fuel cells and for synfuel production. | |||||||||
| 31106 | ENK6-CT-2000-56120 | WEFC | Wind energy producing hydrogen for fuel cells | 2000-09-01 | 2004-08-31 | FP5 | 226176 | 226176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | The research will involve a systems analysis of the production of hydrogen from an intermittent renewable energy source, such as the wind or ocean waves. This systems analysis will examine the use of this hydrogen in a fuel cell . | |||||||||
| 31316 | ENK6-CT-2002-00661 | REVCELL | Autonomous energy supply system with reversible fuel cell as long-term storage for pv stand-alone systems and uninterruptible power supplies (REVCELL) | 2002-10-01 | 2006-12-31 | FP5 | 3748556 | 1999974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | This project develops the reversible fuel cells and brings it into applications for the first time worldwide. The combination of fuel cell and electrolyser in one stack allows a significant cost reduction in the components and the systems. Remote power supply systems for telecom and uninterruptible power suppliers with long back-up times will be demonstrated. All applications have very high requirements on power availability and reliability. R&D on the components and the general system concepts will be perfumed. The consortium consists of technology end-users, component manufactures and research institutions on hydrogen technologies and autonomous power suppliers . The technology opens new markets in rapid growing sectors. The hydrogen storage system replaces batteries and diesel generators which affect the environment. This project fits perfectly with TA K. | |||||||||
| 32037 | ENK5-CT-2001-00536 | RES2H2 | Cluster pilot project for the integration of res into european energy sectors using hydrogen (RES2H2) | 2002-01-01 | 2007-10-31 | FP5 | 5171271 | 2500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | The main objective of the proposed project is the integration of RES, hydrogen production and utilisation into energy sectors. This will be done by designing, constructing and evaluating self sufficient energy systems driven by wind energy, capable of generating hydrogen, electricity and water making use of the features of hydrogen as an energy vector. Systems of this kind could be implemented in the near future in any area with high renewable (wind) energy potential for pure hydrogen production and commercialisation as well as electricity and water demand coverage (renewable energy and water independent grids). | |||||||||
| 34638 | ENK5-CT-2002-00634 | BIO-ELECTRICITY | Efficient and clean production of electricity from biomass via pyrolyses oil and hydrogen utilizing fuel cells – target action g (BIO-ELECTRICITY) | 2002-12-01 | 2005-11-30 | FP5 | 2721285 | 1599223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | Objectives and problems to be solved: The objectives of the project are to develop and demonstrate the efficient production of hydrogen and electricity, from pyrolysis oil with the integration in stationary electric power and heat production plants in remote, out-of grid-situations (500 kWe) using Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFC). The development of the integrated fuel processor (consisting of a reforming catalyst, a reforming reactor, a syngas cleaning unit and a fuel cell) is the core issue of the project. Description of the work: The production of H2 and electricity from biomass is accomplished by reformation of bio-oil produced in fast pyrolysis processes, which are mature and of nearly commercial status. Processes for the reformation of pyrolysis oil to H2, and suitable for the production of electricity and heat (cogeneration) in small-to-medium size stationary applications, are optimised with respect to appropriate reactor configurations and efficient catalytic materials. A hydrogen rich process gas will be produced, also containing CO and CO2. The water-gas shift reaction transforms residual carbon monoxide into H2 and CO2. Optimal catalytic materials for these reactions will be developed, exhibiting high activity and selectivity towards H2 production and enhanced stability with time on stream, and they will be incorporated into proper reactor configurations. Each component of the process (fast pyrolysis of biomass, steam reforming of bio-oil, water-gas shift reaction, hydrogen-rich gas upgrading, fuel cell testing), will be considered separately, and integrated to a complete fuel processing system suitable for a prototype power production unit of 5kWe. An economic evaluation of the process is carried out for a 500 kWe commercial scale unit. Expected Results and Exploitation Plans: Upon completion of the project, sufficient knowledge is available to design and build an integrated fuel processing system, which converts biomass into hydrogen-rich feed gas for molten carbonate fuel cells. Such a fuel processor will be tested on a scale of 5 kWe, while the gas quality is demonstrated by application in laboratory fuel cells. Results of academic and applied research carried out by universities and the research institutes, is used by industrial partners to develop and commercialise the bio-oil electricity system. A sub-contractor is involved as a prime producer of bio-oil. (Estimated production price of 150/ton). Commercial breakthrough of bio-oil production technology is expected within the next decade. The complementary industrial partners in the project, including a MCFC developer and a catalyst manufacturer, provide together an excellent outlook on the implementation of the proposed technology for clean production of heat and electricity from bio-oil at remote, out-of-grid locations. It is the intention to protect any significant innovations by patents. | |||||||||
| 35232 | ENK6-CT-2002-00684 | HYDROFUELER | Intensified technology for distributed hydrogen production (HYDROFUELER) | 2003-01-01 | 2006-05-31 | FP5 | 2589552 | 1619978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | HYDROFUELER facilitates the use of hydrogen as a transport fuel using the existing gas infrastructure and substituting hydrogen-refuelling systems for gasoline stations. Regulatory frameworks are in place now to facilitate the changeover. The project will deliver a design specification for an innovative efficient compact unit for production of hydrogen for fuelling hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles. The key components are a catalytic reactor based on intensified heat exchangers for the conversion of natural gas to synthesis gas and a novel separation system to produce hydrogen of the required quality. The design will enable manufacture and production of automated small scale, distributed hydrogen generators to overcome barriers against a European hydrogen-fuelling infrastructure. There is a substantial reduction in aggregated emissions with improved fuel efficiency and lower costs. | |||||||||
| 35445 | ENK5-CT-2002-80653 | ACCEPTH2 | Public acceptance of hydrogen transport technologies (ACCEPTH2) | 2003-01-01 | 2005-06-30 | FP5 | 349994 | 349994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | The introduction of hydrogen fuelled vehicles is taking place in selected demonstration cities worldwide, with a view to achieving full commercialisation. However, the successful introduction of these vehicles will depend not only on technical maturity, but especially on public acceptance of these new fuels and technologies. The work detailed under this proposal will contribute strongly to a better understanding of the acceptance of hydrogen technologies, and hence enable the introduction of hydrogen buses to be carried out with a clear strategy towards public acceptance. The work compares public attitudes in London, Luxemburg, Munich, Perth and Oakland, enabling international comparisons of perception to be made and contributing to the international R,D&D co-operation objectives of the Ec. The work is complementary to many existing EC, national and industry projects. | |||||||||
| 35526 | ENK5-CT-2002-80633 | RENEWABLE-H2 | Integration of renewable hydrogen into the hydrogen economy – target action i (RENEWABLE-H2) | 2002-12-01 | 2003-09-30 | FP5 | 93323 | 69992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | In the long-term hydrogen (H2) is expected to become an important energy carrier. In combination with fuel cells it offers the opportunity of an intrinsically clean energy supply. Substantial effort is put into the introduction of hydrogen in the energy supply including e.g. production, safety, regulation/legislation, social acceptance, storage, transport, applications etc. It should be noted, however, that these developments are based on hydrogen produced by conventional methods or from fossil fuels. At present, hydrogen produced from renewable sources of energy(‘Renewable-H2’) plays a minor role at best. The main objective of this proposal is to realise the integration of Renewable-H2 into existing activities aimed at the development of the H2-economy. The project will result in a comprehensive overview of European activities on Renewable-H2, identification of the role thatRenewable-H2 can play, and a plan of action to realise the integration. | |||||||||
| 36011 | ENK6-CT-2001-00565 | FRESCO | European development of a fuel-cell, reduced-emission scooter -(FRESCO) | 2001-12-01 | 2005-07-31 | FP5 | 3600000 | 1800000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | The intensive use of (two-stroke engine) scooters constitutes at the same time an essential mode of transportation and a serious pollution problem in major European cities and urban area. Fuel cell powering would be an attractive solution, even more than in other transport applications, because of the relatively high per-kilometre emissions of scooters. However, weights and volumes of present fuel-cell systems in the low-power range are still in contrast with what could be accommodated in a small vehicle like a scooter. The specific challenge dealt with in the FRESCO proposal, is to make the clean fuel-cell alternative suitable for scooters, and to prove the viability of this route by integrating the complete new power train into a mass-production type scooter. To this end, a modern scooter will be developed, built and tested, that should meet professional standards, have a maximum speed > 75 km/hr and a range of at least 100 kill for urban mission profiles. The power train will consist of a hydrogen-fuelled, polymer-electrolyte fuel-cell stack, a super capacitor module as a peak -power device and dedicated electric motor / generator. | |||||||||
| 36022 | G1RD-CT-2001-00543 | ZEM | Zero-hazard gas storage by multisensing optical monitoring system | 2001-10-01 | 2004-12-31 | FP5 | 3077111 | 1377047 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-GROWTH | 1.1.3.-1. | The ZEM project addresses the development of a monitoring system to verify the integrity of composite high-pressure tanks for natural gas or hydrogen. Stationary and mobile applications will be considered and a demonstrator related to vehicle propulsion will be developed. Currently proposed inspection techniques of composite vessels involve off-vehicle visual inspection and pressure testing which is labour intensive and requires expensive equipment. The proposed approach, based on fibre optic sensors, facilitates simple but detailed evaluation of the structural integrity, monitored on-line during tank refuelling. The project focuses in particular fibre optic sensors and their embedding in the material, composite tank manufacturing, signature recognition algorithms and interrogation methods. | |||||||||
| 36189 | ENK5-CT-2001-80535 | FHIRST | Fuel cells and hydrogen improved r&d strategy for europe – (FHIRST) | 2001-09-01 | 2002-12-31 | FP5 | 208895 | 208895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | The project aims at establishing a network structure that will make it possible for Europe to increase its effectiveness in the fuel cell and hydrogen area. In the short term it will mainly deal with collecting data and other relevant information in the area. An essential part in this work will be to work in close collaboration with the Member States and their programmes. In the longer term a more formal structure may be established by forming an Advisory Group that will handle this type of actions. The work within this proposed Accompanying Measure will formulate different solutions in this direction. | |||||||||
| 36670 | ERK6-CT-1999-00025 | PEM-ED | Proton exchange membranes for application in medium temperature electrochemical devices (‘PEM-ED’) | 2000-04-01 | 2004-09-30 | FP5 | 3137572 | 1601343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | Our project is centred around the development of thermally stable (up to 180°C) proton exchange membranes (PEM) for use as solid electrolytes in electrochemical devices, in particular hydrogen/oxygen (or air) fuel cells, but also electrolysers. Fuel cells need no justification as an advanced technology option to reduce the fossil fuel/nuclear energy demands needed to satisfy energy requirements over the coming decades. Adapable to both stationary and mobile power generation, their use at higher temperatures leads to improved economy by enabling operation in combined heat/power mode, thereby supplying. waste’ heat for space heating or steam production. Use of fuel cells will lead to reduction in noise and in emissions of NOx, SOx, particulates etc., problems of particular concern to society and with clear associated public health and environment issues. In addition, polymer electrolyte membrane technology is also an option for the development of electrolyser-based oxygen concentrators supplying oxygen of high purity for medical use for patients requiring oxygen therapy. | |||||||||
| 37066 | ERK6-CT-1999-00012 | BIO-H2 | Production of clean hydrogen for fuel cells by reformation of bioethanol (‘BIO-H2’) | 2000-07-01 | 2003-12-31 | FP5 | 3783002 | 2204487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | The proposed project deals with the production of H2 from biomass-derived ethanol, for mobile applications, through processes that offer zero emissions of pollutants. This will be accomplished with the reformation of ethanol produced by fermentation, which is a renewable energy source. It will be developed a complete ethanol reformer system. The H2-rich gas obtained will be fed to a fuel cell suitable for powering electric vehicles. The project addresses the following issues: (a) The need for enhancing the use of renewable energy sources in transportation and electricity production; (b) The need for development of a technology to facilitate the introduction of fuel cell vehicles. According to the project programme, the major deliverables have been achieved as planned. No significant deviations between planned and actual work have been encountered. WP1 has been completed as planned: a technical report from ENEA and CRF have been issued covering the optimised conditions for bioethanol production and the LCA of bioethanol production and cost evaluation. WP 2, 3, 4 are still in progress as planned. | |||||||||
| 37123 | ENK5-CT-2000-00311 | BIOHPR | Biomass heatpipe reformer (BIOHPR) | 2001-01-01 | 2004-08-31 | FP5 | 2760594 | 1956387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | Objectives and problems to be solved: Producing electricity from biomass with gas turbines or fuel cells requires hydrogen rich fuel gases with reasonable high heating values. These heating values are only achievable by means of all thermal gasification or all thermal steam reforming. The BioHPR project aims at the development of an innovative all thermal gasifier concept the ‘Biomass Heatpipe Reformer’. The innovative idea of the concept is to apply the heat for the endothermic gasification process to the reformer by means of high temperature heat pipes. The concept promises a particularly small all thermal gasifier that produces hydrogen rich gases for small-scale CHP applications with micro turbines and fuel cells. Key features of the new concept are its simple ness and a flexible heat-to-power ratio, which makes the concept competitive even without adequate heat consumer. Description of work: The project is aimed at the developing, constructing and testing of two 200 kW prototypes of the Heatpipe Reformer. The work will mainly focus on the solution of the main technical challenge for indirectly heated gasifiers – the realization of extremely high heat fluxes into a small sized gasification reactor. The application of heat pipes for this purpose will be tested and demonstrated. The excellent heat transfer characteristics of the heat pipes combined with high heat transfer rates between fluidized bed and heat pipe surface allow to design a very compact, highly integrated apparatus for steam gasification of any kind of biomass. Both prototypes will be tested with wood pellets, straw pellets and pellets produced from cotton stalk residues. Long-term experiments (72 hours) are planned to test the long-term stability of the heat pipes and to identify technical problems. Another important aim of the tests is reducing the reformer manufacturing costs especially the cost for heat-pipe manufacturing. The requirements of small scale gas turbines and fuel cells will be considered. A main emphasis will be put on the dissemination of the heat pipe reformer. Expected Results and Exploitation Plans: The project includes the basic engineering for a first demonstration plant located in the cotton producing area in Greece where a potential for 500 BioHPR plants exists even within a very small region. This area is the main cotton producing area in the EU. It suites perfectly to the needs for a first demonstration plant because a large quantity of cotton residues is available for energy production. The available biomass feedstock would suffice for a power plant with 100 MW thermal input. Unfortunately neither a centralized large power plant nor a decentralized CHP plant can be run economically due to high transportation cost and a lack of appropriate heat consumers. The Biomass Heat Pipe Reformer with its flexible heat-to-power-ratio is therefore an ideal solution to use the energy potential coming from these agricultural residues economically and ecologically. | |||||||||
| 37204 | ERK6-CT-1999-00015 | COCON | Hybrid system for co2 conversion by solar energy in a photo-electrochemical device (‘COCON’) | 2000-02-01 | 2003-01-31 | FP5 | 1756758 | 1065131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | This proposal relates to a technology development where CO2 and water are converted to hydrocarbons and H2 by means of solar energy in a photo-electromechanical device. The proposed technology can make a significant contribution to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for the EU as required by the Kyoto protocol. A consortium bringing together fundamental materials research and industrial expertise will carry out the project. The principal project deliverable is a prototype of a photo-electrochemical device capable of converting CO2 and water into O2, H2 and hydrocarbons with an efficiency of more than 10%. In addition, studies will be performed and reported looking at alternative concepts and techno-economical feasibility. | |||||||||
| 37644 | HPRN-CT-2002-00208 | H-SORPTION IN MG | Improved hydrogen sorption kinetics in new magnesium composites for clean energy storage and transport. | 2002-10-01 | 2005-09-30 | FP5 | 1440000 | 1440000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL | nan | Mandatory reductions in emission of polluting gases from use of fossil fuel energy in industrial and transport activities are being negotiated between Europe, the USA, Japan and the developing countries and alternative energy sources and devices must be rapidly developed. Metal hydrides offer a safe alternative for transmission and storage of pollution-free hydrogen energy to be used in fuel cells, batteries and other applications. Mg-based metal hydrides with high volumetric energy density, low cost and high abundance are the best candidate but commercialization has been retarded mainly due to high sorption temperatures. In the past two years, research in Canada and Germany have led to breakthroughs in Mg hydride technology by the introduction of small volume fractions of nano-scale mixed-valence oxides such as Cr_2O_3, Fe_3O_4, Mn_2O_3 and V_2O_5 and/or nano-particles of Cr, Fe, Mn, V, Ti, Nb in their metallic states. These innovations, in part achieved and patented by partners in this Network, have reduced H_2 de-sorption times below 300 C to 5 minutes and are considered for application by GFE and other corporations in collaboration with teams of this Network. It is highly original that the most dramatic catalytic effects on H-sorption are generated by nanoparticles of transition metals that are immiscible in Mg and exhibit mixed valency (such as Fe, V, Cr, Mn etc). However, the state of bonding in these nano-particles and their fundamental catalytic mechanisms on the dissociation, Adsorption, diffusion and de-sorption kinetics of H^2 in Mg are not known. It is therefore of urgent fundamental and industrial interest to Perform a comparative study of the effects. This Network proposes to bring together collective pluri-disciplinary expertise from five nations in the EU zone and its Large Scale Research Facilities (ESRF and ILL) to investigate these fundamental mechanisms and to build on the recent progress towards cost-effective applications. | |||||||||
| 37814 | HPCF-CT-1999-00023 | HYDRIDE CHEMISTRY | Hydride chemistry | 1999-08-12 | nan | FP5 | 35000 | 92200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL | nan | Transition metal hydride research is fundamental for a number of industrially relevant processes as well as for life processes and hydrogen storage. Intensive research has been undertaken during recent years on the preparation and properties of transition metal hydrides. The interest in these studies is associated with the development of modern views on the nature of the chemical bond, as well as the theory and practice of both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis of the reactions of unsaturated compounds and the expectation for novel, not yet accomplished, challenging industrial processes like the fictionalisation of saturated hydrocarbons. Many individual European laboratories and industries are leaders in the study and the application of the properties and the reactivity of this class of compounds. This area however, lacks a coordinated research effort at the European level and the organisation of a forum addressing the status-of-the-art in this topic was never attempted in Europe. The proposal Euro-conference aims at filling this gap, bringing together academic and industrial researchers working in the field with the objectives of transferring knowledge, debating the most recent discoveries, training young researchers and fostering collaborations in view of the establishment of a European research network. The conference will be devoted to all aspects of transition metal hydride chemistry, including synthesis, reactivity, mechanistic studies, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, weak interactions, spectroscopic properties, analytical techniques, electrochemical and theoretical investigations. | |||||||||
| 38433 | ICA2-CT-2002-10001 | PROMETHEAS | Membrane cell hydrogen generator and electrocatalysis for water splitting | 2002-08-01 | 2006-01-31 | FP5 | 839478 | 598060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-INCO 2 | 1.2.1.-1.2. | The main aim, of the present proposal is the development of a novel type membrane cell hydrogen generator which is based on recent achievements and experience in PEM fuel cells and imposes as a target to provide both a compact electrolyser design and construction and highly electro- catalytically active electrodes, thus resulting in a rather low voltage at high current densities (1.0 A/cm2). The main impact is on the advantages of already existing theoretical bases and practical substantiation of composite electrocatalysts for both hydrogen and oxygen evolution aiming to the development of cheaper electrocatalysts substantially based on non-noble metals for catalytic improvements of classical and still broadly existing water electrolysers. This project is in accordance with all new trends in Hydrogen economy for clean, sustainable and renewable fuels. | |||||||||
| 38622 | ENK5-CT-1999-35001 | nan | Developing domesting gas boiler with sensor supported combustion of different qualities of natural gas, hydrogen enriched natural gas and biogas | 1999-11-26 | 2000-11-25 | FP5 | 30000 | 22500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | Europe gets natural gas from different sources in different qualities. Current domestic heating systems do not take into account, that changing qualities of natural gas have major impact on the required air volume for a complete combustion. The results are high emissions of polluting CO and NOx. Another problem concerning the gas quality is the difficult ignition of low caloric gases like hydrogen and biogas. In the new system a lambda sensor will provide a perfect combustion of the above-mentioned gases. There will be 50% reduction of the pollutant emissions. By the use of hydrogen and biogas the new boiler will provide a reduction of CO2 emissions. This domestic heating system will enable to realise a significant part of the promises made at Kyoto within a few years. | |||||||||
| 38635 | HPMT-CT-2001-00336 | nan | Structural and electronic studies of specific materials: from experiment to theory | 2002-02-01 | 2006-01-31 | FP5 | 150000 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL | nan | In the framework of the Marie Curie Training Site, fellowships are available at the ‘Laboratoire de Cristallographie’. Research projects originate from three complementary research fields: ‘material science’, ‘surfaces, interfaces’, ‘X-ray physics and new crystallographic methods’. In the ‘material science’ domain, oxides, intermetallic alloys and hybrid organic-inorganic materials are systematically investigated. They are synthesized either as bulk materials or as nanoscale ones by using high-pressure, high temperature, intense magnetic field, electrochemistry, crystal growth in solution at low and high temperatures or sol-gel chemistry. The activity of synthesis, optimization and search of new phases of functional materials concerns the fields of superconductivity, magnetism, ionic conduction, NLO and hydrogen storage. In addition, one research group, at the interface between physics and environment, develops the study of supercritical fluids and their potential use in soil and water cleaning up from dangerous heavy metals. The ‘surfaces, interfaces’ program, mainly focus on two directions: a) ultra thin films and metallic alloys in connection with surface magnetism and catalysis, and b) catalytic reactivity of surfaces and metal-organic interfaces for their technological applications. Laboratory techniques as well as synchrotron radiation ones are used for this program. The ‘X-ray physics and new crystallographic methods’ research projects concern the development of new structural methods, mainly based on x-ray resonant scattering and electron diffraction techniques, devoted to fine structural studies in connection with the development of theoretical ones. The applicant will have the opportunity to access several types of laboratory set-up dedicated to synthesis under extreme conditions and to different kinds of characterization methods. In site diffraction methods with synchrotron radiation and neutron will be available. He may also participate to the development of DAFS, X-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity or electronic diffraction coupled with microscopy applied to the study of low dimensional systems. | |||||||||
| 39968 | ENK5-CT-2001-00572 | APOLLON | Advanced pem fuel cells (APOLLON) | 2001-12-01 | 2005-04-30 | FP5 | 3927452 | 2469736 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | The main objectives of the present proposal is the development and construction of Advance polymeric fuel cells which will be able to operate under H2 and/or methanol fuels, aiming to thermodynamic efficiencies exceeding 50% with power densities of the order of 1W/cm2 and significantly reduced manufacturing cost of the membrane electrodes assembly. Therefore we propose the development of (i) new more active and cost effective electrode materials which can be tolerant to CO poisoning (0.5-1% CO) with applications in low temperature fuel cells (70-80oC for mobile applications) and (ii) the use of new generation cheap polymeric electrolyte membranes which permit the cell operation at temperatures above 150oC. This medium temperature fuel cell is proposed for stationary applications. | |||||||||
| 41014 | ENK5-CT-2000-00346 | PMFP | Plasma & membrane supported catalytic gasoline fuel processor using hydrogen selectic membrans (PMFP) | 2001-03-01 | 2003-05-31 | FP5 | 2977017 | 1553220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-5. | Objectives and problems to be solved: Fuel cell based propulsion systems can help effectively to reduce environmental impacts of mobility. Availability of hydrogen now is one of the most important problems hampering their broad application. The project objective is to develop a new approach of covering gasoline to hydrogen, based on plasma and membrane supported gasoline reformer for on-board hydrogen generation, with high energy density, very high efficiency and flexible operation for fuel cell driven cars. Plasma reactors and membrane modules are to be developed and integrated in a bench demonstrator of the fuel processor for performance evaluation of this approach. Description of work: Two different plasma technologies with low temperature microwave torch and a gliding arc torch will be developed in the project. Together with the membrane modules for separating hydrogen from the reaction gas, the plasma generators are integrated in a bench demonstrator. The power range is defined with a maximum fuel input of 40 kW. The results will be tested and evaluated in a realistic model, against a set of evaluation criteria including: energy efficiency, power density and transient response. The problems addressed through this project are relevant for the automotive industry in Europe as a whole. These problems are addressed in an interdisciplinary approach by a consortium of five partners from four countries with excellent complementary competencies, including a leading automotive firm, a word leading membrane supplier, an innovative SME supplier of microwave plasma reactors, a plasma physics institute and an applied research institute with key expertise in plasma catalytic gasoline reforming. The PMFP will be developed primarily for automotive propulsion systems with first application probably in a passenger car. Further more, the main components such as compact microwave or gliding arc plasma gasoline reformer or hydrogen selective membranes can be used for any fuel cell application. Expected Results and Exploitation Plans: One of the results of the Project is the feasibility analysis of a pure electrical plasma gasoline reforming based on two different plasma techniques for the on-board generation of hydrogen rich gases. The two bench demonstrators coupled with special hydrogen separation modules as a hydrogen purifying technique are tested. The proof of the feasibility and efficiency of this approach of the production of hydrogen is based on the experimental data with the bench demonstrators in the power range of a maximum fuel input of 40kW of gasoline. The final work is the preparation of the specification for a plasma based gasoline fuel processor using a hydrogen separation membrane for a mobile application in the typical power range of a small passenger car. | |||||||||
| 41177 | ICA2-CT-2000-10049 | MARINECO | Development of components of environmentally compatible system for economics progress in arctic coastal areas based on the use of regional renewable resources | 2000-12-01 | 2006-05-31 | FP5 | 773213 | 564070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-INCO 2 | 1.2.1.-1.2. | Project is devoted to the working-out of components of environmentally compatible system for the economics development and marine ecosystem management in arctic coastal areas. Objectives: development of the structure and substantiation of power-industrial system destined for the Arctic based on the use of local renewable resources; research, technological development and tests of the pilot module of offshore Float Wave Electric power Station (FWEPS) as a device for sea wave energy conversion; development of methodology of FWEPS use for the sustainable power providing and for scaled hydrogen and oxygen production on the basis of sea water electrolysis followed by environmentally benign use these fuel components in the metal and chemical sectors of industry. Expected results: Scientific-and technical and economic substantiation of the system. Making and test of FWEPS pilot module. Definition of applications of system components. | |||||||||
| 41674 | ENK6-CT-2001-00555 | SUPERHYDROGEN | Biomass and waste conversion in supercritical water for the production of renewable hydrogen | 2001-12-01 | 2006-03-31 | FP5 | 2506882 | 1451954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | Hydrogen is a promising clean fuel; used in fuel cells it can yield high electrical efficiencies, even at partial load, with zero pollutant emissions. The project aims at the development of supercritical water gasification, a novel process for cost-effective (< 12E/GJH2) and energy efficient (> 60 %) conversion of wet biomass to compressed, pure hydrogen (> 98 V%). Wet biomass waste streams are abundantly available, while their disposal becomes increasingly difficult as energy efficient and environmentally sound disposal processes hardly exist. A sophisticated bench-scale unit is available and will be used for extensive experimentation. Results are combined with theoretical modelling and product upgrading research, to find the optimal process conditions. | |||||||||
| 42232 | ENK6-CT-2002-50519 | BLANCHARD DIDIER | New complex hydrides for hydrogen storage | 2002-10-01 | 2004-09-30 | FP5 | 142748 | 142748 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | The most important unsolved problem for the introduction of the ‘Hydrogen Economy’ is efficient and safe storage of hydrogen. Hydrogen storage in hydrides is considered as the most attractive method, but the present metal hydrides do not fulfil the established goal by IEA of 5 weight% hydrogen and adsorption at temperatures below 353 K. A group of materials, so-called alienates, contains up to 10 wt% hydrogen. Because of their slow kinetics and lack of reversibility at moderate temperatures and pressures alienates have not been considered as candidates for hydrogen storage. However, recent research has shown the potential of alienates as novel hydrogen storage materials. This proposal focuses on different complex hydrides (alienates) that have been little studied with respect to hydrogen storage. Important innovative aspects of the proposal are: determination of structure and structure-property relationships of different alienates, studies of absorption/adsorption properties and in particular how this is influenced by the use of different catalysts and advanced preparation techniques. A major goal is the total assessment of new complex hydrides for hydrogen storage. In addition to syntheses of different alienates, the use of neutron scattering techniques (available at IFE) and different thermal characterisation will be important. The Physics Department at IFE has a very active group on hydrogen storage materials with several post docs and PhD students. IFE has unique equipment for materials characterisation, including direct access to neutron scattering facilities on site. The research on hydrogen storage materials will give a broad scientific training in the field of materials science and hydrogen technology. In addition, the applicant will get a great benefit by working in the forefront of science, operating highly sophisticated instruments, and interacting with IFE-scientists and visiting scientists working at IFE on hydrogen-related projects. The strong network to national and international collaborators gives possibilities for strong interaction with industry, research institutes and universities, including interaction with the applied research on hydrogen technology at IFE. The Physics Department is a dynamic group with a rich history of hosting foreign guests. IFE provides excellent facilities for housing, computers, library, laboratories and offices. | |||||||||
| 42392 | 13794 | RENEWISLANDS | Renewable energy solutions for islands target action A | 2002-12-23 | 2004-12-31 | FP5 | 510936 | 292783 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | nan | The main objective of the project is to contribute to the market penetration of new energy systems combining fuel cells (FC), renewable energy sources (RES) and hydrogen (H2 ) in islands and remote regions in EU and Third Countries . The intermittent nature of some renewable energy sources is a barrier to their penetration, in particular in islands. The aim of the project is to develop solutions and strategies integrating intermittent renewable energy supply (RES ) , hydrogen (H2) storage and H2 end-uses (FC) t0 promote greater RES penetration in islands and other markets. The objectives are to: understand integrated RES/H2/FC applications and markets, related opportunities and environmental and socio-economic implications; analyse the feasibility of a grid-connected RES/H2/FC facility in islands and remote regions. | |||||||||
| 42731 | HPAW-CT-2002-80074 | nan | Photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water | 2003-01-01 | 2005-12-31 | FP5 | 22000 | 22000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL | nan | ||||||||||
| 45766 | 13384 | HYSTRUC | Development and testing of an innovative 30 bar low cost, small size pressure module electrolyser (pme) in the MW power range for the cost efficient production of electrolytic hydrogen | 2005-12-09 | 2006-07-31 | FP5 | 7399161 | 3097402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | nan | New energy markets will require efficient, low cost, small size electrolysers in the MW power range for the macro storage of mainly renewable electric energy for load management and frequency control of the power grid and for the build up of a hydrogen infrastructure mainly for H2-vehicles. The objectives are to develop and test an innovative kind of 30 bar pressure electrolyser in the MW power range which has the following features: high efficiency price below 500 / kW installed small foot print load variable within 10% up to 120% of nominal load unattended, reliable operation integration of functional components in one single pressure vessel (Pressure Module Electrolyser , PME) no lye pump separate lye streams high product gas purity high safety. The entire concept is innovative and the first of its kind. A patent has been applied for. | |||||||||
| 45767 | 13532 | IREWAT-SI | Integrated renewable energy, water & transport network for small islands-target action C-sustainable community | 2003-11-06 | 2007-01-31 | FP5 | 6112890 | 1900000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | nan | Autochthonous renewable energy sources available on the island; wind and solar power shall cover nearly 25%- of total electricity demand; – Demonstrate advantages resulting from exploitation of dedicated power electronic technology to enhance grid stability and increase penetration rates of renewable energy source; Totally (100%) cover the need of imported drinkable water; – First step in introducing electric vehicle technology; – Demonstrate (in small scale) the viability of hydrogen as energy storage; – Creation of an integrated hybrid (renewables\diesel) public power supply network; – High penetration rates in a power grid of stochastically behaviour, i.e . non-dispatchable renewables (wind-and solar power) by exploiting the energy storage capacity of the system; – Development and dissemination of reference standards, best practices and modularity requirements encouraging the application of this technology in other areas world-wide. | |||||||||
| 45783 | 2038 | nan | Energy technologies observatory | nan | nan | FP5 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-JRC | M04;S10;P04 | Specific Objectives – Establishment of the framework that will guide the long-term prospects of the activity and development of a dynamic response apparatus to address customer requests, ensuring optimum and efficient coordination among partners; – Promotion of ETO to DGs and establishment of groups of prospective customers. Rise of awareness on the mission, objectives, capabilities, function, deliverables and key assets of the activity. – Establishment of a working framework for the ‘Watch and Alert’ function of the activity, including the setting-up of a literature database; – Addressing requests by DG TREN, including technology roadmaps on issues selected by them; – Strengthening of the links with existing networks and setting-up of new networks as deemed necessary; – Cultivation of underpinning R&D work to strengthen the in-house scientific and technological expertise on energy-related issues and identification of the prospects of the activity to strengthen its scientific reference background and enhance its position within the ERA. Planned Deliverables Specific deliverables to DGs: – Organising of a series of 3 workshops under the following thematic areas: – Conventional and advanced fossil-fuelled power generation technologies. – New and renewable power generation technologies – Evolutionary and advanced transportation technologies – Contribution on the drafting of Energy Technology Indicators by DG RTD. – Three reports and state-of-the art reviews on: – Carbon management on electricity generation – Evaluation of long-term scenario building models for the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies. – Roadmaps for R&D of Renewable Energies, in particular Solar Electricity and Bio fuels. – Life-cycle assessment of Bio fuel-options to underpin planned recommendations on Bio fuels in Transport. – Technology status report on electricity storage, including advanced concepts of Hydrogen storage – Performing of a feasibility study to evaluate the need for setting up a new European Network on energy technologies that will include members from Candidate Countries. – Development of a website in order to provide information on the activities of ETO and to fulfil the needs for its ‘Watch and Alert’ function. – Establishment of a working framework for the development of a technical literature database on energy technologies. Objectives Output indicators (Specific actions taken) Impact (long term results) To provide the EU policy makers with independent, comprehensive, reliable, harmonised and timely information on energy technologies and related techno-economic assessments and to promote the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies – Number of assessments of energy technologies, including socio-economical aspects. – Number of follow-up reports on the trends and developments in energy technologies. – Number of reports on monitoring and assessment of the impact of national incentive schemes on the progress of Renewables with respect to Community targets, and the success of voluntary agreements in the field of efficient use of electricity. – Number of Networks affiliated with the activity. – Issue of a Yearbook on New and Renewable Energy Technologies, including efficient use of Electricity Increased security of energy supply. Increased compliance of the energy sector with the EU commitments on environmental protection and climate change. Summary of the project The activity integrates the energy related projects of the Institute for Energy (IE), the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) and the Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU). It aims at providing technical support for the development and implementation of a EU energy policy, compatible with and in support of its sustainable development cause. In doing so, it furnishes independent, reliable and harmonised information on energy technologies and related techno-economic assessments, and promotes the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies. It monitors trends and developments in energy technologies and their implementation, appraises the impact of a regulatory framework on technology innovation and vice versa, identifies the technologies that could close the gap between needs and trends, analyses anticipated changes and maintains a pertinent knowledge and information infrastructure. In addition, it facilitates and maintains expert networks and information technology infrastructures that will operate within the framework of ERA. ETO has a dual function: on one hand, it responds to requests from its partners/customers, and on the other hand, it executes its own project/tasks plan, to be defined in the Year 2002. The key assets of ETO are: i) its independence from national interests and lobbies; ii) its multidisciplinary character; iii) its sound scientific and experimental background; iv) its access to extensive resources of information (networks of experts, centres of excellence, non governmental organisations, industries and other energy pertinent consortia which are facilitated and operated by the partner-institutes), thus maintaining a global picture of the energy scene. In the year 2002 the activity will enter its preparatory phase so to start fully functioning according to its plan with the start of FP6. Rationale Sustainable development is a fundamental goal of the EU, thus the requirement for making it the central objective of all policies and sectors has become a priority. The contribution of energy policies to sustainable development is of outmost importance, since energy is the main ingredient of the recipe for economic growth, political harmony and social progress but also the source of most of the anthropogenic alterations to environment and global climate. Given that the issues involved are usually multidisciplinary and complex in nature, the policy maker needs to have quick access to independent, harmonised and reliable information beyond political dispute, as well as professional advice on all aspects of the issues involved. Furthermore, the policy maker/regulator needs to measure progress by using indicators and targets, reflecting comprehensive and efficient collection and reporting of information over the long-term. In line with these fundamental principles and requirements, the JRC offers a platform, the ‘Energy Technologies Observatory (ETO)’, by integrating the activities of its Institutes with energy related projects, namely IE, IES, IPTS and ITU and making full use of its networking capacities. Such a platform assists the policy maker in preparing an energy strategy, by assessing energy technologies, gathering and harmonising energy data, identifying trends and developments in sustainable energy technologies, developing and evaluating pertinent techno-economic scenarios, and contributing to foresight studies. | |||||||||
| 45796 | 1981 | nan | Safety of pressure equipment and components containing hydrogen (SPEECH) | nan | nan | FP5 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-JRC | M01;S04;P01 | Specific Objectives In relation to the Pressure Equipment Directive: – Operation of the EPERC network through the following actions: – management of the activities, on a day-to-day basis, under the guidance of the Steering Committee; – providing the secretariat of the Network and linking, for the Steering Committee, with the national members representing the national PE associations or individual institutions; – operation of the existing TTFs (Technical Task Forces) of EPERC (currently 7 in number; – liaison with the Commission services and with CEN (Committee for European Standardisation); – facilitation of technology transfer: Website:http://eperc.jrc.nl/, seminars, workshops. – To support collaborative projects that the Pressure Equipment industry needs to improve safety, reliability and efficiency, with a special focus on pre-normative and co-normative research to improve equipment design, testing and safety (improved inspection, structural integrity assessment) and advanced materials (PED 97/23/EC): – Generation of valid gasket parameters for the application of the calculation code EN1591-1 (required by the PED) allowing to meet the requirements of the forthcoming European harmonised legislation aimed at controlling Fugitive Emissions; – Setting-up a Virtual Institute on Design By Analysis of Pressure Equipment for the promotion of advanced design methodologies; – Development of a European Fitness-For-Service Procedure for assessing the structural integrity of metallic structures transmitting load; – Consensus achievement for establishment of inspection procedures and for codes and standards development supporting the EU legislator in prevention of man made hazards; – Development of a Framework Risk-Based Inspection, Risk-based Life Management. – To support collaborative research projects concerned with the prevention & control of Pressure Equipment damage due to hydrogen effects, using JRC high temperature/pressure hydrogen test and newly developed electrochemistry test facilities: – Assessment and clarification of field experience with the deterioration mechanism known as ‘Stress Oriented Hydrogen Induced Cracking’, and identify needs for future collaborative research; – Creation of a Working Group to investigate guidelines for the safe operation of next generation hydro treating reactors in view of compliance with forthcoming EU regulations on low Sulfur content. – To examine links to nuclear through the Pressure Equipment Directive (components, failure of which do not cause an emission of radioactivity). In relation to the transport sector to promote the use of alternative fuels: – To develop the specific action dedicated to the expansion of the project towards alternative fuels for the transport sector by: – supporting the development of alternative fuel storage tanks for vehicles and in particular Bio fuels, Natural Gas and Hydrogen for fuel cells; – supporting the development of distribution infrastructures; – Reference Laboratory: supporting harmonization of testing methods, including the use of new JRC facilities for testing full-scale vehicle tanks (high pressure cycling, permeation) or related equipment, and which are intended for certification; – Strengthen links with DG TREN to support their policy on alternative fuels for road transportation. General: – To implement the Memorandum of Understanding between EPERC, the American and the Japanese Pressure Vessel Research Councils; – To extend membership of EPERC to Candidate Countries; – To assemble the Reference Laboratory supporting these networks based on JRC and on the national laboratories of excellence in the different technical fields of action developed by SPEECH. Planned Deliverables Specific deliverables to DGs – Relevant reports to orient DG Enterprise actions in support of the PED and the harmonised standards required for its implementation: on present practice in manufacturing industry, on R&D related work, on demands expressed by industry for new R&D work (possibilities to support innovation-SMEs), and on needs for further legislation and standards: – Survey on ‘Industrial Practices related to Design to avoid Fatigue in Pressure equipment’; – New statistical methods to reduce the conservatism of materials design values which will be introduced into a ‘Knowledge Based System’ with appropriate material data to demonstrate the analysis method itself and its applicability to serve as a tool for both designers and standardisation bodies; – Follow-up of the Design By Analysis (DBA) project by setting up a Virtual Institute on DBA of Pressure Equipment in view of: 1) Rapid transfer and exploitation of research results; 2) Providing support to industry (in particular SME’s); 3) Linking geographically scattered complementary research facilities and industrial elements to form a unity; 4) Creating strong market oriented networks between academia, industry, research centers and institutes and 5) Disseminating RTD results to standardisation bodies. As a result of the research: – Inspection procedures within the Pressure Equipment Industry: – Technical Reports on: 1) Survey on NDE inspections techniques used by the European pressure equipment industry and; 2) Status of the actual manufacturing inspection requirements in the pressure equipment industry. – 3rd European-American Workshop on NDE Reliability to be held in BAM-Berlin on 11th -13th September 2002. – Validation and comparison of the new European Code EN1591 for bolted flanges and gaskets validation Results and generation of reliable gasket parameter values. – Knowledge of the mechanisms leading to hydrogen damage and routes for prevention: – Report on recommendations for: 1) Guidelines for operation (shutdown and repair) of hydrotreating reactors and; 2) reliable standardisation of disbonding test. – EPERC Technical report on the Workshop ‘In-Service Inspection and Life Management of Pressure Equipment’ held in MPA Stuttgart on October 5, 2001. Co-ordinated by TTF3, 5 and 7. – Measures to reduce CO2 emissions with vehicle tanks for alternative fuels: – Official Launch of Technical Task Force 6 ‘Tanks for alternative fuels’. – Results of the European Industrial Survey to identify key R&D issues to be conducted within TTF6. – Final set-up and first test on full-scale vehicle tanks to assess permeation and high pressure cycling in Hydrogen. – Technical Bulletins: – Nr. 6: ‘New Advanced Steels for Economic and Safe Use in the Pressure equipment Industry’; – Nr. 7: ‘Field experience with Stress Oriented Hydrogen Induced Cracking’. – EPERC Newsletter Nr 7 (June 2002). – Participation to Japanese Pressure Vessel Research Council Symposium 2002, which has been organised as a Joint Workshop dedicated to the collaboration US PVRC/EPERC/Japanese PVRC. April 16-17 2002, Sanjyo Kaikan, University in Tokyo. – Maintain and expand the support to the enlargement action for enhanced collaboration (4 CCs already participating). Summary of 2001 deliverables: 31/12/2001 -Extension of membership to 210 signatory organisations representing 14 Member States and 4 candidate countries (Hungary, Slovenia, Poland and Czech Republic). -EPERC Technical Bulletins: – Nr.4: ‘European R&D on Fatigue Strength and Hydrotest for Pressure Equipment’ in June 2001; – Nr.5: ‘Pressure Component Fatigue Design’ in November 2001; – The EPERC Newsletter Nr. 6 has been issued in May 2001. – Continuation on dissemination of results of the ‘Design-by-Analysis Manual’ (supported by DG Enterprise): manual, CDs and seminars. – Workshop on ‘In-Service Inspection and Life Management of Pressure Equipment’ organised in MPA Stuttgart, Germany on October 5, 2001. Co-organised by EPERC Technical Task Forces 3, 5 and 7, this workshop emphasised issues such as design, remaining life assessment, structural analysis, plant management, failure cases, repair welding and related domains. – Participation to the ‘European Symposium on Pressure Equipment- ESOPE 2001’, Paris, 23-25 October 2001 (Three oral presentations-publications). – Reference Laboratory: – Maintain the set-up of the low- (electrochemistry) and high- temperature Hydrogen damage laboratories. – Testing facilities for alternative fuel tanks including 2 new equipments for full-scale testing, intended for certification: gas permeation and high pressure cycling (Hydrogen and natural gas). These 2 facilities have been purchased; all safety and environmental regulations are under examination before final installation. Output Indicators and Impact Objectives Output indicators (Specific actions taken). Impact (long term results) -To support the Implementation of the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED 97/23/EC) – Number of co-normative and pre-normative research projects (finishing 1 co-normative and execution of 1 pre-normative) – Set-up of a Virtual Institute to promote Advanced Design Methodologies New European harmonised standards which are technically sound, innovative and economic in their use and competitive with other established technical standards in their field; -To support the development of alternative fuels for the transport sector – Official launch of one New Technical Task Force (TTF6) – 2 new facilities in operation (permeation and pressure cycling) Standardisation of infrastructures for safe energy (Hydrogen) storage for alternative fuel motors. Technology Transfer – 1 pan-European Workshop on ‘HSS’ – Increased number of copies of the Annual Newsletter – Number of updates and of visits to the EPERC Website: http://eperc.jrc.nl/ – Number of participations and articles in International Conferences Strengthened competitiveness through technological transfer as well as through an easy access to information and its transformation into innovation. Increased awareness, and therefore understanding of EU policies. Intensifying the dialogue with US and Japan – Implementation of a MoU – 1 EPERC/USPVRC/Japanese PVRC joint workshop. Increased international R&D cooperation goodwill. To support the Enlargement action – Double the membership of CCs – 1 Workshop dedicated to CCs. – Increased number of students hosted from CCs Integration of CCs into the European Research Area. Summary of the project SPEECH supports the development and implementation of legislative actions by the Commission where safety and environmental protection is at stake. The project operates the well-established ‘European Pressure Equipment Research Council’ (EPERC), which performs Research and Development activities and in particular pre-normative and co-normative research needed to assist the development of harmonised standards useful for EU legislation. Considerable support is given to the implementation of the EC Directive on Pressure Equipment (PED 97/23/CE) that will become mandatory in member states in May 2002. With its 195 signatory organisations of industries, research institutions, inspection and governmental bodies, EPERC is fostering collaborative research, ensuring technology transfer (particularly towards SMEs) and liasing with the services of the Commission and CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation) for the design, the manufacture and the safe operation of new pressure equipment to be placed on the market. In 2002 SPEECH will address two new initiatives relevant to other EU policies and in particular related to the recent communication on alternative fuels for road transportation and on a set of measures to promote the use of bio fuels: – the promotion of the use of alternative fuels for the transport sector, in particular in the field of safety of energy storage systems. Motivated by air quality concerns, alternative fuels (natural gas, bio fuels, hydrogen for fuel cells) attract considerable interest as a way to reduce urban pollution. SPEECH includes R&D activities and implementation of testing facilities for fuel storage tank technologies, a key issue for the development of vehicles powered by these fuels. – measures for the implementation of infrastructures required for safe and efficient distribution and transmission of those clean alternative fuels in order to assure their availability. Rationale The implementation of the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED 97/23/CE) as well as its improvement is requiring harmonised standards for pressure equipment design, manufacture and safe operation. In addition, several nuclear manufacturers are following the PED for selected nuclear reactor components (class 2 and 3). The major concern here is the harmonisation of national legislation with regard to the free movement of pressure equipment in order to ensure personal safety and health protection. The European Union also needs a coherent and consolidated policy to deal with industrial risk management. Monitoring the detrimental effect of Hydrogen in large and heavy chemical facilities (gas pipelines, Hydro crackers) is one important issue. Additionally, and in the short term, the EU is committed under the Kyoto Protocol, to achieving an 8% reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases by 2008-2012 compared to the 1990 level. The transport sector accounts for close to 30% of total CO2 emissions in the EU and a major growth of up to 40% is forecast for 2010. Therefore, research is needed on alternative fuels (Hydrogen, natural gas, bio fuels) offering low or zero carbon emissions. This includes the study of fuel storage technologies providing the automotive and transport industry with reliable information on the design of on-board energy storage, upstream of the fuel cell. EPERC provides this added value by conducting relevant scientific research and development to support the implementation of EU legislations. | |||||||||
| 45829 | 1975 | nan | Advanced electricity storage (ADELS) | nan | nan | FP5 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-JRC | M04;S10;P01 | Specific Objectives Specific Objectives in 2002: – 1. Battery Performance, Testing and Standards: Definition of the test performance and test procedures, which best describe the real operating conditions of energy storage systems in a given category of Renewable Energy Systems. Together with network partners to examine and propose a development strategy and funding priorities for future RTD actions in intermittent renewable storage; – 2. Solar Home Systems: Methods and Standards: Continue to contribute to the improvements of the quality of SHS by developing (together with network partners) test procedures and confirming the reliability of those tests as a tool for SHS quality assurance. Together with partners to do preparatory work on the extension of the energy rating approach for SHS to grid-connected PV systems in view of FP-6; – 3. Hydrogen as Electricity Storage: To complete the work being carried out in the topic area of nano-structured carbon (SWNT and MWNT) by confirming the extent of the hydrogen storage capacity of these materials. Preparatory works for an activity on Photoelectrochemical system for water splitting as hydrogen production system within FP-6 as combination of short-term storage (electrochemical batteries) with long-term/seasonal storage as it can be foreseen with an electrolyser to produce hydrogen combined with a fuel cell; – 4. Analytical monitoring of PV-installations: Continuation of our support role in the market penetration of PV systems by performing the analytical monitoring of DG TREN PV demonstration projects. Extension of this activity by proposing new/alternative means of monitoring; – 5. DG RELEX and DG DEV: Through objectives 1 and 2, ADELS will build closer links with Europe Aid Co-operation Office to support their role as responsible for all phases of the policy cycle assuring the achievement of the objectives of the programmes established by DG RELEX and DG DEV. Planned Deliverables Deliverables 2002: – 1. Battery Performance, Testing and Standards: Draft of test performance and test procedures for lead-acid batteries used in stand alone PV systems (solar home systems). Interaction with the Global Approval Program for PV (PV-GAP) to establish a PV-GAP Recommended Specification (PVRS) as a first step for a widely accepted standard and IEC (new work-item proposal); – 2. Solar Home Systems: Methods and Standards: Report confirming the reliability of the System Balance Point as a parameter to measure the energy rating of SHSs; – 3. Hydrogen as Electricity Storage: Final analysis and report on the hydrogen storage capacity of nano-structured carbon material together with production and characterisation methods; – 4. Analytical monitoring of PV-installations: Monthly monitoring reports of DG TREN PV demonstration projects. Specific deliverables to DGs: – 1. Analytical monitoring of PV-installations: Monthly monitoring reports of DG TREN PV demonstration projects; – 2. Battery Performance, Testing and Standards: Report (together with other partners in the INVESTIRE network) on strategy and future RTD actions in intermittent renewable storage. As a result of the research: – 1. Technical publications (reports, reviewed papers and conference papers); – 2. Testing Techniques and Testing Facilities for hydrogen storage, Integrating storage systems for local grid management, Laboratory for electrical storage measurements; – 3. Dissemination in own Internet site, making available all project information, reports, certification, draft standards and recommendations, product data banks, conference and exhibition organisation. Summary of Deliverables 2001: 31/12/2001 – Battery Performance, Testing and Standards: The battery test facility that is used for performing and developing test procedures to predict the long-term performance of batteries has been pivotal for the acceptance of ADELS as a partner in the INVESTIRE network. ADELS acts as a member of the steering committee of the network and additionally contribute to different technical undertakings. This network is perceived by the DG-RTD as an example of the type of Network of Excellence that should be the basic building block of the European Research Area in FP-6. Moreover, as a service for Solar Home System’s tests, it has decisively contributed to the formulation of the IEC standard 62124. ADELS has provided, on request to DG JRC Headquarters, information and analysis on the issue of a new Directive on Batteries. In particular on the proposal of substituting Ni-Cd batteries by other types (Ni -MH) as indicated in the new directive; – Solar Home Systems: Methods and Standards: Indoor and outdoor tests have been performed on SHSs as a part of an international effort to increase the quality of SHSs by validating a draft international SHSs performance standard. The validation of the proposed IEC standard 62124 (Photovoltaic (PV) stand-alone systems – Design qualification and type approval) by ADELS has demonstrated that the indoor procedure is very reproducible (error < 10%). This will give confidence in the standard that will be voted upon in the near future. The tests are continuing to further validate the proposed standard; – H2 as Electricity Storage: Using the modified CVD technique specimens of carbon nanotubes are routinely obtained in 10 minutes with diameters in the range 2 to 4 nanometers and typical length of one micron. As catalyst magnesium oxides with iron salts and special zeolite material were used. The use of magnesium oxide is due to the ease with which these catalyst are removed and therefore making the purification of the material simpler. We have confirmed, in collaboration with the university of Salford, the absorption of hydrogen on the surface of the carbon nanotubes by identifying the neutron diffraction peak that corresponds to the hydrogen rotational level in the nanostructure. A second peak that indicates the movement of the hydrogen on the surface is still to be confirmed but everything points to the fact that hydrogen is stored between the tubes in a bundle. A high-pressure apparatus (maximum charging pressure of 100 bar) has been set-up and commissioned that complements the measurements made up to now in a thermo balance (with a maximum charging pressure of 10 bar). This allows us to test if, as some authors have indicated, there is an adsorption step at room temperature and a pressure of approximately 40bar. The preliminary results at room temperature have been very disappointing with no indication of any hydrogen uptake; – PV-installations monitoring: This technical support to DG TREN has been strengthened during 2001 and the analytical monitoring of PV-installations, supporting the demonstration of European photovoltaic systems, has continued. Enhancement of PERL scripts (executable on any Windows Platform) has been performed so as to permit automatic data-transfer to the NUFF-format from previously irregular data formats. Furthermore, the report generating EXCEL-MACROs has been enhanced to perform automatic crosschecks for data consistency of PV-Monitoring data blocks. Output Indicators and Impact Number of reports and publication in conferences and refereed journals. Involvement in networks dealing with storage of energy for Renewable Energy Sources (the project is involved already for the next 30 month in the INVESTIRE network). Customer/partner satisfaction survey report. Summary of the project ADELS addresses the development of innovative concepts for storage and control of electrical energy for various applications. The project structure consists of Assessment of Storage Options, Guidelines and Standards and Use of Advanced Materials and Processes. The project targets in particular the following areas: – 1) Battery Performance, Testing and Standards: Because of the decrease of prices of PV generators on the one hand, and the quite constant price of batteries on the other, the cost share of the storage element in the life-cycle cost analysis of a small PV system becomes proportionally higher. It is therefore crucial to optimise the battery storage system and to investigate means to mitigate its capacity losses and service interruptions; – 2) Solar Home Systems: Methods and Standards: The storage of electricity is the core of small (~100 Watt) stand-alone systems, the so-called Solar Home Systems. SHS represents the world’s most widespread current PV application. ADELS provides testing and contributes to the development and validation of methods and standards to raise the overall quality for these products to match those already existing for PV modules; – 3) Hydrogen as Electricity Storage: The high efficient conversion to electricity of fuel cells with no pollution makes the use of hydrogen an attractive medium for electricity storage. Therefore, besides the traditional storage methods (e.g. lead-acid batteries), the project also investigates the potential of hydrogen by examining its production from renewable energy sources and its storage using advanced materials (e.g. carbon nanotubes and graphitic nanofibres); – 4) ADELS also performs the analytical monitoring of PV-installations, supporting the demonstration of European Photovoltaic Systems as technical assistance to DG TREN. Rationale The Commission action plan on energy for the future calls for a 100-fold increase by 2010 in renewable energies produced by Photovoltaic (PV). Meeting the goal of this ambitious plan requires compensating for the fluctuating nature of this energy source through storage for both stand-alone and grid-connected systems where some utility load levelling need to be provided. Apart from lead-acid and NiCd batteries especially in cars and PV systems, other ways of storage with better environmental and economic characteristics are far away from the market (energy storage will become a bigger proportion of the cost of PV system as the modules get cheaper). Low cost and increased capacity for storage of electricity produced from renewable energy is crucial for integration in buildings, utility grids, and remote electricity supplies, within the EU as well as for sustainable infrastructures in the new independent states and in the Mediterranean basin. This serious bottleneck for the use of renewable energies can be overcome by transforming innovative materials and processes for storage applications into industrial products. The technologies studied are very different in terms of costs, efficiency, applications and size. Sound, dependable measurements, qualification and certification standards will be required to enable a common base of assessment, technology transfer and implementation support. | |||||||||
| 45940 | ENK6-CT-2000-00318 | FUCHSIA | Fuel Cell the Hydrogen Store for Integration Into Automobiles (Fuchsia) | 2001-02-01 | 2004-04-30 | FP5 | 3049797 | 2187283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | 1.1.4.-6. | The production of light vehicles with zero emissions, optimum fuel cell efficiency and using a totally renewable fuel source is dependent on the availability of anon-vehicle hydrogen store. Novel carbon and metallic hydrogen store materials will be investigated to identify one capable of storing greater than 7-wt % hydrogen. A production, process will be developed for the material. The project will lead to a hydrogen store based on novel carbon based materials capable of supplying a fuel cell with output power suitable for a commercially viable light vehicle. | |||||||||
| 46515 | 13459 | MIGREYD | Modular Igcc concepts for in-refinery energy and hydrogen supply | 2006-07-17 | 2006-11-30 | FP5 | 3487335 | 1967299 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP5-EESD | nan | Developing advanced modular highly efficient in-refinery energy and hydrogen supply systems. – Production of hydrogen, power, process heat and other chemicals from residues, biomass and low-grade fossil fuels. – Sustainable pollution control by enhanced total plant efficiency and extensive CO2 reduction, saving resources by substituting high-grade fossil fuels. – Preparing modular concepts to ensure a flexible and wide range of application fields. – Securing and expanding employment in the European power and refinery industry through progress in technology and, thereby, improving Europe’s export opportunities. | |||||||||
| 46862 | 35366 | COSY | Complex solid state reactions for energy efficient hydrogen storage | 2006-11-01 | 2010-10-31 | FP6 | -1 | 2467170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.1 | Reactive Hydride Composites reveal great potential as hydrogen storage materials as they overcome the thermodynamic limitations hindering the use of light-weight complex hydrides. However, their sorption kinetics is still slow due to the fact that the hydrogen sorption process takes place within complex solid state reactions. It is aim of this project to explore the fundamental mechanisms involved in these reactions. For this, experimental studies on sorption kinetics, thermodynamics, crystal structure and electronic properties of the nanostructured materials are crosslinked to ab-initio calculations and theoretical modelling. The results will provide a basis to improve material properties and to develop new catalysts for hydrogen sorption. Finally, the optimization of synthesis methods and in particular the upscaling of hydrogen storage materials preparation will be explored in collaboration with manufacturers. | |||||||||
| 46956 | 9500 | CONTROL-AD4H2 | Control of Anaerobic digestion processes for optimisation of Hydrogen production | 2005-02-01 | 2006-01-31 | FP6 | -1 | 130877 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.1 | For global environmental considerations, bio-hydrogen production from organic waste sources represents an important area of energy production: bio-hydrogen is indeed an environmentally friendly fuel which produces water instead of greenhouse gasses when combusted. Furthermore, it has an energy yield greater than hydrocarbon fuels and can be directly used to produce electricity in fuel cells with high efficiency. Hydrogen can be biological produced from organic wastes by several methods among which anaerobic fermentation is a very attractive one. However, the main obstacles in bio-hydrogen application as industrial process are the low yields and non-optimized process. This project focuses on these points studying the following main objectives: – Identify important parameters influencing metabolic pathways for optimal hydrogen production – Compare the different modelling approaches available in the literature for anaerobic digestion processes and include the hydrogen pathways. – Investigate process configurations for maximising energy output of combined biohydrogen (as first priority) and biogas (as second priority) in a combined treatment process. – Develop appropriate control laws to optimise hydrogen and biogas production. This project offers an opportunity to bring together two experts in a topic recognised as a research priority by the EU. The applicant is indeed recognised as a world leader in control of anaerobic digestion, and the host organisation in biohydrogen production and modelling of anaerobic digestion. Therefore, the project addresses a specific and clearly identified technological limitation. Additionally, application of the system to combined anaerobic fermentation of bio-hydrogen and anaerobic biogas production offers a complete process for maximum yield of hydrogen, and indeed, energy from renewable biomass resources. It is also to be noticed that combined biohydrogen biogas production processes was never studied previously in details. | |||||||||
| 47019 | 8023 | METCOMP | Metal Complexes for Hydrogen Activation | 2005-05-01 | 2007-04-30 | FP6 | -1 | 169366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.3 | Hui-Fang Zhu is a multi-award-winning scientist of enormous promise and potential. She has an excellent record of achievement in coordination chemistry, and her work is certainly of the highest international quality. She now wishes to build upon and apply her impressive array of scientific skills to an ambitious and innovative project to develop new ecomaterials as catalysts for the binding and activation of hydrogen using designed metal thiolate complexes that will mimic hydrogenase enzymes that activate hydrogen in vivo. The Fellowship will give invaluable research training and knowledge transfer, and will afford further collaborations with industry and other research groups in the UK and Germany. The scientific and technological imperative for this research is derived from the urgent societal, environmental and economic need to develop new methodologies and technologies to control the use of hydrogen as a clean and efficient fuel, and to understand the molecular and red-ox chemistry taking place at hydrogenase bio-sites, which are highly efficient biocatalysts for hydrogen activation. The work programme meets the priorities under the FP6 Call on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials, NMP-2002-3.4.2.3-1 and on Sustainable Development, SUSTDEV-1.2.2. State-of-the-art facilities at Nottingham will underpin the Fellowship both scientifically and intellectually in a stimulating and multi-disciplinary environment (Marie Curie Host Fellowship Centre COSMIC MCFH-2001-00448). The Fellowship will also exploit the wider University of Nottingham Career Development programme and the Royal Society of Chemistry 1-year formal assessment programme, which provide a range of invaluable managerial and leadership skills for young scientists. The potential impact of the project is very high, and after the applicant’s return to China, she will use her new skills and expertise as an independent academic and researcher to spread excellence in training and research. | |||||||||
| 47282 | 21579 | NANO-SOFT-2005 | Noble metal nano-structures – Preparation using soft templates, characterisation and applications | 2007-06-10 | 2009-06-09 | FP6 | -1 | 159353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.3 | The present project is aimed at imparting thorough training to the candidate in nanomaterials synthesis, characterisation and applications. We have recently adopted an innovative approach for the synthesis of noble metal nanostructures having high catalytic activity for selective hydrogenation reactions using swollen mesophases of anionic surfactants as soft templates. Two patents have been obtained for the works related to this. In the present project bi-metallic nano structures of Pt and Pd alloyed with transition metals and other noble metals will be prepared using cationic, anionic and non-ionic surfactants forming mesophases of different structures (hexagonal, lamellar or cubic). Radiolytic (gamma and electron beam) and chemical reduction methods will be used to reduce the metal ions in the mesophase. The mechanism of fast reduction reactions will be studied using unique ultra fast lasers at the state of the art facilities available in LCP called ELYSE. The novel nanostructures thus produced such as clusters, rods, wires etc. would be thoroughly characterised using most modern techniques such as TEM, HRTEM, STM, AFM, XPS etc. Their potential application as catalysts for selective hydrogenation, electro-catalysts for fuel cell reactions and hydrogen storage would be investigated in collaboration with academic and industrial partners. The electronic, optical and magnetic properties would be investigated during the re-integration phase in India. Therefore, the project is expected to increase our knowledge of the formation of metallic nanostructures using soft templates, their morphology-activity relationship and novel catalysts for many industrial processes and fuel cell applications. The proposed project will not only empower the fellow to establish an independent research career, but it will also strengthen our existing collaborations and bring in new ones. | |||||||||
| 47347 | 503081 | PREMIA | R&D, demonstration and incentive programmes effectiveness to facilitate and secure market introduction of alternative motor fuels | 2004-06-01 | 2007-05-31 | FP6 | 1000000 | 1000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.1.5 | The European Commission has set the objective to substitute 20% of motor fuel consumption by new and alternative fuels by the year 2020. Three categories of fuels are envisaged: biofuels, natural gas and hydrogen. There are many constraints for a market introduction and large-scale application of these fuels. In any case big efforts will be needed to reach the objectives of the European Commission. Certain alternative fuels are closer to market maturity than others. Biofuels could achieve market maturity rather soon (estimated up to 2010), while hydrogen is much further away from market maturity (estimated up to 2020). So the actions to secure their market introduction may require different approaches. Although a general European approach is most obvious, country-specific conditions and constraints may require different approaches in different countries. | |||||||||
| 47538 | 24930 | METCAT | Metal Thiolates as Catalysts for Hydrogen-Proton Interconversion | 2006-09-01 | 2008-08-31 | FP6 | -1 | 168798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.1 | Catherine Saccavini is a young female scientist of enormous promise and potential. She has an excellent record of achievement in coordination chemistry, and her work is certainly of the highest international quality with publications in the very top journals. She now wishes to build upon and apply her impressive array of scientific skills to an ambitious and innovative project to develop new eco-materials as catalysts for the binding and activation of hydrogen using designed metal thiolate complexes that will mimic hydrogenase enzymes that activate hydrogen in vivo. The Fellowship will give invaluable research training and knowledge transfer, and will afford further collaborations with industry and other research groups in the UK and Germany. The scientific and technological imperative for this research is derived from the urgent societal, environmental and economic need to develop new methodologies and technologies to control the use of hydrogen as a clean and efficient fuel, and to understand the molecular and redox chemistry taking place at hydrogenase biosites, which are highly efficient biocatalysts for hydrogen activation. The work programme meets the priorities under the FP6 Call on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials and on Sustainable Development. State-of-the-art facilities at Nottingham will underpin the Fellowship both scientifically and intellectually in a stimulating and multi-disciplinary environment (Marie Curie Host Fellowship Centre COSMIC MCFH-2001-00448). The Fellowship will also exploit the wider University of Nottingham Career Development programme and the Royal Society of Chemistry 1-year formal assessment programme, which provide a range of invaluable managerial and leadership skills for young scientists. The potential impact of the project is very high, and she will use her new skills and expertise as an independent academic and researcher to spread excellence in training and research across the ERA. | |||||||||
| 47713 | 512811 | DEMAG | Domestic emergency advanced generator | 2004-12-15 | 2006-12-14 | FP6 | 1134979 | 644654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SME | SME-1 | DEMAG intends to investigate the indoor domestic application of advanced hydrogen technologies to life saving emergency energy generators, and deliver an Emergency Power Supply, rated 10 kWh, based on the integration of a PEM fuel cell with ultracapacitors and with a metal hydrates container for hydrogen storage: the FC is expected to provide a basic power output, whereas ultracapacitors can supply temporary peak loads. The system will be designed to provide the best retrofit potential. An in depth safety assessment will be performed to support the integration of hydrogen based devices in domestic environments. | |||||||||
| 47784 | 43340 | BIOMODULARH2 | Engineered modular bacterial hydrogen photo-production of hydrogen | 2007-01-15 | 2010-07-14 | FP6 | 2352340 | 1998495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-POLICIES | NEST-2005-Path-SYN | Our project aims at designing reusable, standardized molecular building blocks that will produce a photosynthetic bacterium containing engineered chemical pathways for competitive, clean and sustainable hydrogen production. Our engineering approach will provide the next generation of synthetic biology engineers with the toolbox to design complex circuits of high potential industrial applications such as the photo-production or photo-degradation of chemical compounds with a very high level of integration. For this purpose we have targeted on a cyanobacterium, a very chemically rich and versatile organism highly suitable for modeling, to be used as future platform for hydrogen production and biosolar applications. In particular, our synthetic biological approach aims at creating an anaerobic environment within the cell for an optimized, highly active iron-only hydrogenase by using an oxygen consuming device, which is connected to an oxygen sensing device and regulated by artificial circuits. This project will also help to establish a systematic hierarchical engineering methodology (parts, devices and systems) to design artificial bacterial systems using a truly interdisciplinary approach that decouples design from fabrication. We aim to construct biological molecular parts by engineering proteins with new enzymatic activities and molecular recognition patterns, by combining computational and in-vitro evolution methodologies. Subsequently, we will design novel devices (e.g. input/output, regulatory and metabolic) by combining these parts and by using the emerging knowledge from systems biology. Furthermore, we shall design custom circuits of devices applying control engineering and optimization. In parallel, we will develop a cyanobacterial chassis able to integrate our synthetic circuits using a model-driven biotechnology. | |||||||||
| 48015 | 42807 | SUGAR | Value-added chemicals and hydrogen from biomass | 2006-08-01 | 2009-07-31 | FP6 | -1 | 26482471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.3 | Goal is to create a true economic driver as the ultimate hurdle to overcome in the use of large-scale biological feedstock for industrial purposes, improving European energy-supply security and to stimulate sustainable European bulk chemical industries. SME Avantium Technologies BV (Avantium) will establish a new research group to develop economical sound bio-alternatives for bulk (petro) chemical materials. This involves the following objectives: 1. Investigate all chains of low-cost raw biomaterial, with sugar as current most promising feedstock for sucrose, cellulose or fructose feedstock production; 2. Minimise the costs of processes converting biomass into organic chemicals (high selectivities and yields) or hydrogen. 3. Discover the potential of obtained bio chemicals into end-application in term of process costs and end-product performance. The second step involves Avantium’s proposition of a revolution in bio(petro)chemical research. As a unique and renown specialist on heterogenic catalyst processes for the (petro) chemical fine and bulk industry, Avantium is bound to discover a ‘perfect’ solid bed catalyst for the conversion of bio feed-stock into fine and bulk (petro)chemicals and hydrogen. However, Avantium lacks in-depth knowledge of food chemistry and biopolymers in order to complete the bulk production chains. Therefore, the objectives of this Transfer of Knowledge project are: – To fill knowledge gaps of Avantium of Hexose C6 Food Chemistry (step 1) and Biochemical end-products (step 3) by recruiting, training and hosting experienced researchers on these fields for two years. – To enable these hosted external researchers to pro-actively discover the opportunities of heterogenic catalyst technology for novel biochemical processing, leading to one or more validated integrated operational solutions to industrialise value-added fine and bulk chemicals and hydrogen from biomass (sugar), competitive to current fossil feed-stock industries. | |||||||||
| 48144 | 29544 | DIAMANTE | Development of integrated advanced materials and processes for efficient hydrogen storage | 2006-03-01 | 2010-02-28 | FP6 | -1 | 1055414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.3.2 | The proposed Transfer of Knowledge (ToK) industry-academia strategic partnership proposal aims at developing and applying a Transfer of Knowledge integrated approach for optimal material and process design of hydrogen storage systems using advanced materials, in a view of achieving an economic, safe and efficient storage operation. A well structured consortium including 2 universities and 2 SMEs will prompt a well structured a transfer of knowledge research programme focusing on 3 main research areas – the development and characterisation of novel nano-composite metal hydride materials, – the modelling, simulation and optimisation of metal hydride hydrogen storage beds including software development activities to assist material and process engineers/scientists to take rigorous and reliable decisions related to the design and operation of such systems, and – pilot scale material development and process engineering/design. Exchange of research personnel between academic and SME partners, organisation of workshops, participation in conferences and other join activities will play a key role for the successful realization of the proposed project. | |||||||||
| 48705 | 44731 | FUTURE ENERGY | Les énergies du futur: l’environnement, prise de conscience et source d’emplois | 2007-03-19 | 2008-03-18 | FP6 | 130000 | 130000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SOCIETY | SOCIETY;SOCIETY-WP-2005-4.3.4.1.a | Audiovisual production By a series a 10 films of 6 minutes each, using a simple pedagogy that every spectator can comprehend, we want to reach the awareness of a broad public and inform it about new techniques in future energies (renewable and other developments) as a source of new environmental professions: situations, solutions, people who protect the richness of our planet through their awareness, their efforts, their progress in science and their know-how. TV-broadcasting The first world chain of television in French TV5MONDE is engaged to diffuse these series (10 films of 6 minutes each) 15 times (it means 15 x 10 films = 150 broadcasts) during 3 years on its different networks. La première diffusion de la série se fera endéans les 12 mois de l’action, en période de large audience de la chaîne : soit entre 18h30′ et 23h30′, en semaine; soit entre 8h30′ et 00h00, le week-end (public nombreux et varié sur ces deux jours). TV5 Monde dispose de l’exclusivité sur la première diffusion. Other modes of dissemination will also be developed with other european télévisions and with important european partners reaching the wide public and youth. Topics of the 10 films 1. WIND -Onshore wind energy (Denmark) 2. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS -Shell Solar modules (Germany) 3. BIOMASS -1 Power generation: co-firing (Poland) -2 Heat production: pellets (Austria) -3 Biocarburant: UE project TIME) 4. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY -Hot dry rock (1 Italy, 2 France) 5. GRID SMART PLATFORM 6. CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER -Parabolic trough / Parabolic dish / Central tower system (Spain: Platoforma Solar de Energia) 7. OCEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS -Wave / tidal (Wales : Wave Dragon) 8. EUROPEAN H2 AND FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM 9. FUSION -ITER 10. CO2 CAPTURE AND STORAGE -UE project CASTOR | |||||||||
| 48725 | 44730 | HYRAIL | Hydrogen Railway Applications International Lighthouse | 2007-02-01 | 2008-01-31 | FP6 | 182094 | 182094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-2005-3.2.2.2.4 | HyRAIL aims to make an assessment of the state of the art of technologies available and R&D activities and projects on hydrogen and fuel cell, drawing possible scenarios of transport system and energy supply related to railways. Gaps and technological innovations will be identified and proposal put forward to solve fragmentation and to remove bottlenecks. HyRAIL may provide a ‘vision’ and draw a position paper for its implementation in European Railways for the medium long term. Particular attention will be paid to identify user’s needs and industrial suppliers, especially for SME, as well as cost and benefits, energetic and environmental issues will be taken into account. Areas of business and sustainable use of energy and resources will be investigated. The results of discussions will strengthen and update the vision, the deployment strategy (DS) and the strategic research agenda (SRA) of EU Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Platform (HFP), as basis for further projects to be set up as response to next call series of FP7. Partners will organise an initial workshop to gather the state of the art and evidence of interest by stakeholders and take & transfer opportunities from other sectors. A workgroup inside SSA participants, open to external contributions, will develop the position paper, according to the results of the workshop. A final conference and a website, in order to present the results of the project and the guidelines for the setting up of adequate initiatives, will be organised. The final goal is to strengthen European Rail actor’s collaboration, rendering it more effective as well as corresponding to their major interests, showing in conclusion possible applicability areas of hydrogen in railway sector. | |||||||||
| 48876 | 46477 | BN HYDROGEN STORAGE | Boron-nitrogen based materials for hydrogen storage | 2007-03-01 | 2009-02-28 | FP6 | -1 | 80000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-4.2 | Hydrogen economy promises environmentally clean fuel cell power based on abundant and sustainable energy resources. Hydrogen storage has been identified as a bottleneck of the hydrogen economy. Our research will be focused on novel materials for hydrogen storage. In the past, we recognized that materials based on boron (B) and nitrogen (N) provide favourable volumetric and gravimetric hydrogen (H) densities, and display promising thermodynamics for hydrogen release. Unfortunately, little is known about how these materials release hydrogen from the solid state and what factors control the reactivity and selectivity of product distribution. Computational methods of chemistry and solid state physics will be employed, to develop fundamental understanding of the key chemical and physical properties that control the thermochemistry and kinetics of the molecular processes related to hydrogen release and uptake in the BNH-type compounds. This research will result in knowledge that will lead to the development of new materials that release and absorb hydrogen at moderate temperatures and pressures. The requested funding will facilitate the reintegration of Dr Maciej Gutowski, previously at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in the US, with European research. Dr Gutowski has just become a professor of theoretical chemistry at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. While at PNNL, Dr Gutowski led projects on hydrogen storage funded by the US Department of Energy. The proposed International Reintegration project will provide avenues to: (i) transfer his knowledge on materials for hydrogen storage, and contribute to European research; (ii) develop lasting cooperation with leading US research groups working on materials for hydrogen storage; and (iii) teach and train European postgraduate students how quantum and statistical methods of chemistry and solid state physics might contribute to solutions of technologically important problems. | |||||||||
| 49087 | 44383 | CESSA | Coordinating energy security of supply actions | 2007-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | 534453 | 400150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-POLICIES | POLICIES-3.2 | CESSA consists in creating and managing a energy policy European forum. It aims at contributing to an economically feasible, socially acceptable and environmentally friendly energy policy in the EU. CESSA involves high-level decision-makers from industry and business as well as from public authorities and European and international organisations. Committed Stakeholders of CESSA (48 in total) include inter alia 10 national regulatory authorities and 2 international energy organisations; 5 transmission system operators or associations of energy infrastructure; 4 associations of energy consumers; 14 large European energy companies and 6 associations of energy companies. CESSA groups more than 20 experts or first-ranked scholars who are also experienced with policy assessment and expertise in more than15 countries. To nurture the forum, the leading CESSA research institutions will address the following issues: (i) Nuclear Contribution to EU Energy, Environment and Security Needs (ii) Economic Mechanisms and Policy Guidance for Sustaining a Robust Development of European Gas Supply (iii) Barriers and Prospects towards a European Hydrogen Economy (iv) Coordinating Security of Supply in the EU. For all those issues, CESSA will review the existing national and international studies, will point out the costs of the lack of a coordinated energy policy in Europe, will identify where there is room to develop such cooperative actions, and will draw guidelines for implementing them. In doing so, CESSA will deliver a contribution to the ‘Strategic EU Energy Review’ announced in the March 2006 Green Paper ‘Energy Strategy for Europe’ | |||||||||
| 49482 | 40637 | CATANITSOFC | New catalytic formulations for anodes of intermediate temperature direct fuel oxidation solid oxide fuel cells | 2007-08-13 | 2009-08-12 | FP6 | -1 | 195173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.3 | Lowering to intermediate temperatures (<750 oC) the functioning regime of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), and their operation by directly oxidizing fuels, are important objectives from the economic, environmental and energy efficiency points of view. Here a proposal is made to study new formulations for the anodes in these cells in order to overcome the deactivation problems observed in the case of anodes using nickel (due mainly to carbon deposition) and to improve the efficiency of the anodes based in C u-CeO2 composites, which are more efficient for achieving this goal. The objective is to develop composites of mixed oxides (Ce-Zr, Ce-Sm, Ce-Gd, Ce-Tb, Ce-Ca and derived ternary ones) based in the cerium oxide structure and copper alloys (e.g. with Fe and Ni) to improve the catalytic activity of the anode and the thermal stability of the copper subsystem against sintering. We propose a complete set of tasks including the materials preparation (using in the mixed oxide synthesis methods like the microemulsion-based ones for obtaining nanoparticles with maximum structural homogeneity), their physico-chemical characterization (using techniques as diffraction and electron microscopy and several spectroscopies, both ex-situ -mainly EPR, IR, Raman HREM and XPS- and under reaction conditions -XANES/EXAFS and DRIFTS-) and the measurement of their electrical properties and chemical and catalytic activities for the oxidation of several fuels (hydrogen, hydrocarbons -methane, long chain linear ones, aromatics- or alcohols), paying particular attention to their deactivation and using kinetic measurements for the study of the reaction mechanisms. Finally, full single-cells will be prepared integrating the thus developed anodes with latest generation ceramic electrolytes an d cathode materials, measuring their electrochemical behaviour and their energetic efficiency under configurations and operational modes typical for intermediate temperature systems. | |||||||||
| 49526 | 41297 | OVERSOL-NANO | Study of the oversolubility of gases in liquids of nanometric volume | 2007-03-01 | 2009-01-31 | FP6 | -1 | 149670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.1 | This project deals with the study of a basic phenomenon: the solubility of gases in liquids, which has many implications in physics, chemistry and engineering. What makes this proposal original is the nanometric scale of the system studied. Goals The main objective of this project is to understand why recent solubility measurements, on nanometer-scale gas/liquid systems, show values much higher than in a macroscopic bulk: what we called the oversolubility effect. A second objective is to build up a predictive model of the effect, as a function of the nature of the gas, the solvent, and the system size. A third objective deals with the search of possible applications of this effect, particularly for gas storage (hydrogen, carbon dioxide). Expected results Apa rt from the above model, the main expected results are quantitative data of the nano-scale oversolubility effect, for as much gas / liquid systems as possible. The results will be obtained as a function of temperature, gas pressure, and solvent volume size . We will focus on general interest systems in process engineering, such as H2, O2, N2, and gaseous hydrocarbons in liquid hydrocarbons and water. Special attention will be given to systems including CO2 as a gas, due to its importance in the current globa l warming, and to those including H2, for its potential use as energy source. If the results are favourable, first tests of storage applications for these two gases will be considered. Methodology Three measurement methods will be used: – Quantitative NMR. – Micro-catharometric analysis. This device will be set up together with a high throughput feed and acquisition unit. – Micro-volumetric studies, based on very precise pressure sensors and temperature cycles. For modelling studies, the hypothesis of a pure ly physical effect will be used as a first ground, considering the preliminary results. As a function of further results, this approach may evolve. | |||||||||
| 49579 | 39198 | SOLARPEMFC | Power generation from solar energy based on PEM fuel cell | 2007-06-04 | 2009-06-03 | FP6 | -1 | 229327 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.3 | The process is based on PEM fuel cell with specific catalysts and assisted by solar thermal energy to dissociate 2-propanol/acetone chemicals (a new coupling) at about 90ºC into hydrogen to feed it in the fuel cell to generate power. Dr. Chaurasia has don e preliminary work on it in Japan and so far experimentally obtained power density 0.259mW/cm2. This demonstrated feasibility and validated the concept of solar power generation based on fuel cell system. The purpose of this project is to improve the power density and efficiency for delivering usable power from the new solar thermal PEM fuel cell system. The specific objectives are as follows: 1. To design and test a new solar thermal system based on PEM fuel cell for power generation from solar radiation. 2. Study on PEM fuel cell in conjunction with solar thermal power assisted 2-propanol/acetone/hydrogen chemical reactions with specific catalysts and develop optimum configurations to maximize power density. 3. Study of solar thermal 2-propanol dehydrogenation reactor to serve as generator of hydrogen for fuel cell. 4. Study of different components in fabrication of PEM fuel cells for their performance. 5. Design of prototype of solar thermal fuel cell and its testing for power generation from solar thermal energy. Dr. Chaurasia will use advanced chemical engineering techniques under the supervision of Prof. Kendall to develop specific types of catalysts, which increase the performance of the PEM fuel cells and 2-propanol reactor. The required specific catalysts (pure/composite) are to be synthesized for optimum catalytic configurations to maximize power density that will enable design of a practical solar thermal fuel cell to harvest chemical energy in addition to heat output. Dr. Chaurasia has a strong background on solar thermal engineering (34 years research experience) and will be able to bring together solar thermal and fuel cell technologies. | |||||||||
| 49629 | 33228 | APOLLON-B | Polymer Electrolytes and Non Noble Metal Electrocatalysts for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells | 2006-10-01 | 2009-09-30 | FP6 | 2899701 | 1800000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-NMP | NMP-2004-3.4.5.1;NMP | The objectives of the APOLLON-B consortium are the development of materials for High Temperature PEMFCs, functional at temperatures 130-200oC. Their application will permit their efficient operation under H2/H2 re-formate, aiming to power densities of 0.5W/c m2 at cell voltage between 0.5-0.6V and significantly reduced manufacturing cost of MEAs. The accomplishment of these objectives will be succeeded by: (1) Further development, optimisation and novel synthesis of HT polymer electrolyte membranes. Three types of novel PEMs will be developed: (i) H3PO4 doped PEMs based on polymers and polymer blends containing imidazol or pyridine groups in their main chain, (ii) polymers containing polar groups with high pKa (>7) that bound H3PO4 strongly, (iii) Strong base doped membranes based on imidazol groups containing polymers, (iv) Non-doped self sustained Organic acid-base composite electrolytes with operating temperatures above 150oC and (vi) SiWA/Ormolyte type ureasil membranes. (2) Development of non-noble electrocatalysts Non Pt containing electrocatalysts are proposed both for acid and base doped PEMs. Fot the acid doped membranes Cu/CeO2 or Cu/MnO2 supported anode electrocatalysts (active and quite stable in H2SO4 solutions) and WC or other metal carbides combinations can be considered as candidates for anodic materials, while Fe or Co based electrocatalysts of the FeNx/C type exhibit similar electrocatalytic activity to Pt/C for O2 reduction. The concept of the base-doped PEMs allows for the proposal of alternative electrocatalytic materials, like H2 storage alloys of AB2 (ZrNi2) or AB5 (LaNi5) type as anodic and perovskites LaNiO3 or LaSrCoFeO as cathodic electrodes. | |||||||||
| 49814 | 20245 | HYSAFEST | EST in fundamentals of Hydrogen safety | 2006-09-01 | 2010-12-31 | FP6 | -1 | 709573 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.2 | The aim of this EST in Fundamentals of Hydrogen Safety (HySAFEST) project is to offer a unique opportunity for researchers in the early stages of their professional careers to work in an internationally recognised multi- and interdisciplinary research team of scientists and engineers within the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ulster (UU), at the Fire Safety Engineering Research and Technology Institute (FireSERT) pursuing wide national and international research collaboration strategy. UU is carrying out a joint programme of activities as a partner in the European Network of Excellence HySafe (‘Safety of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier’, http://www.hysafe.org/). It is the purpose of HySAFEST to complement and enhance UU activities in the NoE HySafe. HySAFEST offers structured scientific and technological training, including the use of contemporary techniques such as large eddy simulation, as well as providing a wide range of complementary skills. Four researchers will undertake doctoral studies in the emerging field of hydrogen safety, build long-term collaboration and make a contribution to overcoming fragmentation of European research in the field. The researchers will have access to one of Europe’s most advanced research facilities, funded by the U K government in 2001 (8.1M Euro). Trained fellows will be able to handle such diverse outstanding problems in hydrogen safety as the formation and combustion of non-uniform clouds after accidental releases of gaseous or liquefied hydrogen in confined geometries and open atmosphere, hydrogen ignition, conjugate heat transfer from jet fires to construction elements, mitigation of explosions, risk assessment of hydrogen applications, etc. The principal output from the proposed project will be the creation of new European cadres of researchers, contributing to closing the knowledge gaps in hydrogen safety, an important field for efficient introduction and commercialisation of hydrogen as an energy carrier. | |||||||||
| 49966 | 39016 | IPHE-GENIE | International Partnership for a Hydrogen Economy for generation of New Ionomer membranes | 2006-12-01 | 2009-05-31 | FP6 | 1235037 | 700000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.1 | IPHE-GENIE responds to Call FP6-2005-Energy-4, addressing the specific topic of ‘enhancing strategically important international cooperation initiatives’ with non-EU IPHE member states on the matter of solving technical barriers to hydrogen and fuel cell deployment. IPHE-GENIE does so by cooperation with a research institute, a university and an industry from Russia and China. The technical barrier that IPHE-GENIE addresses is that of the too low operating temperature of the PEMFC and the need for high humidity of the reactants. These operational boundary conditions of existing proton conducting polymers form an obstacle for the wide spread introduction of fuel cell vehicles, in various power ranges and under a wide variety of climatic conditions. The expected outcome of IPHE-GENIE will be an MEA that tolerates temperature excursions to 120 oC and that operates at RH 25-50%. The MEA should as well tolerate -40oC and start up at -20oC. The approach chosen is that of a well-defined in-situ cross-linking o f low equivalent weight-fluorinated membranes. The conductivity at low R.H. of such membranes will be improved. At the same time infinite swelling at high temperature will be limited by covalent cross-linking and hybrid membrane technologies. This novel approach leads to improved lifetime of both the membrane and the MEA. No work reported so far on the stabilisation of PFSA membranes by cross-linking using fluorinated multifunctional monomers. IPHE-GENIE also addresses the issue of catalyst stability at elevated temperature by the development of new catalysts, catalysts supports and electrodes that under automotive conditions and at the targeted operating temperatures and humidities will have an operational life time of at least 5000 hrs. IPHE-GENIE is related to AUTOBRANE, contract no.: 020074. | |||||||||
| 50158 | 31073 | FIBRES | Novel, Electrochemical Applications for Nickel-Coated Carbon Fibre Material | 2006-03-01 | 2008-02-29 | FP6 | -1 | 79500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-4.2 | Carbon fibre and metal-coated carbon fibre materials find numerous applications in modern science and technology, including: electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI), electrical and thermal conductivities, energy-related (batteries, super-capacitors) and structure reinforcing (composite materials) applications. The objectives of this research proposal involve preparation and optimisation of properties for electrodeposited (also electroless-coated) nickel-coated carbon fibre (NiCCF) material, for some major, practical electrochemical applications, namely: 1. Compression-moulded composite bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells that contain discontinuous nickel-coated carbon filaments 2. Nickel-coated carbon fibre tow electrode, as a high activity cathode for production of hydrogen for PEM fuel cell systems 3. Nickel-coated carbon fibre material for application in anode assemblies of impressed current, cathodic protection (CP) systems. The objectives of the proposal will be achieved through implementation of comprehensive electrochemical (ac impedance, cyclic voltammetry), spectroscopic (SEM, XPS, XRD, TGA) and mechanical properties characterizations for the above-described NiCCF material. Special considerations will be given to: – type and properties of carbon fibre tow (several micron diameter for a single carbon filament), including its surface chemistry – chemistry of the electroplating bath and – arrangement of the plating system, and metal electrodeposition methodology This research proposal is in line with current directions in European research (e.g. the 2002’s Sixth Community Environment Action Programme). In addition, the proposal is in very good agreement with the objectives of Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant Work Programme, where the applicant is a native European researcher who has continuously carried out electrochemical research activities in Canada, for 10 years. | |||||||||
| 50170 | 30625 | HY TETRA | Hydrogen Technologies Transfer Project | 2006-06-01 | 2008-05-31 | FP6 | 1119844 | 854837 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-INNOVATION | INNOVATION-3 | The project will focus its attention on Technology Transfer activities concentrated on Hydrogen technology. The Hydrogen is considered one of the elements that in the next future will play the most important role in the context of Energy and the need of te chnology transfer is very strong, in order to be able to implement the needed solutions and to be competitive in this growing market. The project has the aim of supporting European SMEs in facing the H2 technology, and being able to satisfy the new request ed technical requirements. So far, big emphasis has been given to the improvements produced by H2 Technology in several fields, but little has been made in transferring technologies. HY TETRA project intends to create a dedicated moment in which – A Pool of Technology Providers on H2 technologies compose the Scientific Steering group, whose role is to support SMEs not only for technology applications, but also for driving them according to the technical and market trends . – IRCs put in place a number of i nitiatives dedicated to catalyse the SMEs needs and the RTD Centres capabilities – SMEs are supported on several levels, from the general ones (dedicated web pages) to the most personalised ones (meetings with technology owners) Results: – Industrial sec tors on which dedicate major resources: at least 5 – Database of companies potentially interested in technology update: at least 1.000 – Database of visited companies: at least 125 – List of technical competences to be presented to companies, and fields of application: at least 20 – Number of workshops: 15 at least – Brokerage event: 1 – Number of companies attending the Brokerage event: 80 – Pre-organised meetings: 745 – Number of negotiations: 130 – Number of TT Agreements: 16 – Number of TT Agreements/FT E = 2,27 | |||||||||
| 50229 | 515272 | OXYMEM | The influence of oxygen flux on the stability of dense ceramic membranes for synthesis gas production | 2004-09-27 | 2006-03-26 | FP6 | -1 | 122147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.1 | Membrane reactors are a promising technology for synthesis gas production from methane as they combine oxygen separation with reaction. Syn-gas is a feedstock for gas-to-liquid plants and a source of hydrogen. The system consists of a dense mixed oxygen anio n/electron conducting membrane. One side exposed to methane while the other is exposed to air. Driven by the difference in oxygen partial pressure across the membrane, oxygen anions migrate from the airside, through the membrane to partially oxidise methane to form syn-gas. The advantage of this system over current technologies is the combination of separation and reaction. If successfully applied, this technology will reduce costs to industry and provide a path to modular, remote production of hydrogen from natural gas. The purpose of this project is to examine how the membrane properties and reaction kinetics control the stability of the membrane materials. To this end, the proposed work is based around investigating ways in which the activity of the membrane surface may be controlled and how this impacts upon the thermodynamic and kinetic stability of the membrane itself. A number of ideas will be explored within the framework of a well-structured research plan in order to increase fundamental understanding in the field and make progress towards commercial application. The work fits well into the goals of the program by allowing a researcher from the UK, who is currently residing in the USA, to obtain advanced training in the Netherlands. The researchers’ previous work was related to the study of solid oxide fuel cells where many of the same principles apply. This opportunity to return to the EU and expand and deepen current knowledge while re-familiarising with the European research environment will be invaluable to achieving a planned, successful, future research career in the field. | |||||||||
| 50357 | 39041 | CARISMA | Coordination action of research on intermediate and high temperature specialised membrane electrode assemblies | 2007-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | 1017560 | 560400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.1 | This Coordination Action seeks to network research activities in Europe on high temperature membrane electrode assemblies and their components. Coordination activities are centred around membranes, catalysts and high temperature MEAs, with cross-cutting activities on the impact of high temperature operation on degradation of MEA components and MEA durability, identification of proton transfer mechanisms operating in water free conditions, and technical specifications for high temperature PEMFC applications . The CARISMA partnership assembles the expertise in high temperature PEMFC in European research institutes and universities and includes committed stakeholders from SMEs, industrial developers of high temperature MEAs, membranes, catalysts, gas diffusion layers, carbon supports, as well as end users of high temperature MEAs and high temperature stacks. The group will interact with the Hydrogen and Fuel cells Platform to refine the Strategic Research Agenda and will facilitate interaction with equivalent g roups in other continents. High temperature membranes and MEAs are a priority area of the Strategic Research Agenda and the International Partnership for a Hydrogen Economy scoping paper on PEMFC, and this timely grouping into a Coordination Action will in crease the impact of on-going Community funded and nationally funded programmes. | |||||||||
| 50778 | 980032 | NANO-SOFT-2005 | Noble metal nano-structures – Preparation using soft templates, characterisation and applications | 2008-06-01 | 2009-05-31 | FP6 | -1 | 20340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.3R | The present project is aimed at imparting thorough training to the candidate in nanomaterials synthesis, characterisation and applications. We have recently adopted an innovative approach for the synthesis of noble metal nano structures having high catalytic activity for selective hydrogenation reactions using swollen mesophases of anionic surfactants as ‘soft templates’. Two patents have been obtained for the works related to this. In the present project bi-metallic nano structures of Pt and Pd alloyed with transition metals and other noble metals will be prepared using cationic, anionic and non-ionic surfactants forming mesophases of different structures (hegagonal, lamellar or cubic). Radiolytic (gamma and electron beam) and chemical reduction methods w ill be used to reduce the metal ions in the mesophase. The mechanism of fast reduction reactions will be studied using unique ultra fast lasers at the state of the art facilities available in LCP called ELYSE. The novel nanostructures thus produced such as clusters, rods, wires etc. would be thoroughly characterised using most modern techniques such as TEM, HRTEM, STM, AFM, XPS etc. Their potential application as catalysts for selective hydrogenation, electro-catalysts for fuel cell reactions and hydrogen storage would be investigated in collaboration with academic and industrial partners. The electronic, optical and magnetic properties would be investigated during the re-integration phase in India. Thus the project is expected to increase our knowledge of t he formation of metallic nanostructures using ‘soft templates’, their morphology-activity relationship and novel catalysts for many industrial processes and fuel cell applications. The proposed project will not only empower the fellow to establish an independent research career, but also it will strengthen our existing collaborations and bring in new ones. | |||||||||
| 50797 | 32175 | FCANODE | Non-noble catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cell anodes | 2007-02-01 | 2010-01-31 | FP6 | 1951857 | 1492866 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-NMP | NMP-2004-3.4.5.1 | For PEM Fuel Cells to attain economic viability for mass production, catalyst cost must be reduced. Currently, platinum-based supported nanoparticle catalysts, are used for the hydrogen oxidation reaction at the anode. The replacement of such catalysts by cheaper non-noble alternatives is proposed. Currently, noble metal based systems alone exhibit both the stability required in the strongly acidic humidified environment of the fuel cell, and the sufficiently large current densities required. Hence, the challenge is to find binary, ternary or even quaternary non-noble systems, which have the necessarily high rates of hydrogen oxidation and which are stable in the environment of the fuel cell. In addition, new developments in membrane technology highlight the need to explore the performance of catalysts in a higher temperature regime (in the region of 130-200°C). To accomplish these aims the following novel route will be used involving a multidisciplinary approach from theoretical design through to the final operating membrane electrode assembly. Initially, Density Functional Theory studies will be used to calculate critical bond energies and activation barriers of processes relevant to the fuel cell electrodes and produce trends in reactivities for metal alloy species and intermetallic compounds. The next step will be the fast screening of catalysts for these descriptors using combinatorial methods. These two preliminary steps will determine the most promising systems and compositions to take forward into the subsequent stages. The selected catalysts will then be produced as carbon-supported nanoparticles and subsequently investigated with regards to their performance for the hydrogen oxidation reaction, their stability to acidic media and tolerance to CO and CO2. Finally, the behaviour and stability of selected catalysts will be assessed within the single cell environment and their potential for large-scale production investigated. | |||||||||
| 50818 | 39028 | HYPER | Installation permitting guidance for hydrogen and fuel cells stationary applications | 2006-11-01 | 2009-01-31 | FP6 | 2854503 | 1440354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | The universally recognised need to curb greenhouse gas emissions and secure a cheap and environmentally friendly supply of energy is a major economic and social driver that can be met by hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The Installation Permitting Guidance (IPG) for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Stationary Applications (HYPER) project is aimed at developing for small stationary hydrogen and fuel cell systems to fast track approval of safety and procedural issues, by providing a comprehensive agreed installation permitting process for developers, design engineers, manufacturers, installers and authorities having jurisdiction. To achieve this objective the project brings together a group of 27 organisations, made up of 15 partners and 12 members of a supporting Monitoring and Implementation Group. The partners include hydrogen system and fuel-cell manufacturers, installers and operators, regulators, research laboratories and universities. The Group has a complementary make up and includes Industrial Associations, hydrogen distributors and an aerospace company. To develop the IPG the consortium will bring together all currently available documents, best practice and experience and identify and fill gaps in current knowledge. The workprogramme includes: detailed case studies of representative fuel-cell and hydrogen installations carefully selected from across Europe, USA and Canada; modelling and experimental risk-evaluation studies to investigate fire and explosion phenomena associated with foreseeable and catastrophic fault scenarios of hydrogen and fuel cell systems and associated fuel supplies; a three stage drafting process for the IPG, which will take feedback from interested stakeholders; a number of carefully targeted dissemination initiatives will be taken in order to ensure the adoption and use of the IPG and project results by stakeholders and with the HySafe NOE the full adoption and continuous development of the IPG after the end of the Project. | |||||||||
| 51580 | 31994 | HYRESS | Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for Supplying of Services in Rural Settlements of Mediterranean Partner Countries | 2006-10-01 | 2010-09-30 | FP6 | 1805595 | 1249990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-INCO | INCO-2004-B1.5;INCO | The strategic objective of the proposed project is to remove the knowledge barriers against the installation of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems and the creation of mini-grids based on renewables. Ultimate objective of the project is to develop, combine, install, test and assess (technically and socially) the performance of low-cost pilot hybrid Renewable Energy (RE) systems in remote areas of the Mediterranean, which are not yet grid-connected. The hybrid systems will be consisted of photovoltaics, small wind generators, hydrogen subsystems and they will be installed in selected areas of the MPC countries to set-up and provide energy and associated services thus aid to the increase of the standard of living of these rural communities. The systems will be configured and sized after taking into account the local conditions. Three hybrid systems will be installed in remote rural areas of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. The systems should fulfil criteria as modularity, robustness, and simplicity in use and also require very low maintenance. Additional considerations for the technologies selection and implementation regard the possibility of systems standardisation and replication. Furthermore, the local installations will serve as good practice, accelerate local skill development, and promote and encourage international partnerships amongst all relevant stakeholders, such as research, financial, and regulatory institutions, industry and service companies, in particular SMEs, local representatives and social players. By setting-up the afore mentioned three pilot installations in three MPC the proposed research will bring a significant contribution for creating sustainable structures with a decent living quality in the rural environments of the MPC by developing highly innovative hybrid RE installations based on the availability of local renewable energy sources and the local social conditions and needs. | |||||||||
| 51894 | 516508 | RAPHAEL | ReActor for Process heat, Hydrogen And ELectricity generation | 2005-04-15 | 2010-04-14 | FP6 | 18340249 | 9000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-EURATOM-NUCTECH | nan | The Project addresses the viability & performance of the Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR). This innovative system is not only meant at competitive & safe power generation, but also at industrial process heat supply, in particular for hydrogen production. It offers significant advantages with its inherent safety features and the related simplification of the system, its robust fuel without significant radioactive release, its high efficiency and use of any fissile/fertile material. explored to achieve the challenging performances required for VHTR (900-1000°C, up to 200 GWd/t). The selection and qualification of materials for very high temperature components, graphite internals and vessel is a key area of the Project. The critical components (in particular the intermediate heat exchanger) are developed. The demonstration of the unique robustness of the fuel is extended to higher temperature & burn-up. The fabrication of advanced fuel with higher performances is tested. The irradiated fuel behaviour in disposal conditions is studied. Computer tools for reactor physics, safety analysis and fuel behaviour are qualified through comparison with experimental data including those resulting from tests planned in the Project. Moreover the modelling of the fuel irradiation behaviour is improved. A safety approach adapted to the specific features of modular VHTR is elaborated. Finally an evaluation of the viability & performance of the whole system is achieved. This programme has been set-up to compliment and support European national VHTR programmes and to contribute to the international effort on GENERATION IV VHTR projects. As the Project addresses issues raising major concerns for the future (energy and fresh water supply, climate change, natural resource preservation), it will pay special attention to education & communication. | |||||||||
| 51976 | 19981 | HYSYS | Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle System Component Development | 2005-12-01 | 2010-11-30 | FP6 | 22130545 | 11197201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | nan | The objective of the project is the research on of low-cost components for fuel cell (FC-) systems and electric drive systems which can be used in future hybridised FC-vehicles (medium term objective) and ICE vehicles. The components will be analysed and tested in two FC-vehicle platforms with different concepts. The project consortium consists of 6 major European car manufacturers, 10 major and smaller suppliers, 6 institutes and 4 universities. The focus of the project is on components which have a high potential of significant cost reduction by decreasing complexity and/or choosing innovative approaches to support a future mass production. In the field of FC-system components the key components which are investigated are innovative air supply based on electrical turbochargers, novel humidification subsystems, new hydrogen sensors and innovative hydrogen injection system components. For the electric drive system we focus on highly integrated drive trains (converters, inverters and electrical motors) and high-energy-density battery systems based on innovative Li-Ion technology which has been developed in EU funded projects (EV-lift, Lionheart). All the component work is accompanied by a sub project which will work on requirements of the vehicles, subsystems and components, standardisation of the components, identification of synergies between components for FC- and ICE Hybrids, safety aspects and a comparative investigation of different electrical storage systems (battery / supercap) and the respective e-storage management. In the system level subproject not only will the components be integrated in the two validator vehicles and tested, but it will also be worked on optimised vehicle control strategies, energy-management and development of modular system control software. The improved system components and subsystems could be used as a basis for future FC- and ICE-vehicles which are planned to be deployed in the HyCOM initiative and the Lighthouse projects. | |||||||||
| 51980 | 11744 | HY-CO | Co-ordination Action to Establish a Hydrogen and Fuel Cell ERA-Net, Hydrogen Coordination | 2004-10-01 | 2008-09-30 | FP6 | 2700790 | 2700790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-COORDINATION | COOR-1.1 | The aim of the Co-ordination Action ‘HY-CO’ is to establish an ERA-Net to cover the most important aspects of research, development and demonstration in the comprehensive fields of hydrogen and fuel cells (H2/FC) and to set the basis to establish mutual opening up of national funding programmes in hydrogen and fuel cells at EU level. Hydrogen and fuel cells are considered an important long term technology contribution to a sustainable energy economy. The importance is based on scenarios of primary energy consumption growth for the period 2000 – 2030, concerns about diminishing reserves of conventional energy resources, and on the environmental impacts of CO2 emissions which are associated with fossil fuels. Worldwide, there are major efforts to advance H2/FC technology through R&D programmes, and to develop market and deployment strategies at the same time. In order to overcome the fragmentation of European R&D programmes and activities in the area of hydrogen and fuel cells and in the context of a coherent strategy towards a sustainable hydrogen economy in the long term, a coalition of European partners, responsible for national and regional H2/FC programmes, will establish mutual exchange of information, analysis of existing programmes and activities, leading to joint programmatic activities. HY-CO is closely linked to the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technology Platform and will, in addition to providing an interface with the Member States Mirror Group, closely interact with the Advisory Council. The partners of the HY-CO consortium are represented by senior policy makers and programme managers. The consortium consists of 21 participants from 16 countries and one region and is open to additional participants representing substantial national programmes or activities on hydrogen or fuel cells. | |||||||||
| 52169 | 20844 | HYFIRE | Hydrogen combustion in the context of fire and explosion safety | 2006-09-01 | 2010-08-31 | FP6 | -1 | 949878 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.2 | We are at the dawn of a hydrogen economy. Both governments and industries are investing heavily on hydrogen. There is an increasing demand for substantial efforts to ensure the safe use of hydrogen as an energy carrier. In common with a new industry, there is also a pressing need to train young talents who will take on the challenges ahead in their proud stride to carry the industry forward. The proposal aims to offer a unique opportunity for researchers in the early stages of their careers to work in inter nationally recognised inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research teams of scientists and engineers to acquire specific scientific skills and competencies in the diffusion, ignition and combustion of hydrogen within the context of fire and explosion safety. The principal output from HYFIRE will be the establishment for further development of a pool of EU trained researchers specialising in hydrogen fire and explosion safety, a relatively new field where such young talent is at present lacking. HYFIRE will focus on cutting edge research in the underpinning areas of hydrogen safety. In the mean time, we also aim to achieve several major breakthroughs. Systematic training will be provided through research and dedicated mini-schools and workshops in the f ollowing multidisciplinary and interconnected areas: 1.Hydrogen jet flames from very high-pressure release 2.Flame impinging on surfaces and the resulting effect on hydrogen transport cylinders and storage vessels 3.Liquid hydrogen spill and combustible cl oud dynamics 4.Hydrogen combustion in semi-confined and vented geometries and the conditions leading to the deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT). The research will be conducted using CFD based numerical modelling approaches while the abundant publis hed experimental data from small- and large-scale tests will be used for model validation. | |||||||||
| 52537 | 516270 | FELICITAS | Fuel cell power trains and clustering in heavy-duty transports | 2005-04-01 | 2008-03-31 | FP6 | 12559523 | 7943597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-2005-3.3.1.3.2 | The FELICITAS consortium proposes an Integrated Project to develop fuel cell (FC) drive trains fuelled with both hydrocarbons and hydrogen. The proposed development work focuses on producing FC systems capable of meeting the exacting demands of heavy-duty transport for road, rail and marine applications. These systems will be: – Highly efficient, above 60% – Power dense, – Powerful units of 200kW plus, – Durable, robust and reliable. Two of the FC technologies most suitable for heavy-duty transport applications are Polymer Electrolyte FuelCells (PEFC) and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC). Currently neither technology is capable of meeting the wideranging needs of heavy-duty transport either because of low efficiencies, PEFC, or poor transient performance,SOFC. FELICITAS proposes the development of high power Fuel Cell Clusters (FCC) that group FC systems with other technologies, including batteries, thermal energy and energy recuperation.The FELICITAS consortium will first undertake the definition of the requirements on FC power trains for the different heavy-duty transport modes. This will lead to the development of FC power train concepts, which through the use of advanced multiple simulations, will undertake evaluations of technical parameters, reliability and life cycle costs. Alongside the development of appropriate FC power trains the consortium will undertake fundamental research to adapt and improve existing FC and other technologies, including gas turbines, diesel reforming and sensor systems for their successful deployment in the demanding heavy-duty transport modes. This research work will combine with the FC power trains design and simulation work to provide improved components and systems, together with prototypes and field testing where appropriate.The FELICITAS consortium approach will substantially improve European FC and associated technology knowledae and know-how in the field of heavv-duty transport. | |||||||||
| 52800 | 516510 | SOLAR-H | Linking molecular genetics and bio-mimetic chemistry – a multidisciplinary approach to achieve renewable hydrogen production | 2005-01-01 | 2007-12-31 | FP6 | 2316000 | 1800000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-POLICIES | NEST-2003-1 | SOLAR-H brings together world-leading laboratories to carry out integrated, basic research on the common goal of hydrogen production from renewable resources. Our multidisciplinary expertise spans from molecular biology, via bio-physics to organometallic and physical chemistry. The vision is to develop novel, today non-existing routes for H2 produc-tion from solar energy and water. In a unique effort the project integrates, for the first time, two frontline topics: artificial photosynthesis in man-made systems, and photo-biological H2 production in living organisms. Hydrogen production by these methods is still distant, but has a vast potential and is of utmost importance for the European economy. The scientific risk is high – the research is very dema nding. Thus, our objective now is to explore, integrate and carry out the basic science necessary to develop these novel routes. Along one track, the knowledge gained from biophysical studies will be exploited by organometallic synthetic chemists for syn thesis of bio-mimetic compounds. The design of these is based on molecular knowledge about natural photosynthesis (natural solar energy conversion), and hydrogenases (enzymes that form H2). Along a second track, we perform research on the genetic level t o increase our understanding of critical steps in photosynthetic alga and cyanobacteria. Detailed knowledge about the enzymes involved, is crucial for the synthetic chemists. These studies are also directly aimed at improvement of the H2 producing capabi lity of the organisms, using genetic and metabolic engineering. Our project intends to link the fragmented European research, and provide the critical mass of expertise that is necessary to challenge the USA in this competitive area with its large future implications. | |||||||||
| 52898 | 502651 | NEW-H-SHIP | Assimilation of Fuel Cells in marinetime applications | 2004-02-01 | 2005-04-30 | FP6 | 544874 | 295582 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.1;SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | This is a specific support project to initiatives already taking place as EC supported projects and also as national initiatives. Specifically this project supports the current activities of the FC-SHIP and EURO-HYPORT (which is just finishing July 2003). While there is no pre-testing of hardware in these proposals, taking fuel cells and hydrogen aboard a ship will demonstrate a fairly new technology in a completely new environment. Before taking a decision to extent the current European research activity in the field of fuel cells and hydrogen to shipboard applications, it is of utmost importance to evaluate the technical, operational and societal obstacles (showstoppers) at forehand related to the shipboard system requirements and also the infrastructural context. Where necessary, mitigating activities to remove the obstacle must be proposed. The project will identify supporting European activities in the field of hydrogen and fuel cells in maritime applications and pre-screen potential partners (both regarding technical and non-technical resources) for participation in future activities, i.e. real scale demonstration of fuel cells and hydrogen on board a ship. The overall aim is to reduce the uncertainty to a level that is necessary for securing project financial and technical support. The project has gathered a unique consortium group who is leading in this field in Europe. The group came about after uniting 3 EoI which all dealt with the same topic. All of them had the goal of bringing fuel cells to maritime application. However the consortium realised that further know-how was needed before moving to a real scale demonstration of fuel cells and hydrogen (or hydrogen based fuels). This is however the goal of this project, i.e. create further results which can be used to base future European research activities in this field on. | |||||||||
| 52994 | 510435 | ENFUGEN | Enlarging fuel cells and hydrogen research co-operation | 2005-04-01 | 2007-03-31 | FP6 | 250937 | 216744 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.1;SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | The work will last 24 months and will be structured in 5 operative Workpackages. During WP1. the Polish, Czech and Slovak Partners will work in their respective countries on the expertise localisation and mapping, establishing contacts with Universities, C entres of Excellence, research organisations, etc., At the same time, the Italian and Belgium partners, will involve key experts in the targeted sector from the member states. The objective of WP2. will be to analyse the state of the art, the existing barr iers and needs for research successful performance in the field of fuel cells and hydrogen energy in the targeted candidate countries; Then, from the beginning of the third month of the project duration, the Enfugen virtual platform and database, containin g the list of research organisations and individual experts, will be implemented. The most interesting profiles collected during WP1, will be invited to enter the scientific forum. which activities will be developed in the reserved area of the Enfugen virt ual platform. WP3 will consist in stimulating the researchers’ interaction through virtual multi-session roundtables to work on possible ideas for IP/NoE, as well as, trough traditional workshops within RE events in Poland, Czech and Slovak Republic, so as to create awareness among, and synergies with, the researchers operating in the field of RES. The WP4 will provide assistance to research performers by training activities based on transferring the European best practices, successful models stimulating en trepreneurial skills, as well as by brokerage activity* to assist the researchers in building industrial partnership for the targeted NoE/IP. The WPS will consist in dissemination of Enfugen results and planning successful exploitation of the Enfugen model so as to be implemented in other ACC. By networking capacities of the Enfugen project partners, the Polish, Czech and Slovak research competencies in fuel cells and hydrogen energy #’ | |||||||||
| 53166 | 19887 | HY2SEPS | Hybrid hydrogen – carbon dioxide separation systems | 2005-11-01 | 2008-10-31 | FP6 | 2528800 | 1559400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.7 | The main goal of this project is the development of a hybrid membrane/ Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) H2/CO2 separation process, which will be a part of a fossil fuel de-carbonization process used for the pre-combustion CO2 capture. Methane steam reformin g is currently the major route for hydrogen production and will be employed as a model case. High purity hydrogen (99.99\%) is usually recovered from the reformate by using a PSA process. A typical PSA waste gas stream (CO2~55%, H2~35%, CH4 & CO~ 15%) is not usually recycled since it has to be recompressed to the PSA feed pressure for recovering only a small fraction of the recycled hydrogen. Furthermore, it cannot be used for CO2 sequestration since it contains significant amounts of H2 and CH4. A hybr id process is expected to combine the high throughput and H2 product purity of a PSA process with the lower operating costs of a membrane process. It is expected to enhance the overall H2 recovery and provide an H2-free CO2 stream ready for capture and seq uestration. To achieve this goal in the proposed R&D project, the following scientific tasks have been identified: *Generation of transport and adsorption data for H2/CO2 multicomponent mixtures (CH4, H2O, CO) for well characterized membrane and sorben t materials *Development and improvement of membrane and PSA separation models *Design and optimization of membrane, PSA and hybrid separation systems using the improved models developed *Component design for the manufacture of a lab-scale hybrid separatio n system prototype *Assessment of the hybrid separation process sustainability and impact on the environment based on a life cycle analysis approach The following possible innovations are foreseen as an outcome of this project: *H2 recovery improvement *Si mplification of PSA operation (reduction of steps) without loss of recovery and product purity *Co-production of high purity H2 and CO2 streams *Development of improved membrane and sorbent materials | |||||||||
| 53238 | 513550 | INNOHYP-CA | Innovative high temperature routes for hydrogen production – coordination action | 2004-09-01 | 2006-11-30 | FP6 | 617300 | 501290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-2003-1.2.9 | The growth of global energy demand during the 21th century, combined to the necessity to master GHG emissions could lead to the introduction of a new and universal energy carrier : Hydrogen. One option to access to Hydrogen Economy is to implement massive and innovative hydrogen production.. INNOHYP CA aims to coordinate efforts on the knowledge of hydrogen production technologies and to propose a roadmap for short, medium and long term research programs. Gathering eight organizations implied in various p rograms on the massive production of hydrogen, the Coordinating Action ‘INNOHYP-CA’ has the following objectives. ‘ Investigate the existing knowledge in Europe on the high temperature processes and other innovative ideas for massive Hydrogen production to establish the state of the art in Europe and position these technologies in regards of the carbon content technologies. ‘ Create a platform for sharing and coordinating the results of the Specific Targeted Actions (STREP) in progress of high temperature p rocesses to start clustering of the innovative ways. ‘ Define the needs and propose the research activities needed in the future up to consolidation of industrial production, to support the roadmaping in Europe mainly by HYWAYS. ‘ Support the activities of the European Plat form, especially the Advisory Group and the appropriate Steering Committees. This support will include the preparation of the roadmap, cooperation agreements organization of specific events and training. ‘ Coordinate the European activit ies at the International level specifically with the IEA, especially in the Implementing Agreement on Hydrogen (IA H2) and with the activities the signature of the International Cooperation Agreement for Hydrogen IPHE At least, INNOHYP CA will provide a t ool for piloting the technological choices making it possible to answer the increasing request of the hydrogen energy vector. | |||||||||
| 53371 | 16362 | HY-PROSTORE | Improvement of the S&T research capacity of TUBITAK-MRC IE in the fields of hydrogen technologies | 2005-05-01 | 2008-04-30 | FP6 | 649404 | 649404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-INCO | INCO-2004-ACC-RSTP | The strategic objective of the proposed project is to improve the research capacity of the excellence center on hydrogen technologies (herein referred to as the ‘Center’) at TUBITAK-MRC Institute of Energy (IE). Specifically, the Center aspires to improv e its research capacity in the areas of hydrogen production, purification, and storage. As indicated by established research priorities in both Turkey and Europe, advancement of hydrogen research in these areas is fundamental to developing sustainable en ergy systems for the future. The approach for accomplishing the project objective is multi-faceted. The approach includes: upgrading and renewal of related laboratory equipment; employment opportunities at the Center for graduate students; participation in international conferences; coordination of national seminars for information dissemination within Turkey; advisory board meetings between the Center and MS/ACC organizations to identify joint research activities; training courses for appropriate Cent er personnel on select hydrogen technology topics; and technical visits to and short-stays at hydrogen laboratories abroad. These planned activities will benefit the Center in many ways. Existing laboratory infrastructure will be improved, and the train ing necessary to expand the knowledge and capabilities of the Center’s hydrogen researchers will be obtained. Also, strategic networks and partnerships with private and public institutions in Turkey and in Europe will be developed. This improved networkin g will promote information sharing and cooperative research opportunities, and will facilitate increased synergy and participation with other countries in the 6th Framework Programme and future programmes. The project will also increase employment opport unities for graduate students in Turkey involved in related hydrogen studies, simultaneously improving the skills and potential of these young scientists. | |||||||||
| 53506 | 17819 | BIO-HYDROGEN | Development of a Biogas Reformer for Production of Hydrogen for PEM Fuel Cells | 2005-07-01 | 2007-06-30 | FP6 | 1370237 | 846235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SME | SME-1 | BIO-HYDROGEN aims at the development of a cost effective biogas reforming system (10 kW hydrogen) for decentralised application with biogas from agricultural wastes, municipal waste water treatment plants and landfills. Main objective is the development of a reforming process with a better compatibility with biogas and hence shows an improved efficiency. The improvement of the heat and steam management for CO2 containing gas will be targeted with the aid of simulation and modelling. Further the biogas upgrading will be performed by means of state-of-the-art technologies for desulphurisation and by a biofilter for the removal of siloxanes. Latter is of great importance due to the fact that a cost effective technology is currently not available. Within this project laboratory results from a biofilter for siloxane removal will be upscaled to a pilot plant level showing a capacity of 2 m3/h biogas.These ambitious aims will be achieved by a well balanced international consortium containing the necessary critical mass. SME partner BESEL and RTD partner UNI DUISBURG will be jointly responsible for the development of the reforming unit (including the shift reactor). SME partner SCHMACK and RTD partner PROFACTOR will develop a biofilter unit for siloxane removal based on results from European research projects AMONCO and PROBAT (both coordinated by PROFACTOR within FP5).UNI NITRA will give support in the lab test phase. UDOMI is an SME partner who offers the link to the stationary fuel cell trading branch in which the hydrogen supply at the specified quality is of great importance. The inclusion of SME end-users (MFN, PROTON Motor and BITTER) will guarantee the right orientation of the project. FRONIUS as a non-SME demonstrates without getting funding its interest in the technology to be developed. The SME partners will perform the dissemination. UNI NITRA which will be responsible for the dissemination in New Member Countries in Middle and Eastern Europe. | |||||||||
| 53614 | 16392 | BIGPOWER | T Research Capacity of TUBITAK-MRC Institute of Energy in the Fields of Integrated Biomass Gasification with Power Technologies | 2005-05-01 | 2008-04-30 | FP6 | 669996 | 669996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-INCO | INCO-2004-ACC-RSTP | The objective of the proposed project is to improve the research capacity of the excellence center on biomass gasification and integrated power technologies (herein referred to as the ?Center?) at TUBITAK-MRC Institute of Energy. Specifically, the Center aspires to improve its research capacity in the area of biomass energy, in order to investigate related energy conversion technologies, biomass potential assessments, fuel characterization, fuel preparation, fixed and fluidized bed gasification technolog ies, gas cleaning technologies, hydrogen-rich gas production, power generation (such as the internal combustion engine, micro turbine, fuel cell, etc.), integrated power cycles, economic and ecological evaluation of the technologies and technology transfe r. The approach for accomplishing the project objective is multi-faceted. The approach includes: project management, personnel assignments, renewal and upgrading of S& T equipment, organization of technical meetings by Center, involvement of Center st aff in EU meetings, provision of advanced training at Center, technical site visits, dissemination of information and development of a collaborative research network to address biomass energy related problems. These planned activities will benefit the Center in many ways. Existing laboratory infrastructure will be improved via renewal and upgrading of S&T equipment. The knowledge and capabilities of the Center in biomass gasification research will be enhanced with seminars, workshops, conferences , advanced training and site visits. Strategic networks and partnerships with private and public institutions in both Turkey and Europe will also be developed. The project will also increase employment opportunities for graduate students in Turkey involved in the field of biomass gasification studies and will improve the skills and potential of these young scientists involved these activities. | |||||||||
| 53671 | 20089 | SOFC600 | Demonstration of SOFC stack technology for operation at 600C | 2006-03-01 | 2010-02-28 | FP6 | 12043322 | 6769923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.1 | The objective of this proposal for an Integrated Project is the development of stack components for the operation of SOFC systems at 600oC. Reducing the operating temperature to this level will have a great impact on lifetime and costs of SOFC system, thereby facilitating the commercial introduction of clean and efficient SOFC technology for combined heat and power generation in society, as well as auxiliary power for transport applications. The emphasis of the project is on the basic research and development of materials and processes for producing advanced stack components at low costs. The major components that the project works on are anodes, cathodes and electrolytes, as well as the integration of these components into cells. Furthermore, interconnect materials and contact materials will be evaluated and developed. For achieving the performance targets, nano-sized materials and electrode structures materials are considered essential and therefore the development of such materials is also addressed by the project. The significantly lower operating temperature compared to state-of-the-art SOFC technology enables the use of new sealing options for stacks, which will be developed in the project. Development will be aiming at components for hydrogen containing fuels (e.g. reformatted compositions) and for internal reforming SOFC fuelled with natural gas. The validation of the technology developed will be by operation of short stacks. | |||||||||
| 53703 | 513542 | HARMONHY | Harmonisation of standards and regulations for a sustainable hydrogen and fuel cell technology | 2005-05-01 | 2006-07-31 | FP6 | 486065 | 463598 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-2003-1.2.9 | HarmonHy aims first to make an assessment of the activities on hydrogen and fuel cell related regulations and standards on a worldwide level. On this basis gaps will be identified and propositions to solve fragmentation will be made. Potential conflicts b etween codes, standards and regulations will also be investigated and propositions to solve the conflicts will be made. Particular attention to identify the needs for standards as perceived by the industry will be paid as well as action to ensure concord ance between standards and regulations. The final goal of all the process is to render European collaboration in the field as effective as possible and to increase its contribution at the worldwide level, rendering it more effective and homogeneous as w ell as corresponding to its major interests. At a second stage, the result of the discussions could also serve as basis for further projects to be set up as response to the last call series of FP6. As a conclusion to the different discussion meetings and hearings the partners intend to organise as final point of the SSA a conference with the aim to present the results of the project and guidelines for the setting up of adequate bodies to solve the identified problems. | |||||||||
| 53745 | 24050 | BIOHYP | Hydrogen production by dark fermentation of biomass resources | 2006-02-01 | 2008-01-31 | FP6 | -1 | 153320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.1 | The excessive use of fossil fuels is one of the primary causes of global warming, which has started to affect the earth’s climate. Environmental concerns and evolving legislations request more participation of renewable energy sources in the energy market. Biomass represents a potentially major renewable and clean energy source. Because hydrogen is a clean, recyclable, and efficient energy carrier, biomass resources might be biologically converted into this carrier that has a considerable calorific value (1 20.7-140.9 MJ/kg). Fermentative hydrogen production out of biomass is an interesting process for the biological production of hydrogen. This proposal aims to produce hydrogen by dark fermentation of biomass resources at mesophilic and thermophilic conditio ns. Laboratory scale hydrogen producing reactors will be operated to optimize hydrogen production. Emphasis will be put on the application of easily available mesophilic and thermophilic inocula obtained from environmental samples in order to improve the c onversion rate and increase the efficiency of hydrogen production. Initially, different easily biodegradable biomass resources will be selected and characterized. Subsequently, appropriate hydrogen producing inocula will be obtained by using different kind s of environmental samples such as compost materials, wastewater treatment plant sludge, soils and etc. The selected inocula will then be cultured and maintained in hydrogen producing reactors at lab-scale. Afterwards, reactors will be operated under varyi ng parameters to optimize the hydrogen production. Meanwhile, the composition and stability of the defined microbial consortia will be studied by molecular techniques such as DGGE during operation of the reactors and optimization of the parameters. In addi tion, if new bacterial strains appear in hydrogen producing reactors, they will be identified by sequencing relevant 16S rRNA gene DGGE bands | |||||||||
| 53777 | 6272 | HYCELL-TPS | Development and implementation of the European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform Secretariat | 2004-05-01 | 2007-10-31 | FP6 | 2758508 | 2379783 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-2003-1.2.9 | The Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technology Platform will contribute to an integrated strategy to accelerate the realisation of a sustainable hydrogen economy in Europe. The European Commission endorsed the Technology Platform concept on 10 September 2003, which will be initiated by the first General Assembly on 20-21 January 2004. To address lack of experience and diversity of issues at stake, one of the key elements of the Platform will be its Secretariat (TPS) in its support and facilitating role. The present Specific Support Action aims to: – Develop an efficient coordination and governance mechanism for the Technology Platform in cooperation with the Advisory Council; – Implement the coordination process and offer a complete administrative and organisational support to the different elements of the platform (Advisory Council, Steering Panels, Initiative Groups and General Assembly); – Act as Information and Communication Centre for the Technology Platform; – Collect, analyse, validate and disseminate Platforms achievements to the stakeholders within and outside the Platform, and raise awareness towards the general public on hydrogen and fuel cells related matters; – Develop the longer term Secretariat for the Technology Platform. | |||||||||
| 53812 | 14032 | FUSION | FUndamental studies of tranSport in Inorganic Nanostructures | 2005-11-01 | 2009-10-31 | FP6 | 2566623 | 2100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-NMP | NMP-2003-3.4.2.1-2 | Fusion represents the integration of leading international researchers from a range of disciplines including chemistry, physical chemistry, material science and engineering, established to initiate a problem-based approach to the development of ultra-high performance, high temperature, gas separation materials based on newly emerging porous, inorganic materials (PIMs), associated fabrication processes and, in a key way, fundamental molecular-level phenomenon. To leverage the maximum impact of these new discoveries and developments for ultra-thin PIMs, major gas separation challenges will be taken as case studies for investigation, including the high temperature separation of CO2/Air, SOX/Air, O2/N2 and H2/CH4 gas mixtures. Taking the case of the separation of CO2/Air as an example, the successful removal of CO2 from gas streams has, not only, huge commercial implications in the production of a purified CO2 gas stream as a product or raw material, but it necessarily has very significant environmental ramifications, particularly in the light of EU obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. | |||||||||
| 53886 | 509187 | ADEG | Advanced decentralised energy generation systems in Western Balkans | 2004-05-01 | 2007-04-30 | FP6 | 1189802 | 1189802 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-INCO | INCO-2002-C.1.3 | The overall objective of the work is to formulate promising solutions for decentralised systems in the area of Western Balkans based on the utilisation of renewable energy sources and hybrid systems. Aiming to contribute to sustainable development differen t technological concept including biomass combustion and gasification, wind, solar and hydropower will be examined in parallel with the local capacity and particularities. Alteration of existing technologies in order to achieve increased efficiency and rel iability of stand-alone power supply in selected isolated regions will be investigated. The technical, operational, economic and environmental characteristics of renewable energy systems will be examined and hybrid systems will be formulated for the optimi sed grid performance with the optimum utilisation of local energy sources. Proposals for type of technology and units’ size will be formed. The specific needs of the existing and the future regional energy demand side will be taken into account. For the ad vanced utilisation of renewable sources the alteration of existing technological solution with the production of Hydrogen will be investigated and the opportunities of the introduction of novel technologies such as Fuel cells in decentralised energy grids will be assessed. The work to be carried out will result into the formulation of Specifications for the optimisation of Grid penetration in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in conjunction with the determination of specific low cost power production schemes for decentralised areas in these 3 WE countries.’ | |||||||||
| 53907 | 29822 | HYCOURSE | European Summer School on Hydrogen Safety | 2006-03-01 | 2010-02-28 | FP6 | -1 | 620450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-1.4.1 | The aim of this project is the establishment of the first European training course on hydrogen safety, namely, the ¿European Summer School on Hydrogen Safety (HyCourse)¿. The University of Ulster (UU) is a partner in European Network of Excellence HySafe ( www.hysafe.org) leading the development of e-Academy of Hydrogen Safety. The draft for development of the International Curriculum on Hydrogen Safety Engineering has been developed recently by HySafe partners with participation of external international ex perts as a first important step in the establishment of training and educational programmes in hydrogen safety. Currently, these programmes are absent in Europe. The development of teaching materials according to the Curriculum and reflecting the state-of-the-art is urgently needed for education in this field which is essential for the public acceptance and the safe commercialisation of hydrogen applications. High quality teaching materials will be developed in HyCourse by leading world-class experts select ed throughout the world. The training field addresses the thematic priority area 6.1 ¿Sustainable Energy Systems¿ particularly 6.1.3.2.2 ¿New technologies for energy carriers/transport and storage, in particular hydrogen¿. Four events will take place in fo ur different locations in Europe with the first hold in Ulster. During each 10 day summer school, 16 keynote speakers will give lectures to 60 researchers. Round table discussions, work-in-progress sessions, software demonstrations/training are organised t o stimulate contact building between leading experts and junior researchers. The lectures will be used to develop two on-line modules, one in fundamentals and one in applied hydrogen safety. The e-learning modules will be tested at a session during the las t event and made available to e-Academy partners for their educational programmes to promote culture of safe hydrogen handling in Europe and the rest of the world after completion of the project. | |||||||||
| 53909 | 19770 | SOLHYCARB | Hydrogen from Solar Thermal Energy: High Temperature Solar Chemical Reactor for Co-production of hydrogen and carbon black from natural gas cracking | 2006-03-01 | 2010-02-28 | FP6 | 3254600 | 1997300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.6 | The SOLHYCARB proposal addresses the exploration of an unconventional route for potentially cost effective hydrogen production with concentrated solar energy. The novel process thermally decomposes natural gas (NG) in a high temperature solar chemical reac tor. This process results in two products: a H2-rich gas and a high-value nano-material, Carbon Black (CB). H2 and marketable CB are thus produced with renewable energy. Solar energy is stored as a transportable fuel. The fuel has zero CO2 emission: carbon as opposed to CO2 is sequestered, and fossil fuels are saved. Potential impacts on CO2 emission reduction and energy saving are respectively: 14 kg CO2 avoided and 277 MJ per kg H2 produced, with respect to conventional NG steam reforming and CB processin g. The proposal aims at designing, constructing, and testing innovative solar reactors at different scales (1-10 kW and 50 kW) for operating conditions at 1500-2300 K and 1 bar. First, two prototypes based on different concepts of solar receiver/reactor (d irect and indirect heating concepts) will be developed and studied. A critical analysis of the results from experiments and modelling will determine the best reactor concept suitable for solar methane splitting. Based on the concept retained, a 50 kW power pilot reactor will be developed. The targeted results are: methane conversion over 80%, H2 yield in the off-gas over 75%, and CB properties equivalent to industrial products. This experimental work is highly combined with advanced reactor modelling, study of separation unit operations, industrial uses of the produced gas, and determination of CB properties for applications in batteries and polymers. Decentralized and centralized commercial solar chemical plants (and hybrid plants) will be designed for 50/1 00 kWth and 10/30 MWth. Projected cost of H2 for large-scale solar plants depends on the price of CB: 14 Euros/GJ for the lowest CB grade sold at 0.66 Euros/kg and decreasing to 10 E/GJ for CB at 0.8 E/kg | |||||||||
| 53945 | 518351 | CREATE ACCEPTANCE | Cultural influences on renewable energy acceptance and tools for the devel-opment of communication strategies to promote acceptance among key actor groups | 2006-02-01 | 2008-01-31 | FP6 | 1975720 | 1345543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.8 | The objectives of this project are to increase the competitiveness RES and RUE technologies by developing a tool that can measure, promote and improve social acceptance of these technologies by means of: i. Assessing the already developed Socr obust tool platform for the suitability in general by mapping its potential to contribute to societal embedding of RES and RUE technologies and identification of the limitations to assess the social acceptance of RES and RUE.; ii. Determine the key elements of social acceptance of RES and RUE technologies by assessing the regionally historical and recent social acceptance of renewable energy technologies such as hydrogen, biomass, CO2 capture and sequestration, solar thermodynamics, and wind; i ii. Enhance the Socrobust tool platform into a multi-stakeholder tool for assessing and promoting social acceptance by integrating knowledge gained in objectives (i.), and (ii.), and by designing the necessary instruments and procedures to creat e a region and target-group specific strategy to address the social acceptance of the deployed technology; iv. Validation and deployment of the multi-stakeholder tool in five selected demonstration projects, covering a wide range of RES and RUE technologies as well as various regions in EUROP. The preliminarily selected demonstration projects are ECTOS in the Nordic countries, a biomass project in East-European region, CCS in West-Europe region and the solar thermodynamics project Archimede in t he Mediterranean region; dissemination of the multi-stakeholder tool to key stakeholders involved in implementation of new RES and RUE technologies. The result of this project will be a publicly available tool that can measure, promote and improve soci al acceptance of new sustainable technologies. | |||||||||
| 53964 | 19802 | GENHYPEM | Proton Exchange Membrane- based Electrochemical Hygrogen Generator | 2005-10-01 | 2008-12-31 | FP6 | 2509000 | 1300000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | GenHyPEM is a project related to the electrolytic production of hydrogen from water, using proton exchange membrane (PEM) – based electrochemical generators. The specificity of this project is that all basic research efforts are devoted to the optimization of already existing electrolysers of industrial size, in order to facilitate the introduction of this technology in the industry and to propose technological solutions for the industrial and domestic production of electrolytic hydrogen. GenHyPEM gathers p artners from academic institutions and from the industry who will provide a 291 man-month research effort over three years, in order to reach three main technological objectives aimed at improving the performances of current 1000 Nliter/hour H2 industrial water electrolysers : (i) Development of alternative low-cost membrane electrode assemblies and stack components with electrochemical performances similar to those of state-of-the-art systems. The objectives are the development of nano-scaled electrocataly tic structures for reducing the amount of noble metals; the synthesis and characterization of non-noble metal catalytic compounds provided by molecular chemistry and bio-mimetic approaches; the preparation of new composite membrane materials for high curre nt density, high pressure and high temperature operation; the development and optimization of low-cost porous titanium sheets acting as current collectors in the electrolysis stack. (ii) Development of an optimized stack structure for high current density (1 A.cm-2) and high pressure (50 bars) operation for direct pressurized storage. (iii) Development of an automated and integrated electrolysis unit allowing gas production from intermittent renewable sources of energy such as photovoltaic-solar and wind. | |||||||||
| 54023 | 503765 | HI2H2 | Highly efficient, High temperature, Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis | 2004-08-01 | 2007-07-31 | FP6 | 1767081 | 1106887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | It is proposed to develop a high temperature water electrolyser with very high electrical efficiencies. The Hot Elly project has demonstrated that a breakthrough in water electrolysis efficiencies is possible by going to high temperatures (900-1000°C). The electrical efficiencies demonstrated in the Hot Elly electrolyser was close to 92% compared to 50-60% in traditional alkaline electrolysers. By making use of an external source of heat such as concentrated solar, it is possible to increase the electrical efficiency even further. The project aims to make use of the materials and technological developments that have been made in the last 10 years on planar SOFC technology and to apply to develop and evaluate a planar Solide Oxide Water Electrolyser (SOWE). Two different technologies will be developed using the SOFC cells as a starting point: anode supported cells and metal supported cells. The degradation of the SOWE will be analysed and the main mechanisms identified. Improved metal alloys and coatings as well as anode and cathode materials will be developed to limit any corrosion. The objective the project will be to demonstrate a degradation inferior to 1%/1000 hours on a short 5×5 cm2 stack for a period of 2000 hours. | |||||||||
| 54042 | 20030 | HYDROSOL II | Solar Hydrogen via Water Splitting in Advanced Monolithic Reactors for Future Solar Power plants. | 2005-11-01 | 2009-10-31 | FP6 | 4294600 | 2182700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.6 | Building on the results of FP5 project HYDROSOL the present proposal concerns the technical realisation and evaluation of a directly solar heated process for two-step thermo-chemical water splitting using an innovative solar thermochemical reactor as the core of a volumetric receiver. The reactor is based on ceramic honeycombs incorporating active metal oxide redox pair systems. This method provides two major advantages: Hence no transportation/recycling of vast amounts of solid materials is needed and Hydrogen product separation is straightforward. As a central result of HYDROSOL, the feasibility of solar hydrogen production and the capability for multi-cycling of the thermo-chemical process developed was applied and proven. The results of the experimental and conceptual investigation show that a scale- up is possible and worthwhile and that the technology applied is a promising method for mass production of renewable hydrogen. Cost analyses indicate that technical improvements of the HYDROSOL process provide the potential to reduce by the production costs of hydrogen from 18 to 10-12 Eurocent/kWh (LHV) in the medium-term and by ongoing commercialisation to 6 Eurocent/kWh (LHV) in the long-term. In the present Proposal, a pilot reactor for solar thermo-chemical hydrogen production will be designed, constructed, installed and operated. The tasks of the Project include the enhancement of long-term stability of the thermochemical reactor, the development of operation/control strategy for continuous production of hydrogen, the design and development of a 100 kWth pilot reactor, the installation and test operation of the pilot reactor and all necessary peripheral components at a solar platform. Finally a detailed technical and economic evaluation of the entire process and its integration in future solar power plants will be performed. | |||||||||
| 54210 | 21792 | PROCOMAL | Study of local environment and microscopic motion of protons in yttrium doped barium cerate by neutron diffraction, neutron scattering and microscopic simulation | 2006-01-03 | 2008-01-02 | FP6 | -1 | 175546 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.2 | ‘Alarming environmental concerns and the decline of supply of relatively cheap crude oil in the next decade signal an end to the era of fossil fuel utilisation for energy production and call urgently for revolutionary advances in alternative energy sources . Among other possibilities hydrogen is the ideal fuel and fuel cells are one of the most attractive energy conversion devices. The major research and development obstacles are the high cost in catalyst loading, corrosion and poisoning of electrodes and components and severe demands on electrolyte properties. Our proposal focuses on a neutron-scattering study joint to atomistic modelling of the proton dynamics in yttrium-doped barium cerate (BCY), a solid electrolyte. Further step is the interaction with a team of fuel-cell prototyping and testing. BCY is known for its high protonic and low electronic conductivity at ~800°C, a temperature acceptable for industrial power generation to onboard vehicle applications and suitable for fuel-cell operation without noble metal catalysts. Our experimental approach builds on the exceptional sensitivity of neutrons to hydrogen (via incoherent scattering) for proton-diffusion study and the high contrasts among the elements in BCY (via coherent scattering) for structural characterization of the system. We propose to use 1) the QENS spectrometer (IPNS-ANL) for its unique capability of concurrent data collection of diffraction and quasi-elastic to elastic scattering, 2) the pulsed-source chopper spectrometer HRMECS (IPNS-ANL) for access to the high energy transfer range to probe the phonon and local modes involving hydrogen and 3) MIBEMOL multi-chopper spectrometer (LLB) for its high energy-resolution and neutron flux for detailed quasi-elastic scattering. The proposed wor k aims at the training of the fellow in two world-standard neutron facilities and exposing him to the interaction between 3 groups of experts to address a research topic of primary importance.’ | |||||||||
| 54678 | 502577 | HYTRAN | Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Road Transport | 2004-01-01 | 2012-03-31 | FP6 | 16803537 | 8811143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.1;SUSTDEV-2.1.1 | Two innovative integrated Fuel Cell Systems for automotive application will be developed within specific Technological Platforms: -) TP1 ‘POWERTRAIN’: development of a system for traction power by an 80 kW direct hydrogen PEM fuel cell system implemented on a passenger car. -) TP2 ‘APU’: development of 10 kW Auxiliary Power Unit for both light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, including microstructured diesel oil steam reformer, clean-up reactors, an innovative refórmate hydrogen stack and balance of plant components. These objectives will be reached via R&TD activities that will address the most critical technical bottlenecks which currently hamper wide market penetration of PEM fuel cell systems for road transport, while accounting some of the key market and policy drivers and barriers. Particularly, the following innovative components will be developed: – a 80 kW direct hydrogen stack with strong weight and volume reduction, increased efficiency, durability and start-up time, with innovative MEAs emboding sealing layers (7-layers PEMs); – a 10 kW reformate stack, including innovative electrocatalyst and MEA elements tolerant to very high CO concentrations (up to 5000 ppms) and low-resisitivity (<50 Ohm cm) bipolar plates; - a highly efficient, clean and compact micro-structured diesel steam reformer and gas purification unit proving at least 2000 h durability; - variable displacement compressors with reduced noice level; - innovative humidification/dehumjdification apparatus; - heat exchanger and radiator customised for the different applications. Specific targets for both platforms will be achieved via a system approach leading to development and validation of three Fuel Cell powered vehicles (POWERTRAIN: passenger car; APU: light- and heavy-duty vehicles) with high 'well-to-wheel' efficiency... | |||||||||
| 54857 | 510513 | IRC HESSEN/RHEINLAND | Innovation Relay Centre Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz | 2004-05-05 | 2008-03-31 | FP6 | 2316913 | 1074483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-INNOVATION | INNOVATION-4.2 | The basis of the IRC’s high-quality provision of services is the ‘Modular Service Management Concept’, a distinguished client approach. The idea is to acquire new clients offering modular complementary services and to help existing ones to pass from pass ive use of services to active engagement pushing both the clients’ interest and the IRC goals. The concept is customer-friendly, with interchanging and flexible services promptly reacting to entrepreneurial needs. The IRC network will profit from this ap proach to stimulate the capacity of firms adopting and transferring new technologies – thus pushing innovation Europe wide. An integral part is a systematic follow-up with a contract and pricing system. Performance indicators help to evaluate the clients ‘ involvement. Implementing the benchmarked tool ‘Diapro Extra Light’ enables the IRC to select companies as to their potential and intentions thus disburdening the network from non-essential TT profiles. Backed by the host organisations with expertise to assess TT profiles and ‘technology key lines’ the IRC is well-prepared to generate high-quality TO/TR. Being member of the board of 3 regional competence networks of materials, optical, hydrogen and fuel cell industries combined with 4 memberships in th e IRC Thematic Groups the IRC is provided with a pool of committed ‘key clients’. The IRC will provide the IRC network with 3 ‘good practices’ and will support the implementation: An interactive tool for an improved presentation of TO/TR in BBS and at br okerage events; Grande Région, a model for a transregional cluster and its working procedures; A special approach for gaining and keeping a critical mass of TTT clients. This contributes to the establishment of the ERA integrating regional infrastructure s of excellence in Europe to develop sustainable synergies. Important part of the project management is a advanced real time project controlling. | |||||||||
| 55231 | 2322 | nan | Fuel Cell Systems Performance Testing and Standardisation | nan | nan | FP6 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-JRC | 2.3.2 | Specific Objectives: 1. To complete the JRC Fuel Cell Testing Facility The JRC Fuel Cell Testing Facility will be part of the European Virtual Testing Facility will take part in the validation of the results of the FCTESTNET network; 2. To co-ordinate FCTESTNET and to take part in the technical tasks of the Network; 3. To prepare, as co-ordinator, a proposal for a Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) for modeling of fuel cells and fuel cell stacks; 4. To provide input to the SETRIS activity. Anticipated milestones and schedule: 1.1 Completion of the testing facility infrastructure in October 2003 1.2 Complete installation of the equipment in December 2003 1.3 Commissioning of the facility by December 31, 2003 2.1 Technology map available in September 2003 2.2 2-D modelling ready in December 2003 3.1 Proposal ready for submission to the first call (Call identifier: FP6- 2002-Energy-1, Fixed deadline at 18.03.2003) 4.1 Dates to be determined ad hoc. Planned Deliverables: 1.1 Completed infrastructure for the facility. This comprises preparing and submitting the application for the environmental licence to the local authorities, launching and completing a call for tender for modification of infrastructure and infrastructural modifications. 1.2 Completed installation of the equipment. This comprises finalising the investment plan (a geothermal cooling system, installing the testing facility with a number of auxiliary equipment (deionized water generator, steam generator, geothermal cooling system, environmental chamber and gas analysers), and a final commissioning of the laboratory. 1.3 Commissioned facility; 2.1 Technology map of fuel cell testing competences in Europe An inventory (mapping) of industrial activities, institutes and consortia that work on fuel cell development, including their RTD, demonstration and commercialisation targets and strategies, collaborative links, and an assessment of their specific strength will be made. This includes the main testing results of the different technologies, as far as published. 2.2 Two-dimensional mathematical modelling of flow, heat and mass transfer phenomena in a single fuel cell. It will entail the solution of Navier-Stokes equations as well heat and mass transfer within the porous medium of a single fuel cell; 3.1 Prepared project proposal; 4.1 Reports to SETRIS in the area of fuel cells, pending on customer DGs requests. Summary of the Action: The main goal of the Action is to initiate a European Reference System for Fuel Cell Testing, through the operation of the Fuel Cell Testing and Standardisation Network (FCTESTNET) that will start operating at the end of 2002 with 55 partners. The action also supports the creation of a European Virtual Testing Laboratory for Fuel cells. Accordingly, the action works towards integrating European research activities in testing and standardisation in the field. It will result in short and medium term developments that can be delivered to the industry, but that will benefit policy development as well. In 2003 the main focus is to guarantee a smooth start of the activities. This action will remain in close working relationship with ISA 2.3.1. Rationale Fuel cell systems offer a clean and highly efficient way to convert energy carriers (e.g. hydrogen, natural gas) into electricity. This has been recently acknowledged at the highest political level of the Commission by the President Prodi, Vice-president Mrs. De Palacio, and Commissioner Busquin during the launch of the High Level group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in October 2002. According to the summary of President Prodi ‘This is an important choice for Europe, Hydrogen technology will not only reduce our energy dependency and gas emissions; in the long run it will also change considerably our socio- economic model and create new opportunities for developing countries’. However, the technology is not yet mature and needs to be further developed. Significant technological challenges still need to be addressed. For the rating of improvements in fuel cell technology, commonly agreed measures for system efficiency such as power density, dynamic behaviour and durability are indispensable. This requires the definition of harmonised testing procedures both for entire fuel cell systems and for system components. To be successful, a large variety of boundary conditions need to be tracked (e.g. caused by different applications, different stack technologies, various types of fuel, fuel quality, etc). To date, no standardised test procedures for fuel cell systems, stacks and cells are available. Similarly, no standardised test procedures exist for the assessment of fuel cell systems against user requirements for stationary, portable and transport applications (e.g. homologation testing of fuel cell vehicles). In practice many laboratories have developed their own test protocols to meet the needs of their own or national R&D programmes. In spite of the fact that fuel cells are still in pre-competitive phase, the issue of harmonisation of testing procedures and measurement methods needs to be addressed now to ensure a smooth introduction of the technology. | |||||||||
| 55232 | 2313 | nan | Energy Technologies Modelling and Scenarios Project | nan | nan | FP6 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-JRC | 2.3.1 | Specific Objectives: 1. To provide energy technology projections related to the role of hydrogen as a primary energy carrier and the long-term prospects for the so- called ‘Hydrogen Economy’. This should complement the on-going exercise on alternative transportation fuels; 2. To expand the energy technology reference system to address the particularities of Candidate Countries in view of an enlargement of the POLES model to deal in detail with them. Purchase/install/adapt and set-up for exploitation the necessary databases; 3. To enlarge the energy techno-economic database with a detailed characterisation of two additional sectors: (a) the refineries and petrochemical industries and (b) non-ferrous metals (to complement the on-going exercises on steel industries, cement industries and pulp-and-paper). These exercises have to be conducted in close connection with the corresponding IPPC BREF papers, as well as with other SETRIS actions; 4. To provide support to DG TREN in the follow-up of the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply. Exploring, through the design of alternative scenarios, the role of technology renewal in mitigating the external dependence of the EU in energy supply. Anticipated milestones and schedule 1.1 Expert advisory panels 1.2 Report on long-term hydrogen scenarios: December 2003 2.1 Database update report 3.1 Dedicated report on the refineries and petrochemical industries industries 3.2 Dedicated report on the non-ferrous metals industries 3.3 Paper on the modelling set-up developed to capture the future sector dynamics 4.1 First results to be provided by the end of 2003. Planned Deliverables: 1.1 Expert advisory panels 1.2 report on long-term hydrogen scenarios 2.1 Database update report 3.1 Dedicated report on the refineries and petrochemical industries industries 3.2 Dedicated report on the non-ferrous metals industries 3.3 Paper on the modelling set-up developed to capture the future sector dynamics; 4.1 To undertake model (POLES) runs to provide answers to the EU security of supply in terms of (i) external dependence by fuel and region (ii) demand/supply scenarios and (iii) technological developments. Summary of the Action: The action supports the policy-making process by providing reliable information of energy technology trends, energy resources and markets at EU and world level and evaluating the impact of accelerated technological changes and other related policies crucial for the socio-economic system. Particular attention is given to the monitorization of the energy markets in Candidate Countries, in support of the enlargement policy. The tasks of this action include: Continuous update of techno-economic information (energy databases, etc.) and upgrade, update, demonstration and maintenance of the models and tools used. Run scenarios (single and alternate) to provide the policy making process with a common context and a vehicle for presentation of concepts and information on energy technologies, in co-operation with the foresight activities of ISA 4.1.2. Analyse the relationship between the process of technology adoption and substitution and the general regulatory framework in energy markets(both related to environmental externalities and to market organization and competition). Elaboration of reports on particular technological filières (fuel cells, renewables, hydrogen, large industrial sectors, etc) according to policy- demands. Support the prioritization of R&D in the energy field by providing relevant prospective scientific and techno-economic quantitative and qualitative information. In this respect, this action will also contribute, as deemed necessary, to the execution of the ESTIR activity of DG RTD in partnership with the other actions of SETRIS under the co-ordination of Action 2311. Rationale The purpose of this action is to develop scenarios for energy supply and demand utilizing the appropriate modelling and forecasting tools, to be used in conjunction with other Actions of this ISA. This is perceived as a crucial activity to support environmental-protection policies promoted by the EC in the framework of the Sustainable Development Strategy adopted in the European Council of Goteborg 2001 as well as to reinforce EC Energy policy (Follow-up of the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply): Support to the European policymakers by providing an analysis of the possible contributions from technologies on the supply and demand side: (i) to reduce the primary energy external dependency of the EU under various policy-relevant scenarios, and (ii) to fulfil the EU international obligations on environmental protection, including compliance with the Kyoto Protocol to reduce CO2 emissions. Provision of a description of the main energy technology developments expected to occur up to 2030 and beyond, together with a comprehensive economic assessment. | |||||||||
| 55242 | 2323 | nan | Systems for Alternative Fuels – SYSAF | nan | nan | FP6 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-JRC | 2.3.2 | Specific Objectives: 1. To start construction of infrastructure which will house the new high pressure hydrogen storage in order to set up new laboratory installations at the JRC. These facilities are intended to compare and assess safety, performance and storage capacity of various compressed hydrogen storage technologies to support the development of harmonised codes and standards.(Objectives and deliverables related to the operation of the new laboratory installations heavily depend on authorization by the Local Community to construct a bunker designed to house the facilities); 2. To develop competence in the field of solid-state hydrogen storage by setting-up a new facilty to measure adsorption/desorption capacity of hydride and carbon structures. f(PCT Unit) for benchmarking/developing accurate and reliable databases on the hydrogen storage densities of the various technologies; 3. To develop the required competence in this emerging policy area (measures to promote the use of alternative fuels). To build and strengthen partnership through networking in order to articulate needs in key areas and to identify the most promising opportunities for collaboration; 4. To train researchers and provide access to specific installations for safety & performance assessment of hydrogen storage technologies with emphasis on collaboration with Candidate Countries; 5. To collect information on ongoing activities in the development of codes and standards for the safety and performance of emerging hydrogen energy systems. To establish links to relevant committees in the field of safety and storage; 6. In close collaboration with SETRIS (ISA 2.2.1), to support new legislation, provide technical/scientific support to the development of appropriate policy instruments to promote the introduction of alternative fuels (natural gas, hydrogen). Anticipated milestones and schedule 1.1 Finalised second request to Local Community June 2003 1.2 Started construction of infrastructure November 2003. 1.3 Completing set-up calibration of gas analysis equipment permeation equipment June 2003 2.1 Set-up assembly PCT Unit June-July 2003 2.2 First test with newly developed hydrides November 2003 3.1 Database R&D, legislations, standardization, organizations/Institutions December 2003 3.2 Agencies/associations participation & proposal for IP/NoE continuously 3.3 Questionnaire analysis February 2003 4.1 Training of young researchers. CCs Worshop.October 2003 5.1 Mapping safety requirements report June 6.1 Provision of technical information December 2003 6.2 Technical report on R&D storage technologies June 2003. Planned Deliverables: 1.1 Finalised second request to the Local Community for the authorization to construct a bunker, which will house the 2 new facilities (high-pressure cycling & permeation) dedicated to high-pressure test (350 bars) in hydrogen or natural gas of full-scale vehicle tanks; 1.2 Started construction of the infrastructure (bunker sub-contracted) immediately after approval by the Local Community; 1.3 Finalised set-up and calibration of instrumentations for gas analysis (gas chromatograph & quadrupole mass-spectroscopy) which will be used for assessing. The permeation levels which meet the safety standards requirements; 2.1 New fully automated gas titration apparatus installed (hydrogen absorption and desorption for performance measurements in solid-state storage technologies). Set-up/calibration and first test with newly developed metal hydrides; 3.1 Finalisation of a Scientific & Technological mapping on hydrogen storage (EUR report) and of associated database; 3.2 Maintained contact with associations/agencies (ENVGA, European Natural Gas Vehicle Association, EHA European Hydrogen Association, IEA International Energy Agency), to be exploited in proposals for one Network of Excellence and two Integrated Project on hydrogen and natural gas storage; 3.3 Analysis of the executed European survey to identify industrial R&D needs for alternative fuels in vehicles. Analysis to be delivered to participants of the survey and to be used for orienting future SYSAF activities; 4.1 Training of researchers: in particular from Candidate Countries through the organization of one workshop on best practices of Hydrogen storage technologies. Invitation of PhD and Post-Docs currently executing their project to participate in technical sessions as well as experimental testing on IE installations; 5.1 One report to (EUR Report) on mapping of safety and performance evaluation connected to the storage of hydrogen and natural gas, needs for further legislation and standards; 6.1 Continuous technical support and exchange of relevant data with SETRIS on safety and reliability of hydrogen storage and distribution systems. These assessments are to be delivered to DG TREN in the frame of the ‘Alternative Fuel Contact Group’ which is currently advising the Commission on measures to promote the penetration of natural gas and hydrogen in the transport sector. One technical report on hydrogen storage technologies to be delivered to DG TREN under the umbrella of SETRIS. Summary of the Action: This action will contribute to increase the penetration of natural gas and hydrogen as alternative fuels in the energy sector, particularly in road transportation. Special attention will be given to hydrogen as a long-term alternative fuel option in vehicles (powered either by fuel cells or modified combustion engines) in the specific areas of safety, efficiency and performance of innovative storage and distribution systems. This action will provide independent technical expertise and validation of storage performance, efficiency and safety of all competing technologies (compressed, liquid, solid- state metal hydrides, solid-state carbon structures). It aims at harmonising, validating and standardising test procedures for safety and benchmarking operational performance of hydrogen storage and distribution systems. Rationale Under the Kyoto protocol, the EU is committed to achieving an 8% reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases by 2008-2012 compared to the 1990 level. The transport sector accounts for close to 30% of total CO2 emissions in the EU and up to 40% growth is forecast for 2010. The Commission, in its Green Paper on the security of energy supply and in the White Paper on a common transport policy, has set the target of 20% use of alternative fuels in road transport by 2020. Three main potential areas of alternative fuels have been identified by the Commission: biofuels (short-term), natural gas (mid-term) and hydrogen (long-term). For the particular case of hydrogen, a new High Level Group (HLG) advising on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells was launched recently by European Commission President R. Prodi, L. de Palacio and P. Busquin. The objective of this Group will be to advise the Commission on determining the prospects for, and economical impact of, moving towards a sustainable energy economy based on hydrogen and electricity and introducing fuel cells as energy convertors. In general the development of alternative fuels calls for a major effort in terms of research and technological development. This includes the study of fuel storage and distribution technologies providing the automotive and transport industry with reliable information on the design of on-board energy storage, upstream of the fuel cell. Safety being a crucial issue, there is now an urgent need to develop effective best practices and harmonised safety standards. | |||||||||
| 55253 | 2311 | nan | New and clean energy technology assessment systems | nan | nan | FP6 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-JRC | 2.3.1 | Specific Objectives: 1. To coordinate the SETRIS ISA for enhancing its integrated character required by its mission and for facilitating its aim to become the information and dissemination focus of JRC for its customers and users concerned with sustainable energy technologies; 2. To enable together with the other SETRIS actions, the establishment of a Scientific Reference System (SRS) on sustainable energy technologies, building upon the pilot SRS on renewables and end-use energy efficiency (action 2312) including energy agencies in MS and CC as well as partners from related existing Networks (PREWIN, HTR, FCTESTNET.) and other services in the field of energy information (Eurostat, EEA); to evaluate and formulate the procedures for the harmonisation and validation of information in accordance with the needs of DG TREN, DG RTD and DG ENV; 3. To coordinate the JRC inputs into the ESTIR activity of DG RTD and to supportand expand the existing indicators datasheets, as required and agreed with DG RTD, with special emphasis on carbon sequestration, fuel cells, hydrogen technologies, biomass and natural gas; 4. To support the Community strategy (TREN-led) on alternative fuels in the EU energy market by providing information to the Contact Group and by preparing 2 techno-economic assessments: one hydrogen storage technologies and another on the prospective of penetration of alternative fuels(biofuels- natural gas-hydrogen) in the EU market till 2020; 5. To support the work/analysis of TREN (C) on the security of energy supply (Green Paper follow-up) accounting for the effects of accelerated introduction of new energy technologies (renewables, decentralized power generation, etc) on scenarios addressing the main indicators of external energy dependencies; 6. To set up the necessary tools for information storage and dissemination, in consultation with the IE Database Group and to establish a Network of organisations from within the SRS to disseminate information; 7. To provide training opportunities for both EU and CC young scientists and visiting scientists. Undertake a number of seminars to raise the Institute/JRC awareness on energy technology developments; 8. Continue supporting DG TREN/DIR F in its work related within the International Civil Aviation Organisation/ Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection on matters related with aero-engines-GHGs mitigation. Member of the EC delegation, representing the Commission in the Standards Task Group and the Working Group 3 on Technology/Aviation Emissions. Anticipated milestones and schedule: 1.2 Set of timely responses as come in 2.1 Go-no-go decision on SRS on sustainable energy technologies OCTOBER 2003 3.1 Updated set of indicators as requests come in from RTD 4.1 Techno-economic assessment 1 JULY 2003 4.2 Techno-economic assessment 2 OCTOBER 2003 4.3 Expert workshop SEPTEMBER 2003 5.1 Input to the technological modules for modeling (POLES) for the Carbon sequestration technologies by JUNE 2003 and for decentralized power generation by December 2003 6.1 Database operational by NOVEMBER 2003 6.2 Map of information recipients by NOVEMBER 2003 7.2 Seminar 1 in JULY 2003 and Seminar 2 in DECEMBER 2003 8.1 According to the 2003 workplan of the WG3 of the CAEP/6 process of ICAO. Planned Deliverables: 1.1 Coordinated outputs according to the JRC project management procedures; common PR, dissemination tools 1.2 Integrated Response Mechanism to ad-hoc requests; set of fast responses; 2.1 Feasibility study on the enlargement of the Reneewables and Energy efficiency SRS to a global sustainable energy technologies SRS 2.2 Establishment of working partnership with Eurostat (Energy Statistics) EEA (Energy & Environment), IEA (Energy Technology Policy) with respect to energy technologies data exchange; 3.1 Updated set of indicators; 4.1 A technoeconomic assessment of hydrogen storage technologies 4.2 A techno-economic assessment on the prospective penetration of alternative fuels in the EU market till 2020 4.3 Expert workshop on natural gas and hydrogen storage technologies; 5.1 Validated Technological data and information, specifically of carbon sequestration and decentralized power generation technologies, as input to the energy modelling (action 2313) for the design of alternative scenarios as agreed with TREN; 6.1 Database based on the ODIN platform 6.2 Map of information recipients; 7.1 Two scientists to be trained on energy technology/life cycle assessments 7.2 Give 2 seminars; 8.1 Attendance of meetings, drafting of reports and discussion papers, the latter in consultation with DG TREN(F). Summary of the Action: This Action will provide expert S&T support to the development and implementation of a European sustainable energy policy. The goal of the action is to become a reliable and objective source of information and expert S&T advice on selected new and clean energy technologies (e.g. hydrogen technologies, carbon sequestration, fuel cells, biomass and natural gas) at the disposal of the policy maker. It will develop an energy technologies database, disseminate harmonised and validated information on energy technologies and sustain the DG RTD activity on energy technologies indicators (ESTIR). It will also provide techno-economic and sustainability impact assessments on clean energy technologies and expert opinion to user DGs. The action will also investigate the possibility of building up a Network on clean energy technologies aiming to ultimately facilitate a Scientific Reference System (SRS) in this area. It will coordinate and also work closely with all other actions of the Sustainable Energy Technologies Reference and Information System (SETRIS), as well as with the ISA 2.3.2 Actions (CLEANWEB, SYSAF and FCTEST). In addition, the action will have a dynamic quick response mechanism to respond to requests by its users for information on energy technologies issues that require timely, expert and unbiased scientific and technical opinion. In 2003, the action will focus on the following issues: carbon sequestration, fuel cells, hydrogen technologies, biomass and natural gas. Rationale The pursuit of a sustainable energy policy requires a constant flow of information on energy systems evolution and market developments, as indicated in the Intelligent Energy for Europe(2003-2006) programme (COM(2002)162) and in line with the dynamic development of priorities for an energy policy under the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (COM(2001)264). It also requires a successful strategy that relies on the potential of energy technologies innovation. Driven by these needs of EU energy policy and for assisting the case for policies to foster innovation in the field of energy technologies (Environmental Technology for Sustainable Development (COM(2002)122), JRC is launching in FP6 the Sustainable Energy Technologies Reference & Information System ¡VSETRIS- integrated scientific area. SETRIS integrates JRCs S&T knowledge on energy technologies of its Institutes for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Prospective Technological Studies and for Transuranium Elements. It mobilizes its networking infrastructure, engages with all stakeholders within ERA and draws from the JRC energy related research projects. SETRIS aims to become the coordination, communication and dissemination focus for customers involved with the energy policy process and concerned with energy technology options in the context of sustainable development. The aim of the action, within SETRIS, is to assist and support the development and the implementation of the European energy policy by providing is to provide the required S&T support on new and clean energy technologies to the relevant Commission services by making available validated and up-to-date information, data and techno-economic assessments and by facilitating the development of a scientific and technical reference system on sustainable energy technologies. | |||||||||
| 55443 | 502445 | CASCADE MINTS | CAse Study Comparisons And Development of Energy Models for INtegrated Technology Systems (CASCADE MINTS) | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 | FP6 | 1731509 | 952050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-POLICIES | POLICIES-3.2 | CASCADE-MINTS is a modelling and technology analysis project in two parts. Part 1 studies the prospect of a hydrogen economy touching all aspects of the energy economy and requiring integrated analytical treatment. Existing models will be extended and radically re-designed so as to describe all possible configurations of a hydrogen economy. This will include all demand categories where fuel cells can be used as well as the different options for distributing, storing and producing hydrogen from different primary sources. The models will be used to analyse scenarios assuming favourable trajectories for the technical and economic characteristics of hydrogen related technologies (both on the demand and supply side). Special attention will be given to technology clusters where particular breakthroughs may produce cumulative effects. Technology dynamics mechanisms will be incorporated in the models to enable them to perform R&D policy simulations in a dynamic environment where an increase in R&D effort produces improvements leading to higher technology adoption and hence to further improvements through experience gained in a virtuous learning circle. Stochastic modelling will be undertaken to allow a systematic assessment of the likelihood of different paths towards a hydrogen dominated energy system. Part 2 examines to what extent policies fostering the development and deployment of hydrogen and fuel cells,CO2capture and storage,renewables and nuclear energy can contribute to lowering GHG emissions and import dependency, and to what extent appropriate policies can foster their development and subsequent deployment. The analysis uses detailedenergy-econ.-environm.(E3)models that can provide useful insights. Aiming at the most thorough analysis and the most or-bust policy responses the proposed project brings together experts on different E3 models to jointly analyse key issues on the energy policy agenda. Part 2 intends to enhance the communication . | |||||||||
| 55563 | 502704 | HYTHEC | High Temperature Thermochemical Cycles (HYTHEC) | 2004-04-01 | 2007-12-31 | FP6 | 2944574 | 1898268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | To support the development of a hydrogen economy massive production means are needed. Currently hydrogen is mainly produced from the fossil resources via processes based on cracking or water reforming, with only a few percent being produced by off-peak electrolysis. These processes are considered to be the cheapest in the short and medium term. In the long term, given the prospect of a lack of fossil resources and limitations on the release of greenhouse gases, only water and biomass are the two candidate raw materials for hydrogen production and the two processes that have the greatest likelihood of successful massive hydrogen production using water as the raw material are electrolysis and thermo chemical cycles. The Integrated Project INNOHYP covers the most promising massive hydrogen production processes in the short medium and long term. The objective of HYTHEC is to evaluate the potential of one thermo chemical process i.e. the Iodine-Sulphur (IS) cycle and one hybrid cycle i.e. the Westinghouse cycle. They have in common the H2SO4 decomposition reaction. These cycles have been chosen as a prototypes for further study, given that important amounts of data are available in the literature and that the United States and Japan are actively continuing the development of the IS cycle. The work will be broken down into seven parts : 1-Project management 2-The detailed assessment of IS. The work will consist of the update of efficiency calculations via flow sheet optimisation and the search for improvements to the process. It will be performed in co-operation with the leading teams from the US ( General Atomics and Sandia National Laboratory) and from Japan (JAERI ). 3-The analysis of the HI/I2/H2O liquid vapour equilibrium model of the hydrogen production section of the cycle. 4-A review of membrane separation techniques relevant to the IS process 5-The assessment of the Westinghouse cycle with emphasis on its electrolytic and H2SO4 sections. | |||||||||
| 55695 | 502630 | HYSAFE | Safety of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier (HYSAFE) | 2004-03-01 | 2009-02-28 | FP6 | 13213041 | 7160000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.2 | The overall goal of HySafe is to contribute to the safe transition to a more sustainable development in Europe by facilitating the safe introduction of hydrogen as an energy carrier of the future. The objectives of the network include: -To contribute to common understanding and approaches for addressing hydrogen safety issues; -To integrate experience and knowledge on hydrogen safety in Europe; -To integrate and harmonise the fragmented research base; -To provide contributions to EU safety requirements, standards and codes of practice; -To contribute into improved technical culture to handle hydrogen as an energy carrier; -To promote public acceptance of hydrogen technologies. These objectives are to be achieved by: -Developing, harmonising and validating methodologies for safety assessments; -Undertaking safety and risk studies; -Establishment of a hydrogen incident and accident database; -Creation of a set of specialised research facilities; -Identification of a set of specialised complimentary codes and models that can be used for safety studies; -Promoting fundamental research necessary to address hydrogen safety issues; -Extracting net outcomes from safety and risk assessment studies as input to EU-legal requirements, standards and codes of practice; -Organizing training and educational programmes on hydrogen safety, including on-line mode (e-Academy); -Disseminating the results through HySafe website, Annual Report on Hydrogen Safety, and Biannual International Symposium on Hydrogen Safety. HySafe network addresses the medium and long term objectives of the Priority 6.1 ‘Sustainable energy systems’. In particular, the HySafe NoE is directly relevant to the objectives of research area 6.1.3.2.2 concerning development of a robust and reliable framework for assessment of the safety of hydrogen technologies. | |||||||||
| 55771 | 501669 | WETO-H2 | World Energy Technology Outlook – 2050 (WETO-H2) | 2004-01-01 | 2005-12-31 | FP6 | 460600 | 394000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-POLICIES | POLICIES-3.2 | This proposal is a co-ordination action whose final objective is to produce the pre-print of a reference book presenting a world energy/technology outlook by 2050. In addition to the elaboration of the long-term baseline projections, the proposed project will also assess various technological breakthroughs likely to occur in the next 50 years in a context of a high value of the carbon, and evaluate two European strategies toward sustainability: the first one towards an hydrogen economy for Europe, the second one towards a reduction by a factor 4 of the CO2 emissions related to energy. The co-ordination action is based on the exploitation of the POLES model which is a global sectoral model of the world energy system, and of mean-variance portfolio optimisation to assess EU-25 energy electricity mixes/scenarios as produced by the POLES model for their financial ‘risk-reward’ efficiency .The work plan proposed is broken down into five Work Packages (WP): | |||||||||
| 55886 | 502829 | SOLREF | Solar Steam Reforming of Methane Rich Gas for Synthesis Gas Production (SOLREF) | 2004-04-01 | 2009-09-30 | FP6 | 3427982 | 2087999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1.2.6 | Methane reforming is an endothermic reaction between methane, steam and/or CO2. The products are a mixture of hydrogen and CO, called syngas. In solar reforming, the calorific value of the fuel is upgraded by 20-30%, accounted for the contribution of the solar energy. The products can be directly combusted in a gas turbine for electricity generation or, can be used as a source for hydrogen production. The process is attractive where the sun is plentiful and where natural gas is available close by (e.g. Italy). The products can be piped in the existing pipeline and can be used as a fuel by customers far from the solar plant. Solar reforming can also be applied to other methane containing feedstocks such as biogas, and CO2 contaminated wells. This makes solar reforming a powerful candidate for benign, pollution free fuel processing in the future hydrogen economy. In the framework of the EC/FP4 the fundamentals of this technology have been developed (SOLASYS project) and tested at a scale of few hundreds kilowatts solar input. Based on the results of the SOLASYS project, the SOLREF project aims to bring the technology forward to the edge of industrialisation. Three main subjects that are crucial to success of this technology will be studied in the SOLREF project. 1) A durable and stable catalytic system for reforming different feedstocks at high temperatures that complies with the specific conditions imposed by the solar application, such as rapid thermal fluctuations. 2) Mechanical modifications and improvements to the reformer and the concept design of the industrial module. 3) Establishing operation procedures, especially for faster start up and shut down. Industrial partners who, following successful completion of SOLREF including the pre-design of a pilot plant, would look to demonstrate and apply the technology in southern Italy back the project. | |||||||||
| 55917 | 6588 | ENCOURAGED | ENERGY CORRIDOR OPTIMISATION, FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKETS OF GAS, ELECTRICITY AND HYDROGEN | 2005-01-01 | 2006-12-31 | FP6 | 899999 | 899999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-POLICIES | POLICIES-3.2 | Successful integration of energy systems in Europe is deeply depending on the opening up of energy markets in EU and neighbouring countries in the next decades. Since the EU is increasingly depending on imports of fossil energy, electricity and (later) hydrogen, it is clear that these network infrastructures depending trade requires a proper technical, economic and environmental assessment of the potential, benefits and barriers of such energy corridor. Key Objectives: – Assessing economically optimal energy corridors (electricity, natural gas and hydrogen) between EU and neighbouring countries. – Identifying barriers and benefits and recommend policy measures for reaching a pan-European energy network. – Scope Secure consensus among scientists, stakeholders and NGO’s on these topics, i.e. by organising regularly workshops to discuss findings and results, invite them to discuss work programme at the kick-off and final report with conclusions and recommendations at a final conference. – Analyse and determine the economic, environmental and socio-economic impacts of the optimum configurations of these energy interconnections. – Disseminate conclusions and recommendations to enforce consensus and concrete actions regarding investment in and changing market policies to increase access to transmission corridors between EU and neighbouring countries and cross border trade in electricity and gas and later after 2020 hydrogen. Approach based on recent studies on the energy corridors we identify and analyse potential and required capacities and routing. We quantify for each energy carrier the optimal configurations and capacities and their impact. Finally per energy carrier follows a final assessment of benefits and barriers and optimised configuration of these corridors. Thereafter an integrated analysis of all 3 corridors into the overall European energy system is conducted to create a sustainable European energy system and dissemination of results takes place | |||||||||
| 55977 | 38406 | CRISTAL | Control of renewable integrated systems targeting advanced landmarks | 2007-12-10 | 2009-12-09 | FP6 | 221280 | 198540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-SUSTDEV | SUSTDEV-1;SUSTDEV-1.1.7 | The CA aims to contribute to the integration and strengthening of European research on Renewable Energy Sources and associated power converters, controllers and combined use. The proposal is a step forward in securing a leading role for Europe in sustainable energy systems, strategically important to some EC Programme objectives: large scale implementation of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), energy storage technologies and systems for grid connected applications. It is focused on the development of key enabling technologies for distributed / smart energy networks, with high power quality and service security. The technical issues to be coordinated are concerned with solar, wind and micro-hydro systems control in conjunction with compensatory energy storage systems (fuel cells, hydrogen) and connection to the grid. | |||||||||
| 56203 | 36440 | MTR+I3 | Integrated infrastructure initiatives for material testing reactors innovations | 2006-10-01 | 2009-09-30 | FP6 | 5918616 | 3500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-EURATOM-NUCTECH | NUCTECH-2005/6-3.4.4.1-1 | MTR\I3 is an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative to reinforce European experimental capabilities for testing material and fuel by : * building a durable cooperation between Material Testing Reactor (MTR) operators and relevant laboratories * maintaining the European leadership with up-dated capabilities and competences * improving and structuring services with coordinated developments and uses of existing MTRs * preparing the future European landscape by implementing Jules Horowitz Reactor (JHR) and subsequent complementary research reactors. MTR\I3 covers: – Networking Activities fostering integration of MTRs community (new Members, associated and candidate states, labs with no, small or large MTRs) involved in designing, fabricating and operating irradiation devices through information exchange, know-how cross-fertilization, exchanges of interdisciplinary personnel and professional training. The network will produce recommendations on irradiation device manufacturing and measurement practices. Transnational Accesses to the consortium MTRs will be prepared by proposing to the end-users in-pile qualifications of the developments performed in the frame of Joint Research Activities, before implementation in their programmes. The tests will be technically and financially assessed by a Transnational Access Committee. – Joint Research Activities focusing on developments and fabrication of innovative test devices improving existing MTRs experimental capabilities to address safety issues, ageing management & optimisation of current power plants, fast neutron reactors with associated fuel cycle (sustainability, actinide management), and technologies for high temperature reactors (hydrogen economy). These developments, reinforced by the networking, will give a direct impulse that improves JHR and subsequent EU research reactor technology. | |||||||||
| 56281 | 25711 | BIO-PRETREAT | Effect of Pre-treatments and/or Additives to the Operational Problems during the Fluidised Bed Gasification of High-Alkali Biomass for the Production of a Hydrogen-rich Gas Stream | 2006-03-01 | 2008-02-29 | FP6 | -1 | 149722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP6-MOBILITY | MOBILITY-2.1 | The target of this project is to help to predict and reduce operational problems that arise from the fluidised bed gasification of high alkali biomass for the production of a hydrogen-rich gas stream. At the same time to increase the scientific collaborati on, innovation and excellence in Europe by providing advanced training to a young promising researcher in one of the most dynamically developing research areas:renewable energy, thus, assisting him in gaining the necessary qualifications towards an indepen dent research career. The project aims at to reduce operational problems like fouling, corrosion and agglomeration as well as problems accosiated wih the catalyst deactivation during the catalytic upgrading of the gas stream to hydrogen-rich gas by pre-tre atment technologies and/or additive injection. Reducing fouling, agglomeration, corrosion and catalyst deactivation problems will reduce costs (investment and operation), increase efficiency and validity and help significantly to the commercialization of the technology. The studied fuels will be wheat straw a by-broduct with Worldwide importance and olive residue that has special importance in the Mediterranean area. The project includes both experimental activities as well as thermodynamic and kinetic equ ilibrium calculations. The experimental work includes fuel characterization, study the alkali, chlorine and sulphur release mechanicms from the biomass fuels using thermal analysis. Emphasis will be given on studying the effect of various pre-treatment tec hniques such as leaching and fractionation\leaching, and/or additives to the operational and catalyst deactivation/performance problems. Experimental investigations using the pressurized FB gasifier and the STA, will also be carried out in order to determi ne the effect of the pre-treatment techniques and/or additives to the gasification behaviour, the quality of the hydrogen rich gas stream and to the produced emissions such as tars, SO2, HCl and NOx. | |||||||||
| 56373 | 218849 | ISP-1 | In Space Propulsion 1 | 2009-09-01 | 2012-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 6562432.24 | 4679617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SPACE | SPA-2007-2.2-02 | In Space Propulsion 1 was set up to improve the fundamental knowledge and the techniques which are necessary to allow Europe to implement new ambitious space programs involving cryogenic propulsion. It concentrates on liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen, and liquid methane propellants, and the anticipated progress will address – LOX methane combustion – heat and propellant management – materials tribology, compatibility, and hydrogen embrittlement. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/astronomy/space exploration’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/tribology’] | [‘space exploration’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘tribology’] | |||||
| 56459 | 633107 | CertifHy | Developing a European Framework for the generation of guarantees of origin for green hydrogen | 2014-11-01 | 2016-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 551609 | 432522.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.5.5 | The development of hydrogen as an energy carrier will be dependent upon the capacity of the market to offer low-carbon or carbon-free hydrogen to end-users and consumers. However, the production of green hydrogen and its consumption will most likely be unbundled in order to optimize its transportation and distribution, while enabling cost adequate pricing for green hydrogen. This implies that a robust system of Guarantee of Origin for green hydrogen will be needed, in order for final customers to buy low-carbon hydrogen in full transparency. The objectives of the CertifHy project are to assess the necessary market and regulatory conditions, develop the complete design and initiate a unique European framework for green hydrogen guarantees of origin. The project will be carried out in consultation with a broad range of relevant stakeholders from all over Europe, including hydrogen producers, traders and customers. Ultimately the CertifHy guarantee of origin scheme will facilitate the penetration of green hydrogen throughout Europe. | none given | none given | none given | |||||
| 56877 | 325356 | POWER-UP | Demonstration of 500 kWe alkaline fuel cell systemwith heat capture | 2013-04-01 | 2017-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 13654855.67 | 6137565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.3.7 | Alkaline fuel cells represent an efficient, sustainable and cost effective method for the generation of electrical power from hydrogen. AFC Energy (AFCEN) and Air Products (AIRP) are collaborating on a five year project to generate electrical power from a fuel cell system running on un-treated industrial waste hydrogen Air Products’ hydrogen plant in Stade (Lower Saxony, Germany).The project will demonstrate, for the first time, the automated, scaled-up manufacture of a competitive 500 kWe alkaline fuel cell system from cost-effective and recyclable components over a period of up to 51 months. AFCEN’s modular system is designed to operate continuously within the confines of the end-user’s real-world operational schedules, and output at the Stade site will be gradually incremented over 2 stages. This installation will feature a new balance of plant design which includes heat capture and is containerised. Assessment of the social, economic and environmental impacts of the project will be made to provide a wider context. Results will be widely disseminated to increase awareness both within the field and outside.The knowledge gained during the project will increase knowledge in the field beyond the state of the art and provide additional knowledge in recycling and manufacturing. Each partner brings considerable expertise and resource to the project through use of existing personnel and equipment. This project not only represents an opportunity to exploit the fuel cell on an industrial scale but will also serve as a shop window for the entire fuel cell industry, not only for AFCEN. This will lead to wider economic benefits giving considerable economic value over and above the monetary cost. The consortium intends this project to demonstrate the fuel cell to be a critical technology to meet future energy needs in a sustainable and cost effective way. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells | fuel cells | |||||
| 57074 | 303461 | LiquidPower | Fuel cell systems and Hydrogen supply for Early markets | 2012-10-01 | 2016-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 3822390 | 1999872 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.4.3 | The LiquidPower project addresses the topic “SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.4.3 aiming on developing a new generation fuel cell systems for the early markets of back-up-power/telecom (BT) and material handling vehicles (MH) as well as a new innovative hydrogen supply method based on onsite methanol reforming. The LiquidPower project objectives are:R&D of a fuel cell system for Back-up-power and Telecom applications (BT), reaching full commercial market targets by 2015.R&D of a fuel cell system for material handling vehicles (MH), reaching full commercial market targets by 2015.R&D of a methanol reformer for onsite Hydrogen supply, enabling supply of low cost hydrogen for the early markets of BT and MH. Focus on reduced system cost and improved efficiency and outlet pressure.For each of the developed technologies, laboratory tests are to be conducted in order to validate reaching of the technical and market targetsContinued R&D efforts are to be planned and secured initiated as well as securing patents on the developed technologies.The participating companies are to plan and secure initiation of following commercialisation & product maturation in order to ensure a commercial exploitation of the developed technologies.Project results and experiences are to be disseminated throughout Europe to the hydrogen and fuel cell industry as well as the BT and MH industries, in order to identify further collaboration partners up- and downstream the value chain. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘alcohols’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 57439 | 303467 | HYTRANSIT | European Hydrogen Transit Buses in Scotland | 2013-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 17769854.34 | 6999999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.1.1 | Hydrogen buses have the potential to play a significant role in expanding the use of hydrogen in the transport sector. To date, however hydrogen bus demonstrations have been focussed on urban buses only, leaving other public transit applications completely unaddressed. In addition, only a limited number of European regions have had the chance to trial hydrogen bus technology, which means the technology is relatively unknown to the majority of European bus operators.HyTransit will trial a fleet of six hybrid fuel cell buses in daily fleet services, together with one state of the art hydrogen refuelling station in Aberdeen (Scotland) for over three years. This project is designed to contribute to the commercialisation of hydrogen buses in Europe by:•Bringing together an industrial consortium from across Europe to deliver the project, including buses from Van Hool (Belgium) and state of the art refuelling technology from BOC (UK).•Develop six A330 hybrid fuel cell buses specifically modified for long sub-urban routes.•Generating new Intellectual Property for Europe by developing the concept design for the world’s first hybrid fuel cell coach for long-route transit applications.•Exposing the six buses to real world operation with exactly the same service requirements as diesel buses, with 14 hours and 270km per day operation.•A state of the art hydrogen refuelling station will be constructed to serve the bus fleet. The station will be based on ionic compressors, configured to allow a refuelling speed of up to 120 grams per second. The station will house an electrolyser system for on-site hydrogen production.•Taking the first step for a large-scale rollout of hydrogen buses in Scotland. The next logical step after this project is Scottish Government support for the deployment of a minimum of 50 buses. This project will be the first step to realising this vision for Scotland.The overall project objective is to prove that a hybrid fuel cell bus is capable of meeting the operational performance of an equivalent diesel bus on demanding UK routes (including urban and inter-urban driving), whilst considerably exceeding its environmental performance.This will be achieved by bringing together a primarily industrial consortium from five member states to develop, deploy and then monitor the buses in day to day service, with an overarching aim to demonstrate an operational availability for the buses equivalent to diesel (over 90%).The project will also address the main commercial barrier to the technology (namely bus capital cost) by deploying state of the art components, which will reduce the unit cost of the bus to below 1.1 million euros for the first time.Results of the project will be widely disseminated to the general public. In addition, a more targeted approach will be adopted towards the key stakeholders who will be responsible for decisions on the next steps towards commercialisation of the technology. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/public transport’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘public transport’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 57783 | 301076 | HSpill-CEMA | Optimization of Hydrogen Storage via Spillover through a Combined Experimental and Modeling Approach | 2012-06-11 | 2013-06-10 | nan | FP7 | 111241.8 | 111241.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF | The objective of the proposed work is to synthesize catalyzed nanoporous materials that have superior hydrogen uptake between 300K and 400K and moderate pressures (20-100 bar) via the hydrogen spillover mechanism. Hydrogen spillover involves addition of a catalyst to a high-surface area microporous support, such that the catalyst acts as a source for atomic hydrogen, the atomic hydrogen diffuses from the catalyst to the support, and ideally, the support provides a high number of tailored surface binding sites to maximize the number of atomic hydrogens interacting with the surface. The proposed work will provide a means to explore an extended collaboration to combine in situ spectroscopic techniques and theoretical multi-scale modeling calculations. Carbon-based and microporous metal-organic framework (MMOF) materials will be drawn from past and on-going projects, so that the project will focus on identifying specific binding sites for atomic hydrogen and resolving the hydrogen spillover mechanism. Materials will be selected to explore the effect of catalyst size, material composition and structure, interface, and the potential role of co-catalysts on optimizing uptake via the hydrogen spillover mechanism. Materials will be characterized with in situ spectroscopy, and multi-scale modeling will be used to identify hydrogenation sites. Validated theory will be used to direct future material development. Identification of the key sites responsible for high uptake in select materials is expected to lead significant increase in capacity and reproducibility in hydrogen spillover materials that are optimized for near-ambient temperature adsorption. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/computational science/multiphysics’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/spectroscopy’] | [‘catalysis’, ‘multiphysics’, ‘spectroscopy’] | |||||
| 58008 | 334368 | WATIO | Water on TiO2 | 2013-04-01 | 2017-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG | Hydrogen produced by sunlight is a very promising, environmentally-friendly energy source as an alternative for fossil fuels, which are limited present on earth and produce green house gases by their combustion. Since the discovery of hydrogen production by photocatalytic water dissociation on a titanium dioxide (TiO2) electrode 40 years ago, much research has been performed to make the process more efficient mostly through a trial-and-error approach. However, fundamental knowledge of how water is bound to the catalyst, what the relation between structure and reactivity is, and what the dynamics of the photodissociation reaction are, is lacking up to now, because no suitable techniques were available. The aim of this proposal is to answer these fundamental questions by looking at specifically the molecules at the interface, before and during their dissociation. With the surface sensitive spectroscopic technique sum-frequency generation (SFG) we can look explicitly at the monolayer of water molecules at the interface. A recent expansion of this technique into two-dimensional SFG will allow us to determine the heterogeneity of the water molecules at the interface. Moreover, the dynamics of the photodissociation of water on TiO2 will be investigated by applying pump-probe sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. At variable delay times after the pump pulse the probe pulses will interrogate the interface and detect the reaction intermediates and products. Due to recent developments of this SFG technique it should now be possible to determine the structure of water at the TiO2 interface and to unravel the dynamics of the photodissocation process. The results will be essential for understanding the fundamentals of the water dissociation process at oxide surfaces and thus for developing cheaper and more efficient photocatalysts for the production of hydrogen. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/spectroscopy’] | [‘photocatalysis’, ‘transition metals’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘spectroscopy’] | |||||
| 58469 | 336679 | FOPS-water | Fundamentals Of Photocatalytic Splitting of Water | 2014-03-01 | 2019-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 1498800 | 1498800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-SG-PE4 | Hydrogen produced by sunlight is a very promising, environmentally-friendly energy source as an alternative for increasingly scarce and polluting fossil fuels. Since the discovery of hydrogen production by photocatalytic water dissociation on a titanium dioxide (TiO2) electrode 40 years ago, much research has been aimed at increasing the process efficiency. Remarkably, insights into how water is bound to the catalyst and into the dynamics of the photodissociation reaction, have been scarce up to now, due to the lack of suitable techniques to interrogate water at the interface. The aim of this proposal is to provide these insights by looking at specifically the molecules at the interface, before, during and after their photo-reaction. With the surface sensitive spectroscopic technique sum-frequency generation (SFG) we can determine binding motifs of the ~monolayer of water at the interface, quantify the heterogeneity of the water molecules at the interface and follow changes in water molecular structure and dynamics at the interface during the reaction. The structure of interfacial water will be studied using steady-state SFG; the dynamics of the water photodissociation will be investigated using pump-SFG probe spectroscopy. At variable delay times after the pump pulse the probe pulses will interrogate the interface and detect the reaction intermediates and products. Thanks to recent developments of SFG it should now be possible to determine the structure of water at the TiO2 interface and to unravel the dynamics of the photodissocation process. These insights will allow us to relate the interfacial TiO2-water structure and dynamics to reactivity of the photocatalyst, and to bridge the gap between the fundamentals of the process at the molecular level to the efficiency of the photocatalys. The results will be essential for developing cheaper and more efficient photocatalysts for the production of hydrogen. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/spectroscopy’] | [‘photocatalysis’, ‘transition metals’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘spectroscopy’] | |||||
| 58723 | 338944 | GOCAT | Gold(III) Chemistry: Structures, Bonding, Reactivity and Catalysis | 2014-02-01 | 2019-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 2439223 | 2439223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE5 | Maximising energy efficiency and competitiveness while minimising waste and environmental impact of chemical processes, from large scale commodities to fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, depends crucially on catalysis, and in particular on our ability to tailor catalysts to specific needs. Gold catalysts have seen a meteoric rise in recent years (nearly 40,000 WOS citations in 2011). However, since gold was so long considered inert, major compound classes are unknown. For example, we recently synthesized the first thermally stable gold(III) hydrides, gold peroxides (the first for gold in any oxidation state) and gold(III) alkene complexes (while platinum analogues of the latter have been known since 1827). Based on >20 years of pioneering research into the identification of catalytically active species and homogeneous catalytic reaction mechanisms, our ground-breaking results will form the basis of an ambitious programme on gold chemistry to delineate the structures and reactivities of these major classes of complexes. Ligand design will be of crucial importance to achieve the stability required for catalytic and synthetic applications. We have also found unprecedented reactivity that links these complexes to the water splitting cycle and hydrogen generation. Structure-reactivity relationships and mechanisms will be established that provide the knowledge base for general applicability. The outcomes will underpin synthetic methodology for fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals and impact on the materials and medicinal applications of gold complexes. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/medical and health sciences/basic medicine/pharmacology and pharmacy/pharmaceutical drugs’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘pharmaceutical drugs’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘transition metals’, ‘catalysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 58778 | 229906 | ICPE-HYFC | Developing RTD Potential of INCDIE ICPE-CA in the Field of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies | 2009-04-01 | 2012-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 819240 | 658000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-REGPOT | REGPOT-2008-1-01 | The project aim is to unlock and develop the capacity and research potential at INCDIE ICPE-CA, in the field of renewable energy, mainly Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technologies (thematic priority in the EC FP7), by developing a high quality and promising research centre for hydrogen and fuel cells (HyFCLab) at INCDIE ICPE-CA, as reference research entity both in Romania and EU’s convergence region. The applied strategy for HyFCLab development is based on an Action Plan, derived from the SWOT analysis and the present involved projects along INCDIE ICPE-CA, related to the field of hydrogen and fuel cell technology. The strategic plan demonstrates the total capability for unlocking and developing the research potential at INCDIE ICPE-CA, in the addressed topic, by the support activities in the present project. INCDIE ICPE-CA, by its HyFCLab is going to have an important participation in the European research cooperation and by its expertised contribution will participate to the improvement of the regional economic level and reinforcement of the the competitiveness in the European Research Area. In this idea, a major infusion of specialized equipments will be done, in correlation with activities for improvement of RDI human resources quality and expertise. The project has a special focus on the experienced research staff recruitment and specialists training by exchange of know-how and experience activities at trans-national level. Facilitating the knowledge transfer, at national, regional and international level, by organizing specialised workshops and conferences, is also under rigurous attention. Increasing the international visibility of INCDIE ICPE-CA and HyFCLab respectively is another issue of the project. This will be realised by focused dissemination activities of the obtained scientific results, short presentations of the project and its results toward public bodies, innovative SMEs and social environment, as well as publications in scientific journals. | none given | none given | none given | |||||
| 58859 | 300983 | NECPEM | NOVEL PRECIOUS AND NON-PRECIOUS ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR PEMFC | 2013-07-01 | 2015-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 209033.4 | 209033.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF | Practical realization of PEMFCs is mainly hindered by the use of expensive Pt electrocatalysts (EC) coupled with their poor durability due to dissolution and agglomeration. While Europe paid significant efforts in improving the engineering aspects of PEMFCs, including hydrogen refuelling stations, development of alternative catalysts for Pt require further investments. Global attempts are focused on developing catalyst systems with less Pt or no Pt at all. In this regard, macromolecules with N4-chelate structure are considered as alternatives for Pt ECs especially for the ORR. Recently, non-precious carbon alloy catalysts (CAC) received considerable attention as the addition of nitrogen and metal atoms into the CNT matrix tend to improve their catalytic activity towards ORR. The induced activity of CNTs after such doping is mainly attributed to changes in electronic structure with an impurity band near the Fermi level. However, CAC performances are still inferior to that of Pt. One major drawback with reported CACs is that they do not control the size of metal dopants as the sintering tends to agglomerate them and leaves them in the CNT matrix as mere surface bound particles. Hence it is imperative to control the metal doping in the atomic scale as they can donate more electrons to the CNT matrix than nitrogen and could induce more catalytic activity. Thus in this proposal, we plan to prepare CACs with metal dopants controlled in the atomic scale to alter the electronic structure with improved durability as these metal atoms are now part of the CNT matrix. We plan to incorporate various metals into nitrogen based macromolecules such as aza-crown ethers and porphyrins which will be heat treated under reducing atmosphere to obtain CNT and Bucky ball like nanostructures with metal atoms at their centre. Such a study is of profound importance to EU considering the global efforts in finding alternative catalysts and could be the breakthrough it is currently looking for. | / | /natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/electrocatalysis | electrocatalysis | |||||
| 58868 | 612407 | NewGenSOFC | New Generation Solid Oxide Fuel Cells | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 921566.81 | 921566.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP | This project combines sector-leading partners from clean energy projects to achieve allied goals. The project fosters cooperation between SOFC technologists, ceramic manufacturers and fuel cell academicians, to establish new ceramic fuel cell manufacturing capability in Europe for sustainable home energy solutions. It will validate the technical, social and commercial prospects of specific fuel cell products. The strategic long-term vision for the partners is to innovate and commercialise low-cost SOFCs for household energy generation, based on patented designs, integrated systems and prototypes developed in other EC, UK and TR projects. We envisage CHP systems will replace household boilers in a transition towards a hydrogen economy, and very early prototypes are already being ordered at very high cost (e.g. Eon and CFCL; http://www.cfcl.com.au/Assets/Files/20111128-JTI_and_E.ON_order.pdf). This NewGenSOFC proposal builds on a previous IAPP project (RAPITSOFCs; 2006-8 in Turkey), and runs in parallel with several large collaborative FCH JU projects begun in Europe in 2011 to build prototypes based on microtubular solid oxide fuel cell (mSOFC) technology.The overall aim of this project is to achieve low-cost engineering solutions for SOFC technology with collaboration between a ceramic fuel cell producer SME (Adelan), a giant ceramics manufacturer OEM (Kale), and academic researchers (Gebze Higher Institute of Technology and the University of Birmingham). We believe this project creates unique scientific, engineering and commercial synergies between European Partners with complementary skill-sets. It is critical to securing the European supply chain of ceramic SOFC, diversifying supply from expensive and inferior suppliers. To support a growth industry, we will support international research training opportunities for young scientists to develop their careers in this field, and establish new MSc level programmes, online resources and outreach events. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/ceramics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘ceramics’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 58899 | 303248 | NGDL | Novel gas diffusion layer for PEM fuel cells | nan | nan | nan | FP7 | 200371.8 | 200371.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF | The objective of this research proposal is to generate a novel gas diffusion layer (GDL) which will be a combination of existing carbon paper and cloth GDLs to ensure effective water management in PEM fuel cell. Water management is one of the technological challenges which needs to be addressed to commercialise PEM fuel cell technology and for hydrogen energy based future. Commercial paper and cloth GDL’s are good at handling specific water profile as carbon paper can handle dry operating mode effectively and carbon cloth handles flooding effectively. When fuel cells are deployed for automotive application they are subjected to wider operating condition depending on the load profile and hence there is a need to combine paper and cloth to obtain advantage of individual GDLs. The combined paper and cloth GDL will be achieved by two different means; first a bi-layer GDL will be developed by physically stacking paper and cloth GDL and compared with the performance of a conventional single paper or cloth GDL of equivalent thickness. Secondly hybrid paper-cloth GDL will be developed by directly coating slurry of chopped carbon fibers and resin on carbon cloth substrate followed by sintering. The properties of hybrid GDL will be determined as a function of coating thickness and hence the degree of hybridization will be optimized. The novel GDLs will be tested for their water management when subjected to European and Indian automotive driving cycles. The degree of hybridization between paper and cloth will be further refined for each of the driving cycles and knowledge obtained will be of greater interest for both European and the Indian community. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites/carbon fibers’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/natural resources management/water management’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘coating and films’, ‘carbon fibers’, ‘water management’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 59099 | 278824 | ELYGRID | Improvements to Integrate High Pressure Alkaline Electrolysers for Electricity/H2 production from Renewable Energies to Balance the Grid | 2011-11-01 | 2014-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3701178.33 | 2105017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.1 | ELYGRID Project aims at contributing to the reduction of the total cost of hydrogen produced via electrolysis couple to Renewable Energy Sources, mainly wind turbines, and focusing on mega watt size electrolyzes (from 0,5 MW and up). The objectives are to improve the efficiency related to complete system by 20 % (10 % related to the stack, and 10 % electrical conversion) and to reduce costs by 25%. The work will be structured in 3 different parts, namely: cells improvements, power electronics, and balance of plant (BOP). Two scalable prototype electrolyzers will be tested in facilities which allows feeding with renewable energies (photovoltaic and wind) | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/wind power’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘wind power’] | |||||
| 59374 | 276958 | DGV | Coordination-Activation Chemistry of Ammonia-Boranes at Multiple Metal-Metal Bonded Complexes | 2011-04-01 | 2014-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 45000 | 45000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG | “With more than 65% of the refined petroleum products exhausted by transportation in the developed countries, is vitally important to promote a shift away from carbon-based fuels and towards environmentally friendly energy sources. In this sense, hydrogen has the potential to be a clean (producing water) and source-independent energy carrier. A type of compounds which has attracted much attention in recent years as new materials for hydrogen storage are the ammonia-borane and related molecules, for which hydrogen loss is favoured over dissociation under most conditions.The primary purpose of this project is to study the coordination/activation chemistry of ammonia-borane and related organic molecules when reacted with dinuclear transition metal complexes exhibiting multiple metal-metal bonds. The interest of the project is based on: a) the absence of previous studies of the coordination chemistry of AB´s on multiply bonded dinuclear complexes, b) the interesting dehydrogenation processes of AB´s when reacted with mononuclear transition metal complexes, and c) the possible utility of this catalytic dehydrogenation of AB´s not only for hydrogen production processes, but also for the incorporation of B–N species to unsaturated organic molecules.Apart from the novelty of the research results, this project will provide a solid platform from which the applicant can begin a fully independent research career. It will enable him to carry out and lead an internationally competitive research programme in an unexplored area, gaining further experience in teaching, oral and written communication and networking. Also, timeliness will be a critical factor, with results written up expeditiously to ensure that Europe maintains a lead position in this research area.The acceptance of the project proposed by the applicant will exponentially increase its chances of success, in line with the final aim of this program that is the reintegration of the applicant to his home country.” | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/petroleum’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘petroleum’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 59582 | 230829 | ANAMIX | A two year exchange programme on ANAerobic MIXed cultures to study and improve biological generation of chemicals and energy carriers from organic residues generated by agro-industrial activities | 2009-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 0 | 68400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008 | The main objective of the ANAMIX project is to build a two year exchange programme among three of the leading worldwide research groups centered around ANAerobic MIXed cultures. More specifically, ANAMIX is dedicated to study and improve biological generation of chemicals and energy carriers from organic residues generated by agro-industrial activities. Effective leveraging of organic residues derived from human activity will be of vital importance for establishment of a sustainable society. More than 60% of all organic material obtained from agriculture is currently not made available for the production of chemicals or the generation of energy carriers. These residues generated include highly complex waste streams like pig manure, as well as more readily degradable mixtures of substrates like molasses, vinasses, and wastewaters generated during food processing. For processing of these streams, (genetically modified) pure culture based industrial biotechnology is generally not a prosperous route. The processes we intend to investigate in this project can overcome these limitations because they are based on natural ecosystems. The basic principle of these Anaerobic Mixed culture based processes is the establishment of the proper process conditions to direct the flow of electrons in a complex network of microorganisms to the product required. Anaerobic fermentative systems are ideal, as they allow for minimization of biomass that can be regarded as an unwanted side product in these processes. Valuable and realistic products are molecular hydrogen, methane rich biogas, solvents like ethanol and butanol, or the direct generation of electricity in so called microbial fuel cells. Many of these can be directly utilized in end-use applications, without further energy input. The scientific challenge in developing these processes is to identify and verify the biochemical driving forces for the establishment of specific production processes in mixed microbial environments. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/water treatment processes/wastewater treatment processes’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘wastewater treatment processes’, ‘industrial biotechnology’, ‘alcohols’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 59693 | 621222 | KNOWHY | Improving the Knowledge in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology for Technicians and Workers | 2014-09-01 | 2018-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 1437062.4 | 1000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.5.2 | KnowHY aims to provide the FC&H2 sector with a training offer for technicians and workers featuring quality in contents, accessibility in format and language, practicality for the targeted audience, ease of scalability and update, and at competitive costs which make the training offer economically sustainable after project completion. Thanks to this project both OEMs as well as professionals can rely on third parties to provide a sound and effective first training, covering the understanding of the technology, safety and regulatory aspects and the practical theoretical as well as hands on contents.The Consortium consists of partners from European countries covering 7 of the most usual languages, as English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch. Most of the partners combine a large experience in FC&H2 technologies and training or education, whereas FSV features an exceptional experience in developing e-learning training contents and courses.The targeted audience technicians, workers and professionals in general with a practical knowledge in installation, maintenance and operation of hydrogen and fuel cell applications. Customized courses and modules will target individual applications as residential CHP, FCEV, HRS, distributed generation, or back-up systems, adapted from country to country and form sector to sector but preserving homogeneity.KnowHy will take into consideration the findings of previous projects as HyProfessionals, TrainHy and H2-training.The following actions are planned:- Developing an online tool for accessing to the training contents via web.- Developing specific courses adapted to the different applications addressed and translating them in the required languages. There will be different levels of knowledge.- Carrying out practical seminars in existing facilities, such as demo projects, or labs adapted to the training.- Dissemination among FCH-JU stakeholders, OEMS, education authorities, and the potential users. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 59859 | 911767 | ACRES | Advanced control of renewable energy generation systems based on fuel cells\wind power | 2013-10-01 | 2014-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 15000 | 15000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF | “The European Union is conscious about the fundamental problems arisen from the current energy system, based mainly on hydrocarbons and has a firm commitment to encourage renewable energy technologies research. Among experts in energy there is a growing trend to promote Decentralised Electrical Generation Systems (DEGS) with modular efficient non polluting generation plants. DEGS that incorporate hydrogen as an energetic vector are of particular interest. Hydrogen can be easily produced, stored and efficiently converted into electricity by means of fuel cells, adding great flexibility to DEGS. However, fuel cells based DEGS exhibit complex non linear behaviour, have inaccessible variables and withstand severe disturbances, so special controllers are required. A wide range of linear controllers have been already proposed, but the validity of the results cannot be extrapolated. The development of advanced control systems for fuel cell based DEGS that incorporate renewable energy sources is then not merely a challenging area of research, but is also a field of great interest for environmental, social, economic and strategic reasons.The key aim of this project is the development of advanced controllers capable to improve the efficiency of fuel cells\wind power based DEGS. They will be implemented and tested in the ACES labs in Barcelona. The results of this implementation will be used to assess the theoretical developments and will also provide a technology demonstrator to aid technology transfer to industry. The main objectives of the proposed project are threefold:- Scientific. Advanced controllers will be developed to improve the efficiency of DEGS- Knowledge transfer. The Visiting Professor will instruct and train the host group in new control techniques, particularly higher order sliding mode.- Strategic. The Visiting Professor will advise the host group in the new trends of renewable energies generation systems integration and control.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/control systems’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/hydrocarbons’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/wind power’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘control systems’, ‘hydrocarbons’, ‘wind power’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 60143 | 300884 | LLAVES | Computational Design for Lightweight Ca-Mg-based Laves Phases for Hydrogen Storage | nan | nan | nan | FP7 | 176053.2 | 176053.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF | “Given the current energy crisis, caused by the depletion of fossil fuel sources and/or environmental necessity to reduce CO2, geopolitical and environmental concerns surrounding energy uncertainty have become a topic difficult to ignore. It is, therefore, of paramount importance, for the present and long term viability of the European (and global) economy, to find more efficient means to produce, store and transport energy. To this end, hydrogen-based technologies, have been put forward as one of the technologies that could potentially play a significant role in the mid- and long-term future of energy generation.In this work, we aim to address one of the most important hurdles towards a hydrogen economy: hydrogen storage. We propose to use a combination of computational techniques, Density Functional Theory (DFT), kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) and CALculation of PHAse Diagrams (CALPHAD), to study lightweight Laves phase materials as possible candidates for hydrogen storage. The information extracted from DFT and kMC calculations will be used to generate phase diagrams and thermodynamics databases, via CALPHAD calculations. This information will then be employed to design lightweight Ca-Mg-based materials, with a targeted hydrogen storage capacity close to 4 wt.% and reversible hydrogen absorption below 100 ºC.The successful outcome of this project could have a two-fold impact: on a technological level, the information obtained from this program will be very valuable to the development of cheap lightweight Ca-Mg-based hydrogen storage alloys for automobile applications. On a more fundamental level, this project could provide an unprecedented understanding of the structural and chemical properties of these materials. Also, this project will represent the first attempt, in this field, to combine DFT, kMC and CALPHAD calculations together and therefore will provide information on the feasibility/success of this technique and its application to other systems.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/databases’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/thermodynamics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘databases’, ‘thermodynamics’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 60985 | 231059 | DECNAHED | Development of Composite Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Energy Devices | 2008-10-01 | 2012-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | PEOPLE-2007-4-3.IRG | This project will deal with development of new materials for emerging hydrogen and fuel cell technologies using nanotechnology approach. Main focus will be to develop low price novel composite inorganic/polymer membranes for electrolyser and fuel cell (PEM/DMFC) applications. The basic approach is to use a novel procedure for double cross-linking of sulfonated PEEK in order to improve the membrane stability and electrochemical performance in FC (patent application is submitted). The synthesis procedure is simple and it will not involve any expensive, and harmful and corrosive components. The membrane will be modified by adding inorganic nanoparticles and blending with polybenzimidazole (PBI). Standard characterization methods for membranes will be applied. Morphological studies and electrochemical and spectroscopic methods will be used as a basic ones for this project. However, from practical point of view the components are embedded in a macrosystems (fuel cell, electrolyser, battery) and they are exposed to real working conditions of device, which might include high electric current flow and high electric field gradient. It is limiting long term stability. About 0.1% power decrease per 1000 hrs is generally accepted for stationary applications, which is difficult milestone for nanomaterials. In this project the main focus will be on integrated approach. The membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) will be produced and material properties will study from point view of working assembly. In our Project the complex approaches combining aspects of device physics and nanotechnology and using multiphysics modeling will be used to address similar complex problems. Multiphysics modeling software Comsol will be applied in order to specify the device performance conditions and reactor designs under which the MEA degradation is minimized. Effort is planned to link the multiphysics modeling with practical experiment. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/computational science/multiphysics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘multiphysics’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 61062 | 220579 | CO OXIDATION | A multiscale theoretical investigation of carbon monoxide oxidation on gold nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications | 2008-04-01 | 2011-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 210567.21 | 210567.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | PEOPLE-2007-4-1.IOF | A multiscale theoretical investigation of the CO oxidation on Au nanostructures supported on various oxides is proposed. Since Haruta’s 1987 discovery of the exceptional activity of gold (Au) nanoparticles (2-5 nm in diameter), many groups have verified this exceptional activity towards many reactions when supported on certain oxides. For example, the Au/TiO2 system exhibits unprecedented activity in low temperature CO oxidation via O2. CO oxidation is of paramount importance not only in automotive catalysis but also in modern energy related applications including hydrogen production via the water-gas shift reaction with steam from fossil and renewable fuels, hydrogen purification via selective oxidation of hydrogen with oxygen, fuel cells, etc. Although the high activity of Au is beyond any doubt, there is still much debate on the nature of active sites and the underlying reaction mechanisms. Herein, a multiscale bottom-up approach will be developed that cuts among “ab-initio” and semi-empirical (free-energy related) techniques and integrates this information into first-principles Monte Carlo kinetics simulations in order to explain the exceptional reactivity of Au nanoparticles on certain supports, explore its electronic properties and eventually pave the way for design of efficient catalysts for hydrogen purification and fuel cells applications. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘inorganic compounds’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 61064 | 623733 | MUAPPEN | Multi-junction nano-materials with coated highly ordered structure and their Application in energy generation and Energy storage | 2015-01-26 | 2017-01-25 | nan | FP7 | 309235.2 | 309235.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF | Energy crisis and environmental pollution have been suggested to be two serious problems to world countries. The efficient energy generation and use of clean energy are the effective pathways for solving these problems. This project promotes a cutting-edge research collaboration on the development of the late-model multi-junction nano-materials for energy applications in relation with solar energy driven production of hydrogen from water and rechargeable battery for renewable energy storage. Using a modified electrochemical atomic layer deposition method, multi-junction materials with large specific surface areas or complex shapes can be produced with a formation mechanism of atom-by-atom growth. Based on this, the narrow-band-gap semiconductors are conformally deposited onto TiO2 nanotube arrays (NTs) to form a coaxial heterogeneous structure with atomic-level control. Such structure can greatly improve the separation efficiency of photo-induced electrons and holes, resulting in a highly active photocurrent generation. On the other hand, both sulphur and carbon atomic layers are deposited alternately on the TiO2 NT walls in the atom-by-atom contact form. The resultant sulphur-carbon/TiO2 NTs multi-junction positive electrodes demonstrate properties useful for resolving these bottleneck problems that exist in the current Li-S battery. Furthermore, the relationships among the optimizing designs (including micro-geometrical structures, compositional control, and atomic-level interface properties), the charge transfer mechanism, and electrochemical performance are studied. On the basis of these results, the high-performance multi-junction photocatalysts and rechargeable Li-S battery are carried out for hydrogen generation and energy storage application. The proposed research will enrich the synthesized methods for multi-junction nano-materials, and be extremely useful to advance the technological quality of existing energy generation and energy storage industries. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘electrochemistry’, ‘photocatalysis’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 61085 | 331003 | NRforHF | Development of Advanced Renewable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation Technology | 2013-10-01 | 2015-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 168794.4 | 168794.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF | The project is aimed at developing the nanoscience and technology required for efficient production of hydrogen fuels by using H2O and solar energy as sources. It is basically a laboratory based research work, which includes the design and development of hierarchical Schottky nanostructures (HSNs) and thereby Solar Fuel Cells (SFC) for hydrogen fuels. Today, the realization of technology to harvest the solar radiation into various forms is a crucial and significant task since presently available conventional energy sources are fossil, hazardous and expensive. Recently, nanostructured materials, building blocks of various devices, have received great attention due to their large aspect ratio, surface area and unique physical and chemical properties. In this direction, the proposed project is aimed to develop a new class nanostructures i.e. HSNs and investigate their performance as photocatalyst. Initially, we will develop a high quality HSNs using three-step process: seeding, first order nanostructures (nanorods as stems), and second order hierarchical structures (nanoparticles, nanohairs, nanorods). Then, we will probe the impact of growth conditions on their physical and chemical properties. Finally, the best quality HSNs will be adopted for the development of SFCs and studied their photocatalytic performance as a Nano Reactor for Hydrogen Fuel (NRforHF). | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/atmospheric sciences/meteorology/solar radiation’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘solar radiation’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 61101 | 249216 | COMHMAT | Computational study of hydrogen storage in metal-doped materials | 2009-11-01 | 2013-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG | The efficient storage of hydrogen is the bottleneck in the development of fuel-cell powered vehicles. Currently, technical targets for hydrogen storage capacity have not been met by any existing technology. The European Union has set research needs for hydrogen storage in very high priority in view of the expected benefits of fuel cells in facing the global warming problem. Experimental studies have concluded that a promising method for storing hydrogen is by adsorption in metal-doped porous materials. Physically, in this method, the metal nanoparticles cause dissociation of hydrogen gas and H atoms subsequently migrate to the porous adsorbent. The phenomenon is called spillover and its mechanism is currently not understood. We aim to use a multi-scale modeling approach, consisting of ab-initio DFT calculations, Monte Carlo simulations and macroscopic modeling, in order to: a) Understand the mechanism of spillover and the effects of material properties and operating conditions. b) Quantify the capacity of hydrogen storage by spillover on a variety of metal-doped porous materials, including graphitic materials, carbon nanotubes, carbon foams, graphite-oxide materials, metal-organic frameworks and covalent-organic frameworks) c) Predict materials that would be expected to have high hydrogen storage capacities through the mechanism of spillover. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/computational science/multiphysics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘nano-materials’, ‘multiphysics’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 61390 | 254339 | POMHYDCAT | Coupled Polyoxometalate – Hydrogenase Catalysts for Photocatalytic Water Splitting | 2010-09-15 | 2013-09-14 | nan | FP7 | 242927.8 | 242927.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IOF | Alternatives to fossil fuels are of rapidly increasing importance, driven by concerns over energy security, cost, and global warming. In response to these concerns, the EU has set the target of obtaining 20% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020. A key challenge in renewable energy is finding an efficient way to convert plentiful solar energy into a source of chemical energy which can be stored, used for applications such as transportation, and consumed without releasing carbon dioxide – that is, a means of using solar energy to split water into molecular hydrogen and oxygen. This fellowship aims to develop a novel approach to complete water splitting, taking an interdisciplinary approach that combines recent breakthroughs in polyoxometalate-based water oxidation catalysts and enzymatic hydrogen evolution catalysts. The proposed hybrid systems will be among the first complementary polyoxometalate-enzyme catalysts; they also promise to become the first molecular catalytic systems to efficiently split water under visible light irradiation in mild conditions. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘photocatalysis’, ‘electrolysis’] | |||||
| 61436 | 236667 | HYGENMEMS | Chip Integrated Hydrogen Generation-Storage-Power Micro System | 2009-12-17 | 2011-12-16 | nan | FP7 | 231422.99 | 231422.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008 | The primary objective of the proposal is the development of a chip integrated hydrogen generator based on polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis with on-board hydrogen storage and an option for a bi-functional operation (as a unitized regenerative microfuel cell). The output of the generated hydrogen should be high enough to feed up to 50 mW.cm-2 microfuel cell at continuous operation, while enabling hydrogen storage capable to compete the conventional secondary batteries. The goal will be achieved by application of novel cost efficient nanostructured materials with enhanced catalytic activity and long durability, innovative technology for membrane electrode assembling based on microsystem processes, and precisely controlled reactant supply. The possibility for reverse operation of the system (as microfuel cell) will be addressed through deposition of composite bifunctional catalytic films and corresponding design modifications, including incorporation of hydrogen storage in the developed MEMS. The long term goal is the realisation of an integrated hydrogen generation–storage–power micro system for autonomous energy supply of wireless electronic devices. The host organisation (HO) has a high competence and internationally recognised achievements in the field of microsystem technology, proven by development and fabrication of variety of sensors, microfluidic, and medical devices. The researcher (R) is an experienced scientist with expertise in electrochemical material testing, electro catalysis, and hydrogen energy conversion. The competence of HO and R complement one another in an ideal way, building a strong basis for successful realisation of the project goals. The researcher will have excellent opportunity to acquire new theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of microsystem technology. These will promote the Researcher’s future career and help her to establish a Microelectroichemistry Laboratory in Bulgaria. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘nano-materials’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 61518 | 612292 | ATLAS-MHC | ADVANCED METAL HYDRIDE HYDROGEN COMPRESSORS – PILOT DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET PENETRATION | 2014-03-01 | 2019-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 2645621.49 | 2645621.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP | ATLAS-MHC is proposed as a follow-up action of the successfully running ATLAS-H2 IAPP project which has already provided remarkable achievements on solving challenging issues in compressing and storing hydrogen. The major aims are to up-scale the laboratory prototype metal-hydride compressor (MHC) developed under ATLAS-H2 and to evaluate the pilot scale, precompetitive MHC implemented in a complete renewable energy storage system. A significant objective of the project will also be the assessment of the current market for metal-hydride compressors especially in storing energy from Renewable Sources (RES) in the form of hydrogen. Market penetration activities & a concrete business plan will be developed in that respect.This proposal builds upon the promising results of the running ATLAS-H2 IAPP project on solving challenging issues in high pressure hydrogen storage without mechanical compression and with reduced energy losses. Indeed, in the frame of ATLAS-H2 a laboratory prototype Metal Hydride Compressor (MHC) for hydrogen has been designed and developed at the premises of the participating SME Hystore Technologies. ATLAS-H2 has successfully undergone a thorough mid-term review eight months ago (May 2012) by external expert reviewer appointed by the EC. The mid-term review report includes very positive comments about the remarkable achievements and the work done so far, the prospects for the remaining project duration, the qualifications and scientific level of the participating staff and the very efficient coordination. The present extension of the original ATLAS project aspires to upscale and bring close to commercialization the main outcome of ATLAS-H2 (the Metal Hydride Compressor) while paying considerable attention to the demonstration of its potential applications (RES storage, hydrogen filling stations for vehicles, etc) and the development of a complete business plan for market deployment and penetration. | none given | none given | none given | |||||
| 61593 | 236665 | DASZIF | Rational Design and Synthesis of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs): an experimental and statistical approach | 2009-09-01 | 2011-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 172434.64 | 172434.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008 | One of the novel and most promising alternatives to combine the advantages of microporous zeolites and metal organic frameworks (i.e., high porosity, framework diversity, transition metal centers and tailored linkers) resides in the nanoporous imidazole-based MOFs: zeolitic imidazole frameworks (ZIFs). ZIFs comprise a network of corner units (transition metals) and linker units (imidazole molecules which can be further functionalised) that allow a manifold of frameworks due to their structural analogy to zeolites). ZIFs offer many interesting and promising features compared with other porous materials, such as the possibility to tailor these materials for specific applications; different framework zeolite structures, with different cavities and windows; and exceptional chemical stability in refluxing organic solvents, water, and aqueous alkaline solution, compared with other MOFs. Yet to date, the discovery of promising novel porous materials for specific adsorption applications is happening by trial and error rather than by rational design. In this way, molecular simulations provide an outstanding tool to predict the performance of the materials and, like so, to select the optimal structures for a given application. This project will address three objectives: i) identify optimal ZIFs structures through the simulation of its adsorption performance, ii) the synthesis and characterisation of pre-selected ZIFs using different computational and experimental techniques, iii) the assessment of their performance for industrial applications by simulations and experiments. More specifically, the target applications are: a) gas separation of CO2/CH4 and xylenes mixtures as well as gas purification; b) storage of CH4 and H2; c) capture of CO2. The novelty of this work lies in the synergetic combination of tools from different areas and disciplines to produce advances that are of both fundamental scientific interest and of engineering relevance in industrial applications | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/crystals’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’] | [‘crystals’, ‘natural gas’] | |||||
| 61670 | 334949 | SPRITES-H2 | SPRITES Optimisation of Bio-inspired Gel Scaffolds for Hydrogen Production | 2013-05-01 | 2014-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 162670.22 | 149279 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-OA-2012-PoC | Results arising from the ERC Starting Investigator Grant, Introducing SPRITES (202706, Aug’08-Jul‘12) reveal that encapsulating synthetic molecules based upon the hydrogenase enzyme in a bio-gel material cause dramatic changes in chemical behaviour as well as significant improvements in their stability when exposed to air. These systems therefore offer exciting prospects for use as a scaffold material for hydrogen production catalysts in fuel cell applications, addressing an urgent need in the next-generation energy production sector. In this proof of concept study we will perform technical testing and validation of a library of material formulations using SPRITES spectroscopy to determine the most technologically-promising material. The output will be threefold i) a gel material capable of hydrogen production ii) a library of bio-gel formulations for use as catalyst scaffolds iii) a SPRITES screening procedure for advanced materials. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/spectroscopy’] | [‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘enzymes’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘spectroscopy’] | |||||
| 61787 | 278538 | Hy2Seps-2 | Hybrid Membrane – Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Hydrogen Purification Systems | 2011-11-01 | 2013-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 1606279 | 825321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.3 | The main goal of the proposed work is the design and testing of hybrid separation schemes that combine membrane and Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology for the purification of H2 from a reformate stream that also contains CO2, CO, CH4, and N2. The general objectives comply with SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.3: “Development of gas purification technologies”, which is part of the application area SP1-JTI-FCH.2: “Hydrogen production & distribution”.A hybrid process should combine the very high throughput and purity of a PSA process with a membrane separation process which has lower operating costs. As a result a hybrid process is expected to increase the overall H2 recovery without sacrificing its purity. Furthermore, it provides the means for co-producing CO2 stream ready for capture and sequestration.In order to achieve this goal the following scientific and technological objectives have been identified the proposed two year project:•Optimization of the carbon membrane synthesis procedure and scale–up of their production.•Detailed characterization & generation of transport & adsorption data for the adsorbent and membrane materials•Investigate the benefits of using layered adsorbents on the PSA performance.•Simultaneous design, control and optimization of a hybrid PSA membrane separation system.•Evaluation of membrane material performance under real operating conditions.•Assembly and testing of a hybrid membrane – PSA separation system.•Investigation of the potential of generating a CO2 rich stream ready for capture. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/chemical engineering/separation technologies’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘separation technologies’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 61898 | 261911 | GASPRO-BIO-WASTE | Universal Gasification Process Analyser for Bio Mass and Organic Waste Treatment | 2011-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 1500695 | 1157024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SME | SME-1 | One of the most promising “green processes” for power and combined heat generation is the production of hydrogen and biogas by gasification of biomass or organic waste. Especially if the tremendous amount of existing organic waste can be used for gasification, these processes become both, ecologically and economically extremely interesting. Gasification processes are performed under elevated or high temperatures and ambient or elevated pressures. A special gasification and evolved gas refinery treatment becomes indispensable if different kind of organic waste will be used. Therefore many new processing treatments have to be developed which will constitute a rising demand for laboratory scale gasification process analyzers as well as in Situ high temperature concentration sensors. The goal of this project is a new laboratory gasification process analyzer including several new in Situ high temperature concentration sensors for process application in a broad temperature and pressure range. The analyzer consists of a gravimetric pyrolyzer to determine the time dependent reaction rates of gasification processes under industry-oriented conditions and a following catalyser unit for gas refinery treatment investigation. For high temperature concentration sensors different optical methods like UV/VIS, NIR, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy will be applied and several electro ceramic and piezo electric sensors for impedance, thermal conductivity, heat capacity, VOS and calorific value will be developed. This project will educe an universal gasification processes analyser allowing an experimental simulation of industrial gasification processes in laboratory scale and providing various kind of high temperature sensors for process use at all scales. It will be an essential step to optimise current processes and develop new ways of combined heat and power generation for all kind of existing organic waste and bio mass. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/sensors’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/waste management/waste treatment processes’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/piezoelectrics’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agricultural biotechnology/biomass’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/spectroscopy’] | [‘sensors’, ‘waste treatment processes’, ‘piezoelectrics’, ‘biomass’, ‘spectroscopy’] | |||||
| 61920 | 222021 | PROBIO-HYSENS | Process gas analysis for bio and hydrogen gas mixtures using new high pressure in Situ sensors | 2008-10-01 | 2011-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 1468801 | 1137400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SME | SME-1 | To achieve energy generation from sustainable resources the production of bio mass and the hydrogen economy are now featured worldwide with a tremendous effort. The processes for producing and cleaning of bio and hydrogen gas mixtures will be performed under elevated or high pressures. The design and performing as well as the control of those processes will generate an increasing demand for in Situ high pressure concentration measuring. Up to now no accurate instruments or even measuring methods are available for this purpose. To perform high pressure concentration measuring the usual treatment is to expand the fluid mixtures down to ambient or very low pressure, which has many disadvantages and may even be not possible in certain cases. The goal of the ProBio-HySens project is the development and combination of sensors for measuring optical, thermo physical and electro magnetic properties, to achieve an in Situ high pressure concentration measuring in bio and hydrogen gas mixtures. To reach this main goal the development of new high pressure in Situ sensors and of a high pressure Gas Mixture Generating and Sensor Calibration apparatus (GMG-SC) is required. This instrumentation will allow the first time to analyze multi component gas mixtures in Situ under process conditions up to 200 °C and 20 MPa may be even 50 MPa. It avoids devices for sampling, pressure reduction and control which have to be used up to now. Thereby no blocking of valves and tubings by condensation, freezing or precipitation will occur any more. More over it avoids sophisticated, time and cost consuming analyzers requiring intermediately high calibration efforts. The new senor modules will be robust and reliable and range between very economic versions to high end solutions. They will be specially tailored for bio and hydrogen gas mixtures but being also applicable to all other kind of fluid mixtures including super critical fluids if a pressure range up to 50 MPa is reached. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/sensors’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘sensors’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 61951 | 320963 | NEMESIS | Novel Energy Materials: Engineering Science and Integrated Systems (NEMESIS) | 2013-02-01 | 2018-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 2266020 | 2266020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE8 | The aim of NEMESIS is to establish a world leading research center in ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting and energy generation. I will deliver cutting edge multi-disciplinary research encompassing materials, physics, chemistry and electrical engineering and develop ground breaking materials and structures for energy creation. The internationally leading research center will be dedicated to developing new and innovative solutions to generating and harvesting energy using novel materials at the macro- to nano-scale.Key challenges and novel technical approaches are:1. To create energy harvesting nano-generators to convert vibrations into electrical energy in hostile environments (e.g. wireless sensors in near engine applications).2. To enable broadband energy harvesting to generate electrical energy from ambient vibrations which generally exhibit multiple time-dependent frequencies.3. To produce Curie-temperature tuned nano-structured pyroelectrics to optimise the electrical energy scavenged from temperature fluctuations. To further enhance the energy generation I aim to couple thermal expansion and pyroelectric effects to produce a new class of thermal energy harvesting materials and systems.4. To create nano-structured ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials for novel water-splitting applications. Two approaches will be considered, the use of the internal electrical fields present in ferroelectrics to prevent recombination of photo-excited electron-hole pairs and the electric charge generated on mechanically stressed piezoelectric nano-rods which convert water to hydrogen and oxygen. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/sensors’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/piezoelectrics’] | [‘sensors’, ‘piezoelectrics’] | |||||
| 62120 | 326974 | Waste2bioHy | Sustainable hydrogen production from waste via two-stage bioconversion process: an eco-biotechnological approach | 2013-06-01 | 2015-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 194046.6 | 194046.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF | Among renewable H2-producing biotechnologies, dark fermentation (DF) of ”negative value” Organic Waste Streams (OWS) has received significant attention in recent years, since it combines sustainable waste management with pollution control and with the generation of a valuable clean energy product. Fermentative H2 production provides only a partial oxidation of the organic substrate, therefore, it is likely to be industrially viable only if integrated within a process that can utilize its end-products. Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC) is an emerging technology that could utilize the metabolic byproducts generated by DF to produce further H2. Combining DF with MEC in a cascade two-steps process can result in a complete exploitation of OWS, which maximizes at the same time energy recovery and effluent depollution. Although there is an intensive activity in optimizing process conditions through the variation of physicochemical factors, little research investigates the fundamentals of microbial interactions in such microbial ecosystems, that are at the basis of the conversion of organic matter to energy. Bridging the knowledge gap regarding the metabolic interactions within microbial fermentative/electrogenic communities could allow us to manipulate the microbial communities to maximize the efficiency of substrate conversion. This project adopts an interdisciplinary approach to deal with mixed cultures, from microbial engineering to microbial ecology and microbial physiology: this will establish new knowledge derived from microbial ecology, to the modern industrial and environmental biotechnologies. Besides the acquisition of fundamental knowledge on microbial metabolic interactions occurring in mixed cultures, the technical aim of the project is the development of a sustainable, cascade two-step BioH2 production process from OWS, combining DF and MEC. Such coupling of DF and MEC constitutes a technological cornerstone within the concept of an environmental biorefinery. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental biotechnology/bioremediation/bioreactors’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/waste management’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/bioprocessing technologies/fermentation’] | [‘bioreactors’, ‘waste management’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘fermentation’] | |||||
| 62129 | 293579 | HOPSEP | Harnessing Oxygenic Photosynthesis for Sustainable Energy Production | 2012-01-01 | 2017-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 2487000 | 2487000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-LS9 | Oxygenic photosynthesis, that takes place in cyanobacteria algae and plants, provides most of the food and fuel on earth. The light stage of this process is driven by two photosystems. Photosystem II (PSII) that oxidizes water to O2 and 4 H+ and photosystem I (PSI) which in the light provides the most negative redox potential in nature that can drive numerous reactions including CO2 assimilation and hydrogen (H2) production. The structure of most of the complexes involved in oxygenic photosynthesis was solved in several laboratories including our own. Utilizing our plant PSI crystals we were able to generate a light dependent electric potential of up to 100 V. We will develop this system for designing biological based photoelectric devices. Recently, we discovered a marine phage that carries an operon encoding all PSI subunits. Generation, in synechocystis, of a phage-like PSI enabled the mutated complex to accept electrons from additional sources like respiratory cytochromes. This way a novel photorespiration, where PSI can substitute for cytochrome oxidase, is created. The wild type and mutant synechocystis PSI were crystallized and solved, confirming the suggested structural consequences. Moreover, several structural alterations in the mesophilic PSI were recorded. We designed a hydrogen producing bioreactor where the novel photorespiration will enable to utilize the organic material of the cell as an electron source for H2 production. We propose that in conjunction of engineering a Cyanobacterium strain with a temperature sensitive PSII, enhancing rates in its respiratory chain an efficient and sustainable hydrogen production can be achieved. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental biotechnology/bioremediation/bioreactors’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/microbiology/phycology’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/microbiology/virology’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’] | [‘bioreactors’, ‘phycology’, ‘virology’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘botany’] | |||||
| 62153 | 269255 | BIOWET | Advanced Biological Waste-to-Energy Technologies | 2012-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 256300 | 249900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES | The concern of the international community in utilizing renewable energy sources is ever rising. The reasons are both economical (rising oil/gas/coal prices) and ecological (greenhouse gas emission mitigation). Biological methods for energy production such as anaerobic digestion or microbial fuel cells have a great potential to substitute fossil fuels. Moreover, these biological methods often utilize waste, contaminated materials or polluted environments (e.g. wastewater, solid waste or contaminated sediments), thus coupling energy production to waste minimization/reclamation.The proposed IRSES “BioWET” project will integrate a number of advanced biotechnologies for waste-to-energy conversion. It will include anaerobic digestion of wastewater and solid waste, bio-hydrogen production from industrial wastewater and direct electricity production using sediment fuel cells. As the quality of biogas/hydrogen gas produced via anaerobic processes is crucial for further utilization as source of heat and electricity, experimental work on gas quality up-grading (CO2 sequestration and H2S removal) is included too. The project includes six research work packages and two transfer of knowledge (summer school and international workshop) work packages. Besides the research tasks, this IRSES project aims to 1) transfer knowledge between the partners, 2) explore new research lines and 3) stimulate (knowledge for knowledge) networking via support of the mobility of early-stage and experienced researchers.The consortium consists of three partners, 2 from Europe (Institute for Chemical Technology [ICT Prague], the Czech Republic and UNESCO-IHE Institute for water Education, the Netherlands) and 1 from USA (University of South Florida [USF]). The mobility of experienced staff and early-stage researchers (MSc. and Ph.D. students) is always between one of the EU partners and the USF and is always mutual to ensure good exchange of knowledge. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/water treatment processes/wastewater treatment processes’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental biotechnology/bioremediation/bioreactors’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/coal’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/social sciences/political sciences/government systems’] | [‘wastewater treatment processes’, ‘bioreactors’, ‘coal’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘government systems’] | |||||
| 62332 | 306682 | SPINAM | Electrospinning: a method to elaborate membrane-electrode assemblies for fuel cells | 2013-01-01 | 2018-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 1352774 | 1352774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-SG-PE8 | “This project leads to the development of novel MEAs comprising components elaborated by the electrospinning technique. Proton exchange membranes will be elaborated from electrospun ionomer fibres and characterised. In the first stages of the work, we will use commercial perfluorosulfonic acid polymers, but later we will extend the study to specific partially fluorinated ionomers developed within th project, as well as to sulfonated polyaromatic ionomers. Fuel cell electrodes will be prepared using conducting fibres prepared by electrospinning as supports. Initially we will focus on carbon nanofibres, and then on modified carbon support materials (heteroatom functionalisation, oriented carbons) and finally on metal oxides and carbides. The resultant nanofibres will serve as support for the deposition of metal catalyst particles (Pt, Pt/Co, Pt/Ru). Conventional impregnation routes and also a novel “one pot” method will be used.Detailed (structural, morphological, electrical, electrochemical) characterisation of the electrodes will be carried out in collaboration between partners. The membranes and electrodes developed will be assembled into MEAs using CCM (catalyst coated membrane) and GDE (gas diffusion electrode) approaches and also an original “”membrane coated GDE”” method based on electrospinning. Finally the obtained MEAs will be characterised in situ in an operating fuel cell fed with hydrogen or methanol and the results compared with those of conventional MEAs.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘inorganic compounds’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘alcohols’, ‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 62407 | 245228 | PRIMOLYZER | PRessurIzed PEM electrOLYZER | 2010-01-01 | 2012-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 2619754 | 1154023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-2.1;SP1-JTI-FCH-3.2 | The primary objective of the PrimoLyser project is to develop, construct, and test a cost-minimised highly efficient and durable PEM-electrolyser stack aimed for integrated with domestic µCHPs through a combination of the following activities:1) Specification done by the end-user(s);2) Basic material R&D on catalyst & membrane to increase durability & efficiency while reducing cost;3) Process development to fabricate high performance MEAs;4) Engineering of a durable, reliable, and robust high pressure PEM stack through CFD modelling and design optimisation;5) Continuous test for 2,000 hours together with a 1.5 kW µCHP; and6) An evaluation headed by the end-user(s)The key-targets for the stack are as follows:A) Hydrogen production capacity: 1 Nm3/h;B) Pressure: 10 MPa (100 bar);C) 1.68 V @ 1.2 A/cm2 not only at BoL but also after 2,000 hours of continuous operation;D) Cost: <5,000 € per Nm3 H2 production capacity per hour in series production; andE) Durability: >20,000 hours @ constant loadFurthermore, the stack will be liquid cooled to enhance durability and enable easy heat utilisation. This is important as a PEM electrolyser operated with renewable will run when the electricity is cheap and therefore not simultaneous with the µCHP.The PrimoLyser project is scheduled for 2.5 years. The present proposal is phase I in a 2 step development, where phase II will comprise BoP development & full integration of the electrolyser with a µCHP followed by a field test.The Consortium is well balanced, with the following 6 partners complementing one another to achieve the project target goals: i) A PEM FC manufacturing company (IRD Fuel Cells A/S [SME], DK); ii) 3 research centres and universities VTT (FI), Åbo Akademi (FI) & ECN (NL); iii) A leading manufacturer of ion exchange polymers and membranes (Fumatech (DE)); and iv) A subsidiary utility company (Abengoa-Hynergreen [ES]) | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 62428 | 296012 | INGRID | High-capacity hydrogen-based green-energy storage solutions for grid balancing | 2012-07-01 | 2016-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 24061416 | 13789563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2011.7.3-2 | INGRID introduces and demonstrates the usage of safe, high-density solid-state hydrogen storage systems as an effective energy vector to balance the grid also by powering off-grid applications, thus enabling a smart balance between variable green energy sources supply and the grid demand. To reach its ambitions objective, the INGRID project will focus on:•The usage of new hydrogen solid-state storage technology ,as safe and high-density energy storage systems, to be integrated in a closed loop coupled with water electrolyzers and fuel cell systems to achieve a high efficiency regenerative loop.•Decentralized power generation and energy distribution architectures (interconnecting infrastructure, dispensing technology, transmission system) based on effective rapid and safe hydrogen-based energy storage/deliver solutions capable to accept and manage any RES fluctuation and variability;•Advanced ICT solutions for intelligent Simulation and Energy Management System (EMS) able to correctly simulate, manage, monitor, dispatch energy in compliance with the power request of the grid, allowing a correct balance between variable energy supply and demand and simulate .•Perform limited demonstrative scaled-down test case for assessing the storage system’ high balancing capabilities in presence of high variable electricity demand consisting in a small pilot version of a green urban mobility system integrating conventional public transport designed to be self-sustainable. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/public transport’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘public transport’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 62434 | 604344 | PILOTMANU | Pilot manufacturing line for production of highly innovative materials | 2013-10-01 | 2017-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 5354079 | 4014465 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | NMP.2013.4.0-3 | The vision of PilotManu is the upscale of the current mechanical alloying technological facility into a powder manufacturing pilot line by further developing existing IPR-covered results owned by the SMEs in the consortium related to mechanical alloying technology and to innovative powder materials for different applications.The baseline technology that will be upscaled from a technological facility status into pilot scale, is the High Energy Ball Milling machine, able to deliver innovative materials for new product lines developed by SMEs and industrial partnership that will lead the technological upscale.The project will demonstrate the technological and economical viability of the pilot line by implementing advanced materials into coatings, abrasive tool and additive manufacturing applications.Additional application sectors will be represented in the business cases by analyzing the cost/benefits of using the following new materials: Mg hydrides for hydrogen storage, thermoelectrics for energy harvesting, flame retardant textile and polymer nanocomposite for rapid prototyping.The potential impact brought by the new HEBM pilot production will be transversal also in all those technological sectors demanding high performance and outstanding material properties not achievable by conventional products. These huge un-exploited knowledge reservoir related to materials produced via HEBM or Mechanical Alloying will be unlocked by the Pilot Manu production system able to bring these results into the market. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/textiles’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/manufacturing engineering/additive manufacturing’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/nanocomposites’] | [‘polymer sciences’, ‘textiles’, ‘coating and films’, ‘additive manufacturing’, ‘nanocomposites’] | |||||
| 62493 | 267816 | LILO | Light-In, Light-Out: Chemistry for sustainable energy technologies | 2011-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 2399440 | 2399440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE5 | The project is concerned with a coordinated approach to the development of of novel chemical strategies for light harvesting by photovoltaic cells and light generation using light emitting electrochemical cells. Both technologies have proof of principle results from the PIs own laboratory and others world-wide. The bulk of efficient dye sensitized solar cells rely on transition metal complexes as the photoactive component as the majority of traditional organic dyes do not possess long term stability under the operating conditions of the devices. LECs based upon transition metal complexes have been shown to possess lifetimes sufficiently long and efficiencies sufficiently high to become a viable alternative technology to OLEDs in the near future. The disadvantages of state of the art devices for both technologies is that they are based upon second or third row transition metal complexes. Although these elements are expensive, the principle difficulties arise from their low abundance, which creates significant issues of sustainability if the technology is to be adopted. The aim of this project is three-fold. Firstly, to further optimise the individual technologies using conventional transition metal complexes, with increases in efficiency leading to lower metal requirements. Secondly, to explore the periodic table for metal-containing luminophores based on first row transition metals, with an emphasis upon copper and zinc containing species. The final aspect is related to the utilization of solar derived electrons for water splitting reactions, allowing the generation of hydrogen and/or reaction products of hydrogen with organic species. This latter aspect is related to the mid-term requirement for liquid fuels, regardless of the primary fuel sources utilized. The program will involve design and synthesis of new materials, device construction and evaluation (in-house and with existing academic and industrial partners) and iterative refinement of structures | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/liquid fuels’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’] | [‘liquid fuels’, ‘transition metals’] | |||||
| 62597 | 210030 | QUANTUMCRASS | Towards a fully quantum ab initio treatment of chemical reactions at solid surfaces | 2008-08-01 | 2012-07-31 | nan | FP7 | 912916 | 912916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-SG-PE4 | The making and breaking of bonds involving hydrogen atoms at the surfaces of materials plays a major role in nature. For example, the formation and activation of C-H, N-H, and O-H bonds lies at the heart of heterogeneous catalysis and is no less important to other disciplines such as electrochemistry and astrophysics, not to mention the widely discussed “hydrogen economy” of the future. When dealing with hydrogen, quantum nuclear effects – tunnelling and quantum delocalization – can be significant at room temperature and below. Despite this fact, and despite growing economic and environmental incentives to carry out hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions at lower temperatures most theoretical studies neglect the role quantum nuclear effects play in such processes. Here, we will address this by developing and applying ab initio path integral techniques for the rigorous treatment of quantum nuclear effects in elementary diffusion and reaction events at solid surfaces. The path integral formalism of quantum mechanics provides a powerful approach for treating quantum nuclear effects and when done with an ab initio determination of the underlying potential energy surface highly accurate predictions can be achieved. This project will begin with ab initio path integral simulations of time independent quantum properties such as addressing the extent of quantum delocalisation of adsorbed hydrogen atoms and hydrogen atoms incorporated in molecules adsorbed on solid surfaces. Following this ab initio centroid molecular dynamics techniques specifically designed for the determination of quantum transition state theory rate constants and mechanisms of elementary reaction and diffusion processes at solid surfaces will be developed. This highly ambitious project will culminate in the fully quantum treatment of several elementary reactions at metal surfaces and in so doing open up a new research frontier: the fully quantum path integral treatment of surface chemistry. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/quantum physics’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/astronomy/astrophysics’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘quantum physics’, ‘astrophysics’, ‘catalysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 62835 | 209481 | ZEOCELL | NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES BASED ON POLYMER-IONIC LIQUIDS-ZEOLITE COMPOSITES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE PEM FUEL CELL | 2008-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 2654938 | 1917401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-1.1-01;ENERGY-2007-1.1-03 | The PEMFC represents one of the most promising technologies in the field of fuel cells. One of the keys to the success of the PEMFC technology is the development of improved electrolyte membrane materials which can be produced in mass and can operate within a temperature range of 130-200ºC. The ZEOCELL project will develop a nanostructured electrolyte membrane based on a new composite multifunctional material consisting of the combination of 3 materials: zeolites, ionic liquids and polymers – integrating their beneficial characteristics. The membrane will have an innovative structure comprising a 2D polymer matrix and two zeolite layers, with the following properties: – High ionic conductivity: ≥100 mS/cm at 150ºC.; – Suitability for operating at temperatures between 130-200ºC; – Good chemical, mechanical and thermal stability up to 200ºC; – Durability (<1% performance degradation during the first 1000 hours working); - Low fuel cross-over (| [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘composites’, ‘inorganic compounds’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘alcohols’, ‘fuel cells’] |
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| 63043 | 331298 | CONFIES | New concepts in ceramic conducting oxides for improved energy storage devices | 2013-03-01 | 2015-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 221606.4 | 221606.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF | “Nowadays, there is an imperative aim to decrease the fossil fuel dependency and to promote an environmentally-friendly energy economy what will have great benefits in the society needs. For this reason, the implementation of green energy sources (solar, wind, geothermal…) has been boosted in the last years. However, the exploitation of these sources requires the support of energy storage systems to compensate their intermittent power generation. It is as important, however, to develop, at the same pace, technologies that can store this energy in portable form. Two main electrochemical systems for chemical storage are the focus of this work. On the one hand, high energy density secondary batteries (Li/Na ion and lithium- air batteries) and on the other hand, high temperature steam electrolysis (SOE) systems reversibly used for zero emission hydrogen production (energy storage) or energy production as a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) as a function of the energy demand. Large-scale commercialization of these devices urgently needs the design and implementation of novel materials with improved properties and low cost; a complete breakthrough in materials science. Ceramic materials can be obtained with a wide variety of stoichiometries, crystal structures and therefore, electrochemical properties with applicability in both proposed devices. The aim of this project is to explore beyond the conventional materials used in the last decades (mainly perovskite-and fluorite-related materials) trying to investigate and identify new networks of open crystal structures for highly conducting ceramics: mixed ionic-electronic conductor electrodes and pure ionic electrolytes (proton, oxygen and/or ion-alkaline). The study of the relationships between the chemistry, structure and electrical properties will be used to determine the factors governing the transport properties allowing the design of the desired properties in the materials.” | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/ceramics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘ceramics’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 63328 | 256850 | H2FC-LCA | Development of Guidance Manual for LCA application to Fuel cells and Hydrogen technologies | 2010-10-01 | 2011-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 386862 | 311957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.5.5 | The project aims to develop a Guidance manual for LCA of FC and H2 based systems, training material and courses. The MANUAL will offer a step by step guidance, following the LCA Handbook procedure, together with specific examples, targeting LCA practitioners in industry and researcher. FC and H2 are technologies with a broad range of functions, applications and input processes thus we will adopt a flexible and modular approach, adapting the modularity of the ISO 14025.Proposed approach consists of 5 steps:*Definition of product category groups for FC and H2 to allow a broader comparability among the different technologies, guaranteeing high accuracy.*Development of common rules (PCR type documents) for product category, based on Consortium experience and on FC and H2 LCA studies. PCR will prescribe how to perform LCA study: life cycle stages, system boundaries, parameters to be covered, relevant impact categories, cut-off rules, allocation rules etc. Methodological issues will be defined on the basis of ILCD Handbook that identifies 4 decision contexts which require different Life Cycle Inventory modeling frameworks and LCI method approaches to be applied. Specific rules will also be defined to deal with the multifunctional processes (very relevant in the FC and H technologies)*Consensus process on PCRs. Relevant stakeholders, with particular attention to the intended target audience, will be invited in workshops and discussion forum*Development of the MANUAL, by the execution of full case studies to be used for illustrative purpose. It includes a step by step guided procedure on Goal and Scope definition, LCI, data collection and documentation for ILCD Data Network, Impact Assessment, Interpretation and Review, strictly adhering to the ILCD Handbook.*Development of training material and courses on PCRs and MANUAL.The approach allows technology developer producing information modules of its own product and making it available in the Data Network | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/information engineering/telecommunications/telecommunications networks/data networks’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘data networks’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 63469 | 621195 | MATISSE | MAnufacTuring Improved Stack with textured Surface Electrodes for Stationary and CHP applications | 2014-10-01 | 2017-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3192819.8 | 1684717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.3.2;SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.3.1 | MATISSE is a 36-month project targeting to the delivery of PEMFC advanced cells and stacks for stationary applications. The project methodology will include assessment of stack incremented with new materials and processes developed during the project. The project will address three stack designs for each of the stationary conditions of operation of the fuel cell i.e. H2/O2, H2/air and reformate H2/air. MATISSE intends to achieve some objectives in term of stack robustness, lifetime, performance and cost. For this purpose, advanced materials solutions will be performed and validated as proof of concept for the manufacturability of cell and stack. New textured X-Y gradient electrodes will be optimized and manufactured taking into account the localized current density of electrode inside the cell during operation. Some localized areas of catalyst loading will be defined following the risk of electrode flooding part or of membrane drying. The new MEA should lead to an increase of durability of stack and reduction of degradation phenomenon. The manufacturability of cells and stack will be demonstrated with the electrode manufacturing using a continuous screen printing process and by the automatization of the membrane electrodes assembly step. Moreover, an automatized robot will be used to proceed at stack assembly allowing reaching a better mechanical stability under pressure and a better alignment of components. This work will allow reducing the cost so as to meet the market target allowing a large deployment of stationary PEMFC system. The technical-economic cost assessment will be carried out during the project in order to confirm the progression of MATISSE stack technology toward the objectives. MATISSE consortium is based on 3 industrial partners recognized at the international level for their activities in stationary application. 2 RTO centres play part in the project to develop and assess new innovative solutions on LT-PEMFC MEA and stacks technology. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 63486 | 310490 | SUSFUELCAT | Sustainable fuel production by aqueous phase reforming – understanding catalysis and hydrothermal stability of carbon supported noble metals | 2013-01-01 | 2016-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4599401.57 | 3515845 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | NMP.2012.1.1-1 | Biomass conversion is of high priority for sustainable fuel production, to reduce the reliance of Europe on fossil fuel production and to provide environmentally friendly energy. Aqueous phase reforming (APR) is one of the most promising, competitive ways for the production of liquid and gaseous fuels from biomass, since it is low energy consuming. APR enables processing of wet biomass resources without energy intensive drying and additional hydrogen production from water by the water-gas-shift reaction. Hence, APR is one of the processes that allow fast industrialization of conversion systems suited for wet biomass resources. Catalysis is here the key technology. State-of-the-art catalysts used are a) not optimized and b) can lack hydrothermal stability. Regarding the latter, the paradigm shifts towards carbon supported catalysts, due to its superior hydrothermal stability. Within the project experts for multinational industry, SMEs and academia focus on the optimization of hydrothermally stable carbon supported catalysts for the APR to unleash the potential of catalysts. Methodology employed is not a trial and error optimization. By deduction of fundamental structure-property relationships from highly defined model catalysts a catalyst design capability is build up. This capability will be used for optimization with the objectives to increase catalyst activity, selectivity and hydrothermal stability. Cost efficient routes to produce these catalysts in a technical scale will be evaluated and a demonstration catalysts synthesized and operated in long term tests with technical feedstocks and at a competitive price. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agricultural biotechnology/biomass’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘catalysis’, ‘biomass’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 63802 | 304218 | ICSMAGC | Innovative Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation:Toward ‘Green’ Chemistry | 2012-04-01 | 2016-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG | My proposed research projects will focus on sustainable Organic Chemistry, including various aspects of (Asymmetric) Catalysis as a ‘green’ key technology. This approach is relevant to the global mission of the European Union in that it aims at advancing fundamental science in view of a sustainable and environmentally friendly society.Significant further developments in the field of (Asymmetric) Catalysis rely on:(I) the discovery of innovative (chiral) catalysts,(II) the invention of unprecedented modes for the catalytic activation of strong bonds, and(III) the careful elucidation of the involved reaction mechanisms.In this context, my proposed research programs will contribute to the following exciting areas:(1) Exploration of (chiral) compounds bearing an element in its unusually low-oxidation or low-valent state, in order to develop innovative catalysts for (asymmetric) synthesis, e.g. unprecedented direct-type bond transformations. This approach saves resources and minimizes waste production.(2) Exploration of (chiral) potentially ambiphilic elements, displaying ‘switchable’ acid–base reactivity, for the catalytic activation of strong bonds in small molecules. This intriguing unexplored concept may be exploited in view of:(a) catalytic (asymmetric) reactions employing e.g. ‘molecular hydrogen’ and ‘carbon dioxide’ for effective ‘green’ material transformations;(b) ‘molecular hydrogen storage’;(c) ‘carbon dioxide fixation’.(3) Exploration of Organic Chemistry, particularly (Asymmetric) Catalysis, in water or alternative ‘green’ solvents (abundant & renewable), such as hydroxylated organic solvents (glycerol, propylene glycol, lactate esters), but also in view of uncovering unprecedented reactivities and unique selectivities. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/lipids’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’] | [‘organic chemistry’, ‘lipids’, ‘catalysis’] | |||||
| 64045 | 287088 | THE ISSUE | Traffic- Health- Environment. Intelligent Solutions Sustaining Urban Economies | 2011-12-01 | 2014-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 3205802.4 | 2749981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-REGIONS | REGIONS-2011-1 | This proposal is presented by a consortium of regional research clusters whose core members are already pursuing research and technology development (RTD) in programmes that map on to their local or regional transport policy priorities. Common themes of expertise within the consortium apply to the fields of Traffic, Health and Environment (THE); the objective of the project is to apply this research base to achieve Intelligent Solutions for Sustaining Urban Economies. (ISSUE). This proposal truly addresses THE ISSUE.Several research areas are identified that deal directly with headline themes of this FP7 Call, namely:-transport impacts on urban mobility,-transport greening;-health, safety and security of citizens,-associated economic impacts.Diverse technologies and research applications will be brought to bear on the above issues, including:•Computer intelligence solutions and real-time satellite navigation data integrated into existing operational urban traffic management systems.•Space and in-situ measurements to help mitigate risk to citizens’ health from traffic-induced air pollution.•Technology demonstration and pre-operational real time trials of a hydrogen fuel cell powered car operating in a city environment (2012).THE ISSUE programme will create a vibrant partnership of regional research clusters to bring together and coordinate already-existing and projected RTD programmes relevant to Traffic, Health and Environment both within the clusters and more widely in the broader European research community. In parallel, consultations will be held with participating regional and local authorities to identify economic priorities of those regions, specific to the themes of Traffic, Health and Environment. Tensioning RTD actions against regional economic objectives will be the next step. This approach paves the way to shape the application of research outputs towards delivery of regional strategies by developing a framework for coordinating research actions and exploitation. The coordination process requires proactive knowledge exchange between core partners through a focussed dissemination programme and a structured approach for mentoring and knowledge transfer to regions with less well developed research structures.The core partners are East Midlands, UK, Mazovi Region, Poland, MOLISE REGION, Italy, Midi Pyrenees and Aquitaine regions, France. In each case we can identify active regional research clusters with programmes and expertise in relevant thematic areas. Each core partner can satisfy the “triple helix” requirement. A wider network of new regional clusters will also be built up. Their regional representatives and research teams will be encouraged to participate in THE ISSUE’s series of workshop and dissemination events and to become active partners in downstream RTD actions that THE ISSUE will be seeking to develop. Promotion of the new cluster programme will be facilitated, in part, through nationally-based knowledge transfer and innovation networks as well as the transnational NEREUS regional network.The expected outcome will be a Europe-wide research forward look and implementation plan for the exploitation and further development of relevant economy-driving, environmentally-sensitive traffic and transport initiatives for more sustainable transport economies in the cities, towns and regions of Europe. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/aerospace engineering/satellite technology’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/air pollution engineering’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/environmental sciences/pollution’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/sustainable transport’] | [‘satellite technology’, ‘air pollution engineering’, ‘pollution’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘sustainable transport’] | |||||
| 64047 | 229773 | PERL | Enhancing the Research Potential of the NCSR “Demokritos” Environmental Research Laboratory in the European, National and Regional Research Areas | 2009-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 1135000 | 797000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-REGPOT | REGPOT-2008-1-01 | PERL addresses the FP7-REGPOT-1 call to improve the research potential of the Environmental Research Laboratory (EREL) of the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Region of Attica, Greece, in the fields of air pollution and hydrogen technologies. The Laboratory has achieved over the last years significant progress and growth but needs further support to undertake the required leap forward and evolve to a major R&D center. The present proposal consists of a set of coherent activities, which arise from the implementation of the EREL Action Plan, directly aiming at strengthening the research capacity of the Laboratory for successful participation in research activities at European, National and Regional level. The proposed action will be built on three solid pillars: • Research infrastructures, which includes the recruitment of expert scientific personnel, modernization of existing unique facilities and acquisition of new equipment • Strategic partnership and collaboration between EREL, renowned research entities and the industry, in key thematic priorities of the ERA and National Research Activities • Outreaching of the EREL scientific achievements and research capacities as a means of increasing visibility of the work and expanding R&D collaboration. The proposal embraces networking activities with regard to research, innovation and technology with other “excellent” research institutions in EU. Emphasis is placed on achieving strategic partnerships and establishing research staff mobility with entities from regions facing similar R&D challenges thus enhancing the European, National and regional impact of EREL activities. The successful outcome of PERL will contribute essentially towards integrating the R&D activities of EREL in the general framework of European scientific and technological cooperation in key thematic priorities. This would allow the EREL members to participate effectively in European S&T cooperation initiatives and networks. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/air pollution engineering’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/environmental sciences/pollution’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘air pollution engineering’, ‘pollution’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 64319 | 278192 | HIGH V.LO-CITY | Cities speeding up the integration of hydrogen buses in public fleets | 2012-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 30494110.49 | 13491724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.1.1 | Several European bus manufacturers consider the hybrid fuel cell (FCH) bus as the most promising technology to facilitate the decarbonisation of public transport. By leveraging the experiences of past fuel cell bus projects, implementing technical improvements that increase efficiency and reduce costs of FCH buses, as well as introducing a modular approach to hydrogen refuelling infrastructure build-up, the High V(Flanders).L(Liguria) O(ScOtland)-City project aims at significantly increasing the “velocity” of integrating these buses on a larger scale in European bus operations.•The project will address the following key issues: Increase energy efficiency of the buses and reduce cost of ownership:ohydrogen consumption down to 7–9 kg H2/100kmointegrating latest drive train and battery technologiesoavailability of 90% without the need of permanent supporto>12.000 hours warranty and decreased additional warranty costoincrease lifetime of key components as fuel cells and batteries.oinvestment cost <1,3 million euro•Reduce the cost of hydrogen supply:oLiguria: linking with renewable hydrogen sourcesoAntwerp: using by-product hydrogen from industryoAberdeen: making use of an existing hydrogen production and distribution mechanisms and eventually Scotland’s extensive wind energy resourcesoGroningen: by using H2 taken by a pipeline as a by-product from chlorine production•Consolidate past, current and future fuel cell bus demonstration activities by creating an active dissemination network of Hydrogen Bus Centres of Excellence in collaboration with the Hydrogen Bus Alliance, Global Hydrogen Bus Platform, CHIC Dissemination task force and JTI hydrogen bus demonstration projects. More specifically High V.LO City will:oBuilding on the experience of Van Hool the USA (21 buses 2005-2010)oLink Liguria, Antwerp, Aberdeen and Groningen, with already existing activities in United Kingdom (London), the Netherlands (Amsterdam and Arnhem), Germany (Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin), Spain (Madrid, Barcelona) and Italy (Bolzano and Milano). | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electric batteries’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/wind power’, ‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/public transport’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electric batteries’, ‘wind power’, ‘public transport’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 64541 | 274078 | BEC-ME | Microbial Electrochemical Cells with modified electrode based on ‘forest’ like carbon nanotube (CNTs) and CNT- conducting polymers nanocomposites | 2011-11-01 | 2013-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 271636.8 | 271636.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF | “Microbial electrochemical cells (MECs) show promises for energy recovery from waste and efficient wastewater treatment. MECs are bioelectrochemical reactors in which chemical energy stored in reduced substrates is converted directly into electrical energy (or hydrogen) through immobilized microbial catalysts, usually termed electroactive biofilms (EAB). Current MEC performances are not optimal and prevent their use in large-scale applications. Slow electron transfer at the microorganisms/electrode interface and low overall electroactivity of EABs are among the key scientific bottlenecks that need to be resolved in order to increase MEC output and enable their cost-effective implementation in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). A possible solution is the development of biocompatible advanced materials for electrodes that will enable efficient “wiring” of EAB to the electrode. This project focus on development of such electrode materials and their implementation in established MECs.The candidate will use ‘forest’ like carbon nanotube (CNTs) and CNT- conducting polymers nanocomposites (CNT-NCs) to modify conventional electrodes for MECs. The new electrodes will have high surface and biocompatibility and support a fully active EAB, thereby increasing extracellular electron transfer and power (or hydrogen) output in MECs.The training facilities and expertise of the host organization will be used to fulfill the multidisciplinary training of researcher needs for development of an independent research career. Additional training budget management and technology transfer provided within this project will add to the core skills of the candidate and enable her to take forward Research and Technology Development programmes.Moreover, the results could be of enormous global environmental benefit by ensuring the optimization of MEC as well as economic benefit by reducing costs for existing wastewater treatment systems.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/water treatment processes/wastewater treatment processes’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/microbiology’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/nanocomposites’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘wastewater treatment processes’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘microbiology’, ‘nanocomposites’] | |||||
| 64570 | 308535 | VALUEFROMURINE | Bio-electrochemically-assisted recovery of valuable resources from urine | 2012-09-01 | 2016-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 3795008.41 | 2861021.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENVIRONMENT | ENV.2012.6.3-1 | The bio-electrochemically-assisted recovery of valuable resources from urine (ValueFromUrine) project will develop, optimize and evaluate an innovative bio-electrochemical system that allows for the recovery of phosphorus (P), ammonia (NH3) and electricity (E) or hydrogen from urine. The innovative principle is that biological oxidation of organics (present in urine) at a bio-anode drives both the transport of ammonium over a membrane (which allows the recovery of NH3) and the production of alkalinity (which can be utilized for the precipitation of P-salts).Toilets and urinals that collect urine separately from other wastewater streams, are increasingly being installed in newly constructed utility buildings or during renovation of old buildings. Unlike any state-of-the art technology, the ValueFromUrine technology not only has the potential to recover over 95% of the P and NH3 from urine, but also to produce chemicals (NaOH, KOH) and energy. The ValueFromUrine consortium is made up of complementary knowledge institutes, SMEs and industry partner, each of them leading in one or more relevant fields (electrochemistry, membrane technology, microbiology, micro-pollutants and decentralized wastewater treatment). Moreover, all commercial partners have experience in the validation of new technologies. The participating SMEs have a key function in the consortium, which is reflected by the fact that 41% of the requested funding will go to the SMEs for research and technology development. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/water treatment processes/wastewater treatment processes’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/bioelectrochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/chemical engineering/separation technologies’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/microbiology’] | [‘wastewater treatment processes’, ‘bioelectrochemistry’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘separation technologies’, ‘microbiology’] | |||||
| 65074 | 325262 | CISTEM | Construction of Improved HT-PEM MEAs and Stacks for Long Term Stable Modular CHP Units | 2013-06-01 | 2016-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 6097180 | 3989723 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.3.1;SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.3.5 | The vision of the CISTEM project is to develop a new fuel cell (FC) based CHP technology, which is suitable for fitting into large scale peak shaving systems in relation to wind mills, natural gas and SMART grid applications. The technology should be integrated with localized power/heat production in order to utilize the heat from the FC via district heating and should deliver an electrical output of up to 100kW. Additionally the CHP system should be fuel flexible by use of natural gas or use of hydrogen and oxygen which can be provided by electrolysis. This gives the additional opportunity to store electrical energy in case of net overproduction by production of hydrogen and oxygen for use in the CHP system and gives an additional performance boost for the fuel cell.The main idea of the project is a combined development of fuel cell technology and CHP system design. This gives the opportunity to develop an ideal new fuel cell technology for the special requirements of a CHP system in relation to efficiency, costs and lifetime. On the other hand the CHP system development can take into account the special advantages and disadvantages of the new fuel cell technology to realize an optimal system design.The purpose of the CISTEM project is to show a proof of concept of high temperature PEM (HT-PEM) MEA technology for large combined heat and power (CHP) systems. A CHP system of 100 kWel will be set up and demonstrated. These CHP system size is suitable for district heat and power supply. The system will be build up modularly, with FC units of each 5 kWel output. This strategy of numbering up will achieve an optimal adaption of the CHP system size to a very wide area of applications, e.g. different building sizes or demands for peak shaving application.Within CISTEM at least two 5 kWel modules will be implemented as hardware; the remaining 18 modules will be implemented as emulated modules in a hardware in the loop (HIL) test bench. The advantages of the 5 kW modular units are: suitable for mass production at lower production costs, higher system efficiency due to optimized operation of each unit, maintenance “on the run”, stability and reliability of the whole system. With the help of the HIL approach different climate conditions representing the European-wide load profiles can be emulated in detail. Furthermore, interfaces to smart grid application will be prepared.Increased electrical efficiency for the FC will be obtained by the utilization of oxygen from the electrolyser which is normally wasted, as well as by general improvement of the FCs. Besides, the overall energy efficiency will also be improved by utilization of the produced heat in the district heating system. The latter is facilitated by high working temperature of the HT-PEM FC (i.e. 140 – 180˚C). | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/thermodynamic engineering’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘thermodynamic engineering’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘combined heat and power’, ‘natural gas’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 65406 | 302197 | BI-NANO Pt/HYDRO CNF | “New Bi-Functional Catalyst and Meso-porous Layer for PEM Fuel Cells: Low Loading of Pt Nanoparticles on One Side of a Hydrophobic CNF Layer” | nan | nan | nan | FP7 | 200371.8 | 200371.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF | Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) in combination with hydrogen are considered one of the best candidates to help to mitigate the climate change. However, there are still some challenges to release this technology to the market. One of the main costly issues for its commercialization is the amount of the platinum (Pt) that is used as catalyst, especially in the cathode where the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) takes place. Even though progress has been made during the past years decreasing the Pt loading, the utilization and stability of Pt must be increased to meet the application demands by changing the current commercial carbon support (mainly Vulcan XC-72). Here it is proposed the use of a hydrophobic carbon nanofiber (CNF) layer as Pt support that combine high stability to oxidation, high specific surface area without micropores and large pore volume.The first part of the project consists of the growth of a CNF layer, which is directly grown on one side of a carbon paper substrate. The first objective of the project is the direct deposition of Pt nanoparticles on only one side of the CNF layer while avoiding a deep penetration of the Pt particles and maintaining certain hydrophobicity. The external location of the Pt particles, close to the central membrane, is crucial for a high fuel cell performance. On the other hand, certain hydrophobicity is needed to improve the evacuation of water formed in the cathode eliminating, or at least reducing, the use of PTFE. The second objective is the study of the influence of the addition of proton conductive polymers in the electrocatalytic ORR of the electrode. Finally, the last objective is the fuel cell electrochemical characterization of the electrodes by preparing membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) by using commercial and/or in-house prepared anodes and membranes, so that the fuel cell performance can be measured and compared with a commercial MEA based on Pt/Vulcan XC-72. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/atmospheric sciences/climatology/climatic changes’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘transition metals’, ‘catalysis’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘climatic changes’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 65422 | 226593 | COORDSPACE | Chemistry of Coordination Space: Extraction, Storage, Activation and Catalysis | 2008-12-01 | 2013-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 2492371.6 | 2492371.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE5 | The Applicant has an outstanding record of achievement and an international reputation for independent research across many areas of metal coordination chemistry. This high-impact and challenging Proposal brings together innovative ideas in coordination chemistry within a single inter- and multi-disciplinary project to open up new horizons across molecular and biological sciences, materials science and energy research. The Proposal applies coordination chemistry to the key issues of climate change, environmental and chemical sustainability, the Hydrogen Economy, carbon capture and fuel cell technologies, and atom-efficient metal extraction and clean-up. The vision is to bring together complementary areas and new applications of metal coordination chemistry and ligand design within an overarching and fundamental research program addressing: i. nanoscale functionalized framework polymers for the storage and activation of H2, CO2, CO, O2, N2, methane and volatile organic compounds; ii. new catalysts for the reversible oxidation and photochemical production of H2; iii) clean and selective recovery of precious metals (Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Hf, Zr) from process streams and ores. These research themes will be consolidated within a single cross-disciplinary and ambitious program focusing on the control of chemistry, reactivity and interactions within self-assembled confined and multi-functionalized space generated by designer porous framework materials. An AdG will afford the impetus and freedom via consolidated funding to undertake fundamental, speculative research with multiple potential big-hits across a wide range of disciplines. Via an extensive network of international academic and industrial collaborations, the Applicant will deliver major research breakthroughs in these vital areas, and train scientists for the future of Europe in an exciting, stimulating and curiosity-driven environment. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/volatile organic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/atmospheric sciences/climatology/climatic changes’] | [‘volatile organic compounds’, ‘biological sciences’, ‘catalysis’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘climatic changes’] | |||||
| 65884 | 256834 | MOBYPOST | Mobility with Hydrogen for Postal Delivery | 2011-02-01 | 2015-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 8259851.88 | 4251064.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.4.1 | Transport will probably experience its main revolution from the beginning of the industrial age. Developments around thermal engines meet technological limits and fossil origin fuel are more and more disparaged due to their worth impact on environment, climatic evolution and air or noise pollution in the cities.Research is lead in different ways from years to purpose alternative energies to fossil fuel. Electricity driving and hydrogen fuel cells are promising solutions, but are not largely commercialised yet. Furthermore, hydrogen fuel cells face several challenges which need to be overcome: reliability and life time of the fuel cell, distribution networks absence.MobyPost aims at implementing hydrogen and fuel cell technology at a middle level, based on an environmental respectful strategy, and including a significant experimentation which will enable to proof the viability of the technology and initiate its commercialisation in the field of market niches as material handling vehicles.MobyPost proposes to develop the concept of electric vehicles powered by fuel cells for delivery application and a local hydrogen production and associated refuelling apparatus from a renewable primary energy source, using industrial buildings to produce hydrogen by electrolysis, roofs of the buildings being covered of photovoltaic solar cells able to supply electrolysis.In contrast to most of the development strategies existing so far, MobyPost will implement low pressure solutions for hydrogen storage.The project will lay on experimentation of two fleets of five vehicles, on two different sites for postal mail delivery of La Poste. Development of vehicles and the two refuelling stations associated will be realized considering all certifications processes required in order to implement experimentation in real operating conditions, and taking in account very closely public acceptance towards solutions that will be implemented. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/electric vehicles’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/social sciences/political sciences/political transitions/revolutions’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electric vehicles’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘revolutions’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 65934 | 325364 | HyAC | HyAC – high measurement accuracy of hydrogen refueling | 2013-10-01 | 2014-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 737920.4 | 497129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.1.7 | The overall purpose and ambition of HyAC is to address the two main obstacles for accurate and legal metering for commercial hydrogen fuel dispensing:- Validate and demonstrate that state-of-the-art hydrogen mass flow metering can meet expected legal requirements by conducting accuracy testing- Analyse existing legislation & standards on gas fuel metering accuracy and provide detailed recommendations on how hydrogen can be included and handledThe outcome of the HyAC project will primarily be a report named: ““Recommendations for legal requirements & procedures & for verification & approval of hydrogen metering accuracy”. Scope and purpose of the report will be to provide a thorough basis for later inclusion of hydrogen in the MID directive and OIML recommendation as well acting as a guideline for the handling of hydrogen by national authorities.In short term EU member countries may use HyAC results for individual handling legal accuracy processes for hydrogen. This may help enable an early roll-out of a hydrogen refueling infrastructure in key EU member countries where market introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles are considered, e.g. Germany, UK, Netherlands and Scandinavia.Also the HyAC project results can contribute to a potential inclusion of hydrogen in the European MID directive and OIML standard in medium to long term. This would provide a uniform approval process for hydrogen accuracy across Europe and help support a European wide roll-out of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.To both collect input for the HyAC activities and secure a strong dissemination platform, networking and dialogue will be secured to authorities in selected EU member countries, working groups of MID and OIML, major European hydrogen initiatives (CEP, SHHP and UK/DE H2Mobilities) as well as major ongoing FCH-JU funded transport demonstration projects. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/social geography/transport/electric vehicles’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electric vehicles’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 66232 | 330316 | SYNGAS | Numerical Characterization and Modelling of Syngas Combustion | 2013-10-21 | 2015-10-20 | nan | FP7 | 231283.2 | 231283.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF | In order to meet the EU targets on renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions, there is an urgent need to increase the use of renewable fuels such as syngas and biogas. In the mean time, the low efficiency and emission problems associated with non-premixed combustion systems are also driving the move away from such systems towards lean premixed conditions where fuel is mixed with excess air prior to combustion. Despite substantial progress achieved in turbulent combustion, there still lacks the understanding of the following four phenomena in the context of premixed mode: (i) development of flames (ii) influence of high-pressure on turbulent burning velocities, (iii) preferential diffusion effects which are most pronounced in mixtures that contain free hydrogen, and (iv) flame quenching by very intense turbulence is still poor.The project is aimed at numerically characterizing the burning behaviour of premixed syngas and biogas combustion and developing large eddy simulation (LES) techniques to facilitate the study and design of practical combustion systems for such sustainable fuels. The main objectives are:•To carry out numerical investigations of the aforementioned three important phenomena, i.e. (1) development of syngas premixed flames; (2) influence of high-pressure on turbulent burning velocities; and (3) preferential diffusion effects.•To develop a turbulent reacting flow model that captures the underlying physical and chemical processes in flame development, the pressure and Lewis number effect; and to•To validate the numerical model with published experimental data.The project will result in a validated LES based predictive tool within the frame of open source CFD code OpenFOAM for multidimensional numerical simulations of syngas/biogas premixed flames under elevated pressures as well as a comprehensive database on the values of the time scale, computed for different mixture compositions, pressures, and temperatures. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/databases’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/classical mechanics/fluid mechanics/fluid dynamics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘databases’, ‘fluid dynamics’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 66239 | 267376 | H2-SMS-CAT | Engineering of Supported Molten Salt Catalysts for Dehydrogenation Reactions and Hydrogen Production Technologies | 2011-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 1862400 | 1862400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE8 | The ultimate goal in the development of more efficient catalytic technologies is to combine selectivity, productivity, robustness and ease of processing on the highest possible level. For this purpose, new approaches to integrate molecular catalysis into heterogeneous systems are required. This H2-SMS-CAT project aims to establish homogeneous catalysis in heterogeneous systems in the temperature range of 200°C to 500°C. The project will focus on the engineering of Supported Molten Salt catalysts, i.e. materials that contain as the catalytic active film a eutectic molten salt mixture which is immobilized on the high internal surface of an inorganic support. Within the project, the H2-SMS-CAT technology will be exemplified for selected dehydrogenation reactions and hydrogen production technologies. The proposed demonstrator applications are of great technical relevance in the context of hydrogen storage and transportation technologies and for catalytic alkane activation.Our team is ideally suited to undertake this venture. We are excited by the idea to combine our top-level expertise in ionic liquid/molten salt chemistry, organometallics and reaction engineering to unlock high temperature applications for molecular defined, homogeneous, high temperature dehydrogenation catalysis. The project will cover aspects of support material engineering, catalytic eutectics development, catalyst and reactor design as well as mechanistic and spectroscopic investigations. In case of success, the outcome of this project will be of fundamental relevance for the whole field of catalysis. New insight into the nature of operating catalytic materials can be expected from a detailed comparison of classical metal-on-support catalysts with our new H2-SMS-CAT systems. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/organometallic chemistry’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/economics/production economics/productivity’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘organometallic chemistry’, ‘productivity’, ‘catalysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 66274 | 278855 | HyTime | Low temperature hydrogen production from second generation biomass | 2012-01-01 | 2015-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 3057249.8 | 1606900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.4 | The aim of HyTime is to deliver a bioprocess for decentral H2 production from 2nd generation biomass with a productivity of 1-10 kg H2/d. The novel strategy in HyTime is to employ thermophilic bacteria which have shown superior yields in H2 production from biomass in the previous FP6 IP HYVOLUTION.Biomass in HyTime is grass, straw, molasses or unsold organic goods from supermarkets. The biomass is fractionated and converted to H2 at high efficiency unique for thermophilic fermentation. Dedicated bioreactors and gas upgrading devices for biosystems will be constructed to increase productivity. The H2 production unit will be independent of external energy supply by applying anaerobic digestion to valorize residues. HyTime adds to the security of supply H2 from local sources and eradicates geopolitical dependence.HyTime builds on HYVOLUTION with 5 partners expanding their research efforts. Three new industrial partners, 2 of which are NEW-IG members, have joined this team with specialist expertise in 2nd generation biomass fractionation and gastechnology. This way a pan-european critical mass in agro- and biotechnological research, the energy and hydrogen sector is assembled to enforce a breakthrough in bioH2 production. The participation of prominent specialists with interdisciplinary competences from academia (1 research institute and 2 universities) and industries (3 SMEs and 2 industries) warrants high scientific quality and rapid commercialization by exploitation of project results and reinforces the European Research Area in sustainable issues.The partners in HyTime have a complementary value in being developers or stake-holders for new market outlets or starting specialist enterprises stimulating new agro-industrial activities to boost the realization of H2 from renewable resources. The concept of HyTime will facilitate the transition to a hydrogen economy by increasing public awareness of the benefits of a clean and renewable energy carrier. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental biotechnology/bioremediation/bioreactors’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/economics/production economics/productivity’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agricultural biotechnology/biomass’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/bioprocessing technologies/fermentation’] | [‘bioreactors’, ‘productivity’, ‘biomass’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘fermentation’] | |||||
| 66457 | 632163 | H2STORES | Novel Hydrogen Storage System | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 167010.4 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-OA-2013-PoC | In the project H2StoreS, standing for novel Hydrogen Storage System, a proof of concept (PoC) of novel liquid-organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology will be conducted. The aim of this PoC is to create and document the technical and business environment analysis- based evidence of near term commercial potential of this novel hydrogen storage system. Moreover, another important goal of this project is to find the right post-PoC phase technology development, commercialisation and funding partners, and to convince them in investing funds and effort in this technology.Molecular hydrogen (H2) is a very attractive clean, renewable fuel, which can also be used for energy storage and heating systems. H2 is currently stored in high-pressure or cryogenic tanks. However, these solutions are not suitable for most commercial applications because of their low energy density, high price and safety issues. All these problems can be avoided using LOHC systems and consequently, there have been a lot of research and development efforts in this field during recent years.The ability to store and transport H2 within a liquid carrier at standard temperatures and pressures provides many advantages over current H2 storage methods; the need for large storage tanks is eliminated, major changes in the fuelling infrastructure are avoided and the risk of explosion is minimised. However, although significantly more cost efficient than high-pressure or cryogenic tanks, current state-of-the-art LOHC systems remain too expensive for a large-scale consumer use of H2.Within the preceding ERC project, a liquid-organic hydrogen storage system was discovered, which provides significant technical and commercial advantages and has the potential to enable the large-scale use of H2 as an energy storage vector. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/thermodynamic engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘thermodynamic engineering’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 66491 | 246837 | NOVCAT | Design of Novel Catalysis by Metal Complexes | 2010-04-01 | 2015-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 1912018 | 1912018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE5 | Global concerns regarding the economy, environment and sustainable energy resources dictate an urgent need for the design of novel catalytic reactions. We have recently discovered novel, environmentally benign reactions catalyzed by pincer complexes, including an entirely new reaction, namely the direct coupling of alcohols with amines to produce amides and H2 (Science, 2007, 317, 790). We believe that the mechanisms of these reactions involve a new concept in catalysis: metal-ligand cooperation by aromatization-dearomatization of the ligand. Such cooperation can play key roles also in the activation of H2, C-H, and other bonds. Remarkably, we have very recently discovered a new strategy towards light-induced water splitting into H2 and O2, also based on metal-ligand cooperation in a pincer system, and have observed an unprecedented O-O bond formation process (Science, in press). The design of efficient catalytic systems for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, driven by sunlight, and without use of sacrificial reagents, is among the most important challenges facing science today, underpinning the potential of hydrogen as a clean, sustainable fuel. In this context, it is essential to enhance our understanding of the fundamental chemical steps involved in such processes. We plan to (a) explore the scope of bond activation and catalysis based on the new concept of metal ligand cooperation by aromatization-dearomatization (b) study the mechanism and scope of the newly discovered novel approach towards water splitting by light (c) develop novel environmentally benign catalytic reactions involving O-H, C-H and other bonds, such as anti-Markovnikov hydration of alkenes (d) develop unprecedented asymmetric catalysis using chiral cooperating ligands (e) develop new CO2 chemistry, including its hydrogenation to methanol and photolytic splitting to CO and O2. The research is expected to lead to novel catalysis, of importance to environment and sustainable energy. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/amines’] | [‘alcohols’, ‘catalysis’, ‘energy and fuels’, ‘amines’] | |||||
| 66507 | 252311 | EAP-FLAME | The Effect of Adding H2, CO, CO2 and H2O to Premixed Hydrocarbon Flames – Numerical Characterization and Modelling | 2011-08-24 | 2013-08-23 | nan | FP7 | 238789.6 | 238789.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF | In order to meet the EU targets on renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions, there is an urgent need to increase the use of renewable fuels such as syngas and biogas. In the mean time, the low efficiency and emission problems associated with non-premixed combustion systems are also driving the move away from such systems towards lean premixed combustion where fuel is mixed with excess air prior to combustion. Despite substantial progress achieved in turbulent combustion, there still lacks the understanding of the following four phenomena in the context of premixed mode: (i) development of flames (ii) influence of high-pressure on turbulent burning velocities, (iii) preferential diffusion effects which are most pronounced in mixtures that contain free hydrogen, and (iv) flame quenching by very intense turbulence is still poor and is the main fundamental challenge to premixed combustion science and technology. The project is aimed at numerically characterizing the burning behaviour of premixed hydrocarbon flames diluted by the addition of H2 CO2, H2O and CO and developing high fidelity modelling techniques to facilitate the study and design of practical combustion systems involving such flames. The main objectives are: 1) To carry out numerical investigations using the large-eddy simulation techniques on the aforementioned three important phenomena, i.e. (i) development of hydrogen blended premixed flames (ii) influence of high-pressure on turbulent burning velocities, (iii) preferential diffusion effects; 2) To develop a turbulent reacting flow model accommodating above first three phenomena, 3) To validate the numerical mdoel by using: experimental data of Gökalp’s group on lean H2/CH4/air turbulent Bunsen flames at various pressures up to 9 bar, the PSI group in Switzerland on dump combustor for ultra lean stationary gas conditions for pressures up to ~14 bar and high-pressure and high-temperature flame data with CO2 and H2O as diluents. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/hydrocarbons’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘hydrocarbons’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 66516 | 226549 | TYGRE | High added value materials from waste tyre gasification residues | 2009-09-01 | 2013-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4338854.8 | 3349992.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENVIRONMENT | ENV.2008.3.1.3.2. | This project is focused on the waste tyres recycling and promotes a thermal process mainly devoted to the production of ceramic materials. The disposal of waste tyres represents a relevant problem within the waste management strategy of the European Community and, despite the attempts of reusing waste tyre in many different ways, a relevant fraction (nearly 23%) is still landfilled. Pyrolysis and gasification are a promising way for alternative high-efficiency material and energy production, since both the processes provide a gaseous and a liquid fraction easily usable as fuels or chemical sources. Nevertheless, besides these encouraging preliminary remarks, the experiences on both pilot and industrial scale have shown that without a valuable exploitation of the solid by-product (char), the whole economic balance of the process is not advantageous and therefore the process is not sustainable. The gasification/pyrolysis treatment of waste tyres, apart from a high hydrogen rich syngas, brings to a very high carbon-rich char fraction, which has been tested in the past as a semi-reinforcing filler for new tyres or as an active carbon. Nevertheless, despite the recent technological advances, it is still unclear whether there is a market demand for this product. On these bases, the main idea of the proposal consists in redirecting the gasification process towards the material recycling, by coupling a second thermal process, dedicated to the plasma synthesis of silicon carbide, to the preliminary waste tyres gasification. The overall strategy of the project’s workplan mainly consists of three levels: a.the development of a sustainable recycling process for the waste tyre treatments, with the final construction of a prototype plant; b.the sustainability assessment, in terms of impact analyses on economical, ecological and social aspects; c.the market requirements analysis and the future perspectives in view of potential stakeholders, and the diffusion of the results. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/waste management/waste treatment processes/recycling’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/metalloids’] | [‘recycling’, ‘inorganic compounds’, ‘energy and fuels’, ‘metalloids’] | |||||
| 67366 | 618303 | COMPUWOC | Computational Modelling and Design of Sustainable Catalysts for Water Oxidation | 2014-02-01 | 2018-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG | The project focuses on the application of computational chemistry to the design and modeling of sustainable catalysts for water oxidation. This is a key technology for the development of solar fuel devices, which, thanks to the production of hydrogen from water and sunlight, will reduce the present dependence on oil and gas supplies. The project is targeted at the main challenges of water oxidation catalysis: high activity, robustness, sustainability and modularity. A group of known catalysts, some of them assembled to photosensitizers, will be studied in detail by using state-of-the-art methods. These include DFT and TDDFT methods used in combination with implicit and explicit solvation models. Advanced tools like the AFIR (Artificial Force Induced Reaction) method and linear-scaling DFT calculations on large molecular systems will be also used. The reaction mechanisms will be determined for both productive and unproductive (deactivation) pathways. The excited states and the UV-VIS spectra of the photosensitizers attached to the catalysts will be also explored. The knowledge acquired in these studies will be exploited to design catalysts showing higher performance. These new systems will be tested in silico and developed in the laboratory by means of collaborations with experimental groups. The project funds will be used to provide the applicant with a researcher contract of four years. This will guarantee the execution of the project and improve the permanent integration prospects of the researcher at the host institution. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘catalysis’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 67478 | 238678 | SUSHGEN | Sustainable Hydrogen Generation | 2009-12-01 | 2013-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 1736940 | 1736940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008 | Water arguably is the only true renewable source of hydrogen fuel. However extraction of the hydrogen requires significant energy input; either thermal, electrical or light. By utilizing a renewable electrical energy source, water electrolysis offers a practical route to sustainable hydrogen production. The coupling of electrolysis with renewable electrical energy (e.g. from wind) enables the full available energy to be stored as fuel (hydrogen) when there is low electrical energy demand. In addition water electrolysis offers a convenient method of localised hydrogen supply which overcomes problems and issues of its distribution. The use of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) or solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) in water electrolysis enables hydrogen production from pure (demineralised) water and electricity. PEM water electrolysis systems offer advantages over traditional technologies; greater energy efficiency, higher production rates (per unit electrode area), and more compact design. A restricting aspect of water electrolysis is the relatively high cost of the electrical energy. This programme is targeted at reducing this electrical energy requirement and reducing electrolyser cost by researching new materials for electrodes and membranes in PEM electrolysers that function at higher temperatures; thereby reducing thermodynamic energy requirements and accelerating electrode kinetics. Thus the aim of this research is to form a collaborative training programme that focuses on hydrogen production from water using advanced, medium temperature proton exchange membrane electrolysers. By operating cells at higher temperatures the free energy of the cell reaction falls and thus lower standard potentials are required. In addition, moving to the higher temperatures can enable reduction in Pt catalyst use and/or use of non-Pt catalysts for electrodes. In these ways we can reduce the capital and operating costs of PEM hydrogen electrolysers. Although high temperature elec | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘catalysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 67577 | 251562 | ATLAS-H2 | ADVANCED METAL HYDRIDE TANKS FOR INTEGRATED HYDROGEN APPLICATIONS | 2010-07-01 | 2014-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 2268340 | 2268340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP | ATLAS-H2 is an Industry-Academia Partnership on hydrogen storage in solid materials aiming to develop and test (in the short term) and bring to the market (in the medium to longer term) integrated advanced metal hydride tanks with high added value applications especially for stationary systems and hydrogen compression. Storing H2 without compression and energy losses is a challenge for the widespread use of hydrogen as energy carrier and the establishment of a hydrogen economy. Hydrides offer the best volumetric density for H2 storage, far better than storage in liquid state insulated reservoir or high pressure tanks. In a complete new process, thermal heat energy is stored within the metal hydride tank and is kept available for desorption with high insulating patented materials. The so called adiabatic metal hydride tanks are ideal for the storage of Renewable Energy, power peak shaving to stabilize electricity grid distribution, waste heat valorisation, but also transport applications as these new ternary alloy hydrides can feed directly fuel cells. On the other hand, compression of H2 using reversible metal hydride alloys offers an economical alternative to traditional mechanical hydrogen compressors. Hydride compressors are compact, silent, do not have dynamic seals, require very little maintenance and can operate unattended for long periods. When powered by waste heat, energy consumption is only a fraction of that required for mechanical compression, which reduces the cost of H2 production and storage. The simplicity and passive operation of the hydride compression process offers many advantages over mechanical compressors. The main ATLAS-H2 objectives will be achieved by implementing a well structured IAPP program between two high level European Research Institutes and two key SME partners, all having considerable background on hydrogen storage, materials R&D and energy systems. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 67593 | 621237 | INSIDE | In-situ Diagnostics in Water Electrolyzers | 2014-11-01 | 2018-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 3656756.2 | 2176624.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.2.2 | In this project an electrochemical in-situ diagnostic tools for locally resolved measurements of current densities, which has been originally developed for application in polymer electrolyte membrane based fuel cells, will be adapted and integrated into water electrolysers. The tool will be applied to three different electrolysis technologies in a parallel effort: proton exchange membrane electrolysers, alkaline electrolysers and anion exchange membrane electrolysers.With this tool, which will include relevant sensors, the operating conditions will be monitored on-line. Test protocols for normal operation and accelerated ageing operation modes will be applied to the systems with the aim to identify critical operating conditions by means of the new integrated diagnostic tool.Parallel to these in-situ diagnostics, ex-situ investigations of electrolyser components, such as electrodes and membranes, will support the approach. Fresh and aged samples will be studied, in steady interaction with the in-situ diagnostics, to identify the mechanisms leading to performance losses and failure of components.These two approaches will be combined to find strategies and operation parameters to anticipate and to avoid hazardous operation modes. The possible use of electrolysers as decentralised storage systems for excess electric energy and thus providing a sustainable energy carrier in form of hydrogen will require a reliable operation under varying loads. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/electric energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/sensors’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electric energy’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘sensors’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 67699 | 303458 | CLEARGEN DEMO | The Integration and demonstration of Large Stationary Fuel Cell Systems for Distributed Generation | 2012-05-01 | 2020-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 8578142.6 | 4590095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.3.6 | Certain industries, such as chemical production or petroleum refining have been identified as producing quantities of by-product hydrogen that can be used to produce clean, load-following power on a distributed basis, reducing reliance on fossil fuels. While the chemical production industry generally acknowledges the potential value of stationary fuel cell applications, the lack of multiple megawatt-scale European reference sites is a significant barrier to widespread adoption.The CLEARgen Demo proposal aims to address this need. DANTHERM (Denmark), supported by Ballard Power Systems (Canada), will make design improvements to the existing ClearGen(tm) system, building parts for a one-megawatt fuel cell system to meet the specific requirements of European customers. DANTHERM will also manage the project. HDF (France) will design installations, integrate, commission and operate the system at a demonstration site provided by AQUIPAC (France), validating and maintaining system performance over the duration of a two and a half year demonstration period. HDF will also realize all procedures for permitting, will prepare the site and will install facilities. JEMA (Spain) will be in charge of electrical integration of the fuel cell system to injecting electricity in the public grid. The CNRS-ICMCB (France) will be responsible for data analysis and dissemination of results. The total project duration is approximately sixty-five months.The objectives of the CLEARgen Demo Project are:1)The development and construction of a large scale fuel cell system, purpose-built for the European market,2)The validation of the technical and economic readiness of the fuel cell system at the megawatt scale, and3)The field demonstration and development of megawatt scale system at a European chemical production plant.The demonstration site was chosen for the ability to provide a strong reference case so as to convince future operators of the relevance of large scale stationary fuel cell applications. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/data science’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/petroleum’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘data science’, ‘petroleum’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 67797 | 245202 | IRAFC | Development of an Internal Reforming Alcohol High Temperature PEM Fuel Cell Stack | 2010-01-01 | 2013-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 2427821.6 | 1424147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-4.2 | The main objective of the proposal is the development of an internal reforming alcohol high temperature PEM fuel cell. Accomplishment of the project objective will be made through: • Design and synthesis of robust polymer electrolyte membranes for HT-PEMFCs, which will be functional within the temperature range of 190-220oC. • Development of alcohol (methanol or ethanol) reforming catalysts for the production of CO-free hydrogen in the temperature range of HT PEMFCs, i.e. at 190-220oC. • Integration of reforming catalyst and high temperature MEA in a compact Internal Reforming Alcohol High Temperature PEMFC (IRAFC). Integration may be achieved via different configurations as related to the position of the reforming catalyst. The proposed compact system does away with conventional fuel processors and allows for efficient heat management, since the “waste” heat produced by the fuel cell is in-situ utilized to drive the endothermic reforming reaction. The targeted power density of the system is 0.15 W/cm2 at a cell voltage of 0.7 V. Thus, the concepts of a catalytic reformer and of a fuel cell are combined in a single, simplified direct alcohol (e.g. methanol) High Temperature PEM fuel cell reactor. The heart of the system is the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) comprising a high-temperature proton-conducting electrolyte sandwiched between the anodic (reforming catalyst + Pt/C) and cathodic Pt/C gas diffusion electrodes. According to the configuration and the operating conditions described above, the IRAFC is expected to be autothermal, highly efficient and with zero CO emissions. In addition, the direct consumption of H2 by the MEA (fuel cell) and the electrochemical promotion effect is expected to enhance the kinetics of reforming reactions, thus facilitating the efficient operation of the reforming catalyst at temperatures below 220°C. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘polymer sciences’, ‘alcohols’, ‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 68174 | 233482 | HYPOMAP | New materials for hydrogen powered mobile applications | 2009-06-01 | 2012-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 1179624 | 899958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | NMP-2008-2.6-2 | Emission-free energy generation in mobile applications is one of the major challenges to science to reduce global warming. A particularly promising approach is the electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen in fuel cells. Two challenging questions have to be solved to achieve this goal: Hydrogen has to be stored at reasonable volumetric and gravimetric storage capacities in materials which allow efficient, energy-neutral loading and unloading. The released hydrogen must be oxidized electrochemically to produce electric power and water, the only by-product of this process. We will investigate various strategies to store hydrogen in nanoporous materials and by chemisorption in various hydrides. Special emphasis is given to the mechanism of adsorption, the thermodynamics of the ad- and desorption process, tuning of the materials etc. For studies on chemisorption, materials shall be searched with a suitable energy balance between hydride and dehydrogenated species. The reaction mechanisms will be studied in detail and tuning of reaction barriers by advanced catalysts shall be investigated. The studies include various known and advanced materials such as carbon nanostructures, metal organic framework materials (MOFs), covalent organic framework materials (COFs), boron nitrides, clathrate hydrates and metal clusters. While present fuel cell technologies are more advanced than hydrogen storage devices, there is still room for significant improvements. We will investigate new proton conducting materials for high- and low-temperature fuel cells, based on perovskites and new inorganic nanomaterials like imogolite derivatives (HT) and organic substances (LT). Investigations will include a wide range of theoretical approaches, including ab initio quantum chemistry, density-functional theory, quantum-liquid density functional theory for hydrogen, molecular dynamics and Grand-Canonical Monte-Carlo simulations | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/thermodynamics’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/physical chemistry/quantum chemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/metalloids’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘thermodynamics’, ‘quantum chemistry’, ‘metalloids’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 68397 | 306398 | photocatH2ode | Gathering organic and hybrid photovoltaics with artificial photosynthesis for Photo-Electro-Chemical production of hydrogen | 2012-12-01 | 2017-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 1500000 | 1500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-SG-PE5 | The future of energy supply depends on innovative breakthroughs regarding the design of efficient systems for the conversion and storage of solar energy. The production of H2 through direct light-driven water-splitting in a Photo-Electro-Chemical (PEC) cell, appears as a promising solution. However such cells need to respond to three main characteristics: sustainability, cost-effectiveness and stability. Fulfilling these requirements raise important scientific questions regarding the elaboration and combination of the best materials able to harvest light and catalyse H2 and O2 evolution.The objective of this project is to design an operating photocathode based on Earth abundant elements for PEC H2 production, answering therefore the sustainability and cost issues. The novelty relies on the approach gathering organic and hybrid photovoltaics with artificial photosynthesis to design new materials and architectures: I will combine and immobilize molecular photosensitizers with bioinspired catalysts on an electrode thanks to electronic junctions. This will allow (i) optimizing light-driven charge separation, (ii) driving electrons from the electrode to the catalyst, (iii) and limiting charge recombination processes.The project is divided into four tasks. The two first tasks are focused on the elaboration of new photoelectrode architectures: In task 1, I propose to engineer a H2-evolving electrode thanks to donor-acceptor dyes immobilized on p-type semi-conductors. In task 2, I propose to implement organic photovoltaics materials in a H2-evolving electrode. The third task focuses on the elaboration of new catalysts, incorporating redox-active (non-innocent) ligands in order to systematically bias electron transfer towards the catalyst. These new catalysts will be implemented on the new photoelectrode architectures.The last task focuses on the ultimate assembly of a PEC cell and on the performance assessments at all steps of the project (photocathodes and full cell). | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy/photovoltaic’] | [‘semiconductivity’, ‘catalysis’, ‘botany’, ‘photovoltaic’] | |||||
| 68434 | 300971 | Solar Fuel by III-Vs | Direct photoelectrochemical generation of solar fuels using dilute nitride III-V compound semiconductor heterostructures on silicon: epitaxy, electrochemistry, and interface characterization | 2012-08-01 | 2015-07-31 | nan | FP7 | 255453 | 255453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IOF | The proposed IOF research programme addresses crucial issues of fundamental and technological importance in the field of solar fuel generation. The key success factor is a strong multidisciplinary approach combining top-level electrochemistry, high-end epitaxial III-V device preparation and cutting-edge surface science analytics. At the core of the project are the objectives of:►obtaining record solar to hydrogen efficiencies and lifetimes with III-V/Si tandem devices►enhancing III-V device stability in contact with electrolyte using dilute nitride materials►advancing the scientific understanding of the decomposition of III-Vs by advanced analyticsThe applicant, Dr. Henning Döscher, is an expert both in III-V heteroepitaxy on silicon and in semiconductor surface science and has accomplished significant contributions to the in situ analysis and advanced control of anti-phase disorder at polar on non-polar interfaces. He has authored and co-authored more than 20 papers including 4 Applied Physics Letters, 2 Surface Science, 2 Journal of Applied Physics, and 2 Physical Review B over the last 4 years.The outgoing phase will be hosted by the pioneer of III-V-based water-splitting, Dr. John Turner at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), where the fellow will also collaborate with the world’s reference group in multijunction photovoltaics around Dr. Jerry Olson. Advanced interface analysis will be done with one of the leading soft X-ray spectroscopy groups in the USA, headed by Prof. Clemens Heske at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The return host, Prof. Thomas Hannappel, currently builds a new, integrated epitaxy and surface science group at the Ilmenau University of Technology (TUI), strengthening his unique strategy for in-depth in situ analysis and benchmarking. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/metalloids’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy/photovoltaic’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/spectroscopy’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘semiconductivity’, ‘metalloids’, ‘photovoltaic’, ‘spectroscopy’] | |||||
| 68659 | 322114 | HETMAT | Heterostructure Nanomaterials for Water Splitting | 2012-11-01 | 2016-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG | The aim of this project is to synthesize and assemble novel nanomaterials for the purpose of water splitting through a rational design process. To achieve efficient water splitting we want to mimic photosynthesis in green plants by using the so-called Z-scheme. Briefly, the Z-scheme consists of two photosystems abbreviated as PSI and PSII. When the photosystems are illuminated with light, electrons both in PSI and PSII are excited to a higher level. Due to the specific band offset in these photosystems the photogenerated electrons in PS II are transferred to the highest occupied molecular level of PS I. These electrons then recombine with holes photogenerated at PS I. While the photogenerated electrons in PS I participate in reduction of protons to produce hydrogen, the holes in PSII oxidizes water molecules, producing oxygen. By mimicking such a Z-scheme, we expect the probabilities of charge recombination to decrease significantly, resulting in more efficient hydrogen generation.We want to design novel nanomaterials by modifying a Z-scheme type system with the following changes: 1) to engineer an interface between two different nanomaterials or to link them using a solid state electron mediator, 2) to synthesize a single heterostructure material that meets the band offset requirements, and 3) to selectively deposit metal nanoparticles only on the semiconductor phases designated as PSI. Introducing modifications into a Z-type-scheme will offer the capability of using semiconductors with band gaps less than thermo-dynamical limit (1.23 eV/pH=0) for water splitting and improve photostabilities of many catalysts. The project will primarily aim at boosting the photocatalytic activities of nanomaterials for overall water splitting i.e. attaining a quantum yield above 6.3 % at 420 nm. From the perspective of commercialization, templating systems combined with wet-chemistry synthetic routes will be developed for the preparation of the nanomaterials. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’] | [‘photocatalysis’, ‘semiconductivity’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘botany’] | |||||
| 68767 | 325330 | COPERNIC | COst & PERformaNces Improvement for Cgh2 composite tanks | 2013-06-01 | 2016-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 3514791.16 | 1984800.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.1.3 | A certain level of maturity of on-board compressed gaseous storage systems have been demonstrated through large Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) deployment projects like Clean Energy Partnership (100+ FCEVs). In addition, major car companies have confirmed their intent to start production by 2015. Nevertheless, major issues still remain to be addressed:- VOLUME: Actual CGH2 tank production is far from being capable of feeding the volume requested by the automotive industry.Therefore, current manufacturing equipment and production strategies are not designed for addressing such a market.- COSTS: Latest techno-economic analysis (DoE 05/2011) are still forecasting that industrial costs for 700bar CGH2 tanks may remain 4 to 5 times higher than expected targets.This is particularly critical with respect to a massive deployment of FCEV.COPERNIC will address the two major targets: performance improvements and cost reduction of 70MPa TypeIV composite vessels for automotive application in order to achieve targets and lead to rapid industrial exploitation owing to the strong contribution of 4 SME and industrial partners in the consortium. It will provide real scale demonstration on a pilot manufacturing line quantitative and technical and economic assessment of strategies including evolution of materials, components, processes and designs.Therefore, in full consistency with the call Topic, the COPERNIC project will contribute to:- Increase the maturity and competitiveness of CGH2 manufacturing processes evolving from classical automotive manufacturing technologies or concepts.- Decrease costs while improving composite quality, manufacturing productivity and using optimized composite design, materials and components.The scope of work has been defined taking into account past project outcomes (STORHY) and on-going project objectives (HYCOMP). COPERNIC will ensure that the deployment of FCEV is not inhibited by prohibitive high-pressure tanks cost or availability. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/manufacturing engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/automotive engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘manufacturing engineering’, ‘renewable energy’, ‘composites’, ‘automotive engineering’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 69646 | 219614 | STRELA | Stretch Effects on Hydrogen/Methane/Air Laminar Flame Propagation and Extinction | 2008-08-01 | 2010-07-31 | nan | FP7 | 223971.79 | 223971.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | PEOPLE-2007-4-2.IIF | A detailed experimental study of single front lean laminar hydrogen/methane/air stretched flames propagation and extinction is proposed to carry out. Flames gas-dynamic, thermal, and chemical structure will be characterized using Particle Image Velocimetry, thin filament pyrometry, and PLIFmethods. Flames propagating in vertical half opened channels of various diameters will be studied to establish the coupled effects of the flame stretch and radiation heat transfer, preferential diffusion and heat loss to wall on a single-front flame propagation and extinction. The proposed research will provide new fundamental knowledge concerning safety characteristics for delivery, handling and utilization of hydrogen/methane/air mixtures. Newly obtained results are expected to be valuable for the improvement of flamelet-based codes for modeling turbulent combustion in practical devices operating on these novel fuel blends. A group of researchers from the Host Organization leaded by the Incoming Researcher will participate in the proposed work. It is expected that Incoming Researcher will train researchers of the Host Organization in methodologies for performing in-plane laser based measurements in round channels, extracting various flame characteristics from Particle Image Velocimetry measurements, and application of different non-intrusive diagnostics for combustion studies. In turn, the Incoming Researcher will acquire such valuable for his future career skills as performing PLIF measurements, leading collective experiments, and writing research proposals. Mutual exchange visits of leading researchers of the Host Organization and of Odessa National University, Ukraine, are planned during the proposed project implementation. During these visits, researchers will share their knowledge, methodologies and new ideas, and will discuss and plan future collaboration in the form of exchange of PhD students and joint participation in international projects. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/laser physics’] | [‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘energy and fuels’, ‘laser physics’] | |||||
| 69779 | 334302 | SusNano | Sustainable Nanocomposites for Photocatalysis | 2013-10-01 | 2018-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG | Sustainable generation of energy is arguably the biggest challenge facing society. Investment into energy research is considerable (e.g. ~€2.5billion in EU FP7), with one key goal being the capture of solar energy. Production of electricity from sunlight (photovoltaics) is perhaps the most well-known option, but is restricted to less than 0.1% of the current market due to cost and problems with long term storage. An alternative approach, inspired by photosynthesis, is the use of sunlight to generate storable, transportable chemical fuels. These can include hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide and hydrogen from water splitting. While considerable advances have been made in artificial photosynthesis, efficient visible light catalysts are still a major challenge. Furthermore, any feasible large-scale system must be based on abundant materials and facile fabrication processes. This is emphasized in a recent White Paper prepared by the UK, US, Japanese, German and Chinese Chemical Societies. They state the need for, “new catalysts and materials from low-cost, earth-abundant elements that can be used to build affordable, sustainable solar energy transformation and storage systems” This proposal will directly address this challenge by creating new photocatalyst/cocatalyst composites based on earth-abundant elements and facile methods. These unique approaches will enable H2 production in an economically viable and sustainable manner. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/nanocomposites’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy/photovoltaic’] | [‘photocatalysis’, ‘nanocomposites’, ‘botany’, ‘energy conversion’, ‘photovoltaic’] | |||||
| 69786 | 617516 | ETASECS | Extremely Thin Absorbers for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage | 2014-09-01 | 2020-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 2150000 | 2150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-CG-2013-PE8 | ETASECS aims at making a breakthrough in the development of photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells for solar-powered water splitting that can be readily integrated with PV cells to provide storage capacity in the form of hydrogen. It builds upon our recent invention for resonant light trapping in ultrathin films of iron oxide (a-Fe2O3), which enables overcoming the deleterious trade-off between light absorption and charge carrier collection efficiency. Although we recently broke the water photo-oxidation record by any a-Fe2O3 photoanode reported to date, the losses are still high and there is plenty of room for further improvements that will lead to a remakable enhancement in the performance of our photoanodes, reaching quantum efficiency level similar to state-of-the-art PV cells. ETASECS aims at reaching this ambitious goal, which is essential for demonstrating the competitiveness of PEC+PV tandem systems for solar energy conversion and storage. Towards this end WP1 will combine theory, modelling and simulations, state-of-the-art experimental methods and advanced diagnostic techniques in order to identify and quantify the different losses in our devices. This work will guide the optimization work in WP2 that will suppress the losses at the photoanode and insure optimal electrical and optical coupling of the PEC and PV cells. We will also explore advanced photon management schemes that will go beyond our current light trapping scheme by combining synergic optical and nanophotonics effects. WP3 will integrate the PEC and PV cells and test their properties and performance. WP4 will disseminate our progress and achievements in professional and public forums. The innovations that will emerge from this frontier research will be further pursued in proof of concept follow up investigations that will demonstrate the feasibility of this technology. Success along these lines holds exciting promises for ground breaking progress towards large scale deployment of solar energy. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/theoretical physics/particle physics/photons’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘coating and films’, ‘energy conversion’, ‘photons’] | |||||
| 69790 | 340511 | APHOTOREACTOR | Entirely Self-organized: Arrayed Single-Particle-in-a-Cavity Reactors for Highly Efficient and Selective Catalytic/Photocatalytic Energy Conversion and Solar Light Reaction Engineering | 2014-03-01 | 2019-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 2427000 | 2427000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE5 | The proposal is built on the core idea to use an ensemble of multiple level self-organization processes to create a next generation photocatalytic platform that provides unprecedented property and reactivity control. As a main output, the project will yield a novel highly precise combined catalyst/photocatalyst assembly to: 1) provide a massive step ahead in photocatalytic applications such as direct solar hydrogen generation, pollution degradation (incl. CO2 decomposition), N2 fixation, or photocatalytic organic synthesis. It will drastically enhance efficiency and selectivity of photocatalytic reactions, and enable a high number of organic synthetic reactions to be carried out economically (and ecologically) via combined catalytic/photocatalytic pathways. Even more, it will establish an entirely new generation of “100% depoisoning”, anti-aggregation catalysts with substantially enhanced catalyst life-time. For this, a series of self-assembly processes on the mesoscale will be used to create highly uniform arrays of single-catalyst-particle-in-a-single-TiO2-cavity; target is a 100% reliable placement of a single <10 nm particle in a 10 nm cavity. Thus catalytic features of, for example Pt nanoparticles, can ideally interact with the photocatalytic properties of a TiO2 cavity. The cavity will be optimized for optical and electronic properties by doping and band-gap engineering; the geometry will be tuned to the range of a few nm.. This nanoscopic design yields to a radical change in the controllability of length and time-scales (reactant, charge carrier and ionic transport in the substrate) in combined photocatalytic/catalytic reactions. It is of key importance that all nanoscale assembly principles used in this work are scalable and allow to create square meters of nanoscopically ordered catalyst surfaces. We target to demonstrate the feasibility of the implementation of the nanoscale principles in a prototype macroscopic reactor. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/environmental sciences/pollution’, ‘/natural sciences/mathematics/pure mathematics/geometry’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘photocatalysis’, ‘pollution’, ‘geometry’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘energy conversion’] | |||||
| 69814 | 226532 | PLANTPOWER | PlantPower – Living plants in microbial fuel cells for clean, renewable, sustainable, efficient, in-situ bioenergy production | 2009-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 5209687.6 | 3989080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2008.10.1.1 | Living plants in microbial fuel cells might be used as future large-scale Europe wide green energy providers. Such a system can produce in-situ 24 hours per day green electricity or biohydrogen without harvesting the plants. That this might become true was indicated by our first small scale proof of principle experiments describing the so called Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (Plant-MFC) (Strik, 2008, De Schamphelaire, 2008). The Plant-MFC aims to transform solar radiation into green electricity or biohydrogen in a clean and efficient manner. In the Plant-MFC concept, living plants and living microbes form an electrochemical system that is capable of sustainable production of green electricity or biohydrogen from solar energy. By its nature, the Plant-MFC is in potential 5 times more efficient than conventional bio-energy systems. The technology might be implemented in several ways, ranging from local small scale electricity providers to large scale energy wetlands & islands, high-tech energy & food supplying greenhouses and novel biorefineries. This way, affordable bioenergy maybe produced in Europe as well as in developing countries. Plant-MFCs can be integrated in landscapes invisibly which makes this technology socially highly acceptable. However, exploration of new areas of science & technology is necessary to overcome Plant-MFCs bottlenecks and to make this principally clean, renewable and sustainable technology come true. It is now time to show that significant independent European biofuel & bioelectricity production is possible; we propose that Plant-MFCs can be an excellent choice for our future. We expect that Plant-MFC technology can at least cover 20% of Europe’s primary energy need in a real clean & sustainable way. The Plant-MFC concept has several attractive qualities which can provide the significant break through for sustainable energy production in Europe. It will reinforcing competitiveness of Europe since Plant-MFC is world-wide implementable. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/atmospheric sciences/meteorology/solar radiation’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/economics/sustainable economy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/biofuels’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘solar radiation’, ‘sustainable economy’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘biofuels’] | |||||
| 69865 | 239470 | ENANAMMIC-BIOF | Engineering Anaerobic Mixed Microbial Communities for Biofuels Production | 2010-01-05 | 2013-01-04 | nan | FP7 | 45000 | 45000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | PEOPLE-2007-2-2.ERG | A European reintegration grant is proposed to conduct a 3-year research project aiming at the development of sustainable processes for the conversion of carbohydrate rich feedstock into valuable biofuels (like hydrogen, methane, ethanol, butanol) using microorganisms in anaerobic reactors with the following two main objectives: (i) The development of trustable quantitative models to describe and control product formation from anaerobic mixed culture fermentation of glucose based on metabolic modelling and bioenergetics; (ii) The evaluation of the potential and feasibility of bioelectrochemically assisted reduction of organic acids into alcohols like ethanol and butanol by supplying power to a biocathode to facilitate the process. To achieve these objectives, experiments will be carried out together with mathematical modelling integrating fermentation bioenergetics and bioelectrochemical systems. Research results in this area can largely contribute to energy independence from fossil fuels in Europe by progressing towards the feasible large scale production of biofuels from abundant carbohydrate feedstock using open mixed microbial cultures and therefore avoiding sterilisation through the process. The applicant researcher has an excellent track record on mathematical modelling of anaerobic fermentations and of bioelectrochemical systems. These skills will enable the integration of both modelling approaches and its combination with experimental work. The project will be conducted in the Group of Environmental Engineering and Bioprocesses (GEEB) at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) by the researcher and an assistant funded by this grant. The grant will highly benefit the researcher’s career by providing him with very valuable funding to develop his own research ideas, manage a project and supervise a student, all fundamental skills in a researcher focused career. The reintegration grant will also act as incentive for his permanent employment by the host. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/bioelectrochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/carbohydrates’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/biofuels’, ‘/natural sciences/mathematics/applied mathematics/mathematical model’] | [‘bioelectrochemistry’, ‘carbohydrates’, ‘alcohols’, ‘biofuels’, ‘mathematical model’] | |||||
| 69933 | 278674 | LASER-CELL | INNOVATIVE CELL AND STACK DESIGN FOR STATIONARY INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS USING NOVEL LASER PROCESSING TECHNIQUES | 2011-12-01 | 2014-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 2877089.6 | 1421757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.3.2 | “The alkaline fuel cell (AFC) is one of the most efficient devices for converting hydrogen into electricity. Project LASER CELL will develop a novel, mass producible AFC and stack design for stationary, industrial applications utilising the latest laser processing technology. This economically viable, sophisticated technology will enable design options, not previously possible, that will revolutionise the functionality and commercial viability of the AFC.Key parameters that will dictate fuel cell and stack design are; safety, reduced part count, easy of assembly, durability, optimised performance, recyclability and increased volumetric power density in a way which delivers a cost of under €1,000 per kW. To realise this vision, proprietary cell and stack features that have never before been incorporated into an AFC system will be employed and deliver a flawlessly functioning stack.In order to achieve these ambitious objectives, the consortium comprises world leading specialists in the fields of alkaline, polymer electrolyte and solid oxide fuel cells, advanced laser processing technologies, conductive nano composites, polymer production and large scale, stationary power plants.A cell design tool, based on physical and cost models, will be produced. This disseminated tool will provide design rational for material selection and geometric design and will be applicable for all low temperature fuel cells.Commercially viable porosity forming processes developed in this project will enable organisations working with other fuel cell types to re-evaluate the fabrication and design of their core technologies. Furthermore, other sectors that will benefit are; solar cell, aviation, medical and automotive.Having the ability to convert ‘waste’ hydrogen into electricity and being the ‘pull through’ technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS), AFCs could play a crucial role in helping the EU meet its reduced CO2 emission targets and improve its energy security.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/carbon capture engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/laser physics’] | [‘composites’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘carbon capture engineering’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘laser physics’] | |||||
| 69937 | 262874 | LIROC | Laser Ignition Technology for Rocket Engines | 2011-06-01 | 2013-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 827654 | 481827.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SPACE | SPA.2010.3.2-04 | Lasers ignition of propellants offers a number of advantages as compared to existing ignition systems. The maturity and miniaturization of laser ignition devices have paved the way from laboratory experiments demonstrating the basic principle to component/subsystem validation at subscale conditions. In the frame of the proposed work the technology of laser ignition of liquid rocket engines is addressed in four major aspects:1.System Aspects of Laser Ignition: The requirements for lasers and laser ignition will be defined for a baseline application in a cryogenic upper stage operated with LOX/H2. Two concepts will be considered. In the first concept ignition is achieved by focusing the laser inside the main combustion chamber to initiate combustion. The second concept is to use a laser to ignite a torch igniter.2.Technologies for Igniter and Laser Systems: Small-size laser systems for ignition applications will be selected and adapted for the application in rocket combustion chambers. Design solutions to harden the optical setup against acoustical, vibrational, and thermal loads will be investigated.3.Phenomenology of the Ignition Transient under Conditions Representative for In-Chamber Ignition with a Multi-Injector Head: The ignition and flame stabilization transient will be investigated in a research combustor with optical access. High-speed visualization techniques will contribute to a detailed understanding how the location and time of ignition affects the ignition reliability and the ignition pressure peak.4.Demonstration of Laser Ignition: A subscale chamber together and a laser ignition system will be designed and manufactured. The technology of laser ignition will be proven by validating and demonstrating the re-ignition capability and performing pulsed operation of the subscale combustor. The robustness of the laser igniter system against vibrational and thermal loads typical for the application will be shown. | / | /natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/laser physics | laser physics | |||||
| 71063 | 621252 | PECDEMO | Photoelectrochemical Demonstrator Device for Solar Hydrogen Generation | 2014-04-01 | 2017-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 3337682.79 | 1830644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.2.5 | To address the challenges of solar energy capture and storage in the form of a chemical fuel, we will develop a hybrid photoelectrochemical-photovoltaic (PEC-PV) tandem device for light-driven water splitting. This concept is based on a visible light-absorbing metal oxide photoelectrode, which is immersed in water and placed in front of a smaller-bandgap thin film PV cell. This tandem approach ensures optimal use of the solar spectrum, while the chemically stable metal oxide protects the underlying PV cell from photocorrosion. Recent breakthroughs have brought metal oxide photoelectrodes close to the efficiency levels required for practical applications. We will use our extensive combined expertise on nanostructuring, photon management, and interface engineering to design innovative ways to solve the remaining bottlenecks, and achieve a solar-to-H2 (STH) energy conversion efficiency of 10% for a small area device, with less than 10% performance decrease over 1000 h. In parallel, our academic and industrial partners will collaborate to develop large-area deposition technologies for scale-up to ≥50 cm2. This will be combined with the large-area PV technology already available within the consortium, and used in innovative cell designs that address critical scale-up issues, such as mass transport limitations and resistive losses. The finished design will be used to construct a water splitting module consisting of 4 identical devices that demonstrates the scalability of the technology. This prototype will be tested in the field, and show a STH efficiency of 8% with the same stability as the small area device. In parallel, our partners from industry and research institutions will work together on an extensive techno-economic and life-cycle analysis based on actual performance characteristics. This will give a reliable evaluation of the application potential of photoelectrochemical hydrogen production, and further strengthen Europe’s leading position in this growing field. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘inorganic compounds’, ‘coating and films’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘energy conversion’] | |||||
| 71098 | 257096 | CAT4ENSUS | Molecular Catalysts Made of Earth-Abundant Elements for Energy and Sustainability | 2011-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 1475712 | 1475712 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-SG-PE5 | Energy and sustainability are among the biggest challenges humanity faces this century. Catalysis is an indispensable component for many potential solutions, and fundamental research in catalysis is as urgent as ever. Here, we propose to build up an interdisciplinary research program in molecular catalysis to address the challenges of energy and sustainability. There are two specific aims: (I) bio-inspired sulfur-rich metal complexes as efficient and practical electrocatalysts for hydrogen production and CO2 reduction; (II) well-defined Fe complexes of chelating pincer ligands for chemo- and stereoselective organic synthesis. An important feature of the proposed catalysts is that they are made of earth-abundant and readily available elements such as Fe, Co, Ni, S, N, etc.Design and synthesis of catalysts are the starting point and a key aspect of this project. A major inspiration comes from nature, where metallo-enzymes use readily available metals for fuel production and challenging reactions. Our accumulated knowledge and experience in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, reaction chemistry, mechanism, and catalysis will enable us to thoroughly study the synthetic catalysts and their applications towards the research targets. Furthermore, we will explore research territories such as electrode modification and fabrication, catalyst immobilization and attachment, and asymmetric catalysis.The proposed research should not only result in new insights and knowledge in catalysis that are relevant to energy and sustainability, but also produce functional, scalable, and economically feasible catalysts for fuel production and organic synthesis. The program can contribute to excellence in European research. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/electrocatalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/spectroscopy’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘electrocatalysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘spectroscopy’] | |||||
| 71252 | 326919 | COCHALPEC | Development of electrodes based on copper chalcogenide nanocrystals for photoelectrochemical energy conversion | 2013-06-01 | 2015-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 184709.4 | 184709.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF | “Solar energy is renewable and abundant enough to meet the growing energy demand, but its variability limits the application. Direct storage in the form of a clean fuel, like hydrogen, would solve this problem.Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells employ solar energy to split water molecules producing H2 and O2. Thin films of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) and ZnCuInS2 (ZCIS) have shown remarkable efficiencies in photovoltaics (PV) and preliminary promising results in PEC cells, but costly fabrication. Currently, much attention is being paid to the synthesis of nanocrystals (NCs) of these materials because of their low cost preparation and tunable optical and electrical properties just by controlling the nanometer dimensions of NCs and the composition of the particles, giving more versatility to meet the energetic requirements for water splitting. These new materials in the forefront of PV remain unexplored in water splitting PEC cells to date.In this project, we propose the fabrication of photoelectrodes based on CZTS and ZCIS NCs to perform the water splitting. First, the control over the size, shape and composition of these NCs will be demonstrated using inexpensive solution-based techniques. Next, two photoelectrode configurations (viz. sensitized metal oxide and 3D-arrays of NCs) will be pursued applying state of the art overlayers to improve the charge separation and the catalytic activity at the interface with water. Finally a PEC device will be assembled that demonstrates a 5% overall solar to hydrogen conversion efficiency. In this research we propose a bottom-up approach whereby the comprehensive analysis of the interfacial charge transfer will both contribute to the basic science of solar energy conversion systems and optimize the performance of very promising materials for direct solar to fuel energy conversion. Our approach will finally create a significant impact on the scientific and general European communities through the dissemination of the field and the results.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials/nanocrystals’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy/photovoltaic’] | [‘inorganic compounds’, ‘nanocrystals’, ‘coating and films’, ‘energy conversion’, ‘photovoltaic’] | |||||
| 71562 | 324609 | carbenergy | Mesoionic carbene complexes for water splitting: Harnessing renewable energy sources | 2012-10-01 | 2013-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 150786 | 136075.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-OA-2012-PoC | We have recently discovered a series of carbene iridium complexes that are highly active in water oxidation catalysis (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9765, see also picture). As the water oxidation half-cycle is the demanding (and thus far prohibitive) step when splitting water to oxygen and hydrogen, these iridium complexes hold great potential for the generation of hydrogen as fuel from renewable, non-fossil sources. A key component for the efficient water oxidation appears to be the mesoionic carbene ligand, which is non-innocent and capable of assisting in proton-coupled electron transfer processes.Within this proof-of-concept project we now aim at evaluating a range of factors that will be pivotal to move this fundamentally interesting reactivity pattern into a prototypical device for energy generation. The principal goal thus consists of establishing the viability and to address technical issues and overall directions for using carbene iridium complexes in energy conversion processes. Clarification of intellectual property rights and deciding on an appropriate patent/licensing strategy constitutes a primary subaim. A specific and critical point to be addressed pertains to the robustness and activity of the catalyst in order to warrant the costs for using a precious metal in energy conversion and storage processes. Optimized catalysts will thus be essential, and will be combined with a photo-absorbing semiconductor as water reduction catalyst to accomplish full water splitting in a single, eventually light-driven device. In parallel, industrial contacts will be sought to identify domains for application of the catalytic device, in which longevity will be among the key criteria. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘transition metals’, ‘semiconductivity’, ‘catalysis’, ‘energy conversion’] | |||||
| 71673 | 274952 | FuncHMOFs | Synthesis of Homochiral Metal Organic Frameworks (HMOFs) Using Schiff-base Derivatives of Amino Acids: Use of HMOFs in Asymmetric Catalysis, Chiral Separation, and Gas Storage | 2011-07-04 | 2013-01-03 | nan | FP7 | 158069.6 | 158069.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF | The proposed research is aimed on syntheses of homochiral metal organic frameworks (HMOFs) and their functional uses in asymmetric catalysis, chiral separation, and gas storage. The Schiff-base linkers will be used together with a range of metal ions (alkaline earth metals, transition metals and lanthanides) for the synthesis of HMOFs. The chirally pure amino acids will be coupled with different aldehydes in order to synthesize a variety of organic Schiff-base linkers. Three different amino acids (alanine, serine, and threonine) and four precursor aldehydes (terephthalaldehyde, pyridine-4-carboxaldehyde, 4-(4-pyridinyl)benzaldehyde, and 5-(4-formylphenyl)pyrimidine) are chosen for synthesis of 12 such different linkers. Different chirality of amino acids will broaden the choice of the ligands further. The ligands with chirally pure amino acids will add chiral pockets at the channels of the synthesized MOFs. Besides the presence of metal ions which act as Lewis-acid sites, the MOFs will be rich of Lewis-base sites due to the presence of the imino groups of the Schiff-base linkers. Based on this, the MOFs will be used as asymmetric heterogeneous catalyst for different Lewis-acid and Lewis-base catalyzed organic reactions. Besides this, the derived MOFs will be used as bifunctional catalysts. This is a new approach of using MOFs for both kinds of catalytic reactions, and will be studied for the first time. Individual Lewis-acid and Lewis-base catalyzed reactions, as well as concerted (both Lewis-acid and Lewis-base catalyzed) reactions will be studied. The derived MOFs will be also studied for chiral separation of small molecules and gas storage properties (Hydrogen and Methane). Due to the presence of the imino groups in the MOFs, they are expected to show good affinity towards binding hydrogen and methane by electrostatic interactions, and thus, to show high gas storage capacity. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aldehydes’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/organic reactions’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/amines’] | [‘aldehydes’, ‘organic reactions’, ‘catalysis’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘amines’] | |||||
| 71718 | 299818 | PhotoCatMOF | Dye-Sensitized Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Water Splitting | 2012-04-01 | 2014-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 209033.4 | 209033.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF | This project is proposed to enhance hydrogen generation form metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for photocatalytic water splitting via dye sensitization. Solar energy-driven renewable hydrogen could transform the supply of carbon free fuel and make an enormous impact on the viability of hydrogen as an energy carrier.Secondary building units (SBUs) in MOFs are typically comprised of transition metal oxide/nitride coordination units that can be considered as semiconductor quantum dots and thus MOFs are regarded as a matrix of such quantum dots. Although MOFs have exhibited the photocatalytic activity for water splitting, the apparent quantum yield is low because of large band gaps of SBUs. Suitable dyes are employed to sensitize the SBU semiconductor quantum dots via post-synthetic modification to enhance the capability to capture visible light, by integrating the concept of dye-sensitized semiconductor into MOF-based photocatalyst. Porosity of MOFs makes it possible to adsorb water molecules inside of free pore space which is expected to capture photoinduced electron for hydrogen generation. This system is well suited for the mechanism study due to the self-containing water molecules. In contrast, water can only be adsorbed on surface of the dense bulk semiconductor via weak interaction. This project stands at the intersection between MOF chemistry and semiconductor science. MOF provides a semiconductor quantum dot matrix and they are stable and free from agglomeration due to the strut of organic linkers, which is the drawback of for bulk and nanosized semiconductor materials. And the quantum effect of SBUs will play a great effect for the photocatalytic performance. Dye sensitization of MOFs fully adopts the merits of both MOF and semiconductor and overcomes their respective drawback for photocatalysis. The scientific and technological strengths identified between the researcher and host, Professor Rosseinsky, University of Liverpool is well aligned to the project. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘photocatalysis’, ‘inorganic compounds’, ‘semiconductivity’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 71784 | 309006 | HRC POWER | Hybrid Renewable Energy Converter for continuous and flexible power production | 2012-11-01 | 2016-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 3101969 | 2383041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2012.10.2.1 | The HRC POWER project proposes a radically new approach combining novel advanced materials and an innovative hybridization technology to make breakthroughs at materials and concept levels: very high temperature operation up to 1300°C with high Carnot efficiency, round-the-clock operation for 95% ACF, high flexibility / dispatchability, low water consumption. Novel materials will consist of advanced absorber metamaterials based on self organized structure and advanced infrared selective emitter refractory crystals. Novel technology / concept will consist of specific micro-combustor operating at very high temperature.This concept is a radically new path for renewable energy hybridization in a solid state device able to provide high quality thermal energy from solar and H2 or Biogas sources to thermal / electrical solid state converters.The main objectives of the HRC POWER project are to develop novel functional materials for advanced building blocks (solar, combustion and hybrid modes), novel high temperature joining technologies (integration of the building blocks) and to realize the proof of concept of this fully new technology, going from the architecture design to the performance assessment. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy | renewable energy | |||||
| 71818 | 295172 | TEMM1P | Computer simulations of thermally excited molecules and materials by first principles | 2012-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 644700 | 516600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES | With the rapid development of computational sciences and of high-performance computing, first principles computer simulations have become a standard for the simulation of processes in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. Moreover, the quality of first principles methods, most of all of density-functional theory, reached recently that of experiments, which allows the prediction of new forms of condensed matter, including novel molecules and nanomaterials with specially designed building units. However, these simulations refer to the electronic ground state, while in reality and experiment the materials are exposed to elevated temperatures, where also the electronic structure should be considered to be thermally excited. We will develop, implement and validate methods to simulate processes at thermally elevated temperatures. Our target applications are the formation of fullerenes and endohedral fullerenes in arc discharge plasma, thermolysis of ammonia boranes, chemical reactions of oil sands cracking at high temperature and pressure, ion diffusion in clay-mineral nanotubes, and mass spectrometer chemistry including the formation of new molecules with untypical bonding properties and the chemical reaction of methane with late transition metal and rare earth ions, a hopeful way to produce molecular hydrogen from natural gas. All applications have in common that they occur at high temperature and partially high pressure, and hence require similar computational methods. With this proposal we would like to initiate a Transfer of Knowledge scheme where we will create synergies in developing these methods, implement them for their use in latest supercomputer facilities, and have well-trained personnel to be able to operate them in the individual workgroups. The Exchange Programme includes long-term stays of graduate students (ESR) as well as shorter-term stays of research staff (ER) and professors. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/computational science’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/computer hardware/supercomputers’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/mathematics/applied mathematics/mathematical model’] | [‘natural gas’, ‘computational science’, ‘supercomputers’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘mathematical model’] | |||||
| 72154 | 625034 | 1DH2OP | Coupling of One-Dimensional TiO2 with Hydrogenase: Simultaneous Visible-Light Driven H2 Production and Treatment of an Organic Pollutant | 2014-03-01 | 2015-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 231926.4 | 231926.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF | Sunlight is a vastly abundant energy form and provides an attractive possible energy-input to produce hydrogen through the splitting of water into its elements via the process of artificial photosynthesis. Within this theme, the proposal defines a new approach of coupling semiconductor nanomaterials with catalytically active biological enzymes to reduce protons to hydrogen in an aqueous electrolyte under visible light irradiation.Building upon current state-of-the-art systems involving enzymes attached to dye-sensitized titanium dioxide nanoparticulates, herein we propose the use of one-dimensional titanium dioxide nanostructures. Benefitting from the intrinsic property of efficient directional electron transport, these structures will reduce charge recombination and hence could lead to improved performance. The visible light driven response via anion doping will eliminate the need for a ruthenium dye as photosensitizer, offering promise of a low cost and greatly simplified hybrid design. Moreover, upon suitable valence band position engineering, the addition of an organic pollutant could act as electron donor to enhance hydrogen production, while simultaneously being photodegraded.This project brings innovation and advancement to the concept and design of more efficient and cost effective biomimetic artificial photosynthesis increasing the competitiveness of the European Research Area in renewable energy research. In line with action 2 of the FP7 Work Program-PEOPLE, this multidisciplinary project (4 major thematic areas: energy, nanoscience, biotechnology, and environmental) intends to train and develop Dr. Lee personally and professionally, reinforcing his career development. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’] | [‘transition metals’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘enzymes’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘botany’] | |||||
| 72179 | 310184 | CARINHYPH | Bottom-up fabrication of nano carbon-inorganic hybrid materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production | 2013-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3879770.08 | 2885910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | NMP.2012.1.4-2 | CARINHYPH projects deals with the hierarchical assembly of functional nanomaterials into novel nanocarbon-inorganic hybrid structures for energy generation by photocatalyic hydrogen production, with Carbon NanoTubes (CNTs) and graphene the choice of nanocarbons. The scientific activities include the development of new functionalisation strategies targeted at improving charge transfer in hybrids and therefore their photocatalytic activity, and in transferring these synergistic effects by assembling the hybrid units into macroscopic structures.Three different types of hybrid architectures will be explored: Hybrid 1 – consisting of inorganic gyroids impregnated with the nanocarbon; Hybrid 2 – consisting of nanocarbon membranes coated with the inorganic compound by atomic layer deposition; Hybrid 3 – electrospun hybrid fibres.CARINHYPH specifically aims to tailor interfacial charge and energy transfer processes by means of chemical functionalisation and evaluate them with photochemical and transient spectroscopy, as well as explore the effect of the nanocarbon as a substrate and heat sink, which stabilises smaller semiconductor particles and reduces agglomeration that will result in larger accessible surface areas.Two industrial partners in the consortium, a nanocarbon supplier and a potential end user, guarantee that both ends of the production line are taken into account for the development of new technologies and the production of a roadmap for industrial deployment. This roadmap will also measure sustainability of processes and materials developed in this project in terms of environmental and economical impact as compared to state-of-the-art techniques for the production of hydrogen by the use of adequate Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approaches. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials/two-dimensional nanostructures/graphene’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘photocatalysis’, ‘graphene’, ‘inorganic compounds’, ‘semiconductivity’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 72253 | 298012 | nfesec | Nanophotonics for Efficient Solar-to-H2 Energy Conversion | 2012-08-01 | 2014-07-31 | nan | FP7 | 209033.4 | 209033.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF | Photoelectrochemical H2 production from water is a field of high present interest. This project is to design nanophotonics for efficient solar-to-H2 energy conversion. A method will be developed for fabricating nanophotonic structure (such as inverse opal photonic crystals, nanoarray photonic structure) of narrow band gap ternary metal oxide as photoanodes, for example, BiVO4 (2.4 eV), InVO4 (2.0 eV), BiFeO3 (2.2 eV), etc. Highly efficient solar-to-H2 energy conversion is expected to be achieved due to the superiorities of the structure and unique optical properties of nanophotonic structures, including stronger interaction between light and the photoelectrode induced by the stop-band edge effect, greatly improved light harvesting due to the multiple scattering effect, efficient photogenerated charge carriers separation due to the distance for photogenerated holes to reach the interface of semiconductor and the electrolyte can be significantly reduced. The proposed project will try to address how nanophotonic structures with their unique physical properties can enable efficient harvesting of light. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nanophotonics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘inorganic compounds’, ‘semiconductivity’, ‘nanophotonics’, ‘energy conversion’] | |||||
| 72361 | 624997 | CO2SF | Solar Fuel Chemistry: Design and Development of Novel Earth-abundant Metal complexes for the Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide | 2014-03-01 | 2016-02-29 | nan | FP7 | 299558.4 | 299558.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF | The world’s demand for energy is increasing and is expected to double in the next 50 years. To meet the energy demand, sustainable carbon-neutral energy sources must be exploited. Solar energy is a greatly underutilized sustainable resource. New large-scale, sustainable energy technologies are required to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels and to decrease the anthropogenic production of greenhouse gases. Technologies for the capture, conversion and storage of solar energy, specifically in the form of chemical bonds, will allow us to develop carbon-neutral energy sources.The design and development of CO2 reduction photocatalysts using Earth abundant metals is described. Our targets include the synthesis of ligands capable of absorbing light in the ultraviolet and visible range and coordination of these ligands to earth abundant metal centres, such as Fe, Ni, Mo and W. Photocatalytic testing will be carried out towards the reduction of CO2 to CO. Subsequent modification of the ligands to incorporate a phosphonate tether will allow grafting of the newly designed catalysts to semi-conducting electrode materials. Catalysis will then be carried out in a heterogeneous fashion in aqueous solution rather than in organic solvents. This will make use of water, the world’s most abundant proton source for sustainable CO2 reduction. This cathodic half-cell will then be combined with a water-oxidizing anode to form an overall photoelectrochemical cell which will make syngas (H2 and CO) from water and sunlight. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘photocatalysis’] | |||||
| 72416 | 328085 | RPSII | Re-wiring of photosystem II enzymes to metal-oxide electrodes in artificial photosynthetic devices for enhanced photocatalytic water splitting performance | 2013-03-11 | 2015-03-10 | nan | FP7 | 221606.4 | 221606.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF | “Photocatalytic water splitting is an attractive means of efficiently converting solar energy into a storable hydrogen fuel, offering a clean and renewable source of energy that can replace fossil fuel. In this study, the Photosystem II (PSII) enzyme is employed as a biological catalyst in important proof-of-principle studies to establish the basic principles behind emerging artificial photosynthetic devices for efficient light-driven water splitting. Currently, the maximal output of PSII-based photocatalytic water splitting systems is capped by a number of factors, most significantly the non-ideal ‘wiring’ of the enzymes to the electrode giving rise to inefficient electron transfer. The present Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship (IIF) project proposes to enhance the performance of benchmark PSII-based photocatalytic systems by ‘rewiring’ the electron transfer from the bio-catalyst to the anode to eliminate inefficient steps, and hence establish new maximal outputs achievable by such systems. This will be achieved by directed immobilisation of the PSII to the anode, followed by the inhibition of redox events in the electron flow pathway to bypass the rate-limiting step. Moreover, current photocatatlyic water splitting systems rely on expensive rare-earth components which are ultimately non-sustainable and uneconomical for use in future photocatalytic devices. In this study, newly accessible nano-structured earth-abundant substrates will be investigated as electrode material to ultimately encourage the development of more sustainable systems for photocatalytic water splitting.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/biocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘photocatalysis’, ‘biocatalysis’, ‘enzymes’] | |||||
| 72762 | 303527 | BIOANODE | Extracting electrical current from organic compounds in wastewater | 2012-04-01 | 2016-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG | In a microbial bioelectrochemical system, bacteria convert organic matter directly into electrical current. This makes it possible to use the energy content of dissolved organic matter in wastewater to drive electrochemical processes. A bioelectrochemical system consists of two electrodes, an anode and a cathode. Living bacteria oxidize organic matter and transfer electrons to the anode. The electrons flow through an external circuit to the cathode where a compound is reduced. The conditions at the cathode determine the output of the system. For example, we can produce electrical energy, energy-carriers such as hydrogen and methane, and valuable chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide and caustic soda.The aim of this research project is to investigate the design, control, and operation of the bioanode. Depending on the output of the system, we have varying restraints and opportunities for control of the bioanode. We will use mathematical modeling and laboratory experiments to investigate two types of bioelectrochemical processes. In Type 1, the product at the cathode is in focus and the bioanode is simply used to lower the energy consumption of the production process. In Type 2, energy recovery from the wastewater is in focus and the goal is to capture as much as possible of the energy bound up in organic matter. This research project will fill an important knowledge gap in the field of bioelectrochemical systems and contribute to the practical application of this new technology. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/water treatment processes/wastewater treatment processes’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/microbiology/bacteriology’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/bioelectrochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/mathematics/applied mathematics/mathematical model’] | [‘wastewater treatment processes’, ‘bacteriology’, ‘bioelectrochemistry’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘mathematical model’] | |||||
| 72827 | 293441 | PROTONICS | Mechanistic aspects of protons in hard materials for clean energy applications | 2011-08-01 | 2015-07-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG | Research on ”clean energy materials” is an important and growing area in the field of materials science, much due to the need of developing cleaner and more sustainable sources of energy, which is one the the major challenges in the 21st century. The performance of alternative energy technologies depends on the properties of their component materials. For the development of next-generation devices, the discovery and optimization of new materials are critical to future breakthroughs. This depends on a better understanding of the basic science that underpins applied research, but such understanding is often lacking. In view of this lack of knowledge, this proposal aims at elucidating key fundamental properties, such as local structure, structural disorder and conduction mechanisms in two classes of energy-related materials, namely proton-conducting oxides, targeted as electrolytes for intermediate-temperature fuel cells, and ”complex” metal hydrides, targeted as media for on-board hydrogen storage. The goal is to develop an atomic-scale understanding of the proton (hydrogen) diffusion mechanism and apply this knowledge to the rational design of new materials with higher proton conductivities or more favorable hydrogen sorption properties. The primary tools to this end involve the use of neutron and synchrotron x-ray scattering techniques, available at international large-scale research facilities, and vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and infrared), available at the host organisation, Chalmers University of Technology. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/optics/spectroscopy’] | [‘fuel cells’, ‘spectroscopy’] | |||||
| 73091 | 205442 | TOHPN | Towards the optimization of hydrogen production by nitrogenase | 2008-10-01 | 2014-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 1968000 | 1968000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-SG-LS7 | In nature, molecular hydrogen is produced by the hydrogenase and the nitrogenase enzymes. Nitrogenase reduces dinitrogen to ammonia and, in this process, it evolves hydrogen. Nitrogenase and hydrogenase are oxygen-sensitive enzymes. We chose to optimize a hydrogen production system based on nitrogenase for four reasons: some organisms carrying nitrogenase simultaneously perform photosynthesis and hydrogen evolution by nitrogenase (direct biophotolysis), thus harvesting solar energy and autonomously converting it into chemical energy in a continuous process; cellular mechanisms exist to protect nitrogenase from oxygen but do not appear to exist for hydrogenase; because nitrogenase couples ATP hydrolysis to hydrogen evolution, this enzyme is able to generate hydrogen against a substantial gas pressure; finally, the biochemistry of the nitrogenase system is well known. The objective of our proposal is to provide new eco-efficient strategies for the biological production of hydrogen. Energy research is a priority theme under the Seventh Research Framework (FP7) cooperation program. The objective of energy research under FP7 is to adapt the current energy system into a more sustainable, competitive and secure one, with emphasis and support given to hydrogen research and renewable fuel production. Our proposal has three major components: (i) in vitro evolution of nitrogenase, in which we generate new nitrogenase variants by metagenomic gene shuffling and random mutagenesis, and select those with increased hydrogen production activity; (ii) the development of a genetic system to select for hydrogen overproducers; and (iii) a biochemical element designed to understand the biochemical requisites for efficient hydrogen production by the molybdenum nitrogenase as a basis for its re-engineering. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘transition metals’, ‘enzymes’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘botany’] | |||||
| 73398 | 310333 | SOLAROGENIX | Visible-Light Active Metal Oxide Nano-catalysts for Sustainable Solar Hydrogen Production | 2013-02-01 | 2016-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 3906486 | 2755708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | NMP.2012.1.1-1 | The rising global interest in hydrogen as the fuel of future has prompted tremendous interest in the development of efficient hydrogen production technologies that may serve as economically viable solutions towards solar fuels.The project SOLARGENIX will investigate novel nanostructured photocatalysts starting from comprehensive theoretical and experimental investigations on visible-light active meta-oxides for photoelectrochemical splitting of water to target the environmental hydrogen production from saline water by sun illumination. For this purpose, efficient multi-functional photoactive nano-catalysts will be developed whereby underlying atomic understanding of elementary chemical reactions and electrochemical processes will guard the scope of the project. The development of efficient nano-catalysts will be mastered by novel material combinations and interfacial engineering in nano-hetrostructures.Furthermore the project will demonstrate the feasibility of this technology together with industrial partners to develop first module-sized demonstrators for testing under real operating conditions. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘photocatalysis’, ‘inorganic compounds’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 73656 | 603488 | PLASCARB | Innovative plasma based transformation of food waste into high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen | 2013-12-01 | 2016-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 4830197.51 | 3784739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENVIRONMENT | ENV.2013.6.3-1 | PlasCarb has been stimulated by a transnational consortium of R&D performing SMEs in partnership with specialist scientific resource, life cycle thinking experts, industrial customers, and access to risk finance to facilitate future market uptake. It will integrate commerce with research; transforming a widespread urban solid waste environmental problem (140 million tonnes of food and plant waste produced annually in Europe) into a sustainable source of significant economic added value, (high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen). The vast majority of hydrogen and carbon used today in industry are derived from fossil petroleum sources, the majority of which are imported into the EU from regions which are often politically unstable or competitive. PlasCarb will integrate an established technology (anaerobic digestion) with innovative, low temperature microwave plasma processing and leading edge control of carbon morphology and purification. This project will extend beyond current Best Available Techniques (BAT) in the valorisation of food waste of anaerobic digestion (AD) to generate renewable energy; it will transform the biogas output from AD using an innovative low energy microwave plasma to split biogas methane into high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen (RH2). The quality and economic value of the carbon and the hydrogen will then be maximised through the integration of high quality research and industrial process engineering expertise. The project will validate at a pilot scale continuous operation of the integrated process for a period of one month; 150 tonnes of mixed food waste will be digested to generate over 25000m3 of biogas. 2400m3 of this biogas will then be transformed into highly graphitic carbon with a market value of over €2500/tonne and RH2. A decentralised business model will be generated that can be implemented at local levels widely across Europe to facilitate future market uptake. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental biotechnology/bioremediation/bioreactors’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/business and management/business models’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/business and management/commerce’] | [‘bioreactors’, ‘business models’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘commerce’] | |||||
| 73685 | 621228 | HYACINTH | HYdrogen ACceptance IN the Transition pHase | 2014-09-01 | 2017-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 999383 | 661584 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.5.3 | There is increasing realisation amongst policy makers and industry that public acceptance is a key issue to deploy and extend H2 technologies and infrastructures in Europe. The development of H2 technologies involve small-scale applications as well as large-scale infrastructures that are influenced by the acceptance of the public, stakeholders, communities and potential customers / users. Previous research on social acceptance investigated the general levels of public understanding of HFC technologies in specific countries, but there is limited systematic evidence on the acceptance of FCH technologies throughout Europe. The overall purpose of HYACINTH is to gain deeper understanding of social acceptance of H2 technologies across Europe and to develop a communication / management toolbox for ongoing or future activities introducing H2 into mobility, stationary and power supply systems.Social acceptance of FCH technologies will be investigated via survey research with representative panels (7.000 European citizens) and semistructured interviews with 455 stakeholders in 10 countries. The design of the data gathering instruments will build upon methodological and conceptual developments in the research of new technologies social acceptance. The toolbox will provide the necessary information and understanding of the state of awareness and acceptance of HFC technologies by the public and by stakeholders. It will further provide the necessary tools to understand and manage expectations of future HFC projects and products in the transition phase, to identify regional challenges and to determine effective policy support measuresResults from the research on the social acceptance across Europe and the toolbox will support projects in setting up under through consideration of the acceptance processes influenced by their activities; i.e. identifying regions of supportive acceptance, barriers, challenges, communication strategies and other means to manage acceptance processes | none given | none given | none given | |||||
| 73799 | 278727 | HyTEC | Hydrogen Transport in European Cities | 2011-09-01 | 2015-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 29256315.91 | 11948532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.1.1 | This proposal focuses on creating two new European hydrogen passenger vehicle deployment centres in London and Copenhagen – cities that are widely recognised as synonymous with the goal of developing and then adopting ultra-low carbon urban transport solutions.The HyTEC project will also create genuine links between the new and existing hydrogen passenger vehicle demonstration projects across Europe, with a view to informing ongoing strategic planning for hydrogen rollout and also ensuring a ‘common voice’ towards the expansion of the hydrogen vehicle fleet in Europe towards commercialisation. To do so, a fleet of passenger cars will be deployed in Oslo, one of the early demonstration centres, continuing the rollout of the hydrogen vehicles at this site.The goal of the project is to implement stakeholder inclusive vehicle demonstration programmes that specifically address the challenge of transitioning hydrogen vehicles from running exemplars to fully certified vehicles utilised by end-users and moving along the pathway to providing competitive future products.A European consortium of 17 members from 5 member states has been assembled to deliver the project, which will:•Demonstrate 25 new hydrogen vehicles in the hands of real customers, in two vehicles classes: taxis (5), passenger cars (19). In addition fuel cell hybrid hydrogen scooters will be demonstrated as a proof of concept in London and at Ride and Drive type events. The passenger cars will be supplied by leading global OEMs.These will be supported by new hydrogen refuelling facilities, which together with existing deployments in each city will lead to two new city based networks for hydrogen fuelling. These networks work on different concepts, one based on on-site production (Copenhagen) and the second on hydrogen delivery (London), allowing different pathways to be tested and compared.•Analyse the results of the project, with an expert pan-European research team. The analysis will consider the full well to wheels life cycle impact of the vehicles and associated fuelling networks, demonstrate the technical performance of the vehicles and uncover the non-technical barriers to wider implementation.•Plan for future commercialisation of the vehicles, as well as providing an approach for the rollout of vehicles and infrastructure, which builds on the demonstration projects.•Disseminate the results of the project widely to the public to improve hydrogen awareness. This will be supported by targeted dissemination to, other regions, key industrial stakeholders and policy makers. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells | fuel cells | |||||
| 73812 | 308432 | ECOWAMA | ECO-efficient management of WAter in the MAnufacturing industry | 2012-10-01 | 2016-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 5145470.44 | 3869999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENVIRONMENT | ENV.2012.6.3-1 | The ECOWAMA Project proposes a new eco-efficient closed cycle management model for the treatment of effluents of the metal and plastic surface processing industry (STM). Such STM waste water is extensively contaminated with oils and greases, organic loading, a salt fraction and especially with heavy metals (e.g. nickel, copper, zinc and others). Hence STM enterprises have high interest on efficient, cost-effective and sustainable treatment of their effluents. ECOWAMA’s approach combines wastewater treatment with recovery of ultrapure water, highly valuable metals and energy. Therefore an environmental friendly, effective and innovative system will be developed including Electrocoagulation, Electrooxidation and Electrowinning technologies. Additionally hydrogen produced during Electrocoagulation/Electrooxidation processes will be used to deal as feed for fuel cells to generate electricity which reduces the energy demand of the whole process. Pre- and post-treatment will be carried out to remove oils/greases and conductivity. The heavy metals will be separated from the waste water stream through an electro-precipitation process. After metal dissolution from precipitation sludge a novel electrowinning process using novel electrodes, optimised geometry and process management will reduce the dissolved metal ions to a solid aggregate state with high purity. The outcome of this is a valuable raw material that can be easily sold or reused for STM operations. Due to the extremely high level of prices for metals at the global market ECOWAMA’s participants and post-project clients will have strong economic benefits beside the positive environmental impacts of the process. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/water treatment processes/wastewater treatment processes’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/natural sciences/mathematics/pure mathematics/geometry’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘wastewater treatment processes’, ‘transition metals’, ‘geometry’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 73910 | 283018 | REWAGEN | Electrochemical WAter treatment system in the dairy industry with hydroGEN REcovery and electricity production | 2012-06-01 | 2016-05-31 | nan | FP7 | 6103778.35 | 4632809 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENVIRONMENT | ENV.2011.3.1.9-1 | The aim of the project is the development of a prototype of a water treatment system -based on the sequential combination of three technologies: electrocoagulation, electrooxidation and a technology for the recovery of generated hydrogen for energy saving and the reutilization of the resulting regenerated water for different applications – more efficient in terms of wastewater treatment and self-sustaining in terms of energy needs. The idea is to develop a wastewater treatment system aiming at closing the water cycle, by integrating energy and water management, where the electricity generated through the hydrogen conversion is used to keep the system working and the extracted residues from the waste water treatment are reused inside the food and dairy production process to cover different needs.Therefore, the project would develop a system with technologies that have still not been jointly developed together with hydrogen recovery. The hydrogen generation from EC or EO systems for electricity production to be completely used to feed the wastewater system has not yet been developed. Still lot of research is needed for the generation of hydrogen from these two water treatment technologiesIt can be stated as a strength that such kind of electrochemical and hydrogen valorisation technologies have not still been jointly considered. As far as we are concerned there is no previous work focused on the recovery of generated hydrogen from EC or EO systems for electricity production, neither in bench-scale nor in real-life. Indeed, the scientific literature does not show any study considering the conversion of this electrochemically generated hydrogen into energy. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/water treatment processes/wastewater treatment processes’, ‘/agricultural sciences/animal and dairy science/dairy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/natural resources management/water management’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘wastewater treatment processes’, ‘dairy’, ‘water management’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 74014 | 214395 | H2SUSBUILD | Development of a clean and energy self-sustained building in the vision of integrating H2 economy with renewable energy sources | 2008-10-01 | 2012-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 9889566.47 | 6699755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | NMP-2007-4.0-5 | More than 40% of the total energy consumed in the EU is used to cover the needs for heating, cooling and electricity of buildings. As the major part of this energy is produced from combustion of oil and natural gas, both the EU and the EU Building Sector are highly depended on imported fossil fuels. Moreover, the Sector is also a major contributor to Green-House Gas (GHG) emissions. To address issues concerning EU security of energy supply, EU contribution to climate change and in line with the Kyoto protocol and ongoing discussions in the European and International community, the EC has set the objectives of 30% reduction of its GHG emissions by 2020 and 20% increase of the share of renewable energy. The Building Sector, as a major industrial sector, has to significantly contribute to the realisation of these objectives. Thus, the trend for the Building Sector is to move from fossil fuels based energy production to the use of renewable energy sources (RES) and clean fuels to produce the required energy to cover the building energy needs. However, in order to ensure continuous operation of energy systems based on RES it is necessary to find a proper way to balance the intermittent nature of RES. Currently, the solution is to store the excess of the produced electricity in large-scale storage batteries, which present several drawbacks. In this frame, our concept is the development of an intelligent, self-sustained and zero CO2 emission hybrid energy system to cover electric power, heating and cooling loads (tri-generation) of either residential/commercial buildings or districts of buildings. In the proposed system, the primary energy will be harvested from RES and directly used to cover contingent loads, while the excess energy will be converted to hydrogen to be used as energy storage material and to be further applied as a green fuel to cover the building heating needs through direct combustion or to produce combined heating and electricity by means of fuel cells | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/electric energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hybrid energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electric energy’, ‘hybrid energy’, ‘natural gas’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 74127 | 284636 | AHEAD | Advanced Hybrid Engines for Aircraft Development | 2011-10-01 | 2014-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 2990508 | 2153668 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-TRANSPORT | AAT.2011.6.1-2. | “Future demands on the air transport systems dictate that aircraft should be less polluting, less noisy and more fuel efficient. Also, in the long term alternative fuels like biofuels and hydrogen will replace the traditional jet fuel. The ACARE in Europe has identified that CO2 emission and perceived noise levels should be reduced by half and NOx emission be reduced by 80% by 2020. However recent ACARE studies indicate that these targets cannot be achieved using current incremental technological improvements. As the new ACARE environmental and efficiency targets for 2050 will be even more demanding, there is an urgent need for breakthrough technologies.The hybrid engine proposed in AHEAD is a novel propulsion system with a different architecture as compared to the conventional turbofan engine. The hybrid engine uses several unique technologies like shrouded contra-rotating fans, bleed cooling, dual hybrid combustion system (using hydrogen and biofuel under flameless conditions to reduce CO2 and NOx emission respectively). The hybrid engine proposed in AHEAD will constitute a leap forward in terms of environmental friendliness, will use advanced multiple fuels and will enable the design of fuel-efficient Blended Wing Body (BWB) aircraft configurations. The efficiency of BWB aircraft will be enhanced significantly due to embedded hybrid engines using the boundary layer ingestion (BLI) method. The project aims to establish the feasibility of proposed hybrid engine configuration and will demonstrate that the concept will substantially lower the engine emissions, installation drag and noise. The BWB configuration along with the proposed hybrid engine concept will bring in the much required breakthrough in civil aviation. The project will also evaluate the effect of LH2 storage on BWB aircraft and its integration with embedded hybrid engines and the environmental gains achieved. Special attention will directed to evaluate the effect of H2O emission on the environment.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/aerospace engineering/aircraft’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/biofuels’] | [‘aircraft’, ‘energy and fuels’, ‘biofuels’] | |||||
| 74138 | 247322 | GREENEST | Gas turbine combustion with Reduced EmissioNs Employing extreme STeam injection | 2010-07-01 | 2016-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 3137648 | 3137648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE8 | Global energy consumption is continuously increasing, leading to an increased world wide demand for new power generation installations in the near future. In order to protect the earth s climate, energy conversion efficiency and the use of sustainable resources have to be improved significantly to reduce the emission of the greenhouse gas CO2. To maintain our high standard of living and to enhance it for developing countries, the improved technologies have to be cost-neutral. Gas turbines play today a major role in energy generation. In the future, gas turbines will become even more important, when old coal-fired steam cycle power plants are replaced by integrated gasification plants. However, current gas turbine technology experiences a flattening technology curve and further increase in total efficiency at low NOx emissions is only achieved in incremental small steps. Additionally, current technology is not prepared to operate on hydrogen-rich fuels from biological resources or coal gasification. A new approach was developed that promises a significant improvement in efficiency and emissions and provides the ability to burn hydrogen-rich fuels. For operation on carbon-containing fuels, it enables CO2 capture at low cost. The concept is based on a high pressure air-steam gas turbine cycle using extremely high amounts of steam. The goal of the proposed project is to investigate the fundamentals of ultra wet combustion to develop the technology for a prototype combustor which is capable of burning natural gas, hydrogen and fuels from coal or biowaste gasification at low NOx emissions. Research will include the combustion process, the aerodynamic design, acoustics and control, combining the main disciplines of the Chair of Experimental Fluid Dynamics. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/coal’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/classical mechanics/fluid mechanics/fluid dynamics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/acoustics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘coal’, ‘fluid dynamics’, ‘natural gas’, ‘acoustics’, ‘energy conversion’] | |||||
| 74782 | 253602 | SOLAR BIO-HYDROGEN | Design of Hybrid Nanostructured Bio-photocatalyst for Their Application in Bio-photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production | 2010-09-01 | 2012-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 181103.2 | 181103.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF | The need to establish renewable energy supplies, both as a strategic economic requirement and as a wedge against climate change is leading organizations to invest in research on capturing solar energy. There is particular interest in artificial photosynthesis, using photons to produce electricity or fuels using a man-made device rather than a plant. In natural in-vitro system for hydrogen production, complex molecule i.e. chlorophyll harvest solar energy and subsequent electronic excitation leads to ejection of electrons from the chlorophyll dimer and then passed on to various electron-transferring mediators. This electron donor system may be replaced with the visible light sensitized inorganic photocatalyst. At present, the photocatalysts that have been synthesized and tested fall far short of the efficiency and catalytic rates of enzymes that catalyze either H2 production (hydrogenases) or O2 production (the Mn cofactor of Photosystem II). Therefore the enzymes themselves represent important benchmarks for gauging the possibilities for building water-splitting photocatalysts from inorganic and organic photophysical materials. In such devices enzyme molecules are linked to the semiconductor surface in such a way that they are stable and electrocatalytically active. Therefore, the proposed project is focused on the fabrication of chalcogenide semiconducting nanostructures (mainly nanotubes / nanowire / gyroid having few nm thick wall) and grafting of redox proteins onto these nanostructures for their subsequent exploitation in photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. The exploration of the photoelectrochemistry involved and properties of enzymes which govern the hydrogen generation will also be undertaken. In addition, various other parameters such as the electrolyte pH, nature of sacrificial reagents, combination of chalcogenide photocatalyst- redox proteins (eg. Hydrogenase etc.) will be optimized to maximize solar hydrogen production efficiency. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/photocatalysis’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/economics/production economics’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘photocatalysis’, ‘production economics’, ‘enzymes’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 75129 | 258600 | ENERGYBIOCATALYSIS | Understanding and Exploiting Biological Catalysts for Energy Cycling: Development of Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry for Studying Intermediates in Metalloenzyme Catalysis | 2011-02-01 | 2016-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 1373322 | 1373322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-SG-PE4 | Advanced catalysts for energy cycling will be essential to a future sustainable energy economy. Interconversion of water and hydrogen allows solar and other green electricity to be stored in transportable form as H2 – a fuel for electricity generation on demand. Precious metals (Pt) are the best catalysts currently available for H2 oxidation in fuel cells. In contrast, readily available Ni/Fe form the catalytic centres of robust enzymes used by micro-organisms to oxidise or produce H2 selectively, at rates rivalling platinum. Metalloenzymes also efficiently catalyse redox reactions of the nitrogen and carbon cycles. Electrochemistry of enzyme films on a graphite electrode provides a direct route to studying and exploiting biocatalysis, for example a fuel cell that produces electricity from dilute H2 in air using an electrode modified with hydrogenase. Understanding structures and complex chemistry of enzyme active sites is now an important challenge that underpins exploitation of enzymes and design of future catalysts. This project develops sensitive IR methods for metalloenzymes on conducting surfaces or particles. Ligands with strong InfraRed vibrational signatures (CO, CN-) are exploited as probes of active site chemistry for hydrogenases and carbon-cycling enzymes. The proposal unites physical techniques (surface vibrational spectroscopy, electrochemistry), microbiology (mutagenesis, microbial energy cycling), inorganic chemistry (reactions at unusual organometallic centres) and technology development (energy-catalysis) in addressing enzyme chemistry. Understanding the basis for the extreme catalytic selectivity of enzymes will contribute to knowledge of biological energy cycling and provide inspiration for new catalysts. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/organic reactions’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/biocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/microbiology’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’] | [‘organic reactions’, ‘biocatalysis’, ‘microbiology’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘enzymes’] | |||||
| 75428 | 238201 | MATCON | Materials and Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storages | 2009-12-15 | 2013-12-14 | nan | FP7 | 2137685 | 2137685 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008 | There is a consensus today that supplying a growing world population with energy is one of the biggest – if not the biggest – challenge mankind is facing in the 21st century. The reasons for this are numerous and are among others related to the observation that energy is critical to human development, including economic growth, equity and employment, and that fossil fuels – our current energy backbone – are slowly but inevitably declining. This generates an increasing demand of well-educated young scientists knowledgeable in materials science for energy conversion and storage, because a central problem for all forms of energy is their efficient generation or conversion as well as energy storage with sufficiently high density (e.g., hydrogen or biofuels). In this broader context, the proposed Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) “MATCON” will concentrate on the following topics of fundamental importance: • Photo-electrochemical generation of hydrogen by water splitting • Bio-inspired and biomimetic energy conversion • Thermoelectric and thermoionic heat conversion For all of these topics, alternative or new materials and materials combinations will be necessary to improve the efficiency of energy conversion or to overcome existing problems with stability. Therefore, the Network will also put considerable emphasis on the tailoring and development of specific materials for electrodes, substrates and functional interfaces. This expertise will be of central importance for the successful implementation of the different research topics outlined above and, at the same time, provide an ideal basis for the training of the young researchers in state of the art materials science and semiconductor technology. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/electromagnetism and electronics/semiconductivity’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/business and management/employment’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/biofuels’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘semiconductivity’, ’employment’, ‘biofuels’, ‘energy conversion’] | |||||
| 75457 | 317714 | NO-WASTE | Utilization of Industrial By-products and Waste in Environmental Protection | 2013-04-01 | 2017-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 419500 | 419500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES | Environmental pollution is a global problem. Unsustainable production of goods, improper treatment of the waste, emissions to air and water, and inadequate legislation causes growing problems to human beings and nature. The urgent need for reducing environmental load coming from industry, agriculture and communities demands for novel ways of thinking. NO-WASTE collaboration will attack to this current problem by developing environmentally sound and sustainable possibilities to utilize and valorise different wastes and emissions. The aim is to create valuable new products and renewable energy to minimize the waste as well as emissions to air and water. As a tool to achieve this aim, catalysis plays an important role. In addition, the sustainability of the each planned utilisation case will be evaluated. The cases are related to hydrogen and synthesis gas production from waste, utilization of CO2, organic gases and agricultural waste, and development of new products created by optimized hydrothermal carbonization process. This ambitious aim and wide operational area demands for extensive collaboration, but also forms a great possibility to widen the network after NO-WASTE. The exchange months during this four years program grows up to 205 months and the planned transnational network brings together experts of different disciplines from Finland, France, Germany, Brazil, Morocco and China. During the collaboration a solid basis for further collaboration will be established. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/environmental sciences/pollution’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agriculture, forestry, and fisheries/agriculture’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’] | [‘natural gas’, ‘pollution’, ‘agriculture’, ‘catalysis’] | |||||
| 75518 | 325386 | SUSANA | SUpport to SAfety ANalysis of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies | 2013-09-01 | 2016-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 2119669.9 | 1159124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.2 | “The support action addresses the topic SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.2 “CFD model evaluation protocol for safety analysis of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies”. SUSANA will critically review the state-of-the-art in physical and mathematical modelling of phenomena and scenarios relevant to hydrogen safety, i.e. releases and dispersion, ignitions and fires, deflagrations and detonations, etc.; compile a guide to best practices in use of CFD for safety analysis of FCH systems and infrastructure; update verification and validation procedures; generate database of verification problems; develop model validation database; perform benchmarking; and finally create the CFD model Evaluation Protocol built on these documents and project activities. A website will provide public access to all project outcomes. The protocol will facilitate use of CFD as a cost-effective contemporary tool for inherently safer design of FCH systems and facilities in Europe. It will be developed for all stakeholders directly involved in use of CFD and those who perform the evaluation of CFD safety analysis done by others, including but not limited to safety engineers and technology developers, regulators and public safety officials involved in permitting process, etc. The consortium is composed of key players in the field of modelling and numerical simulations relevant to hydrogen safety science and engineering from research institutions, academia and industry. The expert group is a powerful project instrument with open membership to maximise the outreach of the project outcomes and involve stakeholders in the protocol use at as early stages as possible. Experts will be invited to participate in online forum, benchmarking, attend events organised by the project. Dissemination activities will include workshops and seminars with invitation of CFD users and representatives of permitting authorities through different channels, including IA HySafe, IEA HIA Task 31, EHA, national and international projects, etc” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/databases’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/natural sciences/mathematics/applied mathematics/mathematical model’] | [‘databases’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘mathematical model’] | |||||
| 75546 | 212470 | HYCYCLES | Materials and components for Hydrogen production by sulphur based thermochemical cycles | 2008-01-01 | 2011-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 5123432.2 | 3748823 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-1.2-03 | HycycleS aims at the qualification and enhancement of materials and components for key steps of thermochemical cycles for solar or nuclear hydrogen generation. The focus of HycycleS is the decomposition of sulphuric acid which is the central step of the sulphur based family of those processes, especially the hybrid sulphur cycle and the sulphur-iodine cycle. Breakthrough developments are targeted for both with an accent on the hybrid sulphur cycle. Emphasis is put on materials and components for sulphuric acid evaporation, decomposition, and sulphur dioxide separation. The suitability of materials and the reliability of the components will be shown in practice by decomposing sulphuric acid and separating its decomposition products in scalable prototypes. The final aim is to bring thermochemical water splitting closer to realisation by improving the efficiency, stability, practicability, and costs of the key components involved and by elaborating detailed engineering solutions. The activities comprise the experimental identification and evaluation of suitable materials – in particular ceramics of the SiC family, development and test of the key components evaporator, decomposer, and separator as prototypes, qualification of catalysts, construction materials and components, modelling of those components and characteristics of materials, and analysis of the techno-economic impact on the overall process. The project takes into account the activities currently performed in the US, Japan, and Australia. Therefore key partners from those countries, Westinghouse, JAEA, and CSIRO, are involved to ensure coordination of activities and information exchange with respect to sulphur based cycles in the different continents and the definition of interfaces. Beyond that, HycycleS activities will be strongly linked with international initiatives on hydrogen production under the aegis of IPHE, IEA, INERI, and Gen IV to ensure mutual benefit from different international programmes. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/ceramics’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘catalysis’, ‘ceramics’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 75554 | 303472 | EDEN | High energy density Mg-Based metal hydrides storage system | 2012-10-01 | 2016-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 2653574 | 1524900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.2.4 | EDen aims at building a forefront scientific, technological and industrial expertise in energy storage and recovery system. In the past years hydrogen has been indicated as an advantageous energy carrier under many points of view, mainly environment preservation and high energy density.The necessity of hydrogen on specific mobile applications and energy backup system is promoted by the growing demand of sustainable solutions and the interface of discontinuous renewable energies.Hydrogen storage is well known to be the major bottleneck for the use of H2 as energy carrier and despite the huge scientific and industrial effort [fig.1] in developing a novel practical solution for the hydrogen storage, actually there are few storage systems available for nice markets.The request for energy storage systems is growing as fast as the energy availability from renewable sources, consequently the market is demanding for more performing systems, safer and economic.It is emerged from the past EU projects (STORHY, NESSHY, COSY, NANOHY, FLYHY) that the hydrogen storage in solid state is the better solution to seek. Between the materials studied for solid state hydrogen storage, Magnesium based systems represent nowadays the major candidate able to meet the industrial storage targets: they have proper gravimetric and energetic density (typical >7 wt.%, ≥ 100 kg H2/m3) and suitable charging and discharging time and pressure.The main barrier to the wide use of the Magnesium based materials in hydrogen storage system is represented by two limitations: the working temperature of about 300°C and the high heat of reaction, around 10Wh/g.More specifically, EDen project aims to overtake these limitations by developing and realising an efficient hydrogen storage system that brings together available solutions from the market, the results of the EU projects on hydrogen storage and the development of novel solution for the storing material. | / | /natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/alkaline earth metals | alkaline earth metals | |||||
| 75557 | 325239 | NANO-CAT | Development of advanced catalysts for PEMFC automotive applications | 2013-05-01 | 2017-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 4394331 | 2418439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.1.5 | Many efforts have been put on the reduction of the Pt loading but nowadays a threshold seems to be obtained. Because the kinetics of the Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction is very fast on Pt, it is possible to use MEA with a Pt loading as low as 35 µgPt/cm-2 without any effect on the voltage loss when such an anode is used in front of a well working cathode. But, the Oxygen Reduction Reaction kinetics is not so fast which is the limiting step concerning the electrochemical processes in a PEMFC. For that raison, the decrease of the Pt loading is now encountering a plateau.Nano-CAT will propose alternatives to the use of pure Pt as catalyst and promote Pt alloys or even Pt-free innovative catalyst structures with a good activity and enhanced lifetime due to a better resistance to degradation. Nano-CAT will thus develop novel Pt-free catalysts (called bioinspired catalysts) and explore the route of nanostructured Pt alloys with very low Pt content.Catalysts are chemical species on which the electrochemical reactions are accelerated. PEMFC uses heterogeneous catalysis meaning the catalyst needs to be supported on a material in a solid phase (catalyst support). Nano-CAT will focus on the development of new supports with 2 promising sets of solutions: functionalized Carbon NanoTubes and conductive carbon-free Metal Oxide. These supports offering a better resistance towards degradation than the carbon black commonly used will address the issue of the support degradation and the MEA lifetime.Nano-CAT will follow two routes, one low risk to ensure demonstration of the use of Pt alloys on new resistant supports and one high risk route to evaluate the feasibility of Pt-free MEA based on the use of bioinspired catalysts.Finally, Nano-CAT addresses all technical issues leading to the industrialization of the project outcomes for automotive application by the development of high quality manufacturing methods of complete MEAs required to maintain high power density and efficiency. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’] | [‘inorganic compounds’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘catalysis’] | |||||
| 75579 | 325326 | H2Sense | Cost-effective and reliable hydrogen sensors for facilitating the safe use of hydrogen | 2013-06-01 | 2014-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 785290 | 380348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.1 | This project is related to the effective deployment and availability of reliable hydrogen sensors, primarily but not exclusively for use in applications using hydrogen as an alternative fuel.The objective is to support and unite stakeholders including sensor manufactures/developers, sensor end-users, certification bodies and independent sensor evaluators having the aim to avoid any hazardous events which could hinder the implementation of hydrogen as an alternative fuel by ensuring the availability and optimum use of low-cost and reliable hydrogen sensors. In doing so a European knowledge hub covering hydrogen sensing technologies, state of the art commercial products, near term applications and correct use of hydrogen sensors will be created.An output from this virtual knowledge hub will be state-of-the-art guidelines on how to select and properly use the best hydrogen sensor for a particular application. In addition the consortium will identify barriers (including those of a market, technical, manufacture-related and regulatory nature) which may hinder the commercialisation and wide spread of hydrogen sensors. Suggestions to overcome these barriers will be formulated in addition to recommendations for integration into ongoing or new RCS activities to be implemented at national and global levels. With the knowledge of these barriers it is expected that sensor manufacturers will be better equipped to design, manufacture and commercialise improved sensors at a lower cost, which are tailored to suit end-user requirements. As a result end-users will benefit from a broader range of effective products to choose from for specific applications.A novel aspect of this project will be co-ordination and joint activities with a US consortium lead by the US Department of Energy (National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory) whereby the output will be leveraged by the interaction and knowledge transfer between the European and US consortia. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/sensors’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘sensors’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 75589 | 303411 | DON QUICHOTE | Demonstration Of New Qualitative Innovative Concept of Hydrogen Out of windTurbine Electricity | 2012-10-01 | 2018-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 4936804.57 | 2954846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.2.1 | The project “Don Quichote” aims at the long-term demonstration of the readiness of the technology of the combination of renewable electricity and hydrogen; facts-based data generated in this project is the base for analysis for further deployment and implementation of combined systems “renewable electricity – hydrogen”. Linked to the technical demonstration emphasis will be put on analysis of regulation, codes, standards, on LCA/LCI, on total cost of ownership and on implementation ways all over Europe. | none given | none given | none given | |||||
| 75590 | 256758 | HYPROFESSIONALS | Development of educational programmes and training initiatives related to hydrogen technologies and fuel cells in Europe | 2011-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 432116 | 373537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.5.1 | Today’s technicians and students are the next generation of potential fuel cell users and designers, and education now is a critical step towards the widespread acceptance and implementation of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the near future.Development of training initiatives for technical professionals will be started aiming to secure the required mid- and long-term availability of human resources for hydrogen technologies.The future initiatives have to be carried out for various educational levels and including industry, SMEs, educational institutions and Authorities. Coordination and cooperation are key factors to fulfil the objective: develop a well-trained work-force which will support the technological development.Contact with other educational programs like Leonardo will be sought. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/economics and business/business and management/employment’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [’employment’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 75591 | 256755 | ADEL | Advanced Electrolyser for Hydrogen Production with Renewable Energy Sources | 2011-01-01 | 2013-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4155776.2 | 2043518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.2.3 | The ADEL project (ADvanced ELectrolyser for Hydrogen Production with Renewable Energy Sources) proposes to develop a new steam electrolyser concept named Intermediate Temperature Steam Electrolysis (ITSE) aiming at optimizing the electrolyser life time by decreasing its operating temperature while maintaining satisfactory performance level and high energy efficiency at the level of the complete system including the heat and power source and the electrolyser unit. The relevance of this ITSE will be assessed both at the stack level based on performance and durability tests followed by in depth post test analysis and at the system level based on flow sheets and energy efficiency calculations. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 75617 | 278921 | FCpoweredRBS | Demonstration Project for Power Supply to Telecom Stations through FC technology | 2012-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 10591649 | 4221270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.4.2 | FC and H2 may represent an enabling technology for a wider diffusion of Radio Base Station “energized” by renewable energy sources. While the expected higher energy efficiency already has an attractive potential for these applications, the energy storage potential of H2 (either locally produced or stored in bottles) is even more interesting as it could extend significantly the number of hours of unattended operation which very much determines the overall energy cost for these installation. This is an instrumental feature of H2 and FC which could favour the further diffusion of mobile applications in remote sites.To clearly demonstrate this potential a minimum of 17 sites of really operating off-grid Radio Base Stations will be equipped with an integrated power generation system using Fuel Cell technology and H2 and tested for a significant period. This very large demonstration program will be used to assess the readiness of available technological solution to make the potential viable and demonstrate the industrial readiness of the fuel cell technology in this early market. These units will demonstrate a level of technical performance (start-up time, reliability, durability, number of cycles) that qualifies them for market entry, thereby accelerating the commercialization of this technology in Europe and elsewhere.The RBSPoweredFCH2 Project consortium integrates different EU FC and H2 related technology maker with a market leader for Telecom Systems and with R&D institution. This peculiar opportunity is also fundamental to pursue a bottom-up approach which allows to modify the energy requirements and load profile of the energy utilization to fit in an optimum way the performances expected for the Fuel Cell system.The demonstration project will involve the benchmarking of different technical configurations for fuel cells integrated with other local Renewable Energy sources (mainly PV but also wind). One of the key factor for this off-grid application market | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘renewable energy’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 75631 | 303447 | HYPER | Integrated hydrogen power packs for portable and other autonomous applications | 2012-09-03 | 2015-09-02 | nan | FP7 | 3923909.8 | 2221798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.4.4 | “The proposed HYPER System is a scaleable and flexible portable power platform technology representing significant advances in terms of fuel cell development, hydrogen storage and associated supply. R&D will generate both new scientific knowledge and new technologies for exploitation. Specifically the project will:• Focus on developing a system based on application specific operational and performance targets, informed by early and ongoing end user intelligence;• Embed cost improvement and design for manufacture within the development pathway to optimise material and assembly costs and meet key cost targets;• Demonstrate complete application specific prototypes in the field with end users;• Deliver a market ready system that is flexible in design, and cost effective, for rapid roll out across multiple applications.The HYPER System can be readily customised to meet a range of application specific requirements including: power output, energy (or runtime), fuelling options, and cost (capex and opex). The system is based on a modular LT PEM fuel cell system with a common interface to use with alternative hydrogen supply modules. Two generic types of (interchangeable) hydrogen storage module will be developed: a bespoke gaseous hydrogen storage module; and a solid-state hydrogen storage module based on nanostructured hydrogen storage materials.Two proof of concept HYPER Systems will be developed and demonstrated; 100 We portable power pack/field battery charger, and a 500 We (continuous) range extender for a UAV. This will validate the scalability and robustness of the system whilst addressing early market opportunities that are aligned with the direct commercial interests of the Consortium Partners.The Consortium will provide a European supply chain, and early routes to market, for the subsequent commercial exploitation of the HYPER System.” | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells | fuel cells | |||||
| 75638 | 256837 | SHEL | Sustainable Hydrogen Evaluation in Logistics | 2011-01-01 | 2014-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 4680613 | 2443095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.4.1 | Materials handling vehicles are currently powered by either electric motors based on lead-acid batteries or combustion engines employing diesel or liquefied petroleum gas. A number of disadvantages have been encountered with these current power systems and many efforts have been undertaken to find new ways to power the vehicles..Here, fuel cells offer advantages over the competing electrochemical technology, including sustained high performance over the operating period and faster time to return the system to a full state.The overall purpose of the SHEL project is to demonstrate the market readiness of the technology and to develop a template for future commercialization of hydrogen powered fuel cell based materials handling vehicles for demanding, high intensity logistics operations.This project will demonstrate 10 FC forklift trucks and associated hydrogen refuelling infrastructure across 4 sites in Europe. Real time information will be gathered to demonstrate the advantages of using fuel cells to current technologies and fast procedures will be developed to reduce the time required for product certification and infrastructural build approval. Moreover, to ensure the widest dissemination of the results, the project will build a comprehensive Stake Holder Group of partners to pave the way for wider acceptance of the technology. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/petroleum’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘petroleum’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 75645 | 256328 | HYGUIDE | HyGuide | 2010-10-01 | 2011-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 524793 | 366318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.5.5 | The overall goal of the call “SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.5.5 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA)” is to develop a specific guidance document for application to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and related training material with courses for practitioners in industry and research. This is to be based on and in line with the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook, co-developed by the European Commission’s JRC-IES.Our concept for this guidance document relates back to an international standardized procedure: the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) System (ISO 14025), providing consistent information using common program and product category rules (PCR). HyGuide will be similar to a PCR.To further improve acceptance and applicability, a strong and active involvement of all relevant stakeholders is foreseen.To ensure compatibility with related tools in policy and industry context, the HyGuide will be prepared in line with the ILCD Handbook, in advice by the EC JRC-IES’ “European Platform on LCA”.The HyGuide will equally be coordinated with the consortium of the JTI call “Technology Monitoring and Assessment”.The balanced, multidisciplinary project consortium features specifically experienced research, consultancy and industry partners and the EC: PE INT, USTUTT, KIT-G, the JRC-IE and the European Hydrogen Association (EHA). The EHA’s key role is to involve industry members and support dissemination of the results to a broad audience (supporting action).The expected outcomes of HyGuide include:• A PCR-type guidance document – based on the ILCD handbook – that is scientifically sound, industry accepted and quality assured (reviewed),• LCA study reporting templates, tailor-made to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies,• Broad dissemination among LCA practitioners and industry, and• A website, as a central information point and as a fully integrated component of the ILCD Data Network, with public and restricted access areas. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/information engineering/telecommunications/telecommunications networks/data networks’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘data networks’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 75674 | 325335 | AUTO-STACK CORE | Automotive Fuel Cell Stack Cluster Initiative for Europe II | 2013-05-01 | 2017-07-31 | nan | FP7 | 14673625.27 | 7757273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.1.2 | Several automotive OEMs have announced plans for the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles from 2014/15. Industrial partnerships such as H2-Mobility in Germany, the UK or Hydrogen Highway in Scandinavia are working to establish the required initial H2- infrastructure While this is a clear signal for the functional readiness of fuel cell technology in automotive application, durability, efficiency, power density and cost of the fuel cell stack need further advancements and in some cases substantial improvement in years to come.Industrial fuel cell development in Europe lacks both, state-of-the-art stack products and competitive stack suppliers for automotive application. Only a few European component suppliers can deliver mature state-of-the-art stack components (MEA, bipolar plates) with the requested specifications.“Auto-Stack Core” establishes a coalition with the objective to develop best-of-its-class automotive stack hardware with superior power density and performance while meeting commercial target cost. The project consortium combines the collective expertise of automotive OEMs, component suppliers, system integrators and research institutes and thus removes critical disconnects between stakeholders.The technical concept is based on the Auto-Stack assessments which were carried out under the FCH JU Grant Agreement No. 245 142 and reflects the system requirements of major OEMs. It suggests a platform concept to substantially improve economies of scale and reduce critical investment cost for individual OEMs by sharing the same stack hardware for different vehicles and vehicle categories as well as selected other industrial applications thus addressing one of the most critical challenges of fuel cell commercialization.Presence of key industrial players in the project and strict orientation towards industrial requirements shall facilitate commercial utilization of the project results. The project is of strategic importance for European competitiveness. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells | fuel cells | |||||
| 75768 | 235386 | IGDL/GFC | Interaction between the Gas DiffusionLayer and the Gas Flow Channel of polymer electrolyte fuel cell | 2009-09-07 | 2010-09-06 | nan | FP7 | 0 | 72435.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008 | Reaching high and stable efficiency with a Polymer Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) during unsteady load operations is a delicate task because the transport of product water by the electrochemical reaction has to be precisely managed. Two fuel cell components and their mutual interaction play a key role in the water management: the Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL), the support of the electrode, and the Gas Flow Channel (GFC) on the cathode side ensuring gas distribution over the electrode active area. The present proposal focuses on fundamental experiments to gain further insights into multi-phase flows (gas /liquid) in porous media (GDL) and channels (GFC). A model fuel cell will be specially designed and built to allow the separate study of water transport in GDL/GFC without being dependent on electrochemical reactions. Flow visualisation studies of basic and innovative flow fields and GDL under thermally controlled conditions and a large variety of flow conditions will be undertaken. Most promising GDL/GFC arrangements will be finally tested in real electrochemical environment. Our aim is to contribute to the conception of new geometrical designs of GFC with corresponding GDL and to find the operational conditions minimizing energy consumption. The fellowship will be the starting point of a strong collaboration between LTN-Polytech’Nantes (France) and CNR-ITAE (Italy) where the final objectives are to design and build a high efficiency stack. This stack will be used in the power train of a fuel cell powered prototype car running a world energetic car race, the Shell Eco Marathon. The fellowship will be an opportunity for the fellow to acquire competences on fuel cell electrochemistry and stack design in a leading European research centre on fuel cell involved in the Joint Initiative Technology “Fuel Cells and Hydrogen” starting in 2008. Expected results will contribute to Europe competitiveness in the energy domain through this program. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/natural resources management/water management’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘water management’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 75898 | 300081 | ELECTROHYPEM | Enhanced performance and cost-effective materials for long-term operation of PEM water electrolysers coupled to renewable power sources | 2012-07-01 | 2015-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 2842312 | 1352771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.2.7 | “The overall objective of the ELECTROHYPEM project is to develop cost-effective components for proton conducting membrane electrolysers with enhanced activity and stability in order to reduce stack and system costs and to improve efficiency, performance and durability. The focus of the project is concerning mainly with low-cost electrocatalysts and membrane development. The project is addressing the validation of these materials in a PEM electrolyser (1 Nm3 H2/h) for residential applications in the presence of renewable power sources. The aim is to contribute to the road-map addressing the achievement of a wide scale decentralised hydrogen production infrastructure. Polymer electrolytes developed in the project concern with novel chemically stabilised ionomers and sulphonated PBI or polysulfone hydrocarbon membranes, as well as their composites with inorganic fillers, characterised by high conductivity and better resistance than conventional Nafion membranes to H2-O2 cross-over and mechanical degradation under high pressure operation. Low noble-metal loading nanosized mixed-oxides (IrRuMOx) oxygen evolution electrocatalysts, highly dispersed on high surface area conductive doped-oxide (TiNbOx, TiTaOx, SnSbOx) or sub-oxides (Ti4O7-like ) will be developed together with novel supported non-precious oxygen evolution electrocatalysts prepared by electrospinning. After appropriate screening of active materials (supports, catalyst, membranes, ionomers) and non-active stack hardware (bipolar plates, coatings) in single cell and short stack, these components will be validated in a PEM electrolyser prototype operating at high pressure in a wide temperature range. The stack will be integrated in a system and assessed in terms of durability under steady-state operating conditions as well as in the presence of current profiles simulating intermittent conditions.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis/electrocatalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/hydrocarbons’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘composites’, ‘electrocatalysis’, ‘hydrocarbons’, ‘coating and films’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 75939 | 239199 | H2OSPLIT | WATER SPLITTING CATALYSTS FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 2009-05-01 | 2013-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | PEOPLE-2007-4-3.IRG | Artificial photosynthesis is one of the most promising methods for the direct conversion of solar energy into renewable chemical fuels. The process involves splitting water by creating spatially separated electron-hole pairs, which then control the redox semi-reactions leading to evolution of molecular hydrogen and oxygen. This project aims at providing an electronic and structural characterization of novel highly-efficient catalysts for water oxidation, as well as at identifying the fundamental reaction mechanisms underlying their function and efficiency. To this end, we will use state-of-the-art first-principles numerical modeling based on density functional theory. In particular, we will focus on inorganic ruthenium-containing polyoxometalate homogeneous catalysts that have been recently synthesized and that displayed unprecedented reactivity and stability in solution. Very little is known about the fundamental electronic and structural properties of this novel class of materials. Besides a full characterization, this project will provide insight into the water/catalyst interaction, the electronic processes controlling the charge state of the active metal centers, and the mechanism of water oxidation. This study of structure and functions will allow us to identify correlations between the catalytic activity, the atomistic environment and the electronic structure, thus proposing guidelines for a predictive tailoring of inorganic water-splitting catalysts. During the reintegration period, the researcher will be hosted in the theory group of the ELETTRA synchrotron radiation facility where a joint theoretical and experimental multidisciplinary project is currently being set up. This unique scientific environment will give him the opportunity to become a leading figure in the field of artificial photosynthesis for energy applications. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘catalysis’, ‘botany’] | |||||
| 76041 | 233862 | GREENAIR | Generation of Hydrogen by Kerosene Reforming via efficient and low emission new Alternative, innovative, refined technologies for aircraft application | 2009-09-01 | 2013-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 7709731.12 | 5057658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-TRANSPORT | AAT.2008.1.1.4.;AAT.2008.4.2.4. | “Fuel cells for power generation and additional purposes aboard aircraft have a promising potential to contribute to making aircraft “greener” and thus to “”greening of air transport” which is a superior goal of European policy of climate change.GreenAir is addressing one of the key problems for fuel cell application aboard an aircraft – the generation of Hydrogen from Jet fuel (Kerosene) which will be the aeronautic fuel for the next decades also.While “mainstream“ fuel processors (e.g. autothermal reforming) have been intensely investigated already, GreenAir is focusing on two novel and unconventional methods to overcome some hurdles of “mainstream” reforming technologies:- Microwave plasma assisted reforming (PAF), goal: development from TRL 3 to TRL 5- Partial Dehydrogenation fuel processing (PDh), goal: development from TRL 2 to TRL 4- Kerosene Fractionation will be investigated in addition. It shall extract fractions out of Kerosene favourable for reforming to facilitate the PAF and the PDh processes.The physical and chemical fundamentals of these methods will be elaborated. Furthermore, aircraft integration and safety concepts will be elaborated. For both methods, breadboard fuel processor systems will be built and tested for proof of concepts under standard and simulated flight conditions.Widespread dissemination via a website, publications and conference contributions and a special Forum will be ensured. Training and education of young scientists is foreseen. GreenAir combines 13 beneficiaries from 7 European countries which are from aircraft and fuel cell related industry as well as institutes and SMEs excelling in fuel cell and catalysis R&D. It will establish links to the JTIs (“CLEANSKY” and “Fuel Cells and Hydrogen”) to maximize synergies.The consortium of this 3 years project is well balanced in terms of the mix of 2 SMEs, 7 Academia and 4 industry partners as well as geographically.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/liquid fuels’, ‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/aerospace engineering/aircraft’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/atmospheric sciences/climatology/climatic changes’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘liquid fuels’, ‘aircraft’, ‘catalysis’, ‘climatic changes’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 76147 | 213389 | IDEAL-CELL | Innovative Dual mEmbrAne fueL Cell | 2008-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4368742 | 3309045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-1.1-03 | IDEAL-Cell proposes to develop a new innovative and competitive concept of a high temperature Fuel Cell, operated in the range 600-700°C, based on the junction between a PCFC anode/electrolyte part and a SOFC electrolyte/cathode, through a mixed H2 and O2 conducting porous ceramic membrane. Protons created at the anode progress toward the central membrane to meet with Oxygen ions created at the cathode, to form water, which is evacuated through the interconnected porosity network. Therefore, in our concept, Hydrogen, Oxygen and water are located in 3 independent chambers, which allows avoiding all the detrimental consequences linked to the presence of water at electrodes (low fuel and electrical efficiency, interconnect corrosion, need for a gas counter-flow…). The IDEAL-Cell concept brings a considerable enhancement of the overall system efficiency (fine-tuning of the catalytic properties of the electrode, possibility of applying a pressure on both the electrode sides, more simpler and compact stack-design with less sophisticated interconnects, more efficient pre-heating of gas, simplified heat exchange system for co-generation, availability of high quality pure water for vaporeforming …). This 4-year project, divided in 2 parts, is organized so that the risk is minimized at each step. The first 2 years will focus on the proof of the concept with routine materials; the last 2 years will be dedicated to the development of an optimized short-stack with advanced materials and architecture. The project work programme is based on extensive theory and modelling, material development, testing techniques development, benchmarking and dissemination of the knowledge acquired during the duration of the project. The best European teams have been carefully selected according to their complementary expertises and skills, and so that the type of activities involved (academic research, applied research, materials supply) ensures the success of the IDEAL-Cell project. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 76702 | 260165 | E-HUB | Energy-Hub for residential and commercial districts and transport | 2010-12-01 | 2014-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 11585516.09 | 7993709.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | EeB.NMP.2010-2 | The ambition of this project is to enable the utilisation of the full potential of renewable energy (up to covering 100% of the energy demand on district level). In order to reach this goal, the E-hub concept is developed, which is crucial for the implementation of such a large share of renewables. An E-Hub is a physical cross point, similar to an energy station, in which energy and information streams are interconnected, and where the different forms of energy can be converted into each other and/or can be stored. The E-hub exchanges energy via the energy grids between the different actors (e.g. households, renewable energy plants, offices), who may be a consumer at one time, and a supplier at another time. The consumers and suppliers exchange information on their energy needs and energy production with the energy hub, the hub then distributes the energy available in the most efficient way. For proper matching of supply and demand, the E-hub uses conversion and storage of energy, as well as load shifting. The consumers and suppliers should be connected to this E-hub by means of bi-directional energy grids (low and/or high temperature heat grid, cold grid for cooling, electrical grid (AC and/or DC), gas grid (H2, biogas, syngas). The renewable energy may be generated locally (e.g. from PV on residences) or by centralised means (a geothermal plant or a large CHP located within the district that may be fuelled by biofuel or H2). The E-Hub concept holds for all types of energy flow, from heating and cooling to electricity, biogas and H2, and may connect not only households but also (electrical) cars, commercial buildings or industry. The aim of the proposed project is: to develop the e-hub as a system, to develop technologies that are necessary to realize the system, to develop business models in order to overcome institutional and financial barriers, and to demonstrate an E-hub in the form of a real situation and in a few case studies/feasibility studies. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power distribution’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/business and management/business models’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/biofuels’] | [‘renewable energy’, ‘electric power distribution’, ‘combined heat and power’, ‘business models’, ‘biofuels’] | |||||
| 76749 | 286889 | SafeFlame | Development of oxy-hydrogen flame for welding, cutting and brazing | 2011-11-01 | 2014-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 2620107.59 | 1955800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SME | SME-2011-2 | The oxy-acetylene flame has been used very widely in industry for many years and enjoys several positive characteristics including a high combustion temperature, wide availability, trained workforce and process versatility. However, it also has some drawbacks which are becoming more significant with increasing health and safety and environmental concerns; having significant quantities of highly combustible gases is undesirable; dedicated training on safety aspects of handling oxy-acetylene; the production and transportation of large quantities of combustible gas is damaging to the environment.In project SafeFlame, an alternative to oxy-acetylene heating will be developed, validated and exploited, particularly for SME fabricators.Oxy-hydrogen flames can be generated by the combustion of oxygen and hydrogen produced locally using an electrochemical cell. This approach has the following advantages over oxy-acetylene heating:•The cell is highly portable, reducing transportation costs and increasing the flexibility of the process.•The fuel is water which is widely available and low cost.•The process requires electricity to generate the gases but is >60% efficient.•Storage of combustible gas is eliminated•The system can be deployed flexibly and is cost-effective compared with oxy-acetylene.•Control over the combustion process will enable reducing or oxidising conditions to prevail during the heating process.The aim is to develop and validate the use of oxy-hydrogen combustion as an alternative to oxy-acetylene, for applications which could include precision welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, repair and heat treatment.The project will involve the specification of the required heating for a given application, different design(s) of electrolyser, the design of heating torch (including process modelling) tailored to the application, product integration, process trials and validation, the development of case studies, dissemination activities and training. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/economics and business/business and management/employment’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [’employment’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 76791 | 621218 | PEMBEYOND | PEMFC system and low-grade bioethanol processor unit development for back-up and off-grid power applications | 2014-05-01 | 2017-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4586324.9 | 2315539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.4.4 | In this project a cost-competitive, energy-efficient and durable integrated PEMFC based power system operating on low-grade (crude) bioethanol will be developed for back-up and off-grid power generation. Back-up and off-grid power is one of the strongest early markets for fuel cell technology today. Wireless communication systems are rapidly expanding globally, and the need for reliable, cost-competitive and environmentally sustainable back-up and off-grid power is growing, especially in developing countries. Cost-competitive PEMFC power system compatible with crude bioethanol would allow direct use of easily transported and stored, locally produced sustainable and low-emission fuel also in developing countries, further adding value and increasing the number of potential applications and end-users for fuel cell and hydrogen technology. The PEMBeyond system will basically consist of the following functions integrated as a one complete system: a) Reforming of crude bioethanol, b) H2 purification, c) Power generation in PEMFC system. Optimized overall system design combined to use of improved system components and control strategies will lead to improvements in cost, efficiency and durability throughout the complete system. Latest automotive reformate compatible PEMFC stacks will be used, possessing high potential to reducing stack manufacturing costs. On top of this, the stacks as a part of a low-grade H2 compatible fuel cell system design will allow both FC system simplifications (e.g. no cathode humidifier needed) and complete system simplifications (e.g. higher CO ppm and lower H2% allowed) leading to decreased cost. Optimizing the target H2 quality used will be an important task with the regard to overall system cost, efficiency and durability. An extensive techno-economic analysis will be carried out throughout the project to ensure attractiveness of the concept. A roadmap to volume production will be one of the main deliverables of the project. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 76888 | 227192 | SOLHYDROMICS | Nanodesigned electrochemical converter of solar energy into hydrogen hosting natural enzymes or their mimics | 2009-01-01 | 2012-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 3655827.74 | 2779679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2008.10.1.1 | Leaves can split water into oxygen and hydrogen at ambient conditions exploiting sun light. Prof. James Barber, one of the key players of SOLHYDROMICS, was the recipient of the international Italgas Prize in 2005 for his studies on Photosystem II (PSII), the enzyme that governs this process. In photosynthesis, H2 is used to reduce CO2 and give rise to the various organic compounds needed by the organisms or even oily compounds which can be used as fuels. However, a specific enzyme, hydrogenase, may lead to non-negligible H2 formation even within natural systems under given operating conditions. Building on this knowledge, and on the convergence of the work of the physics, materials scientists, biochemists and biologists involved in the project, an artificial device will be developed to convert sun energy into H2 with 10% efficiency by water splitting at ambient temperature, including: -) an electrode exposed to sunlight carrying PSII or a PSII-like chemical mimic deposited upon a suitable electrode -) a membrane enabling transport of both electrons and protons via e.g. carbon nanotubes or TiO2 connecting the two electrodes and ion-exchange resins like e.g. Nafion, respectively -) a cathode carrying the hydrogenase enzyme or an artificial hydrogenase catalyst in order to recombine protons and electrons into pure molecular hydrogen at the opposite side of the membrane The project involves a strong and partnership hosting highly ranked scientists (from the Imperial College London, the Politecnico di Torino and the GKSS research centre on polymers in Geesthacht) who have a significant past cooperation record and four high-tech SMEs (Solaronix, Biodiversity, Nanocyl and Hysytech) to cover with expertise and no overlappings the key tasks of enzyme purification and enzyme mimics development, enzyme stabilisation on the electrodes, membrane development, design and manufacturing of the SOLHYDROMICS proof-of-concept prototype, market and technology implementation studies | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/ecology/ecosystems’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘organic chemistry’, ‘ecosystems’, ‘enzymes’, ‘botany’] | |||||
| 76933 | 318977 | PHOCSCLEEN | PHOtoCathalytic Systems for CLean Energy and Environment Applications | 2012-11-01 | 2016-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 163800 | 163800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES | The research purpose of PHOCSCLEEN is to investigate a number of photo-catalytic oxide nanomaterials, classify them and produce new composite materials with tailored properties. Selected materials will be investigated in the light of application aimed to environmental clean-up and water splitting for hydrogen production. By exploiting the complementarities of partners, the following goals will be reached:1. Improvement of the technical knowledge in the area, achieved thanks to a systematic characterization of the properties and processing of photo-catalytic oxide nanomaterials, and by investigating and optimizing the integration schemes of optical energy sources within the photocatalytic reactor,2. Increase of the cooperation among the participating institutions and, more in general, between Europe, Canada and Mexico in this area; besides the support to the joint research among senior researchers (ERs), this will be achieved by training young researchers (ESRs) not only from a scientific point of view, but also enhancing their ability to work within an international team combining expertise coming from different research centers;3. Support to and ease of the transfer of the existing expertise from one partner to another, both in terms of knowledge, and in terms of expertise on tools and processes. Eventually this will lead to the creation of a structured network of institutions cooperating in this area. This will also include the transfer of know-how in project setup and management to allow for the construction of a stronger management base to better define and guide future EU projects on the mentioned research area. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘composites’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 76938 | 303482 | ARTEMIS | Automotive pemfc Range extender with high TEMperature Improved meas and Stacks | 2012-10-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 2822692.04 | 1747884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.1.5 | ARTEMIS is a collaborative project whose aim is to develop new high temperature PEMFC MEAs for operation up to at least 130 °C, and preferably 150 to 180 °C, and their validation in a stack for automotive application as a range extender.There is increasing industrial interest in developing HT-PEMFC systems in conjunction with Diesel or methanol-reformer to continuously charge batteries onboard of automotive vehicles, thus extending the range to several hundred kilometers, using the existing infrastructure for hydrocarbon fuels. HT-PEMFC systems are being developed commercially for backup-systems in remote areas or developing countries where a long operation time is required when the grid fails. Hydrogen supply for those applications is, in the present infrastructure scenario, rather difficult and expensive, leading to the combination of reformers with HT-PEMFC as an attractive option.High temperature fuel cells offer advantages for the overall system. HT-PEM fuel cells require less balance of plant components and thus have reduced ancillary loads, and they offer high tolerance to CO and other pollutants, meaning that either lower quality hydrogen can be used on an onboard reformer integrated to use readily available hydrocarbon fuels (gasoline or diesel in the case of range extender to an ICE, or others, bioethanol for example in the case of a range extender to a battery).The purpose of ARTEMIS is to develop and optimise alternative materials for a new generation of European MEAs which could be integrated into a 3 kWe high temperature PEMFC stack, while reducing cost and increasing durability. The MEAs will be based on new and alternative polybenzimidazole type membranes and improved catalytic layers providing low catalyst loading and high efficiency at high temperature as well as a high tolerance to pollutants. The MEAs should offer long and stable properties under various conditions of operation relevant to the range extender application. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/liquid fuels’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/hydrocarbons’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘liquid fuels’, ‘hydrocarbons’, ‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 77116 | 268049 | ARMOS | Advanced multifunctional Reactors for green Mobility and Solar fuels | 2011-02-01 | 2017-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 1749999.6 | 1749999.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-IDEAS-ERC | ERC-AG-PE8 | Green Mobility requires an integrated approach to the chain fuel/engine/emissions. The present project aims at ground breaking advances in the area of Green Mobility by (a) enabling the production of affordable, carbon-neutral, clean, solar fuels using exclusively renewable/recyclable raw materials, namely solar energy, water and captured Carbon Dioxide from combustion power plants (b) developing a highly compact, multifunctional reactor, able to eliminate gaseous and particulate emissions from the exhaust of engines operated on such clean fuels.The overall research approach will be based on material science, engineering and simulation technology developed by the PI over the past 20 years in the area of Diesel Emission Control Reactors, which will be further extended and cross-fertilized in the area of Solar Thermochemical Reactors, an emerging discipline of high importance for sustainable development, where the PI’s research group has already made significant contributions, and received the 2006 European Commission’s Descartes Prize for the development of the first ever solar reactor, holding the potential to produce on a large scale, pure renewable Hydrogen from the thermochemical splitting of water, also known as the HYDROSOL technology. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/natural resources management’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘natural resources management’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 77119 | 279075 | CoMETHy | Compact Multifuel-Energy To Hydrogen converter | 2011-12-01 | 2015-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4933250.39 | 2484095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.2;SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.3 | Sustainable decentralized hydrogen production requires development of efficient fuel-flexible units adaptable to renewable sources.CoMETHy aims at developing a compact steam reformer to convert reformable fuels (methane, bioethanol, glycerol, etc.) to pure hydrogen, adaptable to several heat sources (solar, biomass, fossil, refuse derived fuels, etc.) depending on the locally available energy mix.The following systems and components will be developed:• a structured open-celled catalyst for the low-temperature (< 550°C) steam reforming processes• a membrane reactor to separate hydrogen from the gas mixture• the use of an intermediate low-cost and environmentally friendly liquid heat transfer fluid (molten nitrates) to supply process heat from a multi fuel system.Reducing reforming temperatures below 550°C by itself will significantly reduce material costs.The process involves heat collection from several energy sources and its storage as sensible heat of a molten salts mixture at 550°C. This molten salt stream provides the process heat to the steam reformer, steam generator, and other units.The choice of molten salts as heat transfer fluid allows:• improved compactness of the reformer;• rapid and frequent start-up operations with minor material ageing concerns;• improved heat recovery capability from different external sources;• coupling with intermittent renewable sources like solar in the medium-long term, using efficient heat storage to provide the renewable heat when required.Methane, either from desulfurized natural gas or biogas, will be considered as a reference feed material to be converted to hydrogen. The same system is flexible also in terms of the reformable feedstock: bioethanol and/or glycerol can be converted to hydrogen following the same reforming route.The project involves RTD activities ion the single components, followed by proof-of-concept of the integrated system at the pilot scale (2 Nm2/h of hydrogen) and cost-benefit analysis. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/thermodynamic engineering/heat engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/lipids’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘heat engineering’, ‘natural gas’, ‘lipids’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 77130 | 325383 | BIOROBUR | Biogas robust processing with combined catalytic reformer and trap | 2013-05-01 | 2016-08-31 | nan | FP7 | 3843868.4 | 2486180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.2.3 | In the BioROBUR project a robust and efficient fuel processor for the direct reforming of biogas will be developed and tested at a scale equivalent to 50 Nm3/h production of PEM-grade hydrogen to demonstrate the achievement of all the call mandates. The system energy efficiency of biogas conversion into hydrogen will be 65%, for a reference biogas composition of 60%vol CH4 and 40%vol CO2.Key innovations of the BioROBUR approach are:- The choice of an autothermal reforming route, based on easily-recoverable noble-metal catalysts supported on high-heat-conductivity cellular materials, which shows intrinsic advantages compared to steam reforming: catalysts less prone to coking, easier adaptability to biogas changing composition, more compact design, efficient handling of heat, lower materials costs, fast start-up/shut-down, easier process control, etc.- The adoption of a multifunctional catalytic wall-flow trap based on transition metal catalysts, close coupled to the ATR reformer, which could entail effective filtration and conversion of soot particles eventually generated in the inlet part of the reformer during steady or transient operation, the decomposition of traces of incomplete reforming products (i.e. aldehydes, ethylene,…), the promotion of the WGS reaction to a significant extent so as to lower the size of the WGS unit, etc.- The adoption of a coke growth control strategy based on periodic pulses of air/steam or on momentary depletion of the biogas feed so as to create adequate conditions in the ATR reactor for an on-stream regeneration of the catalysts, thereby prolonging the operating lifetime of the catalysts with no need of reactor shut-down.Under the experienced coordination of Prof. Debora Fino, the project will integrate, in an industrially oriented exploitation perspective, the contribution of 9 partners (3 universities, 2 research centres, 3 SMEs and 1 large company from 7 different European Countries) with complementary expertise. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aldehydes’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘aldehydes’, ‘catalysis’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 77141 | 278138 | NEMESIS2+ | New Method for Superior Integrated Hydrogen Generation System 2+ | 2012-01-01 | 2015-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 3393341 | 1614944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.2 | “Decentralized hydrogen production at refuelling stations has great potential to accelerate market introduction of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Based on the outcome of the previous NEMESIS project under FP6 the overall objective of the proposed NEMESIS 2+ project is the development of a small-scale hydrogen generation prototype capable of producing 50 standard cubic metres of hydrogen per hour from diesel and biodiesel at refuelling stations. Reduction of hydrogen production costs and an increase of reliability and efficiency of the hydrogen generation system will be the major objectives.Special emphasis will be placed on liquid desulphurisation prior to the catalytic conversion step. Based on the promising results from the NEMESIS project, a desulphurisation module based on liquid adsorption for continuous operation will be built and tested with fossil diesel, biodiesel and biodiesel blends. Thereby severe problems relating to catalyst deactivation can be avoided or at least minimized. This will be supplemented by the development of sulphur-tolerant reforming and water gas shift catalysts and the development of catalyst regeneration strategies. The liquid desulphurisation module will be connected to a reformer module based on a modified steam reforming technology owned by HyGear. By a subsequent water gas shift stage and a pressure swing adsorption unit a hydrogen purity of 5.0 (99,999 %) is achieved. In order to be able to run on liquid fuels as well as on off-gas from the hydrogen purification unit, a dedicated dual fuel burner will be developed within NEMESIS2+. Once the prototype modules (desulphurisation module, multi-fuel catalyst, reformer module) are integrated into the prototype unit the system will be tested for at least 1000 hours. Work will be completed by a techno-economic evaluation of the prototype hydrogen generation system (Cost analysis, Study on integration into refuelling stations).” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/liquid fuels’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/biofuels’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘liquid fuels’, ‘catalysis’, ‘biofuels’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 77144 | 315871 | APT-STEP | Unlocking APTL’s Scientific and Technological Research Potential in Green Mobility | 2012-10-01 | 2016-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 1150921.4 | 1150921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-REGPOT | REGPOT-2012-2013-1 | The objective of the APT-STEP project is to increase the research and innovation capacity of the Aerosol and Particle Technology Laboratory (APTL) of the Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute (CPERI) of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), a public non-profit research organization in the Region of Central Macedonia in Greece. Over the past decade, APTL has developed significant research result capital in the area of vehicle emissions control technologies; however, this technology area is maturing, and the automotive industry is turning to hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell powertrain technologies in order to develop Green Mobility. APTL’s research capital has been built on core competencies in aerosol science, nanomaterials synthesis and characterisation, and hierarchically structured porous ceramic reactor engineering, which are also the foundation of the novel solar reactor technologies which the laboratory has also developed for the production of renewable solar fuels. These core competencies are also very relevant for the development of hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies, and, therefore, the objective of the project is to help APTL adapt its research and innovation capabilities to the new opportunities in these areas. At the same time, the Region of Central Macedonia faces significant air quality problems due to pollutant emissions in the transport sector, and, therefore, the project aims to increase the visibility of APTL to regional SMEs and public and private stakeholders in order to promote greater technology and innovation transfer. The project involves four highly experienced European industries and research organisations (Honda R&D Europe GmbH, AVL List GmbH, Centro Ricerche Fiat and CERTAM) with the objective to exchange know-how and experience and to establish long term strategic partnerships. Furthermore, an important objective of the project is the recruitment of experienced researchers with know-how in powertrain testing, new powertrain technologies, and product development. The acquisition of a chassis dynamometer and a constant volume sampler to enable complete powertrain testing will complement APTL’s existing engine test cell, and will enable the development of new powertrain technologies from lab scale to prototype scale. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/automotive engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/air pollution engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘automotive engineering’, ‘air pollution engineering’, ‘nano-materials’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 77174 | 605095 | SAFE H POWER | Continuous monitoring systems for the SAFE storage, distribution and usage of Hydrogen POWER for transport | 2014-02-01 | 2016-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 1230502.2 | 946000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SME | SME-2013-1 | The limited supplies of traditional fossil fuels and environmental damage caused by their CO2 emissions have caused a growing interest in the exploitation of renewable energy sources. By far the most promising replacement fuel for road transport is hydrogen because of its abundance, efficiency, low footprint for carbon and the absence of other harmful emissions. In 2015 it is expected that the number of hydrogen fuel installations will exceed a hundred thousand units.Because hydrogen can react explosively with air there is inevitably public apprehension about using hydrogen as a mass market fuel that can inhibit wider commercialisation. Technical issues regarding hydrogen storage leakage are (i) the small size of the H molecule which causes it to diffuse through relatively open structured materials such as composites, and (ii) the phenomenon of Hydrogen Embrittlement (HE) which seriously reduces the strength of metals in extended contact with hydrogen. In order to greatly improve public confidence in the safety of hydrogen fuel, to address the technical issues, and thus facilitate the rapid commercialisation of hydrogen powered road transport, this project will develop a technology that will detect leaks and structural weakening of containment vessels caused by HE. This will prevent catastrophic failure of vessels which can actually occur before even small leaks arise. Particularly, the project goal is to develop novel tangential neutron radiography and acoustic emission (AE) techniques in combination for the reliable and cost effective continuous monitoring of the integrity of hydrogen storage tanks at central depots, service stations and on vehicles i.e. at every point of hydrogen storage along the supply chain from the production plant to the fuel tank on a hydrogen powered vehicle. The novelty of neutron radiography is that it exploits stored hydrogen as a contrast medium for the exposure of tank defects. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/social sciences/social geography/transport’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘composites’, ‘transport’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 77210 | 303435 | ArtipHyction | Fully artificial photo-electrochemical device for low temperature hydrogen production | 2012-05-01 | 2015-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 3594580.5 | 2187039.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.2.6 | Leaves can split water into O2 and H2 at ambient conditions exploiting sun light. James Barber, one of the key players of ArtipHyction, elucidated Photosystem II (PSII), the enzyme that governs this process. In photosynthesis, H2 is used to reduce CO2 and give rise to the various organic compounds needed by the organisms or even oily compounds which can be used as fuels. However, a specific enzyme, hydrogenase, may lead to non-negligible H2 formation even within natural systems.Building on the pioneering work performed in a FET project based on natural enzymes (www.solhydromics.org) and the convergence of the work of the physics, materials scientists, chemical engineers and chemists involved in the project, an artificial device will be developed to convert sun energy into H2 with close to 10% efficiency by water splitting at ambient temperature, including:-) an electrode exposed to sunlight carrying a PSII-like chemical mimic deposited upon a suitable transparent electron-conductive porous electrode material (e.g. ITO, FTO)-) a membrane enabling transport of protons via a pulsated thin water gap-) an external wire for electron conduction between electrodes-) a cathode carrying an hydrogenase-enzyme mimic over a porous electron-conducting support in order to recombine protons and electrons into pure molecular hydrogen at the opposite side of the membrane.A tandem system of sensitizers will be developed at opposite sides of the membrane in order to capture light at different wavelengths so as to boost the electrons potential at the anode for water splitting purposes and to inject electrons at a sufficiently high potential for effective H2 evolution at the cathode. Along with this, the achievement of the highest transparence level of the membrane and the electrodes will be a clear focus of the R&D work.A proof of concept prototype of about 100 W (3 g/h H2 equivalent) will be assembled and tested by the end of the project for a projected lifetime of >10,000 h. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’] | [‘organic chemistry’, ‘enzymes’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘botany’] | |||||
| 77216 | 218453 | RESOLIVE | Adaptation of renewable energies technologies for the olive oil industry | 2009-01-01 | 2012-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 2037219.8 | 1417791.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SME | SME-2 | The European olive oil sector is nowadays facing several stresses that push towards a new approach to production. Despite worldwide consumption rises; new producer countries enter the markets and increase competition, threatening European producers’ position. Besides, the high polluting character of its residues, poses serious problems to the olive mills, especially in the case of small and medium ones. All the groups involved agree on the need for a more sustainable approach to production, where environmental conditions are taken into consideration without damaging productivity. Even though efforts have been made so far for bringing the results obtained to practice, many local producers associations still lack a clear guidance adapted to their needs in specific fields, resulting in giving up the implementation of these activities after the institutional support is over. The proposing IAGs intend to take an integrated and more proactive approach to the problem: This polluting charge of olive mill waste (OMW) can be taken as an advantage to produce energy: OMW has many uses in renewable energy: it can, for instance, be gasified to obtain hydrogen, digested in an anaerobic process to obtain methane, or directly used in combustion. RESOLIVE will also explore other processes to obtain a valuable outcome from olive mill residues: solar distillation, composting, etc. The main objectives of the proposed project are: – To define the needs for the implementation of renewable energy solutions specific to the olive oil industry and proceed to test in practice their performance. – To create a comprehensive set of guidelines that will advice the associates of olive oil producers’ cooperatives deciding which of the available options for the implementation of renewable energy suits their conditions best. – To summarize the existing knowledge in olive waste valorisation and transfer this knowledge to its end users, supporting them in the further implementation. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/social sciences/economics and business/economics/production economics/productivity’, ‘/engineering and technology/chemical engineering/separation technologies/distillation’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’] | [‘productivity’, ‘distillation’, ‘aliphatic compounds’] | |||||
| 77534 | 333948 | FAST MOLECULAR WOCS | Fast Molecular WOCs | 2013-04-01 | 2017-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG | This proposal focuses on a cutting-edge approach to the development of the next generation of molecular water oxidation catalysts (WOCs). Artificial water splitting is as an essential technology because it allows for the conversion of abundant solar energy and H2O to the carbon-neutral fuels O2 and H2. However, artificial water splitting technologies have been impeded by slow WOCs. To date, an unsystematic approach to designing WOCs has been taken. No attention has been directed towards how the intrinsic properties of the catalyst, such as oxidation state, spin state, d-electron count, and ligand field affect the catalytic activity. Additionally, the factors that affect O-O bond formation, the most demanding step in water oxidation catalysis, are poorly understood. Our key goals are to utilise a first principles, bottom-up approach to water oxidation catalyst design to develop the next generation of fast molecular WOCs. Specifically, we propose:1) To develop a family of ML complexes (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ru) utilising ligands (L) that enforce octahedral, trigonal bipyramidal, and tetrahedral ligand fields; 2) To apply the family of ML complexes as WOCs in order to gauge how oxidation state, spin state, d-electron count, and ligand field, affect the catalytic activity; 3) To carry out detailed mechanistic investigations into O-O bond formation using the ML complexes.The CIG grant will play a major role for the applicant in his transition from an early career researcher to an independent, established European scientist with a higher research profile.The CIG will be the principle source of funding for lab supplies, equipment and travel for the researcher’s new group, and salary for the applicant, and two young researchers. The CIG will allow the applicant to more quickly attract other research grants and thus to contribute to EU research output. The CIG grant will thus provide the candidate with the launchpad for an independent career of scientific excellence in the EU. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘catalysis’] | |||||
| 77604 | 273940 | SANDPAPER | Synthesis and Assembly of Nanostructured Devices for Photovoltaic And Photocatalyic Energy Reservoirs | 2012-09-26 | 2015-03-25 | nan | FP7 | 205534 | 205534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF | This proposal aims to develop a career path in academic and industrial research for the proposed fellow by immersing the proposed fellow in an advanced research environment in UC Berkeley, while working on a project that seeks to improve the state-of-the-art technology in renewable energy, an area of increasing importance. The over reliance on fossil fuels causes socio-economic problems, through environmental and sustainability issues. Photovoltaic (PV) and photocatalytic (PC) energy conversion are set to displace fossil fuels in energy production. Current PV devices have a high cost and long payback time due to the complicated techniques involved in production.II-VI semiconducting materials such as Cd(S,Se andTe) display excellent photovoltaic properties, enabling their use in high efficiency PV devices – properties significantly improved when in a low dimensional nanocrystal, such as nanorods (NRs). These NRs can be produced and organised using low-cost, low-energy solution-based methods. Current architecture of devices based on NRs limits efficiency.This project will improve efficiencies in these devices by altering the architecture. Langmuir-Shafer deposition will create II-VI NR/polymer devices with high interface area to maximize efficiency. Heterostructures of these materials will be used to photocatalytically split water in to oxygen and hydrogen – a clean fuel alternative, circumventing electrical engineering problems inherent in PV devices. Micelle formation through phase exchange will improve efficiency over existing PC devices by increased light scattering. These structures can also be made into discrete PV devices, which can be assembled into cooperative large scale devices.The fellow will also acquire complementary skills that will enable him to become an effective researcher through training courses and one-on-one interactions in an international environment and will be re-integrated in a research in Ireland that will utilize the skills acquired. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy/photovoltaic’] | [‘polymer sciences’, ‘electrical engineering’, ‘energy conversion’, ‘photovoltaic’] | |||||
| 77683 | 314940 | Biogas2PEM-FC | Biogas Reforming and Valorisation Through PEM Fuel Cells | 2012-11-01 | 2014-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 1495040.2 | 1135999.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SME | SME-2012-1 | Biogas2PEM-FC is an industrial research project that aims to develop, according to participating SMEs needs, the technologies that compose a novel and integrated solution for biogas valorisation through proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM). Such a solution will provide a modular, reliable, cost-effective and efficient combined heat & power (CHP) system suitable for a distributed, on-site power generation from agricultural wastes. The project objectives are:-Research for the increase of biogas production yield, using physic-chemical and biological pre-treatment technologies at laboratory scale for enhancing anaerobic digestion effectiveness. After optimization of pre-treatment technologies, different inoculates and co-substrates will be investigated and used in laboratory experiments for maximization of biogas production: high methane and hydrogen content with minimum CO2 and CO production ratio.-Development and optimization of current biogas reforming technologies: new catalysts for an efficient conversion of biogas to hydrogen.-Research for the integration of PEM technologies using hydrogen produced from biogas.-Construction and field tests of a pilot plant located in a selected olive oil mill exploitation.-Techno-economic and environmental evaluation of power generation using integrated Biogas2PEM-FC technology.-Dissemination of Biogas2PEM-FC project results for the feasibility demonstration of low cost biogas reforming and power generation. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental biotechnology/bioremediation/bioreactors’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘bioreactors’, ‘combined heat and power’, ‘catalysis’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 77923 | 295165 | ALGAENET | Renewable energy production through microalgae cultivation: Closing material cycles | 2012-02-01 | 2016-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 709800 | 709800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES | Combination of anaerobic digestion and microalgae growth can be used for the development of closed loop systems, where carbon and nutrients are recycled. Microalgae biomass produced can be fed to an anaerobic bioreactor, where it is converted to biogas. Subsequently, biogas can be used for energy production. CO2 released can be used for microalgae production, as well as the nutrients released during the anaerobic conversion of the microalgae. Such cycle would be actually driven by sunlight, which provides the energy required to sustain the cycle.The main goal of the present joint exchange programme is to determine the feasibility of using sunlight transformation capacity of microalgae to enhance biogas production of anaerobic digestion processes, by means of CO2 capture from biogas and co-digestion of waste and microalgal biomass.Successful development of a process for bioenergy production from microalgae requires a multidisciplinary approach, since it involves two different sub-processes: On one hand, microalgal cultivation and harvesting and on the other hand biogas and hydrogen production process. The IRSES partners were selected to include institutions with proved experience in both areas, both in Chile and in Europe. The consortium includes experts in algae cultivation (UHU and UANTOF), anaerobic digestion for methane and hydrogen production (IG-CSIC, ICTP, UCV and UFRO) and modelling and control of bioprocesses (UCV). Such selection is intended to promote conditions for transfer of knowledge between Chile and Europe in all the research areas related to this proposal. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental biotechnology/bioremediation/bioreactors’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/microbiology/phycology’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agricultural biotechnology/biomass’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘bioreactors’, ‘phycology’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘biomass’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 77935 | 245355 | ROBANODE | Understanding and minimizing anode degradation in hydrogen and natural gas fuelled SOFCs | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 3335550.2 | 1568530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-3.3 | Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are among the most promising fuel cell systems as they produce electric energy with high efficiency. Moreover, they are quite flexible concerning the use of hydrogen as well as of carbon based fuels, due to their high operation temperatures that allow for direct oxidation or reforming in the anode compartment, due to the catalytic action of the anode at these temperatures. In spite of their significant comparative advantages, especially for stationary applications, SOFCs have not been commercialized yet, due to their production cost as well as to their gradual degradation especially that of the anode electrodes, which results in limited lifetime. The key factors affecting anode degradation in hydrogen fuelled SOFCs are thermal sintering, electrochemical sintering and local oxidation (redox cycling) of the nickel particles. Additional anode degradation factors in SOFCs fed with natural or biogas are carbon deposition and sulfur poisoning. Although research on these issues is intensive, no major technological breakthroughs have been so far with respect to robust operation, sufficient lifetime and competitive cost. As a result, penetration of this quite promising technology to broad markets is not possible yet. The proposed project offers an effective methodology for a holistic approach of the SOFC anode degradation problem, through detailed investigation of the degradation mechanisms under various operating conditions and the prediction of the anode performance, degradation and lifetime on the basis of a robust mathematical model, which takes into account all underlying phenomena. In this respect, the ROBANODE project proposes a novel strategy for understanding degradation phenomena and addresses scientific and technological issues, which shall offer significant impact concerning successful implementation of both hydrogen and gaseous hydrocarbon, fuelled Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/electric energy’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/natural sciences/mathematics/applied mathematics/mathematical model’] | [‘electric energy’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘natural gas’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘mathematical model’] | |||||
| 77954 | 219674 | NANOWGS | Optimization of Water-Gas-Shift catalysts: a fundamental and mechanistic approach | 2008-11-01 | 2011-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 225715.46 | 225715.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | PEOPLE-2007-4-1.IOF | The water gas shift (WGS) reaction is a critical process in purifying hydrogen for fuel cells. As the employment of hydrogen as energy carrier is improving worldwide, the use of cost-effective low temperature WGS catalysts is required. The rational design and optimization of catalysts needs the understanding of catalyst structure and function under reaction conditions. The project will focus on the study of metal/CeO2 and metal/TiO2 systems. In-situ studies to determine the structure and oxidation state of high surface area catalysts under reaction conditions will be coupled with mechanistic studies on well-defined model systems. Computational modelling of chemisorption of reactants, stability of intermediates and activation barriers will help to get a better picture of reaction mechanism. The acquired knowledge will be employed for a rational design and preparation of an advanced generation of highly active catalysts. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/business and management/employment’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘catalysis’, ’employment’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 77973 | 278525 | MMLRC=SOFC | Working towards Mass Manufactured, Low Cost and Robust SOFC stacks | 2012-01-01 | 2015-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 4727248.4 | 2067975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.3.1;SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.3.2 | Lightweight SOFC stacks are currently being developed for stationary applications such as residential CHP units, for automotive applications such as APU and for portable devices. They supply electrical efficiencies of up to 60%, a high fuel flexibility, being able to operate on syn-gas from Diesel reforming as well as LPG, methane or hydrogen, and promising costs due to greatly reduced amounts of steel interconnect material.The project proposal addresses a novel design solution for lightweight SOFC stacks that decouples the thermal stresses within the stack and at the same time allows optimal sealing and contacting. In this way the capability for thermal cycling is enhanced and degradation of contacting reduced. Performance is increased since the force needed for secure contacting is now independent of the force required to secure gas tightness of the sealing joints.The design is highly suitable for industrial manufacturing and automated assembly. The industrial partners will build up the necessary tools and appliances for low cost production of repeating units and the automated quality control, stacking and assembly of stacks.In mobile and portable applications the requirements for thermal cycling are high. It is therefore essential that lightweight stacks have excellent thermal cycling and rapid start-up capabilities. The stack design supplies a compensation of thermo-mechanical stresses between cell and cell frame / repeating unit. Thin steel sheets with protective coating are used for the sake of cost reduction and sufficient stack lifetime, also for stationary applications. The latter will also benefit from improved start-up times, since this allows a more flexible and load-oriented operation. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘coating and films’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 78258 | 222170 | H2OME | Development of a Novel Compact Multi Fuel Steam Reforming Device Integrated into a cost effective Fuel Cell Micro Combined Heat & Power Generation System for Residential Building Application | 2008-10-01 | 2010-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 1343356.8 | 976016.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-SME | SME-1 | The construction sector represents a strategically important sector for the European Union employing in 2005 13.8 million people, SMEs are indeed the major force of the construction sector representing 99% of such industry. The EU Building Sector is a major energy consumer (more than 40% of the total energy consumed in the EU is used to cover the needs for heating, cooling and electricity). According to Directive 2006/32/EC in the community there is a need for improved energy end-use efficiency and according to Directive 2002/91/EC on energy performance of buildings need to be certified. In this scenario, our idea is to develop a 30kW micro CHP system able to provide heat and power for a more efficient energy end-use in buildings. The main objective of H2OME is to introduce the novel concept of a Polymeric Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell based CHP system able to satisfy both the thermal (heating and sanitary water), cooling and electrical power need of the whole building replacing the small methane boiler installed in the single flats as well as old-fashioned centralised oil thermal plant used in the 60s. In order to achieve the above overall objective the following innovations need to be developed: 1)compact and high efficiency steam reformer able to operate with methane, methanol and bio-gas; 2)composite catalyst compound promoting water gas shift reaction with a temperature of about 300°C and able to operate with an hydrogen rich mixture without any CH4 formation; 3)a novel thermal spraying-based manufacturing process for the production of the helicoidally shaped structure made by a metallic mesh coated with a ceramic porous coating catalytic layer. As a consequence of the new directives, it is estimated that 10 million boilers in European homes more than 20 years old need to be replaced and considering an initial market penetration of 2% in 5 years of the project the potential market is about 600 M€, which is far beyond the cost of the project (1.3 M€). | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/manufacturing engineering’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘manufacturing engineering’, ‘combined heat and power’, ‘coating and films’, ‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 78267 | 299767 | ACRES | Advanced control of renewable energy generation systems based on fuel cells\wind power | 2012-05-07 | 2013-05-06 | nan | FP7 | 116852.6 | 116852.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF | “The European Union is conscious about the fundamental problems arisen from the current energy system, based mainly on hydrocarbons and has a firm commitment to encourage renewable energy technologies research. Among experts in energy there is a growing trend to promote Decentralised Electrical Generation Systems (DEGS) with modular efficient non polluting generation plants. DEGS that incorporate hydrogen as an energetic vector are of particular interest. Hydrogen can be easily produced, stored and efficiently converted into electricity by means of fuel cells, adding great flexibility to DEGS. However, fuel cells based DEGS exhibit complex non linear behaviour, have inaccessible variables and withstand severe disturbances, so special controllers are required. A wide range of linear controllers have been already proposed, but the validity of the results cannot be extrapolated. The development of advanced control systems for fuel cell based DEGS that incorporate renewable energy sources is then not merely a challenging area of research, but is also a field of great interest for environmental, social, economic and strategic reasons.The key aim of this project is the development of advanced controllers capable to improve the efficiency of fuel cells\wind power based DEGS. They will be implemented and tested in the ACES labs in Barcelona. The results of this implementation will be used to assess the theoretical developments and will also provide a technology demonstrator to aid technology transfer to industry. The main objectives of the proposed project are threefold:- Scientific. Advanced controllers will be developed to improve the efficiency of DEGS- Knowledge transfer. The Visiting Professor will instruct and train the host group in new control techniques, particularly higher order sliding mode.- Strategic. The Visiting Professor will advise the host group in the new trends of renewable energies generation systems integration and control.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electronic engineering/control systems’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/hydrocarbons’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/wind power’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘control systems’, ‘hydrocarbons’, ‘wind power’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 78329 | 608001 | ABYSS | Training network on reactive geological systems from the mantle to the abyssal sub-seafloor | 2014-03-01 | 2018-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 4171064.84 | 4171064.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN | ABYSS is a training and career development platform for young scientists in Geodynamics, Mineralogy, Hydrodynamics, Thermodynamics and (Bio-)Geochemistry focusing on mid-ocean ridge processes and their environmental and economic impacts. It brings together 10 European research groups internationally recognized for their excellence in complementary disciplines and 4 Associated Partners from the Private Sector. ABYSS will provide training for 12 Early Stage Researchers and 3 Experienced Researchers through a structured and extensive program of collaboration, training and student exchange. ABYSS aims at developing the scientific skills and multi-disciplinary approaches to make significant advances in the understanding of the coupled tectonic, magmatic, hydrothermal and (bio-)geochemical mechanisms that control the structure and composition of the oceanic lithosphere and the microbial habitats it provides. An improved understanding of these complex processes is critical to assess the resource potential of the deep-sea. ABYSS will specifically explore processes with implications for economy and policy-making such as carbonation (CO2 storage), hydrogen production (energy generation) and the formation of ore-deposits. ABYSS will also emphasize the importance of interfacial processes between the deep Earth and its outer envelopes, including microbial ecosystems with relevance to deep carbon cycling and life growth on the Primitive Earth. The ABYSS training and outreach programme is set up to promote synergies between research and industry, general public and policy makers. The main outcome of ABYSS will be twofold (i) develop a perennial network of young scientists, sharing a common technical and scientific culture for bridging the gaps in process understanding and make possible the exploitation of far off-shore mining of marine resources; (ii) to address the need to develop pertinent policies at the European and international level for preserving these unique environments. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/geochemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/physical sciences/thermodynamics’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/ecology/ecosystems’, ‘/natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/geology/mineralogy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘geochemistry’, ‘thermodynamics’, ‘ecosystems’, ‘mineralogy’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 78414 | 303688 | NANOWGS | Water-gas shift reaction on metal-oxide nanocatalysts for hydrogen production | 2012-03-01 | 2016-02-29 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG | Hydrogen is a clean energy carrier, which used in highly efficient energy conversion technologies such as fuel cells, has the potential to satisfy many of our future energy needs in a sustainable way. The water-gas shift (WGS) reaction (CO + H2O –> H2 + CO2) is a critical process in providing pure hydrogen for catalytic processes in the chemical industry and fuel cells. Nevertheless, the design and optimization of WGS catalysts depends on a better basic understanding of catalyst structure and function. New generation WGS catalysts are base on metal-oxide bifunctional systems with the metal and oxide catalyzing different parts of the reaction. The aim of this project is precisely to understand and optimize the performance of the metal and oxide phases in order to develop the ability to predict, and ultimately design, improved cost-effective WGS catalysts. To this end, we propose to create models for these catalysts and apply state-of-the-art computational chemistry methods. We will apply first principles calculations to understand the nature of the active sites in each component of the catalysts and determine how they interact with the reactants and possible intermediates of the WGS reaction. We will be able to establish why metal particle size matters for this reaction and why some metals or oxides are better than others. Calculations will be performed for catalysts that have been studied in detail by our experimental colleagues, making them more meaningful. Theory will not only be used for the explanation of experimental data, but also for pre-screening the behavior of catalysts. Overall, our approach will develop basic principles for the rational design and optimization of WGS nanocatalysts vital for the production of clean hydrogen. These studies will contribute to the long-term goal of the EU of developing new concepts for a better use of chemical processes and materials associated with energy-related problems. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘energy conversion’] | |||||
| 78480 | 325320 | SOL2HY2 | Solar To Hydrogen Hybrid Cycles | 2013-06-01 | 2016-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 3727404.2 | 1991115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.2.5 | The FCH JU strategy has identified hydrogen production by water decomposition pathways powered by renewables such as solar energy to be a major component for sustainable and carbon-free hydrogen supply. Solar-powered thermo-chemical cycles are capable to directly transfer concentrated sunlight into chemical energy by a series of chemical and electrochemical reactions, and of these cycles, hybrid-sulphur (HyS) cycle was identified as the most promising one.The challenges in HyS remain mostly in dealing with materials (electrolyser, concentrator, acid decomposer/cracker and plant components) and with the whole process flowsheet optimization, tailored to specific solar input and plant site location. With recent technology level at large-scale hydrogen production concepts hydrogen costs are unlikely to go below 3.0-3.5 €/kg. For smaller scale plant, the costs of hydrogen might be substantially higher.The present proposal focuses on applied, bottle-necks solving, materials research and development and demonstration of the relevant-scale key components of the solar-powered, CO2-free hybrid water splitting cycles, complemented by their advanced modeling and process simulation including conditions and site-specific technical-economical assessment optimization, quantification and benchmarking. For the short-term integration of solar-power sources with new Outotec Open Cycle will be performed. Simplified structure, extra revenues from acid sales and highly efficient co-use of the existing plants may drop hydrogen costs by about 50-75% vs. traditional process designs.Besides providing key materials and process solutions, for the first time the whole production chain and flowsheet will be connected with multi-objective design and optimization algorithms ultimately leading to hydrogen plants and technology “green concepts” commercialization.The consortium consists of key materials suppliers and process development SME and industry, RTD performers and a university. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 78576 | 245294 | ISH2SUP | In situ H2 supply technology for micro fuel cells powering mobile electronics appliances | 2010-01-01 | 2013-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 1684530.8 | 1000625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH-4.2 | In the project two novel solutions for fuelling micro fuel cells are studied and developed to a demonstration level. The primary application area is fuel cell based power sources of portable electronic appliances such as cell phones, mp3-players and laptop computers, but also similar niche products. A generally recognized fact is that today’s battery technology is not sufficient for many of those applications despite expected progress in the field due to the increasing number of features implemented. Fuel cell technology provides in principle a solution to the problem by enabling the use of chemical energy storages. The low temperature PEM technology is inherently feasible choice for consumer products because of the close-to-human nature of the applications provided that logistics of hydrogen can be solved. In the project we consider a solution, which combines hydrogen PEM with fuelling technology, where hydrogen is stored in a chemical form in a primary fuel and released in-situ on-demand bases. This provides benefits as to DMFC technology. The fuel cell using hydrogen can be made in a more compact size because of higher volumetric power density. The primary fuel can be stored in a disposable or recycled cartridge, which is changeable and logistically easily available. Two different technologies to produce hydrogen will be considered. One is based on NaBH as the fuel and the other on catalyzed electrolysis of methanol. The project has two main objectives: – Firstly, to show that the both technologies consider are feasible and fulfil the RCS requirements of mobile/portable electronic appliances in consumer markets. – Secondly, to find the best ways to build up logistics for fuelling using disposable or recycled cartridges. The power range targeted in the practical development work for demonstration is 5 – 20 W. Feasibility of the cartridge technologies and applications will be, however, explored in a wider range from 0.5 W up to 100 W level. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electric batteries’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/alcohols’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/information engineering/telecommunications/mobile phones’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electric batteries’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘alcohols’, ‘mobile phones’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 78606 | 212508 | SOLARH2 | European Solar-Fuel Initiative – Renewable Hydrogen from Sun and Water. Science Linking Molecular Biomimetics and Genetics | 2008-02-01 | 2012-01-31 | nan | FP7 | 5533970 | 3927810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-3.5-01 | SOLAR-H2 brings together 12 world-leading European laboratories to carry out integrated, basic research aimed at achieving renewable hydrogen (H2) production from environmentally safe resources. The vision is to develop novel routes for the production of a Solar-fuel, in our case H2, from the very abundant, effectively inexhaustible resources, solar energy and water. Our multidisciplinary expertise spans from molecular biology, biotechnology, via biochemistry and biophysics to organo-metallic and physical chemistry. The project integrates two frontline research topics: artificial photosynthesis in man-made biomimetic systems, and photobiological H2 production in living organisms. H2 production by these methods on a relevant scale is still distant but has a vast potential and is of utmost importance for the future European economy. The scientific risk is high – the research is very demanding. Thus, our overall objective now, is to explore, integrate and provide the basic science necessary to develop these novel routes and advance them toward new horizons. Along the first track, the knowledge gained from biochemical/biophysical studies of efficient enzymes will be exploited by organometallic chemists to design and synthesize bio-mimetic compounds for artificial photosynthesis. The design of these molecules is based on molecular knowledge about how natural photosynthesis works and how hydrogenase enzymes form H2. Along the second track, we perform research and development on the genetic level to increase our understanding of critical H2 forming reactions in photosynthetic alga and cyanobacteria. These studies are directly aimed at the improvement of the H2 producing capability of the organisms using novel genetic and metabolic engineering. The project also involves research aimed at demonstrating the concept of photobiological H2 production in photobioreactors. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/organometallic chemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biophysics’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/physical chemistry’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/botany’] | [‘organometallic chemistry’, ‘biophysics’, ‘enzymes’, ‘physical chemistry’, ‘botany’] | |||||
| 78775 | 308518 | CYANOFACTORY | Design, construction and demonstration of solar biofuel production using novel (photo)synthetic cell factories | 2012-12-01 | 2015-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 3914852.4 | 2997464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY.2012.10.2.1 | CyanoFactory brings together ten selected leading, highly complementary European partners with the aim to carry out integrated, fundamental research aiming at applying synthetic biology principles towards a cell factory notion in microbial biotechnology. The vision is to build on recent progress in synthetic biology and develop novel photosynthetic cyanobacteria as chassis to be used as self-sustained cell factories in generating a solar fuel. This will include the development of a toolbox with orthogonal parts and devices for cyanobacterial synthetic biology, improvement of the chassis enabling enhanced growth and robustness in challenging environmental conditions, establishment of a data warehouse facilitating the modelling and optimization of cyanobacterial metabolic pathways, and strong and novel bioinformatics for effective data mining. To reach the goal, a combination of basic and applied R&D is needed; basic research to design and construct the cyanobacterial cells efficiently evolving H2 from the endless resources solar energy and water, and applied research to design and construct the advanced photobioreactors that efficiently produce H2. Biosafety is of highest concern and dedicated efforts will be made to address and control cell survival and death. The aim, to develop a (photo)synthetic cell factory, will have an enormous impact on the future options and possibilities for renewable solar fuel production. The consortium includes academic, research institute and industry participants with the direct involvement of two SMEs in the advanced photobioreactor design, construction and use. Purpose-designed, specifically engineered self-sustained cells utilising solar energy and CO2 from the air, may be the mechanisms and processes by which we generate large scale renewable energy carriers in our future societies. CyanoFactory offers Europe the possibility to take a lead, and not only follow, in these very important future and emerging technologies! | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy’, ‘/natural sciences/biological sciences/synthetic biology’, ‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/data science/data mining’, ‘/engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/biofuels’] | [‘solar energy’, ‘synthetic biology’, ‘data mining’, ‘biofuels’] | |||||
| 78836 | 229063 | COMETNANO | Technologies for Synthesis, Recycling and Combustion of Metallic Nanoclusters as Future Transportation Fuels | 2009-05-01 | 2012-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 2407859 | 1748404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | NMP-2008-1.2-3 | COMETNANO project is an integrated approach of metallic-nanoparticles synthesis, their controlled combustion in internal combustion engines and regeneration of the respective metal-oxides via reduction by renewable means. The main objectives of COMETNANO project are the following: -The production of tailor-made metal fuel nanoparticles with controllable combustion rate. -The utilization of an environmental-friendly way for the regeneration of burned particles (oxides), employing 100% renewable hydrogen produced by solar-thermal dissociation of water in coated monolithic reactors. Under such a concept, metal particles become an energy carrier and a means of converting hydrogen-energy into a medium that can be stored and transported easier and safer. -The innovative exploitation of low-cost raw materials, such as discarded fractions/wastes or by-products of metal industries, for the production of the initial metallic nanoparticles. -The introduction of required modifications, based on the existing mature technology of conventional internal combustion engines (ICEs), for the definition of the first metal-fuelled ICE. -The elimination of NOx emissions by proper combustion tuning. -The investigation of potential environmental and health dangers stemming from metallic and oxidic nanoparticles and the introduction of basic protection measurements. The successful completion of COMETNANO project will provide the necessary answers concerning the feasibility and the environmental benefits of such an innovative concept, thus stimulating the interest of both automotive and metal industries. The COMETNANO consortium consists of 5 organizations from 4 E.U. countries, including 2 Industrial partners, 2 Research Institutes and 1 University. | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘nano-materials’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 79380 | 285117 | CHATT | Cryogenic Hypersonic Advanced Tank Technologies | 2012-01-01 | 2015-06-30 | nan | FP7 | 4237230.8 | 3225681 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-TRANSPORT | AAT.2011.6.2-1.;AAT.2011.6.2-2. | “Topic: Cryogenic propellant management and advanced tank design for hypersonic and advanced future aviation systemsIn future aviation and particularly in hypersonic systems new propellants will be used, such as liquid hydrogen, liquid methane and possibly even liquid oxygen. These systems will require complex technology, ultra light-weight, and reusable propellant tank systems. Challenging technological developments are required for such systems. New materials and design concepts are required such as fibre composites in order to reduce the tank weight and to increase the structural performance. Propellant management is imperative for achieving reliable and efficient vehicle operation. The sloshing of cryogenic fluids close to their boiling conditions in tanks of horizontal take-off vehicles is not yet mastered.Proposed work tasks are:• Design, manufacturing, and tests of 4 different scaled cryo-tanks in CFRP material including and w/o liner.• Screening of future cryogenic insulation systems not only lightweight and long lasting but also resistant to the high thermal gradients experienced in hypersonic flight. New cryogenic insulation concepts and materials will be addressed, such as e.g. Aerogels.• The following propellant management technologies will be studied by simulation or experiment: tank pressurization, fuel location/retention, horizontal sloshing, analytical and experimental study of stratification, nucleation, and boiling in cryogenic fuel tanks subject to surface heat transfer.• Design of a small ceramic heat exchanger to assess the safe generation of gaseous propellants used for improved tank pressurization, attitude control and cabin oxygen supply. A prototype Rankine cycle cabin air-conditioning system, utilising a cryogenic working fluid is designed.• All cryo-tank technologies will be driven by system requirements of advanced passenger vehicles (e.g. LAPCAT A2 and the SpaceLiner) and results will at the study end be assessed on impact.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites/carbon fibers’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels’] | [‘aliphatic compounds’, ‘carbon fibers’, ‘energy and fuels’] | |||||
| 79611 | 621181 | FERRET | A Flexible natural gas membrane Reformer for m-CHP applications | 2014-04-01 | 2017-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 3202767 | 1730663 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.3.3 | “The potential for fuel CHP units in Europe as a large market in the future is in general well recognised. Although the size of this market is large and is undisputed when the cost targets of m-CHP units is reached, it is often overlooked that it is a very segmented market. All micro-CHP units, as new heating appliances, will have to be certified against the Gas Appliance Directive (90/396/CE). The latest legislation in Europe and some specific countries, which is expected will be adopted by other countries will lead to a broader range of natural gas specifications per country with larger differences of natural gas qualities.- And last and most important: the gas quality is allowed to change more rapidly in time.In future, more oxygen will be present in natural gas. Now, in Europe actions are taken (regulatory actions) to allow even more fluctuations of the gas composition in time over a day. This means that not only the fuel processor should be efficient in reforming NG to hydrogen, but should be also very robust and flexible, reducing the possibility of hot spots and low selectivity when the oxygen content increases. Within FERRET, we will design the reactor, balance of plant and revise the controls to allow the sudden change of natural gas specification that can be expected in the field in the coming years.According to the problems mentioned above, FERRET project will:• Design a flexible reformer in terms of catalyst, membranes and control for different natural gas compositions.• Use hydrogen membranes to separate pure hydrogen and help shifting all the possible H2 production reactions towards the products, thus reducing side reactions.• Scale up the new H2 selective membranes and catalysts production• Introduce ways to improve the recyclability of the membranes.• Integrate the novel reforming in a CHP system• Optimize of the BoP for the novel reforming CHP system• Simulate and optimize of the reformer integration with the entire system.” | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fossil energy/natural gas’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/natural resources management’, ‘/social sciences/economics and business/business and management/commerce’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘natural gas’, ‘natural resources management’, ‘commerce’] | |||||
| 79707 | 323047 | CROP | Cycloidal Rotor Optimized for Propulsion | 2013-01-01 | 2014-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 780846.2 | 599993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-TRANSPORT | AAT.2012.6.3-1.;AAT.2012.6.3-2. | The CROP project introduces an innovative propulsion system for aircrafts based on the cycloidal rotor concept, using an integrated approach that includes the electric drive train, airframe integration and an environmental friendly energy source.The CROP system is supported on a multiphysics approach:1. The high thrust is obtained by unsteady-based cycloidal rotor operation;2. The development of low-weight electric power drives for the system;3. Airframe re-design to accomplish optimum integration of the cycloidal propulsor;4. Environmental friendly energy source based on hydrogen and photovoltaic cells.The strengths of the CROP concept are:- High thrust levels: by using unsteady airflows- Low weight: using an integrated design approach between airframe and cycloidal propulsor- Environmental friendly: because it is based on green energy power sources.The revolutionary CROP propulsion concept will introduce new air-vehicle concepts, overcoming traditional limitation on short take-off and landing, including hovering capability. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/electric energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/vehicle engineering/aerospace engineering/aircraft’, ‘/agricultural sciences/agriculture, forestry, and fisheries/agriculture’, ‘/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/computational science/multiphysics’] | [‘electric energy’, ‘aircraft’, ‘agriculture’, ‘multiphysics’] | |||||
| 79722 | 325357 | H2TRUST | Development of H2 Safety Expert Groups and due diligence tools for public awareness and trust in hydrogen technologies and applications | 2013-06-01 | 2015-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 1208415.82 | 796678 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.5 | Although many predictions for the hydrogen economy in the last decade have proven optimistic, the maturity of it is now increasingly evident by the substantial investments in R&D, demonstration and industrialisation made by public and private institutions in Europe. The USA and Japan are leading the hydrogen based energy infrastructure, becoming a mainstream solution for society’s need to transition to clean, renewable and widely available energy sources. To ensure that non-technical barriers to the deployment of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen (FCH) technologies are properly addressed, the H2TRUST project has been created by a team of highly experienced and qualified industry and academic experts with the following objectives:-Assess industry efforts to assure FCH technology is safe and that there is an adequate regulation, hazard awareness, incident readiness and ability to respond to public concerns.-Hazard and risk assessment in the FCH industry in each of the main application areas (H2 Production, Storage and Distribution, Mobility and Vehicles, Non-vehicles and residential power generation).-Systematically map safety issues and assess how they are addressed.-Compile information demonstrating safety due diligence and best practices.-Seek input from previous, on-going and upcoming Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) demonstrations and pre-normative and training projects and from similar international activities.-Make recommendations for further safety efforts by FCH community.-Develop communications network to manage public reaction to incidents and give documented responses.-Disseminate the results so as to create a long lasting culture of safety practices in the industry and a legacy of tools and knowledge serving to reinforce best practices and assure public confidence.H2TRUST is a response to the FCH JU call for proposals in their Annual Implementation Plan of 2012, page 101(Topic SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.5: Assessment of safety issues related to fuel cells and hydrogen applications). | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 79769 | 621256 | DEMCOPEM-2MW | Demonstration of a combined heat and power 2 MWe PEM fuel cell generator and integration into an existing chlorine production plant | 2015-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 10524200.4 | 5466525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.3.5 | The project DEMCOPEM-2MW is to design, construct and demonstrate an economical combined heat and power PEM fuel cell power plant (2 MW electrical power and 1.5 MW heat) and integration into a chlor-alkali (CA) production plant. A chlor-alkali production plant produces chlorine and caustic soda (lye) and high purity hydrogen. The hydrogen contains almost 45% of the energy that is consumed in the plant. In many cases this hydrogen is vented. The project will demonstrate the PEM Power Plant technology for converting the hydrogen into electricity, heat and water for use in the chlor-alkali production process, lowering its electricity consumption by 20%.The partners have relevant experience in long life high efficient PEM power plant systems in hazardous environments like a chlor-alkali plant.The PEM power plant will be fully integrated into the chlorine production unit and will also be remotely controlled. The water produced by the oxidation of hydrogen is also used. To reduce the (maintenance) cost of the integrated plant special emphasis is put on the longevity of the fuel cells (especially membranes, electrodes and catalyst) and to lower the manufacturing costs. The design is optimized for minimal energy loss. Extensive diagnostics and data acquisition are incorporated to monitor the performance.The demonstration will take place in China as this is the ideal starting point for the market introduction. High electricity prices (up to 2 times higher than in Europe), 50% of the chlor-alkali world production and rationing of electricity all contribute to the business case.A successful demonstration will pave the way for the roll out of the technology, staged cost efficiencies and further self-sustained market and technology developments. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/halogens’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/catalysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘combined heat and power’, ‘halogens’, ‘catalysis’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 79771 | 256776 | PREMIUM ACT | Predictive Modelling for Innovative Unit Management and Accelerated Testing Procedures of PEFC | 2011-03-01 | 2014-02-28 | nan | FP7 | 5370190 | 2513251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.3.1 | Premium Act is an ambitious project on the durability of PEFC (Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells), targeting one of the main hurdles still to overcome before successful market development of stationary fuel cell systems. PEFC systems are now very near, or even already comply with market requirements for cost and performance. But durability targets, up to several tens of thousands of hours, are much more difficult to reach.Premium Act proposes a very innovative approach, combining original experimental work on PEFC systems, stacks and MEAs (Membrane Electrodes Assembly), including locally resolved studies of components durability, components characterisation using the most advanced techniques in order to quantify ageing phenomena, and an original mechanistic, multi-scale modelling approach able to take into account materials degradation processes and all reactions occurring and competing at each instant in a PEFC.These combined experimental and modelling tools will provide understanding of the fundamentals of degradation, with new insight on the coupling of degradation mechanisms in PEFC components, thus enabling the consortium to innovate on:-operating strategies, enhancing lifetime of given MEAs in a given stack and system,-the design of a lifetime prediction methodology based on coupled modelling and composite accelerated tests experiments.Premium Act will establish this innovative approach on two strategic fuel cell technologies for stationary markets: DMFC power generators and CHP systems fed by reformate hydrogen, both sharing similar MEA materials. This will show that the strategy is adaptable to the multiple PEFC requirements and give a competitive edge to European providers of stationary fuel cell systems. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘combined heat and power’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 79837 | 256703 | TRAINHY-PROF | Building Training Programmes for Young Professionals in the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Field | 2010-10-01 | 2012-09-30 | nan | FP7 | 381370.8 | 269105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2009.5.1 | Fuel Cells and Hydrogen remain new topics to European professionals’ training agenda(s), despite considerable progress in the integration of these subjects into, for instance, university curricula. Especially those professions with less of a basic materials and process engineering orientation will suffer from a lack of information during their academic or vocational training courses (i.e. manufacturing, component & systems design, etc.). This fact constitutes a major problem for the up-starting European companies in fuel cell and hydrogen business, since the availability of candidates with a FC&H background is low and the basic training of employees has to be provided internally.The project contributes to tackling this training deficit by devising a system of vocational education and training (VET) for post-graduate engineers and scientists, either at a PhD level of education or already employed by a company. Based on an evaluation of current activities, including the many summer schools and short courses already being offered in Europe, a curriculum concept will be developed that offers a system of courses and distance teaching that can be attended in parallel to other studies or professional work. Elements of this concept are to be tested and evaluated. Two groupings of stakeholders (academic institutions as cooperation partners and industry as end user) will be involved in order to gain broad acceptance of the programme developed across the variety of European education systems. | none given | none given | none given | |||||
| 79864 | 278732 | RESELYSER | Hydrogen from RES: pressurised alkaline electrolyser with high efficiency and wide operating range | 2011-11-01 | 2015-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 2888957.4 | 1484358 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.2.1 | The project RESelyser develops high pressure, highly efficient, low cost alkaline water electrolysers that can be integrated with renewable energy power sources (RES) using an advanced membrane concept, highly efficient electrodes and a new cell concept. A new concept with a three electrolyte loop system will be developed demonstrating even higher performance than conventional two electrolyte loop systems. This three electrolyte loop system will use a new separator membrane with internal electrolyte circulation and an adapted cell to improve mass transfer, especially gas evacuation. Intermittent and varying load operation connected to an RES will be addressed by improved electrode stability and a cell concept for increasing the gas purity of hydrogen and oxygen especially at low power as well as by a system concept. Electrolysers up to 10 kW with 2 Nm^3/h hydrogen production will be realized in the project. The primary pressure of the electrolyser will be up to 50 bar (without the use of a compressor) to reduce the power loss for hydrogen compression to a minimum. All components of the system will be analyzed for their costs and developed to reduce the system price such that hydrogen can be produced at system costs of 3000 € per (Nm^3/h) plant capacity. An extrapolation to a primary electrolyser pressure of 100-150 bar is considered. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy | hydrogen energy | |||||
| 79924 | 213009 | RELHY | Innovative Solid Oxide Electrolyser Stacks for Efficient and Reliable Hydrogen Production | 2008-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 4534759 | 2899796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-1.2-01 | The RelHy project targets the development of novel or improved, low cost materials (and the associated manufacturing process) for their integration in efficient and durable components for the next generation of electrolysers based on Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC). It is specifically tailored for 1) Optimisation of novel or improved cell, interconnect and sealing materials, 2) Achievement of innovative designs for SOE stacks to improve durability. As such, it is positioned as a bridge between currently good performing electrolysis cells and their efficient and reliable integration into advanced stacks to pave the way for the production of a new generation of electrolysers. To achieve these goals, the RelHy project is based on the coupled development of instrumented single repeat units and stacks and of associated simulation tools (from cell to stack scale). This mixed experimental and simulation approach will be used on several batches of materials – to give specifications for novel or improved materials and evaluate them, where special attention is paid to material compatibility (between electrodes, electrolyte, coating, interconnects and sealing). – to propose innovative designs able to overcome the present limiting parameters and to increase stack reliability, durability and performance. These material and design innovations will be validated at laboratory scale on a 25-cell stack prototype and its competitiveness will be assessed. Since the project is centered on R&D activities, the RelHy multidisciplinary European consortium is merging expertise from two university laboratories and three research centres already recognised for material development and cell production, instrumentation and testing, and modelling (DTU-Risoe, Imperial College, ECN, EIFER and CEA) and also from a fuel cell stack manufacturer that can produce electrolyser stacks (TOFC) and from an energy company (HELION) that can specify the operation conditions and assess the competitiveness of the innovative electrolyser prototype and its potential integration. The main issue addressed in the project is the simultaneous achievement of both, lifetime (degradation close to 1% for 1000 hr on single repeat units at 800°C) and efficiency (0.03 to 0.04 gH2/cm2/hr, i.e. approximately 1 A/cm2 with water utilisation >60% and a stack efficiency > 90%). These operation points and degradation values will yield an efficiency of up to 80% (LHV) at the system level with >99% availability. Cost issues will also be addressed by considering cost effective materials and processes in order to meet the “non energy” 1€/kg H2 target. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/mechanical engineering/manufacturing engineering’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘manufacturing engineering’, ‘electrolysis’, ‘coating and films’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 79978 | 621245 | SOCTESQA | “Solid Oxide Cell and Stack Testing, Safety and Quality Assurance” | 2014-05-01 | 2017-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 3212186.2 | 1626373.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-JTI | SP1-JTI-FCH.2013.5.4 | “The main objective of the present project proposal is to develop uniform and industry wide test procedures for SOC cell/stack assembly. The proposal builds on experiences gained in the FCTESTNET, FCTESQA series of projects taking up the methodology developed there. This project proposal will address new application fields which are based on the operation of the SOFC cell/stack assembly in the fuel cell and in the electrolysis mode. The project partners have long-term experience in the development, testing and harmonization of solid oxide cells/stacks. The project will have a clear structure based on an initial definition phase, the development of generic test modules which will be validated by experimental validation phases. The review of the test procedures will result in modified test modules leading to a subsequent second validation loop. At the end of the project, the final test modules will be confirmed by round robin tests. Moreover, the project will address safety aspects, liaise with standardization organizations and establish contact with industrial practice. This collaborative project will essentially help to accelerate the development and the market penetration of hydrogen and fuel cell (H2&FC) energy systems in Europe.” | [‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry/electrolysis’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’] | [‘electrolysis’, ‘fuel cells’] | |||||
| 79983 | 288145 | H2OCEAN | Development of a wind-wave power open-sea platform equipped for hydrogen generation with support for multiple users of energy | 2012-01-01 | 2014-12-31 | nan | FP7 | 6501858.76 | 4525934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-TRANSPORT | OCEAN.2011-1 | The rational exploitation of oceans’ space and resources is increasingly seen as crucial to enhance European competitiveness in key areas such as Renewable Energy and Aquaculture. The H2OCEAN consortium aims at developing an innovative design for an economically and environmentally sustainable multi-use open-sea platform. The H2OCEAN platform will harvest wind and wave power, using part of the energy on-site for multiple applications – including a multi-trophic aquaculture farm, and convert on-site the excess energy into hydrogen that can be stored and shipped to shore as green energy carrier. The project builds on already on-going R&D and commercial activities of a partnership involving European leading industrial and academic partners from 5 countries within the fields of renewable energy, fish farming, hydrogen generation, maritime transports and related research disciplines. The unique feature of the H2OCEAN concept, besides the integration of different activities into a shared multi-use platform, lies in the novel approach for the transmission of offshore-generated renewable electrical energy through hydrogen. This concept allows effective transport and storage the energy decoupling energy production and consumption, thus avoiding the grid imbalance problem inherent to current offshore renewable energy systems. Additionally, this concept also circumvents the need for a cable transmission system which takes up a significant investment share for offshore energy generation infrastructures, increasing the price of energy. The envisaged integrated concept will permit to take advantage of several synergies between the activities within the platform significantly boosting the Environmental, Social and Economic potential impact of new maritime activities, increasing employment and strengthening European competitiveness in key economic areas. | / | /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy | renewable energy | |||||
| 80137 | 212903 | WELTEMP | Water Electrolysis at Elevated Temperatures | 2008-01-01 | 2011-04-30 | nan | FP7 | 3171115 | 2377940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-ENERGY | ENERGY-2007-1.2-01 | Hydrogen has the potential to provide a reliable, secure, and clean source of power. The barrier is the challenge of getting hydrogen economically to the point of use. Water electrolyser offers a practical way of hydrogen production in association with renewable energy sources. Compared to the conventional alkaline electrolyte electrolyser, the polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser can operate at high current densities and pressure with compact design. The main challenges for PEM electrolysers are high capital cost of key materials, components and the overall system as well as insufficient long-term durability. The strategic development of the WELTEMP project is an elevated operating temperature of the PEM electrolyser. In this way the energy efficiency will be significantly improved because of the decreased thermodynamic energy requirement, enhanced electrode kinetics, and the possible integration of the heat recovery. Key issues to achieve this strategic target are breakthroughs of fundamental materials developments, including catalysts, membranes, current collectors, bipolar plates, and other construction materials. The WELTEMP will start with developing active and stable anodic catalysts based on mixed metal oxides, temperature-resistant PEM based on composite PFSA, sulfonated aromatic and/or acid-base cross-linked polymers, and highly conducting and corrosion-resistant tantalum thin surface coatings as current collectors and bipolar plates. Based on these materials, a 1 kW prototype electrolyser will be constructed for demonstration and evaluation. It is aimed to reach operational temperature above 120C and a hydrogen production of 320 NL/h at 80% efficiency (LHV basis) at system level. These innovative developments need trans-national efforts from European industries and R&D groups. The expertise and know-how of the consortium in the field of refractory metals, electrocatalysts, polymers and membranes, MEA fabrication, and most importantly the construction and operation of water electrolysers, will ensure a success of the proposed project. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/transition metals’, ‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer sciences’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘inorganic compounds’, ‘transition metals’, ‘polymer sciences’, ‘coating and films’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 80830 | 227177 | SMALLINONE | Smart Membrane for hydrogen energy conversion: All fuel cell functionalities in One Material | 2009-04-01 | 2012-03-31 | nan | FP7 | 2416723.4 | 1825000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-NMP | ENERGY.2008.10.1.2;NMP-2008-2.6-1 | A breakthrough of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) requires a radical performances improvement of the key fuel cell material components (catalysts and protonic membrane) as well as highly innovative solutions to overcome the membrane assembly and integration limitations. Actual PEM fuel cells presents Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) architecture corresponding to a proton conductive membrane hot pressed between two catalytic electrodes. However, the MEA performance is limited by the interface effect between catalytic layer and membrane. To overcome this problem, the SMAllInOne project introduces a “SMart All in One” membrane concept. In this approach, a catalytic network is directly implanted in the thin film protonic membrane. This novel composite material is particularly well adapted for fuel cell technologies as there is no boundary between the membrane and the electrodes. Moreover, several functionalities will be added to this material in order to confer it smart properties such as water and crossover management, tailored porosity and 3D conformability. The scientific and technological objectives of the project are: • To synthesize bifunctional polymerizable and volatile precursors (alkenyl & sulfonyl) to prevent the destruction of the acidic functions during the thin film membrane realization • To create a network of percolated platinum nano-particles inside both faces of the membrane to ensure simultaneously a good catalytic efficiency and electronic conductivity • To enhance electronic conductivity by a tailored doping of material with gold particles by the surface • To study and propose a water and crossover management solution by adding functional hydrophilic particles to keep the membrane wet and Pt particles to getter hydrogen linkage • To avoid the fuel depletion by controlling the porosity using a porogen approach The consortium consists of 7 partners from 5 European countries including 2 SMEs. | [‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’, ‘/’] | [‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites’, ‘/engineering and technology/materials engineering/coating and films’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/energy conversion’] | [‘composites’, ‘coating and films’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’, ‘energy conversion’] | |||||
| 80988 | 201711 | ELECTROCHEM | FUEL CELL STACK ASSEMBLY AND DIAGNOSTICS | 2008-12-01 | 2012-11-30 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | PEOPLE-2007-4-3.IRG | Gebze Institute of Technology is actively engaged in research for promoting hydrogen energy technologies in Turkey. Dr. Yazici will work as Senior Scientist to train graduate students on Electrochemistry and develop capabilities on bipolar plate manufacturing and testing for high power density fuel cells. Specific objectives include: -Completing a state of the art assembly and testing laboratory; -Developing thinner bipolar plate materials to compete with metal plates; -Offering semester classes to graduate students on electrochemistry and fuel cells; -Offering university workshops on hydrogen energy technologies; -Submitting proposals for further funding to become Center of Excellence. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Program’s roadmap for transportation fuel cells identifies energy density, durability, and cost as the primary drivers for rapid commercialization. Bipolar plates have the highest mass and volume of any component in the fuel cell stack. Reduced stack size and weight by making thinner bipolar plates leads directly to increased energy density and lower cost. In this proposal, Dr. Yazici will obtain new graphite materials and characterize them for physical properties and assemble them into fuel cell stacks that may give higher energy density compare to conventional bipolar plates. Funding of this proposal is going to help us to train graduate students on electrochemistry in general and specifically on fuel cell stack assembly and testing. At the same time, experience gained by local or European machine shops during material preparation and processing will support them in future supply-chain. | [‘/23/53/373’, ‘/25/67/425/1173’, ‘/25/67/425/1169/1691’] | [‘/natural sciences/chemical sciences/electrochemistry’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/fuel cells’, ‘/engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/hydrogen energy’] | [‘electrochemistry’, ‘fuel cells’, ‘hydrogen energy’] | |||||
| 81326 | 268201 | EUROPE’S METAGENOME | Probing Europe’s Undiscovered Genome: A Metagenomics Approach to Find Unique Enzymes for the Biofuel and Bioprocessing Industries | 2010-11-01 | 2014-10-31 | nan | FP7 | 100000 | 100000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FP7-PEOPLE | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG | Our civilization is facing increasing pressures on finite natural resources, and Europe in particular faces serious challenges to its energy security. The purpose of the project is to explore Europe’s unique environments to discover novel enzymes which may support the development of viable bioenergy and other bioprocessing industries. Hydrogen has great potential as a future energy source. To make biological hydrogen production more favorable and competitive, more powerful hydrogenases needs to be discovered. Various kinds of enzymes such as lipases and cellulases are used as biocatalysts for a variety of bioprocessing industries; however there is still a strong need for new generations of these enzymes with more favorable characteristics such as stability to extremes of temperature, pressure, and pH. In this research, a metagenomics approach will be used to target the discovery of novel enzymes by exploring the world of unknown microorganisms in Europe. Finally, to fully achieve the goal of creating more powerful enzymes, directed evolution approaches will be applied. The anticipated result of this research is to discover highly effective hydrogenases, cellulases, and lipases. This project aims to provide tremendous environmental, economic, and strategic benefits and improve the quality of human life. The enzymes discovered may have a big influence and increase the competitiveness of Europe. The specific objectives of this research are to: (1) create metagenomic libraries using genomic DNA isolated directly from European water and soil samples (2) using activity based agar plate screening, discover novel hydrogenases, cellulases, and lipases (3) isolate and identify the sequences of the enzymes and clone novel ones into an expression host strain (4) explore their potential for application by evaluating their activities, substrate specificities, and stabilities at temperature and pH extremes (5) enhance the characters of isolated enzymes using directed evolution. | none given | none given | none given | |||||
| 81571 | 826379 | HYDROSOL-beyond | Thermochemical HYDROgen production in a SOLar structured reactor:facing the challenges and beyond | 2019-01-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2018-12-03 | H2020_newest | 2999940 | 2999940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-4-2018 | The HYDROSOL-beyond proposed action is a continuation of the HYDROSOL-technology series of projects based on the utilization of concentrated solar thermal power for the production of Hydrogen from the dissociation of water via redox-pair-based thermochemical cycles. HYDROSOL-beyond is an ambitious scientific endeavor aiming to address the major challenges and bottlenecks identified during the previous projects and further boost the performance of the technology via innovative solutions that will increase the potential of the technologys future commercialization. In this context, HYDROSOL-beyond will capitalize on the 750kWth existing operational infrastructure, built in the HYDROSOL-Plant project, as well as on a cluster of relevant solar platforms and units (owned & operated by the project partners) in order to collect diverse experimental data from a wide range of achievable solar power (50-750kWth) facilities. This way HYDROSOL-beyond will have the flexibility of assessing the proposed novel approaches both under realistic environments and at different scales. The main objectives of HYDROSOL-beyond are: the minimization of the parasitic loses mostly related to the high consumption of inert gas via the introduction of innovative concepts for the purification and the potential full recycling of the utilized gases the efficient recovery of heat at rates >60% the development of redox materials and structures with enhanced stability (>1,000 cycles) and with production of hydrogen ~three times higher than the current state-of-the-art Ni-ferrite foams the development of a technology with annual solar-to-fuel efficiency of 10% the improvement of the reactor design and introduction of novel reactor concepts the development of smart process control strategies and systems for the optimized operation of the plant the demonstration of efficiency >5% in the field tests, i.e. during operation at the 750kWth HYDROSOL solar platform (PSA, Spain) | ||||||||
| 81662 | 101018634 | AMELI | Voxel Based Material Design: Amalgamation of Additive Manufacturing and Scanning Electron Microscopy | 2021-11-01 | 2026-10-31 | 2021-07-05 | H2020_newest | 2945003 | 2945003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2020-ADG | AMELI aims to exploit the potential of the layer-by-layer approach of metal powder bed based additive manufacturing to blaze the way to a groundbreaking new design freedom in manufacturing: Voxel based material design. If successful, AMELI will solve one of the most important challenges in metal-based manufacturing of high performance components: Control and adaption of the local material properties. In order to reach this aim, AMELI will amalgamate the potential of powder bed based electron beam additive manufacturing (PBF-EL) with the analytic power of electron scanning microscopy (SEM). AMELI will to push the performance limits of components made of high performance alloys for demanding applications as required e.g. for aviation or power generation. The applications comprise components for aircraft and land-based gas turbines to increase the efficiency and to reduce emissions as well as parts for hydrogen generation for regenerative energy generation. Thus, AMELI will contribute to sustainable energy supply and mobility. Prerequisite to realize voxel based material design is to reach full control of the local thermal conditions during material creation. This requires numerical tools to predict the corresponding digital processes, the possibility to realize these processes and unparalleled process and material analysis for control. We target to accomplish this by combining cutting-edge process technology, forefront process modeling and unprecedented analysis based on electron inspection. AMELI is based on a pioneering PBF-EL technology to realize both, complex and very dynamic heat sources for local material property control and a probe for electron analysis leading to an unmatched depth of process information. Only this combination will eventually enable us to implement cutting-edge digital processes and process monitoring as fundament for closed-loop process control to demonstrate voxel based material design in complex high-performance components. | ||||||||
| 82086 | 101019937 | HYPOTHESis | HYdrogen combustion: Pressure effects On combustion and THErmoacousticS | 2022-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2021-06-29 | H2020_newest | 3096625 | 3096625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2020-ADG | The need to shift to carbon-free energy generation is impelling, but renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are intermittent. Significant storage and additional energy sources are needed to guarantee continuous supply of heat and power. To limit global warming, these sources need to be carbon-free/neutral. Hydrogen represents a promising alternative in future energy generation. It can be produced using renewable sources by electrolysis from excess energy or by gasification, stored, and then converted in highly efficient gas turbines delivering electrical energy and heat in peak demand periods. But it does not come without challenges. Hydrogen has unique combustion properties that differentiate it from traditional natural gases. They dramatically affect flame dynamics and combustion stability, particularly at the high-pressure conditions at which gas turbines operate. HYPOTHESis supports the paradigm shift to a carbon-free society by developing greater fundamental and applied understanding on combustion dynamics and control of pure and highly-enriched hydrogen flames and enabling future gas turbines to be operated at up to 100% hydrogen content. We will perform an extensive experimental campaign using our medium-pressure combustor to enable single stage hydrogen combustion at high pressure. Using both physics and machine learning based methods, novel models will be developed for predicting and controlling the dynamical behaviour of hydrogen flames. This will lead to (1) the understanding of the dynamics of hydrogen combustion, with a focus on the scaling of its properties at high pressure, for which little is yet known; (2) the establishment of new design strategies, thermoacoustic prediction methods and control tools that are of paramount importance for practical applications enabling industry to use hydrogen as a safe and clean future fuel. Ultimately, the proposed research will help in significantly accelerating the shift towards a carbon-free society. | ||||||||
| 82256 | 101028381 | RHINE | Unravelling the Metal-Hydride Thermodynamics of Size-Selected Magnesium Nanoalloys. | 2022-04-01 | 2025-03-31 | 2021-03-24 | H2020_newest | 328968 | 328968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Hydrogen is an alternative future energy carrier. However, the drawback associated with its compact storage is still a scientific and technological challenge. Metal hydrides offer a suitable combination weighing both safety and cost. In particular, magnesium hydride (MgH2) is an ideal candidate with a high gravimetric capacity of 7.6 wt %, low cost, and abundance in nature. However, the high stability of Mg-H is a significant limitation for practical application. Although, recently, interface and strain induced-modification is proposed as a strategy to reduce the MgH2 stability in Mg nanoalloys. Nonetheless, they are not well understood in Mg nanoalloys. Moreover, understanding and interpreting these effects on a single nanoparticle (NP) from bulk measurement techniques is a significant problem. Since the effect of averaging and low spatial resolution plagues the collected data, it prevents in resolving the intrinsic impact of size, strain, and interface on a structure-property relationship of single NPs. Therefore, we propose (i) to use STEM-EELS with insitu gas holder(H2) at operando conditions in an aberration-corrected microscope to unravel the metal-hydride phase transition of individual Mg nanoalloys. (ii) apply state of the art iDPC and 4D-STEM to resolve the role of the interface and precise measurement of strain to identify the effect of destabilization on individual Mg nanoalloys. Moreover, advanced training on insitu TEM at DTU, iDPC, and 4D-STEM techniques @secondment and other transferable skills will diversify my competence further and positively impact my future career prospects and networking across Europe. The infrastructure/expertise at DTU, my experience, and knowledge in NP synthesis and hydrogen storage, along with the DTU support office, will ensure the successful implementation of the proposal. Finally, disseminating research and communication to the stakeholders and the general public will ensure the maximum impact of the project’s results. | ||||||||
| 82319 | 101002422 | REPLY | REshaping Photocatalysis via Light-Matter hYbridization in Plasmonic Nanocavities | 2021-11-01 | 2026-10-31 | 2021-02-26 | H2020_newest | 1986250 | 1986250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2020-COG | Life on Earth relies to a large extent on light-matter interactions. Photosynthesis is indeed a brilliant example of chemistry driven by light, which, as almost any naturally occurring interaction is optimized for the preservation of life. With the study of photocatalysis mankind targets to copy such natural processes, adapting them to the production of energy. In this context, REPLY represents an effective solution to impart control and acceleration on photoreactions for solar-to-fuel conversion via water splitting. To improve device efficiencies and to create new paradigms in semiconductor-based photocatalytic technology, here we propose to strengthen the coupling between light and photocatalysts, by exploiting the outstanding capabilities of plasmonic architectures in manipulating the electromagnetic radiation at the nanoscale. Precisely, a new energy landscape inside the semiconductor photocatalyst can be created via light/matter hybridization in the strong-coupling regime. This will ensure the effective control of the junction barrier height at the semiconductor/co-catalyst interface and a paradigmatic redefinition of the energetics and charge-transfer characteristics at solid/liquid heterojunctions. The proposed approach is readily converted to cost-effective semiconductor/co-catalyst ensembles in order to achieve photocatalytic activities comparable or even superior to the ones of golden benchmarking systems, typically based on toxic and/or unaffordable noble metals. The project identifies three objectives to reach the final goal of fabricating photo(electro)catalytic devices based on strong coupling regime: I) the realization of a new class of adaptive heterojunctions via light-matter hybridization; II) the understanding of the photophysical mechanisms that regulate the system architecture; III) the fabrication and characterization of a novel efficient photo(electro)catalyst prototype for solar-to-hydrogen conversion. | ||||||||
| 82491 | 101007166 | eGHOST | Establishing Eco-design Guidelines for Hydrogen Systems and Technologies | 2021-01-01 | 2024-05-31 | 2020-12-09 | H2020_newest | 1133541.25 | 998991.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-04-3-2020 | eGHOST will be the first milestone for the development of eco-design criteria in the European hydrogen sector. Two guidelines for specific FCH products (PEMFC stack and SOE) will be completed and the lessons learnt will be integrated in the eGHOST White Book, a reference guidance book for any future eco-design project of FCH systems. eGHOST aims to support the whole FCH sector. Therefore, it addresses the eco-(re)design of mature products (PEMFC stack) and those emerging with TRLs around 5 (SOE) in such a way that sustainable design criteria can be incorporated since the earliest stages of the product development. eGHOST will go a step beyond the current state of the art of eco-design by incorporating eco-efficiency assessment, i.e. combining environmental and economic decision-making tools, and social life cycle assessment to determine the social impacts of the products. Therefore, eGHOST proposes a sustainable (re)design looking at minimizing the economic, environmental and social impacts of the products along their life cycle. Other innovation will be the use of prospective approach for the life cycle thinking tools used to assess the products performance, i.e. to determine the impacts of all the life cycle stages of the product at the time of its occurence. This is required to get valid information of those products at early stages of development.The European Commission considers eco-design as a key factor to fulfil its commitment to a climate-neutral and circular economy in 2050 as identified in different documents (EU Green Deal, New Industrial Strategy for Europe, Circular Economy Directive…). eGHOST will contribute to positioning FCH in this context by developing the first preparatory study of a hydrogen product under the guiding principles of the Eco-design Directive. As well, eGHOST will improve the understanding of FCH technologies as a sustainable investment under the EU Taxonomy, and will enhance Corporate Social Responsibility studies. | ||||||||
| 82510 | 101006641 | IMMORTAL | IMproved lifetiMe stacks fOR heavy duty Trucks through ultrA-durabLe components | 2021-01-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2020-12-17 | H2020_newest | 3825927.5 | 3825927.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-2-2020 | IMMORTAL will develop exceptionally durable and high power density MEAs well beyond the current state of the art up to TRL4 by building on understanding of fuel cell degradation pathways specific to heavy-duty truck operation and developing lifetime prediction models from extensive real-life stack operation, accelerated stress test and load profile cycles on short stacks. IMMORTAL encompasses OEMs, tier 1 suppliers, and leading industrial and academic/research organisation partners with long expertise in fuel cell science and technology. Building on best developments from the FCHJU, the project will not only develop significantly more durable MEAs that will be transferable to other fields, but will accelerate competitiveness of the European fuel cell truck sector by providing recommendations at system level to improve durability, and designs that contribute to increasing stack power density and to reducing the PEMFC system cost.Accordingly, the specific objectives of the project are to:Develop new materials concepts for world-leading components (electrocatalysts, membranes) by building mitigation strategies to fuel cell operation-induced degradation into their design to ensure both their activity and their stability, and improve the interfaces between them to minimise resistances;Realise the potential of these components in MEAs by introducing novel electrode and MEA constructions to deliver a step-change in durability while exceeding 1.2 W/cm2 at 0.675 V;Develop load profile tests for heavy-duty MEA performance and durability assessment, including input from real-life usage profiles from H2Haul;Validate the MEA performance and durability in full size cell short stacks using extended load profile testing and achieve a predicted lifetime of 30,000 hours. | ||||||||
| 82661 | 956803 | INSPIRE | INSpiring Pressure gain combustion Integration, Research, and Education | 2021-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2020-08-18 | H2020_newest | 3956096.02 | 3956096.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-ITN-2020 | The thermodynamic cycle used in a gas turbine (GT) has undergone little change since its early development. Over the last decades effort has been put into increasing efficiency through reducing losses and raising overall pressure ratio and peak temperature. To break out of current limits a different cycle is required. One of the most promising is the case where a pressure rise across the combustion process is allowed. Cycle models show that such a change would reduce the fuel consumption of a large turbofan engine by ~15% and of a small engine by ~25%. An efficiency increase of up to 20% is also expected for land based GT. The pan-European team assembled offers the possibility of studying the most promising Pressure Gain Combustion, PGC solutions on an innovative integrated level. Current PGC solutions are of two types, the subsonic type, which is limited by low heat release rate but is practical and the detonative type, with very high heat release rate but currently impractical. PGC solutions are expected to be key technologies for the efficient use of carbon neutral fuels such as hydrogen. INSPIRE is aimed at studying both technologies, the Constant Volume Combustion, CVC and the Rotating Detonation Combustor, RDC. Around the two WP focusing on CVC and RDC, where institutions such as TUB, ENSMA, CERFACS, and SAFRAN will supervise the experimental and modelling activities of the involved ESR, two additional WP will aim at studying the main phenomena and technologies required to enable PGC solutions on actual engines. Topics as heat transfer, unsteady components interaction, noise generation and overall system performance will be faced by ESR supervised by UNIFI, UNIGE, KTH and TUB. The training of new researchers familiar with the concepts of PGC will ease the adoption of the technology in European industry. Since the developmental life cycle of GT is long, familiarizing a generation of new researchers with PGC will allow them to grow along with the technology. | ||||||||
| 82671 | 966725 | INSTANT | effIcieNt Small scale uniT for distributed heAt and hydrogeN generaTion | 2021-07-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2021-01-18 | H2020_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2020-POC | The project task is the development and validation of an efficient catalytic fuel processor as the key component of smallscale units for combined heat and power (CHP) generation in residential applications, based on hydrogen-fuel cells and fed bynatural gas, air and water. A critical issue of these devices is the intensification of the heat supply in the compact methane steam reformerwhere hydrogen is generated. To this purpose we exploit the findings from my ERC AdG project INTENT, developing areformer design based on thermally conductive cellular structures packed with catalyst microparticles. As demonstratedalready in INTENT by lab scale tests, the flow independent conductive heat exchange mechanism enables a highly effective powersupply to the endothermic catalytic reaction even in the case of low and fluctuating flow rates, as typical of these compactunits.The INSTANT project aims at testing this novel configuration of the fuel processor at a semi-industrial scale (TRL5). Indicators which will be evaluated during the test sessions include: 1) the H2 productivity for a given catalyst load (target = +30%); 2) the start-up time to full load (target = -30%); 3) the response time to a load change (target = -30%). Based on the experimental outcomes, INSTANT will also assess the potential for reducing the footprint of the CHP unit, the system volume being currently one of the main constraints for domestic CHP applications, as well as the overall production cost, including life-cycle costs. If successful, INSTANT will pave the way to a new generation of CHP systems based on hydrogen fuel cells, to be used in residential applications and, in perspective, in hydrogen refueling stations for fuel-cell vehicles, thus contributing to the decarbonisation of the EU energy system. | ||||||||
| 82794 | 101007173 | COSMHYC DEMO | COmbined Solution of Metal HYdride and mechanical Compressors: DEmonstration in the Hysoparc green H2 MObility project | 2021-01-01 | 2025-09-30 | 2020-12-04 | H2020_newest | 3773858.75 | 2999637.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-8-2020 | Hydrogen mobility is gaining unprecedented momentum through the deployment of passenger & heavy-duty FCEVs. Although the number of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations (HRS) is increasing, the development of a refuelling infrastructure remains a major issue. Today, the compressor is the most challenging component in an HRS in terms of costs and reliability.The COSMHYC consortium developed an innovative compression solution (which combines metal hydride and diaphragm compressors), specifically addressing the needs of H2 mobility. In previous research projects, comprehensive tests enabled this technology to reach TRL5. The solution is now ready for real-life validation within the COSMHYC DEMO project. The aim is to demonstrate that it is well adapted to commercial use for a wide range of H2 applications. The project includes design, construction and integration of the demonstrator in a new dual-pressure HRS supplied with green hydrogen from solar-powered water electrolysis. This HRS is a central part of HYSOPARC, a project implemented by CCTVI (a grouping of municipalities) near Tours, France, for driving regional development based on H2 technologies. The HRS will supply a fleet of 700 bar passenger vehicles, 350 bar utility vehicles and a 700 bar garbage truck. This project presents a great opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness and versatility of the innovative compression solution.The consortium will achieve further innovations on the compression solution followed by a 15 month demonstration phase within the HRS. The compression solution will be CE-certified & will meet latest refuelling standards, incl. for hydrogen purity. An advisory committee will support the partners to validate the solution against the needs of end-users. Market entry will be prepared through a techno-economic analysis and extensive communication, dissemination and exploitation activities, maximising the economic, environmental and societal impacts of the project. | ||||||||
| 82869 | 101006856 | MOREandLESS | MDO and REgulations for Low-boom and Environmentally Sustainable Supersonic aviation | 2021-01-01 | 2025-04-30 | 2020-11-06 | H2020_newest | 6336211.25 | 4999996.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | LC-MG-1-15-2020 | MORE&LESS addresses the challenge of contributing to help Europe shape, together with the international community, high environmental standards in line with ICAO Assembly Resolution A39-1, by a thorough and holistic analysis of the environmental impact of supersonic aviation. MORE&LESS aims at maintaining a high level of citizens’ and environmental protection at local, regional and global levels, and supports the consequent establishment of regulations and procedures for the future supersonic aviation through solid technical bases. The scientific findings in the fields of aerodynamics, jet-noise, sonic-boom, propulsion, pollutant emissions and environmental impact are in fact transposed into guidelines for the Regulatory Community. Through low and high-fidelity modelling activities and test campaigns, already accepted and validated software tools are enhanced and extended to cover supersonic aviation, to be eventually integrated into the multidisciplinary holistic framework. The application of this framework to the case-studies is the proving ground to verify that the enabling technologies of supersonic aircraft, trajectories and operations comply with the environmental requirements. The case-studies cover the entire spectrum of supersonic speed regime and include the most promising aircraft configurations, propulsive technologies and alternative fuels, such as bio-fuels and liquid hydrogen. MORE&LESS fosters international cooperation, thus paving the way towards the definition of global and internationally agreed regulations, while contributing to maintain world-class knowledge and skills in Europe in the field of supersonic aviation. MORE&LESS targets the engagement of new generations of students, scientists and engineers to inspire and challenge them to build and manage the environmentally sustainable supersonic aviation of the future. | ||||||||
| 83011 | 101007163 | SH2E | Sustainability Assessment of Harmonised Hydrogen Energy Systems: Guidelines for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Prospective Benchmarking | 2021-01-01 | 2024-06-30 | 2020-12-09 | H2020_newest | 2142778.75 | 1997616.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04-5-2020 | Hydrogen is expected to play a key role as an energy carrier in the path towards global sustainability. Nevertheless, right decisions are needed to make fuel cells and hydrogen (FCH) systems effective in this crusade. Besides technological advancements, methodological solutions that allow checking the suitability of FCH systems under sustainability aspects from a life-cycle perspective are needed to sensibly support decision-making. Such methodological contributions should rely on well-defined guidelines that allow a reliable assessment and benchmarking of FCH systems. In this sense, sound guidelines for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) of FCH systems are urgently needed. The goal of SH2E is to provide a harmonised (i.e., methodologically consistent) multi-dimensional framework for the LCSA and prospective benchmarking of FCH systems. To that end, SH2E will develop and demonstrate specific guidelines for the environmental (LCA), economic (LCC) and social (SLCA) life cycle assessment and benchmarking of FCH systems, while addressing their consistent integration into robust FCH-LCSA guidelines. These guidelines aim to be globally accepted as the reference document for LCSA of FCH systems and set the basis for future standardisation, going beyond the update of past initiatives such as the FC-HyGuide project and the IEA Hydrogen Task 36 through their reformulation to deal with underdeveloped topics such as material criticality and prospective assessment. For the sake of practicality and extended use of the guidelines, key SH2E outcomes also include user-friendly, open-access software tools with illustrative case studies, also being a source of publicly available data reviewed by a third party. Thus, the project is aligned with international initiatives towards global sustainability, including the Innovation Challenge on Renewable and Clean Hydrogen, by providing robust frameworks and tools that help decision-makers check the sustainability of FCH solutions. | ||||||||
| 83072 | 101007226 | e-SHyIPS | Ecosystemic knowledge in Standards for Hydrogen Implementation on Passenger Ship | 2021-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2020-12-01 | H2020_newest | 2500000 | 2500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-04-2-2020 | “Hydrogen fuel cells market potentials in the maritime sector have been demonstrated in the last years with several vessels flagship projects. Despite hydrogen is a worldwide considered a valid option to reach the emission reduction targets, also part of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) strategy, a regulatory framework applicable to hydrogen fuelled ships is not yet available. E-SHyIPS brings together the Hydrogen and maritime stakeholders and international experts, through an Advisory Board, to gather new knowledge based on regulatory framework review and experimental data on ship design, safety systems, material and components and bunkering procedures. The approach is “”vessel independent””, in order to avoid the burdens of customized projects, and is focused on the risk and safety assessment methodologies. Based on this, e-SHyIPS will define a pre-standardization plan for IGF code update for the hydrogen-based fuels passenger ships and a roadmap for the boost of Hydrogen economy in the maritime sector.” | ||||||||
| 83246 | 891173 | HYGAS | Predictive tools for turbulent combustion of hydrogen-enriched natural gas through carefully reduced kinetic mechanisms | 2022-01-17 | 2024-06-19 | 2020-05-03 | H2020_newest | 224933.77 | 224933.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | The growing crisis of serious environmental degradation necessitates the demand for alternative fuels. Hydrogen-enhanced natural gas is playing an increasingly important role to decarbonize the gas going into people’s homes and for power generation. However, there are substantial knowledge gap concerning the turbulent combustion and explosion characteristics of hydrogen-enhanced natural gas, which makes great challenge in associated combustion systems and safety issues. Such knowledge gaps hinder the progress of wide deployment of Hydrogen-enhanced natural gas to achieve the ambitious target for decarbonization. The proposed research aims to bridge these knowledge gaps by gaining insight about the turbulent combustion characteristics of hydrogen-enhanced natural gas through numerical studies aided by existing experimental data. The Fellow will develop a robust modelling approach for the combustion of such blended fuel with reduced chemical reaction mechanism to facilitate effective coupling with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models. The reduced mechanism will be designed to firstly reproduce the fundamental combustion characteristics concerning ignition and laminar flame speed for validation before being implemented in open source CFD code OpenFOAM. The following specific research objectives are set towards achieving this goal:⁃Improve detailed kinetic mechanism HP-Mech for hydrogen-enriched natural gas and validate the mechanism with available laminar flame speed, ignition delay time, and species profile, etc. in the literature; ⁃Develop reduced kinetic mechanism using the PFA method and perform validations through comparison with the predictions of the detailed mechanism; ⁃Conduct CFD simulations using the newly developed reduced mechanism for small scale scenarios where test data are available for validation; ⁃Extend CFD simulations to medium and large-scale scenarios for validation as well as applications. | ||||||||
| 83374 | 952219 | 112CO2 | Low temperature catalytic methane decomposition for COx-free hydrogen production | 2020-09-01 | 2024-11-30 | 2020-06-29 | H2020_newest | 3585178.75 | 3585178.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.2. | FETPROACT-EIC-05-2019 | The world needs a disruptive technology to very quickly decarbonize the energy; the success of this technology depends heavily on its social acceptance, sustainability and fast and easy implementation. The proponents of 112CO2 believe to have this technology. Imagine that a new chemical reactor would make possible to use methane, an easy to transport and to store fuel, either fossil, renewable or synthetic, for producing COx-free hydrogen in a cost-effective way. Imagine that this approach could be implemented swiftly, taking advantage of the present infrastructure. 112CO2 project is about producing hydrogen from low temperature methane decomposition (MD), a 100 % selective reaction – CH4 → C (s) + 2 H2. The use of methane from biogas allows actively to remove CO2 from the atmosphere (negative carbon balance) but, if using fossil methane, there will be no COx emissions. 112CO2 project aims at developing a low temperature MD catalyst, easy to regenerate and very active, > 0.45 gH2/gCat/h and stable for at least 10 000 h. 112CO2 proposes an innovative regeneration step based on the selective hydrogenation of the carbon attaching interface with the catalyst, allowing to release the coke particles and the recovery of the catalytic activity. Proponents succeed very recently to demonstrate, in a 500-h experiment, that this approach is possible and easily accomplishable. A membrane reactor, made of a stack of individual cells for producing hydrogen and a stack for pumping out this fuel cell grade hydrogen, will be developed for running at ca. 600 °C and to display > 0.05 gH2/cm3/h, an energy density comparable to the PEMFC. The proposed MD reactor is suitable for mobile as well as for stationary applications.112CO2 project proposes also an ambitious communication strategy, aim at to involve investors, existing companies, researchers, youngsters, undergraduate and graduate students for this new technology and engage them in the urgent energy decarbonization endeavour. | ||||||||
| 83572 | 945057 | AMHYCO | TOWARDS AN ENHANCED ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT OF THE HYDROGEN/CO COMBUSTION RISK | 2020-10-01 | 2025-03-31 | 2020-05-14 | H2020_newest | 4071051.25 | 3974402.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-Euratom | NFRP-2019-2020-02 | Combustible gases are one of the few elements that can really challenge the containment integrity. An appropriate management of the associated risk is paramount to avoid the potential release of large amounts of radioactive material to the environment. Surprisingly, the Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMGs) have not been updated according to the knowledge gained in the last decade and the database extension resulting from recent and ongoing projects. The AMHYCO project intends to respond to practical questions, such as the right timing and mode for actuation of containment safety systems (i.e., FCVS, sprays, fan coolers) to reduce as much as feasible the threat posed to containment integrity. To do so, all the available tools to enhance the present status (i.e., LP, 3D and CFD codes, together with experimentation and the best use of engineering judgement) are to be applied. Three specific objectives are set:• To improve the Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMGs) for both in-vessel and ex-vessel phases with respect to combustible gases risk management, using both numerical and experimental results.• To investigate experimentally phenomena that are difficult to predict numerically: H2/CO/H2O distribution and combustion and PARs behavior under realistic accidental conditions, taking into account the safety systems interaction.• To improve the predictability of the numerical tools – Lumped Parameter (LP), 3D containment and Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) codes – used for explosion hazard evaluation inside the reactor containment to gain relevance in supporting SAMGs design and development.The scope of this project is outlined by the most common reactor technology in the EU: PWRs. The whole project is structured in 7 WPs (coordination included) in which an entire WP is to be devoted to the enhancement of SAMGs. Finally, AMHYCO has received the NUGENIA label and 9 organizations have shown their interest with support letters . | ||||||||
| 83950 | 865985 | CLEANH2 | Chemical Engineering of Fused MetalloPorphyrins Thin Films for the Clean Production of Hydrogen | 2020-05-01 | 2025-04-30 | 2020-01-28 | H2020_newest | 1900711 | 1900711 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-COG | This project stands in the general context of the current worldwide energy and environmental crisis. It aims to engineer a new generation of conjugated microporous polymers based on fused metalloporphyrins for the low-cost, clean and efficient production of hydrogen from solar water splitting. The CLEANH2 concept relies on the gas phase reaction of metalloporphyrins to engineer new heterogeneous catalysts with remarkable hydrogen production yields. Metalloporphyrins, selected by Nature to fulfil the main catalytic phenomena allowing life, are attractive molecules for water splitting owing to their highly conjugated structure and central metal ion, which can readily interconvert between different oxidation states to accomplish oxidation and reduction reactions. For efficiency and sustainability considerations, it is highly desirable to employ metalloporphyrins in conductive assemblies for heterogeneous catalysis. Nevertheless, due to the lack of synthetic approach, the design and application of conjugated porphyrin assemblies is a largely unexplored topic in view of the plethora of available porphyrin patterns.The central idea of CLEANH2 builds upon our recent advance in the gas phase synthesis and deposition of directly fused metalloporphyrins coatings. Progress in our approach is expected to open the way for the construction of powerful catalytic and photocatalytic materials. To achieve this, the key challenging goals of this project are: 1) the engineering of the microstructure and electronic structure of directly fused metalloporphyrins thin films; 2) the use of the full potential of directly fused metalloporphyrins thin films for the unmet, clean and high quantum yield overall water splitting for hydrogen production. The outcomes of CLEANH2 will be foundational for the engineering of directly fused metalloporphyrins systems and their implementation in advanced technological applications related to catalysis and solar energy. | ||||||||
| 84297 | 852115 | EnTER | Enhanced Mass Transport in Electrochemical Systems for Renewable Fuels and Clean Water | 2020-02-01 | 2025-01-31 | 2019-09-24 | H2020_newest | 1500000 | 1500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-STG | To meet the growing demand for green energy carriers and clean water for the next decades, we can use the increasing supply of harvested solar and wind energy to synthesize fuels (hydrogen, syngas, ammonia, etc.) and clean water via electrochemical methods. Electrochemical methods have the advantage of single-step, energy-efficient and low-temperature conversion of chemicals. However, despite developments in electrocatalysts and system design in the past decade, none of the electrochemical methods has grown to a market-leading technology in the energy or water sector because of limitations in process intensification. A boost in electrical current density, without sacrificing energy efficiency, is required to allow large-scale deployment.This process intensification needs breaking three limitations in mass transport, at three different scales: 1) the diffusion boundary layer (microscale), 2) gas bubble interference (mm-scale) and 3) concentration gradients in the flow compartments bulk. This ERC project will use a multiscale approach to address these three mass transport limitations, and has the objective to understand and enhance mass transport using novel concepts. Diffusion limitations will be addressed via studying suspension electrodes, gas bubbles will be controlled while synergistically disturbing the diffusion boundary layer via pressure swing control, and reactor engineering concepts that are new to the field of electrochemistry are used to mitigate macro-scale concentration gradients. Water electrolysis, CO2 electrolysis and electrodialysis will be used as tool to evaluate these strategies, using fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) and micro particle image velocimetry (PIV) to observe the local environment at microscale within large-scale systems. This multiscale approach with in-situ measurements of local flow and concentrations will target the fundamental understanding and control of mass transport limitations for universal electrochemical conversion. | ||||||||
| 84395 | 849841 | REBOOT | Resource efficient bio-chemical production and waste treatment | 2020-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2019-09-18 | H2020_newest | 1494622 | 1494622 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-STG | The REBOOT project will create a disruptive wet waste valorisation technology where valuable resources are re-used rather than disposed of while tackling two urgent environmental challenges: nutrient circularity and climate change. Wastewater treatment sludge and manure treatment technologies are currently not satisfactory and there is no solution to efficiently re-use the resources it contains: phosphorous and carbon.The aim of REBOOT is to completely recover phosphorous from wastes while generating carbon neutral transportation fuels and a carbon sink in the form of carbon materials. The project will employ a frontier technology called hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) which uses high temperature and pressure to produce a liquid product similar to petroleum termed bio-crude. This will be used for a range of innovative applications such as renewable aviation fuel, functionalized carbon materials and bio-bitumen.The possibility of complete phosphorous recovery in HTL is a completely new concept, previously thought impossible as only continuous HTL reactors can theoretically achieve this. The complex hydrothermal chemistry of salts can only be exploited on such advanced reactors that are currently beyond state-of-the-art. The specific objectives of REBOOT are: (1) mechanistic understanding of salt behaviour in multi-phase hydrothermal systems with the aim of full recovery. (2) Develop tailored strategies for in-situ jet fuel synthesis. (3) Establish microbial electrolysis cells for in-situ hydrogen production and nutrient recovery.REBOOT will be carried out on pilot continuous reactors, where the challenging physical conditions can be explored, exploited and new engineering solutions developed. If REBOOT is successful it will enable society to tackle existing waste problems while recovering nutrients and producing renewable materials, replacing fossil derived ones; representing a revolutionary solution to wet waste management in the emerging circular bio-economy. | ||||||||
| 84590 | 832248 | SCIROCCO | Simulation and Control of Renewable COmbustion (SCIROCCO) | 2019-10-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2019-04-11 | H2020_newest | 2495335 | 2495335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2018-ADG | Most renewable energies can only be delivered intermittently. Without massive long-term storage capacities they will never provide 65 % of our energy mix by 2050, as required to limit global warming to 2°. Throughout this period and beyond, energy generation from combustion will remain a key component of this mix. SCIROCCO has two goals: (1) provide effective storage for renewable energies and (2) significantly improve existing combustion systems. Objective (1) is addressed by extending ‘Power to Gas (PtG)’ strategies, where excess electricity from renewable sources is converted into fuel, usually hydrogen (H2), which is easy to store over long periods and burn when power is needed. Objective (2) is addressed by burning the ‘renewable’ H2 in smart combustors with higher efficiencies and reduced emissions. Today, H2 is diluted in methane lines (‘drop-in’ strategy) to burn in existing devices. This strategy ignores the exceptional properties of H2, which burns and ignites faster than all other fuels. We will exploit these properties in new chambers that (1) burn H2 within a wide range of fossil fuel mixes and (2) use H2 as a powerful actuator to increase performance. Rather than diluting H2 in other fuels, we will inject H2 into the chamber separately. Research is needed to analyse the structure of these new dual-fuel flames that burn a fossil fuel and H2 simultaneously. This is a challenge for combustion science, requiring a re-think of chamber design and control. These fundamental issues will be addressed for two applications with fundamental societal impact: (1) laminar gas-burning flames (stoves, heaters) and (2) swirled liquid fuel turbulent flames (aerospace and power gas turbines). All cases will be studied experimentally (at IMFT) and numerically (with CERFACS simulation codes). SCIROCCO will develop fundamental knowledge on multi-fuel flames and have a direct societal impact as SCIROCCO burners will pave the way for smart combustors burning renewable H2 | ||||||||
| 84599 | 834134 | WATUSO | Water Forced in Hydrophobic Nano-Confinement: Tunable Solvent System | 2019-09-01 | 2025-06-30 | 2019-04-10 | H2020_newest | 2498750 | 2498750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2018-ADG | Water is the sustainable solvent of excellence but its high polarity limits the solubility of non-polar compounds. Confinement of water in hydrophobic pores alters its hydrogen bonding structure and related properties such as dielectric constant and solvation power. Whether this special state of confined water can be rendered useful in chemical processes is hitherto underexplored. The original idea of this project is to modulate water solvent properties through hydrophobic nano-confinement. Pressure is applied to force a heterogeneous mixture of poorly soluble molecules and water into hydrophobic nanopores of host material where the lowered polarity of water enhances dissolution. Decompression after reaction causes expulsion of the solution from the pores and spontaneous demixing of reaction products as water returns to its normal polar state.Temporary dissolution enhancement during confinement is expected to be advantageous to chemical reaction and molecular storage. Development of dedicated hydrophobic nanoporous materials and research methodologies providing in situ characterization of confined water, solutes and host material using NMR, EIS, DRS, X-ray and neutron scattering under static and dynamic conditions are key aspects of this project. Nano-confined water offers a potential alternative to compression for storing CH4 and H2 gas, and opens new opportunities for green chemistry such as aqueous phase hydrogenation reactions which benefit from enhanced hydrogen solubility.Unprecedented control in time and space over H2O solvation properties in a WATUSO system will enable new technologies with major scientific and societal impact. WATUSO will lead to new insights in water research and deliver new multi-diagnostic characterization tools. WATUSO could revolutionize chemical manufacturing and gas storage and the concept could spill over to many more solvent-based processes. WATUSO will contribute significantly to a greener, more sustainable chemical industry. | ||||||||
| 84854 | 819580 | BiocatSusChem | Biocatalysis for Sustainable Chemistry – Understanding Oxidation/Reduction of Small Molecules by Redox Metalloenzymes via a Suite of Steady State and Transient Infrared Electrochemical Methods | 2019-03-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2019-02-11 | H2020_newest | 1997286 | 1997286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2018-COG | Many significant global challenges in catalysis for energy and sustainable chemistry have already been solved in nature. Metalloenzymes within microorganisms catalyse the transformation of carbon dioxide into simple carbon building blocks or fuels, the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia under ambient conditions and the production and utilisation of dihydrogen. Catalytic sites for these reactions are necessarily based on metals that are abundant in the environment, including iron, nickel and molybdenum. However, attempts to generate biomimetic catalysts have largely failed to reproduce the high activity, stability and selectivity of enzymes. Proton and electron transfer and substrate binding are all finely choreographed, and we do not yet understand how this is achieved. This project develops a suite of new experimental infrared (IR) spectroscopy tools to probe and understand mechanisms of redox metalloenzymes in situ during electrochemically-controlled steady state turnover, and during electron-transfer-triggered transient studies. The ability of IR spectroscopy to report on the nature and strength of chemical bonds makes it ideally suited to follow the activation and transformation of small molecule reactants at metalloenzyme catalytic sites, binding of inhibitors, and protonation of specific sites. By extending to the far-IR, or introducing mid-IR-active probe amino acids, redox and structural changes in biological electron relay chains also become accessible. Taking as models the enzymes nitrogenase, hydrogenase, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase and formate dehydrogenase, the project sets out to establish a unified understanding of central concepts in small molecule activation in biology. It will reveal precise ways in which chemical events are coordinated inside complex multicentre metalloenzymes, propelling a new generation of bio-inspired catalysts and uncovering new chemistry of enzymes. | ||||||||
| 85176 | 805524 | BioInspired_SolarH2 | Engineering Bio-Inspired Systems for the Conversion of Solar Energy to Hydrogen | 2019-04-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2018-08-20 | H2020_newest | 1500000 | 1500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2018-STG | With this proposal, I aim to achieve the efficient conversion of solar energy to hydrogen. The overall objective is to engineer bio-inspired systems able to convert solar energy into a separation of charges and to construct devices by coupling these systems to catalysts in order to drive sustainable and effective water oxidation and hydrogen production.The global energy crisis requires an urgent solution, we must replace fossil fuels for a renewable energy source: Solar energy. However, the efficient and inexpensive conversion and storage of solar energy into fuel remains a fundamental challenge. Currently, solar-energy conversion devices suffer from energy losses mainly caused by disorder in the materials used. The solution to this problem is to learn from nature. In photosynthesis, the photosystem II reaction centre (PSII RC) is a pigment-protein complex able to overcome disorder and convert solar photons into a separation of charges with near 100% efficiency. Crucially, the generated charges have enough potential to drive water oxidation and hydrogen production. Previously, I have investigated the charge separation process in the PSII RC by a collection of spectroscopic techniques, which allowed me to formulate the design principles of photosynthetic charge separation, where coherence plays a crucial role. Here I will put these knowledge into action to design efficient and robust chromophore-protein assemblies for the collection and conversion of solar energy, employ organic chemistry and synthetic biology tools to construct these well defined and fully controllable assemblies, and apply a complete set of spectroscopic methods to investigate these engineered systems. Following the approach Understand, Engineer, Implement, I will create a new generation of bio-inspired devices based on abundant and biodegradable materials that will drive the transformation of solar energy and water into hydrogen, an energy-rich molecule that can be stored and transported. | ||||||||
| 85228 | 813748 | BIKE | Bimetallic catalyst knowledge-based development for energy applications | 2019-04-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2018-08-20 | H2020_newest | 3722680.8 | 3722680.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-ITN-2018 | BIKE (BImetallic catalysts Knowledge-based development for Energy applications) is a network for training of T-shaped young promising scientists (early stage researchers, ESRs), who will develop and apply, by an innovative “holistic” approach, the next generation of bimetallic catalysts for energy management, in particular for blue and green hydrogen production processes. BIKE next generation bimetallic catalysts will exhibit superior performance under realistic conditions thanks to the combination of state-of-the-art tools (predictive modelling, advanced characterization, knowledge based design and novel preparation of catalysts, and explorative testing) in a single methodology to fully exploit their added value in a synergistic way. The explosive growth of blue and green hydrogen production in recent years, due to its importance in environment and energy fields, has created a strong need of qualified personnel both in the private industry: a) manufacturing; b) R&D; c) management, and in the public sector i.e. (i) academia, (ii) research centres, including (iii) management. The goal of the BIKE ITN is to address this need by providing a team of 14 qualified ESRs with a comprehensive and application-oriented knowledge of the H2-field, able to span from preparation to characterization, modelling, industrial applications, and marketing of H2-related catalyst materials, and to interact with all the stakeholders working in the field. This goal is achieved by devising a cross sector, application-oriented, multi-disciplinary and synergic intense training plan at 12 European research centres leaders in the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) field, in academia and public research institutions (9) and industry (3), integrated with soft skills components, exchange meetings, workshops, schools, courses as appropriate to pursue the BIKE’s goal. Industrial members will strongly contribute to cross sector training and validation in industrial environment of BIKE bimetallic catalysts. | ||||||||
| 85658 | 779730 | TeacHy | Teaching Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Science and Engineering Across Europe within Horizon 2020 | 2017-11-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2017-12-15 | H2020_newest | 1248528.75 | 1248528.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04-3-2017 | As the FCHT industry gradually emerges into the markets, the need for trained staff becomes more pressing. TeacHy2020 specifically addresses the supply of undergraduate and graduate education (BEng/BSc, MEng/MSc, PhD etc.) in fuel cell and hydrogen technologies (FCHT) across Europe.TeacHy 2020 will take a lead in building a repository of university grade educational material, and design and run an MSc course in FCHT, accessible to students from all parts of Europe. To achieve this, the project has assembled a core group of highly experienced institutions working with a network of associate partners (universities, vocational training bodies, industry, and networks). TeacHy2020 offers these partners access to its educational material and the use of the MSc course modules available on the TeacHy2020 site. Any university being able to offer 20% of the course content locally, can draw on the other 80% to be supplied by the project.This will allow any institution to participate in this European initiative with a minimised local investment. TeacHy2020 will be offering solutions to accreditation and quality control of courses, and support student and industry staff mobility by giving access to placements. Schemes of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) will be integrated into the project activities. We expect a considerable leverage effect which will specifically enable countries with a notable lack of expertise, not only in Eastern Europe, to quickly be able to form a national body of experts.TeacHy will offer educational material for the general public (e.g. MOOC’s), build a business model to continue operations post-project, and as such act as a single-stop shop and representative for all matters of European university and vocational training in FCHT. The project partnership covers the prevalent languages and educational systems in Europe. The associated network has over 20 partners, including two IPHE countries, and a strong link to IPHE activities in education. | ||||||||
| 87156 | 880644 | FC-eCompressor | Commercialisation of a Novel and Efficient Air Compressor to Improve the Economic Viability of Hydrogen Fuel Cells | 2020-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2019-12-03 | H2020_newest | 1167900 | 817530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | Ongoing environmental and health concerns associated with the use of fossil fuels is driving demand for clean energy sources. For example, countries including China, the UK, Germany, India and France intend to ban new internal combustion vehicles within ~20 years. Battery powered electric vehicles have an important role to play, but they continue to be limited by range and charging time, so there is increasing interest in alternatives such as hydrogen fuel cells. It is predicted that by 2032, over 22 million fuel cells will be in operation. Fuel cells consume stored hydrogen and oxygen (from air) to produce electricity. Heat and water are the only by-products, so the technology is non-polluting at the point of use. However, fuel cells are still relatively expensive and a key way to reduce their cost is to supply air at higher pressure, using a compressor. This increases power output, allowing them to be made smaller and cheaper, but compressors can consume up to 40% of the energy produced by the fuel cell, so their efficiency is critical. Aeristech’s compressors operate much more efficiently, requiring 10-20% less power than competitive products. They are also up to 20% smaller and will operate continuously at high power for 4,000 hours without servicing. These unique advantages are creating enormous commercial interest.Our solution, FC-eCompressor, has been developed to prototype stage (TRL6) and we now need to optimise the technology for production and gain approvals for commercial supply. To achieve this, we must produce sample units that are manufactured using high-volume production techniques, but this is expensive and time-consuming. By overcoming this barrier, we will open-up market opportunities that will create at least 110 new jobs and generate over €65 million in cumulative revenue by 2025. | ||||||||
| 87169 | 101009244 | HYDROSIL | Making hydrogen easy to deliver | 2020-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2020-09-22 | H2020_newest | 1692875.71 | 1185013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3. | H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2020-4 | Hydrogen is an excellent energy vector with nearly 3 times more energy density by weight (120 MJ/kg) than gasoline. It plays a strategic role in energy transition, being essential to achieve the decarbonisation objectives. But the big challenge that hinders the deployment of hydrogen as a real solution for zero-emissions mobility is how to transport and storage big quantities in a safe and economic way.Our company HySiLabs has developed and patented an innovative hydrogen carrier called “HydroSil”, a liquid silicon hydride derivative, which is stable, non-toxic, non-explosive and non-dangerous. It enables to release hydrogen at the consumption site easily, on-demand and without any external energy input. Furthermore, it can be reused as many times as desired.HydroSil is aimed to big energy companies aiming to supply hydrogen to the market. This solution allows them to use the existing logistic infrastructure for fossil fuel, thus revolutionising the hydrogen delivery sector. Its high hydrogen content enables to transport 7 times more H2 per truck than with high-pressure H2 gas, drastically reducing the operational costs and the related emissions. Our innovation will have a disruptive impact in the mobility sector as it has the potential to remove the barriers that currently prevent a wide deployment of hydrogen-based applications by tackling safety, regulatory and supply chain issues. Moreover, HydroSil is a unique carbon-free solution, suitable for onboard applications in heavy mobility (trucks, trains, maritime, etc.).HySiLabs was created with the objective of developing and exploiting this new technology which is based in a recent scientific discovery. Properly industrialised, it has all the ingredients to become a game changer in hydrogen distribution industry, enabling the deployment of a hydrogen economy. With a business model based in revenues mainly from royalties and technical support, our baseline scenario foresees revenues over €82 million in 2030. | ||||||||
| 87206 | 968107 | MOBHYLE | Best-in-class low-cost mobile hydrogen refueller for a zero-emission transportation sector | 2021-04-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2021-02-03 | H2020_newest | 3547975 | 2478332.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | This proposal makes the case that if the EU wishes to accomplish a clean energy transition to achieve its sustainability goals, it will, inter alia, require hydrogen at large scale. Transportation is a major contributor to climate change, responsible for ~32% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.In transport, hydrogen is the most promising option for decarbonising trucks and buses; but the current prohibitive cost of refuelling infrastructure urgently calls for a paradigm shift in solution design. In response, NanoSUN has re-invented the hydrogen refuelling station to accelerate the adoption of hydrogen in transport, thereby helping to address at least four of the EU’s sustainability goals within the Green Deal.NanoSUN’s solution is called the Pioneer station. It addresses the bottlenecks in the adoption of hydrogen in key transportation sectors. It eliminates complex and costly onboard compressors, uses field-proven cascade technology and is built into standard shipping containers for mobility. It is half the costs of alternatives and highly scalable.The market opportunity for NanoSUN is ~€2.3 billion of refuelling equipment for every 1% of heavy-duty vehicles that switch to hydrogen fuel. The first 1% penetration is expected to be achieved by 2030, meaning that NanoSUN’s annual addressable market will reach €140 million by 2025 and increase quickly thereafter.NanoSUN will leverage first-mover and cost-leadership advantages in mobile refuelling to capture significant early share. We have demonstrated market demand through obtaining sponsorship from Shell and support from other fuel giants like Westfalen and BOC.NanoSUN needs the EIC funding to enable field trials across Europe, with potential customers, to demonstrate the benefits and accelerate the adoption of hydrogen in transport. We have a very strong team in place, with extensive expertise in industrial gases and fuel cells. | ||||||||
| 87235 | 826062 | M-H70 | M-H70 2.0 Hydrogen pressure gas regulators specifically designed for Fuel Cell Vehicles | 2018-08-01 | 2018-11-30 | 2018-07-20 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | Car pollution is one of the major causes of global warming. Therefore, there is an urgent demand for smarter and more sustainable automotive solutions. Alternative fuels for fossil fuels are the key solution. Among the alternative fuel, the hydrogen is the most affordable and environmentally friendly solution. Thereby, the improvement in the fuel cell stack is a must. Metatron is a leader company regarding components of alternative fuels such as pressure regulator for CNG and LNG. Currently, for the first time, hydrogen gas regulators are developing specifically for fuel cell vehicles at Metatron. The traditional H2 pressure regulators are designed for medical or chemical applications, and they have a single architecture using diaphragm technology. The innovative Metatron´s solution lies in an H2 pressure regulator designed exclusively for FCV with double stage architecture, piston technology and made of aluminium alloy which works at 700 barG. These unique features offer large mileage (up to 800 km), durability (15 years guarantee without maintenance), lightness (<1,8 kg), reliability (+/- 1 barG output pressure variation) and safety. M-H70 2.0 solution will benefit Auto OEMs specialized in FCV, H2 cylinder suppliers and fuel cell stack suppliers. Our close collaboration with some of the future customers i.e. BMW, Saic Motor or Sunrise Power, and the huge interest in our solution from Ford or Yutong reflect that M-H70 is extremely attractive to the target end-users. Within 5 years of its launch to the market, more than 40.000 units are expected to be sold, obtaining €9.9 million of accumulated profit and creating 12 jobs. In the future, a fuel line hydrogen pressure regulator will be developed and packaged in a compact and robust box ready to install in the fuel cell vehicle system. | ||||||||
| 87334 | 953629 | H2Engine | Sustainable. Clean. Uncompromising. The Internal Combustion Engine Becomes Green | 2020-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2020-07-07 | H2020_newest | 2191253.76 | 1533877.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | The combustion engine is the most widespread energy conversion machine and the most important drive system for vehicles, construction machinery, agricultural machinery and even ships. It is not replaceable as a form of drive. Especially for transport vehicles that have to carry heavy weights. As a result of that fact, the combustion of fossil fuels in engines generates 23% of the global CO2.With the EIC project, we want to make the combustion engine environmentally friendly and bring the KEYOU-inside- technology (TRL6) to the market. KEYOU-inside- are components that can be integrated into new or existing combustion engines and enables the engine to run on hydrogen. The product defines a leap in terms of current capabilities and qualities and addresses a gigantic market. Our starting market alone, the bus and truck industry, has a volume of €350 bn. In principle, our customers are all OEMs and end customers in the conversion business. We are open to manufacturers and therefore extremely scalable. In the future, even large generators, ship engines etc. can be made hydrogen capable with our system.Hydrogen combustion engines offer many advantages: the same availability and service life as Euro 6 vehicles, higher customer value than alternative drive concepts (payload, number of passengers, range), low susceptibility to maintenance and the existence of an service infrastructure.Although various manufacturers have recognised the potential of an H2engine, they have never been able to resolve the conflict between zero emissions, efficiency and economy. KEYOU can meet this demand: An emission-free vehicle that, in comparison to the Euro 6 vehicle, can be operated with high performance, customer benefit and at the same time with unchanged total costs. The technology is the key factor of KEYOU and leads to a significant growth in sales and employees (Target: 162.9 Mio by 2024) and to a zero reduction of CO2 emissions in mobility. KEYOU – emission-free technology. | ||||||||
| 87562 | 946903 | FLAMINCO | FLAmeless, affordable & high efficiency MIcro turbine system for sustainable residential COgeneration | 2020-04-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2020-03-19 | H2020_newest | 1923888.75 | 1346722.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | Over 25% of the primary energy in Europe is used for space and water heating in the residential sector. 85% of this energy is still produced from fossil fuels. In the context of urgent transition towards carbon-free energy, natural gas is greener than coal or oil, and carbon-neutral sources like biogas or renewable energy power-to-gas arise as promising options. At the same time, decentralized production presents advantages as heat is not wasted and there is no loss in the electricity transportation. Integrated into smart grids, decentralized productions increases the global efficiency of the energy production. FLAMINCO is an ultra-efficient gas heat pump consisting of an innovative micro combined heat and power –micro CHP- unit, a state-of-the-art heat pump and a condensing water boiler. It may be powered with natural gas, biogas or H2 and gas mixtures. It provides up to 135 kWth. A smart control system makes the three involved technologies always work in the most cost-efficient way, ending with a yearly average efficiency of 160%. This system is ready for integration into smart grids and considers temporary costs and carbon intensity of electricity to decide the working mode. FLAMINCO targets 15-20 apartment buildings. End-users may reduce gas use by 30%, what immediately translates into economic savings (4,600 €/yr) and CO2 reduction with a fast payback of just 4 years. Maintenance costs will also be much lower than other micro-CHP technologies based on combustion engines or fuel cells.We are MITIS, a Belgian high-tech start-up committed to the development of efficient and clean micro CHP systems. After having launched an outstanding heat exchanger and an innovative flameless combustion chamber, we are developing FLAMINCO. This will be our flagship and first mass market product. FLAMINCO will foster our business (we estimate 72.2M€ turnover in the 8th year of commercialization and 14 new jobs in the company (to add up to many other indirect jobs). | ||||||||
| 87813 | 826182 | COSMHYC XL | COmbined hybrid Solution of Metal HYdride and mechanical Compressors for eXtra Large scale hydrogen refuelling stations | 2019-01-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2018-12-03 | H2020_newest | 2749613.75 | 2749613.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-7-2018 | Hydrogen mobility is one of the most promising solutions for a sustainable energy transition in large-scale transport modes, including trucks, busses, trains and professional vehicle fleets. For these applications, a dedicated hydrogen refuelling infrastructure is necessary, including hydrogen compressors able to meet challenging constraints in terms of flow rate and availability. The COSMHYC XL project aims at developing an innovative compression solution for extra large hydrogen refuelling stations, based on the combination of a metal hydride compressor and a diaphragm compressor. The solution will be scalable and modular and will therefore be adapted to the diversity of large-scale mobility applications. The combination of both technologies will provide a cost efficient solution, by reducing both the investment and the maintenance costs. Thanks to significant research and innovation activities, from core materials and components to system integration, the new compression solution will contain no critical raw materials. The hydrogen flow rates will be drastically increased, as well as the overall compression ratio. In addition, the reliability and availability of hydrogen refuelling stations will be significantly improved. An innovative system integration concept will enable to optimise the thermal synergies between both compressors and lead to an improved electrical efficiency by more than 30%, thereby contributing to reduce the production costs of hydrogen and making it a competitive fuel for large-scale mobility. COSMHYC XL will include the development of a 1/10 scale prototype, and a long-term test phase of 6 months under real conditions. Techno-economic analysis will be performed and an advisory committee will support the partners to better understand the needs of the market. Extensive communication, dissemination and exploitation activities will take place and maximise the economic, environmental and societal impacts of the project. | ||||||||
| 87816 | 671463 | H2REF | DEVELOPMENT OF A COST EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE HYDROGEN FUEL CELL VEHICLE REFUELLING SYSTEM | 2015-09-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2015-07-27 | H2020_newest | 7127941.25 | 5968554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01.5-2014 | H2Ref addresses the compression and buffering function for the refuelling of 70 MPa passenger vehicles and encompasses all the necessary activities for advancing a novel hydraulics-based compression and buffering system that is very cost effective and reliable from TRL 3 (experimentally proven concept) to TRL 6 (technology demonstrated in relevant environment), thereby proving highly improved performance and reliability in accordance with the following targets that have been defined considering the intrinsic characteristics of this new solution:- Throughput: 70 MPa dispensing capacity of 6 to 15 vehicles per hour (i.e. 30 to 75 kg/hr) – depending on the inventory level in source storage of the compressed hydrogen – with a 75 kW power supply;- Robustness and Reliability: 10 years of operation without significant preventive maintenance requirement, demonstrated through intensive lab test simulating 20 refuellings per day during 10 years, i.e. 72,000 refuellings;- CAPEX: Manufacturing cost of 300 k€ for the compression and buffering module (CBM) assuming serial production (50 systems/yr). This level of cost for the CBM allows to target a cost of 450 k€ for the complete HRS (including pre-cooling and dispensing), assuming application of the optimized approaches for pre-cooling and dispensing control being developed in the HyTransfer project, far below the current HRS cost of approximately 900 k€;- Energy efficiency: average consumption for compression below 1.5 kWh/kg of dispensed hydrogen, i.e. 50% below the energy consumption of current systems, in fuelling stations supplied by trailers, which is and will likely remain the most common form of supply.The knowledge gained will allow subsequent development to focus on optimization of components, of design for manufacturing and maintenance, further demonstration, and the development of a product range for different refuelling station sizes, thus taking this innovation to the market. | ||||||||
| 87825 | 650937 | VEZ | VEZ | 2014-11-01 | 2015-08-31 | 2014-10-06 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | IT-1-2014-1 | “VEZ will be a zero emission boat for public transports in water cities, featuring mission and characteristics at least similar to the typical Venice ‘Vaporetto’, which can be considered a worldwide reference for public water transports. VEZ will be powered by a hybrid energy generation and management system based on hydrogen-air fuel cells, roof mounted PV cells and electric batteries, demonstrating the possibility of reaching “Zero emission” in boat services even in such stressing conditions as in the Venice canals. It will exploit the advances that the automotive industry drove on those technological areas, particularly in Europe. A few similarly powered boats exist for passengers’ transports but for broader harbour waters or rivers. VEZ will be innovative as it will be conceived and designed for narrow and highly congested waters, by a whole systems engineering approach, optimizing the power system to be managed efficiently under the frequent start and stop requirements deriving from regular line service in relatively narrow and congested canals, such as the Venice Grand Canal, with potential application also in other worldwide “”water cities””. The low wave making hull will be optimized vs. power system and payload layout, manoeuvrability and safety requirements. The vessel will be an improvement also from the comfort point of view by the lower noise obtained and the integrated heat pump air conditioning. Another innovation, from a large fleet perspective, will be the lightweight Aluminium made hull, for better material recyclability and accommodation of the heavier energy generation and storage system.Phase 1 will cover: State of the art and market analysis of zero emission passenger boats;Legal constraints, related to onboard fuel storage & handling;Concept design;VEZ functional and technical specification;VEZ lifecycle cost estimate;Phase 2 cost estimate (engineering and management, prototype construction, model test tank).” | ||||||||
| 88041 | 761676 | HYDRUS | high-pressure HYdrogen booster for DistRibUted small-medium refuelling Stations | 2017-02-01 | 2017-07-31 | 2017-01-17 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | SMEInst-10-2016-2017 | “The market of hydrogen refuelling stations is expected to thrive, with more than 400 stations by 2023 only in Germany. Hydrogen mobility is today the only reliable alternative to electric vehicles since it does not suffer the limits in autonomy and charging time affecting electric vehicles, opening promising perspective to decarbonise the transport mass-market.A widespread geographic coverage of the refuelling infrastructure is an unavoidable step to boost the hydrogen mobility, but the main bottleneck in the realization of this target is currently the high cost of refuelling stations. New cost-effective technologies for development of small-medium refuelling stations are eagerly demanded to give the initiative the proper initial sustainability.HYDRUS aims towards this direction, providing a breakthrough high-performance compressor and a flexible and modular architecture for the refuelling station enabling- to limit the initial costs of investments;- to scale the size of the infrastructure by later addition of new modules;- to increase the resilience, reliability and security of the refuelling infrastructure, by significantly reducing the size (or potentially avoid) of the high-pressure storage.The core of HYDRUS proposal is a “”Hydraulic driven intensifier”” booster, allowing- Compression capacity above 90 MPa to cope with the new fuelling protocols set by the SAE J2609 guideline;- High flow rate (200-600 Nm3/h) during refilling of vehicles to fulfil the customers’ expectations of fuelling time in 3-5 minutes.Our vision is to introduce a disruptive refuelling technology to make infrastructures more sustainable, safe and adaptable to evolving needs of H2 mobility.The feasibility study aims to assess the opportunities and risk, as well as to plan the activities necessary – To industrialize Hydrus booster- To validate the HYDRUS architecture refuelling infrastructure- To test the potential target market to achieve a successful business exploitation” | ||||||||
| 88083 | 757082 | Hydrogenlogistics | Enabling the Hydrogen Economy | 2017-02-01 | 2019-01-31 | 2017-02-26 | H2020_newest | 3260268.75 | 2282188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | SMEInst-10-2016-2017 | “Hydrogenious Technologies is a pioneer and global industry leader in the field of hydrogen storage and transportation in Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC). Hydrogen is a chemical energy carrier widely used in a range of industrial applications with large growth potential in the field of low-emission mobility and energy. However, due to the low density of hydrogen gas, storage and transportation of hydrogen using today’s technologies is technically challenging, inefficient and very expensive.Hydrogenious’ patented technology enables safe and cost-efficient high-density hydrogen storage in an easy-to-handle oil, thus eliminating the need for pressurized tanks for hydrogen storage and transportation. The LOHC used is non-toxic, almost inflammable, and offers a five-fold increase in storage capacity, compared with standard high pressure technology. LOHC will reduce the operating cost of hydrogen transport by up to 80% and open up new business opportunities for users. In the long term, LOHC technology will allow smart integration of renewable energy by enabling hydrogen mobility and sector coupling and will thus help decarbonize the world.Initially, Hydrogenious plans to focus on the market for hydrogen logistics, followed by the market for mobility refueling solutions (fuel cell vehicles). Hydrogenious’ technology has already attracted strong interest from a number of potential customers, including sales contracts worth ~1.5 Mio. € already signed. The goals of the Phase II project are to (i) develop a highly dynamic, fully automated hydrogen release system (the “”ReleaseBOX””), (ii) to reduce price, complexity and delivery time and (iii) to prepare commercial roll-out in key EU countries. Hydrogenious is targeting revenues in excess of €90m, with 235 employees, three years after completion of the project. The LOHC technology can be an important enabler for a strong European hydrogen economy and has the potential to create many thousands of indirect jobs. “ | ||||||||
| 88170 | 774512 | RGH2 OSOD system | OSOD – 1 step process hydrogen generator for highly efficient, safe and cost competitive production and storage of hydrogen | 2017-06-01 | 2017-11-30 | 2017-05-02 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SMEInst-09-2016-2017 | RGH2 engineering GmbH is a start-up company founded in January 2015 based in Graz, Austria. RGH2 focuses on the development of a decentralized, autonomous/remote-controlled, affordable and scalable system for hydrogen-production and hydrogen-storage/-supply, running on (bio)gas, the „OSOD On-Site On-Demand System“. RGH2’s mission is to make green hydrogen available everywhere, to everyone. The vision is to manufacture a competitive serial product for the world market on the premises in Graz, Austria. The overall objective of RGH2 is to boost the introduction of hydrogen as major source for clean energy by enabling the establishment of a hydrogen highway within Europe through the introduction of a new technology for hydrogen production and storage which is highly efficient, safe and cost competitive. RGH2 has developed a compact on-site on-demand (OSOD) hydrogen generator based on a ground breaking one step process technology. RGH2’s first product on the market will be a hydrogen generator and storage device in one single unit. With RGH2 technology, hydrogen is generated, stored and delivered locally. All that is needed is a source of biogas. The supplied starting material is converted into hydrogen and stored safely in a non-gaseous material. On request, the hydrogen is delivered as fuel in a hydrogen filling station, or used to produce heat and power (CHP plant). The OSOD system is scalable, which means it can be configured from small feed rates (size 1.2m*0.5m) to large units (40 feet standard size container) as needed. RGH2’s OSOD system has the potential to boost the expansion of the power to gas network in Europe and the associated combination of biogas plants, wind and solar energy. The OSOD system allows biogas to be converted into H2 and the storage of already produced H2. | ||||||||
| 88175 | 736351 | Demo4Grid | Demonstration of 4MW Pressurized Alkaline Electrolyser for Grid Balancing Services | 2017-03-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2016-12-09 | H2020_newest | 7736682.5 | 2932554.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-7-2016 | The main aim of project Demo4Grid is the commercial setup and demonstration of a technical solution utilizing “above state of the art” Pressurized Alkaline Electrolyser (PAE) technology for providing grid balancing services in real operational and market conditions. In order to validate existing significant differences in local market and grid requirements Demo4Grid has chosen to setup a demonstration site in Austria to demonstrate a viable business case for the operation of a large scale electrolyser adapted to specific local conditions that will be found throughout Europe.To achieve that, Demo4Grid will demonstrate at this demo site with particular needs for hydrogen as a means of harvesting RE production:I. a technical solution to meet all core requirements for providing grid balancing services with a large scale PAE in direct cooperation with grid operators,II. a market based solution to provide value added services and revenues for the operation strategy to achieve commercial success providing grid services and those profits obtained also from the hydrogen application.III. Aiming at the exploitation of the results after the project ends, Demo4Grid will assess the replicability and viability of various business cases Demo4Grid will be the decisive demonstration stage of previous FCH-JU projects related to the PAE addressed in this proposal. The first project ELYGRID (finished) and the following one ELYntegration (still ongoing) have provided promising results on the development of PAE to provide grid services operating under dynamic profiles (significant results will be shown in this proposal). | ||||||||
| 88224 | 761590 | DeLIVERS | Dual LIquid Vector for hydrogEn Refueling Station | 2017-03-01 | 2017-08-31 | 2017-02-06 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SMEInst-09-2016-2017 | HySiLabs is proposing a liquid fuel technology capable of producing hydrogen on-site and on-demand. The liquid fuel is stable, non-toxic, and non-explosive, and is therefore easy to transport and to store. Hydrogen is produced via a chemical reaction, in a reactor called a hydrogen generation unit, and consumed directly, thus removing the need to store the gas. The technology has already been implemented into several applications, including power for telecom towers and forklifts for material handling, and HySiLabs is now looking to extend the technology to hydrogen refueling stations for fuel cell electric vehicles. The technology is well-fitted for the hydrogen refueling station application because it circumvents any safety issues dealing with the transportation and on-site storage of high-pressure flammables. In addition, the hydrogen production occurs rapidly and spontaneously, with no energy input required, reducing the operating expenses linked to hydrogen production. | ||||||||
| 88237 | 671950 | HyBurn | New high temperature in-situ premix gas combustion systems for more efficient and cleaner combustion of hydrogen and lean gases | 2015-06-01 | 2015-11-30 | 2015-05-28 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SIE-01-2014-1 | The promeos innovation project “New in-situ premix gas burners” makes the combustion of difficult to handle gaseous fuels like hydrogen or hot gases more efficient, less polluting, less noisy, safer and more compact compared to state of the art burners, thus opening up new markets. Hydrogen or (lean) biogas mixtures, landfill gas or (pyrolysis) process gases today often need to be flared and are simply wasted. promeos is for the first time ever enabling the well controlled, more efficient and cleaner combustion of these fossil or renewable gaseous fuels, thus helping protect the climate.The new in-situ premix gas burners are targeted at global industrial markets worth billions of Euro, wherever high temperature heat is required and process gas – of any calorific value and composition – is available locally as a fuel. The in-situ premix gas burners can also be used in automotive or fuel cell applications.State of the art burners use either the diffusion or premix approach to mix fuel and air. Special or lean gases are typically handled more safely in diffusion type burners, at the cost of losing the better efficiency, higher safety and more compact design of the premix approach. The unique promeos porous burner in use since 2007 uses the conventional premix approach but as a volumetric burner. The NEW promeos in-situ premix burner is built on a new concept of micro premixing via a 3D-channel structure just before the flame front – an approach called MFT “mixing flame trap”. It is only with this approach that the system can burn special and lean gases in a more efficient and safer way. It is also capable of generating higher temperatures than catalytic burners, where the catalyst reduces the temperature at which the fuel starts to burn. The MFT component can only be manufactured at target costs by making use of a 3D-printing approach. | ||||||||
| 88240 | 683402 | SOLENCO | Market study for Solenco Power Box, a zero-carbon small-scale local energy storage product. Potential application as missing link in residential PV uptake (residential and commercial buildings) | 2015-07-01 | 2015-10-31 | 2015-06-19 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SIE-01-2015-1 | The SOLENCO POWER BOX TM (SPB) eliminates the uncertainty in supply and cost of energy for family homes and commercial buildings by using small-scale energy storage based on hydrogen technology, in combination with renewable energy sources (wind and solar PV). The SPBTM is a Decentralized Power Production & Storage Device and enables a shift in the energy model from central distribution to local generation and distribution while stabilizing the grid and hence enabling higher penetration (up to 100%) solar PV energy. The product enables EU households to be 100% independent from the grid and 100% independent from price fluctuations in fossil fuels. It is the missing link for mass uptake of residential PV solar and your insurance against rising energy prices.The goal of Phase 1 of the SME instrument is to define, prioritize, and validate the application, value proposition and target market(s) for the product to draft an elaborated Business and Financial Plan. The objective is to use this Business and Financial Plan to convince potential investors to invest additional equity capital in the SPBTM to fund the mass-production and mass-commercialization of the product. | ||||||||
| 88267 | 662683 | HighPower | High Efficiency Distributed Power Plant | 2015-02-01 | 2015-07-31 | 2015-01-23 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SIE-01-2014-1 | The EU is committed to lower its C02 emissions 80-95% by 2050. Current energy technologies do not enable to reach this goal. Today, in conventional power generation, electrical efficiency is around 15-45%. Convion will commercialize a small power plant for distributed power generation that reaches electrical-efficiency up to 70% (and above 90% in CHP mode).Convion´s power plant is based on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) technology that converts hydrocarbon and hydrogen fuels like biogas, natural gas, and hydrogen to heat and power without harmful emissions. Convion´s SOFC power plant enables to reduce greenhouse gases by more than 40-60% compared to conventional combustion process. In addition Convion´s innovation increases energy security for many EU regions and improves power stability for end-users like hospitals, data centres, production units and households.Convion is an established company at fuel cells market that combines more than 250 cumulative years of experience in SOFC systems development. Convion is dedicated to develop a state of the art exceeding SOFC stationary application in 50-300kW power range. Demand for high-efficiency power solutions is on the rise and fuel cells technology is seen as the backbone of the energy industry in the next decades. Market opportunity in Convion´s segment is estimated to reach over 1B € by 2020. H2020 SME-instrument is seen as a perfect match for Convion´s project objectives that could support the last product development phase and enable successful market introduction of the Convion SOFC power plant. In Phase-1 Convion will further develop company´s business model, customer strategy and marketing plan to take advantage of Convion´s strong position at distributed power generation market and achieve successful product commercialisation. Manufacturability study in Phase-1 is expected to lower the technology costs and make preparations for mass production. | ||||||||
| 88358 | 826215 | FLAGSHIPS | Clean waterborne transport in Europe | 2019-01-01 | 2025-03-31 | 2018-12-03 | H2020_newest | 6766811.83 | 4999978.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-2-2018 | The FLAGSHIPS project raises the readiness of zero-emission waterborne transport to an entirely new level by designing four and demonstrating two commercially operated hydrogen fuel cell vessels. The vessels include two design cases, pusher design and ferry design, and two demo cases, one in France (Paris) and one in Netherlands (Rotterdam). The Paris demo is a self-propelled barge operating as a goods transport vessel in city center of Paris, while the Rotterdam demo is a container vessel transporting goods between Rotterdam and Duisburg. For the demo vessel, a total of 1.6 MW of on-board fuel cell power will be installed, and 1.0 MW of this will be funded through FLAGSHIPS project. Both vessels will run on hydrogen produced via electrolysis powered by renewable electricity. Gaseous hydrogen will be used in the vessels’ on-board hydrogen storage. Both vessels will be approved for safety.The project will cooperate over a broad base to complete the required safety assessment and approval for the two vessels, by applying and further developing the existing regulations and codes. The ship owners expect to maintain the ships in normal commercial operation after the 18-month demonstration period of the project and to this end, a solid support from local end-users and community has been gathered. The project will reduce the capital cost of marine fuel cell power systems significantly by leveraging knowhow from existing on-shore and marine system integration activities. European supply chains for H2 fuel and FC system technologies are strengthened by networking through the project.The consortium includes 13 European partners, with three ship owners Norled (NO), Future Proof Shipping (NL) and CFT (FR) (assisted by its support companies Sogestion (FR) and Sogestran (FR)); and the maritime OEM, integrator and design companies ABB (FI), SEAM (NO) and LMG Marine (NO & FR). World-leading fuel cell technology is provided by Ballard Europe (DK) and vessel energy monitoring and management by Pers-EE (FR). Management and dissemination activities are provided by VTT (FI) and Maritime CleanTech (NO), respectively. | ||||||||
| 88359 | 779694 | HySTOC | Hydrogen Supply and Transportation using liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers | 2018-01-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2017-12-06 | H2020_newest | 2499921.25 | 2499921.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-6-2017 | Hydrogen is a versatile energy carrier that will allow the EU to accomplish its strategic targets of zero-emission mobility, integration of renewables and the decarbonisation of industry. However, its low density and explosive nature make hydrogen storage and transport technically challenging, inefficient and very expensive. The Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology enables safe and efficient high-density hydrogen storage in an easy-to-handle oil, thus eliminating the need for pressurized tanks for storage and transport. The HySTOC project will demonstrate LOHC-based distribution of high purity hydrogen (ISO 14687:2-2012) to a commercially operated hydrogen refueling station (HRS) in Voikoski, Finland, in an unprecedented field test. Dibenzyltoluene, the LOHC material used within HySTOC is not classified as a dangerous good, is hardly flammable and offers a five-fold increase in storage capacity compared with standard high pressure technology, leading to a transport cost reduction of up to 80%. HySTOC comprises 5 partners (including 2 SMEs, 1 industrial and 2 scientific partners) from 3 European countries (Finland, Germany, The Netherlands). The partners cover the whole value chain from basic research and testing (FAU & VTT) through core technology development (Hydrogenious Technologies and HyGear) to the end-user that will operate the LOHC-based hydrogen infrastructure (Woikoski). The comprehensive and complementary mixture of expertise and know-how provided by the consortium ensures not only an efficient realization of the technical and (pre )commercial objectives of the project, but also the subsequent dissemination and exploitation of the achieved results to maximize its impact within the consortium and the hydrogen market as a whole. In the long term, the LOHC technology developed within HySTOC will allow integration of renewable energy by making it available to hydrogen mobility in an easy-to-handle form and will thus help decarbonize the world. | ||||||||
| 88468 | 101007182 | SH2APED | STORAGE OF HYDROGEN: ALTERNATIVE PRESSURE ENCLOSURE DEVELOPMENT | 2021-01-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2020-12-17 | H2020_newest | 1993550 | 1993550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-1-2020 | The goal of the SH2APED project is to develop and test at TRL4 a conformable and cost-effective hydrogen 70 MPa storage system with increased efficiency and unprecedented safety performance. The innovative storage system is composed of the assembly of 9 tubular vessels fitting into a design space of 1800x1300x140 mm used for the battery pack. Fire resistance and mechanical robustness are drastically improved while the cost is decreased by 20% compared to the state-of-the-art Type IV tanks. This architecture allows a modular system configuration fitting into the flat space of light-duty car underbodies. All the vessel and the system elements are being manufactured using know-hows and high-throughput processes. Performance parameters and KPIs are monitoring in compliance with the current regulations, codes and standards (RCS) aiming the update of RCS by new knowledge and technological breakthroughs and simplification of certification. Economic assessment for industrial mass manufacturing is in line with the expectations of the automotive industry.The SH2APED consortium is a strong partnership of two industrials, one federal institute and one university. Optimum CPV – Plastic Omnium is the leader in hydrogen vessels fabrication for the automotive industry. Misal Srl is the highly skilled on mechanical components machining. BAM is the expert on safety and reliability of high-pressure composite cylinders. Ulster University is one of key providers of hydrogen safety research globally. In addition, a vital contribution to the project is expected from the Advisory Board comprising vehicle manufacturers including Daimler, Toyota, Audi, Geely, FIA, GreenGT. They will advise the project on the SH2APED system integration in light-duty fuel cell vehicles and validate the project results. | ||||||||
| 88469 | 779644 | TAHYA | TAnk HYdrogen Automotive | 2018-01-01 | 2021-06-30 | 2017-12-08 | H2020_newest | 3996943.75 | 3996943.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-3-2017 | “While automakers have demonstrated progress with prototypes and commercial vehicles traveling greater than 500 km on a single fill, this driving range must be achievable across different vehicle makes and models and without compromising customer expectations of space, performance, safety, or cost. The TAHYA project, mainly led by industrial partners -already involved in producing and manufacturing hydrogen solutions for the automotive and aviation industry-, will focus on the development of a complete, competitive and innovative European H2 storage system (a cylinder with a mounted On-Tank-Valve with all integrated functionalities) for automotive applications up-performing the actual Asian and US ones. The TAHYA consortium composed of Optimum CPV, Anleg, Raigi, Volkswagen, Chemnitz University of Technology, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, PolarixParner and Absiskey will ensure that the development phase of the storage system remain in line with the expectations (cost, performance and safety) required by the market, end users’ and car manufacturers.The key objectives of the TAHYA project are: OBJ#1: Preparatory work to provide a compatible H2 storage system with high performances, safe and Health Safety Environment responsible.OBJ#2: Provide a compatible H2 storage system with mass production and cost competitive.OBJ#3: Regulation Codes and Standards (RCS) activities to propose updates on GRT13 and EC79 according to tests results obtained over the duration of the project.” | ||||||||
| 88654 | 779430 | GRASSHOPPER | GRid ASsiSting modular HydrOgen Pem PowER plant | 2018-01-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2017-12-02 | H2020_newest | 4387063.75 | 4387063.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-7-2017 | The GRASSHOPPER project aims to create a next-generation MW-size Fuel Cell Power Plant unit (FCPP), which is more cost-effective and flexible in power output, accomplishing an estimated CAPEX below 1500 EUR/kWe at a yearly production rate of 25 MWe.Large MW size PEM FCPP have been demonstrated, such as in the DEMCOPEM-2MW project, however at too high Capex level and without dynamic operation features for grid support. Grasshopper tackles these issues enabling a controlled, renewables-based energy infrastructure.The power plant will be demonstrated in the field as 100 kW sub-module pilot plant, implementing newly developed stacks, MEA’s and BoP system components, combining benefits of coherent design integration.Cost and technical optimisation will be achieved with improvements targeting MEAs (increasing current density, active area, reducing material costs incl. Pt loading), stack design (increasing stack size, power density and operating pressures, while streamlining manufacturability) and overall system balance of plant (modular design, simplified header and manifolds for gas distribution, high efficiency PV inverters, using off-the-shelf equipment where possible).This unit will be operated continuously for 8 months in industrially-relevant environment for engaging grid support modulation as part of an established on-site Demand Side Management (DSM) programme.This consortium unites component suppliers (JMFC, NFCT), research institutions (ZBT, Polimi) and integrators (AI, INEA) who will partner with existing energy market stakeholders (DSO, TSO) and EU smart grid projects committed to participate as advisory board members. This collaboration maximises the business case value proposition, by ensuring the delivered technology will respond to grid services’ requirements for flexible dynamic power operation. Innovative DSM programmes will be completed to establish the best path forward for commercialization of the technology for a fast response FCPP. | ||||||||
| 88777 | 889190 | PRO-S | PRO-S: The first highly energy efficient and eco-friendly bio based-photovoltaic module that works without sunlight or battery consumption for Smart buildings | 2019-12-01 | 2020-04-30 | 2019-11-22 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | With the ever-increasing demand for energy, the search for alternative energy sources has increased. Solar energy is by far the most abundant form of renewable energy and has the potential to partially replace fossil fuels, but its mass adoption is hindered by its weather dependency, the cost of their energy storage systems and certain environmental concerns. PRO-S® is the first flexible, semitransparent and toxic-free photonanobiotech module that uses conductive small organic molecules (proteins from bacteriorhodopsin cultivation) to produce electricity. It is an outperformer for our target markets since: 1) it is the first product capable of generating electricity and store it as hydrogen upon needs, obtaining higher efficiency in cloudy and sunny days compared to standard PV (60% and 16%, respectively); 2) it has low maintenance costs and environmental impact since no batteries are needed and is 60% recyclable; 3) it is a low cost energy source since the manufacturing is cheap (30% lower than standard PV) and independent from market fluctuations; and 4) it can be easily integrated and customized to any size. Being our first opaque PV module currently market for parking meter and table boards (eboard), our next goal is to fully develop and market a more complex and semitransparent PRO-S® module for its application as solar panel for buldings and glass windows. We will take advantage of our current partners and distributor network (from previous product eboard) to successfully deploy our improved product into the construction and building market. We plan to conduct a Feasibility Study to analyze the technical, commercial and financial viability of our advance product PRO-S® to ensure its market deployment and uptake. We estimate to reach a turnover of €38 Mio and to create a total of 25 direct jobs -and 500+ indirect jobs- in 2024, with an NPV of €8.2 Mio. | ||||||||
| 88814 | 101006633 | FCH2RAIL | Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack for Rail Applications | 2021-01-01 | 2025-06-30 | 2020-12-10 | H2020_newest | 13378484.93 | 9999999.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-7-2020 | The main objective of the FCH2RAIL project is to develop, build, test, demonstrate and homologate a scalable, modular and multi-purpose Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack (FCHPP) applicable for different rail applications (multiple unit, mainline and shunting locomotives) also suitable to for retrofit existing electric and diesel trains, to reach TRL7.The project will start with a multi-country, multi railway-use-case analysis in order to derive requirements for the design, implementation and test of the FCHPP.Based on that the FCHPP will be designed and demonstrated in a retrofitted Bi-mode multiple unit that draws electricity from the catenary while operating on electrified sections and uses the FCH system as power source on non-electrified sections supported by an innovative train wide energy management system to minimise the energy and power consumption. In order to improve the energy efficiency of FCH traction systems, innovative on-board solutions are identified and benchmarked.The train demonstrator tests will be carried out cross-border in Portugal and Spain and homologation will be seeked for three EU countries.A systematic screening of H2 and rail related EU-wide normative and standard frameworks concerning gaps related to an EU-wide implementation of FCH Bi-mode trains will be carried out. These activities, closely interconnected to the design, testing and homologation of the FCHPP demonstrator train activities, will result in the proposition of changes to and active involvement in standardization and norming workgroups.An important aim of the FCH2RAIL project is to demonstrate the competitiveness of FCH against diesel trains. Therefore, project related KPI are collected and implemented to a LCC model which is applied to different rail sectors deriving cost reduction potentials.Dissemination will comprise the demonstration of the FCHPP and the train demonstrator complemented by intensive communication and publication activities. | ||||||||
| 88919 | 955286 | CHEK | deCarbonising sHipping by Enabling Key technology symbiosis on real vessel concept designs | 2021-06-01 | 2024-05-31 | 2021-03-26 | H2020_newest | 9999996.25 | 9999996.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | LC-MG-1-13-2020 | CHEK proposes to reach zero emission shipping by disrupting the way ships are designed and operated today. The project will develop and demonstrate two bespoke vessel designs – a wind energy optimised bulk carrier and a hydrogen powered cruise ship – equipped with an interdisciplinary combination of innovative technologies working in symbiosis to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 99%, achieve at least 50% energy savings and reduce black carbon emissions by over 95%. Rather than “stacking” novel technologies onto existing vessel designs, the consortium is proposing to develop a unique Future-Proof Vessel (FPV) Design Platform to ensure maximised symbiosis between the novel technologies proposed and taking into consideration the vessels’ real operational profiles (rather than just sea-trial performance). The FPV Platform will also serve as a basis for replicating the CHEK approach towards other vessel types such as tankers, container ships, general cargo ships and ferries. These jointly cover over 93% of the global shipping tonnage and are responsible for 85% of global GHG emissions from shipping.In order to achieve real-world impact and the decarbonisation of the global shipping fleet, the consortium will undertake an analysis of framework conditions influencing long-distance shipping today (including infrastructure availability) and propose solutions to ensure the proposed vessel designs can and will be deployed in reality. A Foresight Exercise will simulate the deployment of the CHEK innovations on the global shipping fleet with the aim of reaching the IMO’s goal of halving shipping emissions by 2050 and contributing to turning Europe into the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050 (as stipulated by the European Green Deal). A tailored communication and dissemination strategy led by the IMO-founded partner WMU will ensure appropriate involvement of stakeholders (e.g. MEPC, DG CLIMA, DG MOVE), including the engagement of the general public. | ||||||||
| 88949 | 946442 | Powerbox | Solar energy, 24 hours, year-round. On or off-grid. | 2020-04-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2020-03-23 | H2020_newest | 2793013.75 | 1955109.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | The hydrogen-based Solenco Powerbox allows solar or wind power to be privately stored for hours or months, allowing 24 hour, year-round renewable electric power and heat, independent of the power grid. Powerbox allows every home and business to cheaply store their own generated energy, with over 90% conversion efficiency, electric and heat storage. The Solenco Powerbox is a heavily-patented combination of an electrolyzer and a fuel cell in one unit. It transforms electricity into hydrogen, stores it indefinitely, then converts hydrogen back into electricity and/or heat, at minimal loss. Heat comes out as hot water at a rated temperature of 80°C. Unlike battery storage, the Powerbox stores heat as well as electricity. There is no degradation of conversion capacity over time – its working lifetime is over 30 years. Unlike natural gas storage, there is no need to draw on local underground storage capacity. Unlike hydroelectric power storage, there is no need for local mountains or lakes to be available. Unlike chemical storage, there is no hazardous storage, transport or disposal concern. Our method has zero carbon footprint and works anywhere, allowing homes and businesses to be heated and powered with intermittent solar and/or wind storage and even to feed excess power into local city grids as needed.Solenco will be powerful to commercialize, since it has comparable cost to existing inferior solutions, and has the fastest return on investment (<3 years) of any storage solution on the market. Powerbox is targeted at the EU-28 residential renewable energy market of €33.6B (2016), which continues to grow rapidly. Our founder has created hundreds of energy jobs in Europe.Solenco won the Hansa Green Tour Startup Challenge in 2018 and will earn 530,000 Euros in 2019. | ||||||||
| 89035 | 769417 | HySeas III | Realising the world’s first sea-going hydrogen-powered RoPax ferry and a business model for European islands | 2018-07-01 | 2022-06-30 | 2018-06-08 | H2020_newest | 10818910.83 | 7886390.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | MG-2.4-2017 | The HySeas III project will bring to market the world’s first zero emission, sea-going ferry that will be powered by hydrogen from renewable sources. It builds on the consortium experience, which previously developed the first diesel/electric hybrid ferry in 2013, and involves the leading European supplier of hydrogen fuel cell modules (Ballard Power Systems). The project will not only develop and validate this advanced ferry concept but a prototype version will be constructed and demonstrated in operational service with co-funding from the regional Government in Scotland (which will commission the building of the ferry). It will also demonstrate a novel circular economy model for the local production of hydrogen fuel that could transform the coastal and island economies around Europe. It will be implemented by eight complementary partners, from six countries (BE, DE, DK, FR, NO, UK), through seven interrelated work packages. These include the development and land-side testing of the complete drivetrain, integration within a new concept ferry design and monitoring of its performance in a real island-to-island environment (Orkney Islands). In addition, there will be a dedicated work package aimed at rapid exploitation based on evidence from the marine trials and an innovative business model to overcome the capital investment barriers to replication. The communication & dissemination work package will include engagement with potential follower regions across Europe and be led by the European Office of Interferry, which represents the worldwide ferry industry. Other relevant European associations and networks will participate in a ‘Stakeholder Advisory Group’ to ensure that the results are widely disseminated to all interested parties. | ||||||||
| 89036 | 101011053 | CRCP | First liquid tolerant Centric Reciprocating Compressor enabled to Pump (CRCP) | 2020-10-01 | 2023-02-28 | 2020-11-24 | H2020_newest | 3305875 | 2314112.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3. | H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2020-4 | Current technologies and products in wet gas compression processes have several deficiencies, most importantly related to existing compressors´ high energy consumption, large size, intolerance to handling liquid; and consequent low energy efficiency, potential erosion, and breakdown. These issues become even more complex in some of the challenging for compression industries such as hydrogen production where particularities of the gas are especially challenging to handle in robust, cost- and energy-efficient manner. In turn, limitations of current compression systems prevent the large-scale deployment of hydrogen technologies. OTECHOS liquid tolerant Centric Reciprocating Compressor enabled to Pump (CRCP) project aims to mature and commercialise our breakthrough innovative centric reciprocating compressor – first cost-efficient liquid tolerant compressor combined with pumping action that addresses all the shortcomings of the existing wet gas compression solutions. It is a third to half size smaller than other compressors currently on the market, does not require additional drying units, as well as oil- and valve-free. Additionally, CRCP is being able to operate low speed, securing robust operation, while requiring low maintenance and having a low footprint. CRCP offers to its customers the annual energy savings of minimum 30% and up to 45% less CO2 emissions and reduction of operating costs by 35% in comparison to competing solutions. In broader scale, commercialisation of CRCP will significantly contribute to the EU Green Deal 2030 targets on improving energy efficiency by 5 TWh by 2030 (0.5 % contribution to EU-wide 2030 target) and cutting in greenhouse emission by 4 million tonnes CO2-eq (0.2 % contribution to EU-wide 2030 target). As such, CRCP is the first energy- and cost-efficient compression solution to enable large-scale deployment of efficient and sustainable wet gas compression in industry. | ||||||||
| 89809 | 852208 | 123STABLE | Towards Nanostructured Electrocatalysts with Superior Stability | 2020-01-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2019-10-14 | H2020_newest | 1496750 | 1496750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-STG | In the last decades, significant progress has been made on understanding and controlling solid/liquid electrochemical interfaces at atomic levels. As the principles guiding the activity of electrochemical reactions are quite well established (structure-activity relationships), the fundamentals of stability are still poorly understood (structure-stability relationships). 123STABLE proposes to employ (1) identical location, (2) online monitoring and (3) modeling of noble metals based nanoparticles changes with the state-of-the-art electron microscopy equipment and online dissolution and evolution analytics using electrochemical flow cell coupled to online mass spectrometers. Projects unique methodology approach with picogram sensitivity levels, in combination with sub-atomic scale microscopy insights and simulations, promises novel atomistic insights into the corrosion and reconstruction of noble metals in electrochemical environments. This unique approach is based on observations of the same nanoparticles before and after electrochemical treatment where weak and stable atomic features and events can be recognized, followed, understood and finally utilized. Upon (1) doping, (2) decoration and/or (3) other synthetic modification of nanoparticles like a change in size and shape further stabilization is envisioned. For instance, blockage of nanoparticle vulnerable defected sites like steps or kinks by more noble metal could stop or significantly slow down their degradation. The 123STABLE project will feature platinum- and iridium-based nanostructures as a model system to introduce a unique “123” approach, as they still possess the best electrocatalytic properties for the future electrification of society through the Hydrogen economy. However, their electrochemical stability is still not sufficient. Coupled with the fact that their supply is hindered by extremely scarce, rare and uneven geological distribution, the increase in their stability is of immense importance. | ||||||||
| 90394 | 640988 | FLPower | Frustrated Power: Proton-Electrolyte-Membrane Hydrogen Fuel Cells Catalyzed by Frustrated Lewis Pairs | 2014-12-01 | 2015-11-30 | 2014-11-05 | H2020_newest | 149533.75 | 149533.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-PoC-2014 | Despite H2 fuel cell technology pre-dating the internal combustion engine the technology has not progressed much in 100 years. All hydrogen fuel cells use precious (rare and expensive) metal catalysts to oxidise H2, and reduce O2, such as Pt. These “precious” metals currently prevent the widespread use of fuel cells. The US Department of Energy has set a target of 0.125g of Pt / kW energy produced from fuel cells, and a total cost of $30 /kW. The current record stands at 0.2 g Pt/kW and a cost of $36/kW. The automotive industry requires the current Pt content of fuel cells to be reduced by 1/3 to become economically viable. Pt is a major cost component and is clearly a problem. This project develops a way to reduce Pt content of fuel cells by half – falling well below DoE targets and those of the automotive industry. We do this by replacing rare and expensive Pt metal used to oxidize H2 on 1 side of the fuel cell with molecular catalysts made of B, C, Cl, and F elements – cheap and abundant materials!The molecular catalysts that we have developed form “frustrated Lewis pairs” (FLP). A suitable Lewis acid and a Lewis base when combined form an FLP which can be used to heterolytically split H2. The resulting Lewis acid hydride is then oxidized at a carbon electrode, and the energetic driving force required to oxidise H2 into 2 H+ and 2e– is greatly reduced by as much as 610 mV (equivalent to catalyzing the reaction by 118 kJ mol-1) without using any Pt. This proposal seeks to build on this pioneering work. We have found that FLP reactions can occur at very electron deficient Lewis acids without needing a Lewis base! Instead we can use a common organic solvent, tetrahydrofuran, as the Lewis base, and form water tolerant Lewis acid catalysts, that cleave hydrogen in seconds on the same timescale as electrooxidation. This fund will allow us to develop aqueous FLP arylborane electrocatalysts and build prototype “frustrated fuel cells” as clean, cheap, energy devices. | ||||||||
| 90705 | 674440 | HyFast | HyFast – Fast hydrogen fueling and long range for fuel cell vehicles | 2015-06-01 | 2017-05-31 | 2015-05-19 | H2020_newest | 2856367.5 | 1999457.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SIE-01-2014 | The purpose of the HyFast project is to finalize development and conduct a test of a full-scale prototype for a new H2Station® product from H2 Logic. H2Station® is a Hydrogen Refueling Station that already today is providing fast 70MPa hydrogen fueling for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) from major car manufacturers.The new H2Station® technology has prior to the HyFast project reached a TRL5 level through extensive R&D for more than €3 million. This effort represents a “Phase 1” which has been conducted through several projects supported by national R&D programs and the European FCH-JU program. The HyFast project acts as the “Phase 2” where the H2Station® technology is to reach a TRL8 level enabling market introduction. The H2Station® technology is developed in collaboration with a EU supplier base of 73 companies from 10 countries. With HyFast the present EU supplier share of 62% of the cost basis of a H2Station® is to be increased to 80%. Additionally several key market stakeholders such as Toyota, BMW, Hyundai, Siemens and Shell will provide market input and serve as later market entry platforms. With the HyFast project capacity and performance is to be increased and cost reduced to a level that enables commencing of market introduction in Europe during 2017 and for USA and Japan during 2018-2019. HyFast is in particular to increase fueling capacity to a level that corresponds to what is achieved on an average gasoline dispenser. This will be paramount for achieving a profitable roll-out and operation of networks of hydrogen fueling stations. Further footprint of the technology is to be reduced to enable integration at conventional gasoline stations. HyFast is to achieve the EU FCH-JU program 2020 CAPEX target of €0.8 million for at turn-key hydrogen fueling station already by 2017. This will enable a supported station roll-out where public support levels required for a payback is within the funding levels of existing programs in EU, USA & Japan. | ||||||||
| 90868 | 756489 | COSMOS | Computational Simulations of MOFs for Gas Separations | 2017-10-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2017-09-08 | H2020_newest | 1500000 | 1500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2017-STG | Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are recently considered as new fascinating nanoporous materials. MOFs have very large surface areas, high porosities, various pore sizes/shapes, chemical functionalities and good thermal/chemical stabilities. These properties make MOFs highly promising for gas separation applications. Thousands of MOFs have been synthesized in the last decade. The large number of available MOFs creates excellent opportunities to develop energy-efficient gas separation technologies. On the other hand, it is very challenging to identify the best materials for each gas separation of interest. Considering the continuous rapid increase in the number of synthesized materials, it is practically not possible to test each MOF using purely experimental manners. Highly accurate computational methods are required to identify the most promising MOFs to direct experimental efforts, time and resources to those materials. In this project, I will build a complete MOF library and use molecular simulations to assess adsorption and diffusion properties of gas mixtures in MOFs. Results of simulations will be used to predict adsorbent and membrane properties of MOFs for scientifically and technologically important gas separation processes such as CO2/CH4 (natural gas purification), CO2/N2 (flue gas separation), CO2/H2, CH4/H2 and N2/H2 (hydrogen recovery). I will obtain the fundamental, atomic-level insights into the common features of the top-performing MOFs and establish structure-performance relations. These relations will be used as guidelines to computationally design new MOFs with outstanding separation performances for CO2 capture and H2 recovery. These new MOFs will be finally synthesized in the lab scale and tested as adsorbents and membranes under practical operating conditions for each gas separation of interest. Combining a multi-stage computational approach with experiments, this project will lead to novel, efficient gas separation technologies based on MOFs. | ||||||||
| 91460 | 736122 | COSMHYC | COmbined hybrid Solution of Multiple HYdrogen Compressors for decentralised energy storage and refuelling stations | 2017-01-01 | 2021-02-28 | 2016-12-13 | H2020_newest | 2496830 | 2496830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-8-2016 | The COSMHYC project aims at answering the needs identified by the MAWP of the FCH2 JU of increasing energy efficiency of hydrogen production while reducing operating and capital costs, in order to make hydrogen a competitive fuel for transport applications. COSMHYC will develop and test an innovative compression solution from 1 to 1000 based on a hybrid concept, combining a conventional compressor with an innovative compression technology. The aim is to reduce the overall compression costs, by reducing investments costs down to less than 2000 €/(kg*day), reducing energy consumption by optimizing the interactions between both compression technologies. Maintenance will be reduced to <50% compared to mechanical compressors and life time will be improved, by decreasing the degradation down to 1% per year, thanks to mechanical adjustments and the implementation of appropriate remote control devices and corrective algorithms. In addition, the system will be significantly less noisy than a mechanical compressor (less than 60 dB at 5 meters). LBST will perform an analysis of the market requirements and define the main critical parameters, which will be used as an input for the research and development activities. MAHYTEC, NEL and EIFER will develop and test both compressors, with a focus on thermal integration. The partners will jointly install, connect and test both components of the new compressor solution in two sites. At each stage of the developments and tests, the results will be used to perform a technical economic assessment of the solution compared to competitors with LBST. In parallel, Steinbeis 2i will accompany the partners in organizing and managing the communication around the project, disseminating the results and preparing their exploitation. | ||||||||
| 91934 | 694910 | INTENT | Structured Reactors with INTensified ENergy Transfer for Breakthrough Catalytic Technologies | 2016-11-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2016-08-04 | H2020_newest | 2484648.75 | 2484648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-ADG-2015 | Critically important heterogeneous catalytic reactions for energy conversion and chemicals production have been run for several decades in fixed bed reactors randomly packed with catalyst pellets, whose operation is intrinsically limited by slow heat removal/supply. There is urgent need for a new generation of process equipment and chemical reactors to address the current quest for process intensification. I propose that a game-changing alternative is provided by structured reactors wherein the catalyst is washcoated onto or packed into structured substrates, like honeycomb monoliths, open-cell foams or other cellular materials, fabricated with highly conductive metallic (Al, Cu) materials. The goal of this project is to fully elucidate fundamental and engineering properties of such novel conductive structured catalysts, investigate new concepts for their design, manufacturing, catalytic activation and operation (e.g. 3D printing, packed foams, energy supply by solar irradiation), and demonstrate their potential for a quantum leap in the intensification of three crucial catalytic processes for the production of energy vectors: i) distributed H2 generation via efficient small-size reformers; ii) conversion of syngas to clean synthetic fuels in compact (e.g. skid-mounted) reactors; iii) production of solar H2. To this purpose I will combine advanced CFD modelling with lab-scale experimentation in order to identify the optimal structure-performance relation of existing and novel substrates, use such new knowledge to design optimized prototypes, apply unconventional additive manufacturing technologies for their production, and construct a semi-industrial tubular pilot reactor to test them at a representative scale. The project results will enable novel reactor designs based on tuning geometry, materials and configurations of the conductive internals to match the activity – selectivity demands of specific process applications, while impacting also other research areas. | ||||||||
| 92322 | 945810 | EHSTACK | Lightweight, Compact and Low-Cost Hydrogen Fuel Cell | 2020-02-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2020-02-17 | H2020_newest | 2733750 | 1480000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | EH Group Engineering (EHG) aims to become a leading player in the emerging hydrogen economy. This is via the commercialisation of a low temperature fuel cell (FC) based on a radical new design and the development of a transformative manufacturing technique that dramatically reduces costs: -A uniquely simplified and re-designed FC stack at the micro level, making it significantly more compact, lightweight and efficient. It also simplifies the overall FC system architecture by reducing or eliminating auxiliary components, making it more efficient and cheaper. It delivers a power density of 1.5 times leading competitors’ products.-A completely new concept of fuel cell stack design and assembly with high micro precision, integrating proprietary machinery that will enable the production at scale of a 30kW stack in less than a minute at a cost of less than 100EUR/kW (currently over 1,000EUR/kW). Radical cost reduction in fuel cell by process innovation in production with a sharply lower capex.-Our FC technology can operate with minimal effects of gravity and in any orientation, making it a great candidate in the automotive sector as a power generator. EH Group is focused on B2B; equipment manufacturers purchasing our FC to integrate them into their product offerings. Two patents have been filed with further three planned for late 2019. Our leadership team combines more than 50+ years of collective expertise in the field of engineering, fuel cells, low/high temperature materials, institutional finance and entrepreneurship. The fuel cell market has been expanding at 25-40%p.a. in stationary and mobile applications, and is projected to reach 25bio USD by 2025. The electrification of heavy transport, such as buses, trucks and maritime vessels where batteries cannot compete on range, weight and refueling time are strong candidates for the deployment of our technology, as we forge towards the imperative of a low carbon future. | ||||||||
| 92646 | 665318 | HELENIC-REF | Hybrid Electric Energy Integrated Cluster concerning Renewable Fuels | 2015-06-01 | 2018-05-31 | 2015-05-26 | H2020_newest | 2578386 | 2578386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.2. | FETOPEN-RIA-2014-2015 | The targeted breakthrough of the HELENIC-REF project refers to the establishment of a new sustainable methodology for the water thermolysis at temperatures below 300oC and the immediate corresponding production of energy or fuels. The method is based on our preliminary experimental evidence of water thermolysis at 286oC in the presence of Fe3O4 nanoporous catalytic thick films, with the sustainable maintenance of the catalyst due to a new reduction method based on Lorentz force electrons generated by a magnetic field in the vicinity of the electric current heating the semiconducting catalyst. The method is used for the production of hydrogen and oxygen, as well as of fuels in the presence of CO2 in order to reduce CO2 to CO or even to hydrocarbons, (like Synthetic Natural Gas – SNG) via methanation. | ||||||||
| 92651 | 681146 | ULTRA-SOFC | Breaking the temperature limits of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Towards a new family of ultra-thin portable power sources | 2016-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2016-03-29 | H2020_newest | 1841387 | 1841387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-CoG-2015 | Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) are one of the most efficient and fuel flexible power generators. However, a great limitation on their applicability arises from temperature restrictions. Operation approaching room temperature (RT) is forbidden by the limited performance of known electrolytes and cathodes while typical high temperatures (HT) avoid their implementation in portable applications where quick start ups with low energy consumption are required. The ULTRASOFC project aims breaking these historical limits by taking advantage of the tremendous opportunities arising from novel fields in the domain of the nanoscale (nanoionics or nano photochemistry) and recent advances in the marriage between micro and nanotechnologies. From the required interdisciplinary approach, the ULTRASOFC project addresses materials challenges to (i) reduce the operation to RT and (ii) technological gaps to develop ultra-low-thermal mass structures able to reach high T with extremely low consumption and immediate start up. A unique μSOFC technology fully integrated in ultrathin silicon will be developed to allow operation with hydrogen at room temperature and based on hydrocarbons at high temperature. Stacking these μSOFCs will bring a new family of ultrathin power sources able to provide 100 mW at RT and 5W at high T in a size of a one-cent coin. A stand-alone device fuelled with methane at HT will be fabricated in the size of a dice.Apart from breaking the state-of-the-art of power portable generation, the ULTRASOFC project will cover the gap of knowledge existing for the migration of high T electrochemical devices to room temperature and MEMS to high T. Therefore, one should expect that ULTRASOFC will open up new horizons and opportunities for research in adjacent fields like electrochemical transducers or chemical sensors. Furthermore, new technological perspectives of integration of unconventional materials will allow exploring unknown devices and practical applications. | ||||||||
| 92886 | 899773 | NanoCPPs | Manufacture of nanostructured Conjugated Porous Polymers for energy applications | 2020-09-01 | 2022-02-28 | 2020-03-09 | H2020_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-POC | The world energy demand is continuously growing due to the increase of population. This has triggered the need of new technologies that allow the sustainability of the planet. In this sense, the search of novel materials that can be introduced in these new technological approaches is mandatory. In NanoCPPs project, the design, synthesis and scale up of nanoparticles based on Conjugated Porous Polymers (CPPs) will be performed. Advanced techniques will be applied to obtain processable CPPs as colloidal solutions in the multi-gram scale as precursors to prepare thin films. These conductive polymer thin films will be used in photoelectrochemical devices for artificial photosynthesis processes, including hydrogen production from water and CO2 reduction. NanoCPPs will address the two main drawbacks inherent to the CPPs synthetic process currently used. Firstly, the particle size control will be improved, which allows to tune the photo(electro)physical properties, in the same way as it happens with nanoparticles based on inorganic semiconductors. Secondly, NanoCPPs will also advance towards the formulation of optimum colloidal solutions of nanostructured CPPs that offers new opportunities to their processability, which is an outstanding issue for this kind of materials. The knowledge transfer plan will be based on a vendor IP strategy, in which target companies will be preferentially those dedicated to polymers manufacturing for advance applications and those dedicated to electrodes production at large scale. With this aim, a market and IP assessment as well as a pre-technology study will be performed in order to transfer NanoCPPs new technology to the market”. | ||||||||
| 93031 | 736683 | TCR | Feasibility Assessment on Thermal Catalytical Reforming | 2016-06-01 | 2016-10-31 | 2016-08-12 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.1.4. | SMEInst-03-2016-2017 | Thor Biocrude (Thor–NL) and Susteen Technologies (Susteen–D) are taking the next step in the development and roll-out of a novel and low-cost biomass waste-to-fuel technology platform called Thermal Catalytic Reforming (TCR). TCR is a biomass conversion technology that converts low value wet organics bio-waste into high value biocrude (TCR-oil), green hydrogen-rich bio-syngas, and solid bio-char, that can be processed to biofuels and biochemicals. In a preliminary project, the Thermal Catalytic Reforming (TCR) technology has been validated for 3 different municipal waste feedstocks: OWF (organic wet fraction of municipal solid waste), DIG (digestate from OWF) and PSS (primary sewage sludge). The TCR validation tests have shown proof of technology and economy, and all 3 feedstocks have been successfully converted from organic waste into valuable TCR components. Objectives of this Phase 1 proposal are to (1) explore new bio-based value chains, utilizing relevant bio-waste fractions for bio-product generation, and (2) elaborate a detailed business plan, including the assessment of the potential impact of the proposed value chains. | ||||||||
| 93083 | 684901 | Enerbox | Sustainable and Standalone Oxyhydrogen powered heat generator box | 2015-06-01 | 2015-09-30 | 2015-06-19 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SIE-01-2015-1 | INSEEF has worked for more than 100 clients in the farming and agriculture sector including pig, poultry and dairy farms of all sizes as well as mushroom growers among others, who have a high and uninterrupted energy need mainly for heating applications. Farms are often located in in remote rural areas, where electricity access can be difficult. Consequently, current biomass solutions that have not grid access operate with diesel generators, which can be costly to maintain (Minimum 250l/gasoil per /month plus maintenance costs, and rely on external diesel supplies that produce significant CO2 emissions (8,65 CO2/year versus 0,65 for Enerbox). As a result, a significant number of our clients have expressed interest in reliable, standalone and cost effective biomass energy generators. EU off grid rural agriculture and farms will be the primary market for Enerbox, targeting both new thermal energy installations as well as existing ones. Enerbox aim is to introduce a disruptive off-grid scalable solution to EU the biomass market, providing stable access to thermal energy supply, flatten input-costs and make the most of low value feedstock. It will be a competitive solution for (mostly) off-grid applications that require a reliable and clean source of thermal energy offering a low levelized cost of thermal energy. To reach this aim, Enerbox project integrates efficiently two complementary sources of renewable energy (PV and biomass)plus energy storage, to produce steady and reliable thermal energy, and with the inclusion of an H2 sub-system that incorporates an innovative process to enrich the thermal potential of the waste biomass energy by mixing it with auto-generated oxyhydrogen gas obtained from reverse electrolysis, all in a modular compact transportable solution. | ||||||||
| 95418 | 698374 | H2AD-aFDPI | H2AD – Innovative and scalable biotechnology using Microbial Fuel Cell and Anaerobic Digestion for the treatment of micro-scale industrial and agriculture effluents to recover energy from waste | 2015-11-01 | 2017-10-31 | 2015-10-27 | H2020_newest | 3054205.75 | 2137944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.1.4. | BIOTEC-5b-2015 | Lindhurst Innovation Engineering (LIE) have developed H2AD – a novel micro-scale technology for the rapid and safe disposal of organic effluent. A hybrid of microbial fuel cells (MFC) and conventional anaerobic digestion (AD), H2AD is based on a patented bioreactor and electrode architecture. H2AD enables a 10x reduction in the time required to reduce the organic content of waste, and recover the energy via conversion to a hydrogen/methane rich biogas. Effluent disposal has been identified by LIE as a key restriction on the productivity and profitability of the EU agri-food and drink processing industry (a-FDPI), which is the largest EU manufacturing industry but includes 271,000 micro and small enterprises (µSE). No viable micro-scale technology currently exists for disposal of effluents from µSE, or is able to recover energy from these waste volumes. However, currently at TRL6/7 through extensive testing on cattle slurry, H2AD can also directly address the challenge of waste management in the a-FDPI, recovering some of the 288TWh of potential energy lost in effluent from the EU a-FDPI annually.The overall aim of the Phase 2 project is to undertake the experimental development and field trials required to confirm predicted H2AD performance/payback for new feedstocks, derived from the a-FDPI. LIE seek to prove commercial viability for efficient removal of organic content from key process waste streams; slurry; and post-AD liquors, with biogas utilisation strategies for optimum payback. The project seeks to develop sensing for automated/remote control of system operation and optimised biogas yields through process performance. Strong collaboration with EU industrial and academic bodies directly open opportunities for the placement of 600 units in the a-FDPI, as well as a further 14,000 applications in primary agriculture and waste management, in line with LIE’s commercial strategy for H2AD to address the €34 billion global market for waste-to-energy equipment. | ||||||||
| 95435 | 671459 | BIONICO | BIOgas membrane reformer for deceNtralIzed hydrogen produCtiOn | 2015-09-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2015-07-13 | H2020_newest | 3396640 | 3147640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.2-2014 | BIONICO will develop, build and demonstrate at a real biogas plant (TRL6) a novel reactor concept integrating H2 production and separation in a single vessel. The hydrogen production capacity will be of 100 kg/day.By using the novel intensified reactor, direct conversion of biogas to pure hydrogen is achieved in a single step, which results in an increase of the overall efficiency and strong decrease of volumes and auxiliary heat management units. The BIONICO process will demonstrate to achieve an overall efficiency up to 72% thanks to the process intensification. In particular, by integrating the separation of hydrogen in situ during the reforming reaction, the methane in the biogas will be converted to hydrogen at a much lower temperature compared with a conventional system, due to the shifting effect on the equilibrium conversion.The fluidization of the catalyst makes also possible to (i) overcome problems with temperature control (formation of hotspots or too low temperature), (ii) to operate with smaller particles while still maintaining very low pressure drops and (iii) to overcome any concentration polarization issue associated with more conventional fixed bed membrane reactors. Dedicated tests with different biogas composition will be carried out to show the flexibility of the process with respect to the feedstock type.Compared with any other membrane reactor project in the past, BIONICO will demonstrate the membrane reactor at a much larger scale, so that more than 100 membranes will be implemented in a single fluidized bed membrane reactor, making BIONICO’sIn this way a more easy operation can be carried out so that a stable pure hydrogen production can be achieved. BIONICO project is based upon knowledge and experience directly gained in three granted projects: ReforCELL, FERRET and FluidCELL. | ||||||||
| 96312 | 966654 | StableCat | Assessing the Technical and Business Feasibility of Highly-active and Stable Intermetallic Pt-alloy Catalysts for Application in PEMFCs | 2021-03-01 | 2023-02-28 | 2021-02-03 | H2020_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2020-POC | Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are crucial in the race towards cutting the greenhouse gas emissions – covering 90.7% of total fuel cell market share already in 2018. PEMFCs as a zero-carbon technology converts hydrogen, as a fuel, and oxygen from the air into clean electricity, with water being the only by-product. In doing so, the catalyst material plays a crucial role. Currently, the most promising strategy is to use scarce and expensive platinum (Pt) in the form of carbon-supported nanoparticles (NPs) that are alloyed with a less expensive metal M (e.g. M = Ni, Co or Cu; Pt-M/C). However, current commercial catalyst solutions cannot yet combine the ‘three-pillars’ within the same material – (i) high electrochemically active surface area (ECSA), (ii) high catalytic activity and (iii) high stability. Thus, the StableCat project addresses the pressing need for the improvements of commercial catalysts by obtaining atomic-scale structural understanding. A unique methodological approach developed in project ERC StG 123STABLE resulted in a novel synthesis strategy that, for the first time, combines all three-pillars within the same catalyst material, and will pave the innovative way as an enabler for mass commercialisation of PEMFC technology. Our investigation revealed that 123STABLE catalysts exhibit up to 40% increase in ECSA, a 2-3 fold increase in catalytic activity, as well as an intermetallic crystal structure with increased stability towards corrosion. In addition, the new synthesis approach has also revealed significant potential at reducing the amount of Pt in PEMFCs (50% reduction possible already today). The goal of StableCat is to conduct technical and business activities necessary to enter the commercialisation phase, preferably in a form of a Spin-out company. | ||||||||
| 96381 | 764203 | watersplit | Producing hydrogen by water splitting | 2017-07-01 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-06-14 | H2020_newest | 150000 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2017-PoC | This proposal describes a plan to prove the role of electrons’ spin in the photocatalyzed oxidation of water; reaction of two water molecules to form two hydrogen molecules and a single oxygen molecule in its triplet ground state. We found that the catalyst performance is affected by its chiral symmetry, or lack thereof. It is well known that the electrochemical and photoelectrochemical splitting of water requires a high overpotential and that it can be changed by the choice of catalyst; however, the origin of the overpotential was not fully understood. In addition, the artificial water splitting reaction is commonly hampered by the production of hydrogen peroxide, which reduces the hydrogen yield and acts as a strong oxidation agent that can damage the electrochemical cell. The proposed studies will build on our new results which suggest that the chirality of the photoanode material can reduce the overpotential for water splitting and enhance the reaction rate. We found that spin-polarized current causes a spin correlation between the two OH intermediates in the reaction. This spin correlation could both suppress production of hydrogen peroxide and enhance the formation rate of oxygen molecules in the triplet state, improving water splitting efficiency. This proposal describes a program in which we intend to build upon our finding from our research performed in the framework of our ERC project, and to prove the concept of spin controlled water splitting and thereby produce an efficient hydrogen producing cell. | ||||||||
| 96383 | 826968 | HyLYZER | Industrial electrolyser for large-scale on-site renewable hydrogen production for manufacturing industry | 2018-08-01 | 2018-11-30 | 2018-07-31 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | Currently, Europe is undergoing the first stages of an enormous energy transition looking to decarbonize industrial processes, driven by the binding agreements reached at the COP21 meeting in Paris in 2015 to stop global warming. This new energy paradigm will require a major contribution from renewable hydrogen to be successful. Industries such as steel making, fertilizer production, chemical and petrochemical refining or glass making, already use hydrogen as feedstock or high heat for various ends. However, most of the production processes involve carbon-based energy sources and are highly polluting, contributing abundantly to global GHG emissions. Overall, industry was responsible of over 25% of the GHG emissions in Europe in 2015. The use of renewable hydrogen could reduce 20% of global CO2 emissions by 2050. In Hydrogenics, we have developed HyLYZER, an innovative industrial scale electrolyser, based on PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) technology, that generates on-site clean high purity hydrogen with zero-emissions from renewable energy sources at unmatched efficiency: 85% average at stack level. Our solution’s impact in the reduction of GHG emission can be quantified as 1ton of H2 abating 10tons of CO2. We are a global leader provider of hydrogen solutions, with several market products for various ends and a solid reputation in the H2 industry. We have invested 19years of R&D in PEM electrolysis to develop HyLYZER. We aim to carry out a Feasibility Study to plan the best commercial strategy for our project and plan the industrial scale-up required to increase production from demo plant to commercial sales, as well as to confirm the alignment of our project, HyLYZER, with the market needs through strategic partnerships. In five years from project completion, we expect that Hydrogenics HyLYZER project brings us a Return of Investment of €4,56 per euro invested in this project. | ||||||||
| 96392 | 700300 | GrInHy | Green Industrial Hydrogen via Reversible High-Temperature Electrolysis | 2016-03-01 | 2019-02-28 | 2016-03-18 | H2020_newest | 4498150 | 4498150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.4-2015 | High-temperature electrolysis (HT electrolysis) is one of the most promising technologies to address the European Commission´s Roadmap to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050. Because a significant share of the energy input is provided in the form of heat, HT electrolysis achieves higher electrical system efficiency compared to low temperature electrolysis technologies. Therefore, the main objectives of the GrInHy project focus on:• Proof of reaching an overall electrical efficiency of at least 80 %LHV (ca. 95 %HHV);• Scaling-up the SOEC unit to a DC power input (stack level) of 120 kWel;• Reaching a lifetime of greater 10,000 h with a degradation rate below 1 %/1,000 h;• Integration and operation for at least 7,000 h meeting the hydrogen quality standards of the steel industry;Additional project objectives are:• Elaboration of an Exploitation Roadmap for cost reducing measures;• Development of dependable system cost data;• Integration of a reversible operation mode (fuel cell mode);The objectives are congruent with the call FCH-02.4-2015 and the Multi Annual Work Plan of the FCH JU.The proof-of-concept will take place in the relevant environment of an integrated iron and steel works. Its existing infrastructure and metallurgical processes, which provide the necessary waste heat, increase the project´s cost-effectiveness and minimize the electrical power demand of auxiliaries. As a result, the electrical efficiency of 80 % will be achieved by operating the HT electrolyser close to the thermal-neutral operation point. The installation will consist of an optimized multi-stack module design with 6 stacks modules in parallel (total capacity: 120 kWel). The last project year is dedicated to the testing of 7,000 h and more. This will be achieved due to a high degree of existing knowledge at system level. Lifetime and degradation targets have already been fulfilled at cell level and will be verified by testing an enhanced stack. | ||||||||
| 96393 | 761377 | H2MOVE | Hydrogen generator for higher fuel efficiency and lower carbon emissions in maritime transport | 2017-02-01 | 2017-05-31 | 2017-02-04 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | SMEInst-10-2016-2017 | Global marine shipping, which transports around 90% of world trade, emits around 1000 Mt of CO2 annually and is responsible for about 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions which is comparable to a major national economy such as the UK, Germany or South Korea. As seaborne trade is predicted to increase by 70% until 2030, and shipping emissions are predicted to increase between 50%-250%, innovation in technology is needed to reduce carbon footprint of vessels.Aris Pump Ltd. developed H2MOVE, safe small foot-print hydrogen generator to be installed into engines of marine vessels to significantly improve performances, delivering 35% less air pollution, 30% better fuel efficiency and consequently 30% fuel cost saving with a safe hydrogen technology.The feasibility assessment will concentrate on preparing a pilot in the segment of marine engine applications, improving the electrolysis technology and validating the scale-up strategy of the H2MOVE engine. Phase 1 will develop the IP management strategy for EU and worldwide commercialization, prepare financial projections and assess sale agreements on global scale. A key activity will be identifying and discussing commercial partnerships with selected marine engine manufacturers, to reach target users i.e. vessel owners or operators. | ||||||||
| 96396 | 807685 | MEMBRASENZ | Breakthrough of Hydrogen Energy and Hydrogen Mobility by Utilisation of MEMBRASENZ Membranes | 2018-02-01 | 2018-07-31 | 2018-01-31 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.1.2. | SMEInst-02-2016-2017 | Advanced material for separating hydrogen (H2) and oxygen, during H2 production in alkaline electrolysers, has been developed by the Start-up company MEMBRASENZ. Taking into account the relevance of H2 as a future energy career in providing green, CO2-free energy supply for industrial, domestic use and mobility applications, this invention possesses the potential to contribute solving the future European/global energy challenges. The target customers of the innovative membrane material are worldwide manufacturers of alkaline electrolysers. Ten companies have already, with a Letter-of- Intent, expressed their interest in installing the patented MEMBRASENZ membranes in their systems. The State-of-the-Art membranes available on the market, Zirfon® (AGFA), possess shortcomings, which are limiting the expansion of the alkaline water electrolysis for H2 production. The prototype membrane (TRL 7) developed by MEMBRASENZ surpasses the performance of the competitor on the market. Ionic conductivity, thermal and mechanical resistivity of MEMBRASENZ prototype membranes are significantly higher compared to the State-of-the-Art membrane. These improvements lead to increased efficiency of the electrolysis process when using MEMBRASENZ membranes and would enable the reduction of the H2 price.The assessment of the suitable technology for the prototype up-scale in industrial conditions (wet and dry impregnation trials), assessment of the EU, CH and USA market, IP protection strategy, as well as the elaboration of a feasibility report with a business plan, are defined as the objectives of the feasibility study. To attain the main objectives of the overall innovation project i.e. launch of the pilot and mass membrane production, market entry with the membrane product and business growth accompanied with hiring personnel, MEMBRASENZ intends to also apply for Phase 2. The outcome for the EU and society will be the breakthrough of CO2-free hydrogen technologies. | ||||||||
| 96415 | 641415 | BlueStep | Blue Combustion for the Storage of Green Electrical Power | 2015-03-01 | 2016-08-31 | 2014-11-25 | H2020_newest | 150000 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-PoC-2014 | The detrimental consequences of global warming and the scarceness of fossil energy resources make an increasing use of renewable energy sources imperative. However, the inherent volatility of most of these energy sources requires both the installation of fast fossil backup power and large amounts of storage capacity. In the ERC funded project GREENEST the fundamentals of an ultra-wet gas turbine cycle are developed. In the proposed project BlueStep : Blue Combustion for the Storage of Green Electrical Power, the idea of ultra-wet combustion is extended towards the demonstration of a very effective and clean energy storage and conversion technology. Excess renewable electrical energy is utilized in a high pressure electrolysis process to produce hydrogen and oxygen. Both gases are stored at high pressure and their combustion, referred to as blue combustion, can be directly incorporated in existing base load steam power plants, resulting in the BlueStep cycle. Combustion takes place in the steam cycle of the plant and the exhaust gases consist solely of steam that can further expand in the remaining stages of the closed steam cycle. Depending on the mode of application, the power output of the plant and the efficiency of the cycle can be enhanced significantly. The proposed BlueStep cycle outclasses competing technologies in terms of efficiency, flexibility, space requirements, and investment costs. In a highly conservative market sector the proposed technology offers an economical and efficient method to realize extensive energy storage. The proposal comprises two key aspects: (1) the demonstration of diluted hydrogen-oxygen combustion under engine conditions to prove the technical feasibility of the technique to future customers; and (2) the development of a thorough business plan for the construction and operation of a full scale BlueStep energy storage plant to show the high economic potential of the concept to future investors. | ||||||||
| 96416 | 899412 | HyCat | In-situ fabricated hydrogen evolution catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis | 2020-12-01 | 2022-05-31 | 2020-01-15 | H2020_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-POC | Hydrogen could replace fossil fuels, and electrolytic water splitting using renewable energy sources is a promising way to obtain it. The most active hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts to date are platinum group metals (PGM), mainly Pt and its alloys, deposited onto a carbon support. Pt is however costly and the catalysts degrade over time, due to aggregation of metal nanoparticles over the support. Also, no valuable contenders to Pt group metals have been identified for the alkaline HER. To address these issues, we propose to focus again on PGM based catalysts, but with solutions that reduce the amount of noble metal and that ensure catalyst stability by preventing aggregation. In our recently completed ERC project TRANS-NANO, we have prepared a highly active and stable HER catalyst, composed of a nanostructured Cu-Pt porous layer, directly grown onto a Ti current collector by in-situ slow electrodeposition of Pt. This catalyst delivers high hydrogen evolution current and outperforms the benchmark Pt/C in terms of activity at high overpotentials, and solves the most critical issue of Pt/C: its low long-term stability under operational conditions. Our catalyst can achieve the same performances of the Pt/C catalyst, but with a much lower Pt loading. For Ru, the process delivers a Cu-Ru/Ti catalyst with even better performance than the Cu-Pt/Ti system. In this POC project, we will upscale the production of Cu-Pt and Cu-Ru catalysts, starting from large area Ti substrates. Their HER activity will be tested under industrially relevant conditions. Such electrode architecture will enable the fabrication of high-performance alkaline water electrolysers for large-scale applications. Our team is best suited to take this challenge, having a consolidated expertise in developing nanoscale materials and catalysts, and in their exploitation for both oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions. The proposal envisages a strong collaboration with the industry sector. | ||||||||
| 96419 | 826350 | GrInHy2.0 | Green Industrial Hydrogen via steam electrolysis | 2019-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2018-12-12 | H2020_newest | 5882492.5 | 3999993.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-2-2018 | The European Commission and its roadmap for moving towards a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050 sets greenhouse gas emissions targets for different economic sectors . One of the main challenges of transforming Europe´s economy will be the integration of highly volatile renewable energy sources (RES). Especially hydrogen produced from RES will have a major part in decarbonizing the industry, transport and energy sector – as feedstock, fuel and/or energy storage.However, access to renewable electricity will also be a limiting factor in the future and energy efficient technologies the key. Due to a significant energy input in form of steam preferably from industrial waste heat, Steam Electrolysis (StE) based on Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC) achieves outstanding electrical efficiencies of up to 84 %el,LHV. Thus, StE is a very promising technology to produce hydrogen most energy efficiently. GrInHy2.0 will demonstrate how steam electrolysis in an industrial relevant size can:• Be integrated into the industrial environment at an integrated iron-and-steel works with a StE unit of 720 kWAC and electrical efficiency of up to 84 %el, LHV• Operate at least 13,000 hours with a proved availability of >95 %• Provide a significant amount of hydrogen (18 kg/h) while meeting the high-quality standards for steel annealing processes • Produce at least 100 tons of green hydrogen at a targeted price of 7 €/kg to substitute hydrogen based on fossil fuels • Support the most promising Carbon Direct Avoidance (CDA) approach by substituting the reducing agent carbon by green hydrogen to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the steel productionIn context with the production of green hydrogen from a steam electrolyser, the steel industry combines both hydrogen and oxygen demand – today and future – and the availability of cost-efficient waste heat from its high-temperature production processes. | ||||||||
| 96426 | 700359 | ELY4OFF | PEM ElectroLYsers FOR operation with OFFgrid renewable installations | 2016-04-01 | 2019-09-30 | 2016-03-31 | H2020_newest | 2315217.5 | 2315217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.1-2015 | Hydrogen production by PEM water electrolysers (PEMWE) has the potential of becoming a key enabling technology in the deployment of FCH technologies in the future energy market as an energy storage system able to deliver hydrogen to different applications and enabling a high penetration of renewable energy sources (RES). PEMWE has showed capabilities in the emerging hydrogen scenarios to be a valid alternative to previously developed technologies, especially considering the dynamic and versatile operation expected of hydrogen production methods when integrated with RES.Despite the advances and improvements experienced to date with these systems, the technology needs to be further improved if it is to be installed as a competitive solution for energy markets and even more so in the case of off-grid configurations due to their particularities. The development of an autonomous off-grid electrolysers as an energy storage or backup solution (e.g. replacing diesel engines) is an unusual and challenging goal because it needs to have the capability of being directly coupled to RES in locations where the electricity grid is not deployed or weak.The main goal of the ELY4OFF proposal is the development and demonstration of an autonomous off-grid electrolysis system linked to renewable energy sources, including the essential overarching communication and control system for optimising the overall efficiency when integrated in a real installation | ||||||||
| 96427 | 866581 | MHS | Metal Hydrides Hydrogen Storage | 2019-05-01 | 2019-08-31 | 2019-04-23 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, which can be easily generated by electrolysis and combusted to generate energy without emissions.But the storage of hydrogen is today very dangerous (explosive when mixed with air) and costly, due to large storage tanks needed for sufficient energy capacity and due to energy intensive processes (compression, liquefaction, etc.) to store hydrogen in compressed or liquid form.Metal Hydrides Hydrogen Storage System or MHS is the 100% safe and first economically feasible technology to store hydrogen in forms of metal hydrides.Today it is only a prototype, but tomorrow it will store the hydrogen energy for an infinite number of applications: first to buildings, then on medium/long term to power generators, to produce synthetic fuels, industrial plants and for hydrogen fuel cell cars. | ||||||||
| 96447 | 664719 | HYDRER | A Solar-Powered Hydrolyzer | 2015-05-01 | 2016-10-31 | 2015-04-29 | H2020_newest | 150000 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-PoC-2014 | We aim to determine the technical and economic viability of a novel water electrolyzer technology based in inexpensive catalysts from transition metal coordination polymers. Industrial water electrolyzers currently need the use of corrosive alkaline electrolytes or expensive noble-metal catalysts to reach reasonable efficiencies. Because of this, they cannot compete with low cost hydrogen production using fossil fuels through steam reforming. We have discovered that coordination polymers of earth-abundant metals are active water oxidation catalyst, competitive, fast and more robust than the best heterogeneous catalyst ever reported, able to reach over one million cycles working at neutral pH and ambient conditions. This suggests that our catalysts could be the basis of an efficient and affordable electrolyzer able to function using natural waters. The simplicity of operation and the inexpensive construction materials suggest that this new electrolyzer technology could have good market penetration. We expect to reach high efficiency and low costs for hydrogen production by combining this electrolyzer with a commercially available photovoltaic cell. The results will be analyzed and compared to current electrolyzers and hydrogen production technologies to further assess its viability and identify its competitive advantages. This electrolyzer technology will be protected (IP) and, if the results are positive, targeted to market. | ||||||||
| 96494 | 825117 | PECREGEN | Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production from H2S in a Regenerative Scrubber | 2019-01-01 | 2020-06-30 | 2018-09-06 | H2020_newest | 150000 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2018-PoC | Commercialization of photoelectrochemical cells for solar hydrogen production from water is challenging due to the competitive low cost of hydrogen derived from natural gas. Renewable (solar-derived) hydrogen from alternative sources with more favorable economics is therefore being explored. Currently, caustic scrubbers for H2S abatement from sour gas and wastewater produce NaHS, a hazardous commodity chemical that is produced in the Kraft process, to produce wood pulp from wood for the production of paper, tissues, cardboard, and similar end products. However, due to large transport distances between H2S sources and paper mills, oversupply of NaHS, or impurities in the NaHS, there are many scrubbers that produce a large excess of waste NaHS. To address this economic pain point, we have invented a regenerator system that uses a photoelectrochemical cell to split NaHS, producing saleable high-value commodity sulfur and renewably-derived hydrogen gas, while regenerating the NaOH so that it can be re-used for H2S adsorption. Our photoelectrochemical regeneration system uses sunlight to produce hydrogen from waste H2S using less than a third the energy that is required for H2O splitting, while simultaneously removing a hazardous caustic waste stream from the environment. For this project, we will build a proof-of-concept regenerator system that can be integrated into a regenerative scrubber prototype. This will accomplish three goals: Production of renewable hydrogen potentially using 1/3rd the energy of water splitting; Reduce the need for caustic scrubbers to continue to buy NaOH by regenerating it from NaHS; Eliminate waste NaHS economically by turning it into hydrogen fuel and non-hazardous sulfur. Intellectual property will be developed, and an analysis of end-user pain points and product-market fit will be accomplished by combining data from customer interviews, technical reports, and economic forecasts. | ||||||||
| 96510 | 727606 | HYMEFCECS | Hydrogen production by membrane free chemical – electrochemical systems | 2017-06-01 | 2018-11-30 | 2017-04-06 | H2020_newest | 150000 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-PoC-2016 | Until recently it was believed to be impossible to produce hydrogen through water electrolysis systems, without an electrochemical oxygen production process and without a membrane. However, in the past few years, our team was able to develop a new technological configuration which divides the water splitting process into two phases : (1) an efficient electrochemical hydrogen production followed by a (2) spontaneous chemical oxygen production phase. By eliminating the inefficient electrochemical water oxidation reaction (OER) we achieve a significant increase in hydrogen production efficiency. Furthermore, reducing the danger of mixing hydrogen and oxygen eliminates the need for a membrane. A membrane-free system enables high pressure hydrogen production without the risk of gas mixture or membrane failure. Moreover, as the membrane failure is the main cause for malfunctions and offline times of alkaline and PEM electrolyzer, our technology improves system reliability and energy efficiency.The purpose of this PoC is to further develop our basic lab prototype to demonstrate two potential commercial applications:(1)Power to Gas (P2G) storage of renewable energy (demonstrating the ability to produce hydrogen with high efficiency and under high peaks) and (2) On-site hydrogen production for hydrogen refuelling stations (demonstrating purity and durability under high-pressure). Furthermore, HYMEFCECS, will include an in-depth user requirements analysis (combining business, economic and technical inputs); devising a proper business model and business plan per two target markets, financial forecasting, Intellectual Property and an Investor Toolkit. | ||||||||
| 96743 | 101038048 | AdIrCAT | Atomically dispersed iridium catalysts for efficient and durable proton exchange membrane water electrolysis | 2021-12-01 | 2023-11-30 | 2021-11-08 | H2020_newest | 159815.04 | 159815.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.4. | WF-03-2020 | The “green hydrogen” produced by water electrolysis using renewable energy as power input will play a vital role in the decarbonization of various sectors, particularly the heavy industry and freight road transport where electrification is impossible or too costly. Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) is a very promising low-temperature technology, and has a number of advantages over the conventional alkaline water electrolysis. However, the usage of precious and scarce noble metal iridium (Ir) to catalyze the thermodynamically and kinetically demanding oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is indispensable to achieve decent electrolysis performance. To enable widespread deployment of PEM electrolyzers and make electrolyzed hydrogen fuel economically competitive, the utilization of Ir in electrolyzers must be reduced without comprising the catalytic performance for the OER. The AdIrCAT project aims at developing the emerging atomically dispersed Ir catalysts, which will maximize the utilization of Ir and meanwhile improve the mass activity of Ir catalysts by a factor of at least 5. Moreover, a method will be developed that potentially allows for upscale production of atomically dispersed Ir catalysts. The catalysts will be accessed not only in the half-cell configuration but also in membrane electrode assemblies under industry-relevant conditions in collaboration with a company where the applicant will have her secondment. The applicant and host group have complementary expertise that can be transferred to each other. The host institution will offer the applicant a range of training to enhance her competences and skills in terms of proposal preparation, project management, leadership, and science communications. Successful implementation of this project will help the applicant reach her professional maturity and remarkably enhance her future career prospects as a female scientist, leading her to find a tenure-track position after the Fellowship. | ||||||||
| 96837 | 682383 | HyBurn | Enabling Hydrogen-enriched burner technology for gas turbines through advanced measurement and simulation | 2016-06-01 | 2022-05-31 | 2016-05-17 | H2020_newest | 1996135.01 | 1996135.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-CoG-2015 | A major impediment to the economic viability of carbon-free renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power is an inability to effectively utilize the power they generate if it is not immediately needed. One option to address this is to use excess generator capacity during off-peak demand periods to produce hydrogen (H2), a high energy-content, carbon-free fuel that can be mixed with natural gas and distributed to end-users via existing natural gas pipeline infrastructure, where its energy content is recovered via combustion in conventional gas-turbine (GT) power plants. H2-enrichment, however, dramatically alters the combustion dynamics of natural-gas and its effect on turbulent flame dynamics, combustion stability and pollutant formation in GT combustors is not well enough understood today for this scenario to be safely implemented with existing power plants.The objective of this study is to facilitate Europe’s transition to a reliable and cost-effective energy system based on carbon-free renewable power generation. It will accomplish this by developing advanced laser measurement techniques for use in high-pressure combustion test facilities and using them to acquire the data necessary to develop robust predictive analysis tools for hydrogen-enriched natural gas combustor technology. This data will analyzed in close collaboration with the simulation and modelling teams and used to rigorously test and validate combustion models and predictive analysis tools currently under development. | ||||||||
| 96951 | 775296 | HoxyTronic | Fuel savings and emissions reduction technology | 2017-05-01 | 2017-10-31 | 2017-04-20 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | SMEInst-10-2016-2017 | Hoxy Tronic Ltd aim to commercialise HoxyTronicTM, a retro-fit device capable of controlling the amperage of Oxyhydrogen into the engine, enabling optimal fuel savings and reductions in NOx and particulate matter emissions. With an average automobile age of 9.7 years in Europe, the system has been designed to be easily retro-fit to engines of all ages, for use in both the automotive and shipping sectors. HoxyTronicTM helps to meet EU regulations surrounding pollutants such as CO2, NOx and particulate matter, with the technology already showing a 7-10% fuel saving, measured at 60mph. In addition, a reduction of NOx and particulate matter of 50-80% depending on the engine type, size and fuel type used has already been achieved through testing via an independent third party.With demonstrations validating the technology at TRL 6, the objective of the Phase 1 feasibility study is to allow Hoxy Tronic to compare the technical work already undertaken, with a clear exploitation plan and strategy. During this feasibility study risk evaluation, focused market studies, intellectual property assessment and business planning will be completed in order to launch HoxyTronicTM into the market.The product will be initially launched into the automotive industry, with the long term goal of also entering the shipping sector. Current estimates show there are approximately 260 million automobiles on the roads in Europe, representing a vast market in which to the HoxyTronicTM system is suitable for. Current projections for Hoxy Tronic show the commercialisation of the system will create €7.25 million turnover and 14 new jobs directly within the company by 2024. We predict this will translate into a cumulative profit of €2.5 million over 5 years.We strongly believe that the SME Instrument will significantly aid the commercialisation of HoxyTronicTM and reduce the time needed to enter the market. | ||||||||
| 97027 | 806083 | FUELSAVE | FS MARINE+: Hydrogen syngas injection unit for ships to save fuel and cut emissions | 2018-05-01 | 2020-10-31 | 2018-04-11 | H2020_newest | 2287250 | 1601075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SMEInst-09-2016-2017 | FS MARINE+ is the world’s first hydrogen-powered engine assistant unit for ships. The patented hydrogen generator produces a proprietary synthetic gas that is injected into a ship’s engines to significantly improve combustion efficiency.FS MARINE+ has been proven to reduce net fuel consumption by at least 10%, cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 10%, cut nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions by at least 50%, and save at least 33% on engine maintenance costs.The customizable unit can be installed on any vessel, and the cost amortized within three years. This makes FS MARINE+ the most viable technology for overcoming the shipping sector’s environmental and economic challenges. Regulations require ships to reduce CO2 by 10% every five years. Struggling operators must cut fuel costs, which make up 50-60% of expenses.For an average ship, FS MARINE+ will save €2.9M in fuel and maintenance costs and prevent 19,200 tonnes of CO2 over 10 years. The company offers ROI-based pricing and build-lease-transfer options to make it accessible even for cash-restricted shipping companies.As a pioneering technology innovation, FS MARINE+ has no direct competition and is protected by two patents. Indirect competition comes from energy efficiency and pollution abatement methods that have inferior outcomes.There are 50,442 seagoing vessels worldwide, and 16,500 inland vessels registered in Europe. 50% are viable for FS MARINE+. This creates a total reachable market size of €28.1 billion. The company aims to sell 379 units and earn €181M in revenue by 2021. Demand and willingness to pay have been demonstrated through pre-commercial test and sales agreements from 11 shipping companies with a combined fleet of 159 vessels.FS MARINE+ is the innovation of FUELSAVE GmbH, a German engineering company founded in 2012. It is now applying for Horizon 2020 Phase 2 to commercialize and roll out its beneficial innovation across European markets. | ||||||||
| 97256 | 101014935 | PINTA3 | IP1 Traction TD1– Phase 3 and HVAC TD8 | 2020-12-01 | 2023-05-31 | 2020-12-16 | H2020_newest | 0 | 8583803.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | S2R-CFM-IP1-01-2020 | This proposal has been developed as the last phase of the work which will be developed within the Technical Demonstrators Traction (TD1.1) and HVAC (TD1.8) during the implementation of Shift2Rail.It takes place after PINTA2 and PIVOT-2.The ultimate goals of TD Traction and TD HVAC are, from one side to bring to the market a new generation of traction drive equipment and, on the other side, to develop Green house gases free HVAC.The proposal PINTA3 addresses the topic S2R-CFM-IP1-01-2020 Demonstrators for the next generation of traction systems including Silicon Carbide semi-conductor based Tractions systems demonstrations on trains, wheel-motor demonstration on High Speed Train, smart maintenance, virtual validation and eco-friendly Heating, Ventilation Air conditioning and Cooling (HVAC) and research on battery and hydrogen powered regional trains.This proposal has been developed to tackle the three main challenges related to Traction systems , HVAC and future decarbonised trains highlighted in the Call text: master technology breakthroughs, contributions to the implementation of new methodologies, tools, norms and standards, demonstrate environment friendly HVAC and improve the Shift2Rail Key Performance Indicators like Life Cycle Cost and reliability.PINTA3 will continue and extend the development of the work, mainly in terms of manufacturing and validation of the prototypes solutions on trains (up to TRL7), which has been initiated within PINTA2 and PIVOT-2.The same as PINTA2 high quality and experienced project coordination and management with defined roles will ensure the successful timely deliveries.This proposal addresses the topic S2R-CFM-IP1-01-2020 on Traction and HVAC. | ||||||||
| 97319 | 849068 | MFreePEC | Controlled Growth of Lightweight Metal-Free Materials for Photoelectrochemical Cells | 2020-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2019-09-18 | H2020_newest | 1495850 | 1495850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-STG | One of the most promising future sources of alternative energy involves photoelectrochemical cells (PECs) that can convert sunlight and water directly to clean hydrogen fuel. Up to now, the PEC field has been dominated mostly by metal-based materials and despite the progress in this field, semiconductors that fulfil all the stringent requirements as PEC semiconductors do not exist today and novel materials are still much sought after. Thus, the development of suitable semiconductor materials will be a game changer, allowing PECs to fulfil their role in the energy-devices landscape. The aim of this project is to introduce a new class of metal-free materials that are particularly suitable as semiconductors in PECs through the development of new strategies for the controlled synthesis and growth of metal-free materials on various substrates, ranging from carbon nitride to nitrogen-doped carbon and new carbon-nitrogen-phosphorus/boron/sulfur materials (referred as CNXs, X = P, B or S). Central to this goal is the understanding of the growth mechanism of CNX layers from the molecular level, which will in turn permit the rational design of synthesis and deposition methods. More specifically, we will (i) develop effective deposition pathways of CNXs on substrates with controlled properties, (ii) understand the factors that determine the CNX layer properties and, from this, (iii) control CNXs properties such as band gap, exciton lifetime, crystallinity, porosity, and electronic structure, with the aim of improving their photoelectrochemical activity through rational design of the synthetic parameters. This highly interdisciplinary proposal combines materials science, photoelectrochemistry and supramolecular chemistry. It will open up new opportunities in these fields, in particular in the synthesis and deposition of metal-free materials, and it will significantly accelerate the integration of lightweight materials into energy–conversion and other devices. | ||||||||
| 97694 | 836514 | Hydrogreen | Towards local circular economy: biomass-based pyrogasification process for the production of green hydrogen | 2018-11-01 | 2019-02-28 | 2018-12-04 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | Hydrogen is meant to be one of the most important renewable energy sources of the future since it is a flexible energy carrier that will facilitate significant reductions in energy-related CO2 emissions, what would favour to meet requirements of EU energy policies and fight against climate change. However, it is necessary to overcome infrastructure challenges and high productive cost to achieve a competitive alternative to other renewable energies. T’AIR ENERGIES is a French SME which aims at bringing to market an innovative energetic model where the local biomass and waste are valorised to produce and distribute green hydrogen for mobility (fuel cell electric cars), energy (electricity/gas) and industrial applications. Our innovative solution, called Hydrogreen, is a pyrogasification-based process where biomass (wood, wood waste, straw) is converted, with optimum efficiency, into energetic hydrogen and decarbonated CO2. Our methodology proposes an integral process based on the valorisation of locally available material and agricultural surpluses through a decentralized process that guarantees huge savings in terms of logistical costs (-66%) for the system’s inputs. In addition, thanks to the optimization of the resources used and the introduction of waste/products at the end of their life in the productive cycle, it is fully aligned with the principles of the circular economy. Finally, the distribution of H2, in which the traditional service stations are complemented with a personalized system where our logistics partners directly transport the fuel to the end users, solves a key mobility bottleneck, further boosting the growth of the number of vehicles based on clean hydrogen energy. As Hydrogreen will enable us to offer green hydrogen to local actors at a competitive price below €7/kg, we expect, after 5 years of exploitation to reach €25 million revenues, with 4 industrial sites commissioned and +88 new employees. | ||||||||
| 97794 | 728225 | Safe Hydrogen Fuel | Safe Hydrogen-On-Demand Fuel for E-Vehicles | 2016-07-01 | 2016-09-30 | 2016-06-01 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | SMEInst-10-2016-2017 | “Hydrogen fuel-cells are increasingly used as a clean and silent power generator for applications in different markets including transport. However, a prime barrier for mass fuel-cell adoption is the notorious and hazard quality of Hydrogen, which makes it unsafe, difficult to handle and store, and as a result expensive. Terragenic makes safe Hydrogen available for consumer markets thanks to its ground breaking technology. Our T-Fuel™ is rich in Hydrogen while being safe, green and cost competitive. Our Hydrogen-on-demand solution accelerates the adoption of Hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles and e-bikes, and thus the replacement of polluting fossil fuel based vehicles with clean and silent Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicles (“”FCEV””). The growing use of FCEV supports the European effort to reduce carbon emission and ambient noise, for better urban environment. Our innovation project’s objective is to promote the adoption of Terragenic’s novel solution through the collaboration with public and private fuel-cell electric vehicles initiatives, and their active members. The proposed feasibility project objectives are to (1) identify the relevant European partners/initiatives, and (2) work with them to fine-tune our solution’s technology value proposition and economic feasibility, and to (3) form partnerships for the integration of our technology in FCEV.The proposed project is directly related to the “SMEInst-10-2016-2017 – Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility”. The project contributes in a sustainable way to decarbonise and increase the efficiency of the automotive energy systems with the development of a sustainable, clean, resource-efficient, cost-effective and affordable technology solution that will support significant reduction in the carbon footprint and impact on the urban environmental.” | ||||||||
| 97818 | 663433 | GULWESS-PROP | Green Ultra Light Weight Energy Storage System for Propulsion | 2015-02-01 | 2015-06-30 | 2015-01-22 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | SIE-01-2014-1 | GULWESS-PROP overall innovation project aims at designing a commercial solution of efficient on-board energy storage for electrically propelled vehicles. The main goal is to substitute on-board electrical batteries and hydrogen storage.Drage&Mate International has a patented in-situ on-demand hydrogen generation process able to increase the total gravimetric energy density of the system. This improvement allows existing vehicles to multiply by 2 or even by 7 their existing range which means a very profitable new opportunity to market.The current study will analyse how to progress to a commercial profitable product. To do that, GULWESS-PROP will validate the feasibility (technical, economic and operational) of the development and define a preliminary Business Plan.The goal is to transform the prototype solution which is currently in a TRL6 development stage to TRL9 market commercial product by the end of phase 2.Once GULWESS-PROP will be validated, a business chance will start-up to supply such technology to unmanned vehicles. In the close future similar system could be used in manned vehicles, and all kind of space vehicles. With this approach GULWESS-PROP will, at the end, lead a major impact within the decarbonised transportation goals in Europe. Although the lightweight hydrogen storage segment counts with several competitors, GULWESS-PROP has a competitive advantage over the rest of solutions related to the user experience: the final users consider that is easier to operate thanks to reactor cartridge refillable concept. Drage&Mate International is a Technology-Based high innovative company with proven track record within the hydrogen generation market; and with enough experience and ambition to turn the innovation of GULWESS-PROP into a sustainable product. | ||||||||
| 97884 | 947373 | SX1.3 | Earth Observation by Autonomous Solar UAV | 2020-02-03 | 2022-02-02 | 2020-06-16 | H2020_newest | 2663500 | 1864450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | XSUN develops an innovative autonomous solar drone dedicated to earth observation. Inspired from satellite earthobservation, XSUN aims to offer affordable earth data acquisition performed by unmmaned autonomous vehicules to arange of end users which have all express their support to the SolarXOne project : Linear infrastructure observation (such asrailway, pipeline or electrical grid), environmental & security surveillance issues (forest fire detection, traffic surveillance),Maritime observation (traffic surveillance, fishing surveillance), precision agriculture (monitoring of the health of crops andlivestock). A first autonomous prototype is ready (TRL6). Thanks to a patented double-wing innovative design, theperformances of SolarXOne are disruptive compared to existing solutions: large payload capacity (7kg) enabling to carry awide range of data acquisition sensors, very stable flight enabling precise data acquisition, long flight (>600 km / Day),cheaper price for end user compared to competitors. A world record of autonomous solar flight will be tempted in the nextmonths. SolarXOne project objectives are to industrialise the drone production with enhance performances. Adaptability toHydrogen energy source will be added as well as vertical take-off capability. Market demonstration will be done during theproject for linear infrastructure, fire detection, maritime surveillance and precision agriculture. Two operating centres will beopened in France and Germany. XSun is based on 2 complementary business models: earth data service commercializationoperated from the control centres and complete system commercialization. Market analysis have been performed for eachsegment and the business plan shows promising revenue reaching 30 M€ in 2025. XSUN has been created in 2016, its team (12 people) is composed of experienced managers and business developers in the aerospace industry as well as young passionate engineers. | ||||||||
| 97894 | 878292 | UpGen | Emission free and novel fuel cell-based electrical generator UP400 | 2019-08-01 | 2020-01-31 | 2019-07-05 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | PowerUp has created UP400 – THE FIRST FUEL CELL-BASED ELECTRIC GENERATOR IN THE WORLD to exploit pure hydrogen gas in the maritime sector. It will be a disruptive innovation. UP400 extremely lightweight, water and corrosion resistant, can run easily in extreme conditions and does not need maintenance. UP400 is specifically designed for the sailing boat industry. However, because of the unique properties, it is possible to expand to many other market segments in the future – refrigerated containers, military, recreational vehicle, electric cars, drones, electric bikes, and off-grid homes.Still, a great amount of research input is needed to clarify the exact market size and the requirements of the entry market. Also, feasibility and cost analyses need to be performed to develop a solid business plan before we can include bigger investments and take the next step towards bringing our innovative product to high enough maturity level to capture aconsiderable market share.The main goal of this proposal is to perform market research to map out the accessible market size and generate technology and product development roadmap together with investment and financial plan for the market entry and expansion, as well sales development plan. It is extremely important to gather data about current and potential requirements to identify power consumption in all potential market segments. One of the most important tasks within this project will be the mapping of hydrogen refilling stations for our particular solution and scout the alternative ways for the hydrogen refilling at the marinas. Other objectives of the proposal are to perform the Freedom to Operate analysis and to map out the necessary certifications needed for each market to get a better overview of the future costs and go-to-market timeline. This is essential for developing a solid business plan. | ||||||||
| 98185 | 868242 | GBG System | Innovative tank design and groundbreaking infrastructure model to enhance the availability of renewable energy by collecting, storing and transporting hydrogen, biomethane, nitrogen and LNG | 2019-04-01 | 2019-08-31 | 2019-05-20 | H2020_newest | 71429 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.3. | EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 | The depleting reserves and the increasingly high cost of extraction are making oil difficult to access. The development andpromotion of abundant and clean alternatives such as liquid hydrogen, liquid biomethane, nitrogen (all renewable fuels) andLNG is becoming a necessity. These gaseous fuels are among the serious options to be considered. Hydrogen, for example,can be produced anywhere where there is water and a source of electricity. And hydrogen-fueled vehicles emit nogreenhouse gases or other pollutants. During combustion, hydrogen produces only water vapour.However, these fuels have significant infrastructure and transport limitations. Hydrogen is currently expensive also becauseis difficult to handle and store. The same applies to fuels like LNG.The current method of transporting LNG and other gas-based fuels like hydrogen, biomethane and nitrogen, is the cryogenictanker. Specialised driver/operator training, and expensive equipment is required to handle these tanker—trailers and assuch, there is often limited infrastructure for them outside states with large petrochemical industries. This limited transportinfrastructure has, in turn, led to limited support infrastructure.GGLS has developed the GBG™, lightweight composite tanks for collecting, transporting and storing cryogenic materials,specifically gaseous fuels. These patented tanks can be used as an integral part of a system to maintain a continuouscryogenic gas supply or as on board fuel tanks for use in road vehicles, particularly heavy trucks, coaches, buses and vansor for rail, marine and aircraft applications.GBG™ innovative tanks are capable of revolutionising the collection, distribution and storage at the point of use ofrenewable fuels in both cryogenic and gaseous forms. Indeed, rather than transferring fuel, the GBG™ system is based onexchanging tanks, which are more safely and securely refilled under controlled conditions. | ||||||||
| 98301 | 779576 | FLHYSAFE | Fuel CelL HYdrogen System for AircraFt Emergency operation | 2018-01-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2017-12-02 | H2020_newest | 7296552.51 | 5063023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-1-2017 | In order to meet the increasing demand to reduce fuel consumption, Green House Gas emissions as well as operating and maintenance costs, while optimising aircraft performances, fuel cell systems are considered as one of the best options for efficient power generation systems in the context of more electric aircraft (MEA). FLHYSAFE’s ambition is to demonstrate that a cost efficient modular fuel cell system can replace the most critical safety systems and be used as an emergency power unit (EPU) aboard a commercial airplane providing enhanced safety functionalities. Additionally the project will virtually demonstrate that the system is able to be integrated into current aircraft designs respecting both installation volumes and maintenance constraints.In order to shift from demonstrator levels (achieved in other projects such as Antares DLR H2 and FCH HYCARUS), to the ready-to-certify product level, it is necessary to optimise the different components of the fuel cell system to reduce its weight, increase its lifetime, ensure its reliability, certify its safety and make its costs compatible with market requirements. Within FLHYSAFE a consortium driven by two major aeronautical Tier 1 OEMs will propose fuel cell technologies using PEM fuel cell stacks, more integrated power converters and air bearing compressors. Thanks to the experience of the participants in previous projects, the necessary tests will be carried out in order to demonstrate compatibility to representative environment and safety levels. | ||||||||
| 98982 | 952593 | Waste2H2 | Waste to Hydrogen | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2020-06-16 | H2020_newest | 899718.75 | 899718.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.4.b. | WIDESPREAD-05-2020 | The WASTE2H2 proposal field of action is hydrogen as a sustainable energy vector and waste valorization in a circular economy approach. Characteristically, Hydrogen can be produced using diverse resources including fossil fuels, such as natural gas and coal, biomass, non-food crops, nuclear energy and renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric power to split water. Hydrogen could be produced from waste biomass by thermal gasification processes followed by clean and purification stages of syngas produced. This area has an enormous potential for society descarbonisation and development of circular economy. This diversity of potential supply sources is the most important reason why hydrogen is such a promising energy carrier. WASTE2H2 aims to enhancing the scientific and technological capacity of IPPortalegre in clean and purification of thermal gasification syngas in order to produced hydrogen, and at raising staff’s research profile and excellence by twinning with three well established and leading research institutions: Royal Institute of Technology, in Sweden; Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, in Italy and; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, in Germany. This will allow mutual learning and knowledge transfer activities, cross-fertilization and networking opportunities and increased opportunities for research collaborations. The resulting enhanced capabilities and status of IPPortalegre, would in turn contribute to the change of its economic landscape, giving new opportunities for development and job creation, strengthening and enhancing the positioning of Portugal as an important player in applied scientific research in the respective field. | ||||||||
| 98995 | 101037085 | Bio-FlexGen | Highly-efficient and flexible integration of biomass and renewable hydrogen for low-cost combined heat and power generation to the energy system. | 2021-09-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2021-08-30 | H2020_newest | 5565862.5 | 5565862.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-GD-2-1-2020 | Climate change is the most significant challenge for humanity today. For this reason, fossil fuels must be replaced utilising renewables, improved energy efficiency and more flexible energy systems. An optimal combination of several renewable sources is needed to satisfy human energy needs. Bioenergy, in combination with hydrogen, can take the role as secure and plannable source for power and heat complementing intermittent renewable sources such as wind and sun. BIO-FlexGen will increase the efficiency and flexibility of renewable energy-based combined heat and power (CHP), playing a key role in energy system integration, and make a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of the energy system.In particular, to overcome these challenges, Bio-FlexGen brings to the table a unique combination of gasification and gas turbine technology that allows the plant to utilise hydrogen for fast dispatch and biomass for low operating costs over time. Due to the high efficiency, three times more power can be generated from biomass for the same heat load, and the plant can quickly achieve full load by starting and operating on 100% hydrogen. To meet fluctuations in seasonal demands and prices, a variant of the plant can provide climate-positive hydrogen production during long periods of low electricity prices or heat demand.To do so, Bio-FlexGen consortium gathers the necessary experience, knowledge and resources through a multi-stakeholder approach that covers the whole value chain of the project. It consists of a multidisciplinary team of 14 entities from 5 different EU countries (Spain, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Hungary), among which, 4 universities, 2 RTD organisations, 1 NGO, and 4 SMEs to ensure market exploitation (2 industrial companies and 1 District heat company). | ||||||||
| 99430 | 826193 | HyTunnel-CS | PNR for safety of hydrogen driven vehicles and transport through tunnels and similar confined spaces | 2019-03-01 | 2022-07-31 | 2018-12-07 | H2020_newest | 2500000 | 2500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-04-1-2018 | “The aim of the HyTunnel-CS project is to perform pre-normative research for safety of hydrogen driven vehicles and transport through tunnels and similar confined spaces (FCH-04-1-2018). The main ambition is to facilitate hydrogen vehicles entering underground traffic systems at risk below or the same as for fossil fuel transport. The specific objectives are: critical analysis of effectiveness of conventional safety measures for hydrogen incidents; generation of unique experimental data using the best European hydrogen safety research facilities and three real tunnels; understanding of relevant physics to underpin the advancement of hydrogen safety engineering; innovative explosion and fire prevention and mitigation strategies; new validated CFD and FE models for consequences analysis; new engineering correlations for novel quantitative risk assessment methodology tailored for tunnels and underground parking; harmonised recommendations for intervention strategies and tactics for first responders; recommendations for inherently safer use of hydrogen vehicles in underground transportation systems; recommendations for RCS. The objectives will be achieved by conducting inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral research by a carefully built consortium of academia, emergency services, research and standard development organisations, who have extensive experience from work on hydrogen safety and safety in tunnels and other confined spaces. The complementarities and synergies of theoretical, numerical and experimental research will be used to close knowledge gaps and resolve technological bottlenecks in safe use of hydrogen in confined spaces. The project outcomes will be reflected in appropriate recommendations, models and correlations could be directly implemented in relevant RCS (UN GTR#13, ISO/TC 197, CEN/CLC/TC 6, etc.). HyTunnel-CS will reduce over-conservatism, increase efficiency of installed safety equipment and systems to save costs of underground traffic systems.” | ||||||||
| 99433 | 700092 | BIG HIT | Building Innovative Green Hydrogen systems in an Isolated Territory: a pilot for Europe | 2016-05-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2016-04-20 | H2020_newest | 7748848 | 5000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-03.2-2015 | BIG HIT will create a replicable hydrogen territory in Orkney (Scotland) by implementing a fully integrated model of hydrogen production, storage, transportation and utilisation for heat, power and mobility. BIG HIT will absorb curtailed energy from two wind turbines and tidal turbines on the islands of Eday and Shapinsay, and use 1.5MW of PEM electrolysis to convert it into ~50 t pa of hydrogen. This will be used to heat two local schools, and transported by sea to Kirkwall in 5 hydrogen trailers, where it will be used to fuel a 75kW fuel cell (which will provide heat and power to the harbour buildings, a marina and 3 ferries when docked), and a refuelling station for a fleet of 10 fuel cell vehicles. The project employs a novel structure to manage the hydrogen trading, and dissemination that includes a follower territory and associations of over 1640 isolated territories. | ||||||||
| 99472 | 736648 | NET-Tools | Novel Education and Training Tools based on digital applications related to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology | 2017-03-01 | 2020-11-30 | 2016-12-15 | H2020_newest | 1596007.5 | 1596007.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04-1-2016 | Education and training for the fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) technology sector is critical for the current and future workforce as well as for the further implementation of a promising technology within Europa. The project NET-Tools will develop an e-infrastructure and provide digital tools and information service for educational issues and training within FCH technologies based on most recent IT tools. NET-Tools will constitute a technology platform, leveraging robust and effective open source/free learning management systems while offering a unique blend of novel digital tools encompassing the spheres of information, education and research. With its two main pillars e-Education, e-Laboratory, the project addresses various target groups and levels of education – from higher schools and universities (undergraduate and graduate students) to professionals and engineers from industry, offering both e-learning modules and on-line experimental techniques. The main goal is to develop new e-education methods and concepts, ICT-based services and tools for data- and computer-intensive research to enhance the knowledge, productivity and competitiveness of those interested or already directly involved in the massive implementation of H2 and FCH technologies in Europe. NET-Tools will be delivered combining the expertise of major experts and practitioners on FCH sector under the guidance of leading companies gathered in a board, while interacting with similar activities in US, Asia and South Africa. It has the capacity to pave the road to more efficient digital science combining latest technical achievements and an internet culture of openness and creativity, while pursuing the ambition to become the hydrogen counterpart of Coursera. The developement of business concepts will guide NET-Tools as an e-infrastructure useable for FCH-Community into the future. | ||||||||
| 99486 | 735485 | QualyGridS | Standardized Qualifying tests of electrolysers for grid services | 2017-01-01 | 2020-06-30 | 2016-12-07 | H2020_newest | 2811262.5 | 1996795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-1-2016 | The overall objective of the QualyGridS project is the establishing of standardized tests for electrolysers performing electrical grid services. Alkaline electrolysers as well as PEM electrolysers will be considered individually in performance analysis and in an assessment of business cases for these electrolysers’ use. A variety of different grid services will be addressed as well as multiple hydrogen end users. The protocols developed will be applied to alkaline and PEM electrolysers systems, respectively, using electrolyser sizes from 50 kW up to 300 kW. Additionally, a techno-economic analysis of business cases will be performed covering the grid and market situations in the most relevant regions of Europe. The consortium adressing these tasks includes three electrolyser manufacturers and well as research institutions with plenty of experience. Inclusion of a European standardisation institution will allow for maximum impact of the protocols. An advisory committee including TSOs from several countries and a key player in US electrolysis research will support the project with valuable advice. Experience from previous FCH-JU electrolyser projects and national projects is available to the project. | ||||||||
| 99493 | 741860 | CLUNATRA | Discovering new Catalysts in the Cluster-Nanoparticle Transition Regime | 2017-09-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2017-05-18 | H2020_newest | 2500000 | 2500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2016-ADG | The purpose of this proposal is to establish new fundamental insight of the reactivity and thereby the catalytic activity of oxides, nitrides, phosphides and sulfides (O-, N-, P-, S- ides) in the Cluster-Nanoparticle transition regime. We will use this insight to develop new catalysts through an interactive loop involving DFT simulations, synthesis, characterization and activity testing. The overarching objective is to make new catalysts that are efficient for production of solar fuels and chemicals to facilitate the implementation of sustainable energy, e.g. electrochemical hydrogen production and reduction of CO2 and N2 through both electrochemical and thermally activated processes. Recent research has identified why there is a lack of significant progress in developing new more active catalysts. Chemical scaling-relations exist among the intermediates, making it difficult to find a reaction pathway, which provides a flat potential energy landscape – a necessity for making the reaction proceed without large losses. My hypothesis is that going away from the conventional size regime, > 2 nm, one may break such chemical scaling-relations. Non-scalable behavior means that adding an atom results in a completely different reactivity. This drastic change could be even further enhanced if the added atom is a different element than the recipient particle, providing new freedom to control the reaction pathway. The methodology will be based on setting up a specifically optimized instrument for synthesizing such mass-selected clusters/nanoparticles. Thus far, researchers have barely explored this size regime. Only a limited amount of studies has been devoted to inorganic entities of oxides and sulfides; nitrides and phosphides are completely unexplored. We will employ atomic level simulations, synthesis, characterization, and subsequently test for specific reactions. This interdisciplinary loop will result in new breakthroughs in the area of catalyst material discovery. | ||||||||
| 99601 | 700190 | HYTECHCYCLING | New technologies and strategies for fuel cells and hydrogen technologies in the phase of recycling and dismantling | 2016-05-01 | 2019-04-30 | 2016-03-31 | H2020_newest | 497666.25 | 497666.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-04.1-2015 | High deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies is expected in the near term in the EU to decarbonize energy and transport sectors. The idea is to generate vast amounts of green hydrogen from the expected surplus of renewable energy sources (implemented policies are going towards 65% of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050) to be used in transport (moving fuel cell electric vehicles), energy (feeding stationary fuel cells for cogeneration, injecting hydrogen into the gas grid) and industries (hydrogen generation for chemical industries).However, the expected commercial FCH technologies (mainly PEM and alkaline electrolysers as well as PEM and Solid Oxide fuel cells) are not prepared for full deployment in what regards to recycling and dismantling stage. The main goal of proposal is to deliver reference documentation and studies about existing and new recycling and dismantling technologies and strategies applied to Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) technologies, paving the way for future demonstration actions and advances in legislation. To achieve this goal, the following key steps will be followed considering the involvement and validation of relevant FCH value chain actors and the HYTECHCYCLING Advisory Board of manufacturers:1. Pre-study and techno-economic, environmental, RCS assessment related to dismantling & recycling of FCH technologies to detect future needs and challenges 2. Development of new technologies and strategies applied to FCH technologies in the phase of recycling & dismantling and LCA analysis considering critical, expensive and scarce materials inventory3. Proposal of new business model, implementation roadmap and development of reference recommendations and guidelines to focus the sector and pave the way for future demonstrations and introduction of the concept among FCH stakeholders | ||||||||
| 99610 | 101007216 | BEST4Hy | SustainaBlE SoluTions FOR recycling of end of life Hydrogen technologies | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2020-12-04 | H2020_newest | 1586015 | 1586015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-04-4-2020 | BEST4Hy – SutainaBlE SoluTions FOR recycling of EoL Hydrogen Technologies has the main objective of bringing to TRL5 recycling technologies adapted or developed specifically for PEMFC and SOFC which would ensure the maximisation of recycling of critical raw materials including PGMs, rare earth elements, cobalt and nickel. The technologies are evaluated for cost efficiency and environmental impact to ensure the materials bring value to the European economy without harmful emissions or high energy costs. The output of the recycling technologies maximise opportunities for both closed loop and open loop recycling. More specifically, Pt and membrane materials are delivered back for manufacturing MEAS to be tested in full stacks, while both anode and catode materials from EoL SOFCs are treated for direct recycling into cells. The whole EoL device is considered, with technologies validated for open loop recycling and opportunities for recovery of other components of the cells/stacks explored. BEST4Hy involves a strong consortium inclusive of FCH devices manufacturers, a leading recycling centre already aware of the market opportunities for PEM recycling, leading research organisations and innovation support specialists to deliver a recycling strategy with wide buy in, accompanied by LCA and LCC full assessments, consideration on regulatory issues and a training program to support its take up. | ||||||||
| 99926 | 735533 | MEMPHYS | MEMbrane based Purification of HYdrogen System | 2017-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2016-12-07 | H2020_newest | 2088195 | 1999925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-03-1-2016 | Project MEMPHYS, MEMbrane based Purification of HYdrogen System, targets the development of a stand-alone hydrogen purification system based on a scalable membrane hydrogen purification module. Applications are for instance hydrogen recovery from biomass fermentation, industrial pipelines, storage in underground caverns, and industrial waste gas streams.The consortium consists of six partners including two universities, two research institutes, and two companies from five different countries. The overall budget totals 2 M€, with individual budgets between 220 and 500 T€.This project will utilize an electrochemical hydrogen purification (EHP) system. EHP has proven to produce high purity hydrogen (5N) while maintaining low energy consumption because the purification and optional compression are electrochemical and isothermal processes. A low CAPEX for the EHP system is feasible due to the significant reductions of system costs that result from recent design improvements and market introductions of various electrochemical conversion systems such as hydrogen fuel cells. In detail, the purification process will be a two-step process. A catalyst-coated proton exchange membrane will be assisted by one selectively permeable polymer membrane. Standard catalysts are sensitive to impurities in the gas. Therefore, alternative anode catalysts for the EHP cell, an anti-poisoning strategy and an on board diagnostic system will be developed. The resulting MEMPHYS system will be multi-deployable for purification of a large variety of hydrogen sources.A valuable feature of the MEMPHYS system is the simultaneous compression of the purified hydrogen up to 200 bar, facilitating the transport and storage of the purified hydrogen.The MEMPHYS project offers the European Union an excellent chance to advance the expertise in electrochemical conversion systems on a continental level, while at the same time promoting the use and establishment of hydrogen based renewable energy systems. | ||||||||
| 99995 | 735717 | MARANDA | Marine application of a new fuel cell powertrain validated in demanding arctic conditions | 2017-03-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2016-12-16 | H2020_newest | 3704757.5 | 2939457.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-5-2016 | In MARANDA project an emission-free hydrogen fuelled PEMFC based hybrid powertrain system is developed for marine applications and validated both in test benches and on board the research vessel Aranda, which is one of about 300 research vessels in Europe. Special emphasis is placed on air filtration and development of hydrogen ejector solutions, for both efficiency and durability reasons. In addition, full scale freeze start testing of the system will be conducted.When research vessels are performing measurements, the main engines are turned off to minimize noise, vibration and air pollution causing disturbance in the measurements. The 165 kW (2 x 82.5 kW AC) fuel cell powertrain (hybridized with a battery) will provide power to the vessel’s electrical equipment as well as the dynamic positioning during measurements, free from vibration, noise and air pollution.One of the major obstacles for wider implementation of fuel cells in the marine sector is the hydrogen infrastructure. To alleviate this problem, a mobile hydrogen storage container, refillable in any 350 bar hydrogen refuelling station will be developed in this project. This novel solution will increase hydrogen availability to marine sector as well as many other sectors.The consortium of this project contains companies from the whole fuel cell value chain, from balance-of-plant components to system integrator and end user. The fuel cell system will be tested in conditions similar to arctic marine conditions before implementation to the target vessel. In addition, long-term durability testing (6 months, 4380 operating hours) of the system will be conducted at an industrial site.The project will increase the market potential of hydrogen fuel cells in marine sector, which have for long lagged behind road transportation. General business cases for different actors in the marine and harbor or fuel cell business will be created and therefore the impacts in the whole industry will be notable. | ||||||||
| 100241 | 769241 | ENABLEH2 | ENABLing cryogEnic Hydrogen based CO2 free air transport (ENABLEH2) | 2018-09-01 | 2022-11-30 | 2018-05-18 | H2020_newest | 3987680.75 | 3987680.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | MG-1-4-2016-2017 | Flightpath 2050 very ambitiously targets 75% CO2 and 90% NOx emissions reductions, relative to year 2000. It is highly unlikely that these targets will be met with carbon containing fuels, despite large research efforts on advanced, and in many cases disruptive, airframe and propulsion technologies, even when coupled with improved asset and life cycle management procedures. Liquid hydrogen (LH2) has long been seen as a technically feasible fuel for a fully sustainable aviation future yet its use is still subject to widespread scepticism. ENABLEH2 will mature critical technologies for LH2 based propulsion to achieve zero mission-level CO2 and ultra-low NOx emissions, with long term safety and sustainability. ENABLEH2 will tackle key challenges i.e. safety, infrastructure development, economic sustainability, community acceptance, and explore key opportunities through improved combustor design and fuel system heat management, to further minimize NOx emissions, improve energy efficiency and reduce the required volumes of LH2. The project will include experimental and analytical work for two key enabling technologies: H2 micromix combustion and fuel system heat management. These technologies will be evaluated and analysed for competing aircraft scenarios; an advanced tube and wing, and a blended wing body / hybrid wing body aircraft, both featuring distributed turbo-electric propulsion systems and boundary layer ingestion. The study will include mission energy efficiency and life cycle CO2 and economic studies of the technologies under various fuel price and emissions taxation scenarios. ENABLEH2 will deliver a comprehensive safety audit characterising and mitigating hazards in order to support integration and acceptance of LH2. Solutions will be proposed for any socioeconomic hurdles to further development of the technologies. A roadmap to develop the key enabling technologies and the integrated aircraft and propulsion systems to TRL 6 by 2030-2035 will be provided. | ||||||||
| 100410 | 101007168 | OYSTER | Offshore hydrogen from shoreside wind turbine integrated electrolyser | 2021-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2020-12-11 | H2020_newest | 5423843.01 | 4999843 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-6-2020 | The OYSTER project will lead to the development and demonstration of a marinized electrolyser designed for integration with offshore wind turbines. Stiesdal will work with the world’s largest offshore wind developer (Ørsted) and a leading wind turbine manufacturer (Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy) to develop and test in a shoreside pilot trial a MW-scale fully marinized electrolyser. The findings will inform studies and design exercises for full-scale systems that will include innovations to reduce costs while improving efficiency. To realise the potential of offshore hydrogen production there is a need for compact electrolysis systems that can withstand harsh offshore environments and have minimal maintenance requirements while still meeting cost and performance targets that will allow production of low-cost hydrogen. The project will provide a major advance towards this aim.Preparation for further offshore testing of wind-hydrogen systems will be undertaken, and results from the studies will be disseminated in a targeted way to help advance the sector and prepare the market for deployment at scale. The OYSTER project partners share a vision of hydrogen being produced from offshore wind at a cost that is competitive with natural gas (with a realistic carbon tax), thus unlocking bulk markets for green hydrogen (heat, industry, and transport), making a meaningful impact on CO2 emissions, and facilitating the transition to a fully renewable energy system in Europe. This project is a key first step on the path to developing a commercial offshore hydrogen production industry and will lead to innovations with significant exploitation potential within Europe and beyond. | ||||||||
| 100625 | 956151 | PuSH | Pure, separated hydrogen from shift processes | 2021-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2020-06-04 | H2020_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2020-POC | PuSH – Pure, separated hydrogen from shift processesHere, I plan to exploit recent innovations made in my ERC Advanced Grant, SPeED, on the cyclic operation (or chemical looping) of chemical reactors to deliver transformational processes for chemical conversions relevant to the energy sector. We have recently shown (Nature Chemistry, 11, pages 638–643 (2019), video at http://nuvision.ncl.ac.uk/Play/18143) that a chemical looping reactor can produce pure, separated streams of carbon dioxide and hydrogen for a water-gas shift process (a key chemical process in hydrogen production) if and only if a non-stoichiometric oxide is used as the oxygen carrier material (OCM). Such new chemical looping processes have the potential to be a transformational development for the chemical industry and associated energy technologies because of the inherent carbon dioxide capture. | ||||||||
| 100646 | 715354 | p-TYPE | Transparent p-type semiconductors for efficient solar energy capture, conversion and storage. | 2017-01-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2016-10-25 | H2020_newest | 1499840 | 1499840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2016-STG | This proposal will develop new transparent p-type semiconductors that will make dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) a vastly more efficient and a realistic prospect for carbon-free energy generation worldwide. Two key challenges will be addressed: (1) a means of converting NIR radiation to increase the amount of sunlight utilised from 35% to over 70%; (2) a means of storing the energy. Almost all the research in the field is based on dye or “perovskite” sensitized TiO2 (n-type) solar cells, which are limited by their poor spectral response in the red-NIR. pTYPE approaches the problem differently: tandem DSCs will be developed which combine a n-type and a p-type DSC in a single p/n device. This increases the theoretical efficiency from 33% to 43% by extending the spectral response without sacrificing the voltage. The device will be modified with catalysts to convert H2O or CO2 and sunlight into fuel without using sacrificial reagents that limit the efficiency of current systems. An efficient tandem DSC has not yet been developed because p-type DSCs are much less efficient than n-type cells. As an independent Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin fellow I increased the photocurrent by developing new dyes. This project will exploit this breakthrough by increasing the voltage, which is currently limited by the NiO semiconductor conventionally used. I will rapidly synthesise libraries of alternative p-type semiconductors; select promising candidates based on key criteria which can be measured on a single sample within minutes: transparency and dye adsorption (for high light harvesting efficiency by the dye), conductivity (for high charge collection efficiency) and valence band potential (for high voltage); assemble the new materials in tandem DSCs. As one of the few researchers experienced in preparing, characterising and optimising each aspect of this photoelectrochemical system, I aim to match the efficiency from TiO2 with p-type DSCs to obtain tandem efficiencies above 20%. | ||||||||
| 100857 | 824348 | ENDURUNS | Development and demonstration of a long-endurance sea surveying autonomous unmanned vehicle with gliding capability powered by hydrogen fuel cell | 2018-11-01 | 2023-07-31 | 2018-10-04 | H2020_newest | 8747765 | 7908265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | MG-BG-01-2018 | Battery-powered AUVs have been used to study the seabed without the requirement of a human operator. Their operational endurance is limited by the available battery charge. Gliders, an AUV subclass, use small changes in their buoyancy to move like a profiling float. By using their wings, gliders can convert the vertical motion to horizontal, propelling themselves forward with very low power consumption. Hence, mission duration can be extended to months and to thousands of kilometers. However, gliders are suited for a particular set of missions involving relatively basic measurements and seabed mapping cannot be performed due to their inherent inability to cruise in a straight line. A surface support vessel is standard practice for launch and recovery of AUVs. The requirement to have a support vessel adds to the overall mission cost. Therefore higher endurance is needed in AUV platforms in order to bring mission costs down and improve the ocean exploration capability. The ENDURUNS project will deliver a step-change in AUV technology by implementing a novel hybrid design power by hydrogen fuel cell. An Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) will support the operation of the AUV, providing geotagging and data transmission capability to and from the Control Centre on shore. | ||||||||
| 100884 | 952068 | LESGO | Light to Store chemical Energy in reduced Graphene Oxide for electricity generation | 2020-11-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2020-06-23 | H2020_newest | 4193488.75 | 4193488.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.2. | FETPROACT-EIC-05-2019 | Hydrogen is being pursued as a promising route to store energy, potentially mitigating the unpredictability of electricity generation based on renewables. Provided that more than 95% of H2 produced comes from breaking the C-H bond in hydrocarbons, it is natural to think that storing H bound to C may provide a long-term solution to this challenge. However, liquid hydrocarbons are not an optimal solution given that the process of extracting H from them involves CO2 emissions. LESGO proposes to store energy in the C-H bond of reduced graphene oxide (rGO-H). rGO-H can be stored safely, exhibits an energy density more than 100 times larger than that of H2 gas, and can be easily transported wherever the electricity generation is needed. LESGO will demonstrate that rGO-H can become an ideal energy stock at an affordable cost and used to supply electrical power on demand where it is required. In the complete cycle from sun light to electrical power the raw material for storage evolves from graphite back to graphite with no CO2 emissions in any intermediate step. LESGO’s consortium has been structured to bring together a highly interdisciplinary community that will enable the emergence of an ecosystem around a circular economy relying on the use of: widely available raw materials, storing energy in chemical bonds, using it in applications that require electrical power, and finally recovering the materials for a second or multiple lives. Industrial (GRAPHENEA, HST, GENCELL and CRF), academic (UDE and AALTO) or research center (IREC and ICFO) activities are completely interwoven throughout the entire implementation of LESGO. Within the duration of LESGO, CRF will develop an application in the transport sector where rGO-H will be tested as the fuel in a support battery providing a fast charging for current electric vehicles. When looking ahead beyond the consortium, DBT will foster the engagement of a wider stakeholder/public community to consolidate the ecosystem around rGO-H. | ||||||||
| 100890 | 760930 | FotoH2 | Innovative Photoelectrochemical Cells for Solar Hydrogen Production | 2018-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2017-10-30 | H2020_newest | 2578971.25 | 2578971.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.1.3. | NMBP-19-2017 | The use of solar energy for photoelectrochemically splitting water into H2 and O2 has been widely investigated for producing sustainable H2 fuel. However, no commercialisation of this technology has emerged. Currently the main obstacles to commercialisation are: low solar-to-hydrogen efficiency, expensive electrode materials, fast degradation of prototypes, and energy losses in separating H2 from O2 and water vapour in the output stream. The FotoH2 consortium has identified a new scientific direction for achieving cost-effective solar-driven H2 production, and it has the capability of large-scale prototyping and field testing the proposed technology. FotoH2 introduces anion-exchange polymer membrane and porous hydrophobic backing concepts in a tandem photoelectrochemical cell, and a novel way to stabilise the photoelectrodes based on a surface phase transformation. This approach allows the use of cost-effective metal oxide electrodes with optimal bandgaps and a simple flow-cell design without corrosive electrolytes. Apart from the already identified Fe2O3/CuO couple, a theoretical screening of earth abundant metal ternary oxides will be done to identify the most promising materials. These chosen electrode materials will be optimized by doping, nanostructuring and by introducing protective and passivating external layers by the phase transformation strategy. Most of these concepts have been already validated at TRL 3 and preliminary laboratory prototypes were demonstrated. The aim is to increase the TRL to 5 by validating the technology in a system with a module of 1 m2 and achieve a photoelectrolysis device with solar to-hydrogen efficiency of 10 % and a prospective life-time of 20 years. We aim for breakthroughs in cell lifetime, conversion efficiency, cost-efficiency, and H2 purity. To bring these innovations to market, an exploitation plan is addressed. The consortium includes materials developers and suppliers, device manufacturers and system integrator. | ||||||||
| 100947 | 700008 | HPEM2GAS | High Performance PEM Electrolyzer for Cost-effective Grid Balancing Applications | 2016-04-01 | 2019-09-30 | 2016-03-10 | H2020_newest | 2654250 | 2499999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.2-2015 | The next generation water electrolysers must achieve better dynamic behaviour (rapid start-up, fast response, wider load and temperature ranges) to provide superior grid-balancing services and thus address the steep increase of intermittent renewables interfaced to the grid. The HPEM2GAS project will develop a low cost PEM electrolyser optimised for grid management through both stack and balance of plant innovations, culminating in a six month field test of an advanced 180 (nominal)-300 kW (transient) PEM electrolyser. The electrolyser developed will implement an advanced BoP (power tracking electronics, high efficiency AC/DC converters, high temperature ion exchange cartridges, advanced safety integrated system, new control logic) and improved stack design and components (injection moulded components, flow-field free bipolar plates, Aquivion® membranes, core-shell/solid solution electrocatalysts). Several strategies are applied to lower the overall cost, thus enabling widespread utilisation of the technology. These primarily concern a three-fold increase in current density (resulting in the proportional decrease in capital costs) whilst maintaining cutting edge efficiency, a material use minimisation approach in terms of reduced membrane thickness whilst keeping the gas cross-over low, and reducing the precious metal loading. Further, improving the stack lifetime to 10 years and a reduction of the system complexity without compromising safety or operability. All these solutions contribute significantly to reducing the electrolyser CAPEX and OPEX costs. HPEM2GAS develops key technologies from TRL4 to TRL6, demonstrating them in a 180-300 kW PEM electrolyser system in a power-to-gas field test; delivers a techno-economic analysis and an exploitation plan to bring the innovations to market. The consortium comprises a system integrator, suppliers of membranes, catalysts and MEAs, a stack developer, an independent expert on standardization and an end-user. | ||||||||
| 101035 | 884157 | FLEXnCONFU | FLExibilize combined cycle power plant through power-to-X solutions using non-CONventional FUels | 2020-04-01 | 2025-03-31 | 2020-03-25 | H2020_newest | 12555440 | 9887141.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | LC-SC3-NZE-4-2019 | Natural gas (NG) fired Combined Cycle (CC) power plants are currently considered the most flexible power plants to operate in the EU grid to facilitate RES penetration. They changed their role in the EU electric market from the backbone of EU electrical grid to providing most of regulation services necessary to increase the share of non-programmable renewable sources into the electrical grid. In order to enhance their flexibility and also start to sell flexibility/ancillary services (also considering potential virtual aggregation), GT Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Utilities are investigating new strategies and technologies for power flexibility, also considering that a “fuel switch” is close foreseen from coal to NG among most used fossil based dispatchable power plants and that the role of CC will be of “RES best friends” at least up to 2030. In this sense reducing their emission is also a strong need of GT R&D panorama promoting the exploitation of different fuels than Natural gas only. FLEXnCONFU aims to demonstrate at TRL7 in Ribatejo EDPP CC Power Plant a Power-to-gas-to-power (P2G2P) solution that will enhance CC flexibility (thus enabling them to provide grid flexibility services and getting higher revenues), reduce their NG consumption and therefore their related emission. The P2G2P system will be based on a Power-to-Hydrogen solution developed by HYGS+ICI, while a Power-to-ammonia-to-power solution developed by PROTON and ICI will be demonstrated in a properly modified microgas turbine operating in a UNIGE laboratory within the Savona Smart Microgrid (TRL6). The P2G2P solution will be directly controlled by a grid driven/responsive management system developed by MAS. GT combustion acceptability of different NG/H2/NH3 mixtures will be studied in CU labs. FLEXnCONFU will be a demonstration to market project and upscale and replication of the demonstrate P2H/P2A will be studied (in ENGIE and TP CC plants) and properly promoted by ETN. | ||||||||
| 101148 | 736290 | DIGIMAN | DIGItal MAterials CharacterisatioN proof-of-process auto assembly | 2017-01-01 | 2020-06-30 | 2016-12-09 | H2020_newest | 3486965 | 3486965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01-1-2016 | The project’s proposition and charter is to advance (MRL4 > MRL6) the critical steps of the PEM fuel cell assembly processes and associated in-line QC & end-of-line test / handover strategies and to demonstrate a route to automated volume process production capability within an automotive best practice context e.g. cycle time optimization and line-balancing, cost reduction and embedded / digitized quality control. The project will include characterization and digital codification of physical attributes of key materials (e.g. GDLs) to establish yield impacting digital cause and effects relationships within the value chain, from raw material supply / conversion / assembly through to in-service data analytics, aligning with evolving Industry 4.0 standards for data gathering / security, and line up-time, productivity monitoring. The expected outcome will be a blueprint for beyond current state automotive PEM fuel cell manufacturing capability in Europe. The project will exploit existing EU fuel cell and manufacturing competences and skill sets to enhance EU employment opportunities and competitiveness while supporting CO2 reduction and emissions reduction targets across the transport low emission vehicle sector with increased security of fuel supply (by utilizing locally produced Hydrogen). | ||||||||
| 101331 | 966581 | SolReGen | Solar-driven reforming of waste into hydrogen | 2021-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2021-02-15 | H2020_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2020-POC | Waste disposal leads to environmental pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and a loss of chemical and energy-rich resources. Photoreforming is a sunlight-driven technology that recaptures the value in waste while simultaneously contributing to renewable energy production by transforming biomass, food and plastic waste into hydrogen. However, our current photoreforming process relies on corrosive acids or bases in order to solubilise waste and enhance hydrogen generation, which raises sustainability and economic concerns. In the proposed SolReGen project, we will couple our patented photoreforming process with a benign enzymatic waste pre-treatment in order to enhance its commercialisation potential. This will be achieved through four key objectives: (i) optimisation of an enzyme immobilisation strategy for facile recycling and low-cost deployment, (ii) integration of enzymatic pre-treatment with photoreforming, (iii) scaling of the overall system to one square meter under rooftop sunlight, and (iv) development of a sustainable business model for commercialisation. By achieving these innovations and patenting where necessary, photoreforming will become a hybrid technology for waste management and renewable energy production that is faster, less expensive, more environmentally-friendly, and increasingly desirable to commercial partners. | ||||||||
| 101477 | 671461 | HySEA | Improving Hydrogen Safety for Energy Applications (HySEA) through pre-normative research on vented deflagrations | 2015-09-01 | 2018-11-30 | 2015-07-29 | H2020_newest | 1511780 | 1494780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-04.3-2014 | The aim of the HySEA project is to conduct pre-normative research on vented deflagrations in enclosures and containers for hydrogen energy applications. The ambition is to facilitate the safe and successful introduction of hydrogen energy systems by introducing harmonized standard vent sizing requirements. The partners in the HySEA consortium have extensive experience from experimental and numerical investigations of hydrogen explosions. The experimental program features full-scale vented deflagration experiments in standard ISO containers, and includes the effect of obstacles simulating levels of congestion representative of industrial systems. The project also entails the development of a hierarchy of predictive models, ranging from empirical engineering models to sophisticated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element (FE) tools. The specific objectives of HySEA are:- To generate experimental data of high quality for vented deflagrations in real-life enclosures and containers with congestion levels representative of industrial practice; – To characterize different strategies for explosion venting, including hinged doors, natural vent openings, and commercial vent panels;- To invite the larger scientific and industrial safety community to submit blind-predictions for the reduced explosion pressure in selected well-defined explosion scenarios;- To develop, verify and validate engineering models and CFD-based tools for reliable predictions of pressure loads in vented explosions;- To develop and validate predictive tools for overpressure (P) and impulse (I), and produce P-I diagrams for typical structures with relevance for hydrogen energy applications;- To use validated CFD codes to explore explosion hazards and mitigating measures in larger enclosures, such as warehouses; and – To formulate recommendations for improvements to European (EN-14994), American (NFPA 68), and other relevant standards for vented explosions. | ||||||||
| 102259 | 768945 | HyMethShip | Hydrogen-Methanol Ship propulsion system using on-board pre-combustion carbon capture | 2018-07-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2018-04-23 | H2020_newest | 9288310 | 8438110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | MG-2.1-2017 | The HyMethShip project reduces drastically emissions and improves the efficiency of waterborne transport at the same time. This system will be developed, validated, and demonstrated on shore with a typical engine for marine applications in the range of 2 MW (TRL 6). The HyMethShip system will achieve a reduction in CO2 of more than 97% and will practically eliminate SOx and PM emissions. NOx emissions will be reduced by more than 80%, significantly below the IMO Tier III limit. The energy efficiency of the HyMethShip system is more than 45% better than the best available technology approach (renewable methanol as fuel coupled with conventional post-combustion carbon capturing).The HyMethShip system innovatively combines a membrane reactor, a CO2 capture system, a storage system for CO2 and methanol as well as a hydrogen-fueled combustion engine into one system. The proposed solution reforms methanol to hydrogen, which is then burned in a conventional reciprocating engine that has been upgraded to burn multiple fuel types and specially optimized for hydrogen use. The HyMethShip project will undertake risk and safety assessments to ensure that the system fulfills safety requirements for on-board use. It will also take into account the rules and regulations under development for low flashpoint fuels.The cost effectiveness of the system will be assessed for different ship types and operational cases. For medium and long distance waterborne transport, the HyMethShip concept is considered the best approach available that achieves this level of CO2 reduction and is economically feasible.The HyMethShip consortium includes a globally operating shipping company, a major shipyard, a ship classification society, research institutes and universities, and equipment manufacturers. Further stakeholders will be represented in the External Expert Advisory Board and will be addressed by dissemination activities respectively. | ||||||||
| 102297 | 101000828 | HyPErFarm | HYDROGEN AND PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRIFICATION ON FARM | 2020-11-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2020-09-17 | H2020_newest | 5679019.73 | 5178085.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.2. | LC-FNR-06-2020 | The sustainable development goals of the UN and climate targets of the EU require that all economic sectors sharply reduce fossil-based use. However, the agricultural sector has the potential to not only greatly defossilize, but even produce energy – and that not to the detriment of, but alongside with food production. Photovoltaic (PV) has become dramatically more competitive relative to other renewable energy sources, and is now as competitive as wind power. Currently, PV-parks are installed on large land areas, leading to loss of land for cultivating crops. The ideal solution is provided by combined agro-voltaic systems with dual land use for crop production and simultaneous power production. HyPErFarm joins multiple types of actors with the objective to optimize viable agrivoltaic business models as well as test the marketability of the products, via inclusion of new innovative PV technologies (PV H2-production, bifacial PV-panels), radically new crop production systems, stakeholder innovation workshops, and citizen-consumer acceptance, public perception analysis and farmer adoption studies. HyPErFarm also develops and demonstrates new ways of utilizing and distributing the energy produced on-farm via heat pumps, e-robots, hydrogen production, storage and use, and e-driven pyrolysis of biomass side-streams that captures carbon while also improving soil quality. The project’s impact is that agrivoltaic systems are moved upwards to TRL7-8, and attractive new business models are accessible for farmers. HyPErFarm thus supports a game-changing radical innovation and contributes to the building of a low fossil-carbon, climate-resilient future EU farming that can also supply local communities with power and hydrogen. HyPErFarm partners have the ability to adopt and further develop the new farming practices, to provide the new technologies required, and to adopt new APV-business models that will allow continued food production on land used for power production. | ||||||||
| 102418 | 964972 | SpinCat | Spin-polarized Catalysts for Energy-Efficient AEM Water Electrolysis | 2021-06-01 | 2025-05-31 | 2021-01-20 | H2020_newest | 3358238.75 | 3358238.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.2. | FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020 | For Europe to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, H2 has been identified as one of the priority areas for clean, affordable and secure energy to replace oil and gas, in accordance with the European Green Deal. Water electrolysis using renewable energy is the leading energy storage contender as a clean H2 source to establish a sustainable H2 economy. However, the necessity of using rare and expensive platinum groups metals (PGMs) to catalyse the cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) hinders the wide implementation of water electrolysis. Therefore, the development of efficient PGM-free catalysts is of utmost importance for Europe to reach its decarbonization objectives.SpinCat addresses this need by realizing a new class of magnetic earth-abundant catalysts that, through spin polarization, will boost catalytic activity towards OER by a factor of three as compared to state-of-the-art catalysts. Further enhancements to catalytic activity will be obtained through the use of external magnetic field during catalysis. Through an interplay of experiment and theory, we will design and prepare catalyst materials featuring optimal spin polarization effects, gain fundamental knowledge on the parameters affecting the OER activity of magnetic materials, and develop a general theoretical model for the overall description of the influence of the electron spin in electrocatalysis. The technology will be demonstrated in a magnetically enhanced anion-exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyser prototype, which merges the benefits of both internal and external magnetic effects.The long-term vision of SpinCat is to establish cost-effective H2 production via reducing the cost of membrane-based electrolyser technology by omitting the need of PGMs. This project will contribute to establishing Europe as the world leader in electrolyser technology for renewable H2 production. | ||||||||
| 102421 | 671458 | ELYntegration | Grid Integrated Multi Megawatt High Pressure Alkaline Electrolysers for Energy Applications | 2015-09-01 | 2019-05-31 | 2015-07-10 | H2020_newest | 3301391.25 | 1861309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.8-2014 | The strategic goal of the ELYntegration Project is the design and engineering of a robust, flexible, efficient and cost-competitive single stack Multimegawatt High Pressure Alkaline Water Electrolysis of 4,5 T H2/day capable to provide cutting-edge operational capabilities under highly dynamic power supplies expected in the frame of generation/ transmission/ distribution scenarios integrating high renewable energies (RE) shares. The final design of the MW HP AWE will be achieved on the basis of the development, validation and demonstration of a HP AWE industrial prototype of 250 kW (250 HP AWE) (TRL 7) comprising:- cylindrical stack consisting of industrial size elementary cells (1,600 mm cell diameter)- balance of plant (BOP)- power electronics- advanced communication & control system In the early phase of the development process, great attention will be brought to the identification of end-user’s needs and relevant/critical operational requirements.The target behaviour of the industrial prototype will be thoroughly demonstrated in an operational environment reflecting different on-grid integration schemes using power facilities already available to the Consortium (notably, 635 kW wind and 100 kW photovoltaic power plants).As previously mentioned, the successful demonstration of the industrial prototype will be paving the way towards the implementation and the commercial deployment of the 4.5 T H2/day HP AWE technology in the frame of large scale demonstration projects which shall be the next step after the conclusion of ELYntegration. | ||||||||
| 102598 | 654216 | AGRAL | Development of the optimum AGRAL cermet manufacturing process for aluminium inert anode application and fuel cell interconnect plates. | 2015-05-01 | 2018-10-31 | 2015-04-27 | H2020_newest | 8440555.86 | 5232146.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.1.5. | SILC-II-2014 | The AGRAL (Advanced Green Aluminium anode) project will aim at developing the manufacturing technologies of a specific cermet (called AGRAL cermet within this proposal) that has shown at lab scale outstanding properties in high temperature and corrosive media i.e. aluminium electrolysis. Furthermore, this AGRAL cermet enables Aluminium Pechiney, leader of this project, to consider the replacement of their current carbon anode by this inert anode thus decreasing to zero the CO2 emission during electrolysis process. Furthermore this AGRAL cermet will be tested for two applications: aluminium electrolysis (for the manufacturing of an inert anode up to industrial scale) and for protection of interconnect plates in hydrogen and fuel cell application (up to pre-prototype scale). This AGRAL cermet will be used as an inert anode in the Aluminium industry. Thanks to the inert anode, it is expected to decrease by a minimum of 50% of CO2 emissions compared to currently used carbon anode. Then, the transfer to the fuel and hydrogen cell applications will be studied.To reach the objectives, the partners will aim at:- Developing the manufacturing process for the AGRAL cermet coating for aluminium electrolysis o The Thermal Spray coatings: HVOF (combined eventually with Cold Spray ) and eGun (HVOF with ethanol, technology developed by Flame Spray Technologies)o The Powder Metallurgy Process : HIP and Ultraflex (technology developed by Kennametal Stellite)The final manufacturing process will be adapted to large dimension (an anode is 1m long) and to complex shape (plates, grid).- Developing qualification test for real scale inert anode to detect failure of the anode operation- Developing the manufacturing process for the AGRAL cermet coating for hydrogen and fuel cell interconnect platesThe economic viability and the environmental impact of both the inert anode and its manufacturing process and the fuel cell application along their whole life cycle, will be monitored. | ||||||||
| 102684 | 681292 | FANOEC | Fundamentals and Applications of Inorganic Oxygen Evolution Catalysts | 2016-07-01 | 2021-06-30 | 2016-03-07 | H2020_newest | 2199983 | 2199983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-CoG-2015 | The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the key reaction to enable the storage of solar energy in the form of hydrogen fuel through water splitting. Efficient, Earth-abundant, and robust OER catalysts are required for a large-scale and cost-effective production of solar hydrogen. While OER catalysts based on metal oxides exhibit promising activity and stability, their rational design and developments are challenging due to the heterogeneous nature of the catalysts. Here I propose a project to (i) understand OER on metal oxides at the molecular level and engineer catalytic sites at the atomic scale; (ii) develop and apply practical OER catalysts for high-efficiency water splitting in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical devices. The first general objective will be obtained by using 2-dimensional metal oxide nanosheets as a platform to probe the intrinsic activity and active sites of metal oxide OER catalysts, as well as by developing sub-nanocluster and single-atom metal oxide OER catalysis. The second general objective will be obtained by establishing new and better synthetic methods, developing new classes of catalysts, and applying catalysts in innovative water splitting devices. The project employs methodologies from many different disciplines in chemistry and materials science. Synthesis is the starting point and the backbone of the project, and the synthetic efforts are complemented and valorised by state-of-the-art characterization and catalytic tests. The project will not only yield significant fundamental insights and knowledge in heterogeneous OER catalysis, but also produce functional and economically viable catalysts for solar fuel production. | ||||||||
| 102779 | 101007175 | REACTT | REliable Advanced Diagnostics and Control Tools for increased lifetime of solid oxide cell Technology | 2021-01-01 | 2025-05-31 | 2020-12-04 | H2020_newest | 2712322.5 | 2712322.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-3-2020 | Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE) and its possibility to operate in reversible mode (rSOC) can play a major role in H2 production at low cost and for renewable energies storage. These operating modes with high current and transients can induce degradation that needs to be mitigated for successful system deployment. Federating the cumulated advances built up in preceding collaborative projects, REACTT, with an established expert team, will realize a Monitoring, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Control Tool (MDPC) for SOE and rSOC stacks and systems. Its hardware platform will embed diagnostics and prognostics algorithms, and interact with the system power converters without modification. It contains (a) an innovative excitation module to probe the stack with PRBS (pseudo-random binary signal) or sine stimuli, and (b) a control coordination unit, interfaced with real-time optimisation (RTO). The latter uses on-line measurements with a constraint-adaptive algorithm that drives the system to optimal operation, respecting all safety boundaries. Together, this approach will achieve to supervise and analyse the (reversible) electrolyser system, increase its reliability and extend its stack lifetime. REACTT will demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach by tests on a SOLIDpower (SP) 5 kWe SOE system and on an rSOC x kWe CEA system, both at TRL6. This validation in two different operating modes with two different stack designs will prove the generic character of the developed tools, which can then be extended towards multiple technologies and higher power applications. It will reduce the operation and maintenance costs by 10%; the additional cost of the MDPC tool will not exceed 3% of the overall system manufacturing costs. These ambitious targets will be pursued in close collaboration between 6 R&D (IJS, UNISA, CEA, VTT, EPFL, ENEA and HES-SO) and 3 industry partners (SP, Bitron and AVL) on the whole value chain from tests to systems through hardware and software developments. | ||||||||
| 102829 | 754760 | ELECTROCAT | Novel water splitting catalysts for efficient alkaline electrolyzers | 2017-05-01 | 2018-10-31 | 2017-04-27 | H2020_newest | 149959 | 149959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-PoC-2016 | Renewable energies such as solar and wind are intermittent and require efficient storage methods. One of the most promising methods for renewable energy storage is water splitting, which converts these energies into hydrogen fuel. Solar or wind-driven water splitting can be done using electrolyzers, and alkaline electrolyzers are potentially scalable because they do not use precious metal catalysts. However, current alkaline electrolyzers employ catalysts that have low efficiencies and are prone to corrosion. This project aims to apply several novel classes of water splitting catalysts developed in our ERC Starting Grant project in alkaline electrolyzers. The catalysts are inexpensive and have higher energy efficiencies than those employed in commercial alkaline electrolyzers. They are potentially more stable as well. The goal of the project is to provide technology demonstrators for the use of these catalysts in alkaline electrolyzers, which is expected to result in higher efficiencies and stability at a similar cost. | ||||||||
| 103016 | 735503 | H2Future | HYDROGEN MEETING FUTURE NEEDS OF LOW CARBON MANUFACTURING VALUE CHAINS | 2017-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2016-12-13 | H2020_newest | 17852540.38 | 11997820.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-7-2016 | Under the coordination of VERBUND, VOESTALPINE, a steel manufacturer, and SIEMENS, a PEM electrolyser manufacturer, propose a 26 month demonstration of the 6MW electrolysis power plant installed at the VOESTALPINE LINZ plant (Austria). After pilot plant commissioning, the electrolyser is prequalified with the support of APG, the transmission operator of Austria, in order to provide grid-balancing services such as primary, secondary or tertiary reserves while utilising the commercial pools of VERBUND. The demonstration is split into five pilot tests and the quasi-commercial operation to show that the PEM electrolyser is able both to use timely power price opportunities (in order to provide affordable hydrogen for current uses of the steel making processes), and to attract extra revenues from grid services which improves the hydrogen price attractiveness from a two-carrier utility like VERBUND. Replicability of the experimental results at larger scales in EU28 for the steel industry (with inputs from TSOs in Italy, Spain and the Netherlands) is studied under the coordination of ECN. It involves a technical, economic and environmental assessment of the experimental results using the CertifHY tools. The roll out of each result is provided by ECN, together with policy and regulatory recommendations to accelerate the deployment in the steel and fertilizer industry, with low CO2 hydrogen streams provided also by electrolysing units using renewable electricity. The plausibility of this roadmap is reinforced at the on-start of the demonstration by the creation of an exploitation company involving the core industrial partners, which starts commercial operations of the Linz pilot plant right after the end of the demonstration. Dissemination targeting the European stakeholders of the electricity, steel and fertilizer value chain nourishes the preparation of the practical implementation of the results in the 10 years following the demonstration’s end. | ||||||||
| 103275 | 813367 | POLKA | POLlution Know-how and Abatement | 2019-02-01 | 2023-07-31 | 2019-01-29 | H2020_newest | 4022674.92 | 4022674.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-ITN-2018 | Combustion of hydrogen from renewable sources is an emerging technology that can replace fossil fuels and so provide carbon-neutral energy. The goal of POLKA is to solve serious technical problems, which are unique to hydrogen combustion: thermoacoustic instabilities and flashback. Thermoacoustic instabilities are large-amplitude pressure oscillations caused by an escalating interaction between the flame and acoustic waves; they tend to occur unexpectedly and cause major hardware damage. Flashback is the dangerous phenomenon of the flame propagating backwards into components not designed for high temperatures. The ultimate vision of POLKA is to create new physical insight and advanced simulation tools, so as to underpin the development of hydrogen-fuelled combustion systems (gas turbines, aero-engines, boilers furnaces, etc). The methods to be used are a combination of experiments, numerical simulations and analytical techniques. Experimental validation of numerical and analytical results is a high priority. POLKA will train a cohort of 15 ESRs, each enrolled in a 3-year doctoral programme. The research project is divided into 15 interlinked sub-projects, each forming an individual PhD project for an ESR. The ESRs will be equipped with a wide portfolio of skills, including traditional academic research, and also transferable skills in outreach and gender issues. This will be supplemented by a unique integrated training programme in innovation, exploitation and entrepreneurship. Secondments are an important part of the training programme. The ESRs will develop an innovation-oriented mind-set and have excellent career perspectives in the renewable energy sector. The POLKA website will feature an extensive range of open-access training resources, which will be maintained beyond the formal end of the project. POLKA has a balanced consortium, both in terms of gender (5 female and 6 male main supervisors), and in terms of sector (6 academic and 4 industrial beneficiaries) | ||||||||
| 103935 | 765376 | eSCALED | European School on Artificial Leaf : Electrodes Devices | 2018-04-01 | 2022-09-30 | 2017-08-31 | H2020_newest | 3599022.31 | 3599022.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-ITN-2017 | Climate change resulting from accumulation of anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the uncertainty in theamount of recoverable fossil fuel reserves are driving forces for the development of renewable, carbon-neutral energytechnologies. Artificial photosynthesis appears to be an appealing approach for a sustainable energy generation as itproduces “solar fuels” or commodities for chemistry in a stable and storable chemical form, from solar energy, H2O & CO2.The eSCALED project is a contribution to structure early-stage research training at the European level and strengthenEuropean innovation capacity to elaborate an artificial leaf. The ESR will be in charge of combining in a unique device asolar cell and a bioinspired electrochemical stack where H2O oxidation and H+ or CO2 reduction are performed in microreactors.The novelties in this project are at two levels: (1) Developing sustainable joint doctoral degree structure based oninter/multidisciplinary aspects of biological/biochemical, condensed, inorganic & soft matter to device engineering andinnovation development. (2) Scientifically using, cheap and easy processes tandem organic solar cells, earth-abundantmaterials for water splitting, new generation of catalysts and natural/artificial hydrogenase enzymes for hydrogen production,formate dehydrogenases for catalytic carbon dioxide reduction, new proton-exchange fluorinated membranes and finally,electrode micro porosity to mimic the chloroplasts of a plant. The eSCALED collaborative project brings together for the firsttime, 12 internationally recognized academic and industrial research groups. The project has an interdisciplinary scientificapproach integrating the latest knowledge on catalysis, photovoltaic and polymer chemistry for self-structuration. Majoroutcomes will include breakthroughs in the development of artificial photosynthetic leaf as a photoelectrochemical device,highly trained researchers & new partners collaborations. | ||||||||
| 103996 | 643322 | FLEXI-PYROCAT | Development of flexible pyrolysis-catalysis processing of waste plastics for selective production of high value products through research and innovation | 2015-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | 2014-11-13 | H2020_newest | 634500 | 405000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-RISE-2014 | The Research and Innovation Staff Exchange project aims to develop and maintain long term collaborations between Universities in the European Union with China and Australia. The collaboration is centered around the goal of advancing beyond the current state-of-the-art of wastes pyrolysis through staff exchanges with world-leading researchers in pyrolysis process engineering, catalysis and modelling/simulation. Advancement beyond the state-of-the-art is the innovation of introducing novel catalysts into the pyrolysis process to produce the next generation of advanced thermal treatment technologies for plastic wastes. The technical aim of the project is therefore to develop a fully flexible, integrated pyrolysis & catalyst technology to treat waste plastics to produce high value (i) hydrogen (ii) carbon nanotubes (iii) chemicals or (iv) gasoline, through control of the waste pyrolysis process conditions and the use of novel designable catalysts.Extending the research and innovation to include biomass waste as an additional feedstock. Biomass waste is a major waste source in the EU presenting non-food crop biomass such as, urban waste wood, forestry residues, agricultural residues and the biomass portion of municipal solid waste (paper/cardboard). Extending the project to include biomass wastes further maximises the proposed flexibility of the technology enabling a wider range of polymeric waste materials to be assessed for the production of high value products; (i) hydrogen (ii) carbon nanotubes (iii) chemicals or (iv) gasoline. Also mixing waste plastics and biomass wastes advances the current state-of-the-art of knowledge in high value product production from waste materials. Co-processing plastics and biomass wastes has been reported to enhance the product yield and/or quality of the products, but there is very little research in the area in regard to the production of (i) hydrogen (ii) carbon nanotubes (iii) chemicals or (iv) gasolineThrough this proposed AMENDMENT to the GRANT AGREEMENT, we seek to add two additional Universities to join the consortium to support this initiative; -Hebei University of Technology (HEBUT), Tianjin, China, have expertise in advanced in-situ DRIFT (diffuse reflectance Fourier-transformed infrared) reactor and auto-controlled fixed bed reactor are available for fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms related to the research. The DRIFT system enables studies of the surface chemistry of catalysts, where the temperature and environment of the catalyst can be controlled in-situ. The collaboration will result in exchange of experienced and early career researchers.-The 2nd proposed new partner is BENEFICIARY University of Sheffield, UK (USFD). This request is because Professor Meihong Wang who leads the process modelling Tasks of Work Package 3 and 4 has moved from UHULL to USFD (Effective 1st October 2016). We therefore wish to transfer 15 person months of activity and funding from UHULL to USFD. However, other Tasks related mainly to Work Package 7 will be carried out by existing BENEFICIARY UHULL and therefore they retain funding, but at a reduced level, covering 10 remaining person months of activity. | ||||||||
| 104127 | 790744 | HyPoStruct | A key breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells: enhancing macroscopic mass transport properties by tailoring the porous microstructure | 2019-01-09 | 2021-01-08 | 2018-03-26 | H2020_newest | 173857.2 | 173857.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2017 | Given their high conversion efficiency and zero-emission characteristics, hydrogen fuel cells are extremely attractive for replacing current energy conversion and power generation technologies. Nevertheless, they still need significant technological improvements in order to increase their competitiveness in the mobility and energy conversion market. More to the point, nowadays, the increase of the effective gas-liquid mass transport in the porous electrodes is highly demanded to improve cell performances.The present proposal aims to investigate and improve the transport properties of two phase flows in hydrogen fuel cells porous materials with an innovative bottom-up approach: tailoring the porous microstructure in order to achieve the desired macroscopic feature, i.e. enhancing liquid water removal and promoting gas transport. The pore geometrical microscopic features (size, form, anisotropic structure) and the chemical behaviour of the pores surface (hydro -philic-phobic features) will be tuned and their effect on water imbibition, drainage and spatial and temporal distribution will be investigated by means of numerical simulations. An advancement in fuel cells technology is expected by characterising the optimal design of the porous electrodes which will significantly increase cells performances and open up a route for a new generation of fuel cells. | ||||||||
| 104132 | 837804 | DefTiMOFs | Defective Titanium Metal-Organic Frameworks | 2019-05-13 | 2021-05-12 | 2019-04-09 | H2020_newest | 160932.48 | 160932.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2018 | Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) – porous materials with almost unlimited chemical and structural diversity – have incited an interesting alternative to the drawbacks that nanotechnology is currently facing. The defect engineering of MOFs has been used as a tool to modify their porosity, chemical reactivity and electronic conductivity among other properties, but research is still limited in the vast majority towards Zr-MOFs. Notably, defect chemistry of Ti-MOFs remains unexplored despite that the pristine materials photoactivity, chemical and structural stability and Titanium being an abundant biocompatible metal.This project, entitled `Defective Titanium Metal-Organic-Frameworks(DefTiMOFs)’ aims to develop novel high-throughput (HT)synthetic methodologies for the control of not only defect chemistry of Ti-MOFs,but also of their particle size and inner surface (porefunctionalisation) towards the controllable modification of their properties. HT synthesis will be convened with a set of novel characterisation techniques (mainly synchrotron-based) for atomic and molecular level of characterisation of defects, aiming to correlate synthetic conditions with defect formation (defect type, densityand spatial distribution within the framework)in order to provide thebase of knowledge to anticipate their properties based on the synthetic conditions. This will then allow for defect engineering of MOFs using a wide range of materials.In view of the above and inspired by the high demand for clean and renewable energy sources including efficient and affordablewater delivery systems in places with limited access to drinkablewater, the DefTiMOFs project aims to correlate defect chemistry of Ti-MOFs with their performance towards environmentally friendly applications. This will lead to the ultimate design of materials with outstanding performance in heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis (hydrogen production) and water harvesting from air. | ||||||||
| 104356 | 897555 | Nat-HEC | Understanding Carbon-neutral Hydrogen Production by Nature’s Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst | 2020-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2020-03-25 | H2020_newest | 191852.16 | 191852.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | The European Union targets a climate-neutral economy by 2050. In the context of this initiative, hydrogen gas (H2) is regarded as a promising energy carrier; however, about 95% of the H2 industrially consumed originates from steam reformation of fossil resources and is associated with significant CO2 release. High-efficiency H2 catalysts based on rare elements like platinum are not affordable on a larger scale. To address the global need for green energy, catalysts composed of earth abundant elements are desirable.Natures’ Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst is the enzyme [FeFe]-hydrogenase. It catalyses H2 production with high rates (10 kHz), in aqueous solution (pH 7), and at low over potentials (-420 mV vs. SHE). [FeFe]-hydrogenase inspired the design of numerous synthetic catalysts, none of which could rival the efficiency of the native system. Basic research is necessary to understand hydrogenase catalysis, in particular regarding the metal hydride chemistry prior H2 release.The objective of this action is to investigate the fundamental hydride chemistry of [FeFe]-hydrogenases under turnover conditions. Catalysis will be initiated via a laser pulse and monitored by transient absorption spectroscopy. Such pump/probe experiments allow following reaction intermediates with sub-turnover time resolution.The results of this action will inspire a targeted design of synthetic catalyst based on earth abundant elements. Moreover, the developed methodology will facilitate a detailed investigation of related enzymes, catalysing global key processes in nature like N2 or CO2 fixation. | ||||||||
| 105152 | 752305 | H2Bio2Energy | Operando FTIR spectro-electrochemistry of hydrogenases: unraveling the basis of biological H2 production for innovative clean energy technologies | 2018-01-08 | 2020-01-07 | 2017-03-06 | H2020_newest | 183454.8 | 183454.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2016 | Ongoing search for renewable energy technologies is essential in Europe to tackle the continuous increase in demand and the environmental and ethical concerns. Hydrogen is a promising renewable fuel, but so far its production is not clean as the conventional industrial techniques start from fossil fuels. Production of H2 by biological, biotechnological or bioinspired methods would solve this problem and the study of FeFe-hydrogenases is a key step in this process. For this reason, the proposal is well aligned with the EU Societal Challenges in “Secure, clean and efficient energy”. FeFe-hydrogenases are efficient metalloenzymes that catalyse H2 production from water at high turnover rates, using Fe, rather than Pt active sites. Building on my previous experience with these enzymes, in this project I will apply a highly innovative approach to investigate how nature uses cheap iron to catalyse H2 production. Protein film infrared (IR) electrochemistry was recently developed by Prof Vincent at the University of Oxford, allowing electrochemical triggering of enzyme catalysis with simultaneous IR spectroscopic study of how the enzyme works. This will provide a deep understanding of enzyme structure/function relationships, from coordinated electron and proton transfer to structural rearrangements at the Fe site. Due to my prior expertise in FeFe hydrogenases which are not studied in the host group, and Oxford’s excellence in bio-spectroscopy, the Fellowship will promote exceptional bidirectional knowledge transfer. Dissemination of research through Oxford’s outreach programs will increase the impact of the project to varied audiences. Access to the well-established training and career development activities in Oxford, and the world-class programs of visiting speakers, will advance my career as I gain new knowledge and skills, enhance my scientific profile by acquiring international experience, expand my scientific horizon, strengthen my skills, and build new networks. | ||||||||
| 105346 | 796142 | SEARCh | SurfacE structure-Activity-Relationship in atomically-defined, ultrathin film perovskite Catalysts | 2018-06-01 | 2020-11-30 | 2018-04-04 | H2020_newest | 214828.2 | 214828.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2017 | Due to the intermittency of renewable electricity, conversion to chemical fuel is a necessity for the success of the transition to sustainable energy. A simple and attractive candidate for climate-neutral fuel is hydrogen, which can be produced directly through electrolysis. But substantial market penetration by commercial electrolysers has been hindered by the absence of high-activity, stable, inexpensive, and earth-abundant, catalytic materials. To develop and exploit these materials, a detailed understanding of the underlying relationships between catalytic activity and atomic-level surface structure is required, which has so far been unattainable due to often-case undefined surface areas and structures, as is the case for today’s record-performance electrocatalysts, i.e. Ni-Fe (oxy)(hydr)oxides. Therefore, epitaxial, atomically defined Ni-Fe-based perovskite thin film catalysts will be investigated with advanced operando characterization tools (including synchrotron-based scattering and spectroscopy, and scanning probe approaches) to achieve the following objectives:- Revalidate activity trends found for polycrystalline and amorphous structures, disseminating the influence from the bulk electronic structure (composition), bond lengths, crystallographic orientation and surface termination- Derive an atomistic understanding of the catalysis reaction and degradation mechanisms- Deduce design rules for beyond-state-of-the-art electrocatalyst materials and communicate them to the catalyst research and production communities for exploitation in “real-world” catalyst materialsThe results of SEARCh will thus contribute to the goals of development and deployment of low-carbon technologies in line with the EU’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan and the experienced researcher will receive training in innovative, cutting-edge techniques and attain transferable skills, benefitting from a multidisciplinary, international collaboration. | ||||||||
| 105474 | 655170 | IILSCFLP | The Influence of Ionic Liquid Solvation on the Chemistry of Frustrated Lewis Pairs | 2015-10-01 | 2017-09-30 | 2015-03-25 | H2020_newest | 195454.8 | 195454.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2014-EF | Hydrogen (H2) is an important reagent for the chemical industry as well as representing a promising carbon-free fuel source when made from renewable sources. H2 needs to be activated for these applications, generally using rare, expensive and often toxic transition metal catalysts. Metal-free H2 activation has recently been demonstrated using the concept of ‘frustrated Lewis pairs’ (FLPs) based on main group elements such as phosphorous and boron rather than transition metals. FLPs are somewhat limited in scope due to the highly reactive Lewis acids (LAs) and bases (LBs) required for H2 activation which can lead to side reactions with substrates and solvents. The use of less reactive FLPs is restricted by the H2 activation step. This project addresses this problem by using the unique solvating ability of ionic liquids (ILs) to control the reactivity of FLPs for H2 activation. Many FLPs form ions when they react with H2. To promote H2 activation, it is essential that the reverse reaction (ion recombination to form H2) is prevented. The high ion dissociation power of ILs should prevent the recombination of these ions, leading to more efficient H2 activation. The impact of ILs on H2 activation by FLPs will be investigated in the context of synthesis and fuel cell applications. Successful use of ILs for this purpose would substantially increase the scope of FLP catalysts, reducing the reliance on transition metals thereby decreasing the potential cost and environmental impact of H2 activation processes. This project would represent the first study on the effect of ILs on FLP reactivity and combines the collective expertise of Prof. Welton (ILs) and Dr Ashley (FLPs) at Imperial College (IC) with the applicant’s background in ILs, kinetics and intermolecular interactions, while providing the applicant with productive collaborative partners and advanced training in catalysis, electrochemistry, IL and FLP chemistry to propel him towards an independent research career. | ||||||||
| 105595 | 708874 | IRS-PEC | Elucidating the water photo-oxidation mechanism by infrared spectroscopy | 2017-02-01 | 2019-01-31 | 2016-03-10 | H2020_newest | 165598.8 | 165598.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2015-EF | Hydrogen is a highly versatile fuel that is believed to become one of the key pillars to support our future energy infrastructure. A clean and renewable method to produce hydrogen is to use sunlight to convert water into hydrogen in a photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell. The exact mechanism of this photocatalytic water splitting remains a largely unexplored area. In this project, I will provide insight into the more challenging oxidative half-reaction occurring at metal-oxide surfaces.To gain insight into the oxidative half-reaction, surface groups residing at the solid/liquid interface will be measured by infrared spectroscopy during actual device operation. Hereto, a PEC cell will be constructed with a multiple internal reflection element as key component; it will ensure a high sensitivity while simultanously act as substrate for the working electrode. The novel approach to apply a bias voltage allows for photoelectrochemical analysis, but also allows ‘freezing’ of the surface species thereby relaxing the constraints of a fast measurement speed.From in operando measurements the density and nature of surface groups present at a well-defined metal-oxide surface will be obtained as a function of electrolyte pH. With this knowledge conclusions can be drawn on which surface sites initiate the oxidation reaction, which groups present sites where (intermediate) reactions with high activation energies take place, and where undesired hole-trapping and electron-hole recombination are most likely to occur. Thereby providing fundamental insight into the water oxidation mechanism, which is required to engineer a photoelectrode material with high photocurrents and low onset potentials. Additionally, the quantified information on surface species densities is much-needed input in models and simulations. Furthermore, a tool will be delivered with which the critical steps in the oxidation reaction can be disclosed as a function of pH. | ||||||||
| 105888 | 892998 | HYDROGAS | Catalytic Reforming of Glycerol to Hydrogen and Biopropane in Hydrothermal Media | 2021-12-01 | 2023-02-28 | 2020-10-28 | H2020_newest | 133083.6 | 133083.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | The ultimate goal of this 15 months Fellowship, entitled “Catalytic Reforming of Glycerol to Hydrogen and Biopropane in Hydrothermal Media” (HYDROGAS) is to train a talented researcher through a research project focused on the development of novel process to make viable the use of the glycerol co-product derived during the use of vegetable oils for the production of liquid hydrocarbon biofuels.. This innovative HYDROGAS project aims to investigate for the first time the potential of a novel two-stage catalytic process to produce hydrogen and biopropane from catalytic reforming of glycerol in hydrothermal media. The two-stage approach would enable deriving all the hydrogen requirements for the HEFA by using glycerol as a hydrogen-source. This can contribute to a positive process economics for the HEFA bio-jet fuel production. The transfer of knowledge between the researcher, the host, the supervisor, the students and international research groups will be very important for the dissemination of the learning through training, publications in journals of high impact factor, development of patent and participation in international conferences. The Fellow will receive access to an innovative project experience at the host: Sustainable Chemicals Laboratory in the European Bioenergy Research Institute, Aston University, UK (Dr. Jude Onwudili), and at academic secondment partner: University of Zaragoza, Spain (Prof Lucia Garcia). HYDROGAS aims to investigate the development of a new methodology to produce biopropane for a large-scale deployment in substitution for petroleum-based LPG that can contribute to lowering carbon emissions. In addition, the thermodynamic study to consolidate the catalytic reforming from crude glycerol will be a positive challenge for this team to work together and evaluate the expected results. The HYDROGAS will permeate the whole fellowship and will be a valuable and challenging mixture of scientific research and training for the Fellow. | ||||||||
| 106157 | 793882 | H2O-SPLIT | Carbon-Oxynitride Coupled Artificial Photosynthesis System For Solar Water Splitting Beyond 600 nm | 2019-05-01 | 2021-04-30 | 2018-04-10 | H2020_newest | 171460.8 | 171460.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2017 | The main goal of this project, through which the Experienced Researcher will develop new scientific, entrepreneurial and transferable skills by advanced training, is to develop novel carbon-oxynitride coupled artificial photosynthesis system for solar water splitting beyond 600 nm. As a member of the 600 nm-class photocatalysts family, BaTaO2N has recently demonstrated the solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 0.7% at 1.0 VRHE. To further enhance the conversion efficiency and photostability of BaTaO2N for future application, the present project challenges the modern scientific-engineering concepts for coupling BaTaO2N with universal, inexpensive, and unique carbon allotropes. Can all carbon allotropes be integrated to form efficient, inexpensive, photostable, and scalable artificial photosynthesis system for solar water splitting beyond 600 nm? To give an answer, the this project has four scientific objectives: (i) to engineer the band structure of BaTaO2N by p-type doping for overall water splitting; (ii) to study the dimensional effect of carbon allotrope (0D-fullerene, 1D-nanotubes, 2D-graphene, and 3D-nanohorns) on solar water splitting of BaTaO2N; (iii) to evaluate solar water splitting efficiency, photo-stability, and scalability of the carbon-BaTaO2N composite; and (iv) to design a monolithically integrated photocatalyst module (device) based on the most suitable carbon allotrope and doped BaTaO2N. Having strong fundamental, applied, and multidisciplinary nature, this project has a potential capacity to raise the competitiveness and excellence of the European Photocatalysis Science and Technology. As today Europe continues to lead the world on climate action with its roadmap to moving to a competitive low-carbon economy by 2050, this project focusing on efficient, inexpensive and sustainable production of renewable hydrogen energy by solar water splitting is in line with EU’s climate action and will contribute to the knowledge-based economy of Europe. | ||||||||
| 106223 | 899066 | DEMED | Directed Evolution of Metalloenzymes through Electrochemical Droplet Microarrays | 2020-12-01 | 2023-05-19 | 2020-03-17 | H2020_newest | 162806.4 | 162806.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | The goal of this Marie Curie Individual fellowship proposal is to establish directed evolution of redox enzymes by means of electrochemical microarrays (DEMED) to enable the direct screening of the enzyme properties desired for their application in electrochemical devices. An O2 reducing metalloenzyme for implementation in biocathodes of H2/O2 enzymatic fuel cells will serve as model system to demonstrate that directed evolution of such redox enzymes screened by electrochemical droplet microarray is advantageous to specifically improve biofuel cell performances. The selected metalloenzyme is rubredoxin: oxygen oxidoreductase (ROO), which has never been applied to H2/O2 enzymatic fuel cells so far. First, ROO gene will be cloned and its random mutagenesis library will be synthesized. Second, the electrochemical droplet microarray will be adapted to enable the screening of the desired properties of the metalloenzyme. Third, electrochemical directed evolution of ROO will be carried out. Finally, the interface of ROO and electrode based on redox active polymers will be co-evolved with ROO to achieve high electron transfer rates to the enzyme and thus enable the fabrication of a high performance biocathode. It is expected that this project will have a groundbreaking on directed evolution of metalloenzymes for their practical implementation in electrochemical devices. | ||||||||
| 106692 | 701192 | VSHER | Mechanistic Understanding of Heterogenised Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts Through Vibrational Spectroelectrochemistry | 2016-04-01 | 2018-03-31 | 2016-02-24 | H2020_newest | 183454.8 | 183454.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2015-EF | Hydrogen (H2) will play a central role in the future global energy economy. It is therefore of utmost importance to develop economic routes for the production of H2 to make it more attractive as energy carrier medium in the future. Particularly, Co and Ni based compounds have gained attention for molecular H2 catalysis lately. Co glyoxime and pentapyridine coordinative complexes as well as Ni phosphine compounds are promising candidates exhibiting high catalytic activity in both electro- and light driven H2 catalysis in water. Nevertheless, for technological application the catalysts have to be immobilized on electrode surfaces. The adsorption strongly alters the catalytic reactions, which is still not clearly understood. To investigate the adsorbed catalysts, advanced spectroscopic methods are required that are able to provide sensitive information on the catalytic reaction at a molecular level. The aim of this proposed research is to investigate the heterogeneous catalytic reaction mechanism of Co and Ni mediated catalysis using an innovative combination of potential controlled confocal resonance Raman and ATR FT infrared absorption spectroscopy assisted by electrocatalytic methods and DFT calculations. For this, the three mentioned types of catalysts will be adsorbed on metal oxide surfaces and their catalytic reactions spectroelectrochemically and electrochemically investigated. Special emphasis is led on the role of heterogeneous electron and proton transfer steps on the overall heterogeneous catalytic activity compared to the homogeneous case. Through variation of the electrode material, the modulating material/catalyst interaction is aimed to be investigated in detail. In the outcome, the results will afford a comprehensive picture of the mechanism of metal catalysed HER. | ||||||||
| 106803 | 895296 | RENEW | Renewable Energy through New Electrolysis catalysts for Water splitting | 2020-06-29 | 2022-06-28 | 2020-02-28 | H2020_newest | 160932.48 | 160932.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | Inexpensive, renewable energy storage is vital for the future of humanity. Generating H2 via water splitting in proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis is a promising route for renewable fuel production. Wide-spread use of PEM electrolysis is limited by the high cost of the electrocatalysts which are composed of rare-earth metals such as Ir, Ru, and Pt (the catalysts being ~40% of the fabrication cost of PEM cells). Renewable Energy through New Electrolysis catalysts for Water splitting (RENEW) aims to develop, characterize, and mechanistically understand water oxidation catalysts (WOCatalysts) based on earth-abundant metals embedded in planar and nanostructured electrodes to replace rare-earth metals in PEM electrolysis. The specific goals of RENEW are (i) fabricate planar electrode/catalysts composed earth abundant metals such as Co, Fe, and Ni and based on recent advances in stabilizing these catalyts; (ii) determine the intrinsic activity, electrocatalytic current density, and lifetime of the electrode/catalyst assemblies; (iii) develop an understanding of the relationship between the electrode substrate and the stability and activity of the WOCatalysts; and (iv) fabricate nano-structured catalyst/electrode assemblies based on the most promising results of specific goals i-iii.The results of this project have the potential to greatly reduce the cost of H2 generated from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, or geothermal and thereby transform the European and global energy sectors, which aligns with the Horizon 2020 work programme of “Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy”. Throughout this project I will learn new techniques relevant to industrial catalysis, develop my skills as an independent researcher and mentor, and expand my network to include international collaborations and relationships as I transition to an established researcher. | ||||||||
| 107085 | 846107 | QuantumSolarFuels | Photoelectrochemical Solar Light Conversion into Fuels on Colloidal Quantum Dots Based Photoanodes | 2019-11-01 | 2022-10-31 | 2019-03-28 | H2020_newest | 237768 | 237768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2018 | The efficient use of solar energy is vital for the future of our Planet and to ensure to the next generations our and evensuperior welfare standards. Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising way to convert solar light into storable fuels,such as H2. However, an ideal photoanodic material for the oxygen evolution half-reaction has not been identified yet.Technologies based on solution-processed colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are promising for producing effectivephotoanodes because of their low manufacturing costs and the possibility of controlling the band gap of the material throughthe quantum size effect.The main scientific aim of the QuantumSolarFuels project is the preparation of photoanodes for water splitting based onCdSe, CdTe and CdSeTe CQDs and their protection against photocorrosion. The CQDs will be assembled in flat electrodeseffectively protected against photocorrosion and activated toward water oxidation through: a) the deposition of amorphousTiO2 and subsequent coating with metal based oxygen evolution catalysts or b) by direct coating them with the oxygenevolution catalysts.Further objectives are: 1) the identification of the optimal CdSeTe composition and CQDs size for the preparation of efficientphotoanodes; 2) the use of Cd-chalcogenide CQDs in solar cells and photo- and electro-catalysis for renewable fuelsproduction.Thanks to this action the researcher will become a World expert in these areas, in particular in the innovative use of CQDsfor photoelectrochemical water splitting applications.Taking full advantage of the complementary competences of the two involved research groups, the one at the beneficiaryinstitution expert in the fundamental chemical aspects of photocatalysis and the partner group more focused on theengineering and industrial exploitation of CQD science, the QuantumSolarFuels project will provide crucial achievements forthe future preparation of industrially compelling photoelectrochemical devices. | ||||||||
| 107442 | 656132 | SolHyPro | Water splitting by solar energy: From lab-scale to prototype devices | 2015-06-01 | 2017-05-31 | 2015-04-02 | H2020_newest | 170509.2 | 170509.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2014-EF | Hematite is a promising photoanode material for harvesting solar energy by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. It has a favorable bandgap energy (2.1 eV), good catalytic activity for water oxidation, low cost, is chemically stable in alkaline solutions and environmentally friendly. However, its water splitting efficiency is limited by electron-hole recombination length and it produces a below threshold photovoltage. The key to increasing the recombination length is supressing defects such as grain boundaries or surface roughness of the photoanode. The second issue is successfully resolved by coupling the photoelectrolytic cell to a photovoltaic cell, a so-called tandem cell with theoretically higher efficiency owing to optimal use of the solar spectrum. Both of these drawbacks are accounted for in this project.The aim of this project is to optimize the water photoelectrolysis performance of the photoelectrolysis-photovoltaic tandem-cell device by tailoring the microstructure of the thin film hematite photoanods, and up scaling from the laboratory scale to a prototype device. Fabrication of an efficient water-splitting cell is challenging as it consists of several thin film layers. Each of these layers impacts on the performance of the water-splitting tandem-cell.Up scaling from the lab scale to the prototype scale (10x10cm2) will be carried out in cooperation with PVComB in Germany. This poses entirely different challenges, creating the need for an adapted fabrication sequence and deposition conditions that ensure the adhesion of the ceramic and metal thin film layers. At the end of this project, I personally will have gained expertise in advanced microstructural analysis technique and also in the leadership role, which will enable me to take the next step in my carrier. And, we will have built a fully functional, fabrication-ready device for hydrogen production directly from solar energy. A great leap forward into a society based on renewable resources. | ||||||||
| 107923 | 799778 | PREMHYDRO | PROBING REACTION MECHANISMS IN PHOTOCATALYTIC H2 GENERATION | 2018-09-01 | 2020-08-31 | 2018-02-23 | H2020_newest | 175866 | 175866 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2017 | Anthropogenic climate change, together with increasing demands for energy, requires a drive towards sustainable and renewable energy sources.One solution lies in the advancement of a hydrogen economy, however for this to play a key role, sustainable approaches to producing H2 from renewable energy is required. A promising method for localised H2 production is the direct conversion of solar energy to fuel. Photochemical molecular devices that combine a light-harvesting unit, a bridging ligand and a catalytic center offer considerable opportunities and indeed bimetallic systems have been reported based on such combinations as Re/Co, Ru/Pt, Os/Rh, Ru/Rh, Pt/Co and Ir/Rh. During this research programme the Research Fellow will develop multicomponent arrays based on Ir/Fe and Ir/Co assemblies, and focus on the underlying mechanisms leading to solar hydrogen generation in these catalysts, and investigate structure-activity relationships. The research conducted at DCU (Pryce group) will be complemented by two secondments at Groningen (Browne group), and also to the industrial catalysis partner Catexel.To develop efficient photochemical molecular devices for visible light-driven hydrogen production, a thorough understanding of the photophysical and chemical processes in the photocatalyst is of vital importance. Therefore, to probe the photochemical reaction dynamics, the Fellow will gain experience in time resolved techniques spanning the pico to milli-second time frame, time correlated single photon counting, luminescence, and through secondments (resonance) Raman spectroscopy, TR2 and ns-TR3. During in the secondment to the Netherlands the Fellow will spend a period at Catexel where he will be introduced to the steps in product development and IP management. Unique blend of academic knowledge and industrial experience will open up new perspective horizons for the Fellow in his independent career. | ||||||||
| 108141 | 846255 | Biogas2Syngas | Rational Design for Coke-resistant Dry Reforming Catalyst using Combined Theory and Operando Raman Experiments | 2019-11-01 | 2021-10-31 | 2019-04-24 | H2020_newest | 171473.28 | 171473.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2018 | Increasing energy & chemical demands, rising CO2 emission and depleting fossil reserves have necessitated a search for an alternative technology to mitigate environmental issues, reduce oil consumption and satisfy energy and chemical demand. Production of biogas (mainly methane & CO2) from animal farms in Europe and discovery of shale gas (~ 90% methane) worldwide has led researchers to revisit dry reforming of methane (DRM) into syngas (CO+H2). The use of biogas as feed for chemical production not only curb the global carbon footprint, but also open up avenues for the exploration of new concepts and opportunities for catalytic and industrial developments. Despite the significant potential, DRM has not been commercialized due to catalyst instability leading high operational cost. The key challenges in the field are to increase lifetime and performance of the catalyst by preventing coke formation. Knowledge of structural/morphological changes of catalyst under reaction conditions is important for rational design. To address these issues, concepts based on combined experiment and theory are proposed. Understanding catalyst structure-activity relationship, and mechanistic insights into the DRM process will be developed through operando Raman experiments and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. Raman data will provide electronic state of the catalyst, catalyst structural information, nature of carbon deposits and structure-activity relationship. While, DFT studies will give reaction energy and activation barrier, which will help in understanding the reaction pathways and mechanism of coke formation. Multiscale kinetic modeling will be executed for rationalize experimental trends and establish catalyst structure-activity relationship. The knowledge obtained from this project will not only provide an insight about the effective catalyst design but also offer an avenue to explore new concepts and opportunities for industrial catalysis development. | ||||||||
| 108401 | 745702 | Act-EPR | Active Resonator Development for nano-EPR of single crystal proteins | 2017-05-01 | 2019-06-23 | 2017-03-16 | H2020_newest | 171460.8 | 171460.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2016 | In order to keep up with societal challenges of the 21st century, we must devise sustainable ways to efficiently store and retrieve energy from hydrogen. This “hydrogen economy” is one path for the future of clean energy. Nature’s solution to this challenge is a branch of enzymes called hydrogenases which typically use an organometallic active-site to reversibly split molecular hydrogen to hydrogen-ions and energy, in the form of electrons. Here, we choose to focus on [FeFe]-hydrogenase due to its high catalytic behavior. To understand these metallo-enzymes we must be able to study the enzymes grown as a single crystal. Single crystal protein Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) experiments are the ultimate method to study the paramagnetic states of hydrogenases and obtain the full magnetic interactions reflecting the electronic structure of the active site. Ultimately the catalytic activity of the hydrogenase can be understood by relating the information of the magnetic principal axes to the known protein structure of the enzyme. However, the application of single-crystal EPR is severely limited by the small crystals sizes that are usually available (sub-nanoliter to nanoliter volumes). The Key Enabling Technologies outlined in this fellowship have the potential to increase the sensitivity of EPR by a factor of 30 through the application of highly innovative concepts based on planar micro-resonators (PMR). This technology provides the sensitivity needed for the applicant to be the first to study single crystals of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase enzyme with EPR and advance the “hydrogen economy”. | ||||||||
| 108575 | 840787 | Thin-CATALYzER | Nanostructured anode catalyst layer for oxygen evolution reaction based on a novel thin-film architecture | 2020-09-01 | 2025-02-05 | 2019-04-15 | H2020_newest | 150040.32 | 150040.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2018 | The transformation of energy coming from renewable sources into gas with the purpose of storage and transportation (power-to-gas) is a powerful approach for the development of new-generation secure, clean, efficient energy systems. Key step in such a process is electrolysis, which utilizes electrical current for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. While the present electrolysis technology (anion exchange cells) is insufficient for covering the future demands, polymer-based cells (PEMECs) represent an emerging alternative for becoming the key-enabling technology in power-to-gas systems. Thin-CATALYzER aims at making an important step towards the implementation of PEMECs at large scale by introducing an innovative paradigm based on thin-film technology for the fabrication of an efficient, durable and sustainable PEMEC anode catalyst layer. This will serve both as an end-product possessing a high level of technological readiness and as a platform for achieving new information on the fundamental reaction mechanisms. Thin-CATALYzER tackles the current limitations of PEMEC anodes as it takes advantage of a single-step physical deposition process (PLD) for obtaining a nanostructured catalyst layer with high level of purity and of noble metal utilization, optimized meso- and microstructure, to be deposited on ceramic single crystals or on a commercial support according to the needs. Besides, the project comprises a program for the professional growth of the ER by training-through-research in catalysis and related techniques and for the development of complementary skills. This will be achieved thanks to the commitment of the host institution and of the action partners (academic and industrial), which possess a highly qualified and intersectorial knowledge. Lastly, the action promotes a two-way transfer of knowledge and the development of an extended network for all the actors involved. | ||||||||
| 108729 | 658270 | WO for solar fuels | Integrating molecular water oxidation catalysts with semiconductors for solar fuels generation | 2015-05-01 | 2017-04-30 | 2015-03-25 | H2020_newest | 183454.8 | 183454.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2014-EF | One of the biggest challenges of our society is the need to find a renewable, clean, easily storable and transportable energy source. Hydrogen and other solar fuels (e.g. methanol or formaldehyde) have been appointed as one of the future energy vectors. Having natural photosynthesis as inspiration, we can develop a device capable to split water using sunlight, obtaining oxygen and hydrogen. Although rapid progress is being made in the preparation of nanostructured electrodes that use visible light for fuel synthesis (including H2 evolution and CO2 reduction), their efficiency still remains modest due to slow catalytic function, the multi-electron requirements and the loss in efficiency due to electron (e-)/hole (h+) recombination. We aim to address these limitations by functionalising semiconductors with molecular catalysts for water oxidation, designed to achieve unidirectional charge separation and capable of accumulating multiple oxidations. This project involves the complete characterisation of the electron processes taking place within the photoanode using time resolved spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques. Through iterative design-evaluation-feedback we aim to identify the key limiting factors and model general rules to enhance the performance of photoanodes. Ultimately, the photoanodes will be assembled with a functional cathode to build a complete photoelectrochemical cell for solar fuel generation. | ||||||||
| 108751 | 654723 | Solarfuels | Engineering Silicon Carbide Nanowires for Solar Fuels Production | 2015-08-28 | 2017-08-27 | 2015-03-25 | H2020_newest | 195454.8 | 195454.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2014-EF | By 2020, the European Union aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20-30% and increase renewable energy share to 20%. This scenario has imposed urgent needs to develop fossil fuel alternatives like solar fuels. In order to produce solar fuels, the coupled reduction of CO2 and H2O is one of the most promising processes. However, the generation of efficient, stable and low-cost material for CO2/H2O reduction remains a big challenge. Silicon carbide nanowires (SiC NW) exhibit the unique properties of large surface-to-volume ratio, tuneable transport properties and quantum size effects, which is very promising for the reduction of CO2/H2O to produce solar fuels. To date, the studies on SiC NW for CO2/H2O reduction are limited due to the lack of (1) large-scale production techniques, (2) in situ characterization of the growth mode, and (3) there are no economical devices available for the evaluation of SiC NW. This project, SOLARFUELS, proposes the engineering of SiC NW for solar fuels production through the development of a carbon nanotube template method for large-scale synthesis of SiC NW combing with in situ characterization of SiC NW during growth and post-mortem. Design of an economically viable device is envisaged to exploit the in house generated SiC NWs. By introducing novel multiple sample holders for atmospheric gaseous reaction, the designed device can enable efficient catalyst/reactant contact along the vertically orientation of SiC NW and reduce the cost for the device by at least a half.The SOLARFUELS is built across research areas of materials science, chemistry, chemical and device engineering. It perfectly integrates the Experienced Researcher (ER)’s skills in solar energy application/device development and the Supervisor’s expertise in nanomaterials synthesis/characterization. It will play an important role in advancing ER’s career for a permanent position and in addition it will contribute to new approaches to further host’s solar fuel research. | ||||||||
| 108930 | 701745 | NanoINCAGE | Luminescent Nanocrystals in a Cage for Solar-to-Fuel Conversion | 2016-09-01 | 2018-08-31 | 2016-02-12 | H2020_newest | 175419.6 | 175419.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2015-EF | Artificial photosynthesis, which can produce hydrogen and oxygen from solar irradiation, is one of the possible means to provide clean and renewable energy. Despite the recent progress, this emerging field is challenged by huge technical and scientific questions. In natural photosynthesis light absorption and catalysis occur in different sites of the leaf. In a simplified scenario, the energy harvested by the light absorbing pigments is funnelled towards the oxygen evolving complex. Here, we propose to realize the same biologically-inspired scheme using a novel hybrid system consisting of colloidal quantum dots embedded in a metal organic framework cage (CQD@MOF). In particular, a CQD Förster-transfer based light harvesting antenna will directionally transfer energy to a catalyst located in separate sites of the device. In addition to the rich basic science opportunities behind the introduction of this new concept in artificial photosynthesis, full-solar spectrum harvesting deriving from the characteristic size-dependent band gap tunability of CQDs, the potential for high voltages by combining CQDs of different size and composition, and the lack of contact between the light absorber and the electrolyte, intrinsic to the proposed device architectures, are all advantages that make this CQD@MOF hybrid Förster-based scheme highly appealing. One of the key component of the research will be to develop synthetic schemes to access these multifunctional systems with an unprecedented level of control through multiple length-scales. The experience and the skills gained by the applicant during her earlier carrier in the device fabrication together with the long-standing experience of the supervisor in this field will be extremely beneficial for a successful outcome of the proposal.NanoINCAGE is highly multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary program and its successful outcome will tremendously impact several other research fields in chemistry, materials science and engineering. | ||||||||
| 109343 | 891276 | C[Au]PSULE | Crystal phase engineering of Au nanoparticles for enhanced solar fuel generation | 2020-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2020-03-11 | H2020_newest | 166320 | 166320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | Artificial photocatalysis that converts CO2 into carbon fuels or produces clean energy such as H2 or NH3 from water and N2 using solar energy is an effective strategy to effectively reduce the carbon footprint and to develop a low carbon emission economy and sustainable energy in the future. Noble metal decorated photocatalysts have widely been investigated for improving the photocatalytic performance, however the effect of noble metal crystal phases on the photocatalytic performance is still an unexplored field. This project aims at exploiting the reduced coordination of surface metal atoms in non-standard crystal phases of metallic gold (Au) to create more effective photocatalysts. Specifically, the relationship between the Au crystal phase and the photoactivity of Au-perovskite composites will be systematically investigated by combining various advanced characterization techniques. Additionally, for achieving highly efficient Au-perovskite photocatalysts the modification of non-standard crystal phase Au by constructing crystal-phase-heterostructure and alloying with atom-thick metal shell and the optimization of charge migration pathways in the composites will be performed. Using single molecule fluorescence microscopy, the photocatalytic reaction pathways and the dynamics process over Au-perovskite photocatalysts will be elucidated. | ||||||||
| 109427 | 796322 | PolymersForSolarFuel | Conjugated Polymers for Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution from Water | 2018-03-01 | 2020-02-29 | 2018-02-12 | H2020_newest | 183454.8 | 183454.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2017 | With a steadily increasing demand of the global energy consumption and reliance of geopolitically sensitive sources of energy, such as petroleum and coal, there has never been such an urgency to explore alternative clean, renewable energy supplies. Aside from the obvious limitations in availability, those raw materials and their combustion products are considered polluting and low-efficient. Attempts have been made to address these concerns by introduction of solar panels, wind and hydro-electric power. While those solutions intermittently reach high efficiencies and can be used complimentary to each other, one challenge remains unmet—the supply of storable energy.The project PolymersForSolarFuel will address globally relevant challenges in the field of renewable energy generation and storage. It will combine established concepts from the fields of photovoltaics, photocatalysis, and polymer synthesis and enable the development of novel sustainable materials for solar-driven evolution of hydrogen from water. The “PolymersForSolarFuel” project aims to: a) investigate organic materials and contribute to an overall database of photoactive compounds, b) select most promising candidates through property-related screening, c) cross-examine physical (two-component) and chemical (one-component) combinations of such materials and identify most promising final candidate(s) and d) develop scale-up protocols and assemble a prototype of a feasible size. This proposal will detail the work action and outline the beneficial synergy between the host’s experience in the field of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and the applicant’s experience in synthetic chemistry and in-depth analysis of organic compounds and their structure-to-function relationships. It will further identify contributions towards the personal and professional development of the applicant and show the overall share in advancement of science and education of the public in Europe within a cutting-edge research field. | ||||||||
| 109490 | 751848 | 2D-COF-WS | Designing and screening two dimensional covalent organic frameworks for effective water splitting | 2017-04-01 | 2019-03-31 | 2017-02-24 | H2020_newest | 171460.8 | 171460.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2016 | In order to mitigate the energy crisis and serious environmental pollution as well as global warming, the conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels including hydrogen has been extensively developed to flexibly and conveniently utilize this clean energy form. Generally, hydrogen can be produced via photocatalytic water splitting under sunlight irradiation. The efficiency of this solar driven process to synthesize hydrogen depends entirely on the selected semiconducting photocatalysts. Composed of light-weight elements and linked by strong covalent bonds, two dimensional (2D) covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are low-cost, low-toxic and promising catalytic materials that can facilitate the water splitting process under solar irradiation. However, the structural, electronic and optical properties of 2D COFs can vary significantly with different factors, which will determine the final photocatalytic performance of 2D COFs. Therefore, finding viable 2D COFs for effective water splitting requires extensive fundamental research. In this project, we will explore the feasibility of using 2D COFs for photocatalysis on the basis of comprehensive theoretical computations. Via collaborating with experimental researchers, deep insights will be generated for the design and synthesis of 2D COF photocatalysts. After understanding the intrinsic properties and photocatalytic properties of 2D COFs, we will effectively and significantly help to design and screen promising catalysts for water splitting and promote the development and application of green energy. | ||||||||
| 109565 | 753124 | NanoAID | Advanced In-situ Techniques for the Development of Metal Oxide Nanostructures. | 2017-04-01 | 2019-03-31 | 2017-03-07 | H2020_newest | 187419.6 | 187419.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2016 | Complex metal oxides (MO) are the center of interest in a range of fields, with one of the most exciting applications being artificial photosynthesis. Converting solar energy into chemical bonds, once perfected, might constitute a large part of a solution to the energy sustainability problem modern society faces. Semiconductor MOs have been shown to be promising candidates for light absorbers in anodes of photoelectrochemical cells used for water cleavage and hydrogen production from sunlight. Candidate materials with optimal band gap and band alignment with water redox level used in such devices are often selected based on combinatorial material science techniques (inkjet printing, co-sputtering) and theoretical calculations. Once a compound is identified as having promising photoelectrochemical properties, a fabrication route is sought to prepare nano-structured thin films. Colloidal chemistry is a highly promising approach for the synthesis of complex MO nano crystals (NCs), in principle allowing control over the size and structure of the NCs by choosing appropriate precursors and tuning the conditions (temperature, time, reagent concentration, organic ligands). These advancements greatly facilitate research in the field of complex functional materials and are now a standard, but the optimization of synthesis-by-design of NCs and thin films fabrication has been lacking and mainly based on a trial and error approach. With NanoAID we will address this important issue and develop a comprehensive toolbox for synthesis and characterization of complex oxides, which will go beyond the state of the art with precise defects and non-stoichiometry control capabilities. NanoAID will focus on developing a toolbox for rapid structural and morphological characterization of complex oxide NCs and thin films, and thermodynamic analysis of the involved compounds. Research will center on ternary and quaternary compounds, namely Cu/Mn-V-O. | ||||||||
| 109821 | 659491 | EpiAnodes | Heteroepitaxial α-Fe2O3 photoanodes for solar water splitting | 2015-10-01 | 2017-09-30 | 2015-04-02 | H2020_newest | 170509.2 | 170509.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2014-EF | Within the past 40 years, tremendous progress has been made in both the efficiency and cost reduction of photovoltaic (PV) cells that convert sunlight to electricity. However, one of the main limitations of using solar power as an energy source is that the electricity must be used immediately or stored in a secondary device . Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells combined in tandem with PV cells offer a solution to this problem by using solar radiation (light) to electrolyze water and generate hydrogen which can then be converted to electricity using fuel cells or be used to synthesize and store hydrocarbon fuels by hydrogenation of CO2 . The host’s (Prof. Avner Rothschild) research group at the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel has recently made a landmark advancement in the quest for efficient solar water splitting. The development of a resonant light trapping technique in ultrathin absorbing films on reflective substrates opens the possibility to overcome the greatest challenge facing efficient water splitting in α-Fe2O3 photoanodes, namely, the trade-off between optical absorption length and charge carrier collection length. The Experienced Researcher proposes a novel research plan building upon the invention and involving heteroepitaxial deposition of ultrathin Fe2O3 films for solar water splitting. The proposed research is highly innovative and will develop methods for precise control of thin microstructures and their compositions; these will allow for engineering of films that are nearly free of defects which will improve the efficiency of the photoanodes by suppressing bulk recombination and at the same time, cover novel fundamental research directions such as study of doping on α-Fe2O3 properties without entanglement from microstructural effects, heteroepitaxial multilayer structures with selective charge transport layers, and directional charge transport in α-Fe2O3. | ||||||||
| 109987 | 786381 | P-LH2 | Characterisation of pressurised liquid hydrogen (LH2) releases | 2019-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2018-03-13 | H2020_newest | 195454.8 | 195454.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2017 | Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies were identified amongst the new energy technologies needed to achieve up to 80% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050 in the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan. This is not only for automotive applications but also for distributed energy storage and power to gas technology. The transport of liquefied hydrogen (LH2) is considered as the most effective option for scaling up the hydrogen supply infrastructure. However, LH2 implies specific hazards, which are very different from those associated with the relatively well-known compressed gaseous hydrogen. Experience with LH2 in a distributed energy system is lacking. The release of pressurised LH2 jet is accompanied by flashing, intense phase changes, cryogenic jets, droplets, spray and rainout, etc. The wide flammability range of hydrogen and low ignition energy further necessitate special consideration for fire and explosion safety. P-LH2 aims to develop robust modelling strategies for pressurised LH2 jets; and to train the Experienced Researcher (ER) and develop a two-way transfer of knowledge in an interdisciplinary project. To achieve these overall goals, the following five specific objectives are specified: 1. Develop and validate a robust solver LH2FOAM within the frame of OpenFOAM® for pressurised LH2 jets to assist facility siting and safe operations of LH2 technologies in transport, storage and utilization in the forthcoming upscaling of hydrogen supply infrastructure and the development of LH2 specific international codes and standards;2. Establish the principle structure, morphology and behaviour of LH2 jets in realistic conditions including flammable envelope;3. Investigate effect of wind speed and direction, confinement and obstacles on large-scale LH2 releases;4. Foster a two-way transfer of knowledge between the ER and participating organisations; and5. Disseminate and communicate the P-LH2 results to wider audiences in order to maximise its impact. | ||||||||
| 110214 | 798409 | HMST-PC | Synthesis of Hybrid Metal-Semiconductor Tetrapod Photocatalysts for Improved Water Splitting | 2019-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2018-04-26 | H2020_newest | 170509.2 | 170509.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2017 | While modern photovoltaic cells (PVCs) are capable of efficiently and directly generating usable electricity from sunlight, daily variations in availability of this key resource during day/night cycles points to a need to store the generated power for use when the PVCs are not active. To this end, systems that directly use the energy of sunlight to drive chemical reactions that otherwise would be thermodynamically uphill have been vigorously studied since the late 1960s. Such “solar-to-fuel” generating systems are targeted to store energy from sunlight in the form of chemical bonds which can be later broken with mild external stimulus to provide energy on-demand. Of these systems, the most studied for the collection and storage of solar energy is the photoinduced solar water splitting reaction, wherein liquid water is broken down into hydrogen gas (H2) and oxygen gas (O2) using semiconductor photocatalysts. This proposal seeks to develop a novel nanoscale Hybrid Metal-Semiconductor Tetrapod Photocatalyst (HMST-PC) for solar energy conversion. This catalyst is specifically designed for the efficient generation of fuels (H2 and O2) from only sunlight and H2O. The nanocatalyst will consist of: i) four light-absorbing CdS antennae, ii) an embedded CdSe core to guide internal energetics, iii) a binary noble metal cocatalyst for H2 evolution, and iv) a robust metal-oxide cocatalyst for O2 evolution. In addition to developing an all-in-one solar photocatalyst, fundamental scientific advances made in this action will serve to i) expand the toolbox of precision nanomaterials synthetic methods available to researchers, ii) address long standing issues of charge-extraction in nanoscale catalyst systems, and iii) develop new methods to stabilize functional photocatalysts against photocorrosion. These advances will help enable future researchers to engineer better (more well-defined) model systems with a level of synthetic precision not available in the past. | ||||||||
| 110531 | 748683 | MARVEL | Novel MAterial and Process Design for ReVerse Electrodialysis-Water ELectrolysis Energy System | 2017-06-01 | 2019-05-31 | 2017-03-14 | H2020_newest | 142720.8 | 142720.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2016 | Development of renewable energy resources that can address energy and environmental issues is currently the top global challenge. Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) is a highly innovative technology for conversion of salinity gradient energy into electricity. Water electrolysis is a promising option for hydrogen production from renewable energy resources. Recently, a novel approach combining RED and Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis (APEWE) was reported for sustainable hydrogen production. However, this process achieved low efficiency: RED suffers from the negative impact of multivalent ions on power generation, whereas APEWE lacks highly conducive and stable membrane separators and polymer binders. The MARVEL project aims to i) endow monovalent ion selectivity for RED membranes to reduce the influence of multivalent ions ii) develop novel, fully characterized membrane separators and polymer binders for APEWE iii) test RED-APEWE process with these new materials iv) perform a techno-economic assessment for commercial feasibility. The ultimate goal of MARVEL is to broaden the knowledge and expertise of the researcher, Dr. Ramato Ashu Tufa, through high-quality research training in the emergig area of renewable energy involving multidisciplinary investigation approaches and intersectoral secondments. This allows him to establish a long-standing relationship with his institute and increase his professional network across Europe. An effective dissemination of project results and knowledge will be implemented through presentations of results in major conference, seminars, publications in high-impact peer reviewed journals, project web page, open days etc. Profound outputs from MARVEL will significantly contrubte towards establishment of a strong scientific and technical base for European science and technology, foster the competitiveness and growth of EU economy with a positive impact on the major objectives of energy policy for sustainability and security. | ||||||||
| 111120 | 875024 | ANIONE | Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolysis for Renewable Hydrogen Production on a Wide-Scale | 2020-01-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2019-12-09 | H2020_newest | 1999995 | 1999995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-4-2019 | The overall objective of the ANIONE project is to develop a high-performance, cost-effective and durable anion exchange membrane water electrolysis technology. The approach regards the use of an anion exchange membrane (AEM) and ionomer dispersion in the catalytic layers for hydroxide ion conduction in a system operating mainly with pure water. This system combines the advantages of both proton exchange membrane and liquid electrolyte alkaline technologies allowing the scalable production of low-cost hydrogen from renewable sources. The focus is on developing advanced short side chain Aquivion-based anion exchange polymer membranes comprising a perfluorinated backbone and pendant chains, covalently bonded to the perfluorinated backbone, with quaternary ammonium groups to achieve conductivity and stability comparable to their protonic analogous, and novel nanofibre reinforcements for mechanical stability and reduced gas crossover. Hydrocarbon AEM membranes consisting of either poly(arylene) or poly(olefin) backbone with quaternary ammonium hydroxide groups carried on tethers anchored on the polymeric backbone are developed in parallel. The project aims to validate a 2 kW AEM electrolyser with a hydrogen production rate of about 0.4 Nm3/h (TRL 4). The aim is to contribute to the road-map addressing the achievement of a wide scale decentralised hydrogen production infrastructure with the long-term goal to reach net zero CO2 emissions in EU by 2050. To reach such objectives, innovative reinforced anion exchange membranes will be developed in conjunction with non-critical raw materials (CRMs) high surface area electro-catalysts and membrane-electrode assemblies. Cost-effective stack hardware materials and novel stack designs will contribute to decrease the capital costs of these systems. After appropriate screening of active materials, in terms of performance and stability, in single cells, these components will be validated in an AEM electrolysis stack operating with high differential pressure and assessed in terms of performance, load range and durability under steady-state and dynamic operating conditions. The proposed solutions can contribute significantly to reducing the electrolyser CAPEX and OPEX costs. The project will deliver a techno-economic analysis and an exploitation plan for successive developments with the aim to bring the innovations to market. The consortium comprises an electrolyser manufacturer, membrane, catalysts and MEAs suppliers. | ||||||||
| 111318 | 721065 | CREATE | Critical Raw materials Elimination by a top-down Approach To hydrogen and Electricity generation | 2017-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2016-12-01 | H2020_newest | 4480978.02 | 4318478.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.1.3. | NMBP-03-2016 | CREATE aims at developing innovative membrane electrode assemblies for low-temperature polymer-electrolyte fuel cell (FC) and electrolyzer (EL) with much reduced cost. This will be achieved via elimination or drastic reduction of critical raw materials in their catalysts, in particular platinum group metals (PGM).Key issues with present low-temperature FC & EL are the high contents of PGM in devices based on proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) and the need for liquid electrolytes in alkaline FC and EL. To overcome this, we will shift from PEM-based cells to 1) pure anion-conducting polymer-electrolytes and 2) to bipolar-membrane polymer electrolytes. The latter comprises anion and proton conducting ionomers and a junction. Bipolar membranes allow adapting the pH at each electrode, thereby opening the door to improved performance or PGM-free catalysts. Both strategies carry the potentiality to eliminate or drastically reduce the need for PGM while maintaining the advantages of PEM-based devices.In strategy 1, novel anion-exchange ionomers and membranes will be developed and interfaced with catalysts based on Earth-abundant metal oxides or metal-carbon composites for the oxygen reactions, and with ultralow PGM or PGM-free catalysts for the hydrogen reactions.In strategy 2, novel bipolar membrane designs, or designs unexplored for FC & EL, will be developed and interfaced with catalysts for the oxygen reactions (high pH side of the bipolar membrane) and with catalysts for the hydrogen reactions (low pH side). The ionomers and oxygen reaction catalysts developed in strategy 1 will be equally useful for strategy 2, while identified PGM-free and ultralow-PGM catalysts will be implemented for the hydrogen reactions on the acidic side.Polymer-electrolyte FC & EL based on those concepts will be evaluated for targeted applications, i.e. photovoltaic electricity storage, off-grid back-up power and H2 production. The targeted market is distributed small-scale systems. | ||||||||
| 111563 | 736272 | BIOROBURplus | Advanced direct biogas fuel processor for robust and cost-effective decentralised hydrogen production | 2017-01-01 | 2021-06-30 | 2016-12-15 | H2020_newest | 3813536.24 | 2996248.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-2-2016 | BioROBURplus builds upon the closing FCH JU BioROBUR project (direct biogas oxidative steam reformer) to develop an entire pre-commercial fuel processor delivering 50 Nm3/h (i.e. 107 kg/d) of 99.9% hydrogen from different biogas types (landfill gas, anaerobic digestion of organic wastes, anaerobic digestion of wastewater-treatment sludges) in a cost-effective manner.The energy efficiency of biogas conversion into H2 will exceed 80% on a HHV basis, due to the following main innovations:1) increased internal heat recovery enabling minimisation of air feed to the reformer based on structured cellular ceramicscoated with stable and easily recyclable noble metal catalysts with enhanced coking resistance; 2) a tailored pressure-temperature-swing adsorption (PTSA) capable of exploiting both pressure and low T heat recovery from the processor todrive H2 separation from CO2 and N2; 3) a recuperative burner based on cellular ceramics capable of exploiting the lowenthalpy PTSA-off-gas to provide the heat needed at points 1 and 2 above. The complementary innovations already developed in BioROBUR (advanced modulating air-steam feed control system for coke growth control; catalytic trap hosting WGS functionality and allowing decomposition of incomplete reforming products; etc.) will allow to fully achieve the project objectives within the stringent budget and time constraints set by the call.Prof. Debora Fino, the coordinator of the former BioROBUR project, will manage, in an industrially-oriented perspective, the work of 11 partners with complementary expertise: 3 universities (POLITO, KIT, SUPSI), 3 research centres (IRCE, CPERI, DBI), 3 SMEs (ENGICER, HST, MET) and 2 large companies (ACEA, JM) from 7 different European Countries.A final test campaign is foreseen at TRL 6 to prove targets achievement, catching the unique opportunity offered by ACEA toexploit three different biogas types and heat integration with an anaerobic digester generating the biogas itself. | ||||||||
| 111678 | 101017709 | EPISTORE | Thin Film Reversible Solid Oxide Cells for Ultracompact Electrical Energy Storage | 2021-01-01 | 2025-06-30 | 2020-12-01 | H2020_newest | 4599128.75 | 4599128.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.2. | FETPROACT-EIC-07-2020 | In the last decades, advanced thin film technology has enabled a wide range of technological breakthroughs that have transformed entire sectors such as electronics and lighting by the implementation of outstanding nanoscale phenomena in reliable products that involve ultralow contents of critical raw materials (CRMs). EPISTORE aims to revolutionize the energy storage sector by developing pocket-sized kW-range stacks based on thin film reversible Solid Oxide Cells (TF-rSOCs) that will be able to efficiently store renewable electricity for applications where the use of batteries is inefficient due to size constraints or long term storage requirements, e.g. off-shore power generation or transportation. Nanoscale breakthroughs and never explored materials will be combined in revolutionary TF-rSOCs giving rise to radically new ultracompact and fast response Power-to-Gas and Power-to-Power storage solutions with superior performance (hydrogen production of 10kg/l per hour and specific power of 2.5kW/kg) and negligible use of CRMs (50mg/kW). In order to enable this science-to-technology step forward, our nano-enabled TF-rSOCs will be integrated in scalable silicon technology to show their viability as a potentially low-cost new paradigm of large-scale energy storage. The EPISTORE project addresses this challenging objective by building an interdisciplinary research consortium that includes consolidated and emergent leading researchers in modelling, micro- and nano-technologies, materials science and energy together with high-tech pioneer SMEs that cover the whole value chain and possess unique capabilities to develop kW-range modular stacks for real applications. Moreover, the structure and communication strategy have been designed to make EPISTORE a lighthouse project for boosting this novel storage paradigm and building an innovation ecosystem founded on advanced thin films applied to energy technology. | ||||||||
| 111770 | 875573 | HYDROGEN | HighlY performing proton exchange membrane water electrolysers with reinforceD membRanes fOr efficient hydrogen GENeration | 2019-12-01 | 2022-05-31 | 2019-10-10 | H2020_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-POC | The project SPINAM (ERC Starting Grant 2012 – FP7 Ideas Programme) introduced a new method of elaboration and assembly based on electrospinning to produce novel energy materials with improved properties. The project focused on the development of core materials (membrane-electrode assemblies, MEAs) of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and water electrolysers (PEMWEs). Water electrolysis is one promising opportunity to address the challenge of renewable energy storage, since the hydrogen produced offers large storage capacities and can be efficiently reconverted to electricity via fuel cells. Despite its advantages, PEMWE is currently not yet widespread because of the high cost and the low durability of the cell components over time. The membrane is known to be the weakest component for long term performance, with low mechanical strength, high permeation and high creep. Reduction in the thickness of the membrane, while keeping low gas permeability and high mechanical resistance, would represent a real breakthrough, allowing for lower operating cell voltage. The HYDROGEN project (HighlY performing proton exchange membrane water electrolysers with reinforceD membRanes fOr efficient hydrogen GENeration) will tackle these issues with the preparation of novel MEAs based on membranes reinforced with extensive networks of active polymer fibres prepared by electrospinning. This concept was developed under SPINAM, where the results of the work were brought to TRL 3/4, with four-fold improvement in chemical and mechanical stability during electrochemical accelerated aging tests over state-of-the art reinforced membranes. HYDROGEN project technology provides the required disruptive solution for PEMWE to become a competitive option for H2 production up to its extensive adoption and commercialisation. | ||||||||
| 111775 | 671481 | SElySOs | Development of new electrode materials and understanding of degradation mechanisms on Solid Oxide High Temperature Electrolysis Cells. | 2015-11-02 | 2020-05-01 | 2015-07-14 | H2020_newest | 2939655 | 2939655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02.1-2014 | The high temperature Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOEC) technology has a huge potential for future mass production of hydrogen and shows great dynamics to become commercially competitive against other electrolysis technologies (AEL, PEMEL), which are better established but more expensive and less efficient. On the downside, up to now SOECs are less mature and performance plus durability are currently the most important issues that need to be tackled, while the technological progress is still below the typically accepted standard requirements. Indicatively, the latest studies on State-of-the-Art (SoA) cells with Ni/YSZ and LSM as cathode and anode electrodes, respectively, show that the performance decreases about 2-5% after 1000h of operation for the H2O electrolysis reaction, whereas for the co-electrolysis process the situation is even worse and the technology level is much more behind the commercialization thresholds. In this respect, SElySOs is taking advantage of the opportunity for a 4-years duration project and focuses on understanding of the degradation and lifetime fundamentals on both of the SOEC electrodes, for minimization of their degradation and improvement of their performance and stability mainly under H2O electrolysis and in a certain extent under H2O/CO2 co-electrolysis conditions. Specifically, the main efforts will be addressed on the study of both water and O2 electrodes, where there will be investigation on: (i) Modified SoA Ni-based cermets, (ii) Alternative perovskite-type materials, (iii) Thorough investigation on the O2 electrode, where new more efficient O2 evolving electrodes are going to be examined and proposed. An additional strong point of the proposed project is the development of a theoretical model for description of the performance and degradation of the SOEC fuel electrode. Overall, SElySOs adopts a holistic approach for coping with SOECs degradation and performance, having a strong orientation on the market requirements. | ||||||||
| 111794 | 836429 | PRODUCE-H2 | PROtotype Demonstration Using low-cost Catalysts for Electrolysis to H2 | 2019-05-01 | 2020-10-31 | 2019-01-29 | H2020_newest | 150000 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2018-PoC | Hydrogen (H2) generated from renewable energies, such as solar and wind, and water has a huge potential as a carbon-free energy vector which can be exploited on demand through fuel cell technologies. Proton-exchange membrane electrolysers (PEMEL) are a mature technology that can be coupled with intermittent renewable power sources. However their wide deployment still depends on innovative breakthroughs regarding the design of alternative catalysts avoiding the use of precious metals and fulfilling three main characteristics: sustainability, cost-effectiveness and stability.In the “PhotocatH2ode” ERC Frontier Research Starting Grant (consolidator stream), we explored a coordination polymer structure for amorphous molybdenum sulfide (a-MoSx), refined the understanding of its catalytic mechanism (Artero and coll., Nature material 2016) and developed strategies to remedy reductive corrosion issues that so far limited the implementation of such earth-abundant H2 evolution catalysts in PEMEL. We aim at exploiting these new findings in PRODUCE-H2, an ERC Proof of Concept project which proposes to (1) optimize the formulation of these catalytic materials and assemble them in polymer-membranes, (2) assessing their performance and quantifying their stability during long-term tests performed under realistic operating conditions, (3) upscaling their production thanks to a newly developed synthetic process and (4) implementing them in a noble-metal-free PEMEL prototype. PRODUCE-H2 will exploit pre-existing and newly created intellectual property with the aim of proposing a cost-effective industrial solution for PV-coupled on-site hydrogen production. This project will be in close collaboration with Toyota Motor Europe who have been selling fuel cell cars since 2015. | ||||||||
| 111929 | 671465 | VOLUMETRIQ | Volume Manufacturing of PEM FC Stacks for Transportation and In-line Quality Assurance | 2015-09-01 | 2019-08-31 | 2015-07-13 | H2020_newest | 4988450.25 | 4961950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | FCH-01.2-2014 | The principal aim of the project is to develop an EU-centric supply base for key automotive PEM fuel cell components that achieve high power density and with volume production capability along with embedded quality control as a key focus – to enable the establishment of a mature Automotive PEM fuel cell manufacturing capability in Europe. It will exploit existing EU value adding competencies and skill sets to enhance EU employment opportunities and competitiveness while supporting CO2 reduction and emissions reduction targets across the Transport sector with increased security of fuel supply (by utilising locally produced Hydrogen). | ||||||||
| 112265 | 888797 | LoCatSpot | Localized catalytic hotspot detection, manipulation, and creation for Energy Innovations | 2020-07-01 | 2022-06-30 | 2020-05-05 | H2020_newest | 144980.64 | 144980.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | Throughout the European Union, questions about the sustainability of our lifestyles have become a strong motivation for innovations in chemical energy conversion and storage. Hydrogen is expected to play the key role in future developments. The electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is an important and future-oriented way of producing hydrogen. Tremendous efforts have been made to develop new materials as substitutes for Pt-based HER catalysts. Two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) are promising replacements due to their admirable catalytic activity and low cost. However, the expectations in TMDs as alternative HER catalysts have not yet been fulfilled. It is well known that local variations in the chemical composition and morphological characteristics (planes, edges) influence catalytic effects and thus change electrochemical activity. The development of advanced nanocomposites of two or more TMDs is therefore a fascinating and targeted approach which faces several challenges. One major challenge, especially for complex materials where modifications can cause multiple changes, is pinpointing the electrochemical activity to individual surface characteristics to identify catalytic hotspots. Another big challenge is the selective creation of catalytic hotspots up to the construction of well divined and highly efficient nanocomposite structures. The scanning electrochemical microscope enables the correlation of electrochemical activity to surface characteristics as well as the template-free chemical structuring of surfaces. In particular, the direct read out after induced modifications will deliver unprecedently detailed information about catalytic hotspots. This project aims to apply localized electrochemistry to provide clear solutions for both challenges and to finally path the way to new advanced 2D materials for further energy related innovations. | ||||||||
| 112351 | 891636 | COUPC1 | Coupling strategies for scavenging reactive C1 intermediates in hydrogen generation | 2020-04-01 | 2022-11-30 | 2020-03-04 | H2020_newest | 204415.68 | 204415.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | Recent findings have suggested the plausible involvement of formic acid (HCOOH) as a gaseous molecular shuttle in WGS reaction , which is specifically promoted by oxides (ZnO, CeO2, TiO2) that are known to selectively dehydrate HCOOH (microreverse of HCOOH formation from CO and H2O) and metals (Cu, Pt, Pd, Au) that do dehydrogenation (to CO2 and H2 in WGS) and hydrogenation (to methanol). The intermediate of interest (HCOOH) is formed in situ from CO/H2O mixtures on metals and oxides that catalyze selective HCOOH dehydration, and thus its microscopic reverse. Subsequent HCOOH dehydrogenation would lead to the formation of H2 and CO2, completing a water-gas shift (WGS ) turnover without requiring interfacial contact among functions. A notable promotional effect has been recently detected in catalyst without requiring atomic contact, meaning that the two functions need to be “close” but not in atomic contact but involving a molecular carrier. The mechanistic details of such diffusion-mediated routes would unveil new opportunities for the specific channelling of such intermediates towards H2 and CO2, through precise positioning of a function that forms HCOOH from CO/H2O reactants and another function, present beyond atomic contact but within diffusion distances, that dehydrogenates gaseous HCOOH to H2 and CO2. Summarizing, this research would permit controlling the WGS process in order to increase H2 production worldwide. The proposed research will address the formation and scavenging of reactive and thermodynamically unstable intermediates without a C-C bond, which can be formed from C1 molecules (specifically natural gas or biogenic feedstocks), through the precise positioning for their formation and scavenging functions. The researcher U. De La Torre will be seconded to the LSAC group at UC Berkeley (USA) under the supervision of Prof. Enrique Iglesia, and will return to the University of the Basque Country (Spain) under the supervision of Prof. González-Velasco. | ||||||||
| 112416 | 686053 | CritCat | Towards Replacement of Critical Catalyst Materials by Improved Nanoparticle Control and Rational Design | 2016-06-01 | 2019-05-31 | 2016-02-25 | H2020_newest | 4369292.5 | 4369292.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.1.3. | NMP-23-2015 | The CritCat proposal aims to provide solutions for the substitution of critical metals, especially rare platinum group metals (PGMs), used in heterogeneous and electrochemical catalysis. CritCat will explore the properties of ultra-small transition metal (TM) nanoparticles in order achieve optimal catalytic performance with earth-abundant materials. The emphasis will be on industrially-relevant chemical reactions and emerging energy conversion technologies in which PGMs play an instrumental role, particularly in the context of hydrogen and synthesis gas (syngas) fuels. The CritCat proposal includes all the aspects for rational catalyst design including novel catalyst synthesis, characterization, and performance testing by a range of academic and industry partners together with large-scale computational simulations of the relevant catalysts, substrates and model reactions using the latest computational methods. Particular attention is given to a strong feedback-loop mechanism where theory is an integral part of the experimental work packages. The experimental and theoretical data will be collected (descriptor database) and used for materials screening via machine learning techniques and new algorithms. The goal is to improve size, shape and surface structure control of the tailored nanoparticle catalysts via novel cluster/nanoparticle synthesis techniques that can produce samples of unrivalled quality. The research includes up-scaling of the size-selected catalyst nanoparticle samples up to macroscopic quantities, which will enable them to be included as basic technological components for realistic catalyst systems. The performance of the catalyst prototypes will be demonstrated for selected basic electrochemical reactions relevant to fuel cells and storage of renewable energy. The industrial partners bring their expertise in prototypes development and commercial deployment (TRL 3-4). The project involves cooperation with external research groups in USA and Japan. | ||||||||
| 112669 | 731224 | BALANCE | Increasing penetration of renewable power, alternative fuels and grid flexibility by cross-vector electrochemical processes | 2016-12-01 | 2019-11-30 | 2016-11-21 | H2020_newest | 2856096.25 | 2500596.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | LCE-33-2016 | The main goal of the BALANCE proposal is to gather leading research centres in Europe in the domain of Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE) and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) to collaborate and accelerate the development of European Reversible Solid Oxide Cell (ReSOC) technology. ReSOC is an electrochemical device that converts electrical energy into hydrogen (electrolysis mode) or alternatively fuel gas to electrical energy (fuel cell mode). It is characterised by its very high efficiency compared to competing technologies. ReSOC enables to store renewable electricity when it is produced in excess or to convert it into a CO2-free transport fuel. Therefore, it is considered as a key technology to allow the broad penetration of renewable electricity into the European energy system.Fragmented national research efforts are currently impeding quicker development and deployment of next-generation fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. Therefore, BALANCE will identify, quantify and analyse national activities dealing with the diverse aspects of ReSOC technology. This analysis will result in an integrated European research agenda for ReSOC technology to gain synergies and to generate breakthroughs in this highly promising but currently low-TRL technology. Close communication with the advisory board will enable alignment of the proposed agenda with the roadmaps and activities of EERA, IEC and IEA on the topic of hydrogen technologies.Technical development will cover the development of the next generation of ReSOC cells, their integration in the optimised stack assembly, and investigation of the constraints from reversible operation at system level and integration with the grid. Cost will be addressed by using low-cost materials and improving manufacturability. The experimental work will be supported by modelling and simulation at all scales and by the techno-economic analysis of different integration of the ReSOC technology in industrial applications. | ||||||||
| 112673 | 723368 | MAHEPA | Modular Approach to Hybrid Electric Propulsion Architecture | 2017-05-01 | 2021-10-31 | 2017-04-04 | H2020_newest | 8979178.75 | 8979178.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | MG-1.1-2016 | The overall objective of MAHEPA is to bridge the gap between the research and product stage of a low emission propulsion technology to meet the environmental goals for aviation towards the year 2050. Two variants of a low emission, high efficiency, serial-hybrid-electric propulsion architecture will be advanced to TRL 6: the first uses a hydrocarbon fuelled internal combustion engine and an electric generator as primary power source, while in the second a hydrogen fuel cell is used to produce power showcasing the flexibility of the architecture. Common to both variants is the power control module, used to implement advanced power management methods to optimize mission, range and emissions of hybrid electric aircraft, and the new power electronic devices namely a highly efficient, airborne qualified electric propulsion motor and next-generation inverter technology. The modular approach is further demonstrated by integration and flight testing of each variant on a different small aircraft to showcase flexibility and scalability of the powertrain. A visionary implementation study towards commercial/transport category aircraft rounds up the project. The core value of MAHEPA is to build-up technological know-how and use flight test data to validate performance, efficiency and emission reduction capabilities of above technologies. This will allow to make conclusions about the suitability of these solutions towards megawatt-scale hydrocarbon driven hybrids and zero-emission hydrogen-powered solutions. For small aircraft this propulsion system development can be the door opener for a commercialized, new, low emission, highly efficient airplane category. | ||||||||
| 112774 | 875164 | H2OXIDES | Efficient hydrogen sensing with atomically engineered materials | 2019-09-01 | 2021-02-28 | 2019-08-26 | H2020_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-2019-POC | Hydrogen will be a key element of our future decarbonised economy as a sustainable energy vector. In the future economy, efficient hydrogen sensors will be a critical element. The high flammability of air-hydrogen mixtures and the minimal input power required to trigger combustion pose serious safety concerns. The light nature of the hydrogen molecule and its high diffusivity makes detection and leakage-control particularly challenging. Leak detection in a distribution network requires the availability of sensing elements with demanding performance targets. The objective of this project is to harness recent results in fundamental research in oxide electronics to develop an innovative material platform for ultra-sensitive resistive hydrogen sensors. | ||||||||
| 112912 | 101017701 | SAFIR-Med | SAFE AND FLEXIBLE INTEGRATION OF ADVANCED U-SPACE SERVICES FOCUSING ON MEDICAL AIR MOBILITY | 2020-12-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2020-12-10 | H2020_newest | 2725120 | 2038609.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | SESAR-VLD2-03-2020 | The SAFIR-Med project’s vision is to achieve safe, sustainable, socially accepted and socially beneficial urban air mobility. SAFIR-Med represents all value chain actors and stakeholder as either project partner (ATC, USPs, Operators, UAS Manufacturers, cities) or formal associate partner (major customers, technology & service providers) at a representative international level. Five unmanned UAV platforms (passenger eVTOL, Hydrogen fuel cell VTOL, AED medical drone, X8 medical transport) will be combined with manned aviation in real life exercises validating technology in real urban environment. Technologies of all partners will be leveraged to make use of the maximum number of U-Space services towards the highest possible operational safety level, including advanced Detect And Avoid U-space service. The demonstrations will take place in the cities of Antwerp (BE), Aachen (DE) and Heerlen (NL), leveraging the MAHHL trans-border region, following a full de-risking exercise at the DronePort BVLOS test-facility in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. The demonstration results will be further virtually enhanced through large-scale simulations in order to test the maximum airspace capacity of the CONOPS. The project results will then further be validated and made representable for the whole of the EU, by simulating demonstrations in two additional locations in Europe, namely Athens, Greece (South EU) and Prague, Czech Republic (East EU). Lessons learnt will be documented in a Performance Assessment and recommendations report, providing refinements to the current U-space architecture principles and creating measurable indicators for UAM which will enable Smart Cities to include UAM in their Transport Roadmaps, support standardisation and thereby safety. Finally, SAFIR-Med will have made an important contribution to the EU healthcare system, by ensuring that future generations will continue to democratically have access to the best cure and care. | ||||||||
| 113315 | 101025581 | Green-Combustion | Addressing challenging issues for turbulent premixed hydrogen combustion modeling using novel technologies | 2021-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2021-04-27 | H2020_newest | 178320 | 178320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Hydrogen is enjoying a renewed and rapidly growing attention in Europe and around the world. The most important advantage of hydrogen usage is that it does emit greenhouse gases. The EU’s priority is to develop renewable hydrogen where the H2 is produced from the electrolysis of water, with the electricity stemming from renewable energy. This meets the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. There are two options for hydrogen usage. One is the drop-in approach, where only a limited amount of H2 can be added to the fossil fuel to reuse the existing chambers, due to the very different properties of H2. However, this option still emits a large amount of greenhouse gases. The other one is to redesign the existing chambers to burn substantial H2. The most challenging issues for burning substantial H2 are the strong differential diffusion and its induced instabilities. The state-of-the-art combustion model cannot capture these phenomena with accuracy, particularly when they further interact with turbulence. The aim of this proposal is to develop and validate such a model to close this gap. The model will be based on a flamelet approach, and a novel machine learning technology will be introduced to consider the differential diffusion (objective 1). To model the positive and negative curvatures in the unstable premixed H2 flame, a novel flamelet model will be developed based on the detailed a priori and a posteriori analyses of the state-of-the-art DNS datasets (objective 2). Finally, the developed flamelet model will be extended to LES with the differential diffusion and curvature related sub-grid scale (SGS) effects being considered with the artificially thickened flame (ATF) model. Particularly, the SGS effects will be considered by modifying the efficiency function. LES will be conducted for the DNS configuration and a turbulent methane flame with substantial H2 addition using the developed flamelet model coupled with the modified ATF approach (objective 3). | ||||||||
| 113374 | 101031846 | Sol2H2 | Computational Design of Materials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation and Separation | 2021-09-15 | 2023-09-14 | 2021-04-07 | H2020_newest | 162806.4 | 162806.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Hydrogen energy is treated as a promising renewable green energy source for the worldwide growing energy demands. To produce this sustainable energy, photocatalytic water splitting has attracted wide attentions. However, it suffers from a bottleneck problem originated from the readily mixture of hydrogen and oxygen species, which poses safety issue and undermines yield of hydrogen and oxygen molecules, thus hindering its large-scale practical applications. To tackle this challenge, we plan to design nanocomposite structures based on low-dimensional graphene-like materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production and separation via the theoretical simulations. The unique structural feature endows low-dimensional nanomaterials with excellent physical and chemical properties for catalytic reaction. Importantly, thanks to the selective permeability of protons, the atomically thin graphene-like materials can be used as a sieve to isolate the hydrogen molecules generated by protons reduction from the oxygen species, preventing the serious reverse reaction. Through our project, we aim to establish a rational design principle for the optimal catalysts screening and achieve the atomic-level structural design and manipulation of low-dimensional based materials with excellent performance. In addition, as the proton penetration is the central part to bridge the proton generation process and hydrogen production, we also want to identify the mechanism of proton tunneling and improve the proton penetration rate for the further applications. This Sol2H2 project provides an efficient and imperative approach for both fundamental research and practical application in hydrogen energy. | ||||||||
| 113407 | 101031393 | ModCat4OER | Model Catalysts for understanding Oxygen Evolution Reaction activity | 2021-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2021-03-04 | H2020_newest | 162806.4 | 162806.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Hydrogen is considered essential to reach the European Green Deal and Europe´s clean energy transition. Nowadays, most hydrogen is produced by reforming of fossil fuels. Electrochemical water electrolysis using renewable sources as energy input represents a cleaner way than reforming of fuels to create hydrogen. However, water electrolysis will only be feasible if stable, affordable and effective catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are discovered. The research objective of this project is to explore the catalytic activity in OER of Earth abundant transition metal oxides to gain fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites. To this effect, ordered thin films will be grown, aiming to discover the most active formulations and facets of the crystal structure. This project will be performed at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG), in the department of Interface Science lead by Prof. Roldán Cuenya. MPG was ranked as the third top institution according to the Nature Index 2019. I will work with Dr. Kuhlenbeck, an expert in the surface science field. Merging of his experience in growing thin films with the my background in electrochemical processes is key for the success of the project. During the two years of the project, I will be involved in the dissemination of the results to Academia and the general public through participation in conferences, publication of articles and outreach activities. An individual Career Development Plan, outlined and reviewed by Dr. Kuhlenbeck and Prof. Roldán Cuenya, will be used to monitor the research maturity obtained during the project. | ||||||||
| 113492 | 101024758 | CarbonChem | Metal graphdiyne towards electrochemical water splitting | 2022-01-26 | 2024-02-14 | 2021-07-09 | H2020_newest | 214158.72 | 214158.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are two key half-reactions in electrochemical water splitting, which is an eco-friendly technology to produce hydrogen. Both of the half-reactions are limited by high overpotentials and interaction between the reactions. Until now, electrochemical water splitting still relies on some inorganic noble-metal catalysts. Exploiting highly-efficient low-cost bifunctional electrocatalysts is a promising method to solve these issues. Thus, CarbonChem project aims at overcoming the limitation of traditional inorganic materials and re-defining the designing concept to construct organic framework electrocatalyst for HER and OER. Owing to the high designability and porous structure, organic frameworks are considered as a reasonable alternative to construct electrocatalysts; but the low conductivity strictly restricts their utilization. Incorporation sp-hybridization of graphdiyne (GDY) into organic frameworks can overcome the bottleneck, which provides the possibility for achieving organic electrocatalysts. As a result of single chemical composition, the active centres of GDY are consisted of unsaturated C and N sites, which are hard to provide high catalytic activities for HER and OER. Focusing on this issue, this project will give new insights on GDYs, providing a design concept for their chemical structure. Employing conjugated porphyrin with four coordinated N sites is a new strategy for introducing metal atoms into GDYs. Constructed metalloporphyrin-based graphdiyne (MPGDY) is fully consistent with the design principle of electrocatalyst: high conductivity, effective active sites and mesoporous structure. This research will develop an efficient bifunctional MPGDY electrocatalyst, for European hydrogen industry. The ER will achieve abundant research experience and scientific skills from the CarbonChem project and the capability to launch his own research group in future. | ||||||||
| 113775 | 101019137 | FLOWCID | Flow Control for Industrial Design | 2021-08-01 | 2024-07-31 | 2021-03-31 | H2020_newest | 263732.16 | 263732.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Aviation contributes to more than 2% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in the absence of further measures, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from international aviation are estimated to almost quadruple by 2050 compared to 2010. Efforts to reduce GHG through the development of alternatives to traditional fossil-fuelled thermal engines have made great strides. Yet large capacity, long-range electric vehicles with operating speeds similar to or faster than current commercial vehicles are not expected to become feasible for several decades due to the limitations of battery energy density and cost. An alternative short-term solution that is being investigated in Purdue University by Prof. Paniagua with intense interest worldwide is to utilize a rotating deto-nation engines (RDE) to improve the efficiency and reduce the size/weight of current thermal gas turbines. If utilized with hydrogen, with high energy-to-mass ratio and robust detonation properties, RDE will provide the best chance to realize long-range, high-payload flight with zero greenhouse gas emissions . However, the development and performance of a high-efficiency RDE is inhibited by two main fluid dynamic problems: the flow separation caused by high pressure gradients, and the unstarting phenomena across the internal turbine pas-sages. The numerical solution, analytical analysis and control of those problems is the main objective of FLOWCID.FLOWCID proposes a 24-month long outgoing phase (and 12 months return phase) of Prof. Eusebio Valero (the Researcher) from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM (the Beneficiary), to Zucrow Labs, at Purdue University, USA (the Host) under the supervision of Prof. Guillermo Paniagua (the Supervisor). | ||||||||
| 113841 | 101030255 | PHOENIX | Green Hydrogen Production and Plastic Recycling via Anion Exchange Membrane Reactors | 2021-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2021-04-23 | H2020_newest | 171473.28 | 171473.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 is currently acknowledged as one the overarching objectives of the EU strategy, where smart sector integration and a just transition to a circular economy are crucial drivers. In this respect, PHOENIX aims to develop and deliver a disruptive electrochemical reactor combining hydrogen production and plastic waste recycling. Hydrogen has manifold applications i.e., fuel, energy vector and chemical feedstock, and polymer synthesis is prevalent, 260 Mtons synthesised just in 2019 and no drastic reduction in near-term projections. Clearly, a suitable portfolio of novel and scalable technologies is urgently needed to process both commodities (hydrogen & plastics) in a sustainable way. Whence, ramping up the production of green hydrogen, i.e., renewables-derived, perfectly intertwines with the need to boost the whole volume of recycled plastic which currently amounts to only 15% of the total plastic in circulation. To this end, PHOENIX will produce an integrated power-to-molecules device by interfacing a fuel-producing/waste-recycling system to photovoltaic modules. The envisioned system will leverage an exquisite control in the assembly of modular Anion-Exchange Membrane (AEM) electrolysers, processing of nanostructured electrocatalysts and development of value-added chemical reactions to produce a scalable solar-to-chemical reactor. Finally, field validation and techno-economic assessments will identify and potentiate sector coupling along the entire energy and chemistry value chains. This project will be accomplished by an innovation-oriented small-sized enterprise, a world-class academic group and an experienced researcher, embedded in an inter-sectorial research landscape that brings lab innovation to fab delivery. Overall, the PHOENIX approach responds to key societal goals in energy conversion and environmental reparation: hydrogen production, waste valorisation and industrial innovation. | ||||||||
| 113993 | 101007176 | HyStorIES | Hydrogen Storage In European Subsurface | 2021-01-01 | 2023-06-30 | 2020-12-05 | H2020_newest | 2499911.75 | 2499911.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.3. | FCH-02-5-2020 | Renewable hydrogen combined with large scale underground storage enables transportation of energy through time, balancing out the impacts of variable renewable energy production. While storing pure hydrogen in salt caverns has been practiced since the 70s in Europe, it has never been carried out anywhere in depleted fields or aquifers.Technical developments are needed to validate these two solutions. As subsurface technical feasibility studies for a future hydrogen storage in depleted field or aquifer will be site-specific, as for other geology related activities, HyStories will provide developments applicable to a wide range of possible future sites: the addition of H2-storage relevant characteristics in reservoir databases at European scale; reservoir and geochemical modelling for cases representative of European subsurface, and tests of this representativeness by comparing it with results obtained with real storage sites models; and lastly an extensive sampling and microbiological lab experiment programme to cover a variety of possible conditions.Complementarily, techno-economic feasibility studies will provide insights into underground hydrogen storage for decision makers in government and industry. Modelling of the European energy system will first define the demand for hydrogen storage. Environmental and Societal impact studies will be developed. For a given location and hydrogen storage demand, a high-level cost assessment for development of each of the competing geological storage options at that location will be estimated, and the sites will be ranked based on techno-economic criteria developed within the project. Finally, several case studies will enable consideration of the implementation of potential projects, notably by considering their economic interest.This will provide substantial insight into the suitability for implementing such storage across EU and enable the proposition of an implementation plan. | ||||||||
| 114345 | 101025516 | HEMCAT | Towards Non Iridium High Entropy Material ElectroCATalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media | 2021-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2021-07-21 | H2020_newest | 171473.28 | 171473.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Proton-exchange-membrane water electrolyzers are one of the most promising technologies for hydrogen production. Eliminating rare and expensive iridium in current electrocatalysts for the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER) in acidic media would greatly advance this technology for application on a large scale. The objective of the HEMCAT project is to produce new, cost-effective and high-performance (active and stable) electrocatalysts and to eliminate the iridium in OER electrocatalysts. The materials of focus are high-entropy materials (HEMs) that will be prepared from high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with the anodic oxidation process. Starting HEAs will be selected, prepared in bulk form and subjected to anodic oxidation processes to synthesise high-entropy oxides (HEOs) in the form of high-surface-area nanostructured films on HEA substrates. HEOs will be converted to HEMs with various treatments and will be fully characterized in terms of stability, structure and morphology. Finally, they will be tested for electrocatalytic properties in the OER reaction with state-of-the-art characterization techniques. These will include investigations of electronic and structural properties of synthesized cutting-edge electrocatalysts using synchrotron techniques (X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements) under ex-situ, in-situ and operando conditions. HEMCAT addresses key issues in energy storage and conversion that is clean, compact, and ultimately low-cost and at the same time facilitates intra-European knowledge transfer along with direct societal impacts. The new efficient, stable and inexpensive electrocatalysts for the OER in acidic media will bridge the gap between fundamental and applied electrocatalysis and facilitate the development of advanced electrocatalysts for electrocatalytic applications. | ||||||||
| 114443 | 101031568 | TODAM | Transformation of Organic Dyes into Advanced Materials by Chemical Vapour Deposition | 2021-04-15 | 2023-04-14 | 2021-03-08 | H2020_newest | 178320 | 178320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Conjugated polymers are drawing a constantly growing interest for modern energy technologies, particularly for the clean production of hydrogen fuel by visible-light photo-electrocatalytic water splitting. Although conjugated polymer catalysts are reported as stable, low cost and versatile materials, current synthetic approaches (solution-based) have prevented the study of the most interesting motifs and hindered the up-scaling of most conjugated polymers for practical applications. The central idea of the TODAM project builds on the recent achievements of the host group in the chemical vapour deposition (CVD) reaction of chromophore-based conjugated polymers, which will constitute a new field of research for the applicant. Notably, the TODAM project will combine the expertise of the applicant and the supervisor to expand far beyond the state-of-the-art of conjugated polymers while investigating the gas phase polymerisation of industrial dyes, i.e. DiketoPyrroloPyrrole (DPP) derivatives. In spite of their remarkable properties, including an exceptional light resistance and unique physicochemical properties, conjugated DPP assemblies remain a largely unexplored topic due to the lack of synthetic approaches. The broad knowledge of the applicant in organic chemistry, and more particularly his cutting-edge expertise in the field of functional dyes, will be used for the design and study of new homo- and copolymers. Finally, the scalability of the proposed CVD approach, readily forming thin films, will allow the integration of the new conjugated polymers as heterogeneous catalysts for photo-electrochemical water splitting. The formation, separation and transport of charges will be elucidated for the design and large-scale application of robust and efficient metal-free heterogeneous catalysts for the generation of clean solar-based fuels. | ||||||||
| 114618 | 101007715 | CHYLA | Credible HYbrid eLectric Aircraft | 2020-12-01 | 2023-05-31 | 2020-11-24 | H2020_newest | 837328.75 | 837328.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.3.4. | JTI-CS2-2020-CFP11-THT-14 | “CHYLA – Credible HYbrid eLectric Aircraft aims to develop a landscape of opportunities and limitations of key radical hybrid-electric technologies (battery electric, fuel cell, but also considering non-drop in fuel technologies such as Hydrogen-H2, Liquified Natural Gas) and the “”switching points”” associated to scaling such technologies between different aircraft classes. These classes are: General Aviation, commuter aircraft, regional aircraft, short-medium range and large passenger aircraft, where the focus is on up-scaling the key-technologies. This landscape of design solutions is supported through a “”credibility assessment”” of assumptions underlying the application of these radical technologies, in different technology scenarios. Additionally, the impact of radical solutions will be assessed in terms of the viability of operations, economics and safety (certification). To achieve this, the project will use an approach of integrating novel airframe technologies with a hybrid electric energy network in order to apply credibility-based multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO). In order to provide feasible starting points for this landscape and the MDO, an integrated aircraft design approach will be used with physics-based design methods for the subsystem technologies.” | ||||||||
| 114647 | 101027930 | CoCaWS | CONFINED CATALYSIS IN LAYERED MATERIALS – A TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH FOR EFFICIENT WATER SPLITTING | 2022-01-01 | 2024-07-02 | 2021-07-05 | H2020_newest | 171473.28 | 171473.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | Sustainable solution for global energy crisis is firmly associated with seeking energy sources other than fossil fuel. In this respect, the production of hydrogen through water splitting (WS) has been regarded as the greenest approach to power the globe. At present, the issue of realizing active and stable material capable of catalyzing WS in all pH ranges is unsolved. CoCaWS aims at exploring new efficient catalysts for overall WS to tackle the problem of global energy crisis through ecofriendly hydrogen production. I hereby propose to study a new class of efficient catalysts based on composite two dimensional (2D) layered nanomaterials. I employ the concept of confined catalysis, catalytic activities taking place in a unique nanoscale environment partitioned from the surrounding bulk space, to ensure long term efficient production of H2 from water. The van der Waals (vdW) gaps between the layers will serve as a suitable platform to confine another active species. Through this approach, I aim at solving the most critical problems in the field such as catalytic functionality in neutral media for metals or alloys and poor basal plane activity in layered 2D materials. I will make use of the most conducive research environment in UNIVE to acquire new skill/knowledge and broaden my basic knowledge on advanced characterization techniques and data interpretations. The knowledge of physical chemistry, material science, condensed mater physics, and computational chemists will be involved to confront with the complexity of the task through smooth interaction with researchers in the Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems of UNIVE. The project, up on completion, will provide a significant stepping-stone in the quest for responding the escalating demand of greenest energy source. I will make every possible effort to disseminate/communicate the outcomes of CoCaWS to broad audiences ranging from schoolchildren to researchers. | ||||||||
| 114800 | 101032423 | FleXelL | Reversible solid oxide cell development for the utilisation of alternative fuels and hydrogen strategic production | 2021-08-01 | 2023-10-11 | 2021-04-19 | H2020_newest | 224933.76 | 224933.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | The flexible cell project (FleXelL) aims at developing a proof of concept for a highly efficient energy converter based on ceramic reactors that can be reversed into an electrolyser whenever needed. We will be developing a device capable of converting liquid and gaseous fuels such as ethanol, methane or natural gas into energy, but also, steam and electricity into hydrogen for strategic reserve purposes or simply for renewable energy surplus storage.For this purpose, we here propose a knowledge transfer scheme between Dr Sarruf and the Centre for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Research (CFCHR) at the University of Birmingham (UoB), herein represented by Prof Robert Steinberger-Wilckens. We build on UoB’s ceramic processing techniques, materials characterisation capacity, project management capabilities, teaching expertise, communications and leadership skills, and Dr Sarruf’s knowledge in materials development for fuel flexibility conversion within solid oxide cells (SOCs).Dr Sarruf, under Prof. Steinberger-Wilckens’ supervision, will develop and optimise an anode-supported reversible solid oxide cell (RSOC) capable of operating directly with primary fuels, as aforementioned, and electrolysing water to produce hydrogen. The reproducibility of the cells’ manufacturing process as well as the performance will be developed aiming at rousing industrial interest via the development of a product’s business plan. | ||||||||
| 114830 | 101020492 | PlasNH3 | Developing Plasma-assisted ammonia technology for decarbonisation of power production | 2021-07-27 | 2023-07-26 | 2021-03-17 | H2020_newest | 224933.76 | 224933.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2020 | This proposal aims to benefit from the low-cost storage of liquid ammonia as a carbon-free hydrogen alternative energy resource and mitigate associated issues to its utilisation to replace hydrocarbon fuels in existing gas turbine engines (GTEs) for power production. It is built up ongoing projects at the Gas Turbine Research Centre (GTRC), where currently ammonia flames are investigated, experimentally. Two challenging aims have been identified: (i) to enhance the reactivity of ammonia/air mixtures and improve the fundamental combustion characteristics of ammonia for use in GTEs; (ii) to optimise the existing burner for operating with pure ammonia while maintaining high fuel efficiency and low combustion emissions. The novelty of the current project relies on the fundamental study of plasma-assisted combustion to improve the reactivity of ammonia rather than currently used approaches by blending of the ammonia molecule with more reactive fuels (i.e. hydrocarbons, hydrogen, etc.). The concept will ensure faster ammonia/air reactivity by modifying the kinetics of oxidation based on the concept of plasma-assisted combustion, avoiding the blending of the ammonia molecule with more reactive fuels (i.e. hydrocarbons, hydrogen, etc.). The project includes both detailed physical experimentation using an state-of-the-art optical combustion diagnostic facility at GTRC, as well as detailed multi-scale numerical simulations, covering all scales of the underlying processes from atomic and molecular levels, to the smallest scales of turbulent fluctuations to the actual burner size. Timeliness of the project is ideal to support the use of ammonia as fuel in power applications, marine engines, and heavy load transportation systems. Its success contributes to the decarbonisation of the power generation sector, whilst delivering a unique technology, without precedent, for power and transportation purposes. | ||||||||
| 114848 | 660731 | RotaxHEC | Click to Lock: Mechanically Interlocked Architectures as Hydrogen Evolving Catalysts | 2015-10-03 | 2017-10-02 | 2015-07-07 | H2020_newest | 183454.8 | 183454.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2014-EF | Research towards the development of sustainable energy sources focusses on minimising our negative impact on the Earth. Towards this end investigations into the exploitation of solar power as a clean source of energy are active across multiple scientific disciplines. One approach is to utilise water splitting catalysts to generate oxygen and combustible hydrogen gas from water. This task is often split into the two halves of the problem: the oxygen evolving and hydrogen evolving sides.This project aims at the development of a new class of hydrogen evolving catalysts based on mechanically interlocked rotaxane architectures. The advantages of the proposed catalysts include mechanical protection of the catalytic centre, prevention of ligand dissociation by virtue of mechanical bonding, and assembly of the multi-component architecture in a single, rapid, high-yielding step.Initially rotaxane ligands will be synthesised using the synthetically flexible, convergent, active template (AT) methodology followed by examination of their coordination chemistry with abundant and cheap cobalt. Subsequently these structures will be assessed for their catalytic behaviour using electrochemical techniques, with structural optimisation utilised to improve their activity. We will then append photosensitising units to imbue these systems with photocatalytic activity.This MSCA would allow me to develop my skills as an independent scientist, both in terms of capitalising on the skill set during my studies in New Zealand, combined with gaining new knowledge and practical abilities, as well as enhancing my supervisory, teaching, and project management skills. Furthermore, having obtained my tertiary education (including Ph.D.) overseas, the action would facilitate my reintegration into the European scientific community and provide Europe with a highly skilled, independent scientist ready to take up the challenge of an independent research position. | ||||||||
| 115152 | 861960 | RECYCALYSE | New sustainable and recyclable catalytic materials for proton exchange membrane electrolysers | 2020-04-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2020-03-12 | H2020_newest | 5560727.5 | 5560727.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.2.1.3. | LC-NMBP-29-2019 | RECYCALYSE will disrupt the energy storage market through novel and recyclable catalytic materials made of abundant elements to be used in the most promising type of electrolysers to date, i.e. proton exchange membrane electrolysers (PEMEC). To overcome the main barriers that remain for PEMEC, namely high capital cost and use of critical raw materials (CRM), and to boost the economic competitiveness of EU stationary storage production, two main objectives have been defined. First, we will develop and manufacture highly active sustainable oxygen evolution (OER) catalysts that will reduce or eliminate CRMs, thus decreasing CO2 emissions and reducing cost. This will be achieved using novel supports, which we will also develop during the project, and by substituting CRMs with earth abundant elements such as Ni, Mn and Cu. Secondly, we will develop a recycling scheme for PEMEC catalysts, electrodes and overall system, thus reducing or avoiding the dependence on materials imports in Europe, implementing the recovered elements in the new developed catalysts, thus reaching a full circular economy.To meet these objectives RECYCALYSE combines world-leading research institutions and innovative and R&D performing SMEs specialised in the in hydrogen, materials engineering and recycling.The novel catalysts prepared with the new green processes along with the PEMEC prototype that we will design and build, will situate EU in an excellent position regarding energy storage. We will produce hydrogen with a high purity, and its transformation into energy will greatly reduce CO2 emissions. Furthermore, the novel low-CRM catalysts and developed materials recycle processes will strongly contribute to fulfil EU 2020 and 2050 targets.In summary, RECYCALYSE will result in a substantial reduction in the levelised costs of energy storage, leading to an improved technical and economic competitiveness of EU energy storage production suitable to store large amount of energy with at cost. | ||||||||
| 115900 | 647719 | Supramol | Towards Artificial Enzymes: Bio-inspired Oxidations in Photoactive Metal-Organic Frameworks | 2015-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2015-08-21 | H2020_newest | 1979366 | 1979366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.1. | ERC-CoG-2014 | Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are key compounds related to energy storage and conversion, as their unprecedented surface areas make them promising materials for gas storage and catalysis purposes. We believe that their modular construction principles allow the replication of key features of natural enzymes thus demonstrating how cavity size, shape, charge and functional group availability influence the performances in catalytic reactions. This proposal addresses the question of how such novel, bio-inspired metallo-supramolecular systems can be prepared and exploited for sustainable energy applications. A scientific breakthrough that demonstrates the efficient conversion of light into chemical energy would be one of the greatest scientific achievements with unprecedented impact to future generations. We focus on the following key aspects:a) MOFs containing novel, catalytically active complexes with labile coordination sites will be synthesised using rigid organic ligands that allow us to control the topologies, cavity sizes and surface areas. We will incorporate photosensitizers to develop robust porous MOFs in which light-absorption initiates electron-transfer events that lead to the activation of a catalytic centre. In addition, photoactive molecules will serve as addressable ligands whereby reversible, photo-induced structural transformations impose changes to porosity and chemical attributes at the active sites. b) Catalytic studies will focus on important oxidations of alkenes and alcohols. These reactions are relevant to H2-based energy concepts as the anodic liberation of protons and electrons can be coupled to their cathodic recombination to produce H2. The studies will provide proof-of-concept for the development of photocatalytic systems for the highly endergonic H2O oxidation reaction that will be explored using most stable MOFs. Further, gas storage and magnetic properties that may also be influenced by light-irradiation will be analysed. | ||||||||
| 115959 | 884318 | 2DTriCat4Energy | 2D Trifunctional Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage | 2020-06-01 | 2022-12-03 | 2020-03-12 | H2020_newest | 184590.72 | 184590.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | H2020-EU.1.3. | MSCA-IF-2019 | The World is currently in a state of an energy and climate crisis. The World’s fossil fuel reserves are predicted to be depleted in the next century. Due to this and the increase in global warming, EU policies have called for the decrease use of carbon-based fossil fuels and the development of alternative energy resources. Hence, it is of paramount importance to conduct research into alternative energy conversion and storage technologies now. Electrolytic water splitting is an attractive process for producing clean hydrogen which can be used in a fuel cell to make electricity. The electrochemical energy needed for water splitting and fuel cells could be generated by materials that can hold efficient charge in the electrochemical double layer or in Faradaic regions e.g. supercapacitor materials. Unfortunately, these technologies (electrolysers, fuel cells and supercapacitors) are still under major research as the ‘state-of-the-art’ catalysts currently used are uneconomical. The development and rational design of new, cheap and active electrodes as tri-functional catalysts for these three alternative energy technologies is one avenue to explore to reach the goals set out by the various EU polices. 2D Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) materials may be the answer to this problem, as when compared to their bulk counterparts, 2D materials are more conductive and exhibit interesting properties. Currently, in the literature there are no trifunctional catalysts for the aforementioned alternative energy applications based on 2D TMO materials (source: Scopus, terms: 2D TMO materials/water splitting/ fuel cells/ supercapacitors). Hence this fellowship will investigate just that.The proposed multifunctional energy storage and conversion catalysts, in this fellowship, will be a first in the energy/materials field and will contribute a plethora of knowledge to current literature. I, the applicant, along with the Nicolosi group have the combined tools and knowledge to achieve this. | ||||||||
| 116589 | 101209892 | SHyCOV | Structural Health Monitoring of Hydrogen Composite Overwrapped Vessels | 2026-02-01 | 2029-07-31 | 2025-04-18 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 473121.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Hydrogen energy is a promising component of a sustainable future, though its extensive adoption is challenged by issues in storage and transportation. Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) have emerged as a promising solution due to their superior strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance. However, maintaining the structural integrity of COPVs under the demanding conditions of hydrogen storage remains a major concern. Micro-damages and operational impacts can compromise the safety and lifespan of these vessels, yet there is currently no standardized EU-wide methodology for in-service condition assessment.The SHyCOV project (Structural Health Monitoring of Hydrogen Composite Overwrapped Vessels) addresses this critical gap by developing an advanced Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system tailored for COPVs. This project is timely given the anticipated growth of hydrogen infrastructure in Europe and the crucial role COPVs will play in this transition. SHyCOV employs a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating advanced ultrasonic wave propagation modeling, experimental testing, and innovative sensor technologies to detect and localize damage within COPVs. The outcome will be a cost-effective, real-time monitoring system that extends the lifespan of hydrogen storage vessels and prevents potential catastrophic failures.By bridging a significant gap in current EU standards and ensuring the safe deployment of hydrogen energy, SHyCOV will enhance scientific knowledge and facilitate the broader adoption of hydrogen as a clean energy source. The project also provides researcher with essential skills in assessing structural damage in hydrogen composite vessels, positioning him as a leader in this innovative field. SHyCOV’s SHM solution holds considerable commercial potential, supporting future industrial applications and aligning with global initiatives to reduce carbon emissions and transition to sustainable energy. | ||||||||
| 116686 | 101101407 | NIMPHEA | Next generation of improved High Temperature Membrane Electrode Assembly for Aviation | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-08 | Horizon_newest | 4942898.75 | 4942898.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-03-08 | H2-based fuel cell systems (FCs) are a promising solution to power aircrafts without emitting CO2 or NOx and thus have the potential to strongly reduce aviation emissions and pave the way to climate neutrality. Embedded in aircrafts, FCs can supply non-propulsive and propulsive energy without pollutant emission, reduced noise emission and attractive energy efficiency. The Low Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (LT-PEM) technology (incl. Membrane Electrode Assembly – MEA) emerging from the automotive industry is of great interest for aviation, but thermal management issues are still be solved. Operated below 100C, they exhibit attractive power density but are incompatible with aircraft environment due to poor heat rejection. Also, current High Temperature FCs operated around 160C are not at the expected level of performance for aviation, despite interesting heat rejection performances. The development of a new-generation MEA, working at temperature above 120C and with performances equivalent to current LT-PEM MEA is the key to unlock FC applications for aviation.NIMPHEA aims at developing – based on the development and/or optimisation of its components: catalyst layer, membrane and gas diffusion layer – a new-generation HT MEA compatible with aircraft environment and requirements, considering a system size of 1.5 MW and contributing to higher level FC targets: a power density of 1.25 W/cm at nominal operating temperature comprised between 160C-200C. MEA components upscale synthesis and assembly process will be assessed by identifying process parameters and improved through an iterative process with lab-scale MEA tests. This disruptive MEA technology will be finally validated in a representative scale prototype (165-180 cm) embodied in a single-cell. Simultaneously, LCA, LCC, eco-efficiency assessment and intrinsic hazard analysis will be performed to validate the MEA development. Finally, a TRL evaluation will be conducted to validate TRL4. | ||||||||
| 116701 | 101137581 | CONVEY | nordiC hydrOgen eNergy VallEY | 2024-03-01 | 2029-02-28 | 2024-02-09 | Horizon_newest | 21984542.5 | 8999998.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-06-02 | The overall objective of the Nordic hydrogen energy valley (CONVEY) project is to establish and demonstrate a hydrogen closed-loop ecosystem in the Hirtshals Port (HP), Northern Denmark, by deploying an innovative, economically viable and renewable energy system (RES) infrastructure. Annually, 550 tons of green hydrogen will be produced via using the renewable electricity (32,160MWh / year) generated by the windmills located in the industrial area of the port. Efficient downstream management of both hydrogen and electrolysis’ by-products, i.e. excess heat, oxygen, will be enabled by an integrated and synergetic sector coupling, involving the greater value chain of the port. The CONVEY valley mainly constitutes of i) the renewable (wind) energy production site at the Hirtshals port site, that powers ii) a 4MW hydrogen production facility, also located at HP’s premises, iii) the pipeline infrastructure for fast and climate-friendly H2, heat and O2 distribution (retrofitting of existing gas grid and new builds) and iv) the initial three off-takers, comprising road transport logistics and food industry for both primary production through aquaculture (O2 and excess heat for marine nutrition production) and biorefinery for food ingredients (H2 for powering enzymatic hydrolysis process technology). Overall, CONVEY will unlock unseen value for the Hirtshals region and beyond by 2050, i) economically: accumulated revenues of €23.86bn and €17.89bn for the H2 system and RES operators, respectively, as well as accumulated savings of €1.70bn, €471m, €877m and €640m respectively for the H2 transport off-takers, as well as food industry off-takers of H2, O2 and heat energy; ii) environmentally: accumulated overall savings (transport and food industry sectors) of 75.34 megatons (Mt) of CO2-equivalents (CO2-e) by displacing fossil fuel driven activities; iii) socially: 825 and 30,285 accumulated full-time and temporary jobs created for operating and installing the systems. | ||||||||
| 116734 | 101209442 | BioH2Gen | Flexible polymer-based biophotovoltaic devices for green hydrogen production | 2025-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2025-03-27 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 207183.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | In view of the urgent need to mitigate the environmental effects caused by the large amounts of CO2 released into the atmosphere, alternative strategies for energy production using renewable sources (water, wind, biomass, sunlight) have been deployed. Green hydrogen (H2) is an alternative to fossil fuels due to its clean and high energy density combustion, but still limited the low efficiency of production and high cost. To respond to these limitations, BioH2Gen proposes an alternative strategy for green H2 production through biophotovoltaic (BPV) devices, taking advantage of photosynthetic microorganisms to generate H2 through sunlight capture. More specifically, this project proposes the development of new nanostructured photoelectrodes based on flexible polymeric scaffolds prepared by electrospinning modified with semiconducting conjugated polymers aiming at the construction of BPV devices through the interfacing with photosynthetic microbes (biophotoanode) and hydrogenase (biophotocathode). BioH2Gen addresses recent progress in the field and tackles this topic by deploying a multidisciplinary approach to develop an innovative solar powered H2 production platform. The structure, charge transfer kinetics, and band-gap design of new flexible photoelectrodes will improve biotic-abiotic interactions for charge transfer. Finally, a tandem BPV assembly and its incorporation into a photoelectrochemical cell architecture will be carried out, aiming at high solar-to-hydrogen efficiencies. The successful implementation of the research methodology will culminate in a sustainable alternative in BPV device development due to the lightweight, low-cost, and low-environmental impact of the materials employed in their construction. | ||||||||
| 116765 | 101145296 | ZiGrid Technology | Shifting Waste Heat from Problem to Power | 2024-03-01 | 2026-02-28 | 2023-11-17 | Horizon_newest | 4147365 | 2499999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 | While our planet face huge challenges to meet fossil free energy supply, we waste 70% of all produced energy as heat which not only has a direct impact on the carbon footprint and costs of operation in energy intensive industries, but also on thermal pollution to the local environment. The waste heat recovery systems that make up a $55.2B market are not economically viable <90C. This is the gap ZIGRID aims to fill with a patented unique volumetric solution that can produce electricity from heat flows as low as 90-60C. At the heart of our technology is the 25 kW power module with a unique and robust thermodynamic cycle, insensitive to variations in the energy flow, that enables the most efficient low-grade waste heat recovery to date producing as a little as 4,3 grCO2/kWh. Power modules are connected to each other to produce electricity in cascading steps and connected to an IoT platform which allows the user to gain access to 360 business insights on electricity production. Together these features make ZIGRID ideal to produce electricity in power and processing industries. The ZIGRID-as-a-Service business model aims to de-risk the investment for the user by monetizing customer savings on (i) power consumption (ii) CO2 emission tariffs (iii) grid tariffs and (iv) avoided cooling costs while maintaining product ownership with ZIGRID thus avoiding customer decision inertia and enable the direct sales of ZIGRID power modules and reach profitable operations as early as 2028. We are requesting 2.5M in grant funding and 9M in equity from the EIC in order to test the different size configurations of the power module, its functionalities in real environments with end users from the hydrogen and paper and pulp industries, enhance our IP protection. Funding from the EIC will allow us to address the recovery of 37,000 TWh of low grade waste heat and thus the saving of 40 tons of CO2/year/~150 MWh of electricity produced, a tangible investment opportunity. | ||||||||
| 116774 | 101204808 | TCES-MgH2 project | Synergistic integration and efficient operation of thermochemical energy storage-assisted magnesium hydrides-based hydrogen storage systems | 2025-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2025-04-04 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 260347.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Currently, global energy consumption is growing rapidly, but over-reliance on fossil energy poses significant risks to the global ecosystem. It is urgent to establish a clean, safe and sustainable energy supply system. The large-scale development of green hydrogen energy is a key solution to address the challenges of greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change. However, its large-scale utilization requires the development of safe, reliable and convenient methods for hydrogen storage and transportation. Among the many hydrogen storage technologies, solid-state hydrogen storage technology based on magnesium hydrides (MgH2) stands out with its significant advantages, such as high hydrogen storage density (7.6wt%) and high operational safety. However, their high energy consumption in the dehydrogenation processes makes them less economical in practical scenarios. Therefore, this project will focus on synergistic integration and efficient operation of thermochemical energy storage-assisted MgH2-based solid hydrogen storage (TCES-MgH2) system to enhance energy efficiency in the hydrogen supply chain and reduce hydrogen storage costs. This project will combine mechanism analysis, numerical simulation and experimental research to select the most suitable TCES material to assist magnesium hydrides in absorbing and releasing hydrogen. It will use long short-term memory neural networks, heuristic algorithms, and model predictive control to optimize heat transfer structures and control strategies of the hydrogen storage system, achieving rapid heat transfer and efficient hydrogen desorption/absorption. Additionally, it will assessment the large-scall deployment potential of the TCES-MgH2 system by machine learning. The outcomes of this research will provide pivotal technologies for fostering a renewable energy society, driving energy structure transformation, and facilitating widespread adoption of hydrogen energy. | ||||||||
| 116812 | 101197884 | RESSAIG | Renewable Energy Site Selection using Artificial Intelligence and Geographic Information System | 2025-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2025-04-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 209483.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | The RESSAIG project (Renewable Energy Site Selection using Artificial Intelligence and Geographic Information System) aims to enhance the identification and development of sites for clean renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic (PV) arrays and both onshore and offshore wind farms. Utilizing a blend of Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep learning, remote sensing data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and government datasets, the project seeks to optimize site selection for renewable energy and water desalination necessary for hydrogen production. Amidst the global shift towards sustainable energy solutions to combat climate change, there is an urgent need for more efficient and precise methods for identifying optimal sites for renewable energy installations. Traditional methods often overlook critical environmental, economic, and social factors that RESSAIG’s integrative approach will consider, thus ensuring more sustainable and economically viable energy production.The urgency for sustainable and low-carbon energy solutions is accentuated by increasing environmental concerns and international commitments to reduce carbon footprints. RESSAIG’s advanced mapping technologies come at a crucial time to meet the growing demand for renewable energy infrastructure and support the transition towards green hydrogen as a key energy carrier for the future.Our team brings together leading experts in AI, GIS, remote sensing, and renewable energy, uniquely positioning us to tackle this complex challenge. Our interdisciplinary approach combines cutting-edge technology with extensive field knowledge, enabling us to provide innovative solutions that are both scientifically rigorous and practically applicable.RESSAIG enhances renewable energy site selection, reducing costs and driving investment through detailed cartographies and economic analyses, fostering informed decisions and promoting sustainability, economic growth, and job creation. | ||||||||
| 116871 | 101102000 | CAVENDISH | Consortium for the AdVent of aero-Engine Demonstration and aircraft Integration Strategy with Hydrogen | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 29151277.65 | 21669382.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-01 | In line with the European Green Deal target of reaching carbon neutrality in the aviation industry by 2050, breakthrough technologies related to direct (100% hydrogen) combustion systems will be researched, prototyped and integrated onto a modern donor aeroengine for ground testing (starting in late 2024) in Project CAVENDISH. This aeroengine test on liquid hydrogen will be a first of a kind in Europe and the cornerstone to further in-flight demonstration, eventually leading to product development aimed at meeting Europe’s and the industry’s ambition for the entry in service (EIS) of commercial, mass-transport, hydrogen-fuelled aircraft in 2035.CAVENDISH’s second objective will be to work on system and powerplant aircraft integration with several established airframers and a supplemental type certificate organisation to define certification pathways and formulate a route to permit to fly. This activity will directly benefit the flight test of the donor engine scheduled for the next phase of the Clean Aviation programme. CAVENDISH will also explore alternative enabling technologies in the form of a dual fuel combustor system (capable of operating on 100% hydrogen and 100% SAF) and in the form of a cryo-compressed tank system. Both these technologies will offer flexibility and could ease the introduction of hydrogen in aviation.CAVENDISH brings together expertise-leading European organizations in aeronautics, power and propulsion, combustion, fuel and controls systems and aircraft. It builds on multiple national technology programmes heralding from the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands, and is in effect the marriage and acceleration of these technology pathways into an early demonstration and a first minimum viable product (MVP) of a liquid hydrogen combusting aeroengine. The project is also connected to activities in other Clean Aviation calls, on SMR and Certification activities specifically, notably project proposals HEAVEN and CONCERTO. | ||||||||
| 116984 | 101192006 | SET Plan 2024 | Strategic Energy Technology Plan Conference 2024 | 2024-07-01 | 2025-01-31 | 2024-09-04 | Horizon_newest | 468750 | 375000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-SETPLAN-IBA | The Hungarian Ministry of Energy presents this proposal to host the 18th SET Plan conference in 2024 which will take place in Hungary during the Hungarian Presidency of the EU. The conference will be held in Budapest on 14-15 November 2024 and will be organized by the Hungarian Ministry of Energy and the European Commission. The general theme of the conference is “Energy R&D for resilient, autonomous and competitive European energy system”. The agenda includes several thematic parallel sessions and high level panels as well in the following areas: commercialisation of innovative technologies, industrial decarbonisations, geothermal energy, energy storage, hydrogen, skills. We are expecting high level speakers from the European Commission and the Hungarian Minister of Energy to open the conference. The main goals of the conference are: (1) enhancing cooperation and synergies between national and European policies, (2) facilitating collaboration within the energy R&I, (3) gathering the most promising results of the energy R&I. | ||||||||
| 117011 | 101140496 | SAFE-H2 | Fundamentals of Combustion Safety Scenarios for Hydrogen | 2025-01-01 | 2029-12-31 | 2024-11-18 | Horizon_newest | 2498191.25 | 2498191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-ADG | Hydrogen is a powerful energy vector but its deployment at the scale considered today by governments and companies cannot be achieved if safety associated to combustion hazards is not mastered and regulated. Hydrogen leaks occur and lead to fires and explosions which must be prevented. To do this, regulations are needed but these regulations are based today on an incomplete understanding of the fundamental mechanisms controlling the combustion of hydrogen in air or have to consider new usages of hydrogen such as transportation (aircraft, trains, cars). SAFE-H2 combines theory, high-precision experiments and simulations to provide reliable knowledge on the ignition, propagation, acceleration, mitigation of hydrogen-air flames in three canonical cases: flames stabilized on a hole, flames interacting with a wall, explosions in closed vessels. The proposal gathers (1) IMFT where two experimental sites, dedicated to hydrogen, will be used for low (<40 kW) and high power (300 kW) experiments and (2) CERFACS which provides the High-Performance 3D simulation tools used to compute all IMFT experiments. Experimental diagnostics coming from the aerospace field will be applied to safety scenarios at IMFT to validate simulation tools. SAFE-H2 will focus on generic, simple cases to tackle the fundamentals of hydrogen-air flames so that simulation tools incorporate correct, validated physical models and can replace costly and dangerous experimental tests. All SAFE-H2 experiments will be designed to be used for simulation validations. These detailed comparisons between simulation - experiment will be used to test models for 1) hydrogen-air chemistry in the gas phase and near walls, 2) autoignition and plate ignition, 3) flame-turbulence and flame-wall interaction, and 4) transition to detonation. SAFE-H2 will deliver fundamental science but also models for all simulation codes used in industry and regulation agencies to understand and regulate combustion safety for hydrogen. | ||||||||
| 117078 | 101155925 | BIOntier | BreakIng FrOntiers in sustainable and circular biocomposites with high performance for multi-sector applications | 2024-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2024-05-21 | Horizon_newest | 8345472.5 | 7017866 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.6 | HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-IA-07 | BIOntier offers innovative solutions to environmental challenges and establishes a holistic, integrated, and industrial-driven platform for the design, development, and scalable fabrication of the next generation of cost-effective, sustainable, lightweight, recyclable bio-based composites (BioC) with enhanced properties (e.g. thermal, mechanical, chemical), functionalities (e.g. corrosion, chemical and fire resistance, hardness and impact resistance, high temperature resistance, structural health monitoring). BIOntier will also advance manufacturing processes, enhancing synthesis and stability and reducing environmental impact. Such BioC and manufacturing capabilities will allow robust connections with end-users and thus develop and qualify the commercial propositions to high TRLs. BIOntier will develop, demonstrate, and validate the efficacy of BioC-enabled products (6 use cases) which will underlie future technologies for different sectors (e.g. automotive, aerospace, energy (hydrogen economy) and water treatment). BIOntier also supports the innovation output and industrialization efforts of the EU initiatives and strategies for circular bioeconomy, building a credible pathway for the newly accumulated knowledge to impact EU industry and society. BIOntier will support a strong EU value chain in translating technology advances from TRL4-5 into concrete innovation opportunities and production capabilities (TRL6-7), with first-mover market advantages of scale in the defined industrial sectors. The consortium consists of 25 partners from 12 countries, representing the full value chain, with leading OEMs, large industries, world-class research and education organisations, and innovative SMEs. BIOntier is designed to ensure maximum impact for the defined industries and society as a whole, significantly contributing to the evolving field of BioC. | ||||||||
| 117237 | 101123298 | NextENERGEIA | Simulating the effects of low-carbon investments in electricity markets | 2024-03-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2024-02-23 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-POC | NextENERGEIA plans to develop and test a proof-of-concept prototype of an analytical tool for simulating the social and private impact on power markets of low-carbon investments (renewable energies, energy storage, electric vehicles, and hydrogen production). The tool would shed light on issues central to the energy transitions success, making it precious for regulators, policymakers, energy-intensive consumers, and energy firms. In particular, the tool would be instrumental in informing the current policy debate on the electricity market reform. The tool would build on state-of-the-art game-theoretical models developed by the PI through her ERC Consolidator Grant ELECTRIC CHALLENGES, providing the basis to simulate firms competitive and strategic behavior in electricity markets with large shares of renewable energies and energy storage. Those models also serve to assess the low-carbon investments impact on several metrics reflecting electricity market outcomes (prices, market shares, emissions, etc.) and firms financial profitability (pay-back period, NPV, IRR, etc.) The algorithm would be programmed in Python, and an internet-based interface would be developed for ease of use. Data from the Spanish electricity market would be used to test the tool, which would be further extended to other European power markets. Relevant stakeholders in the sector have already shown their support and willingness to participate in the training and testing stages. The team comprises the PI (Natalia Fabra), postdocs at EnergyEcoLab (the research lab she created under her ERC grant), and software programmers who would carry out the programming activities. The team combines a deep knowledge of the power sector and the energy transition policies, a deep understanding of the relevant economic questions, and a deep command of the methods for modeling and quantifying the performance of electricity markets. | ||||||||
| 117292 | 101152035 | DCMH | Development of a new generation detailed hydrogen combustion mechanism | 2024-06-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2024-04-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 157622.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | The most promising carbonless fuels are hydrogen and H2/NH3 mixtures. Burners, reciprocating engines and gas turbines using these fuels can be designed by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools, provided that an accurate chemical submodel (detailed reaction mechanism) is available. A comprehensive collection of hydrogen combustion experimental data was created 10 years ago by the hosting laboratory and published on the ReSpecTh.hu website. The initial aim of the project is to extend this data collection with all newly published experimental data. Also, further types of laboratory measurement results, like extinction limits will be added to the database. Then, a new base chemical kinetics mechanism for hydrogen combustion is set up, that uses the latest directly measured and theoretically calculated rate coefficients of the H/O system, and also takes into account the newly proposed mechanistic approaches, like new third-body efficiency parameters and a non-linear mixing model for these parameters, new diffusion parameters, and reactive termolecular reactions. The base model will be optimized using the updated data collection. The base model, the optimized model and all recently published hydrogen combustion mechanisms will be tested together using the whole data collection. It is expected that the obtained new generation detailed hydrogen combustion mechanism will provide more accurate simulation results compared to the currently available ones, especially under problematic conditions like high pressure, lean combustion and high water vapour concentration in the initial mixture. This mechanism will be an important ingredient of the CFD design of devices using hydrogen and H2/NH3 and H2/natural gas fuel mixtures. | ||||||||
| 117311 | 101150297 | SUPERSET | Semiconductor free biophotoelectrodes for solar fuel production | 2024-05-01 | 2026-04-30 | 2024-04-10 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 189687.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | The soaring demand for energy and use of fossil fuels has resulted in the release of vast amount of greenhouse gases and climate change. Developing photoelectrochemical devices for solar fuel production is one of the strategies to address these issues. The use of photosynthetic proteins as photoactive components could potentially generate highly efficient biophotoelectrodes built exclusively from earth-abundant elements, leading to a step change in sustainable solar fuel production. The extreme electron transfer rates, quantum efficiency and large charge separation of the photosynthetic protein complex photosystem 1 delivers the high energy electrons needed for CO2 fixation or H2 evolution in Nature. However, coupling electron transfer between electrodes and photosystem 1 to catalytic processes remains challenging because charge recombination of the reduced electron acceptors with the oxidized form of the electron mediators or with the electrode surface is typically faster than catalysis. The overarching aim of SUPERSET is to demonstrate for the first time the concepts of kinetic barriers and fast hole refilling through electron hopping for preventing charge recombination in scalable biophotoelectrodes and thus enable CO2 reduction and H2 production with semiconductor-free devices. Toward this aim, my specific research objectives will include: (1) Design electron acceptors based on anthraquinones to limit recombination at the electrode by taking advantage of their PCET square scheme mechanism; (2) Modify the surface of electrode by self-assembled monolayers to build a charger barrier to prevent the charge recombination of the reduced electron acceptors with the electrode; (3) Design Osmium/Cobalt-based electron donors with extremely fast electron transfer to enable the refilling of the hole produced by photosystem 1 before recombination takes place; (4) Combine the electron donor and electron acceptor to be channeled to an enzyme for CO2 reduction or H2 production. | ||||||||
| 117383 | 101137965 | H2MARINE | Hydrogen PEM fuel cell stack for marine applications | 2024-01-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2023-12-05 | Horizon_newest | 7499171.5 | 7499171.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-03-02 | The overarching objective of the H2MARINE project is to design, build, test and validate two (2) PEM stacks generating 250 – 300 kW electric power designed for marine applications. The H2MARINE project takes a top-down approach, building on a proof of concept of two PEM stacks that are developed in the EU and Switzerland. The H2MARINE project will: Identify the requirements for the tests and conditions as well as load curves that the FC stacks will have to be tested against with the integrated knowledge of a major ship building industry (ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems) and ship owners (Cleos) representing Gaslog, Drylog Ltd. And Olympic Shipping (totaling more than 100 large ships). – Both PowerCell and EHGroup stack manufactures will benefit from a great consortium surrounding their development, testing and upscaling with unique testing facilities (Beyond Gravity, ZSW, Greenerity, University of Freiburg), industrial partners like DANA, upscaling capacities of stacks by CERTH, EPFL and novel diagnostics development by VTT. This will allow them to enhance the state of the art (SoA) of PEMFC stacks, advance and scale up the system to reach ambitious targets set in the call which will be disseminated by CLUBE member of numerous FCH projects. – Test the proposed solutions in relevant environment/ecosystem, which are designed to fully represent the actual implementation conditions. – Design the stack modules in an optimum manner for up-scaling up to 10MW power train systems. – Test several diagnostics for the stack and overall system integrity as well as for the health status prognosis of critical components.- Assess the technology and economic feasibility of the solution, in order to know its valuable end-use, which will allow the partners to research the potential market/s and identification of the best opportunities. | ||||||||
| 117427 | 101138488 | FlyECO | Future enabLing technologies for hYdrogen-powered Electrified aero engine for Clean aviatiOn | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 3496729 | 3496729 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-08 | FlyECO will deliver transformative technologies to support Integrated Power and Propulsion Systems (IPPS) that contributes to zero-emission and sustainable growth of aviation and has the potential to enable aviation climate neutrality by 2050. The utilization of hydrogen as sole energy source offers the opportunity to eliminate aviation CO2 emissions entirely. Furthermore, a reduction in NOx emissions of at least 50% is enabled by ingesting steam produced by a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) into the hydrogen-fuelled gas turbine (GT). FlyECO will develop a simulation and evaluation framework in which the optimal architecture definition of the IPPS, the key enabling integration technologies and necessary controls concepts can be explored, investigated closely and advanced towards TRL3 through Proof-of-Concept (PoC) demonstrators. A Commuter/Regional aircraft application was chosen as a use case to develop the propulsion system with more than one megawatt power. In particular, the energy management and distribution strategies will be developed for both quasi-steady-state and transient operation. In addition, PoC for the IPPS and the reduction in NOx emissions will be provided via two demonstrators: (1) a sub-structured test-rig emulating the cycle-integrated hybrid-electric propulsion system and (2) a high-pressure combustor with steam ingestion. The outcome of FlyECO will be comprise of:-An advanced simulation platform to analyse the impact of the SOFC integration on a hydrogen GT-A validation methodology for novel energy and power management strategies for the IPPS architecture-A controls approach for the IPPS, including specialised local control for components and subsystems as well as global control-A set of key coupling technologies develop developed to enable the integration of the SOFC with a GT under consideration safe design process in aviation based on ARP 4754A -An open-access database on hydrogen combustion with steam injection | ||||||||
| 117446 | 101138325 | ELITHE | Electrification of ceramic industries high temperature heating equipment | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-07 | Horizon_newest | 13460134 | 11193684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-33 | eLITHE aims to support decarbonisation of the ceramic industry through the demonstration of sustainable and cost-effective pathways to electrify high temperature thermal processes (i.e. melting, calcination and firing). This is crucial for the EU to achieve its 2050 target of climate neutrality as energy-intensive industries (EIIs) are responsible for a large portion of greenhouse gas emissions. eLITHE will demonstrate three different electric furnaces (a frit smelter based electrodes and induction, a microwave-powered alumina calciner and a hybrid brick firing tunnel kiln for combined use of electricity and hydrogen burning) at three pilot sites. Besides, eLITHE will develop novel material compositions compatible with the electric heating, research circular materials for their use high temperature energy storage applications and create digital tools to enhance process energy management and enable a safe and sustainable operation. The project consortium consists of 18 partners from 9 EU countries, with diversified expertise and knowledge in the addressed processes. The project will have a significant impact on the clean energy transition of EIIs and will lead to a reduction of over 97,000 tons of CO2 per year and over 505 GWh/yr of natural gas use for a full-scale unit replaced, contributing to reducing EU dependence on fossil-fuels imports. In addition to the direct impact on the clean energy transition of the ceramic industry, eLITHE will also have broader societal and economic impacts. The project will contribute to the development of a sustainable and circular economy, supporting the creation of green jobs and improving the competitiveness of European industries. The project’s focus on electrification technologies and renewable energy integration will also contribute to the development of a more resilient and secure energy system for the EU, reducing its dependence on imported fossil fuels. | ||||||||
| 117489 | 101140638 | TROPHY | Technological Research On Propulsion by HYdrogen | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-12 | Horizon_newest | 29012882.57 | 20599024.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2023-02-HPA-01 | The TROPHY project, which stands for Technological Research On Propulsion by HYdrogen, aimed at supporting the Clean Aviation HYDEA funded project (HYdrogen DEmonstrator for Aviation), which proposes a technology maturation plan to develop an H2C (Hydrogen Combustion) propulsion system compatible with an Entry Into Service of a zero CO2 low-emission aircraft in 2035. TROPHY supported design activities related to the development of an H2 engine fuel system as well as the investigation of integration aspects between engine and aircraft. Decision was made by the consortium to close TROPHY grant agreement as it turned out that key objectives as initially envisaged were no longer relevant. | ||||||||
| 117519 | 101130717 | GlaS-A-Fuels | Single-Atom Photocatalysts Enhanced by a Self-Powered Photonic Glass Reactor to Produce Advanced Biofuels | 2024-03-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2023-12-18 | Horizon_newest | 2995840 | 2995840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01 | The increasing energy demand and the depletion of fossil-fuel reserves, threatening our energy security and the environment, have aroused intense global concern. To mitigate this, the EU aims to become climate-neutral by 2050, by targeting at the next-generation of biofuels from non-land and non-food competing bio-wastes. Butanol (BuOH), heavier alcohols and hydrogen (H2), if produced from bio-ethanol, are promising advanced biofuels due to their high energy content, long shelf-life and, in case of BuOH, compatibility with the current engines and fuel distribution infrastructure. However, their production faces challenges due to the low yields and selectivities during ethanol reforming. GlaS-A-Fuels envisions a holistic approach to transform bio-ethanol to advanced biofuels employing recyclable and cooperative catalysts from earth-abundant elements. The concept is based on the engineering of a light-trapping and light-tuning photonic glass reactor, self-powered by a thermoelectric module, and tailored to amplify the effectiveness of photo-amplified single-atom catalysts. GlaS-A-Fuels aims to harness the full power of the light-activated carriers of photoactive supports by channeling this energy to the surface-exposed transition metal-cation single atom sites. There, via the effective coordination with the reactants and energy matching with their frontier orbitals, solar energy to fuel conversion can be maximized. Metal-metal and metal-support cooperativity, charge transfer phenomena and strongly polarized oxidations states can further contribute to the required enhanced catalytic performances and difficult-to-achieve key reaction intermediates. To develop efficient processes for the production of advanced biofuels, GlaS-A-Fuels will leverage in a concerted way the key expertise of five partners in materials science for solar and thermal energy harvesting, catalysis, laser technologies for tuning light-matter interactions, intelligent process-control systems. | ||||||||
| 117563 | 101140559 | FAME | Fuel cell propulsion system for Aircraft Megawatt Engines | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-12 | Horizon_newest | 52512013.75 | 34993248.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2023-02-HPA-03 | Green hydrogen as a fuel offers the possibility to significantly reduce or even eliminate all of aircrafts greenhouse gas emissions. When liquid hydrogen (LH2) is used in fuel cells (FC) for power generation, this results in no CO2, no SOx and no NOx emissions. The best way to achieve this solution is to develop a hydrogen propulsive FC system as an integral part of a new LH2 aircraft concept. This means moving away from the current plug and play (separate motor development and aircraft architecture) philosophy towards a disruptive integrated way of development, which requires a co-creation approach of the propulsion system and the aircraft. FAME follows this approach by collaborative research and development between on one hand partners involved in development of the needed systems of the fuel cell and on the other hand Airbus as and aircraft designer, manfacturer und integrator. Thereby it is ensured that on all levels from material over component and sub-system up to propulsion system on aircraft level an optimization is realized. The focus of FAME is on developing a complete compact high-efficiency full electric propulsion system based on LH2 as energy source for short to medium range (SMR) aircraft. FAME will develop all the subsystems which are needed and integrate these in a MW FC Propulsion System ground demonstrator with the vision to scale it up to aircraft level (sufficient for SMR aircraft). FAME shows the feasibility of a multi-MW FC Propulsion system for hydrogen-powered SMR aircraft. The system will provide the basis for Clean Aviation in phase 2 to undergo a system flight test. | ||||||||
| 117577 | 101140499 | HEROPS | Hydrogen-Electric Zero Emission Propulsion System | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-12 | Horizon_newest | 40398126.75 | 29684005.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2023-02-HPA-03 | HEROPS aims to introduce climate-neutral propulsion into regional aircraft by developing MTU’s Flying Fuel Cell (FFC) propulsion system concept for entry into service in 2035. This disruptive hydrogen-electric propulsion system uses fuel cells as sole power source and a liquid hydrogen fuel system, without the need for high-power batteries. Integration of both the fuel cell system and the electric propulsion unit into a compact engine nacelle will ensure an efficient system at high power-to-weight ratio. HEROPS targets to demonstrate a 1,2 MW propulsion system based on a scalable 600 kW core module at TRL4. The core module and all further sub-systems will be validated up to TRL5. Complemented by simulation and electrical network testing of the overall modularised system, scalability to the 2 – 4 MW power level will be confirmed. The certification programme will build upon on-going certification activities, enabling timely maturation of the aviation-native HEROPS technology against relevant certification requirements. The two-phase approach of the overall programme – including extensive development, test and validation cycles at each stage – is expected to advance the FFC concept to TRL6 for integration and demonstration on a regional aircraft by 2028. It will pave the way for commercial prototyping and entry-into-service by 2035, delivering a key propulsion technology to reach the European Green Deal’s objective of climate-neutral aviation by 2050 with 100% prevention of CO2 and NOx emissions and up to 80% reduction of the climate impact from contrails and contrail cirrus. The HEROPS project will meet this challenge with a European consortium of aircraft propulsion system integrators, electrical system experts, key tier 1 suppliers and leading researchers in stack technology, mechanics and propulsion, leveraging relevant and effective synergies between European and national programmes. | ||||||||
| 117654 | 101135077 | EURO-TITAN | Decarbonized Titanium Recovery from Aluminium and Titanium Production Residues | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-07 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 4999995.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-02 | EURO-TITAN will be a pioneer in unlocking continuous Ti resources from metallurgical waste streams from alumina and Ti-dioxide production, developing 54 ktpy of Ti metal making Europe totally independent from Russian Ti-metal sponges imports crucial for alloy production in the transport and medical sectors. On this purpose an industrial driven consortium gaining experience from previous and ongoing projects for metals exctraction from industrial wastes (Scavanger,Scale, Scale Up,Valore) will develop a >90% lower CO2 emission (compared to the conventional Kroll process which produces 10tn per tn of Ti) green hydrogen sourced(ref-hyd) direct Ti reduction process will be scaled to demonstration in the industrial environment at the Bosnian Al-plant to produce tailor-made Ti-metal products for ingots or alloying. Our Ti-metal price will be 15% lower compared to imported ones (rough estimate 6800 €/t Ti compared to current prices from Russia and China at 8500 €/t). Process optimization will be achieved through integration of inline-real time data monitoring, establishing repository of high-quality and trusted datasets, and embedding Artificial Intelligence. This will lead to a 10% reduction of on-site energy and water consumption, while at the same time minimizing production interruption. Finally, circularity is ensured, as the remaining residues are converted into innovative (30% lower co2 emissions compared to cement based) construction materials while water will be recycled, and excess heat energy will serve local households. | ||||||||
| 117660 | 101138097 | RESURGENCE | INDUSTRIAL WATER CIRCULARITY: REUSE, RESOURCE RECOVERY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR GREENER DIGITISED EU PROCESSES | 2023-12-01 | 2027-11-30 | 2023-11-23 | Horizon_newest | 9222570.5 | 9222570.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-40 | RESURGENCE addresses industrial circular water systems in a wide perspective which embraces efficient technologies for water circularity, energy and feedstock recovery, with the aim of contribute to EU climate neutrality, circularity, and competitiveness.RESURGENCE will work in 4 case studies that include 3 industrial sectors – Pulp&Paper, Chemical and Steel – as well as a 4th case to explore the synergies between urban water treatment and industries.Innovative solutions will be tested for water treatment – membranes, electrochemical technologies, adsorbents, advanced oxidation processes and hybrid biological systems – exploring also the recovery of energy (heat, electricity, biogas, H2) and feedstocks ( bioactive fenols, biopolymers, cellulose, lignin, latex, acrylic polymers, phosphate & nitrogen, biochar, MOFs and metals, including Critical Raw Materials). Digital tools will be also developed and applied, including models for energy, water and risk management, physical and software sensors for data acquisition, digital twins, and decision-support tools enabling optimal water treatment technology set-up and day-to-day operation with seized flexibility opportunities on smart grids.The project will be guided by a comprehensive sustainability and economic assessment to support by evidence the gains of these technologies, togheter with H&S analysis. Local effects multiplication of case studies is pursued by promoting seeds of future hubs for circularity. A comprehensive consortium of 20 partners from 11 countries covering the whole geographical scope of the EU, and with international cooperation with Turkey and Pakistan will work together to achieve significant outcomes and produce long-term impact. | ||||||||
| 117662 | 101137629 | NICOLHy | Novel Insulation Concepts For LH2 Storage Tanks | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 1999628.75 | 1999585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-03 | The NICOLHy project aims to develop novel insulation concepts based on Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIP) that enables the safe, cost- and energy efficient storage of large quantities of LH2. New design concepts are needed because the current technologies used in small and medium storages today are not suitable for up-scaling since would imply prohibitive costs, long construction time, low failure tolerance and limitation on tank shape selection. To overcome this challenge, NICOLHy will utilize for the first time the VIP thermal insulation principle for LH2 storage. The project objectives will be achieved by applying a holistic approach by investigating material, safety, energy and economic aspects through both modelling and testing of the insulation. Analysis of circularity, sustainability, and scalability of the whole LH2 tank system will be conducted. The NICOLHy consortium, which brings together experts from different fields and disciplines is ideally suited for this ambitious project. Recent results from NICOLHy project partners indicate that this insulation principle is successfully applicable to storing large quantities of LH2 leading to decreasing storage costs and safety and energy efficiency enhancement. Other advantages compared to existing solutions are the reduced construction time and the increasing failure tolerance. NICOLHy will develop further the preliminary evaluated modular and open-form insulation applicable for onshore and offshore LH2 tank applications. The validation of this new insulation concept will enable the design of cost-efficient large-scale LH2 storage tanks with minimal LH2 boil-off. Thereby, NICOLHy will accelerate the integration of hydrogen into the European energy economy and industry, which is necessary to be in line with the European Green Deal and to keep confidence of the population in the policy and the technology. | ||||||||
| 117679 | 101138694 | BlueBARGE | Blue Bunkering of Anchored ships with Renewable Generated Electricity | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-11-22 | Horizon_newest | 11334100 | 8498001.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-14 | The shipping industry is responsible for around 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and this is expected to increase as global trade and shipping activity continues to grow. As such, reducing emissions from shipping is an important part of global efforts to tackle climate change. In recent years, policies and legislation, mainly focusing on environmental sustainability, have pushed international shipping toward the process of its decarbonization. Regulatory bodies are pressing on the maritime world by adopting ambitious targets and by introducing a number of initiatives that will facilitate the transition to a sustainable future, including the International Maritime Organization’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, which aims to halve emissions from the sector by 2050 compared to 2008 levels.To this end, BlueBARGE will design, develop and demonstrate an optimum power-barge solution to mainly support offshore power supply to moored and anchored vessels, limiting local polluting emissions and global GHG footprint in a life cycle perspective, following a modular, scalable, adaptable and flexible design approach which will facilitate its commercialisation by 2030. The proposed power-barge solution will consider different alternatives as containerised power supply modules in a variety of configurations, where battery modules will serve as basis due to their high energy efficiency and readiness level, and other considered modules including hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen generators. The project will address electrical integration issues, interfacing challenges of the barge with ships, ports and local grid, operational safety and regulatory compliance aspects, delivering a high-readiness and complete “power bunkering” solution. Overall, the BlueBARGE project’s full integrated system aims at contributing to the shift of the maritime industry towards the goals of electrification and decarbonisation at an EU and international level. | ||||||||
| 117730 | 101135763 | SEHRENE | Store Electricity and Heat foR climatE Neutral Europe | 2024-01-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2023-11-06 | Horizon_newest | 3548416.75 | 3548416.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-13 | SEHRENE’s new electrothermal energy storage (ETES) concept is designed to store renewable electricity (RE) and heat and to restitute it as needed. It is very energy-efficient (80-85%), is geographically independant and uses no critical raw materials. It enables 8-12 times longer storage duration than Li-ion, with LCOS of 80 – 137 €/MWh, depending on the use-case. This is lower than pumped hydro, the lowest-cost commercial electricity storage. Its lifetime of 20-30 years is 2 – 3x longer than Li-ion. A TRL4 prototype and the digital twins of 3 full use-cases will be delivered: (i) ceramics plant storing excess, on-site PV power in a micro-grid and industrial waste-heat for continuous green H2 production and self-consumption, (ii) a smart-grid, and (iii) a geothermal power plant. The ETES integrates: (i) a novel heat-pump design with a coefficient of performance of 50% the theoretical maximum, (ii) a novel thermal energy storage system with energy density of 90 kWh/m3 (+30%), containing phase-change material in a novel metallic Kelvin cells-like foam and (iii) ORC with novel operating parameters. New digital tools will optimise the energy management of the storage and facilitate investment decisions by potential end-users taking LCA and technico-economic factors into account. SEHRENE unites 5 R&D teams with top-level expertise in prototyping, physics-based modelling, characterisation and digital twins of thermo-electric systems, thermal storage and AI-based energy-management; 1 RE producer, 1 DSO, 1 ceramics company, 1 SME developing decision-support tools, and 1 SME for dissemination and communication. The exploitation plan aims to implement the solution in the first factory in 2029. SEHRENE’s market penetration will enable to capture 1% of the market by 2040 avoiding 90Mm3 of NG and 15Mt CO2/year. R&D and industrial partners project to generate 5.8M€ in revenues by 2035 from sales of heat pumps, thermal storage, ORC, licenses to R&D results and consulting services. | ||||||||
| 117738 | 190187335 | hyplasma | A clean and cost competitive hydrogen production solution near the end user thanks to an innovative plasma methane pyrolysis technology | 2023-12-01 | 2025-11-30 | 2023-11-20 | Horizon_newest | 4713750 | 2500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 | HyPlasma aims at bringing to the market an integrated solution for the production of affordable clean Hydrogen. The process is based on methane pyrolysis, which transforms natural gas (or biomethane) into clean Hydrogen on one hand, and solid carbon on the other hand: it therefore avoids CO2 emissions. The operating costs are much lower than electrolysis (currently the most mature clean hydrogen production solution) thanks to lower electricity consumption. Besides, the carbon contained in the methane is sequestrated as a valuable solid carbon by-product. This innovation was designed with industrial constraints in mind, allowing continuous operation at a competitive price with a low footprint, and allows to easily retrofit existing infrastructure: a greater environmental impact can be achieved when industrial processes are transformed but not disrupted. HyPlasma is containerized, to deliver clean Hydrogen near the end-user and thus decentralize the hydrogen production. | ||||||||
| 117758 | 101137808 | AdvancedH2Valley | Showcasing Advanced Hydrogen Valley in Western France | 2024-01-01 | 2027-02-28 | 2023-12-06 | Horizon_newest | 64350099.25 | 8998617.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-06-02 | AdvancedH2Valley aims to accelerate the deployment of renewable hydrogen in the Loire Valley in France by 2025 and prepare the future large-scale hydrogen economy in the European Atlantic Coastline. The project is built on successful first achievements of H2Ouest and VHyGO (Vallée Hydrogène Grand Ouest), two hydrogen ecosystems initiated in 2019.AdvancedH2Valley is taking a big step forward in accelerating renewable hydrogen deployment in Western France as it will initiate:-11.5MW of new production capacities along with innovation to optimize operation process representing >1600t 100% certified renewable H2/year by 2028, in line with the Delegated Act of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive;-2 new HRS with distribution capacity of up to 1,3t/day on RTE-T network;-1st hydrogen trucks fleet deployment in France, as well as innovating off-road port logistics vehicles and river ferry;-1st renewable hydrogen supply chain adapted to industrial customers specific requirements, in order to quickly decarbonize even the “small” industrial hydrogen consumptions;-Innovations to enhance valley operation (multi-sites coordination, optimised truck filling).AdvancedH2Valley ambitions to be both a lighthouse and an innovation lab for hydrogen valleys.The consortium will strengthen collaborations and synergies between neighboring regions and especially pioneering peripherical maritime regions of the Atlantic Arc. The partners will actively share to them the knowledge generated on the project to foster the scalability and replicability of the AdvancedH2Valley model, and to pave the way for the future large-scale hydrogen economy in Europe.The main expected impacts of the project are the direct decarbonization of transport and industrial activities using renewable hydrogen: 14,6t of CO2 will be avoided during the 2-year operation, and 2,8Mt per year by 2036. | ||||||||
| 117759 | 101137758 | HYDRA | HYDROGEN ECONOMY BENEFITS AND RISKS: TOOLS DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION TO MITIGATE POSSIBLE CLIMATE IMPACTS | 2023-11-01 | 2027-10-31 | 2023-10-24 | Horizon_newest | 3847500 | 3847500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D1-01-03 | Hydrogen is undoubtely the most talked-about carbon-free energy vector. However, policymakers and citizens that are supporting hydrogen large-scale penetration in the energy sector should not only be aware of the evident benefits but also of potential safety and climatic risks driven by a long term hydrogen-based economy. HYDRA will start from the evaluation of policies and directives on hydrogen technologies to derive the actual penetration rate of H2 in the market, and evaluate atmospheric emissions of hydrogen and other gases linked to production processes or leakages. The project will then model socio-economic and energy scenarios, considering land use and water consumption, due to the future deployment of a hydrogen economy. The possible impact on the atmosphere will be assessed, considering the interaction of H2 with the oxidizing cycles of CH4, CO, N2O, and O3, and the possible increase in water vapor concentrations, finally estimating the overall radiative forcing. HYDRA will also assess the possible contribution of soil in removing H2 from the atmosphere. Climatic projections will simulate possible climate change scenarios caused by the hydrogen economy, to which HYDRA will respond proposing guidlines and mitigation actions. Finally, since hydrogen-air mixes are highly imflammable and H2 leakages can represent a serious safety issue along the whole value chain, HYDRA will develop a remote-control monitoring tool. The HYDRA tool will detect and quantify hydrogen leakages to increase the saefty of hydrogen-based technologies and prevent unecessary emissions to the atmosphere. The monitoring system will also be able to detect emissions of other gases, so that also possible impurities can be taken into account. The monitoring tool will be tested in a facility where a large scale H2 storage infrastructure will be available. Experimental and modeling activities will also be useful to update the LCA methodology in assessing the environmental impact of hydrogen technologies. | ||||||||
| 117778 | 101111984 | LuxHyVal | Luxembourg Hydrogen Valley delivering integrated full-chain sustainable hydrogen ecosystem with technical, economic, social and environmental benefits and superior replicability. | 2023-11-01 | 2029-01-31 | 2023-10-16 | Horizon_newest | 39108677.5 | 7999998.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-02 | LuxHyVal launches a flagship hydrogen valley in Luxembourg to boost the penetration of hydrogen by deploying green hydrogen initiatives across the entire value chain from local production to utilisation, including storage and distribution for a range of applications targeting industry and mobility, while also aiming to connect with existing/planned infrastructures. Business models, regulation and commercial negotiations are defined. Safe design and operation are ensured to deliver certified green hydrogen. LuxHyVal produces 650 ton/y that are used by several end-use applications in the mobility (i.e., private & public buses, light industrial vehicles) and industry (i.e., metal and glass manufacturing) sectors using 69% and 31% of the produced hydrogen, respectively. Strong commitment of key commercial actors along the entire value chain and political support in line with the Luxembourg Hydrogen Strategy aimed at fully decarbonising the industrial sector before 2030 is ensured as demonstrated by 80% co-financing from external sources. It generates different investments exceeding 38M€. Significant econonomic, social, environmental and political impacts are achieved. Digital Twinning for optimal planning and operation is delivered to support upscaling and replication, while public perception and professional upskilling deliver social benefits and equip the workforce with the needed competences. Lastly, the lessons learned and solutions are replicated in 2 Follower Valleys in Central (CZ) and Eastern (UA) Europe. The consortium include 19 partners from 7 countries (6 from Europe plus Australia) aligned with the Clean Hydrogen Mission covering the entire value chain, including energy engineering/integrator, network operators, technology providers, supplier of green electricity, end users in mobility and industry and RTO experts in digitalisation, public acceptance, environmental assessments, innovation management, and replicators from the follower valleys. | ||||||||
| 117780 | 101140588 | AWATAR | Advanced Wing MATuration And integRation | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-14 | Horizon_newest | 14764569 | 13225141.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2023-02-SMR-02 | The aeronautical industry is committed to a collective goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. In addition to optimized flight operations and Sustainable Aviation Fuels deployment, two fundamental enablers to reach this target are the introduction of LH2 technologies and new solutions increasing aircraft and engine efficiency. In order to accelerate the Entry Into Service of ultra-efficient hydrogen SMR aircraft, AWATAR develops a Very High Aspect Ratio, Strut-Braced, Dry-Wing characterized by laminar portions in the outer areas, advanced integrated leading edge systems and an optimized integration of an open-rotor propulsion system. With the purpose of anticipating and accelerating future certification processes, the targeted maturation relies on high-fidelity simulations and ground tests (ETW, S2MA, Collins Icing wind tunnel).In terms of performance benefits, progress to be made in AWATAR leads to substantial gains with respect to a 2020 state-of-the-art aircraft. The novel aerodynamic configuration with a large aspect ratio targets a drag reduction at aircraft level of 18%. Regarding the Advanced Leading Edge solution integrating the ice protection system, the investigated technology aims for a 50% reduction of the energy budget needed for a fully evaporative system. For laminarity, the expected aircraft drag reduction is about 5-10% depending on the configuration. In addition, the optimized integration of the Unducted Single Fan limits installation drag to less than 4% of total aircraft drag. Overall, AWATAR aims at an integrated SMR aircraft (250 passengers – 2000 nm) offering an 18% reduction in block energy.This 36 months, 20MEuros valued project (14MEuros funding) relies on a strong consortium made of 2 Aircraft manufacturers, 1 Aerospace components supplier, 3 research Centers, 1 Wind tunnel Operator and 2 universities. This complementary and multidisciplinary consortium ensures that AWATAR maturity path is in line with Clean Aviation SMR roadmap. | ||||||||
| 117855 | 101123027 | ICONIC | Stable and Clean Iron Power from ICONIC | 2023-09-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2023-05-23 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-POC | Iron Power is a new technology to store and transport sustainable energy. An iron aerosol mixture is burned in a flame and the heat is used in high temperature processes. The formed iron-oxide powder is collected and transported to places with a surplus of green hydrogen, where it is regenerated back to iron powder. As such, Iron Power is a very promising CO2-free circular energy carrier of sustainable energy, which has a very high energy density, is easy to handle, safe, environmentally friendly and cheap. Within the fast growing Iron Power community, existing solid fuel combustion concepts are applied mostly, but these show severe problems caused by the specific character of iron aerosol flames: a) flame stabilisation is difficult to establish, b) nano-particles and c) high NOx emissions are also difficult to circumvent. A completely new combustion concept is needed to solve the problems. The ERC program MetalFuel creates the basic knowledge on metal aerosol combustion with the right ingredients to do solve these problems. The combustion concept developed is called ICONIC (Ignition COntrolled low-Nox Iron Combustion). Within this ERC PoC a well-controllable ICONIC burner will be developed, designed, tested and patented. A small-scale system will be developed and studied first, after which a conceptual design of Mega-Watt size will be developed which will enable future implementation in an industrial-scale system. Furthermore, the possible future market will be evaluated. A start-up is already interested and a launching customer seems to be in view, if the PoC is successful. | ||||||||
| 118010 | 101103450 | RENplusHOMES | Renewable ENergy-based Positive Homes | 2023-06-01 | 2026-11-30 | 2023-05-02 | Horizon_newest | 7142106.75 | 5999983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-01-02 | Buildings are responsible for around 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU, and 84% of their demand is still generated by fossil fuels. With the Green Deal, the EU signed its commitment to become the first continent to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Given the high relevance of the building sector for emissions reduction, the concept of PEBs is gaining increasing attention. Besides, construction and demolition waste accounts for 35% of EU waste. REN+HOMES tackle the sustainable transition not only by reducing carbon emissions, but also resource scarcity, energy poverty and focusing on education/participation of stakeholders.REN+HOMES i) develops a set of 23 solution: 9 hardware (industrialized panel with recycled materials, pre-fabricated BIPV insulated faade, wireless IoT device, end user platform and BMS, LPWAN connectivity, geothermal walls, BIPV/BAPV with repurposed cells, H2 storage), 7 software (BDEA, INTEMA, VERIFY-B, GRT, TCQi, RCS, CBEO) and 7 Circular Plus Energy Homes (CPEH) methodologies (for AU, ES, EE, RO, EL, FR and a universal one), ii) tests and implements them in 4 large-scale demonstrators (19.843 m2 – 2 renovation and 2 new construction sites) in AU, ES, EE and RO and iii) develpes business models combining cost-effective deep-retrofitting, demand response and energy communities.REN+HOMES i) provide excess energy to the grid or to neighboring buildings (195MWh/yr), ii) develop and install building technologies from >50% recycled materials, iii) uses products with >60% recyclability rates, iv) adopt co-design for increasing awareness and satisfaction (>70 residents per demo) and v) make use of international support to overcome legislative barrier, for the streamlining of positive energy homes, with a focus on resource scarcity and recyclability. REN+HOMES approach will lead >50M m2 of floor area renovated to CPEH standards, corresponding to 1.56 MtCO2-eq saved and 39.226 tons of recycled materials by 2050. | ||||||||
| 118021 | 101111972 | LH2CRAFT | Safe and Efficient Marine Transportation of Liquid Hydrogen | 2023-06-01 | 2027-05-31 | 2023-05-12 | Horizon_newest | 5627595.94 | 5627595.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-06 | The overall goal of LH2CRAFT is to develop next generation, sustainable, commercially attractive, and safe long-term storage and long-distance transportation of Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) for commercial vessels (or even as fuel in certain applications). It aims at developing an innovative containment system of membrane-type for high-capacity storage (e.g., 200,000 m3) at a temperature of -253 deg C and demonstrating and validating it on a 10 ton (180 m3) prototype. It foresees the analysis of alternative conceptual designs with safety and risk assessment initiated at an early stage of the design process of the cargo containment system (CCS) exceeding currently demonstrated sizes. The design will allow LH2 storage to large dimensions, similar to those of existing LNG carriers. Special characteristics (storage tank, handling, distribution, safety, and monitoring subsystems (HDMSS) of the concepts that support up- or down-scaling will be detailed in order to prove the modularity and scalability of the proposed solution. The CCS will achieve AiP and general approval by a major classification society (three IACS members are participating). Demonstration will be done via the detailed design, construction, and testing of the reduced size prototype. LH2CRAFT will also develop a preliminary integrated ship design and carry out the corresponding cost estimation, achieving reduced boil-off rates of 0.5 % per day. A life cycle model will provide a significant tool enabling comparison between different new design or retrofit strategies while the LCA of the large carrier will evaluate the environmental impact from cradle to grave identifying also activities related to sustainability and recyclability and determining the environmental benefits. Two societal objectives will be served: society’s needs and EU’s strong global maritime leadership for its innovation-driven industry providing highly skilled jobs, efficient technological solutions, and international regulatory standards. | ||||||||
| 118082 | 101112098 | TH2ICINO | Towards H2ydrogen Integrated eConomies In NOrthern Italy | 2023-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2023-06-30 | Horizon_newest | 18506850 | 7446920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-02 | TH2ICINO (Towards H2ydrogen Integrated eConomies In NOrthern Italy) supports the deployment of micro hydrogen economies for the EU by developing and demonstrating a full ecosystem integrated by 6 replicable use cases linked to the steps of the hydrogen value chain. The results will validate a Master Planning Tool (MPT), which replicability will be then tested. The demonstration of the hydrogen valley will work on the four pillars of the hydrogen value chain: (i) hydrogen production, (ii) hydrogen storage, (iii) hydrogen distribution, and (iv) hydrogen consumption and will send the initial status of TH2ICINO in order to enable replication and expansion. A first stage will include modelling, simulation and scenarization, from electrolysis plant to end-user in order to evaluate different scenarios and optimize them taking into consideration the technological constraints. Once the optimal cases are defined, an implementation phase will bring to real-life the innovative concept of the ecosystem tangible results to feed the MPT. | ||||||||
| 118094 | 101111964 | UnLOHCked | UNlocking the potential of LOHCs through the development of KEy sustainable and efficient systems for Dehydrogenation | 2023-06-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2023-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 2941312.75 | 2941312.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-05 | By advancing breakthrough research on LOHC technologies, UnLOHCked aims at developing a radically disruptive, versatile and scalable LOHC-dehydrogenation plant. Firstly, highly active and stable catalysts without critical raw materials will be developed for reducing LOHC dehydrogenation at moderate temperatures. Secondly, an SOFC-system will be developed to be thermally integrated with the dehydrogenation process. The heat demand of the dehydrogenation unit will be fully covered by the fuel cell, while generating electric power. The surplus of hydrogen is exported. These innovative systems fully integrated will allow significant increase of overall efficiency (>50%) to hydrogen and electric power production from LOHC. Three industry partners, HERAEUS, HYGEAR and FRAMATOME, will collaborate with four universities and research centres, the University of Bilbao (Spain), CEA, CNRS-Lyon and North-West University of South Africa to develop scalable prototype system at TRL 5, validating the performance of the technology during at least 500 h. The ambition is to demonstrate the feasibility of a fully CO2-free dehydrogenation process for large-scale production of hydrogen (100-1,000 t H2/d) and electricity with competitive prices (hydrogen carrier delivery cost <2.5€/kg). Thus converting CO2-free LOHC to electricity and hydrogen instead of using NG or LPG as heat source. The UnLOHCked approach is clean & circular: it decreases energy consumption, does not use noble metals while generating CO2-free hydrogen and electricity.Techno-economic studies will demonstrate the potential of the technology to both supply hydrogen and renewable electricity to decarbonise the EU economy and to open-up hydrogen transportation by LOHC. FRAMATOME, HYGEAR AND HERAEUS will support the consortium preparing for fast market entry after the project. | ||||||||
| 118175 | 101102946 | HYDROBAT | Boride-derived Highly Efficient Material for Green Hydrogen Generation and Zn–air Battery | 2024-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2023-07-24 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 188590.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | The world energy demand is expected to grow by more than 25% by 2040, according to the world energy outlook by the International Energy Agency. To tackle this significant and urgent challenge new materials with engineered properties for energy applications are required. Hydrogen (H2) production by water electrolysis (Green H2) has received great interest as an alternative sustainable and clean energy technology. For instance, the green H2 is very crucial for the European Commission’s net zero emissions scenarios for 2050. To achieve green H2, this technology should be coupled with intermittent and renewable energy sources. And thus, the energy storage devices are involved in the green H2 production system. Due to its high energy density, and environmental-friendly, the Zinc-air battery is regarded as important energy storage device in the near future. But, the lack of satisfactory cheaper bifunctional electrocatalysts (ECs) for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for water electrolysis and the lack of bifunctional air ECs for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and OER are the main challenges for both these technologies. The state-of-the-art ECs are based on noble metals, whose application at a large scale is limited due to their high cost and scarcity. Consequently, the development of highly efficient ECs without precious metals is urgent. Current strategies for the development of desirable earth-abundant materials are often limited because of the poor electron transfer, low conductivity, poor stability, and small surface area of the active materials. To tackle this challenge, we aim (1) to develop hybrid materials based on earth-abundant metals derived from boride and highly conductive carbon by chemical reduction and pyrolysis methods, (2) to study their structure-property relationship, and finally, (3) to understand the degradation mechanism which is crucial for designing the materials with outstanding stability. | ||||||||
| 118186 | 101119286 | GIANCE | Graphene Alliance for Sustainable Multifunctional Materials to Tackle Environmental Challenges | 2023-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2023-06-26 | Horizon_newest | 9545321.25 | 8048964.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-20 | GIANCE offers innovative solutions to environmental challenges and establishes a holistic, integrated, and industrial-driven platform for the design, development, and scalable fabrication of the next generation of cost-effective, sustainable, lightweight, recyclable graphene and related materials (GRM)-based multifunctional composites, coatings, foams, and membranes (GRM-bM) with enhanced properties (e.g. thermal, mechanical, chemical), functionalities (e.g. wear, corrosion, chemical and fire resistance, hardness and impact resistance, high temperature resistance, structural health monitoring, ultralow friction surfaces), and as enablers for hydrogen storage. GIANCE will also advance manufacturing processes, enhancing synthesis and stability and reducing environmental impact. Such GRM-bM and manufacturing capabilities will allow robust connections with end-users and thus develop and qualify the commercial propositions to high TRLs. GIANCE will develop, demonstrate, and validate the efficacy of GRM-enabled products (11 use cases) which will underlie future technologies for different sectors (e.g. automotive, aerospace, energy (hydrogen economy) and water treatment). GIANCE also supports the innovation output and industrialization efforts of the Graphene Flagship initiative, building a credible pathway for the newly accumulated knowledge to impact EU industry and society. GIANCE will support a strong EU value chain in translating technology advances from TRL4-5 into concrete innovation opportunities and production capabilities (TRL6-7), with first-mover market advantages of scale in the defined industrial sectors. The consortium consists of 23 partners from 10 countries, representing the full value chain, with leading OEMs, large industries, world-class research and education organisations, and innovative SMEs. GIANCE is designed to ensure maximum impact for the defined industries and society as a whole, significantly contributing to the evolving field of GRM. | ||||||||
| 118212 | 101118129 | PHOTOSINT | PHOTOelectrocatalytic systems for Solar fuels energy INTegration into the industry with local resources | 2023-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2023-06-20 | Horizon_newest | 4993752.51 | 4993752.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-06 | The PHOTOSINT project presents solutions to the challenges chemical industries are facing in integrating renewable energy sources into their processes. The project will deliver sustainable processes to produce hydrogen and methanol as energy vectors using only sunlight as an energy source and wastewater and CO2 as feedstocks, making the industries more auto-sufficient. The pathway is based on solar-driven artificial photosynthesis, and aims to develop new catalytic earth-abundant materials and modifications of existing ones to improve catalytic processes. Design parameters of the PEC cell will be tuned to maximize solar to fuel (STF) efficiency. Moreover to improve the conversion for industrial implementation, PHOTOSINT will develop a novel way to concentrate and illuminate the semiconductor surface to maximize overall energy efficiency. Perovskite solar PV cells will be integrated to harvest the light to supply the external electrical voltage.PHOTOSINT is an ambitious project due to precedents in research conducted to date and the low production rate of the desired products. For integrating sunlight energy into the industry, the catalyst will be studied, and then the best one/s will be implemented in prototypes. The obtained results will be used for making scale-up in pilots with tandem PEC cells. These steps are necessary to assess the industrial scale-up feasibility, promoting the increased competitiveness of renewable process energy technologies and energy independence. MeOH and H2 will be tested in engines. Also, an HTPEM fuel cell will be used for electricity generation, and hydrogen will be tested as an alternative fuel for energy generation instead natural gas in melting furnaces avoiding CO2 emissions. | ||||||||
| 118228 | 101107715 | PROTO-BACT | Bottom-up chemical construction of photosynthetic cyanobacteria mimics and their controlled assembly into autonomous and self-regulating biofilm-like materials for hydrogen production | 2023-10-01 | 2025-09-30 | 2023-07-26 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 172750.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Broad interest is devoted nowadays to filling the breach between biology and chemistry in order to comprehend the frontier between living and non-living systems. In this context, protocells are autonomous and self-sustained entities fabricated from scratch, which may exhibit one or more characteristics of actual cells. This project aims at synthesizing cyanobacteria mimics capable of producing H2 and formaldehyde from visible light, water, and methanol. The active material for photosynthesis shall be a semiconducting heterojunction based on BiVO4 and Rh-doped SrTiO3-Pt for Z-scheme photocatalysis. The photocatalyst shall be contained within functional protein-polymer protocell membranes referred to as proteinosomes. These photosynthetic protocells will then be chemically programmed to self-assemble into the first autonomous and photosynthetic biofilm-like material (BFM). The careful three-dimensional design of the BFM, consisting in a combination of mechano-passive, mechano-active and photocatalytic layers of specialized proteinosomes, will allow an emergent and unprecedented photo-mechano-chemical transduction. Therefore, the BFM will be able of an autonomous and self-regulating behavior out of equilibrium. This proposal pushes forward the borders of bottom-up synthetic biology via a nice interdisciplinary interaction with semiconductor photochemistry. Furthermore, an alternative and sustainable route to the production of green fuels is provided, which brings an original solution to the current planetary energetic crisis. | ||||||||
| 118315 | 101101343 | PEACE | Pressurized Efficient Alkaline EleCtrolysEr (PEACE) | 2023-06-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2023-05-23 | Horizon_newest | 2504965 | 2504964.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-03 | Among the different electrolysis technologies, AEL is very competitive, because of its low investment costs and good scalability. The levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) produced by AEL can be reduced by enhancing the efficiency, maximal current densities and by enabling better integration with downstream processes. A well-tuned design of high-pressure stack and system improve the performance and overall efficiency, by eliminating the need for further compression for downstream processes. As compressors for hydrogen represent a significant share of CAPEX and OPEX of electrolysis systems, those can be reduced or eliminated. In this project, the consortium will design and develop an AEL system demonstrator >50 kW, capable of operating at a pressure up to 90 bar, achieved by a novel concept in which the pressurization is done at two stages: by applying up to 60 bar hydraulic pressure using a pressure vessel in which a stack operates at additional 30 bar, resulting in up to 90 bar gas pressure. Integrating advanced components, innovative design, and optimizing operation strategies, through modelling and experimental testing, a system with an efficiency of 70 % (LHV) at a current density of 1 A/cm2 will be demonstrated. With this technology an AEL system will be provided that may lead to major cost reduction of green hydrogen production. The main scientific aims of the project are further supported by sustainability and circularity aspects as well as dedicated outreach activities, and jointly addressed by 2 medium-sized enterprise (SMEs), 4 R&D centres with established expertise in alkaline stack, system and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and one of the largest hydrogen production and utilization companies in the world. Lastly, use cases and the concept of the integrated plant will be proposed. Together, the new developments will target a technology breakthrough with a clear commercial perspective, placing Europe at the lead of highly pressurized AEL technology in 3 years. | ||||||||
| 118379 | 101112118 | ANDREAH | AmmoNia baseD membRane rEActor for green Hydrogen production | 2023-07-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2023-06-29 | Horizon_newest | 2980361.25 | 2980361.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-04 | While many hard-to-abate sectors would benefit from a wide availability of green ammonia in Europe, the development of ammonia cracking technologies remains a prerequisite to unlock the full potential of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier. ANDREAHs main objective is to provide a quantum leap in the development of advanced ammonia decomposition technologies to produce ultra-pure hydrogen (>99.998%) by developing an innovative system based on a Catalytic Membrane Reactor (CMR) for the cracking of Ammonia. In this way, optimised heat management, improved conversion per pass and purification/recycling for more cost-efficient and resource-effective ammonia decomposition at lower temperatures (400-450C) compared to conventional systems resulting in a decrease of CAPEX and OPEX of the system, that will bring the decentralized cost of H2 from 5.51 euro/kg to 4.27 euro/kg, with a decrease of 22.5%. For this purpose environmentally friendy and with less CRMs (80-90% less compared to conventional packed bed systems) structured catalyts will be developed and scaled up and integrated with advanced H2 selective Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes and coupled with a sorbent-based hydrogen polishing step for fuel cell grade. Moreover, the complete system will be validated at TRL5 at the facilities of VTTI in the port of Rotterdam. Finally, a complete LCA, LCC and HSA will be performed over the entire value chain of ANDREAH. Appart from the different exploitable results of the project, the ambition of ANDREAH is to create a spin-off company that can exploit the advanced ammonia cracking system. KIC InnoEnergy supported more than 480 cleantech start-ups in the last decades and will provide support and advice to launch and boost the new spin-off. | ||||||||
| 118470 | 101109314 | Double layer | Spectroscopic investigation of the electrochemical interface for sustainable electrocatalysis | 2023-04-01 | 2025-03-31 | 2023-03-13 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 187624.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | The structure of the double layer at the electrode-electrolyte interface dictates the electrocatalytic performance. A better understanding of the double layer is thus necessary for the optimization of key reactions such as the electrocatalytic hydrogen production and the CO2 electroconversion to value-added products, both of which are central to transitioning to carbon-free fuel alternatives. However, there is currently a significant lack of appropriate characterization methods to resolve this interfacial region. Meanwhile, recent results demonstrate that the models so far employed to predict the physical behavior at the double layer are incomplete. Therefore, for the field of electrocatalysis to reach its performance targets, it is critical we develop new techniques to fill this gap in our understanding of the catalyst-electrolyte interface. In this work, we propose to leverage the unique properties of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and total electron yield X-ray absorption spectroscopy (TEY-XAS) in a dip-an-pull geometry to resolve the concentration and configuration of the ions and water molecules present in the double layer. Using single crystal electrodes that are well-defined surfaces, we propose to use these spectroscopic insights to verify the nature of non-specific ion-water-electrode interactions suggested by previous electrochemical and computational investigations. Once optimized, we propose to expand the application of this spectroscopic approach to electrocatalytically relevant conditions for the hydrogen evolution reaction on Pt(111) and for the CO2 reduction reaction on Au(111). The as-described methodology will not only provide unprecedented insights into the elusive contribution of the double layer during electrocatalysis, but it will also enable the standardization of a powerful characterization tool that will greatly benefit the field of surface chemistry and catalysis. | ||||||||
| 118498 | 101111784 | HERAQCLES | New manufacturing approaches for Hydrogen Electrolysers to provide Reliable AEM technology based solutions while achieving Quality, Circularity, Low LCOH, high Efficiency and Scalability | 2023-06-01 | 2027-05-31 | 2023-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 2342385 | 1999622.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-04 | HERAQCLES stands for New Manufacturing Approaches for Hydrogen Electrolysers To Provide Reliable AEM Technology Based Solutions While Achieving Quality, Circularity, Low LCOH, High Efficiency And Scalability. Project HERAQCLES delivers an operational 25kW electrolyser stack including balance-of-plant based on AEM technology to validate both our novel design-for-manufacturing architecture and innovative components developed for automated production processes.AEM electrolysis offers a more attractive cost/performance ratio compared to state-of-art PEM electrolysis because these is no need to utilise precious group metals in stack components like catalysts, porous transport layers and bipolar plates for generating hydrogen at reasonably high current density. Current stack manufacturing processes face bottlenecks limited by many separate components, manual assembly and lack of tooling due to low production numbers. The project focusses on increasing Manufacturing Readiness Level from 4 to 5 by collectively advancing all components to comply with automated manufacturing processes at industrial scale: forming of metal plates, 3D-screen printing porous layers, pilot-scale synthesis of membrane polymers and catalyst. Validation occurs in three yearly loops using single cell, short stack and full 25kW stack configurations, where test results are benchmarked against commercially available options to highlight critical improvements of composition, functionality and recyclability.The experienced consortium brings together a unique combination of know-hows acquired in previous projects (e.g. Anione) and manufacturing capabilities provided by strong representation from industrial partners (6 out of 8). If successful, the final qualified stack prototype can be scaled-up quickly.Finally, a business plan is established comprising of a technology roadmap, an analysis of premium applications, an overview of product-market combinations and feasible market development plans. | ||||||||
| 118601 | 190188980 | herc accelerating industrial co2 neutrality | Reducing natural gas needs and carbon emissions in industrial usage and transforming industry towards hydrogen with HERC, a novel plasma-assisted combustion (PAC) technology | 2023-02-01 | 2025-07-31 | 2023-04-05 | Horizon_newest | 3566560 | 2496592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-02 | Efenco is developing disruptive plasma-assisted carbon-neutral combustion (PA CNC) technology for industrial heat production to achieve a whole new level of efficiency & GHG emissions reduction in the burning of methane, hydrogen & their mixtures. We address the gains & pains of >1MW high-temperature process heat (HTPH) companies on their path to CO2 neutrality.We introduce HERC (High Energy Ray Ceramic), disruptive innovation in fundamental physics & materials technology. HERC chip is a robust, reliable, & self-powered device that initiates PA CNC in the combustion & exhaust processes. HERC boosts burning efficiency by 18% & lowers GHG emissions by 20%. HERC is designed to be fitted in existing industrial boiler systems to gain a higher return on assets & lower OPEX. We estimate that there are around 50,000 suitable systems in the EU only, with the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by 1 Mt a while opening a strong business opportunity of 105.6M in revenue by the end of 2027. | ||||||||
| 118690 | 101099717 | ECOLEFINS | Nano-Engineered Co-Ionic Ceramic Reactors for CO2/H2O Electro-conversion to Light Olefins | 2023-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2023-04-28 | Horizon_newest | 2519031.25 | 2519031.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01 | As a major contributor to the global CO2 emissions, the commodity chemical industry should be urgently coupled with renewable electricity to become independent from fossil fuel resources. ECOLEFINS aims to establish a new, all-electric paradigm for the electro-conversion of CO2 and H2O to light olefins, the key-intermediates for polymers and other daily life chemical products. The proposed concept reverses the heavy CO2 emissions associated to the petroleum-based light olefins production to massive CO2 capture and valorisation for carbon negative ethylene, propylene and butylene. The concept introduces co-ionic ceramic membrane reactors and short-stacks/modules that merge the anodic steam electrolysis for hydrogen production with the cathodic CO2 electrolysis and hydrogenation to light olefins, over tailored and nano-engineered electrodes; aiming to develop a substantially more effective technology, for the single-step, RES-powered artificial photosynthesis of CO2 to valuable chemicals. This ambition entails a multi-disciplinary task, requiring highly tuned synergies among cutting edge research in the fields of: i) advanced materials science & engineering for co-ionic composites, perovskite ex-solutions, and organometallics, ii) electrochemistry and electrochemical process engineering, iii) catalysis science and engineering, iv) computer aided materials design and atomic scale modelling, and v) digital real-scale process modelling and economic evaluation, along with a comprehensive sustainability assessment, applied social research for impact framing, and marketization planning. | ||||||||
| 118712 | 101112054 | HYSouthMarmara | South Marmara Hydrogen Shore | 2023-07-01 | 2028-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | Horizon_newest | 37798575 | 7999937.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-02 | The region of South Marmara is ideally placed, geographically, economically, and politically to take up the challenge of developing and implementing a hydrogen valley in 2023 and help to build towards the national Turkish goal to be carbon free by 2053. South Marmara is situated between the largest metropolitan areas of Türkiye (Istanbul to the north, Izmir to the southwest and Bursa to the east. It is bordered by the Aegean Sea to the west and the Sea of Marmara to the north which gives it unlimited access to water.The South Marmara region has set a clear vision to reach a carbon-neutral economy by 2053 by phasing-out fossil-fuel utilization in all sectors and green hydrogen will play a critical role in this path.The HYSouthMarmara project is the first step of this vision and it will;- Create a detailed roadmap which sets out recommendations up to 2035 and beyond in terms of establishing a regional hydrogen economy- Design, deploy and install a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) electrolyser with a minimum 4MW of power to reach annual hydrogen production of 500 tonnes- Develop and implement a digital twin of the hydrogen production system that will create the flexibility for renewable energy usage and efficient production of green hydrogen- Create the South Marmara Hydrogen Backbone by determining the infrastructure requirements for the storage, transport and deployment of the green hydrogen- Demonstrate the uptake and replacement of grey hydrogen with green hydrogen in two industries, hydrogen peroxide production and glass manufacturing- Conceive and build a kiln to use hydrogen as a fuel in energy-intensive ceramic industrial processes- Develop Sodium Borohydride plant and use it as a basis for a power supply- Explore and create new markets for the use of green hydrogen and its liquid and solid derivatives- Create a meaningful communication plan to show to public and stakeholders the benefits of green hydrogen and help other regions to creat | ||||||||
| 118761 | 101101999 | CONCERTO | Construction Of Novel CERTification methOds and means of compliance for disruptive technologies | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-13 | Horizon_newest | 25189150.74 | 20094268.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-TRA-02 | “Clean Aviations ambition to go over decisive impactful steps in demonstrated disruptive aircraft performance compatible with 2035 EIS will only be possible if the future regulatory framework is not an impediment to innovation. Certification shall still improve safety while shortening time to bring new safe products to market and into service, and maintaining European leadership and competitiveness. Having de-risked the certification path is an important step.The project will deliver a comprehensive set of regulatory materials on certification together with preliminary description of methods of compliance applicable to the three “”thrusts”” of Clean Aviation and a first status of comprehensive digital framework of formalized collaborative tooled and model/simulation-based processes for certification.Critical challenges, tackled through Proof of Concepts for the regional and short and medium range aircrafts, including hydrogen, will be easily transposable and scalable to different product lines and aircraft segments such as general aviation, rotorcraft, business jets or commercial medium-long range affecting the complete fleet.This initiative represents a tremendous opportunity to reinforce European leadership and sovereignty in leveraging our position as the forerunner of worldwide new certification frameworks. The composition of the project consortium reflects a smart mix of aircraft manufacturers (CS-25, CS-23), engine manufacturers (CS-E), equipment manufacturers, research centres, universities, SME and PLM experts. Playing a pivotal role between innovation and the development of safety, security or environmental protection standards, the involvement of EASA experts acting together with industrial and research technical teams for the conception, endorsement of new solutions and enhancement of the international community acceptance is also essential.” | ||||||||
| 118791 | 101102004 | HEAVEN | Hydrogen Engine Architecture Virtually Engineered Novelly | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 35639788.5 | 29906036.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-SMR-01 | Climate-neutral aviation will require the use of alternative fuels such as Green Hydrogen and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) combined with the power density of an ultra-efficient gas turbine engine for the Short and Medium Range (SMR) aircraft market which corresponds to approximately 50% of the current share of air transport emissions. Rolls-Royce (represented within the HEAVEN project by RR-UK & RR-D) supported by key UK and European academia, industry and research centres are currently developing a new generation of very high bypass ratio geared engine architecture called UltraFan® which was started in 2014. From the beginning this ducted engine architecture has been designed to be scalable and meet the needs both of widebody and SMR markets. To achieve the necessary 20% fuel burn reduction Rolls-Royce proposes to significantly evolve the UltraFan design. The evolved engine architecture design will take the next steps in improving the efficiency of the gas turbine, take advantage of the properties of net zero carbon fuels such as Hydrogen to improve efficiency, combining this with Hybrid electric technology to reduce wasted energy. Numerous innovative enabling technologies already at TRL3 will be incorporated into this new architecture to improve the gas turbine efficiency. Together with work on Hydrogen in CAVENDISH (HRA-01) and Hybrid Electric in HE-ART (HER-01) Clean Aviation projects in conjunction with activities in national and regional programmes, this will be synergistically combined to validate up to TRL6 the highly innovative UltraFan design to support a 2035 EIS. HEAVEN brings together a highly specialised European industrial and academic consortium already strongly involved and familiar with the UltraFan programme. Additionally, the partner easyJet, European airline operator who have the largest fleet of European manufactured SMR aircraft operating in Europe, will bring an in depth knowledge of operational requirements and impact in this market. | ||||||||
| 118792 | 101102011 | OFELIA | Open Fan for Environmental Low Impact of Aviation | 2022-11-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 139178896.48 | 100000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-SMR-01 | Reducing SMR aircraft environmental impact is a priority of the Clean Aviation SRIA, which objective is to have technologies ready for the future generation of SMR aircraft. The engine is key in this effort and the Open Fan engine architecture is the most promising solution in terms of fuel efficiency to both achieve environmental goals (20% emissions reduction versus 2020) and target a rapid Entry into Service, as early as 2035. In synergy with national programs, OFELIA will gather a large European consortium to contribute to the RISE technology demonstration announced in June 2021. OFELIA aims to demonstrate at TRL5 the RISE Open Fan architecture, for the SMR to achieve or surpass the Air Transport Action Group’s goals on the way towards Carbon neutrality by 2050. To this end, OFELIA will focus on this high TRL full scale demonstration of the engine architecture and on the development of key enablers for the Open Fan. OFELIA will allow installation of an increased fan diameter on a conventional aircraft configuration, thanks to innovative turbomachinery technical solutions. Following the architecture definition, OFELIA will perform a large-scale Open Fan engine ground test campaign, deliver flightworthy propulsive system definition and prepare an in-flight demonstration for the phase 2 of Clean Aviation. The project will also optimize the engine installation with the airframer and address certification, in close collaboration with airworthiness authorities, taking advantage of the permit-to-fly activity. OFELIA will then deliver a TRL5 Open Fan engine architecture for SMR, demonstrate a credible path to 20% CO2 reduction versus 2020 and prepare the path to flight tests to consolidate the roadmap for EIS2035. As part of the technology maturation plan, the compatibility of Open Fan to hydrogen will be investigated in coordination with H2 pillar. | ||||||||
| 118851 | 101112055 | HYScale | HYSCALE – ECONOMIC GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AT SCALE VIA A NOVEL, CRITICAL RAW MATERIAL FREE, HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND LOW-CAPEX ADVANCED ALKALINE MEMBRANE WATER ELECTROLYSIS TECHNOLOGY | 2023-06-01 | 2027-05-31 | 2023-05-26 | Horizon_newest | 5295799.25 | 5295799.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-05 | The HYScale project addresses upscaling of an efficient, durable, sustainable and cost-effective advanced alkaline membrane water electrolysis technology capable of producing economic green hydrogen at significantly higher current densities than SoA electrolyzer. The HYScale technology builds on the results from multiple EU-funded projects. In contrast to SoA electrolyzers, it is entirely critical raw material free without the need for fluorinated membranes and ionomers while meeting a significant fraction of the 2024 KPIs already today at the lab scale. Due to many unique material choices and design features, the HYScale water electrolysis technology distinguishes itself further from the SoA by its potential to be upscaled cost-effective and rapidly. The SME and industry-driven project HYScale aims to upscale its electrolyzer technology with a focus on optimizing materials synthesis and components production, especially membranes, ionomers, electrodes, and porous transport layers. Respecting Europe’s circular-economy action plan, a large area stack with an active surface area of 400 cm2 and a nominal power of 100kW will be developed capable of handling a high dynamic range of operational capacities with advanced economic and stable stack components. These efforts will ensure durable and efficient operation at high current densities (2 A cm-2 at Ecell 1.85-2 V/cell) at low temperatures (60 °C) with appropriate hydrogen output pressures (15 bar). The project’s final goal is to integrate the stack into a functional electrolyzer system with a CAPEX target of 400 €/kW and its validation in an industrially relevant environment at TRL5. This final step will accelerate technology development, close the gap between research and commercialization, significantly shorten the time to market, and pave the way to a more sustainable Europe. | ||||||||
| 118954 | 101092328 | GreenHeatEAF | Gradual integration of REnewable non-fossil ENergy sources and modular HEATing technologies in EAF for progressive CO2 decrease | 2023-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | 2022-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 4099693.75 | 3564245.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16 | EAF steelmaking is the key technology for decarbonised steelmaking, either in scrap-based plant by modification of existing processes for further decarbonisation, or as new EAF installations in decarbonised integrated steel works to (partly) replace the classical BF-BOF production. At same time the EAF is the most important example for modular and hybrid heating, already now combining electric arc heating with burner technologies. Consequently, it was selected as main focus of GreenHeatEAF for the Call „Modular and hybrid heating technologies in steel production“. GreenHeatEAF develops and demonstrates the most important decarbonisation approaches at EAFs including the use of hydrogen to replace natural gas combustion in existing or re-vamped burners or innovative technologies like CoJet. Furthermore, decarbonisation of EAF steelmaking by solid materials like DRI/HBI and renewable carbon sources like biochar is tackled.Technologies to re-optimise the heating management with maximum heat recovery of off-gas and slag employing new sensor and soft-sensor concepts as well as extended digital twins are developed: as result the extended CFD and flowsheeting models, and monitoring and control tools will prognose the influences of the different decarbonisation measures on EAF and process chain to support upcoming decarbonisation investments and to enable the control of decarbonised hybrid heating with maximum energy efficiency. GreenHeatEAF combines trials in demonstration scale, e.g. in combustion- and EAF-demo plants, with validations in industrial scale and digital optimisations with high synergy. Thus, it completely follows the Horizon Twin Transition and Clean Steel Partnership objectives and the target to progress decarbonisation technologies from TRL 5 to 7. This synergic concept of GreenHeatEAF supports implementation and digitisation to speed up the transition of the European steel industry to highly competitive energy-efficient decarbonised steel productio | ||||||||
| 118992 | 101096156 | PANDORA | OPEN FAN VALIDATION FOR CARBON-FREE AIRCRAFTS | 2023-02-01 | 2027-01-31 | 2022-11-21 | Horizon_newest | 4255536 | 4255536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-12 | The open fan concept has been around for decades. Its high propulsive efficiency combined with the elimination of the nacelle drag and weight has been always appealing to replace high by-pass ratio ducted fans and reduce CO2 and NOx emissions. The CS1 and CS2 programs have made relevant efforts to pursue the contra-rotating open rotor (CROR) concept as well. Though CROR has not made it to market, progress has been done reducing noise levels to that of ducted fans.Open fans exhibit several differences with respect to ducted fans which by today are highly sophisticated components accumulating decades of research. The chasm between the OP concept and its product is too big to be covered by a single demonstrator since a wrong materialization of the idea can give rise to misleading conclusions.Turbomachinery simulations have been perfected for decades and are essential to close the gap between the concept and the detailed implementation of the product. However, open rotors exacerbate existing problems (e.g., blade-to-blade variations even for small angles of attack, strong coupling between CO2 and noise emissions, etc.). Moreover, open fans lack publicly available data or test cases preventing researchers from validating their ideas. The first global assessment of CS2 reported an expected noise reduction of -9dB in the innovative TP 130 pax project with respect to the last generation of ducted fans though at a lower flight Mach number. This project aims to obtain relevant noise and performance experimental data of an unducted single fan (USF) for the short/medium-range aircraft with two objectives. Firstly, confirm that about 5-10 dB noise reduction is achievable at the expense of a slight penalty in fan efficiency, and secondly, validate and expand the scope of numerical tools. An experimental database with the key results of the projects will be built to unlock the application of the USF for SAF, Hydrogen, and Hybrid-electric engine and aircraft configurations. | ||||||||
| 119024 | 101105610 | HighHydrogenML | High-throughput Discovery of Catalysts for the Hydrogen Economy through Machine Learning | 2023-04-01 | 2025-07-31 | 2023-03-06 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 174222.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Hydrogen energy storage offers a unique combination of scalability, long-term storage, and portability, leading to the so-called hydrogen economy. The major challenge in the hydrogen economy is related to the production of hydrogen from water and the generation of energy by the oxidation of hydrogen into water. In this regard, the main objective of the project High-throughput Discovery of Catalysts for the Hydrogen Economy through Machine Learning (HighHydrogenML) is to develop a high-throughput strategy based on first principles calculations and artificial intelligence tools to discover intermetallic compounds whose catalytic activity can be tuned to reach an optimum catalytic performance for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) and Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) by means of elastic strain engineering. The successful completion of these objectives will provide unique information for experimental synthesis of intermetallic compounds with high catalytic activity for the HER and ORR and could, therefore, open a new avenue for a feasible and efficient hydrogen economy. Moreover, the strategies and tools developed in this project can be applied later to many other catalytic processes of large industrial and/or environmental interest. To achieve these goals, the project HighHydrogenML involves multidisciplinary expertise in solid state physics, materials science, machine learning, and chemistry that will be coupled in a seamless framework to exploit the high predictive power of ab initio calculations in conjunction with the efficiency of ML models. Therefore, this project brings together a researcher with expertise in atomistic and materials modelling within a broad range of different computational chemistry methods and artificial intelligence techniques, a world-recognized supervisor in the area of multiscale modelling of materials, and a research institute with a record of excellence, technology transfer, and top-level training in Materials Science and Engineering. | ||||||||
| 119027 | 101096275 | HOPE | Hydrogen Optimized multi-fuel Propulsion system for clean and silEnt aircraft | 2023-02-01 | 2027-01-31 | 2022-12-07 | Horizon_newest | 3394197.5 | 3394197.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-12 | The ICAO Post-COVID forecasts estimate a 2.4%-4.1% increase for a low to high revenue passenger-kilometres growth rate. Air traffic growth inevitably increases aviation’s combustion and acoustic emissions, hence aggravating aviation’s environmental impact locally and globally. HOPE will deliver an integrated aircraft propulsion system comprising two multi-fuel ultra-high bypass ratio (UHBR) turbofan engines, a fuel cell based auxiliary propulsion and power unit (FC-APPU) driving an aft boundary layer ingestion (BLI) propulsor based on tube-wing aircraft configuration. The HOPE system: 1)minimises the combustion and noise emissions during landing and takeoff (LTO), hence the impact on air quality and noise annoyance near airports, without the trade-off of cruise emissions; 2)retrofits the existing aircraft configuration, allowing the substantial emission reduction to be achieved within a short time; 3)de-risks the use of hydrogen solely in existing tube-wing aircraft configurations; 4)smoothens aviations energy transition through assessment and exploitation of several greener propulsion technologies at different maturity level. HOPE emission goals consist of LTO NOx: -50%, CO: -50%, soot: -80%, perceived noise: -20% (~3 dB per operation), and climate impact: -30%, compared to state-of-the-art technology in 2020 (A320neo). To this end, HOPE will: 1)Design an integrated aircraft propulsion system accommodating multi-fuel (kerosene/sustainable aviation fuel +hydrogen) UHBR turbofan engines, FC-APPU, and an aft BLI propulsor; 2)Explore the novel idea of combining a BLI propulsor with FC-APPU for zero-emission taxiing; 3)Model, experiment, and demonstrate for the first time a low emission multi-fuel combustion technology burning H2+kerosene/SAF for future UHBR turbofan engine; 4)Assess societal impact, environmental burden, and cost benefits of the reduced noise and emissions by HOPE technology; 5)Formulate policy and recommendations to introduce HOPE technology. | ||||||||
| 119076 | 101101469 | JUST-GREEN AFRH2ICA | Promoting a JUST transition to GREEN hydrogen in AFRICA | 2023-02-01 | 2025-01-31 | 2022-12-01 | Horizon_newest | 999995 | 999995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-05-05 | Starting from the R&D/Roadmapping experiences (CEA, HySA, STRATH, IRESEN) and tools (JULICH, ARTELYS, IME, UNIGE) of consortium partners as well as the wide network of stakeholders at AU-EU level (thanks to AHP-HYDROGEN EUROPE relevant support), JUST-GREEN AFRH2ICA aims to develop a GREEN HYDROGEN JUST TRANSITION ROADMAP (based on the analysis of different AU green H2 scenarios analysed at socio-economic-technical level as well as inspired by EU Hydrogen and Just Transition Programmes) also to drive the deployment of future investment and policies in a synergic way between EU-AU. To do so, JUST-GREEN AFRH2ICA will fully involve AU-EU stakeholders also engaging them in a training/capacity building programme (promoted by an UNESCO Chair initiative lead by UNIGE) and stimulating innovation/market opportunities thanks to an open-innovation matchmaking platform (STAM). JUST GREEN AFRH2ICA aims to develop a GREEN HYDROGEN JUST TRANSITION ROADMAP that would make AU-EU transition pathways to H2 synergic, sustainable (from environmental and social point of view) and avoiding any new EU hydrogen colonization of Africa, but promoting a mutual benefit collaboration of the two continents towards the development of independent and collaborative H2 economies, R&D ecosystem and value chains. JUST GREN AFRH2ICA aims indeed to be the stepping stone of a collaborative H2 roadmap that, based on the analysis of different AU green H2 scenarios analysed at socio-economic-technical level via partners tools (also assessing local resources RES and water mainly as key for green H2 production) , will also drive future investment and policies as well as the setup of local manufacturing lines. Project final outcome will be a set of 2030-2040-2050 AU roadmaps that, duly aligned with EU ones, will pave the ground to the two continents hydrogen transition with a key common aspect: sustainability from an environmental and social point of view to guarantee a Green Hydrogen Just Transition. | ||||||||
| 119108 | 101102007 | HERA | Hybrid-Electric Regional Architecture | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 44441578.55 | 34979288.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-TRA-01 | HERA will identify and trade-off the concept of a regional aircraft, its key architectures, develop required aircraft-level technologies and integrate the required enablers in order to meet the -50% technology-based GHG emission set in SRIA for a Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft.The HERA aircraft, having a size of approximately of 50-100 seats, will operate in the regional and short-range air mobility by mid-2030 on typical distances of less than 500 km (inter-urban regional connections). The aircraft will be ready for future inter-modal and multi-modal mobility frameworks for sustainability.The HERA aircraft will include hybrid-electric propulsion based on batteries or fuel cells as energy sources supported by SAF or hydrogen burning for the thermal source, to reach up to 90% lower emissions while being fully compliant with ICAO noise rules. The HERA aircraft will be ready for entry into service by mid-2030, pursuing to the new certification rules, able to interact with new ground infrastructure, supporting new energy sources. This will make HERA aircraft ready for actual revenue service offering to operators and passengers sustainable, safe and fast connectivity mean at low GHG emissionsHERA will quantitatively trade innovative aircraft architectures and configurations required to integrate several disruptive enabling technologies including high voltage MW scale electrical distribution, thermal management, new wing and fuselage as well as the new hybrid-electric propulsion and related new energy storage at low GHG. To support this unprecedented integration challenge, HERA will develop suitable processes, tools and simulation models supporting the new interactions, workshare in the value chain and interfaces among systems and components. HERA will also elaborate on the future demonstration strategy of a hybrid–electric regional aircraft in Phase 2 of Clean Aviation to support the high TRL demonstration required for an early impact for HERA solutions. | ||||||||
| 119165 | 101101517 | H2REF-DEMO | Hydraulic compression for high capacity hydrogen refuelling station Demonstration | 2023-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | 2022-12-07 | Horizon_newest | 5786712.5 | 4617384.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-08 | H2REF-DEMO aims to further develop and scale up by a factor of 5 the innovative compression concept developed in H2REF, in order to address large vehicle refuelling applications requiring hydrogen to be dispensed at rates of hundreds of kg/h, such as bus fleet refuelling every evening at the bus depot, truck refuelling, and train refuelling. Thanks to demonstrating the process during one year for commercial 35 MPa refuelling of trucks, the project will bring to TRL7 the disruptive compression technology previously developed in the H2REF project and already validated for 70 MPa refuelling of light duty vehicles.Along with capacity scale-up, H2REF DEMO will focus on process optimisation, cost reduction and further durability testing, Full optimisation will be achieved by first developing a digital twin of the scaled-up process. Use of accumulators with shells in hoop wrapped steel (Type II), a suitable technology for 35 MPa refuelling, will allow to optimise costs. A thorough accelerated testing approach involving at least 500 hours of continuous operation, will allow to verify durability of the accumulators and the compression stages over the full range of operating conditions. The demonstrated system is expected to provide a peak dispensing capacity of 150 kg/h, amounting to 1200 kg/d with 8 hours of daily operation, with a targeted cost of 1200 €/(kg/d). The process is expected to reduce electricity consumption to 3.5 kWh/kg of dispensed hydrogen, from production on site at 2 MPa to vehicle tank at 42 MPa. The knowledge gained will allow subsequent development to focus on commercial product development for short term commercial deployment. A multi-disciplinary team, composed of 4 industrial companies and 3 RTOs, combining expertise in hydraulic power supply, in bladder accumulator, in process simulation, modelling process digital twins, in H2 refuelling and distribution stations is gathered in the consortium to reach the targeted KPIs of H2REF-DEMO. | ||||||||
| 119167 | 101070856 | ELOBIO | ELectrOlysis of BIOmass | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-11-10 | Horizon_newest | 4395570.63 | 4395570.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | The ELOBIO consortium aims at advancing biomass electrolysis as a novel technological mean of green H2 production. ELOBIO will demonstrate that electrocatalytic oxidation of biomass-derived molecules offers the possibility to simultaneously reduce the energy cost and improve the chemical value of H2 production compared to the current water splitting technology. ELOBIO targets the development of low-temperature functional electrolysers capable of a large-scale production of H2 and value-added decarbonized chemicals, originating from the cellulosic biomass renewable exploitation. The project will design, build-up, test and improve a lab-scale prototype electrolysis cell at TRL4 involving a selective electrocatalytic cathode for the hydrogen evolution reaction and an electrocatalytic anode capable of selectively oxidizing biomass-derived compounds. Aldose-type sugars and furanic compounds were selected as model biomass for the validation of the concept. These molecules will be selectively converted to value-added chemicals which can be valorised in various sustainable chemical processes such as the production of biopolymers. Furthermore, several emerging technologies rely on electrolysis assisted with an additional renewable source of energy (ultrasound, magnetic field) or coupled with the concept of electrochemical promotion of catalysis will be explored to further enhance the energy efficiency of the green hydrogen electrolytic production. The technological advancements achieved in ELOBIO will scrupulously follow the EU recommendations on critical material avoidance, circularity and decarbonation objectives. A precise and detailed social life cycle will allow to pinpoint and reduce the sources of negative social, environmental and economic impacts of the proposed technology and thus improve its sustainability. | ||||||||
| 119182 | 101101978 | FASTER-H2 | Fuselage, Rear Fuselage and Empennage with Cabin and Cargo Architecture Solution validation and Technologies for H2 integration | 2023-01-01 | 2026-03-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 29495458.07 | 24949000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-SMR-03 | The FASTER-H2 project will validate, down select, mature and demonstrate key technologies and provide the architectural integration of an ultra-efficient and hydrogen enabled integrated airframe for targeted ultra-efficient Short/Medium Range aircraft (SMR), i.e. 150-250 PAX and 1000-2000nm range. To enable climate-neutral flight, aircraft for short and medium-range distances have to rely on ultra-efficient thermal energy-based propulsion technologies using sustainable drop-in and non-drop-in fuels. Besides propulsion, the integration aspects of the fuel tanks and distribution system as well as sustainable materials for the fuselage, empennage are essential to meet an overarching climate-neutrality of the aviation sector. Green propulsion and fuel technologies will have a major impact on the full fuselage, including the rear fuselage, the empennage structure as well as cabin and cargo architecture in so far as the integration of storage and the integration of systems for the chosen energy source are concerned (H2, direct burn, fuel cell). Not only do the specific properties of hydrogen necessitate a re-consideration of typical aircraft configurations, requiring new design principles formulation and fundamental validation exercises, but they also raise a large number of important follow-on questions relating to hydrogen distribution under realistic operational constraints and safety aspects. The project will explore and exploit advanced production technologies for the integrated fuselage / empennage to reduce production waste and increase material and energy exploitation with Integrated Fuselage concept selected (maturity TRL3/4) until end of first phase in 2025. An anticipated route to TRL6 until end of the Clean Aviation programme in 2030 will ensure entry-into-service in 2035. | ||||||||
| 119192 | 101093943 | CIRMET | Circular hydrometallurgy for energy-transition metals | 2023-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2023-04-27 | Horizon_newest | 2494930 | 2494930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2022-ADG | CIRMET will lead to a new approach to hydrometallurgy, called “circular hydrometallurgy”, with a focus on the design of energy-efficient flowsheets or unit processes that consume a minimum amount of reagents and produce virtually no waste. CIRMET has the ambitious goal to replace the traditional, linear hydrometallurgical flowsheets for extraction and refining of the “energy-transition” metals cobalt and nickel into a next-generation, circular flowsheet, which (1) consumes no chemicals other than (green) hydrogen, water and carbon dioxide (taking advantage of the unique chemical properties of carbon dioxide); (2) uses the acid for the leaching process as a “catalyst” that is continually regenerated rather than consumed; (3) reduces the net consumption of acids and bases to virtually zero through ingenious manipulations of chemical equilibria via solvent extraction; and (4) comprises a virtually zero discharge of solid and liquid waste streams. As such, CIRMET can drastically reduce the environmental footprint of hydrometallurgical processes. To enable such circular flowsheets, a new theoretical chemical thermodynamic framework for multiphase electrolyte equilibria involving two immiscible liquids and innovative unit operations for sustainable metal and sulphur recovery are developed. Hydrometallurgical processes are approached from a molecular level. Liquid-liquid equilibria are modelled by Gibbs-energy-minimisation (GEM) methods, rather than by solving law-of-mass action (LMA) equations. The proof of concept of circular flowsheets is demonstrated for metal recovery from real, complex (rather than synthetic), impurity-bearing input streams: nickel laterites, cobalt-nickel sulphide ores, mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), and mixed sulphide precipitate (MSP). Only by combining these three mutually supporting spheres of innovation – (1) the “thermodynamic framework”, (2) the “unit process level” and (3) the “general flowsheet” sphere – can CIRMET be successful. | ||||||||
| 119199 | 101101462 | HELIOS | Stable high hydrogen low NOx combustion in full scale gas turbine combustor at high firing temperatures | 2023-03-01 | 2027-02-28 | 2022-12-01 | Horizon_newest | 3984187.5 | 3984187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-04-04 | Nowadays, the increasing awareness of the need to decarbonise the economy has put pressure on the power generation sector to reduce their share CO2 emissions. In this context, gas turbines are the most robust, mature, and cost-effective technology especially for large-scale power generation. A convenient approach to decarbonise the fuel of gas turbines is to mix natural gas with increasingly amounts of hydrogen. As such, it becomes essential although challenging for gas turbines to operate any mixture of natural gas and hydrogen. HELIOS will develop the needed technology for hydrogen combustion as a retrofit solution based on the FlameSheet™ combustor. Essential for this approach is a sound fundamental understanding of hydrogen combustion, combined with advanced numerical modelling techniques and measurement techniques of hydrogen combustion in a full-size combustor. This is essential to boost the required technological developments for utilization of hydrogen-enriched natural gas with the FlameSheet™ combustor. The HELIOS project will start at the gas-turbine testing using the FlameSheet™ combustor at well-defined lab conditions (TRL 4) and will reach realistic conditions in a relevant environment (TRL 6) by the end of the project. Besides the technical developments, HELIOS will stimulate the emergence of an immense innovative ecosystem and create a fertile ground for future up-take of this technology at larger scale. This becomes more and more relevant since GTs are one of the few options to generate high amounts of energy that are needed to compensate a grid that heavily relies on Renewable Energy Sources (RES) due to fluctuating wind and solar electricity supply. This HELIOS concept has the potential to contribute significantly to solving substantial challenges that Europe faces while pursuing to make its energy system smart, clean, flexible, secure, cost competitive and efficient. | ||||||||
| 119212 | 101056723 | SHIP-AH2OY | Development and demonstration of zero-emission propulsion technology on board ships using green hydrogen from liquid organic hydrogen carrier in combination with fuel cells at MW-scale | 2023-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2022-12-14 | Horizon_newest | 14999513.26 | 14999509 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-08 | SHIP-AH2OY project will develop a scalable, green and sustainable technology for power and heat generation on board ships. The concept is based on the combined use of hydrogen fuel cells (FC) and liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) with efficient heat integration. The developed FC/LOHC powertrain will be demonstrated on board a vessel Edda Brint owned by Ostensjo.The SHIP-AH2OY project aims to achieve the following high-level targets:1. Use of LOHC as the hydrogen storage technology to allow use of existing infrastructure (transport, bunkering, etc)2. Integration of the hydrogen power unit on board an existing and available ship and the demonstration of the efficient operation of the power plant using green hydrogen.3. Scalable system architecture for larger ships and power plants by integrating several 1 MW FC/LOHC modules enabling power requirements well in excess of 3 MW.4. A replication study for the developed FC/LOHC system allowing easy replication in e.g. service vessels and ROPAX-vessels.Basis of the project is the strong commitment of the wide range of industry partners to realize zero-emission shipping. The partners have an already pre-prepared vessel earmarked for the project and plans to retrofit several other vessels with FC/LOHC systems after the first successful demonstration of the technology. As the consortium covers the whole value chain from design-offices and class-society to ship builders, owners and operators, efficient dissemination and exploitation of the results will be a natural outcome of the project. | ||||||||
| 119214 | 101101404 | COCOLIH2T | COmposite COnformal LIquid H2 Tank | 2023-02-01 | 2026-01-31 | 2023-01-26 | Horizon_newest | 8726769.5 | 8726769.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-03-07 | Alternative fuels such as hydrogen (H2) are seen as playing a central role in a zero-emission future for aviation, but the level of penetration for H2 will depend heavily on scientific and technological breakthroughs to overcome the challenges posed by H2 powered aircraft. The safe and efficient storage of H2 on-board future aircraft is the essential enabler of H2 technologies and will be one of the most complex aerospace engineering challenges that the industry has ever faced. Improvements to existing state-of-the-art solutions includes a better utilization of the available space for fuel storage, adequate insulation techniques to minimize heat leak, continued safe operations, and a weight reduction through low-weight materials, such as thermoset or thermoplastic composites, all while addressing those materials inherent challenges (permeability, microcracking, thermal fatigue). COCOLIH2T consortium led by Collins Aerospace is proposing a disruptive concept focused on reducing the impact of the tanks weight and volume within an aircraft, while ensuring system safety. COCOLIH2T will not only develop a safe composite and vacuum insulated LH2 tank for the aviation sector but has the ambition to go beyond by designing and manufacturing a conformal tank through novel fabrication technologies enabling a reduction of more than 60% in production energy consumption, at least 50% in production time leading to significantly lower manufacturing costs. Additionally, the proposed structure of the tank, based on a multi-material thermoplastic composite concept, is intended to facilitate aircraft structural integration to support overall system weight reduction compared with conventional tank configurations. The key challenge that COCOLIH2T will tackle is the generation of a feasible and affordable design of a conformal variable section box-shape tank while minimizing the boil-off leakages wherever possible. COCOLIH2Ts overall system will be demonstrated at TRL4 by 2025. | ||||||||
| 119238 | 101112701 | EIT-H2CITIES | EIT Hydrogen Cities | 2023-01-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2023-06-01 | Horizon_newest | 5806125 | 4056412.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.3 | HORIZON-EIT-2023-25-TI | EIT-H2Cities is a XKIC collaboration driving industry-led systemic innovation for the uptake of hydrogen (H2) applications in mobility. EIT UM, EIT-M and CKIC will collaborate with industry actors to create Hydrogen Living Labs in two RIS cities. Together with the local community, innovators will test new products and changes in the energy chain. Hereby, EIT-H2Cities will break the circular conundrum of high production cost, low demand, no infrastructure, and address cities’ lack of capacity to build a replicable roadmap for local authorities looking to integrate hydrogen into their net-zero strategies. On budgetary division, in EIT-H2Cities the three KICs aim to consume less than 20% of the total costs. Defined innovation partners cover 48% of total costs and new legal partners will cover 32% of total costs. The decision to have legal partners within the XKIC is innovative in itself but also drives up co-financing and ensures city and industry full engagement in the initiative with a higher likelihood of financial success. Furthermore, EIT-H2Cities will build on programmes such as the Mission Platform and aims to become an umbrella association for wider engagement beyond the project lifespan, including for example district heating systems and local generation and storage. Our open partnership model will deliver EIT core KPIs on marketed innovation and SME/ Start-ups created, while a commercial pipeline and city replications will result from the experience of EIT-H2Cities. Dissemination, communication and exploitation activities will aim at inspiring follower cities and exposing citizens to the benefits of H2 applications in the mobility sector. Overall, EIT-H2Cities is a unique opportunity for a highly relevant XKIC that responds to community needs and enables EU companies to gain skills, capacity and market share in a rapidly growing economic sector. | ||||||||
| 119246 | 101101498 | HySelect | Efficient water splitting via a flexible solar-powered Hybrid thermochemical-Sulphur dioxide depolarized Electrolysis Cycle | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-21 | Horizon_newest | 3982105 | 3982104.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-06 | HySelect will demonstrate the production of hydrogen (H2) by splitting water via concentrated solar technologies (CST) with an attractive efficiency and cost, through the hybrid sulphur cycle (HyS). The HyS consists of two central steps: the high temperature -yet below-900C -decomposition of sulphuric acid forming sulphur dioxide (SO2) and the subsequent low temperature (50-80C) SO2 depolarised electrolysis (SDE) of water to produce H2. HySelect will introduce, develop and operate under real conditions a complete H2 production chain focusing on two innovative, full scale plant prototype core devices for both steps of the HyS cycle: an allothermally heated, spatially decoupled from a centrifugal particle solar receiver, sulphuric acid decomposition-sulphur trioxide splitting (SAD-STS) reactor and a sulphur dioxide depolarized electrolyser (SDE) without expensive Platinum Group Metals (PGMs). Furthermore, a heat recovery system will be integrated to exploit the temperature difference within the cycle and boost the overall process efficiency. In the course of the work, non-critical materials and catalysts will be developed, qualified and integrated into the plant scale prototype units for both the acid splitting reactor and the SDE unit. Experimental work will be accompanied by component modelling and overall process simulation and culminate with a demonstration of the complete process integrating its key units of a 750kWth centrifugal particle receiver, a hot particles storage system, a 250kWth SAD-STS and a 100kWe SDE into a pilot plant. Testing for a period of at least 6 months in a large-scale solar tower, driven with smart operation and control strategies, will establish the HySelect targeted efficiency and costs. Finally, an overall process evaluation will be carried out in order to assess the technical and economic prospects of the HySelect technology, directly linked to the know-how and developments of the sulphuric acid and water electrolysers industries. | ||||||||
| 119366 | 101056866 | EFACA | Environmentally Friendly Aviation for all Classes of Aircraft | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-14 | Horizon_newest | 3803169.5 | 3803168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-05 | The EFACA project consists of 6 main objectives at 3 levels. Level 1 consists of three TRL3 demonstrations of technologies relevant to the greening of aviation: (WP1) bench testing of a gearbox combining input from gas turbine and electric motor for an hybrid turbo-electric propulsion system for a propeller-driven regional aircraft; (WP2) comparative testing of fuel cells with conventional liquid and novel phase cooling, to show the benefits up to 20% of the latter in higher net power, reduced heat losses, and smaller volume and weight also reengineering of fuel cell and structural components to increase power-to-weight ratio up to 80%; (WP3) static ground testing of a complete liquid hydrogen fuel system from cryogenic tank to vaporization and combustion in a wide range of operating regimes and simulation of application to the speed and altitude flight envelope of jet airliners. Level 2 consists of two preliminary designs: (WP7) an 80-seat 1000-km range regional propeller driven aircraft including design and integration of hybrid turbo-electric propulsion; (WP89) a 150-seat 2000-km range jet liner with liquid hydrogen fuel including design and integration of cryogenic tanks and fuel system. At level 3 a road map (WP10) for the achievement of the EU environmental targets for aviation synthetizing conclusions in four steps: (i) current status on (WP4) emissions and (WP5) noise versus future targets and gap to be covered; (ii) assessment of relevant technologies to cover the gaps, including (WP6) battery electric and (WP9) sustainable aviation fuels, besides hydrogen (WP7) fuel cells and (WP8) turbines; (iii) most suitable technology for each class of aircraft (light, small and medium regional, single and twin aisle jetliners), and maturation time of the technology; (iv) contribution of each aircraft class to CO2 and non- CO2 global and local emissions and noise, leading to (WP10) a comprehensive road map of actions for carbon-free or emissions-free flight. | ||||||||
| 119377 | 101101998 | HyPoTraDe | Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Power Train Demonstration | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 4497434.33 | 3999697.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-04 | HyPoTraDe aims to design, assemble, and ground-test a set of 500-kW modular fuel cell-battery hybrid-electric DEP powertrain architectures, including cryo-enabled thermal management with > 0.12, emulating operation in a relevant environment (FL > 150). The ground testing campaign will lead to characterization of the optimal system architecture, validation of failure mode mitigations for the groundbreaking powertrain, demonstration of complex operating requirements (e.g., operation at high coolant temperatures, start-up and shut-down characteristics, in-flight restart and battery charging, etc.), and assessment of the fail-safe capabilities of the modular powertrain. Further, the system will be complemented with a digital twin, validated using the results from the ground test campaign. HyPoTrade covers the disruptive maturation and adaptation of fuel cell systems for aeronautical powertrain applications via ground testing of different system architectures with cryo-enabled heat management and representative electric loads, following the demonstrator strategy outlined in the CAJU SRIA.The main impact of HyPoTraDe is the fast-track characterization of fuel cell powertrain architectures in relevant operating conditions, providing the members of the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking with a comprehensive understanding on the operational characteristics of modular fuel cell-battery hybrid-electric DEP powertrain architectures. This will enable the focus of the efforts of the 2nd phase of the Clean Aviation Programme in the correct direction, helping to fulfil the ambitious goals of the Clean Aviation Programme for EIS of HER, SR and SMR hydrogen-powered aircraft in 2035. | ||||||||
| 119404 | 101112169 | CRAVE-H2 | CRETE AEGEAN H2 VALLEY | 2023-06-01 | 2028-05-31 | 2023-05-26 | Horizon_newest | 11201812 | 7994812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-02 | “The Cretan-Aegean Hydrogen Valley is covering a defined geographical area in which hydrogen will serve energy storage and energy aggregation activities via reuse of energy stored to the grid through fuel cells as well as Green H2 Road Transport. In the future Green Marine H2 Fuel applications, as well fuel for industry via its use in adjacent traditional power plant. The CRAVE-H2 is a substantial financial investment and covers all necessary steps in the hydrogen value chain, from production (securing dedicated renewable electricity production from the 582 MW Aegean project) to subsequent high pressure storage & distribution to hydrogen filling station and potential other off-takers. The Cretan-Aegean hydrogen valleys has started and has the full support of the regional authorities (partners) that pursue a “”hydrogen economy”. CRAVE-H2 is necessary for piloting hydrogen market in Crete and Greece but also located in very pivotal location where leading partner EUNICE interconnects their 580 MW Aegean Wind Energy project and their new Greek – Egypt electricity transmission interconnection allowing for cheap African PV power to be introduced into the Greek electricity and hydrogen market. The location of the main hydrogen production and the above connections is the port of Atherinolakkos which could allow future deployment of use of hydrogen as maritime fuel. The main assets /scope of CRAVE – H2 are the integration of : •Alkaline Electrolyser: +3 MWel +500 tons/year H2 from DENORA•H2 compression and storage together with HRS: 1 ton •PEM Fuel Cell: 0.4 MWel from BALLARD •Employ Hydrogen buses by local company. •Re-use of water produced from the FC •Including all installation works and required AC/DC rectifier and DC/AC converters from EUNICE •LCA / LCC and study of other H2 uses in power plant, industry and maritime applications. “ | ||||||||
| 119437 | 101111904 | RealHyFC | reliable durable high power hydrogen fueled PEM Fuel Cell stack | 2023-06-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2023-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 3487157.5 | 3487156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-03-01 | RealHyFC gathers key actors of the whole PEMFC value chain to overcome crucial hurdles towards industrial empowerment on heavy-duty (HD) applications, mainly for land transport while expecting benefits for ships, trains or aircrafts. The technical issues precluding a rapid and wide adoption of PEMFC on HD applications are linked with reliability and versatility of the stacks. RealHyFC will bring knowledge and experimental feedback on two key levels: stack design and stack operation. Regarding stack design, carbon and metallic technologies will be investigated on efficiency and lifetime issues, local degradation and mechanical properties. Unpreceded direct comparison will be possible thanks to the adaption of an open-design made for metal to carbon-composite case, with developments on bipolar plates and balance of stack. RealHyFC will eventually deliver a public open-design platform with demonstrated high efficiency and durability under HD application conditions. For long-lasting operation, the diagnostics and monitoring of stacks are crucial to preclude damages on performance or components: RealHyFC will bring new solutions based on improved physical degradation models allowing to develop virtual sensors algorithms to optimize fuel cell operating conditions and hybridization strategy. Final validation, by demonstration of lifetime improvements thanks to an adjusted control chain, will be done following system-representative simulation and experimental approaches towards durability-oriented operation in HD environment.The outcomes of the project are strongly linked with the industrial world and settings carrying relevant PEMFC use. RealHyFC will enable the development of cost-competitive, reliable and durable fuel cell technology. To this extend, an exploitation strategy will foster industrial empowerment, alongside dissemination and communication towards technical audience and large public. | ||||||||
| 119459 | 101102019 | HYDEA | HYdrogen DEmonstrator for Aviation | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 110587914.93 | 80495247.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-01 | The HYDEA project, which stands for “HYdrogen DEmonstrator for Aviation”, proposes a robust technology maturation plan to develop an H2C (Hydrogen Combustion) propulsion system compatible with an Entry Into Service of a zero-CO2 low-emission aircraft in 2035, consistently with the expected timeframe of the European Green Deal and CA SRIA objectives. The project aims to address fundamental questions related to the use of hydrogen as an aviation fuel, concentrating on the development and testing in relevant conditions of an H2 combustor and H2 fuel system, also including emission studies and further technologies which will serve as an outlook to future engines, i.e. NOx optimization studies, potential contrails emissions and investigating integration aspects between engine and aircraft. HYDEA results will be core for the ZEROe technology exploration project, launched by Airbus in 2020. The revolutionary technologies in scope call for an early engagement and dialogue with EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) within HYDEA, starting from phase 1. | ||||||||
| 119480 | 101101452 | HYPRAEL | Advanced alkaline electrolysis technology for pressurised H2 production with potential for near-zero energy loss | 2023-03-01 | 2026-02-28 | 2022-12-12 | Horizon_newest | 3134235 | 2653915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-03 | Driven by the need to reduce the LCOH by avoiding energy and cost intensive downstream mechanical compression processes highly pressurised low temperature water electrolysers are required. HYPRAEL’s goal is to develop and validate the next generation of AEL for highly pressurised H2 production (at least 80bar and preferable 100bar). Additionally, an immense increase in energy efficiency will be possible by raising the temperature to at least 120ºC. This results in transforming classic electrolysers into innovative devices for next generation. HYPRAEL will achieve these goals and move beyond the SoA by performing research from the design and the advanced assessment of electrocatalysts and polymers to the engineering and process intensification of an innovative cell design in 4 phases: 1) Materials development for pressurized electrolysis with elevated temperature; 2) Screening of materials for applicability in pressurized electrolysers – both phases will be performed at lab scale/single cell 10cm2, 1-30bar, 80-120ºC; 3) Upscaling of the most promising developed materials in Phase 1 and 2; 4) Upscaling of developed materials and integration into an advanced stack. The validation of the components scaled up in Phase 3 will be performed in the existing test bench of FHa designed in the frame of Elyntegration at 60bar, 120ºC, 6-15kW (pilot scale) whereas the demonstration at the target pressure above 80bar, at a temperature of minimum 120ºC and in a cell stack of at least 50kW capacity will be develop by GHS in a new test bench. In addition, the HYPRAEL concept strong focus on developing an energy efficiency high-pressure electrolyser while addressing the circularity principle of the objectives of the EU for a carbon neutral economy. We believe – 2 EU reference research centers in the hydrogen field such as FHa and FhG and 4 benchmark industrial partners, GHS, AGFA, VECO and SOLVAY – that HYPRAEL will bring the next generation of AEL for highly pressurised H2 production. | ||||||||
| 119700 | 101084131 | MOF2H2 | Metal Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen production by photocatalytic overall water splitting | 2022-11-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2022-10-04 | Horizon_newest | 3238666.24 | 3238666.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-02 | The decarbonation of several sectors (energy, transport, carbon intensive industries like steel or ammonia) is depending on the availability of low carbon hydrogen. However, current hydrogen production processes are mostly carbonated, and existing decarbonated processes suffer from several disadvantages (high costs, issues for coupling with intermittent electricity, etc.). The MOF2H2 project positions itself as a game changer to produce hydrogen from water through a more sustainable process: photocatalytic overall water splitting using non-noble materials.Built upon a breakthrough discovery made by ESPCI and UPV recently patented, MOF2H2 aims to develop a world-record efficiency for sun-driven clean hydrogen production reaching 5% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency, using metal organic framework (MOF) as photocatalysts. To this end, MOF2H2 will gather 10 partners (and affiliated entities) for 36 months, including some of the best researchers in the world in their fields, for demonstrating three lab-scale photocatalysis prototypes with fine-tuned materials dedicated to hydrogen production, hence reaching TRL4. After having a clear vision of overall specifications through WP1, a first-generation MOF will be synthetised and optimised through metal nanoparticles co-deposition in WP2, also guided by modelling and advanced characterisation from WP3. To reach even higher efficiencies, a refined MOF will be produced in WP4 following metal/ligand substitution. The MOF synthesis will be optimised and upscaled under sustainable and economically viable conditions in WP5, and followed by MOFs integration in a lab-scale demonstrator, for showing the reliability of their operation at lab-scale and their long-term performance. A complete sustainability and an economic potential assessment will be conducted in WP6. Through a tailored dissemination and communication strategy elaborated in WP7, the project is expected to have a high impact on both the academic and industrial sectors. | ||||||||
| 119805 | 101072578 | BLESSED | Bridging Models at Different Scales To Design New Generation Fuel Cells for Electrified Mobility | 2023-02-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2022-07-14 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3501489.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01-01 | To achieve the goals of the European Green Deal on climate neutrality, a 90% reduction in transport emissions is needed by 2050. The automotive industry urgently needs to accelerate the introduction of alternative powertrains for electrified vehicles. Hydrogen-powered Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) are carbon-free power devices that meet these goals in both mobile and stationary applications. BLESSED aims at revolutionising the design process of next generation PEMFCs, to improve efficiency, durability and affordability for widespread use, with direct implications in clean energy and sustainable industry/mobility. BLESSED will train 15 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) to solve Multi-Scale (MS) engineering challenges, from the electrons up to the device level, through a unique combination of multi-disciplinary computational methods with Machine Learning (ML) to bridge each length scale’s highly accurate model to adjacent scales. Then, a top-down length scale approach will be followed to optimise PEMFC and its components. To this end, the 15 DCs will synergistically develop a unique MS computational framework for the all-scale PEMFC analysis/design, assisted by ML tools. This will allow the simultaneous consideration of complex physico-chemical phenomena occurring at all length scales, such as catalytically-assisted chemical reactions, contact of rough surfaces, mechanical/chemical degradation of membranes, fluid flows in porous media etc., at affordable computational cost. The proposed ID-network brings together world-class academic expertise on numerical modelling and simulation in electrochemistry, reacting flows, fluid mechanics, materials, optimisation methods and ML, with industrial developers. With a strong focus on industrial applications, BLESSED will develop methodologies and tools to exceed state-of-the-art in PEMFCs by minimising the Platinum group metal content and corrosion while maximising mass transport and electrical conductivity. | ||||||||
| 119854 | 101063410 | 2DTMCH2 | Development of two-dimensional transition metal compound based efficient electrocatalyst for green H2 production | 2023-02-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2022-08-29 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 166278.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | The rapid progress in intermittent solar, wind technologies has created an urgent need to develop parallel technologies of storing energy in forms that are suitable for on-site applications as well as long distance transmission. The present method of storing the surplus energy in batteries is not a viable solution in the long run, owing to the limited reserves and toxicity of battery materials. In such a scenario, storing the obtained energy in the form of H2 fuel is a fairly attractive strategy. Alkaline water electrolyzer (AWE) have been a key technology for large-scale hydrogen production and are capable of generating energy in MW range. Alkaline water electrolyzer (AWE) still requires technological make-over to reach the desired efficiency of about 90 % from the current 70 %. On the other hand, counterpart technology of proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzer is highly efficient, but its investment cost and low lifetime limits commercialization. The investment cost of AWE today is around 1000-1200 $/kW, and PEM is 1700-2500 $/kW. In addition, the lifetime of AWE is higher and the annual maintenance costs are lower compared to PEM. Although AWE has an economic advantage over PEM, integrating AWE with an intermittent energy source of solar and wind power requires a major advancement in the design to be used in dynamic operating conditions. The key objective of this research is to develop a multipurpose low-cost water electrolyzer for H2 production by electrolysis of alkaline-water with special focus on seawater (alkaline) water to store intermittent energy sources (solar and wind) in form of clean fuel. Unfortunately, there are no commercial electrolyzer that run on seawater, owing to the associated research and technical challenges of high activity, OER selectivity, stability, and low cost. The present project aims to develop AWE stacks for H2 production employing efficient, cost-effective two-dimensional transition metal compounds (2D-TMC). | ||||||||
| 119879 | 101077071 | ALBATROS | Advanced systems and soLutions for Better practices AgainsT hazaRds in the aviatiOn System | 2022-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2022-08-30 | Horizon_newest | 9571160.5 | 8328635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-01-07 | ALBATROS overarching ambition is to maintain a high level of safety in aviation in view of extreme weather conditions, expected changes brought about by the evolution of aviation systems especially new fuel and energy systems (including hydrogen) which will be integrated in the coming years to both future aircraft and airport infrastructures. ALBATROS activities target the increased resilience against safety issues both on the ground and in flight to ensure the survival of passengers and crew as well as their evacuation and rescue in case of emergencies. ALBATROS objectives are to:- Develop a concept for real‐time sharing of safety intelligence to support decision making on safety issues, emergencies and crises;- Develop safety risk models and analyse safety data for prediction and prevention of emerging and future hazards in aviation (linked to Data4Safety);- Develop survivability measures to mitigate safety issues and risks;- Assess and improve human performance and develop best practices for decision making in the handling of crises and emergency situations;- Validate and demonstrate concepts, technologies and decision support tools (exercises at airports, simulations and laboratory tests conducted in close collaboration with EACCC, GADSS and ACI-Europe);- Disseminate, communicate, and exploit project key results and outcomes (including through emergency response training & exercises).ALBATROS will work on maturing technologies and solutions up to TRL6 which will be compatible with EACCC and GADSS requirements. Initially, scenarios, requirements, concepts of use and relevant technologies will be agreed upon, before development activities are performed on safety modelling and data analysis, survivability as well as decision support tools and best practices. The results of these developments will then be integrated and validated through 15 demonstrations in relevant environments across Europe (airports, flight simulators or crisis centres). | ||||||||
| 119889 | 101069981 | MacGhyver | Microfluidic wAstewater treatment and Creation of Green HYdrogen Via Electrochemical Reactions | 2022-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2022-06-24 | Horizon_newest | 3644380 | 3644380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | MacGhyver produces green hydrogen from wastewater using innovation in high-volume microfluidics, non-CRM electrodes and electrochemical compression. The device performs advanced water treatment while producing hydrogen, resulting in clean water as a byproduct. The design consists of modular, stackable units, capable of small to large scale production volume. The novel components (microfluidic electrolyser, electrochemical compressor, separator) are combined with existing renewable energy sources, for maximum sustainability. Design and development are guided by life-cycle analysis of each system. Ultimately, the device enables the production of clean energy and clean water, a key enabling technology for decarbonization and the advent of the European Green Deal. | ||||||||
| 119956 | 101081937 | LUWEX | Validation of Lunar Water Extraction and Purification Technologies for In-Situ Propellant and Consumables Production | 2022-11-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2022-10-19 | Horizon_newest | 1499008.25 | 1498220.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-82 | Sustainable space exploration requires the development of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) technologies, which encompass all processes that utilize local resources to generate useful products for robotic and human exploration. Among the available resources, water is the most versatile and most needed in space exploration. Water can be easily stored and directly used as consumable for astronauts or electrolyzed to hydrogen and oxygen, a very effective rocket propellant combination. LUWEX aims to develop, integrate and validate lunar water extraction and purification technologies for in-situ propellant and consumables production for future space exploration missions. The consortium will develop key technologies for an in-situ raw water process chain, which include an innovative water extraction prototype, water purification technologies and water quality monitoring for application in a future European-led space exploration mission. An integrated test setup will be built to validate the operational capabilities of the technologies and also of the whole process chain. This setup will deliver a relatively realistic environment analogue to the lunar surface and will use a lunar dust-ice simulant to provide proper validation conditions to raise the TRL of all subsystems and the whole process chain to level 4. The interdisciplinary nature of LUWEX combines research and innovation in space engineering, space science and exploration, geophysics and terrestrial water systems. Large space industry (Thales Alenia Space), research organizations (DLR), SME (Liquifer Systems Group, Scanway) and academia (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology) from four European countries (Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland) join forces in a unique consortium to enable breakthroughs in ISRU technologies. LUWEX will help to strengthen the excellence in European space science and exploration and also foster the competitiveness of the European space sector. | ||||||||
| 119964 | 101082326 | ENLIGHTEN | European iNitiative for Low cost, Innovative & Green High Thrust ENgine | 2022-11-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2022-10-18 | Horizon_newest | 17586647.75 | 17585397.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-22 | The space sector is a source of economic growth, jobs and exports, participating in all Key Strategic Orientations of the EU strategic plan. Faced with growing competition and technological disruption it is vital to act in support of European space launcher development in order to preserve European independendant access to space. Confronted with smaller market than competitors and lower launch prices, European launchers must improve their competitiveness by halving launch price in the short term. In the long term, Europe will create common building blocks for an integrated and competitive European array of launchers of all scales with reusability functionalities. Europe must thus concentrate efforts on liquid propulsion system which can be half of the launcher cost and is an critical for reusability. In the frame of ENLIGHTEN (European iNitiative for Low cost, Innovative & Green High Thrust Engine), the consortium will strive to increase the competitiveness of european High thrust engine by preparing a demonstrator of Green High Thrust Engine based on Liquid Hydrogen using: • The latest advances in additive manufacturing to reduce the cost and number of engine parts • Edge AI & machine learning algorithm to develop the first space engine Health Monitoring System in Europe necessary to implement reusability • New low cost subsystems in Engine ignition, nozzle extension, valves and integrated flexible linesThis future demonstrator, ENLIGHTEN, will achieve its goal of developing new technologies, would be tested in the frame of a future project in the High Thrust Engine P5 test facilities of DLR. ENLIGHTEN will achieve its goal to lower the cost of launch engines with its consortium mixing aerospace actors like ArianeGroup, AVIO, DLR and ONERA with start ups and SME working on ALM and AI as well as research organization/academia such as FraunHofer and KU Leuven and will rely on AZO to ensure dissemination of the results to benefit all industries of the EU. | ||||||||
| 120017 | 101056815 | RESHIP | Redefine energy Efficiency solutions for hydrogen powered SHIPs in marine and inland waterway | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2022-07-27 | Horizon_newest | 3758912.5 | 3758912.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-10 | Under the framework of Zero Emission Waterborne Transport (ZEWT), hydrogen as the future fuel for ships offers an opportunity to zero the GHG emission. Nevertheless, the challenges for onboard hydrogen storage and utilisation obstruct this long desired revolution. Novel and effective technology solution is urgently needed. The project, RESHIP, aims to redefine the onboard energy saving solutions for newbuilds and retrofits in marine and inland waterway with disruptive technologies in two distinct areas, Energy Saving Devices (ESDs) and onboard hydrogen utilisation. Regarding the ESDs, the project proposes to research and develop hydrogen compatible ESD solutions in standalone/combined applications, centered around Tubercle Assisted Propulsors (TAPs), to improve the vessel’s propulsive energy efficiency and to optimise towards hydrogen power and drive system. With the novel and energy efficient hydrogen carrier technology HydroSil, RESHIP links the ESD technology to the research of the energy efficient onboard hydrogen utilisation technology to systematically reshape the hydrogen driven ships with a holistic energy saving solution. Together, RESHIP aims to achieve a minimum overall 35% energy saving and to half the hydrogen storage demands on space and/or weight, comparing to the state-of-the-art hydrogen powered vessels.The proposal responds to the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action call on the topic “Innovative on-board energy saving solutions” (ID: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-10). The consortium gathers world-leading multidisciplinary experts and key patent holders with 13 partners from 9 EU countries, forging a complementary stakeholder group. The consortium covers two industrial sectors, shipping and ships together with hydrogen. The implementation of the developed technologies will be demonstrated and validated in technical, environmental, cost economical, safety and regulatory levels, bringing TRL from 2-3 to 5-6. | ||||||||
| 120044 | 101058429 | MaxH2DR | Maximise H2 Enrichment in Direct Reduction Shaft Furnaces | 2022-06-01 | 2026-11-30 | 2022-05-24 | Horizon_newest | 4476585 | 4161835.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-18 | H2-enriched direct reduction (DR) is the key decarbonisation technology for integrated steelworks mentioned in pathways of all major steel producers. Natural gas driven DR is established in industry mostly outside Europe but there are no experiences with high H2 enrichment > 80%. H2 based reduction is no principal issue but endothermic and the influences on morphology, diffusion and effective kinetics are not known. Also properties and movement of particles in the reactor are not know and issues like sticking cannot be excluded. Probably, temperature distribution and flow of solids and gas will be clearly different. No reliable prognosis is possible yet, in particular with regard to local permeability, process stability and product quality of industrial size furnaces with higher loads on the particles and larger local differences. Many activities are initiated for first industrial demonstration of H2-enriched DR but they will not close many of these knowledge gaps. MaxH2DR provides missing knowledge and data of reduction processes. A world-first test rig determines pellet properties at conditions of industrial H2 enriched DR furnaces and a physical demonstrator shows the linked solid and gas flow in shaft furnaces. This will be combined with digitals models including the key technology DEM-CFD to provide a hybrid demonstrator able to investigate scale-up and to optimise DR furnace design and operating point. This sound basis will be used to optimise the process integration into existing process chains. Simulation tools will be combined to a toolkits that covers impacts of product properties on downstream processes as well as impacts on gas and energy cycles. Thus, promising process chains, sustainable and flexible, will be achieved for different steps along the road to decarbonisation. The digital toolkits will support industrial demonstration and implementation and strengthen digitisation and competitiveness of the European steel industry. | ||||||||
| 120047 | 101064359 | LAUREL | Challenging catalytic routes of hydrogen production from waste plastics | 2022-10-01 | 2024-09-30 | 2022-08-04 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 165312.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | Europe and the world are facing to the climate change emergency. To preserve the environment, the ambitious European Green Deal has in the agenda actions related to reducing air, water and soil pollution. In this regard, plastics represent a huge challenge because of they are pollutants that present a recalcitrant nature and consequently widespread and accumulation. Tackling this challenge requires the application of remediation processes beyond than recycle or thermal treatment. Aqueous phase reforming, a mild catalytic process, is here presented as an alternative to eliminate plastics at moderated temperatures and pressures and adding the additional benefit of the production of energetic vectors such as hydrogen or alkanes. To implement this process with high performance, low cost and energy efficiency, photo-oxidation reaction can be employed in a previous treatment. In both stage, the performance of the catalyst is a key aspect. In this context, the general objective of this project is to obtain heterostructured materials for application on complex catalytic process to achieve a clean conversion of plastics to hydrogen. With this aim, this project proposes the synthetic procedures and the physicochemical characterization of heterostructures composed by layered double hydroxides assembled with carbon materials, to get a library of materials with the catalytic properties demanded in photo-oxidation and aqueous phase reforming. The materials will be tested and optimized in the coupled processes over plastics in micronized size, from different nature and composition. The identification of the intermediates is a requirement to understand the mechanism and the catalytic route followed for the pollutants, the especial relevant to demonstrate the potential of this technology to remove and valorize plastics at large scale. | ||||||||
| 120219 | 101069474 | TITAN | Direct biogas conversion to green H2 and carbon materials by scalable microwave heaTed catalytIc reacTor for soil Amendment and silicon carbide production | 2022-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2022-05-01 | Horizon_newest | 2998434 | 2998434 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-09 | TITAN will develop and validate at TRL5 the direct conversion of biogas (CO2 containing rich-CH4 feedstock) into valuable carbon materials and a H2 rich stream thanks to MW Technology heated reactors. It will also consider further valorisation to power, chemicals and fuels. TITAN has the potential to produce 0.6 Mt of green H2 in 2030 to almost 4 Mt per year from 2045 on, corresponding to the saving of 237 Mt CO2 by 2045.Major innovations are linked to:(1) the efficiency of a scaled-up MW heated fluidised catalytic reactor allowing high CH4 conversion in a single pass thanks due to direct catalyst heating (avoidance of heat transfer limitation) and the avoidance of energy intensive gas separation will make the whole process energy positive, produce H2 and/or power at competitive cost while sequestrating C leading to negative GHG emissions.(2) direct conversion of biogas by simultaneous CH4 cracking and CO2 dry reforming into H2 and solid C materials. Higher H2 yield will be obtained by converting the produced CO into H2 with an additional WGS reactor allowing H2O splitting.Based on circular economy concepts, the valorisation of the C materials will be studied for two applications: 1/ soil amendment to enhance agriculture soil properties and 2/ production of SiC materials. The long-term storage of the carbon species and their microbiological impact when released into soils will be studied.The scalability of the proposed MW heated reactor technology, together with a smart downstream process, will lead to low CAPEX that shall allow the deployment of small, delocalised biogas to power units as well as large biogas to H2 and/or chemicals/fuels units in Europe. The best techno-economic solutions will be identified with respect to plant capacities and available infrastructure. While the scope of the project will focus on the valorisation of biogas, the valorisation of methane-rich mixtures will also be studied for wider impact. | ||||||||
| 120223 | 101083748 | HERMES | Highly Efficient Super Critical ZERO eMission Energy System | 2022-11-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2022-10-04 | Horizon_newest | 2594660 | 2594660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-02 | Wind and sun will be central energy sources of a climate neutral Europe 2050, bringing with them the need to balance weather dependent differences between supply and load. Conventional gas turbines can fulfill this task also for longer periods even well as they can stabilize the grid with their capability of quick start/stop. However, their efficiency is limited and even if burning climate neutral hydrocarbons they still produce local emissions. HERMES overcomes these limitations and advances gas turbine technology to the future-proof level by creating a reliable, flexible, zero-emission solution for energy supply with long term impact at EU level.HERMES develops and assesses the first highly efficient closed-loop supercritical zero emission energy system. It is based on directly fired supercritical gas turbine engine operating on locally synthesized renewable liquid and gaseous fuels (e.g. methanol or hydrogen) coupled with decentralized carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS). The carrier medium is highly dense supercritical carbon dioxide or xenon demanding less compression power. Therefore, and because of operating at high pressure conditions (above 150 bar), the system achieves significantly higher efficiency (above 65%) than todays gas turbines. By utilizing pure oxygen for fuel oxidation, and by capturing bulky flow of exhaust products (H2O and/or CO2) and reusing them for fuel synthesis, the system produces virtually no pollutants. A detailed assessment of the HERMES approach will be done using experimental and computational approaches and dynamic simulation tools including digital twins and machine learning. The 36-month project will be realized by an 11-partner consortium including 3 SMEs with expertise in renewable energy, combustion, techno-economics and socio-political science. Hermes will pave the way to a major breakthrough in the understanding of fundamentals of combustion in supercritical fluids with zero emission of any pollutants. | ||||||||
| 120224 | 101069828 | FuelSOME | Multifuel SOFC system with Maritime Energy vectors | 2022-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2022-05-18 | Horizon_newest | 2687485.5 | 2499985.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-08 | Shipping is responsible for the emission of about 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) and about 2.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. The drastic reduction of GHG emissions from ships has been set as one of the urgent targets to achieve the EU Green deal objectives. As a result, the maritime industry, which is a hard-to-decarbonize sector, is actively seeking for alternate solutions/technology which can make it more climate friendly but at the same time does not compromise on the current performance levels. Leveraging novel concepts as well as assets from former projects and initiatives, the project FuelSOME focuses on establishing the technological feasibility of a flexible, scalable, and multi-fuel capable energy generation system based on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) technology specially catered for long-distance maritime shipping. This system will be able to operate on Ammonia, Methanol and Hydrogen and their mixtures for which short and long-term sustainable supply pathways will be explored. Finally, on a broader level, an in-depth and detailed investigation on the environmental, social, and economic benefits of developing such a system for the European industry, the maritime sector and the citizens will be carried out. The future roadmap of the project is that the outcomes generated will not only benefit the maritime industry but can also serve as a blueprint/launchpad for implementing the same technology in other hard to abate emission sectors and/or, thereby enabling multi-fuel energy generators to become the norm in the future. The consortium comprises 8 partners: 7 partners from 6 European Member States and 1 partner from a non-associated third country (Switzerland). The FuelSOME consortium unites the necessary multidisciplinary knowledge, expertise, skills, and resources to constitute a representative value chain of actors, which together can achieve the projects ambitious objectives. | ||||||||
| 120232 | 101101079 | 2D4H2 | Anion Exchange Membrane Water stack based on Earth Abundant 2D Materials for Green Hydrogen Production | 2023-03-01 | 2024-08-31 | 2022-10-17 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2022-POC2 | The baseline technology for green H2 production is the water-electrolysis (WE). However, roughly 96% of the H2 produced today is from fossil fuels, with the remaining 4% produced through water electrolysis , due to the still-high costs, and lower performance of current electrolysers compared with other production processes not affected by the use of toxic or critical raw materials (CRM). Therefore, there is a need of boosting the development of highly active and efficient catalysts to turn green hydrogen into a viable solution to decarbonise different sectors and to meet the ambitious goals settled in the Hydrogen Strategy.This project proposes an advanced Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyser (AEMWE) stack as a critical milestone to translate the highly promising results coming from the ground-breaking research conducted during the ERC-StG awarded to Dr G. Abellán, into a marketable innovation. The AEMWE stack novelty relies on non-toxic CRM-free breakthrough novel electrodes (anodes) made of two-dimensional (2D) nickel-iron layered double hydroxide materials (2D NiFe-LDHs) that have shown an outstanding catalytic behaviour. Using this electrocatalytic material will allow overcoming the main challenges of WE to produce green H2.The activities to be undertaken under the 2D4H2 project, are aimed to prepare the translation of the 2D NiFe-LDHs electrocatalytic materials into an AEMWE stack as a precursor of a future fully operational 0.5kW electrolyser. For this purpose, the necessary optimisation and characterisation of the electrocatalyst to enable the testing and validation in a pilot plant of the single unit cell, and the AEMWE stack prototype, will be carried out together with the elaboration of an integrated strategy for effectively managing the knowledge generated during the project, including clarifying the IPR position, and an exploitation strategy involving potential stakeholders in order to evolve the idea further towards exploitation. | ||||||||
| 120348 | 101084158 | SOLARX | Dispatchable concentrated Solar-to-X energy solution for high penetration of renewable energy | 2022-11-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2022-10-20 | Horizon_newest | 3036451.25 | 3036451.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-02 | Current energetic infrastructures are inefficient and hardly capable of integrating a large share of intermittent renewable energy sources. Carbon-neutral and high efficiency energy production adapted to local demands would be a breakthrough. SOLARX integrates 3 high concentration solar technologies and AI based smart resource management, to produce – either directly with high efficiencies or through storage stages for maximizing revenues – mainly electricity, heat for storage and/or SHIP and green H2 or Syngas in a carbon neutral way. Three Key Technological Elements will be developed: a smart solar resource management algorithm which aims to meet local instantaneous energy demands, a high efficiency CPV receiver and a carbon negative bi-energy H2 receiver.SOLARX’s main goal is to demonstrate the technical, economic and social relevance, at the laboratory scale, of the synergetic efficient production of heat, electricity and H2 from solar resource in a single facility, considering energy demands and market prices for a wide range of locations and application scenarios. SOLARX global assessment will demonstrate its role as a Game-changing RES within the framework of future implementation in a carbon-negative energy system. SOLARX will also provide power-to-X for larger integration of intermittent energy sources into the electric grid. The high efficiency concentration technologies allow to reduce the environmental impacts with respect to current technologies, as LCA study will demonstrate. Also, social acceptance and socioeconomic impacts will be assessed, on the base of, among others, previous high concentration experiences. The regulatory frameworks will be considered within the roadmap towards the technology commercialization and policy recommendations will be published.The share of SOLARX in the SHIP, electricity and renewable H2 global market by 2050 is expected to be 2-5%, 2-5% and 1-3%, respectively, while reducing by 1.5 GtCO2/year the emissions. | ||||||||
| 120358 | 101070976 | EPOCH | Electrocatalytic Production of liquid Organic hydrogen carrier and CHemicals from lignin | 2022-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2022-06-27 | Horizon_newest | 3502967.49 | 3502967.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | EPOCH proposes to develop a novel approach in linking green hydrogen production with the direct loading of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) enabling a transformative logistic of green hydrogen distribution and storage. Lignin derivatives are used to be selectively oxidized. Compared to water electrolysis, EPOCH will advance the field by (1) using the nascent hydrogen at the cathode directly to load LOHCs allowing economic H2 storage and transport, and (2) converting at the anode waste lignin and its derivatives via selective oxidation. EPOCH is beyond the state-of-the-art solutions, as it does not form molecular H2 at the cathode nor generates oxygen at the anode. By modifying both cathodic and anodic reactions, EPOCH reduces the energy intensity. EPOCH will enable better cell performance and enhanced added-value device operations by (i) improving energy efficiency, (ii) allowing cost reductions, and (iii) intensifying the process. The EPOCH device will be designed for flexible integration with biorefineries and pulp & paper industries, to valorize their lignin waste streams, thus, linking these industrial sectors and H2 economy. EPOCH will allow the production of green H2 in areas where renewable energy production (in the energy mix) is higher. Therefore, EPOCH will offer a new path to effectively decrease the carbon footprint of energy-intensive industries.Development of the novel EPOCH electrocatalytic device requires (a) advanced components (electrocatalysts, electrodes, electrolytes and ionic liquid promoters, membranes) and (b) validation of the full module cell operation at laboratory scale. Thus, our project integrates multidisciplinary top-experts in areas such as electrocatalysis, lignin chemistry, and materials synthesis, with a large engineering company and a spin-off company on energy transition and a SME world-leading the LOHC technology development and logistic. | ||||||||
| 120409 | 101071111 | ANEMEL | ANion Exchange Membrane Electrolysis from Low-grade water sources | 2022-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2022-06-22 | Horizon_newest | 3314383.75 | 3314383.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | ANEMEL aims at the development of an anion exchange membrane electrolyzer that operates using low-grade water sources such as saline and wastewater, to produce green hydrogen using renewable sources. The project will achieve this objective by focusing on the preparation of selective and efficient membrane electrode assemblies using non-critical raw materials as electrocatalysts and membranes. The expertise of the consortium in oxygen and hydrogen evolving electrocatalysts, membrane preparation, reactorengineering and reactor modelling will ensure the delivery of an AEM device capable to operate at low overpotentials, without major water pre-treatment and at a current density above 1 A cm-2. The technical work will be compemented with an ecodesign process supported by an environmental and socio-economic analysis to guide the development of a low impact and circular designed AEM device maximising socio-economic benefits. A techno-economic and exploitation plan to move from laboratory scale single-cell to a multi-stack electrolyser will be studied to ensure a fast-track to commercialisation. | ||||||||
| 120448 | 101071010 | OHPERA | Optimised Halide Perovskite nanocrystalline based Electrolyser for clean, robust, efficient and decentralised pRoduction of H2 | 2022-10-01 | 2026-03-31 | 2022-07-11 | Horizon_newest | 3229932.25 | 3229932.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | Photoelectrochemical (PEC) H2 generation, using water as proton and electron source, is considered the most impactful solar-driven processes to tackle the energy, environment, and climate crisis, providing a circular economy strategy to supply green energy vectors (H2) with zero carbon footprint. Aligning with this view, OHPERA will develop a proof-of-concept unbiased tandem PEC cell to simultaneously achieve efficient solar-driven H2 production at the cathode and high added-value chemicals from valorization of industrial waste (glycerol) at the anode, being sunlight the only energy input. Thus, OPHERA will demonstrate the viability of producing chemicals with economic benefits starting from industrial waste, using a renewable source of energy. For this purpose, OPHERA will integrate highly efficient and stable photoelectrodes based on halide lead-free perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) and tailored catalytic/passivation layers, avoiding the use of critical raw materials (CRM), in a proof-of-concept eco-design PEC device. Theoretical modelling both at an atomistic and device scales will assist the materials development and mechanistic understanding of the processes, and all materials and components will be integrated in a proof-of-concept device, targeting standalone operation at 10 mA·cm-2 for 100 hours, 90% Faradaic efficiency to H2, and including a clearly defined roadmap for upscaling and exploitation. Therefore, OPHERA will offer a dual process to produce green H2 concomitant to the treatment of industrial waste generating added-value chemicals with high economic and industrial interest, thus offering a competitive LCOH. | ||||||||
| 120451 | 101070788 | DualFlow | Dual circuit flow battery for hydrogen and value added chemical production | 2022-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2022-06-22 | Horizon_newest | 2835282.5 | 2835282.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | DualFlow develops a radically new energy conversion and storage concept that combines water electrolysis, battery storage and co-production of decarbonized chemicals into one single hybrid technology using water soluble redox mediators as energy transfer vectors. The system can be operated for electricity storage or for energy conversion to hydrogen and value added chemicals. During energy storage operation, the system works as a conventional stationary flow battery. The energy conversion starts when the battery is full but there is abundant inexpensive green electricity available. Now the battery is chemically discharged in a mediated electrolysis to produce hydrogen and value added chemicals. The energy conversion is realized by pumping charged battery electrolytes through reactors. For hydrogen production, reactor is filled with catalytic particles to catalyze electron transfer and hydrogen evolution. For value added chemical production the reactor consists of biphasic system where charged electrolyte oxidizes chemicals in an organic phase. The reaction products are then extracted into the organic phase. The energy conversion operation requires only reactors and catalyst for hydrogen evolution, indicating that the additive costs of the dual circuit is minimal. The concept results in flexible system capable of both energy storage and energy conversion to hydrogen. We strongly believe that this concept offers possibilities to produce inexpensive hydrogen, in a flexible manner without utilizing any critical raw materials. | ||||||||
| 120508 | 101058608 | EReTech | Electrified Reactor Technology | 2022-06-01 | 2025-11-30 | 2022-05-23 | Horizon_newest | 8846847.04 | 7352357.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-14 | EReTech proposes to develop and validate at TRL 6 a transformative electrically heated reactor, together with the tailored catalyst for steam methane reforming, using a 250 kW unit. Based on SYPOX technology the reactor hosts ceramic supported structured catalyst, electrically heated by internal direct contact resistive heating elements. This allows achieving an energy efficiency close to 95%, i.e., nearly twice the value typical for gas-fired heat boxes, and a reactor volume that is two orders-of-magnitude smaller. As designed, the 250 kW reactor integrated with all required peripherals in a reforming skid will be used to produce approximately 400 kg/day of 99.999% pure H2. This is equivalent to the size of a commercially relevant biogas reforming plant for the decentralized production of renewable H2. The targeted design will allow to increase the power via parallelization, while scale-up will be conceptually targeted for larger capacities (>20 MW electrical input). EReTech?s final goal is to offer solutions for the decentralized market and for the decarbonization of existing or new centralized reforming plants. | ||||||||
| 120541 | 101058574 | MAST3RBoost | Maturing the production standards of ultraporous structures for high density hydrogen storage bank operating on swinging tem-peratures and low compression | 2022-06-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2022-05-22 | Horizon_newest | 4638418.5 | 4638414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17 | MAST3RBoost will bring to the stage of maturation a new generation of ultraporous materials (Activated carbons, ACs, and MOFs) with a 30% increase of the working capacity of H2 at 100 bar (reaching 10 wt% and 44 gH2/lPS), by turning the lab-scale synthesis protocols into industrial-like manufacturing process. Densified prototypes of ACs and MOFs will be produced beyond 10 kg for the first time using pre-industrial facilities already in place. The process will be actively guided by unsupervised Machine Learning, while the foundations for an in-depth supervised learning in the sector of H2 storage will be established with harmonized procedures. Recycled raw materials for the manufacturing of the ultraporous materials will be actively pursued, both from waste agroforestry biomass and from solid urban waste (PET and Al-lined bricks). In parallel, new lightweight Al and Mg-based metal alloys will be adapted to Additive Manufacturing, via the WAAM technology. Databases for mechanical properties relevant to pressure vessel design will be improved, covering gaps for testing under compressed H2. WAAM and engineering capacities (COMSOL numerical calculation) will allow to produce an innovative type I vessel demonstrator including balance of plant and with a dedicated shape to better fit on-board. A unique combination of maximum pressure (up to 100 bar) and carefully selected temperature swing will allow producing a system storage density as high as 33 gH2/lsys. The system will be manufactured to embed 1 kg of H2, becoming a worldwide benchmark for the adsorbed storage at low compression with a highly competitive projected cost of 1,780 ? for the automotive sector. This demonstrator will embody an actual and techno-economically feasible solution for transportations sectors that require storage capacities beyond 60 kg H2 such as trucks, trains and planes. LCA and risk & safety assessment will be performed with high-quality data and shared with stakeholders of the sector. | ||||||||
| 120560 | 101061873 | BPEC-DW | Development of novel technology based on a hybrid of bio-photo-electrochemical detritiation light-water for tritium separation and simultaneously H2 generation | 2022-12-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2022-05-20 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 171399.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | Currently, nuclear installations release approximately 4.4E+16 Bq/year of tritium, the radioactive isotope of hydrogen, to the environment worldwide as no technologies seem to be technically and/or economically feasible for water detritiation. Aiming at the development of a novel and effective technology, a hybrid of bio-photo-electrochemical system for detritiation of light-water (BPEC-DW) is presented for water reuse and simultaneously H2 generation as one of the most effective alternative energy sources. In this multidisciplinary project, solar activated nanomaterials based on modified TiO2 and BiVO4 and graphene oxide and/or reduced graphene oxide will be synthesized and coupled with different bacteria to enhance the feasibility of hydrogen isotope (H and T) separation and catalyses H2 generation. The BPEC-DW will be optimized by study of influence of key parameters on BPEC-DW performance to be accepted for the designing of the facility in the future. The societal challenges in energy and water research are among the focus areas and recent priorities. The economic impact of BPEC-DW relies on the utilities of solar irradiation and non-expensive materials, decreasing emissions of greenhouse gases, eco-friendly and cost-effective techniques. There is a strong and clear two-way transfer of knowledge objective linked in BPEC-DW project with the transfer of a wide array of materials synthesis, photo-electro-catalytic, and PEC water splitting expertise from applicant to the host institution, while she will receive world-class training in different research fields such as biotechnology, microbiology, and radiochemistry and develop her communication skills in an international environment which are excellent conditions for the development of her future career. | ||||||||
| 120573 | 101063656 | H2E | A thermoelectric generator for low-grade heat to electricity/hydrogen conversion (H2E) | 2022-09-01 | 2024-08-31 | 2022-06-14 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 191760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | Heat-to-power conversion can be achieved by thermoelectric generators (TEGs), devices that exploit the Seebeck effect to build up an electric potential across a stack of semiconductors subjected to a temperature difference. This physical effect has long been known, but widespread application has remained limited because of the low efficiency (less than 5%) and high cost of available semiconductors, often containing rare metals and featuring high toxicity and poor thermal stability. Compared to alternative technologies for valorisation of low-grade heat, e.g., the Organic Rankine Cycle, TEG technology has substantial advantages, including lower weight and absence of moving parts. This leads to high reliability and low-maintenance, crucial attributes for the chemical process industry. Using less expensive semiconductor materials and increasing efficiency are the main challenges to broaden the application field of TEGs. H2E proposes a new approach to enable improved TEGs using a thermo-electrochemical-hydrogen production device (TEC-H) based on recently discovered, robust, low cost, non-toxic porous semiconductor materials. These new semiconductors are implemented in an original design, mounting them in stacks to produce a TEC-H device that is modular and exhibits good scalability. The resulting disruptive increase in efficiency will enable power generation with a decreased cost per unit power. H2E will valorise low-grade waste heat in the temperature range below 100 °C, a range currently not exploited in industry. Besides industrial waste heat, also low-grade geothermal heat represents huge potential. H2E aims to innovate the production of two end products: renewable electricity and green hydrogen – by water splitting. H2E will contribute to a more energy-efficient and low-carbon future, in line with Europe’s long-term strategy to become climate-neutral by 2050 as set by the European Commission in The European Green Deal. | ||||||||
| 120600 | 101068372 | SURPLAS | A SUstainable integrated Route to convert waste PLAStics to H2 and low carbon liquid fuels | 2023-09-01 | 2026-07-31 | 2022-06-10 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 169326.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | The management and disposal of plastic waste is an ever increasing problem with the EU alone generating more than 29.1 million tons of post-consumer plastic waste each year. The main aim of the proposed project is to deliver an integrated solution utilizing plastic waste to generate low carbon H2 and low carbon liquid fuels providing a decarbonisation route for the stationary power generation and transport sectors toward a clean energy and sustainable future. Thus, SURPLAS is in line with the European Union’s Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy and serves the ultimate goal of the recently announced Green Deal toward an energy transition to a low or even zero carbon economy to effectively combat climate change. In specific, different types of plastic waste will be processed, characterized and gasified to produce syngas at high hydrogen yields with adjusted H2/CO ratios and low tar formation, employing optimum operating parameters and catalysts to improve the gasification performance. At the same time, SURPLAS is proceeding one step forward with the conversion of gasification derived syngas mixtures toward Fischer-Tropsch (FT) liquid synthetic fuels using advanced in terms of synthesis and composition nanocatalysts. Thus, regarding the FT synthesis process, SURPLAS is aiming to optimize process conditions and identify superior catalysts to enhance the activity and selectivity of FT process to diesel and gasoline fractions (low carbon fuels) for maritime and heavy duty vehicles applications. The final objective of the proposed project is to elaborate reliable energetic and feasibility studies for real-scale SURPLAS processes (kW and MW scales) and to investigate their potential market prospects and business cases. | ||||||||
| 120609 | 101056863 | MINIMAL | Minimum environmental impact ultra-efficient cores for aircraft propulsion. | 2022-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2022-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 3527276 | 3527276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-05 | Building a sustainable and climate neutral future for aviation is an inevitable requirement for a society with increasing mobility needs. If we are to stabilise the global temperature below the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement, rapid action is to be taken. MINIMAL will contribute to a radical transformation in air transport by providing disruptive ultra-efficient and low-emission technologies that will, in combination with the aviation ecosystem, sustainably reduce the climate impact of aviation. The MINIMAL project will, through an unprecedented effort between European engine OEMs, world leading atmospheric physics scientists, and lead researchers in combustion and propulsion, attack the major sources of non-CO2 and CO2 emissions in aeroengines. This will be accomplished with the introduction of climate optimised new propulsion systems based on composite cycle engine technology, that provides unparalleled flexibility with respect to operations, and that has the potential to eliminate the large sources of effective radiative forcing by 2035: 80% reduction from contrails, 52% reduction from net-NOx, and 36% fuel burn reduction resulting in 36% to 100% CO2 reduction, depending on the fuel used.Results will allow assessing the interdependencies between non-CO2 and CO2 effects already during the early stages of aero-thermal-mechanical design and converge into engine options that have minimum climate impact. The findings are supported by numerical (TRL 2) and experimental (TRL 3) proof of concept of Low-NOx opposed-piston constant volume combustion technology with pre-micromixing of hydrogen. In MINIMAL we understand the urgency and aim for maximum impact. Aggressive, but realistic roadmaps will be outlined together with regular exchanges in major industry research centres to develop these technologies into products and bring them to in 2035-2040. | ||||||||
| 120910 | 101056865 | HESTIA | HydrogEn combuSTion In Aero engines | 2022-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2022-05-10 | Horizon_newest | 5043800 | 5043800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-05 | To reduce climate impact of aviation, decarbonisation is a major challenge. Current combustion chambers are burning hydrocarbon fuels, such as kerosene or more recently emerging SAF products. Hydrogen is also considered today as a promising energy carrier but the burning of hydrogen creates radically new challenges which need to be understood and anticipated. HESTIA specifically focuses on increasing the scientific knowledge of the hydrogen-air combustion of future hydrogen fuelled aero-engines. The related physical phenomena will be evaluated through the execution of fundamental experiments. This experimental work will be closely coupled to numerical activities which will adapt or develop models and progressively increase their maturity so that they can be integrated into industrial CFD codes. Different challenges are to be addressed in HESTIA project in a wide range of topics: -Improvement of the scientific understanding of hydrogen-air turbulent combustion: preferential diffusion of hydrogen, modification of turbulent burning velocity, thermoacoustics, NOx emissions, adaptation of optical diagnostics;-Assessment of innovative injection systems for H2 optimized combustion chamber: flashback risk, lean-blow out, stability, NOx emission minimisation, ignition;-Improvement of CFD tools and methodologies for numerical modelling of H2 combustion in both academic and industrial configurations.To this end, HESTIA gathers 17 universities and research centres as well as the 6 European aero-engine manufacturers to significantly prepare in a coherent and robust manner for the future development of environmentally friendly combustion chambers. | ||||||||
| 121019 | 101070948 | PhotoSynH2 | Photosynthetic electron focusing technology for direct efficient biohydrogen production from solar energy | 2022-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2022-07-08 | Horizon_newest | 4194947.63 | 4194947.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | We propose a disruptive technology based on synthetic biology, we call photosynthetic electron focusing, for the efficient production of hydrogen using low-cost photosynthetic bacteria (cyanobacteria) genetically re-engineered to exclusively direct the solar energy to hydrogen. Through the development of new high-efficiency large-scale photobioreactors we will obtain an unprecedented increase in the energy efficiency up to ten-fold higher than current approaches. Our theoretical estimates for the production costs could be as low as 5€/Kg of H2, making our technology potentially comparable to current photovoltaic coupled to electrolysis. Our bacteria could be adapted and grown in sea water and wastewater. Moreover, it would not require using Critical Raw Materials or toxic processes. Our biological route involves using fermentation-like technologies, with expertise available in many sectors such as the food industry. It will also employ contained bioreactors, constructed with simple fabrication technologies, which are decreasing in cost (e.g., the cost of 3D printing materials is decreasing much faster than the cost of microfabrication). We will validate our engineered cyanobacterium in a custom 1,300 L photobioreactor, which will be able to produce validated innovative green H2 production technology. This proof-of-concept production will be located in a hydrogen industrial stakeholder to ensure the large-scale relevance of our production. | ||||||||
| 121076 | 101054894 | HYDROGENATE | Hydrogen-Based Intrinsic-Flame-Instability-Controlled Clean and Efficient Combustion | 2022-06-01 | 2027-05-31 | 2022-05-19 | Horizon_newest | 2498727.5 | 2498727.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2021-ADG | Chemical energy carriers will play an essential role for future energy systems, where harvesting and utilization of renewable energy occur not necessarily at the same time or place, hence long-time storage and long-range transport of energy are needed. For this, hydrogen-based energy carriers, such as hydrogen and ammonia, hold great promise. Their utilization by combustion-based energy conversion has many advantages, e.g., versatile use for heat and power, robust and flexible technologies, and its suitability for a continuous energy transition. However, combustion of both hydrogen and ammonia is very challenging. For technically relevant conditions, both form intrinsic, so-called thermo-diffusive instabilities (very different from the often-discussed thermo-acoustic instabilities), which can increase burn rates by a stunning factor of three to five! Without considering this, computational design is impossible. Yet, while linear theories exist, little is understood for the more relevant non-linear regime, and beyond some data and observations, virtually nothing is known about the interactions of intrinsic flame instabilities (IFI) with turbulence. Here, rigorous analysis of new data for neat H2 and NH3/H2-blends from simulations and experiments will lead to a quantitative understanding of the relevant aspects. From this, a novel modeling framework with uncertainty estimates will be developed. The key hypothesis then is that combustion processes of hydrogen-based fuels can be improved by targeted weakening or promotion of IFI, and that this kind of instability-controlled combustion can jointly improve efficiency, emissions, stability, and fuel flexibility in different combustion devices, such as spark-ignition engines, gas turbines, and industrial burners. Guided by the developed knowledge and tools, this intrinsic-flame-instability-controlled combustion concept will be demonstrated computationally and experimentally for two sample applications. | ||||||||
| 121118 | 101067869 | TOGETHER | Towards Green Hydrogen by Layered Metal Halide Perovskite Heterostructures | 2023-01-16 | 2025-01-15 | 2022-06-07 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 172750.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | Green hydrogen is feedstock, fuel, energy carrier, and storage at the same time, and one of the important cornerstones to decarbonize industrial and economic sectors on the European continent. The proposed action ‘Towards Green Hydrogen by Layered Metal Halide Perovskite Heterostructures – TOGETHER’ will deliver a highly tunable material platform by integrating lateral heterostructures in two-dimensional layered metal halide perovskites (2DLP) to overcome the high exciton binding energy and ultimately enable long-distance charge separation for photocatalytic generation of green hydrogen. The structures developed in TOGETHER will provide a spatially confined directional flow of electrons to the edge of the semiconducting layer in 2DLPs, where they can be extracted by protons to form hydrogen. The unique flexibility of the materials platform architecture will result in a large degree of freedom to tune each step in the photocatalytic cycle to increase the solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency. The formation of lateral heterostructures in 2DLPs will be achieved through tailored consecutive ion exchange, which is a powerful tool to manipulate the composition while maintaining the crystal structure, size, and shape of the parent object. TOGETHER is a highly interdisciplinary effort that builds on cutting-edge research in material science with chemistry, physics, and engineering. | ||||||||
| 121119 | 190132953 | C_CLAW_C_HAWK | C-CLAW – The revolutionary Non-intrusive mechanical Fastener that facilitates life extension of existing infrastructures | 2022-03-01 | 2024-10-31 | 2022-06-17 | Horizon_newest | 3568592.5 | 2498014.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 | Civil Engineering contributes to ~15% of CO2 emissions. This is where Cold Pad brings a gamechanger with reliable and durable composite bonding & fastening solutions. After revolutionizing structural adhesive bonding techniques for the marine sector, we now ambition to democratize our non-intrusive solutions for harsh industrial environments, Civil engineering and the Hydrogen value chain. Our composite bonding & fastening solutions facilitate structural works from the construction phase through life extension of large industrial structures, either made of steel or concrete, and with neither business interruption nor risk of explosion. It is a true alternative to welding or drilling. Our unique selling points allow to solve the difficult equation of making the life extensions of mature industrial infrastructures both environmentally and economically viable which resonates with the green deal objective of Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way. | ||||||||
| 121125 | 101066396 | PLOBOT | Autonomous Plasmon-Enhanced Photocatalytic Microrobots Powered by Lorentz Force | 2022-12-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2022-07-07 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 173847.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | The 1966 sci-fi film, Fantastic Voyage, portrayed a scientist who miniaturized a submarine to enter his body to remove a blood clot. It is only recently that scientists have been able to assemble microrobots from scratch to autonomously move and perform complex tasks, such as catching and delivering cargo, and/or performing chemical reactions. The bots use energy from their surroundings or from an external stimulus, and turn it into motion. Light-driven motion in photocatalytic robots is exceptionally appealing as it allows actuation and control by using an external free energy source i.e., sun and enhancement of chemical reactions due to two effects: self-generated micro-mixing effect and constant surface refreshment, giving place to new chemical reactions ‘on-the-fly’. Yet, the reported photocatalytic bots up to date are so slow that their speed can be confused with Brownian motion. This project seeks to combine two approaches for the first time to enhance the efficiency and speed of light-driven bots: Lorentz force as an ultrafast motion mechanism and plasmonic effects for bettering light harvesting. A novel system will be introduced in which the robot’s motion based on the magnetohydrodynamic convection effect is triggered by visible light and can pursue desired reactions (degradation of organic wastes and hydrogen generation). By leveraging the host’s fundamental photophysical approach in nanoplasmonic design and my interdisciplinary angle on microrobots and energy field, the results are expected to bring knowledge gain for the microrobot field, and possibly a long-term impact on Europe’s solar technological innovations. The project‘s training comprises transferrable (leadership and communication) and technical skills development (bridging a knowledge gap in photophysics), to advance my career as a future group leader in Europe with an unorthodox research angle combining photo/electrochemistry and microrobots for alternative energy and environmental solutions. | ||||||||
| 121213 | 101054368 | ROC | Reducing Iron Oxides without Carbon by using Hydrogen-Plasma | 2022-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2022-05-12 | Horizon_newest | 2491836 | 2491836 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2021-ADG | With 1.8 billion tons produced per year, steel is the dominant metallic material. It can be recycled by melting scrap, a resource satisfying at most 30% of the demand. Hence, fresh steel must be produced in huge amounts, from oxide minerals reduced by CO in blast furnaces, followed by partial removal of C by O2 in converters. These two processes create ~2.1 tons CO2 per ton of steel, qualifying steelmaking as the largest single greenhouse gas emitter on earth (~8% of all emissions). ROC tackles the fundamental science needed to drastically cut these staggering CO2 numbers, by up to 80% and beyond. This is the biggest single leverage we have to fight global warming. The disruptive approach of ROC lies in (1) using H instead of C as reductant and (2) merging the multiple steps explained above into a single melting plus reduction process which can run with green electricity, namely, an electric arc furnace operated with a H-containing reducing plasma. ROC’s approach is feasible as it can be upscaled by modifying existing furnace technology. The motivation is that solid Fe from other synthesis methods such as direct reduction must anyway be melted after reduction. Project ROC also addresses hybrid processes, where partially reduced oxides from direct reduction are fed into a reducing plasma, for high energy and H2 efficiency at fast kinetics and high metallization. Project ROC explores the physical and chemical foundations of these processes, down to atomistic scales, with a blend of instrumented laboratory furnaces, characterization, simulation and machine learning. Specific topics are the elementary nucleation, transport and transformation mechanisms, mixed scrap and ore charging, influence of contaminants from feedstock, plasma parameters, C-free electrodes, slag metallurgy and the role of nanostructure. Drastic reduction of CO2 is the biggest challenge of our time and project ROC explores how steelmaking can contribute to it by cutting its emissions by 80% and more. | ||||||||
| 121249 | 101053133 | ThermoPropHy | Thermodynamic Properties for Hydrogen Liquefaction and Processing | 2022-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2022-05-17 | Horizon_newest | 2457146 | 2457146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2021-ADG | Hydrogen plays a prominent role in all concepts for CO2 mitigation; technologies for generation and for liquefaction of hydrogen need to be scaled up by orders of magnitude. This scale up has to rely on simulations of innovative processes, which are necessarily based on thermodynamic property models. An analysis of the available models indicates that properties of hydrogen are described with one order of magnitude larger uncertainty than properties of well-known fluids. Experience with process-simulation based scale-up shows that these uncertainties will likely result in large additional costs and delays.To improve the description of properties of hydrogen and to enable the application of advanced lique-faction concepts, fundamental breakthroughs are required with regard to the metrology of fluids at cryogenic temperatures and with regard to accurate modelling of these complex systems – ThermoPro-pHy addresses this pioneering scientific work. Experimental equipment will be developed that allows for highly accurate measurements of density and speed of sound at temperatures down to the triple point of hydrogen (14 K), far below current temperature limits. Property models will be developed that yield a highly accurate and consistent description of arbitrary mixtures of ortho- and parahydrogen for the first time, including the effects of the temperature dependent ortho/para-equilibrium. Solid phases of impurities affecting large-scale liquefaction processes will be described by models that are con-sistent to accurate fluid-phase models. Measurements and modelling of mixtures of helium, neon, and argon will establish an accurate basis for the application of mixed fluid cascade (MFC) processes for hydrogen liquefaction.ThermoPropHy will result not only in scientific breakthroughs with regard to the metrology of fluids and to accurate modelling of thermodynamic properties, but also in increased accuracy and credibility of process simulations for hydrogen technologies. | ||||||||
| 121472 | 101069931 | ColdSpark | COLDSPARK DRIVEN ENERGY AND COST-EFFICIENT METHANE CRACKING FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION | 2022-06-01 | 2025-11-30 | 2022-05-25 | Horizon_newest | 2520247.25 | 2496004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-09 | The ColdSpark project will validate a novel non-thermal plasma technology to produce hydrogen at an industrial scale from methane, with a process energy efficiency of 79%, achieving a conversion rate of 85% with zero CO2 emissions. This will be achieved by designing an industrial relevant reactor that leverages the best features of the non-thermal plasma technologies, gliding arc and corona discharge, to ensure high efficiency and scalability. The innovation addresses for the first time the critical step of matching the reactor with a pulsed power supply. It enables a perfect fine-tuning of the cracking process parameters, to find the right electron density and energy distribution in the plasma reactor, to maximise energy efficiency. The up- and downstream gas management will be optimised to further contribute to the system’s compatibility to existing infrastructure. The project will develop and test a novel plasma reactor at lab scale and validate it in conjunction with the power supply at large-scale, pursuing the industry’s most power efficient generation of hydrogen alongside high-value carbon. The technology will assess its application for both, natural gas and biomethane producers. A low energy cost (< 15 kWh/kg H2 produced) without the need for catalysts and water, makes the proposed solution the most cost-competitive, environment-friendly, and less complex to implement. The reactor design and modularity bring lower CAPEX and OPEX and make it easily scalable and flexible. The project gathers the expertise of a mix of academic, research, and industrial partners from five countries, which bring both outstanding research and topic competence, as well as knowledge and access to the solution for end-user industries. | ||||||||
| 121671 | 101111996 | CUBIC | Improving the cirCUlarity of complex plastic multi-material composites using novel BIobased materials in B2B semi-finished produCts | 2023-09-01 | 2027-02-28 | 2023-05-12 | Horizon_newest | 4683365.49 | 4683365.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.6 | HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-R-03 | The general objective of CUBIC project is to improve the sustainability and circularity of complex products made of high-tech advanced multi-material composite thermoset and thermoplastic structures, by developing novel circular biobased alternative materials. CUBIC project designs novel materials (biobased polyamide grades, biobased endured 3R-CAN-epoxy prepeg & and biobased lignin derived carbon fibre.) to obtain circular by design 100% biobased and recyclable thermoplastic and thermoset B2B intermediate products (sub-assemblies) that permits to eco-design complex products adapting their intrinsic characteristics to novel unconventional manufacturing processes as new paradigm to advance in mass production advanced products. The novel approach on which CUBIC project relies is based on modularity or pre-fabrication: the development of high-tech biobased intermediate formats (filaments, sheets – organosheets and UD-tapes, pellets, powder…). The smart combination of these intermediates into a final end-product allows to overcome the current technical and environmental limitations to meet the demanding requirements of a specific sector/application where a single biobased material doesn´t. Two end-products or specific applications will be validated within CUBIC project: type IV H2 gas storage pressure Vessel & automotive seat, that satisfy the technical and environmental requirements. The project demonstrates the de-manufacturing, recycling and valorization of the components too.The consortium consists of 13 partners with complementary competencies, 6 industries (SP, COM, TEQ, MOS & QPLAN as SMEs; and NOV as Large company) plus 6 RTO partners (AIT, CTB, CID, IDE, DITF, CIR) and 1 academia (LIM) to give support to the companies in the consortium and to develop the main scientific and technological activities in the work plan. The undertaking involves 8 European countries (ES, FR, IE, BE, DK, DE, IT, GR). The budget is 4,687,115.50 € in a 42 months duration project. | ||||||||
| 121708 | 101122357 | D-HYDROFLEX | Digital solutions for improving the sustainability performance and FLEXibility potential of HYDROpower assets | 2023-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2023-08-21 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 4038518.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-08 | The European energy system is undergoing a significant transformation: decarbonization, security of supply, deployment of renewables and their integration into the market, generating significant opportunities and challenges for energy stakeholders. Despite all energy efficiency efforts, overall demand for decarbonized electricity is set to be significantly higher in 2050 than today due to the decarbonization of the heating, cooling, transport and many industrial sectors, which can only be achieved via efficient and smart electrification. Hydropower is a key technology in supporting the European pathway to a decarbonized energy system and to achieve global leadership in renewable energy generation. It consists a renewable and highly sustainable electricity resource and can supply the European power system with stability and valuable flexibility. In addition, hydropower reduces EU’s dependency on fossil imports and renders multiple extra benefits for society in the river basins such as support to irrigation, water supply and flood control. The D-HYDROFLEX project will advance excellence in research on digital technology for hydropower paving the way towards more efficient, more sustainable, and more competitive hydropower plants in modern power markets. D-HYDROFLEX will develop a toolkit for digitally ‘renovating’ the existing hydroelectric power plants based on sensors, digital twins, AI algorithms, hybridization modelling (power-to-hydrogen), cloud-edge computing and image processing. The core pillars of the project will be: (i) digitalization, (i.e., digital twins for hydro dams and machinery, weather and flow forecasts, cyber-resilience), (ii) flexibility, (i.e., coordination with hydrogen, storage and VPP operation) and (iii) sustainability, (i.e., biodiversity environmental issues). Validation will take place in real hydro plants of EDF (France), TEE (Poland), PPC (Greece), TASGA (Spain) and INTEX (Romania), covering different geographical areas of Europe. | ||||||||
| 121729 | 101102003 | H2ELIOS | HydrogEn Lightweight & Innovative tank for zerO-emisSion aircraft | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2023-01-31 | Horizon_newest | 12059762.5 | 9959306.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-03 | To enable a technologically and economically feasible H2-powered aviation, new integral LH2 tank solutions are required that could serve as part of the airframe main structure and capable of withstanding its respective loads. The H2ELIOS project will develop an innovative and effective lightweight LH2 storage system for aircraft. It will be implemented as demonstrators in two fuselage-like cylinder section with approximately 1.9 m of external diameter and approximately 2.3 m of external length. These demonstrators would be duly supported by component and subsystem ground tests at appropriate scale at project completion (TRL 5 at storage level). The aim is that the concept is ready to be embedded and integrated in a specified aircraft architecture for flight demonstration in later stages. H2ELIOS will provide a feasible and novel low-pressure double-layer composite tank-based system, enabling the tank shape to be either conformal or non-conformal to the profile of the aircraft. Its general effectiveness will be assessed in terms of high GI performance and easiness of integration within the aircraft structure.This concept will be supported by latest evolutions of innovative methods and technologies in terms of multidisciplinary design development, manufacturing processes and means of compliance and shall be demonstrated in operational conditions: first on ground up to TRL5 and then in flight by the end of Clean Aviation Phase 2 clearing a TRL6 maturation gate. Finally, delivery to the market is expected in the 2030-2035 period. In this way this project shall contribute to accomplish the objectives of the European Green Deal regarding decarbonization of the aviation industry.The activities of H2ELIOS will be supported by explicit agreed support of EASA and an External Advisory Board comprising commercial aircraft OEMs, H2 management and cryogenics experts, MRO services, airlines, aircraft system integrators, materials developers and suppliers and airports operation | ||||||||
| 121786 | 101113993 | GreenH2Wave | Producing Green Hydrogen Using Power of Ocean Waves | 2023-08-01 | 2024-07-31 | 2023-05-31 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 75000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.2 | HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02-02 | The main objective of this project proposal is to boost the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the novel Concept of Floating Dual Chamber Oscillating Water Column (FOWC) device. FOWC is a kind of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) system that captures energy of waves and converts it into electricity. The generated electricity is used to produce green Hydrogen from the sea water. The produced Hydrogen is stored inside the internal tanks of the device to be used as the “clean fuel” by the next generation of ships. The idea of this system is the outcome of more than a decade of R&D activities carried out in a prestigious European University to make the WEC devices an economically viable solution to produce clean energy. This innovative solution is the “first and only” WEC in the market that can act like a “floating fuel station” for ocean going ships to reliably produce their clean fuel demand in the middle of oceans with affordable cost. Hence, this technology could play a prominent role in the supply chain of the decarbonizing marine transportation sector that destructively produces 3% carbon emissions in the World. At the moment, this technology has the maturation level of TRL 3. It is planned to perform a further optimization process on the conceptual design of this technology under the scope of this project proposal which allows concluding TRL 3 stage of development. Complementary laboratory tests will be carried out on the optimized model and the new Intellectual property (IP) will be submitted concerning the optimized design. The other main objective of this project proposal is to enhance coordination and marketing skills as well as extending the network of the CEO & Co-Founder of the company and her team according to the unique environment, coaching programme and tailored training session opportunities provided for European Women leaders under the scope of Women TechEU Programme. | ||||||||
| 121876 | 101071805 | Innovalyst | INNOVATIVE ROUTES TO NOVEL CATALYST FOR UTILISING RENEWABLE ENERGIES | 2022-06-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2022-05-24 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 75000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.2 | HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01-03 | The alarming increase in the amount of green-house gases in the atmosphere and its severe climate consequences is a fact that will put life on Earth to serious risks if no quick action is taken on a global scale. C2CAT expertise in catalysis for H2 production, storage and recycling of CO2 will come into play. Contribution to the H2 economy and CO2 reduction will be achieved at C2CAT via design, development and commercialisation of cost-effective alternative catalysts suitable for sustainable processes. | ||||||||
| 121953 | 101112778 | KIC SE BP2023- 2024 | EIT InnoEnergy Business Plan 2023 – 2024 | 2023-01-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-03-10 | Horizon_newest | 47991636.73 | 47991636.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.3 | HORIZON-EIT-2023-24-KIC-EITINNOENERGY | EIT InnoEnergy is synonymous with innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of sustainable energy. It is achieving this by leveraging the potential of the knowledge triangle: higher education, research, and industry throughout Europe, and globally. For EIT InnoEnergy, sustainability in energy means aligning with the Energy Union strategy, contributing to three objectives: (1) Decrease the cost of energy (/kWh), (2) Increase the security of the energy system (operability of assets and autonomy in supply), and (3) Reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We operate three business lines: (1) the Education Programmes, which create and accompany the future significant changes in sustainable energy; (2) the Innovation Projects, which focus on producing incremental and disruptive technological and business model innovations; (3) the Business Creation Services(entrepreneurship), where we nurture innovative start-ups and grow small enterprises in sustainable energy. These business lines are supported by the management and operations activities. EIT InnoEnergy is also orchestrating three industrial strategic value chains on batteries and Photovoltaic (PV) through the European Battery Alliance and European Solar Initiative, formally mandated, and endorsed, respectively, by the European Commission in 2017 and 2020. EGHAC (European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Center) is the third one on green hydrogen, implemented together with Breakthrough Energy.All our activities focus on six thematic fields (Smart Grids, Storage, Smart Cities and Efficient Buildings, Energy from Chemical Fuels, Renewables and Energy for Transport) that evolve with the energy market changes and are fully aligned with the European Union Energy Strategy and the NECP (National Energy and Climate Plans).EIT InnoEnergy will fully comply with the EIT Financial Sustainability principles, KIC fund principles, Innovation Principles, EIT RIS Hub Minimum Standards and Good Governance principles. | ||||||||
| 122066 | 101097966 | H2Bro | Continuous electrolytic-catalytic decoupled water electrolysis for green hydrogen production | 2023-06-01 | 2028-05-31 | 2023-05-09 | Horizon_newest | 2950000 | 2950000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2022-ADG | H2Bro will develop a transformative decoupled water electrolysis process for green hydrogen production. It aims for high efficiency in a continuous and isothermal process that supports membraneless electrolysis with high-throughput and minimal energy losses, going far beyond other electrolysis processes. I propose to achieve these goals by dividing the oxygen evolution reaction into two sub-reactions, electrochemical and chemical ones, carried out in different cells. Towards this end, I propose to use a soluble redox couple that will be oxidized electrochemically while hydrogen evolves at the cathode in one cell, and reduced spontaneously in the presence of a catalyst in a chemical reaction that evolves oxygen in another cell. I have identified the bromide/bromate couple as a promising candidate due to its high solubility and suitable redox potential. Fundamental materials challenges will be addressed in developing the electrolytic process with an aim to achieve high efficiency and selectivity to produce bromate without volatile side products such as O2 or other loss reactions, and a suitable catalyst for spontaneous bromate reduction and oxygen evolution. Addressing these challenges requires a multidisciplinary research in materials science, electrochemistry, catalysis and process engineering, where questions of materials selection and catalyst activity and selectivity intertwine with process parameters such as electrolyte composition, temperature and flow, with an ultimate goal of combining the electrolytic and catalytic sub-processes into a seamless process in a flow system that generates hydrogen and oxygen in different cells at high efficiency and rate. Progress towards these aims will lead the way to a competitive solution for green hydrogen production to fight global warming, and advance the science of catalysts and electrodes for advanced water electrolysis and related technologies. | ||||||||
| 122884 | 101142583 | ENERGY-IN-TRANSITION | Socio-Economic Challenges and Opportunities of the Energy Transition | 2025-06-01 | 2030-05-31 | 2024-11-28 | Horizon_newest | 2499440 | 2499440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-ADG | ENERGY-IN-TRANSITION will push the frontier in energy and environmental economics by addressing and quantifying novel socioeconomic challenges and opportunities that arise as the Energy Transition moves forward. Firstly, there is an urgent need to design new Energy Transition policies while re-designing existing ones. In particular, the prospect that Green Hydrogen might help reduce our dependency on fossil fuels has accelerated the need to define its regulation. Likewise, the recent energy crisis has triggered the debate about the re-design of electricity markets. However, there is no academic research guiding these fundamental policy changes. ENERGY-IN-TRANSITION will pioneer state-of-the-art research on Green Hydrogen regulation and electricity market design through theoretical, empirical, and simulation analyses. Secondly, it is paramount to assess and address the distributional consequences of Energy Transition policies (across regions, workers, and households). In particular, I will delve into the local socioeconomic impacts of the phase-out of coal plants and the phase-in of renewables. While existing research has analyzed the global effects of this structural change, evidence of the local effects is scant. Local opposition against renewables, which has become a major obstacle to their deployment, testifies to the relevance of the local effects. ENERGY-IN-TRANSITION will use recent advances in survey design to provide novel evidence on the local opposition toward renewables while contributing to identifying effective solutions to curb it. Moreover, I will quantify the distributional consequences of rooftop solar policies across households and investigate the under-studied possibility of re-designing them to mitigate their adverse effects. Academics will benefit from the discovery of new methodological approaches to analyze the Energy Transition, while policymakers will gain insight into the solutions for the most compelling socio-economic challenges ahead. | ||||||||
| 122988 | 101043969 | TRITIME | Isolation, observation and quantification of mechanisms responsible for hydrogen embrittlement by TRITIum based microMEchanics | 2022-11-01 | 2027-10-31 | 2022-05-11 | Horizon_newest | 1994136 | 1994136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2021-COG | Hydrogen is an indispensable element in the energy transition and expected to be key for decarburization of the European society. Hydrogen embrittlement – recognized and in focus of materials science since almost 150 years – still causes catastrophic failure until today. It is well-understood that all mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement materialize at the scale of individual defects, such as dislocations, grain- and phase-boundaries. But we are still missing a correlative measurement of the mechanical behaviour of individual defects and the local hydrogen content, which is urgently needed to assess the occurrence, importance and magnitude of mechanisms playing a role during hydrogen embrittlement. In aid of this, TRITIME for the first time facilitates the isolation, observation and quantification of hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms by TRITIum based microMEchanics. The mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement will be isolated by small scale mechanical testing on samples containing only a few crystal defects. The defect properties are observed and measured by in situ micromechanical experiments in the scanning electron microscope and at synchrotron beamlines. Simultaneously, TRITIME will monitor the local hydrogen content by observing the decay of tritium with high spatial resolution, for which a unique tool will be developed. In addition, post mortem analysis using atom probe tomography and secondary ion mass spectroscopy take advantage of the reduced mobility of tritium. TRITIME will provide unprecedented insights into the local hydrogen content of newly formed slip bands, mobile and immobile dislocations and fracture surfaces. Consequently, if successful, TRITIME will obtain a mechanism-based, quantitative understanding of HEDE, HELP and their interplay. In doing so, TRITIME sets the base for a mechanism-based optimization of microstructures used in distribution and storage of hydrogen and, therefore, is an indispensable tool towards Europe`s hydrogen society. | ||||||||
| 123243 | 101165414 | HELMet | Hydrogen Embrittlement mitigation through Layered diffusion patterns in Metals | 2024-11-01 | 2029-10-31 | 2024-09-06 | Horizon_newest | 1499375 | 1499375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2024-STG | Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) of metallic materials is one of the main challenges for the adoption of green H2 as a clean fuel. Degradation of pipelines and vessels is nowadays avoided by conservative design and material selection, but novel mitigation strategies for hydrogen embrittlement will foster cost-effective technologies.I envisage an Additive Manufacturing strategy to tune hydrogen diffusion as an effective and novel method to mitigate or even supress HE. The success of this framework requires the reconsideration of modelling and experimental techniques to characterise hydrogen transport and embrittlement in metals. My background on computational mechanics, hydrogen diffusion simulation and Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) will guide the approach whereas the methodology will be enriched by innovative phase tailoring strategies and advanced computational and optimisation procedures. Tailoring hydrogen diffusion in steels will be accomplished by exploiting the enormous difference in diffusivity between fcc and bcc iron phases. Duplex Stainless Steels (DSS) that combine austenite (fcc) and ferrite (bcc) phases are thus considered as a first option to tune diffusion paths. Additionally, localized nitrogen evaporation to directly control fcc or bcc formation during micro-LPBF of High Nitrogen Steels (HNS) will be achieved by local variation of laser parameters. The main goal is to protect critical regions and therefore to supress hydrogen-assisted cracking. To produce shielding effects around stress concentrators, bcc/fcc helmets will be optimised by coupled modelling frameworks including hydrogen transport and fracture. Trapping and multiphase diffusion will be assessed by novel modelling procedures from thermal desorption and permeation experimental results. Finally, the effectiveness of the optimised tailored helmets will be evaluated by in-situ testing in gaseous H2, paving the way for resistant components to transport and store high-pressure hydrogen. | ||||||||
| 123281 | 101124002 | STARLET | Atomistic Modeling of Advanced Porous Materials for Energy, Environment, and Biomedical Applications | 2024-04-01 | 2029-03-31 | 2024-01-31 | Horizon_newest | 2000000 | 2000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-COG | Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are advanced porous materials with multifunctional tunable properties offering great potential for energy, environment, and biomedical technologies. The number of MOFs is increasing at an exponential rate. Studying millions of MOFs for different applications by random material selection using iterative experimental testing or brute-force computational simulations is impossible. The full potential of MOFs for target applications can only be unlocked if the storage and transport properties for important chemical and biological guest molecules trapped in the pores of each MOF are known. In this project, I will create a materials intelligence ecosystem for precisely assessing guest storage and transport properties of all MOFs by combining state-of-the-art atomistic calculations, molecular simulations, machine learning, and data science, integrated with past and future experiments. I will focus on ten critical guest molecules to address the key societal challenges of our world: hydrogen and methane to use MOFs for clean energy storage; ammonia, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide to use MOFs for capturing toxic gas and combatting global warming; fluorouracil, methotrexate, nitrogen, oxygen to use MOFs as nanocarriers for anti-cancer drug therapy and biomedicine. The ground-breaking gains of my project will include the creation of the worlds first database for guest storage and transport properties of millions of MOFs; accurate assessments of new technologies by precise MOF-application matching; and generating design guidelines for high-performing MOFs to accelerate discovery of new materials. My novel methodology synergizing theory and data-driven science will greatly extend the reach of current experimental and computational studies by discovering new thermodynamic theories that will be extendible to other material classes and providing atomic-level insights into MOF-guest interactions that determine materials performances. | ||||||||
| 123964 | 101042781 | DREAM | Design Rules for Efficient Photogeneration in Metal Oxides | 2023-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2022-09-12 | Horizon_newest | 2000000 | 2000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2021-STG | Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is an attractive route for green hydrogen production. Despite nearly half a century of research efforts, no material has successfully met the stringent requirements for a photoelectrode material, the light harvesting semiconductor within the PEC cell. Metal-oxides are widely viewed as the most promising photoelectrode materials for their exceptional stability in aqueous electrolytes, but those with suitable band gaps for visible light absorption typically have open d shell configurations, and suffer from low photoconversion efficiencies. I hypothesize that the underperformance of such materials is related to their electronic configuration which reduces the photogeneration yield of mobile charge carriers, an overlooked yet critical loss mechanism in metal-oxides. Thus, unlike conventional semiconductors where all absorbed photons generate electrons and holes, in metal-oxides with open d shell configuration, many of the photons give rise to localized electronic transitions that do not contribute to the photocurrent. In addition, polaronic transport and charge carrier recombination reduce the charge carrier collection efficiency. DREAM will address these challenges and provide a leap forward in understanding the photogeneration processes in metal-oxide photoelectrodes and their effect on photoconversion efficiency. To achieve these goals, we will couple systematic control of crystallographic structure, d orbital occupancy, and local cation environment using heteroepitaxial thin film growth together with wavelength and temperature-resolved characterization of the photogeneration yield spectrum. The knowledge gained by these fundamental investigations will lead to new design rules, which we will employ to engineer new metal-oxides with near unity photogeneration yield, and integrate them into novel device architectures, enabling highly efficient PEC-PV tandem cells for unassisted solar water splitting. | ||||||||
| 124003 | 101126299 | WATER-X | PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON DYNAMICS AT THE TRANSITION-METAL OXIDE–WATER INTERFACE FROM TIME-RESOLVED LIQUID-JET PHOTOEMISSION | 2024-09-01 | 2029-08-31 | 2024-02-14 | Horizon_newest | 1998125 | 1998125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-COG | Photocatalytic water splitting using transition metal oxides (TMOs) has the potential to play a key role in the sustainable large-scale production of hydrogen. Due to their activity, cost-effectiveness, and stability TMOs are viewed as attractive materials to catalyze water splitting by harnessing solar energy. A major challenge is effectively preventing the recombination of electrons and holes in the TMOs produced upon (solar) light absorption. While these charge recombination processes occur on the pico-to-nanosecond timescale, the whole water splitting process is almost 12 orders of magnitude slower! This huge difference urgently demands a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms and charge-driven chemical reactions involving electron transfer (reduction reaction) or hole transfer (oxidation reaction) that take place at the TMO semiconductor–liquid interface. In my WATER-X project I will investigate these sub-10-picoseconds processes at the interface of TMO nanoparticles in bulk water by using time-resolved femtosecond laser photoelectron spectroscopy by applying liquid microjet setup. The objective is to measure the early-time molecular intermediates and their associated electronic-structures, their lifetimes, energetics, photoelectron angular distributions, and decay mechanisms of the short-lived molecular intermediates. With this knowledge we can determine the exact mechanisms of light-induced water dissociation and will pave the way to manipulating light-induced interactions to the solid-aqueous interface for improving the efficiency of light-to-energy conversion. These novel experiments will be performed for four nanoparticle photocatalysts, hematite, titanium dioxide, cerium oxide, and nickel-iron-oxyhydroxide with manifold electronic-structure properties (bandgap, charge carrier dynamics, and energetics), which make them attractive for future applications. | ||||||||
| 124178 | 190103720 | Naco Tech | Novel nano coating process to empower the green hydrogen revolution | 2023-08-01 | 2026-01-31 | 2023-07-14 | Horizon_newest | 3333750 | 2333625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 | Hydrogen is a major opportunity in the switch to an eco-friendly economy. Today, it is produced from fossil fuels with high carbon emissions. A green alternative is converting excess solar and wind energy into hydrogen via a water electrolysis process. Hydrogen produced in this process is very aggressive chemically, so electrolyser components need protection with advanced coatings. Currently, most widely used coating deposition methods are outdated and not scalable due to high production costs and usage of precious and scarce metals (e.g. of the platinum group).Naco Tech developed a breakthrough proprietary high-speed ion-plasma magnetron sputtering technology (HMS) that enables efficient application of various types of coatings. Our solution stands out with better coating quality which doubles the lifespan of electrolysers. It reduces usage on scarce metals by up to 10X, and ultimately lowers costs of green hydrogen. | ||||||||
| 124186 | 101214897 | MATCATH2.0 | Matteco PGM-free Cathodes for Next Generation Hydrogen Production | 2025-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2025-05-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2415196.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2024-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 | The European Union’s ambitious 2030 target for renewable hydrogen production is impeded by the cost-efficiency of current electrolysis technologies. The prevalent use of bare nickel substrates or those coated with costly platinum-group metals (PGMs) and critical raw materials (CRMs) in cathodes often leads to contamination and instability, resulting in substantial efficiency losses. These issues, exacerbated by the high costs and complexities of traditional catalyst coating methods, highlight the critical need for innovative solutions to advance electrolysis technology and achieve the EU’s hydrogen production targets.Matteco is at the vanguard of revolutionizing hydrogen production with the development of PGM-free cathodes that utilize advanced, earth-abundant catalyst materials and a proprietary substrate coating method. This innovation is set to achieve a significant 75% reduction in cathode costs and a 20% decrease in the Levelized Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH), aligning with the EU’s goals for decarbonization, CRM reduction, and circular economy promotion. Matteco’s cathodes are engineered to outperform existing PGM-based alternatives, ensuring sustainable production, longer component life, and recyclability at end-of-life.The MATCATH2.0 project represents Matteco’s strategic commitment to advance our novel thermal reductive catalyst activation process for cathodes at a commercial scale. Through stringent quality control and extensive internal and external testing with potential customers, Matteco will validate the cathodes’ exceptional performance and stability. Advancing from TRL 4 to TRL 6, MATCATH2.0 will ensure a scalable and cost-effective production method, drawing on product validation and customer feedback. With a 36-month timeline and a 2,49 M€ investment, MATCATH2.0 is poised to propel the hydrogen economy towards a more sustainable and economically viable future. | ||||||||
| 124228 | 190188862 | South Beach | CO2-free, on-demand, on-site production of low-cost green hydrogen produced with micro-wave plasma | 2022-10-01 | 2025-06-30 | 2022-12-19 | Horizon_newest | 5435545 | 2500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-02 | With a decentralised and scalable solution that produces carbon-free H2 on demand at a cost that is competitive with grey H2, SAKOWIN is at the forefront of the energy transition. SAKOWIN produces equipment (modules) that, using biomethane or NG as feedstock, produces H2 and solid carbon — both industrially valuable products. A big step forward from current and emerging solutions, our proprietary technology is distinguished by its competitive cost (1.5€/Kg H2 2025) —due to 5x less electrical consumption than water electrolysis— and by its CO2-free process, unlike steam reforming technology. Our technology brick will be installed where H2 is needed (fits into existing gas infrastructures), saving in storage or transport. Our focus is on equipment sales and licensing. We foresee revenues of €75M in 2030. With 276 modules in total delivered by 2030, by that year we envision SAKOWIN as a referent within the companies offering technologies to produce sustainable CO2-free H2. | ||||||||
| 124272 | 190141200 | DENS X4 | Hydrozine Generator for Zero-emission Power on Demand | 2022-03-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2022-09-30 | Horizon_newest | 2973750 | 2081625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01-02 | DENSs mission is the creation of highly reliable power sources that provide renewable and zero-emission power everywhere. Based on a patented technology we develop and build reformers that provide clean and affordable hydrogen gas (H2) via the conversion of hydrozine (or otherwise known formic acid) – a liquid sustainable hydrogen carrier. With DENS X4 we introduce the world’s first commercially available hydrozine stationary power generator, where our proprietary reformer transforms hydrozine into H2 gas and subsequently supplies a fuel cell for electricity generation on demand. It is an excellent replacement of high polluting diesel generators, as zero harmful substances like CO2, NOX, SOX, soot and noise are emitted into the environment. While emissions from the fuel consumption are the building blocks for the hydrozine itself, making it a 100% renewable fuel. | ||||||||
| 124284 | 101145278 | HiFiMet | High-efficiency 1 MW Dynamic Electrolyser Unit for cost-efficient production of PtX-based green methanol | 2024-03-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2024-02-09 | Horizon_newest | 11522500 | 2499999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-03 | HIFIPower-to-X (PtX) converts water and intermittent renewable energy to high-value products. As electricity constitutes app. 80% ofthe P2X product cost, high conversion efficiency is critical. However, the current best solution, Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE)technology has a limited lifetime and dynamic capabilities are a current barrier to large-scale commercialization. Dynelectroprovides a solution using a novel SOE technology with a mix of alternating (AC) and direct current (DC), called AC:DC. Thetechnology can accommodate fluctuating green power, and temperature variation and thus increase the lifetime of SOE stacksfrom 2 to 10 years.We seek to develop, construct, and field test a 1-Megawatt unit using this revolutionary AC:DC method andproduce 100 tons of green H2 during the project period. We will also deliver a startup, shutdown and operation manual for scale-up.This achievement is essential for Dynelectro to realize its ambitious plans for upscaling and capitalize on the projected market growth, positioning the project as a key contributor to the energy transition and the advancement of renewable low-carbon hydrogen production. | ||||||||
| 124303 | 101112991 | ENABLER | Tech and business validation towards market readiness of high-performance PFSA-free intermetallic Pt-alloy membrane electrode assemblies for PEMFCs: Enabling next-gen hydrogen-based transport | 2023-06-01 | 2025-11-30 | 2023-03-24 | Horizon_newest | 2495900 | 2495900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-02 | ENABLERs final objectives are to assemble, demonstrate and test a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) short stack – functional energy generation device – with reduced platinum content (0.3 mgPt/cm2) and free of perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) compounds matching the performance of the current state-of-the-art PFSA-containing PEMFCs and, in parallel, to ensure market readiness for the technologies.The project will lay the foundation for more widespread exploitation of hydrogen power by enabling more efficient use of Pt as a critical raw material, providing improved performance and durability with advanced intermetallic Pt-alloy catalysts materials; achieving higher operating temperatures of PEMFCs (105 C) by replacing conventional PFSA ionomers and membranes with novel hydrocarbon (HC) materials and, consequently removing the toxic perfluorinated compounds out of PEMFC manufacturing, resulting in positive effect on the economy and society. Thus, ENABLERs long-term objective is to improve the commercial viability of PEMFC and ramp up its mass use to decarbonize transport and energy sectors. ENABLER will reach the tech objectives by designing a set of interrelated activities: (i) catalyst finetuning to ensure compatibility with the HC materials (ii) CCM production processes finetuning and CCM fabrication with advanced catalyst, HC membranes and ionomers integrated (iii) fabrication and validation of single cells and short stack. Business objectives will be achieved through market validation activities, performance of techno-economic and investment analysis as well as business plan creation and IPR management activities.The ENABLER consortium is designed to create a non-existing PFSA-free European value-chain requiring a minimum of critical resources – with ReCatalyst being responsible for catalyst, ionysis CCM fabrication and EKPO PEMFC technology. All partners will work on market readiness to ensure the value chain sustainability in the future. | ||||||||
| 124336 | 190138361 | NESS – New Electrified Supercharging System | NESS Dual Hybrid Systems – Cost-effective CO2 solutions to increased Vehicle Electrification and Efficiency | 2022-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2022-03-29 | Horizon_newest | 2855226.25 | 1998658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01-02 | NESS is the most efficient and cost-effective dual hybrid (electric- fuel) solution and reduces 13-18% vehicles fuel consumption, CO2- and NOx emissions. It also converts fossil-fuelled gasoline- and diesel cars into Hybrid Electric Vehicles (H-EVs) ready for 100% climate neutral renewable fuels, such as e-fuels, H2 gas and 2nd gen biofuels. NESS converts both new- and existing cars as a plug n play retrofit product conversion. It consists of an add-on component that goes attached to the engines alternator and turbocharger, forming a fully modular solution adaptable to all types of engine- and vehicle sizes. The savings are attained thanks to various functionalities that reduce the consumption of the vehicle in different ways depending on the drive mode the vehicle runs; exhaust gas energy recovery works at cruising, regenerative breaking when breaking, energy boosting functions at accelerating and stop & start functions when the vehicle is stationary. | ||||||||
| 124374 | 190186800 | FaradaIC | FaradaIC: Miniaturising Gas Sensors to enable new sensing possibilities in IoT devices | 2023-03-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2023-04-06 | Horizon_newest | 3507500 | 2455250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 | FaradaIC is bringing to the market the first miniaturised electrochemical O2 gas sensor to enable new sensing opportunities across different industries where a small, chip-based sensor is demanded (breathing devices, fitness, medical, hydrogen economy, etc). Gas sensors today are too large and expensive for the IoT devices that device manufacturers want to build. This problem is particularly painful when O2 gas sensing is needed since no miniaturised, cost-effective, chip-based O2 gas sensor is available commercially. We are combining the world of cutting-edge synthetic chemistry and advanced materials with the world of semiconductor manufacturing and microfabrication to achieve smaller, cost-effective and power-efficient gas sensor technology. We are the first company worldwide that has successfully miniaturised the electrochemical variety and our goal is to lead the next sensor revolution with our gas sensing platform, untapping all the potential of gas sensing in multiple markets | ||||||||
| 124399 | 190198819 | FKBP | Fimuskraft Biogas Plant (FKBP): a revolutionary and cost-effective biotechnological method to treat and valorise biowaste | 2022-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2022-09-14 | Horizon_newest | 3432125 | 2402487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01-02 | Anaerobic digestion (AD) for the treatment of organic wastes has been hailed as a green and sustainable technology. However, AD adoption is still hindered by various limitations. E.g. AD plants are applied for centralised waste management with production of pathogenic and low quality digestates, usually landfilled, leading to no waste valorisation. AD plants produce biogas of low yield and energetic potential. In addition, they are significant capital investments with a long payback. To solve these pains, FimusKraft have developed the FKBP, a system which elegantly combines (a) bio-gas fermentation with an (b) innovative biowaste enzymatic pre-handling process and (c) microturbine with gas analysis and control system. The FKBP is compact and modular and able to simultaneously treat various types of biowaste to produce electricity, heat and high quality ecological organic fertilizer. The FKBP is the first biogas plant able to produce higher energetic biogas (up to 97% CH4/H2 mix). | ||||||||
| 124412 | 101130249 | WASTE2H2 | PLASTIC WASTE VALORIZATION TO CLEAN H2 AND DECARBONIZED CHEMICALS BY CATALYTIC DECONSTRUCTION WITH NOVEL IONIC LIQUID-BASED CATALYTIC SYSTEMS | 2024-03-01 | 2028-02-29 | 2023-11-16 | Horizon_newest | 2984716.25 | 2984716.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01 | Daily basis used plastics cause a huge amount of waste having an enormous impact on the environment and living species at the end-of-life of plastics disposal. In fact, around 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually in the world and only small percentage, less than 9% according to UNEP, of this plastic is recycled, 12% is incinerated and the 79% left generates big contamination problems. There are already different ways, not all of them economically viable, to valorize plastic waste (PW) e.g., chemical recycling to feedstocks and energy. The smart management and valorization of PW generated is a major challenge to be addressed by the scientific community. Furthermore, the decarbonization of all sectors of activity becomes of paramount importance and hydrogen is set to play a key role in decarbonizing hard-to-electrify sectors, as well as represent a zero-carbon feedstock for chemicals and fuel production. But for H2 to play the desired role in the energy transition, the scientific community must face the big challenge of decarbonizing H2 production at a competitive cost. Consequently, WASTE2H2 is proposing a novel method where innovative Ionic Liquid-based catalytic systems are combined with microwave (MW) irradiation to selectively produce highly pure clean H2 and valuable decarbonized chemicals (solid carbon) from PW, addressing simultaneously PW remediation and global climate change mitigation.WASTE2H2 add to novelty significant breakthroughs vs. other routes for PW management and H2 production: i) plastic waste deconstruction by single-step method powered by renewable electricity and working under mild conditions; ii) fast production of highly pure H2; iii) valuable solid carbon production as sole decarbonized co-product, with easy recovery for its commercialization; iv) expected long lifespan of catalytic system, easy recovery and reuse; v) reducing significantly the energy consumption due to MWs; and vi) high potential to reduce H2 production cost. | ||||||||
| 124481 | 190115848 | OpenLOOP | OpenLOOP recycling technology – sustainable and profitable solution to the management of PET/cellulose waste | 2023-04-01 | 2025-09-30 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 3500045 | 2450000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 | OpenLOOP is delivering a novel chemical recycling technology that:-Can be used to degrade any mixture and blend of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic and CELLULOSE waste.-As a final output yields high-value feedstock: 5-HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural), LA (Levulinic acid) H2 (hydrogen) and rTA (recycled Terephthalic Acid).-Is clean and can be successfully implemented in industrial environment.The OpenLOOP technology consists of several IOSs proprietary processing steps involving chemical procedures: enzymatic hydrolysis to separate PET and CELLULOSE, neutral hydrolysis to depolymerise PET, rTA purification, dehydration to extract 5-HMF and finally, 5-HMF and LA purification. In the OpenLOOP project we intend to mature the technology, integrate it into industrial environment IOSs DEMO plant, automate procedures to make them safe and simple to operate, validate it, engineer process steps to deliver optimal productivity, design commercial packages, develop the supply chain | ||||||||
| 124608 | 101213596 | ARIEL | scaling sustainable Anodes for efficIent water ElectroLysis | 2025-07-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2025-03-17 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2024-POC | ARIEL (scaling sustainable Anodes for efficIent water ElectroLysis) seeks to demonstrate and validate a scalable process for the synthesis, activation, and implementation of non-platinum-group catalysts for water electrolysis a bottleneck on the path to the projected gigawatt deployment of this technology that is needed to meet carbon emission targets. We have previously demonstrated, at the lab-scale, the feasibility and potential of cobalt-based anodes as alternative to iridium in proton-exchange membrane water electrolysers (PEMWE), achieving activity and stability at PEMWE-relevant current densities (Science 384, 1373, 2024). ARIEL aims to build on these results translating original, non-scalable synthesis and manufacturing protocols into scalable processes that retain catalytic activity and stability. The aim is to demonstrate a process compatible with kg-synthesis and activation, prototyping electrodes up to 400 cm2; and externally validating these, as a prelude to the potential commercial exploitation of this invention. ARIEL will further assess the sensitivity of the different parts of the process on reliability, and perform scale-informed technoeconomic and lifecycle analysis to evaluate differentexploitation schemes. | ||||||||
| 124883 | 101045008 | E-VOLUTION | Electrifying Peptide Synthesis for Directed Evolution of Artificial Enzymes | 2022-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2022-04-14 | Horizon_newest | 1997993 | 1997993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2021-COG | Global climate and energy challenges require efficient, robust and scalable catalysts for the conversion of renewable energies. Nature has evolved extremely active catalysts (enzymes) for the conversion of small molecules relevant to energy (H2, CO2, N2). The scalability of these enzymes offers distinct advantages over the rare, precious metals that are currently used in energy conversion. Unfortunately, the enzymes are unable to tolerate the extreme conditions of operating fuel cells or electrolyzers. Directed evolution is a powerful approach for improving enzymes, but is mostly restricted to natural amino acids and biological conditions, with limited compatibility for evolving enzymes toward enhanced resistance in abiotic systems. Here, I aim to establish directed evolution in fully abiotic systems, using artificial amino acids to make artificial enzymes that are stable even in extreme conditions. Towards this, I will establish new electrochemical peptide synthesis platforms to enable the generation of enzyme-length peptides using both natural and artificial amino acids. Extended libraries of artificial enzyme variants will be produced and screened directly on electrode microarrays. Top enzyme candidates for the conversion of H2 will be selected using fuel cell/electrolyzer conditions as the evolutionary criteria. By the end, I will have a new procedure for synthesizing libraries of full-length artificial proteins, enabling the creation of thousands of enzyme variants using artificial building blocks. The generation of high-quality datasets will be transformative to drive future machine learning-based evolution steps for both full size enzymes and small-molecule catalysts with applications beyond H2 evolution. We will have discovered highly active catalysts able to sustain conditions of large-scale energy conversion devices, accelerating breakthroughs toward the economically competitive use of renewable energies for fuel and chemical production. | ||||||||
| 124997 | 101078836 | TACOS | Taming Combustion Instabilities by Design Principles | 2023-06-01 | 2028-05-31 | 2023-01-26 | Horizon_newest | 1499993 | 1499993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2022-STG | “Both, the energy and aviation sector rely on gas turbines, a combustion system continuously optimized since its invention during World War II. They constitute a main pillar for tomorrows energy and aviation mix to tackle climate change. However, fuel flexibility is stretched to its limits for conventional combustor designs: combustion instabilities hinder a new generation of safe and low-emission gas turbines. This calls for disruptive design approaches to enforce crucially needed step-change technologies. The overarching aim of TACOS is to break the bottleneck of combustion instabilities by novel, physics-driven design principles based on latest theoretical findings: the combustion community -including myself- has discovered “”exceptional points”” (EPs), which are known from theoretical physics to feature intriguing, counter-intuitive physical properties. Our preliminary results confirm that EPs (i) rapidly switch the combustor stability from unstable to stable and (ii) are well-controllable by both the acoustics of the chamber and the flame characteristics. TACOS takes a leap forward and exploits the unique properties of EPs for the conception of novel combustors by 3 objectives: (A) tailor the characteristics of both gaseous (land-based gas turbines) and spray flames (aeroengines) by carbon-free fuels (hydrogen+ammonia) and sustainable aviation fuels; (B) optimize simultaneously the emission rates and the stability of the combustion chamber by designing the combustor close to the EP; and (C) quantify the design robustness by experiments at atmospheric and high-pressure conditions to learn design principles by explainable machine learning methods. As a result, TACOS will not only produce an unprecedented, computer-aided and optimization-centric design software for safe, robust and clean gas turbines, but will also open a new research field on design principles and amplify fundamental breakthroughs in CI research.” | ||||||||
| 125346 | 101194586 | MarketHy | Market analysis of the hydrogen sector for anion exchange membrane electrolysis and fuel cells | 2024-12-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2024-11-06 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 50000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2024-BOOSTER-IBA-01 | The hydrogen market is growing exponentially with the increasing needs to displace fossil fuels from the energy, transport and manufacturing sectors. With the demanding targets set by the EU, innovative technologies for hydrogen production and use need to be accelerated. Anion exchange membrane systems offers a more economic alternative compared to the more established proton exchange membranes, by avoiding the use of perfluorinated substances, as well as working in environments that allow the utilisation of low or platinum group metal (PGM)-free electrocatalysts. In addition, saline electrolytes can serve as models for more stringent wastewater or seawater that can be used directly in electrolysers. However, further innovation is required on stable components operating under these conditions. The technical solutions to these problems are the main goals of the EIC funded projects ANEMEL and ENABLER, but a dedicated work looking at the exploitation was not considered in the individual projects. Therefore, this projects aims at developing a common strategy for innovation in the hydrogen market sector. Relevant research questions to answer are the understanding on the market size for anion exchange membrane water electrolysers and fuel cells, the value chain, the techno-economic analysis of different resources for the manufacturing of the devices, and the identification of the barriers to commercialisation. Overall, the expected outcome is a roadmap that serves as an initial exploitation strategy for the innovations developed as part of the ANEMEL and ENABLER projects. | ||||||||
| 125430 | 101061007 | NPHyCo | Nuclear Powered Hydrogen Cogenenaration, NPHyCo | 2022-09-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2022-06-07 | Horizon_newest | 2670193.75 | 1999922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EURATOM2027 | HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-11 | The objective of this proposal is to investigate the feasibility and viability for existing Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) to generate large amounts of hydrogen for supporting the decarbonisation goals of the EU- as the EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050. Moreover, this feasibility study aims to prepare the realization of nuclear hydrogen generation projects in the short term (2025). Thereby, three major fields will be investigated:1)Investigation of the technical, economic and operational feasibility2)Development of configuration for a pilot project3)Selection of pilot plant site(s) for implementation phase (2025)The superior goal of the NPHyCo project is to prepare a definite nuclear powered hydrogen cogeneration project with a short implementation horizon. This will be achieved by a comprehensive assessment of the technical feasibility and the commercial reasonability. The investigations will be focused on existing H2 generation technologies and existing and willing NPP to be able to implement a NPHyCo project within a 3-year time period after completion of this project.The NPHyCo project aims to gain knowledge concerning the coupling of NPP plants and newly built H2 plants. The project will propose an optimal degree of integration, to maximise mutual benefits, based on mutual integrity of both plants.The results will be summarized in practical decision matrixes, guidelines, and checklists. These results can be used by NPP operators, H2 generation EPCs and all other stakeholders, such as investors, safety authorities, notified bodies and H2 consumers for their decision-making processes. | ||||||||
| 125598 | 101186946 | CESAR | Centre of Excellence for Safety Research | 2025-02-01 | 2030-01-31 | 2024-09-19 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2499875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.4.1 | HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01-01 | The use of hydrogen and other alternative energy sources as a clean and sustainable source have been gaining momentum worldwide due to their potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. To map, analyze and understand the safety risks of the widespread deployment of hydrogen and other alternative energy technologies, a new multidisciplinary research group has been established at the Faculty of Safety Engineering (FSE), VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) to reflect the requirements and needs of industry, public authorities, and other stakeholders, to help them establish a safe environment, promote public acceptance of these technologies, and build a critical mass of knowledge for their further development. SafeEnergy project will use scientific potential in the field of hydrogen and alternative energy sources safety, and support FSE in international networking, projects, and other initiatives on an international level. This will be achieved through the leadership of the ERA Chair holder experienced researcher and manager Prof. Salzano from the University of Bologna, creation of a pocket of excellence Centre for Research on the Safety of Alternative Energy Sources and through building capacity in the field of research management and administration at the Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. Scientific collaboration will be established and developed through networking activities and joint research with industrial partners and international partners from Europe and worldwide to increase excellence in energy safety with a focus on hydrogen cities and valleys. The project will especially support young scientists – postdocs and PhD students. To step up and stimulate scientific excellence and innovation capacity in hydrogen and alternative energy infrastructure safety, the project proposes a comprehensive set of activities. | ||||||||
| 125612 | 101130811 | P2XSACat | Single-atom decorated 2D catalysts for power-to-X conversion and sustainable future | 2023-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2023-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 166278.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.4.1 | HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04-01 | High efficient Power-to-X technologies such as hydrogen production by water splitting, the electrocatalytic reduction reaction of carbon dioxide to fuels, and nitrogen reduction to ammonia are the cornerstones for building sustainable future energy and economy. P2X technologies are a direct tool for achieving carbon neutrality and reducing the negative effects of anthropogenic climate change, as well as, dramatically reducing the role of fossil fuels in energy and industry, making it impossible to use the fossil fuels supply as an instrument of political pressure. The Proposed project is aimed at the development and complex study of the electro- and photo-electro active materials based on single-atom-modified 2D flakes of MXenes and MBenes, aimed at significant improvement of the energy efficiency of Power-to-X technologies. Optimization of the composition and structure of catalytic sites, including the simultaneous decoration of material by two or several atoms of different elements, controlled by electrochemical atomic-force spectroscopy will be used for the preparation of efficient catalytic materials with outstanding properties. Novel methods of decorating 2D materials by laser and microwave exposure, as well as, general patterns of controlling the catalytic MXenes and MBenes activity by SA (SA ensemble) structure will be also developed. | ||||||||
| 125665 | 101090270 | 2DTMCH2 | Development of two-dimensional transition metal compound based efficient electrocatalyst for green H2 production | 2023-02-01 | 2025-01-31 | 2022-06-07 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 166278.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.4.1 | HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-02-01 | The rapid progress in intermittent solar, wind technologies has created an urgent need to develop parallel technologies of storing energy in forms that are suitable for on-site applications as well as long distance transmission. The present method of storing the surplus energy in batteries is not a viable solution in the long run, owing to the limited reserves and toxicity of battery materials. In such a scenario, storing the obtained energy in the form of H2 fuel is a fairly attractive strategy. Alkaline water electrolyzer (AWE) have been a key technology for large-scale hydrogen production and are capable of generating energy in MW range. Alkaline water electrolyzer (AWE) still requires technological make-over to reach the desired efficiency of about 90 % from the current 70 %. On the other hand, counterpart technology of proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzer is highly efficient, but its investment cost and low lifetime limits commercialization. The investment cost of AWE today is around 1000-1200 $/kW, and PEM is 1700-2500 $/kW. In addition, the lifetime of AWE is higher and the annual maintenance costs are lower compared to PEM. Although AWE has an economic advantage over PEM, integrating AWE with an intermittent energy source of solar and wind power requires a major advancement in the design to be used in dynamic operating conditions. The key objective of this research is to develop a multipurpose low-cost water electrolyzer for H2 production by electrolysis of alkaline-water with special focus on seawater (alkaline) water to store intermittent energy sources (solar and wind) in form of clean fuel. Unfortunately, there are no commercial electrolyzer that run on seawater, owing to the associated research and technical challenges of high activity, OER selectivity, stability, and low cost. The present project aims to develop AWE stacks for H2 production employing efficient, cost-effective two-dimensional transition metal compounds (2D-TMC). | ||||||||
| 125799 | 101159567 | TETHYS | TWINNING FOR EXCELLENCE IN FLOATING WIND TURBINE AND HYDROGEN SYSTEMS | 2024-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2024-05-13 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 1499997.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.4.1 | HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-02 | “The TETHYS project, “”Twinning for Excellence in Floating Wind Turbines and Hydrogen Systems,”” is a collaborative effort involving the University of Cyprus (UCY), advanced partners from Italy and Denmark, and a Greek start-up. This initiative aims to strengthen UCY’s research and innovation capabilities in offshore floating wind (FOW) and green hydrogen (H2) systems, aligning with the European Green Deal and Cyprus’ energy objectives.TETHYS addresses existing gaps in Cyprus’ research landscape, such as industry engagement, fundraising, and talent retention. It does so by transferring knowledge and skills, and by establishing connections between established and emerging experts in related fields and sectors. Building mostly on early career researchers, the project’s primary objective is to create a sustainable framework for internationalization and research excellence in FOW-H2 systems, enhancing UCY’s capabilities and global appeal in renewable energy and green technologies.The potential of FOW-H2 systems is highlighted, as they offer advantages in terms of green hydrogen production and offshore wind farms, particularly in deep-sea installations like those envisioned in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite UCY’s competitive research environment, there are still challenges to overcome.The collaborative nature of TETHYS extends benefits to international partners. For instance, UNIFI gains insights into offshore wave-structure research and hydrogen system requirements, NEEST refines its technology for sea applications coupled with offshore wind turbines, and Aarhus enhances its forecasting approaches and cost assessment models for FOW-H2 systems. Furthermore, the project exposes partners to strategic potential in FOW-H2 systems.Overall, TETHYS forms a consortium across European countries with offshore wind potential and diverse energy markets, fostering the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and practices. It creates a robust network centred around the new TETHYS uni” | ||||||||
| 125972 | 101136692 | H2START | Green Innovations in Hydrogen for Sustainable Energy Transition | 2025-01-01 | 2030-12-31 | 2024-11-04 | Horizon_newest | 14999170 | 14999170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.4.1 | HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage | The H2START project aims to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Stara Zagora to spearhead the advancement of innovative technologies for renewable hydrogen production and uptake. As an essential component of the transition towards a low-carbon and energy-secure economy, renewable hydrogen holds tremendous promise for Bulgaria, particularly in regions like Stara Zagora, historically developed as the energy production “heart” of the region, economically developed and well connected to infrastructure and trans-European roads.The CoE, situated in the heart of Stara Zagora, is strategically positioned to lead the change in replacing coal mining with renewable energy and green hydrogen production, deployments and export. Recognised as a Hydrogen Valley by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership (ZAHYR HV), the region’s successful transformation hinges on excellence (R&I activities, attracting talents and gaining recognition and international collaboration). Led by TrU and supported by BGH2A, the CoE aims to drive R&I initiatives, which will bring institutional change to the higher education sector in the whole system opening up to reforms linked to creating highly skilled employment opportunities, and positioning Bulgaria as an attractive hub for scientific and technological advancement. Collaboration with esteemed partners such as POLITO and CNR alongside the guidance of international recognized leaders, will ensure robust governance, management, and administration systems.The CoE will revolutionize Bulgaria’s research ecosystem, offering modern infrastructure and services to attract, nurture, and retain research talent while fostering collaboration with industry for enhanced innovation and technology transfer. As Bulgaria’s research infrastructure outside of the capital Sofia, the CoE in Stara Zagora will serve as a beacon for bringing R&I in regions, positioning the nation at the forefront of clean energy transition technologies based on renewable hydrogen production. | ||||||||
| 126000 | 101141234 | A-STEAM | Aluminum STEAM combustion for clean energy | 2024-10-01 | 2029-09-30 | 2024-06-19 | Horizon_newest | 2498481 | 2498481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-ADG | Metal fuels are emerging as a zero-carbon, high-energy density replacement for fossil fuels due to their availability and recyclability using renewable energy. Aluminum (Al) powder has been investigated mostly in air/O2 as an additive in solid rocket engines. Recently, Al continuous pressurized combustion in steam has attracted considerable interest for on-demand co-production of high-temperature heat and H2. Combustion in pressurized steam lowers flame temperatures and minimizes emissions of undesirable and hard-to-collect Al2O3 nanoparticles. Quantitative understanding of the dynamics of multi-phase and multi-scale Al-steam flames, driven by microscopic transport processes, phase changes, as well as homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions at the particle level, is largely lacking. A-STEAM will unravel the fundamental properties of pressurized Al-steam flames for the entire scientific chain, from single particles to turbulent flames with millions of particles, through a well-orchestrated combination of high-fidelity simulations, advanced modeling, and tailored experiments. We will combine and develop our unique computational capabilities in fully resolved direct numerical simulations (FR-DNS) at the particle level, novel particle-in-cell (PIC) models considering particle-attached/particle-detached flames and Al2O3 nanoparticle formation, carrier-phase DNS (CP-DNS), and large eddy simulations (LES) of turbulent confined flames. The unique combination of numerical studies and tailored experiments will lead to a substantial breakthrough in knowledge by quantifying physicochemical processes in Al-steam combustion, bridging the gap between single particles and turbulent flames. Our numerical-experimental database of reference Al-steam flames, together with science-based best practice guidelines for future Al burners, will also empower the broader metal fuel research community and guide future system design and implementation of this carbon-free technology. | ||||||||
| 126113 | 101199031 | MOPOWER | Modular metal-organic proton conductors for high-temperature water electrolyzers and fuel cells | 2025-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2025-04-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 200400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | The European Green Deal sets ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Achieving these goals requires innovative solutions, with renewable hydrogen emerging as a key strategy. As a clean and versatile energy carrier, renewable hydrogen offers a promising pathway to decarbonize sectors such as transportation, industry, and energy storage, making it ideal for meeting the Green Deal’s climate objectives. However, the production of renewable hydrogen is currently limited by the efficiency of electrolysis technologies, particularly those involving proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers. These systems, while effective, are constrained by low thermal stability and reduced efficiency at higher temperatures, which also hinders the broader adoption of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEVs). To address these challenges, the MOPOWER project aims to develop advanced metal-organic glasses (MOGs) as a new class of proton conductors. Using a bottom-up strategy, MOPOWER seeks to design MOGs tailored for intermediate-temperature electrolysis (150–250°C) and high-temperature PEM fuel cells (100–180°C). These materials offer superior proton conductivity, thermal stability, and exceptional processability, allowing them to be easily shaped into defect-free, high-performance membranes. This modularity and ease of fabrication are critical for scaling up production and integrating MOGs into practical PEM systems. Through this innovative approach, MOPOWER aims to overcome the current limitations of renewable hydrogen production, supporting the transition to a sustainable, climate-neutral future. The MOPOWER bridges the candidate’s strong background in conductive porous materials with the host group’s extensive experience in microfabrication, making it a feasible undertaking. | ||||||||
| 126446 | 101148880 | HyRes | Resilience quantification and enhancement of energy system operations with hydrogen integration | 2024-05-01 | 2026-04-30 | 2024-04-10 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 199694.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | Hydrogen has emerged as the primary energy source for European countries to pursue net zero. However, due to the lower heat value compared with natural gas, the integration of hydrogen can substantially reduce the flexibility of the energy system, rendering it more vulnerable to extreme operating conditions. With various prospective hydrogen integration pathways adopted by different countries, this project aims to answer two key questions: Will hydrogen integration make the energy system less resilient? And if so, how to mitigate these side effects? Hence, the project will be conducted in five essential steps: physical-informed extreme scenario identification, flexibility quantification, resilience mapping, resilience enhancement, and real-time validation. Multidisciplinary knowledge, including electrical, mechanical, environmental, and civil engineering, will work collaboratively to ensure comprehensive research outcomes. Various open science practices, dissemination activities, and training initiatives will be implemented to increase the impact and refine the scientific and transferable skills of the researcher. The expected results of this project will firstly address the resilience issues of hydrogen-integrated energy systems, contribute to a reliable energy transition in Europe, and solidify Europe’s leading position in the global hydrogen industry. | ||||||||
| 126628 | 101105312 | DELATOP | Deep Learning Augmented Topologically-Protected Photocatalysts | 2023-11-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2023-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 172750.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Sunlight, as a non-stop power source granted by nature, provides about ten thousand times more energy than humans consume globally. Therefore, its harvesting and conversion to storable energy, such as plants perform in photosynthesis, represents a long-held dream of humanity. With the rapid progress of photocatalysis, humankind now endeavors to split water molecules using sunlight, thus storing solar energy into clean and recyclable hydrogen gas. To date, the efficiency of this conversion is up to 20% but with insufficient stability. In this context, DELATOP represents an effective solution to boost solar-to-hydrogen (StH) efficiency while significantly improving conversion robustness.Recently, cavity chemistry has arisen as a novel path to control chemical reaction rates in the context of light-matter interactions. Concurrently, photonic devices with topologically protected resonances have demonstrated superior defect tolerance and life-cycle durability. In this regard, DELATOP aims to design novel photocatalytic heterojunctions endowed with exceptional photon harvesting and carrier generation rate. Furthermore, using artificial intelligence (AI) for reverse engineering design, the R&D cycles can be significantly reduced with proper optimizations. As a result, the first AI-designed topo-photocatalysts will be delivered, conjugating high-imperfection tolerance and a super-extended lifetime of photo-carriers (~100 times), i.e., smart management of photons and carriers for the next-generation of green energy technologies.The project identifies three objectives to reach the final goal: I) Conceive and design novel photonic solutions based on topologically-protected resonances to be applied in the photocatalytic context; II) Deliver the first AI-designed topo-photocatalyst through injecting deep learning neurons into the previous design; III) Fabrication and characterization of topologically protected photocatalytic devices with enhanced StH conversion efficiency. | ||||||||
| 126858 | 101201281 | OCHRE | Optimisation and Control strategy of Hydrogen Recirculation in PEMFC systems considering phase changes (OCHRE) | 2025-07-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2025-04-25 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 276187.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | This MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship will bring the excellent young researcher, currently a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University, to promote the synergy between water vapour condensation and hydrogen recirculation to improve proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) performance. The outcome of the project will contribute to the improvement of hydrogen recirculation efficiency, thus achieving higher fuel cell power in PEMFC systems. The researcher will integrate numerical simulation and experimental visualisation approaches to study the interaction between water vapour condensation and hydrogen recirculation and develop a multi-objective collaborative optimisation strategy for hydrogen utilisation in PEMFC systems. The project has been carefully designed to match the researcher’s expertise in transonic mixing flow and performance improvement of ejectors, the expertise of the host institute, University of Reading in numerical modelling and thermodynamics, and the expertise of the secondment institute, University of Kent in experimental studies in fuel cells. In addition to the scientific goals, the researcher will contribute her expertise in transonic mixing flow and will provide important training to EU researchers, industrial contacts and undergraduates by hosting a series of seminars, lecturing in industrial and public dissemination events, giving fluid mechanics courses, and participating in outreach activities.By involving research topics from different fields and collaborations with academic partners, this is a truly interdisciplinary project. The research activities and training in the project will develop the researcher’s expertise in numerical modelling and collaborative optimisation, significantly strengthening her career perspectives to find a tenure-track position in the EU. The proposed project will provide new knowledge and technology for hydrogen recirculation in PEMFC and contribute to the sustainable development of European society. | ||||||||
| 126873 | 101205310 | M4IEMA | Development of Environmental and Socio-economic Methodology for Island Economy Energy Metabolism. Construction Scenarios for Resilient Hydrogen Economy for Cuba | 2025-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2025-03-24 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 242116.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Islands are hotspots of biocultural diversity. The SIDS Lighthouses Initiative provides a global framework for energy transition on islands and the Smart Islands Initiative was developed by the European Union to encourage innovative island solutions that support sustainable economic growth. This challenge has been underlined in various IPCC and UN reports because island economies are vulnerable to global climate changes. The research project is highly relevant and actual. Worldwide, more than 700 million people live on islands which are frequently considered ideal environments for the transition to 100% renewable energy systems. Furthermore, island economies need to be energy resilient for instance, to invest in energy diversity, infrastructure, research and development, and governance. A foresight methodological framework development to integrate the political, economic, socio, technical, environmental, cultural and managerial systems (PESTECM) is a critical phase to go beyond island energy metabolism and foster the development of synergetic resilience. This project aims to create a methodology for islands synergetic resilience assessment considering the synergies and trade-offs between different energy resource-use patterns and sectoral development paths. In addition, this project will implement the novel validated and developed methods in previous research projects by the research team, and evaluate the potential dynamizer role of hydrogen in island developing countries from PESTECM approach and its fostering impact. Last but not least, it will be constructing synergetic resilience scenarios for future development paths for Cuba, as a study case, in the interlinked PESTECM approach for the multisectoral planning to achieve sustainable island metabolism. | ||||||||
| 127083 | 101155568 | SHSBALMBNA | Sustainable Hydrogen Storage by Advanced Layered Magnesium-based Nanostructured Alloys | 2024-07-01 | 2026-06-30 | 2024-05-03 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 189687.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | The generation of advanced alloys with extraordinary sustainable, functional performance is a game changer for commercializing advanced manufacturing technologies and is a key issue for the 4th industrial revolution, considering the environmental issues to reduce CO2 emission, as well. To this end, thermally stable, high-performance bulk nanostructured (nano-layered) nanocomposites containing stable interfaces are highly desirable for hydrogen storage. Within the proposed project, the newly developed accumulative fold-forging (AFF) method shall be applied to enhance the hydrogen storage response of a Mg/Nb alloy based on extreme grain refinement down to the nano-scale and the synthesis of a nano-layered structure. This novel alloy design will assess this synergy between advanced manufacturing by a novel severe plastic deformation (SPD) approach and metal physics as an interdisciplinary topic. First, the advanced layered system will be designed by AFF for nano-grains formation and forced alloying between Mg and Nb. Then, the manufactured new materials shall be characterized in terms of structural features, mechanical properties, and functional behaviour. Third, atomic-scale structural modelling will proceed to simulate sustainable hydrogen storage performance. These experiments may give novel insights into tailoring the pathways toward sustainable microstructural design for optimizing the composition and structure of advanced Mg/Nb nanostructured alloys with extraordinary storage capacity and cyclic stability. Coming from the world-foremost centers on advanced manufacturing and alloy design, I will bring new scientific and technological knowledge to the host university and institute. Meanwhile, practical training at one of Germany’s best universities and research institutes, progressing the current state-of-the-art by developing metal physics of advanced nanostructured alloys and high-quality publications, can prepare me for a professorship position in the EU or NA. | ||||||||
| 127121 | 101209110 | SUNKID | Single jUNction perovsKIte solar cell powereD hydrogen production | 2025-08-01 | 2027-07-31 | 2025-04-22 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 209914.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Growing technological and societal advances have accelerated the energy requirements. To meet energy demands, reliance on fossil fuels has led to catastrophic changes in the environment and global climate due to carbon emissions. Renewable energy sources offer excellent ways to meet energy demands in addition to reducing carbon emissions. Although solar energy is most abundant on Earth, its variability across locations and times makes it unreliable for consistent energy supply. Thus, efficient energy storage technologies are also essential for a sustainable future. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a highly efficient technology for converting solar energy into electricity owing to their remarkable properties, while hydrogen (H2) is gaining recognition as the ultimate source of green fuel. A photovoltaic-electrochemical (PV-EC) arrangement offers an excellent solution for sustainable solar energy conversion and storage. However, previously reported PV-EC systems employ two or more PV devices or solar cells connected in series to afford enough voltage (1.7 V) for H2 production. This proposal aims to ingeniously design a compact PV-EC device, using a single-junction PSC providing sufficient voltage and employing this to an EC cell for H2 production. The main objectives are: 1) To fabricate PSC using carefully selected perovskite materials with optimally wide bandgap and apply passivation strategies to achieve a high voltage of >1.5 V at maximum power point (MPP). 2) To further enhance the voltage up to a remarkable value of ~1.7 V at MPP, specifically designed photonic nanostructures will be incorporated into the PSCs for reducing the Boltzmann loss (mismatch in incident and emitted lights). 3) To assemble a PV-EC compact device utilizing the developed PSC for H2 production through water splitting. This research will motivate the incorporation of nanophotonic structures in other PV technologies and facilitate high voltages for energy storage applications. | ||||||||
| 127168 | 101106923 | H2PipelineInspect | Ultrasonic Guided Wave-Based NDT of Hydrogen-Loaded Pipelines | 2023-11-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2023-03-30 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 173847.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Hydrogen is seen as secure, clean and inexpensive energy of the future. To this aim, the European union has laid out strategies for large-scale production and deployment of hydrogen in the future. This translates to the most economical way of transmission of hydrogen through existing natural gas pipelines. However, one of the serious issues that can present a setback to this ambitious project is the failure of pipelines due to defects. One such less-addressed/hard-to-detect failure mechanism called Hydrogen Induced Cracks (HICs) is considered for the proposed work. In order to detect HICs in hydrogen-loaded gas transmission pipelines, an ultrasonic guided wave (UGW) based NDT technique will be developed. Towards this, a torsional guided wave mode will be optimized for its frequency from the perspective of defects (HICs) in pipe segments using the Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method (SBFEM) simulation tool available at BAM. An array of shear mode piezo-crystals for the optimized frequency will be used in the generation of the torsional mode. Towards UGW based testing, pipe segments with actual HICs will be prepared at hydrogen test rig at BAM under the guidance of BAM’s material scientists. Additionally, pipe segments with artificial notches simulating HICs will also be prepared. Further, Laser-based measurements will be carried out to map the wave fields around the crack to understand the physics of wave-defect interaction. Further, the effect of operational conditions of a pipeline such as pressure and temperature on torsional mode will be studied using both experiments and simulation. Overall, the project will involve both simulation and experiments to gain deeper understanding of the problem. Emphasis is also given on the validation of simulation results for the smooth progress of the project. Furthermore, ultrasonic phased array testing will also be carried out to successfully validate the UGW measurements pertaining to defects and to localize and size them. | ||||||||
| 127215 | 101130009 | HYWAY | Hydrogen Production from Waste | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-10-23 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 368000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01-01 | HyWay aims to synthesise hydrogen rich syngas from low cost carbon source, and eliminate the environmental issues from conventional waste management (e.g., landfill or incineration). HyWay advances the state-of-the-art in carbonaceous waste management especially plastic waste, waste tires, waste biomass and crude glycerol for hydrogen production. The overall aim of the HyWay is to establish long-term consolidated research collaborations between the participating institutions with complementary expertise and knowledge to design and develop carbon-neutral, scalable, and socially acceptable pathways to sort and convert waste to hydrogen-rich syngas as part of next generation sustainable fuels. Through secondments, workshops, training, webinar series, and industry-focused events, HyWay produces multiple avenues for career development, cross-sectoral experiences, and academic training in a multi-cultural and interdisciplinary environment. Research results are translated into training materials, including formal academic and industry courses on waste sorting, chemical recycling technologies, process modelling, machine learning, techno-economic analysis and life cycle analysis for postgraduate students, early-stage and experienced researchers and industry; training tutorials for industrial and technical staffs; and creating the basis for developing academic textbooks for the wider research community and possibly in undergraduate module delivery. There is also a focus on transferable skills, with dedicated training activities specially designed to facilitate personal development, technological and communication skills. HyWay delivers through the effective collaboration of 7 member state/associate country universities and companies, and eight third country universities and companies from China, Japan and Australia. | ||||||||
| 127264 | 101150688 | VITAL | Cost-effectiVe materIals for susTainAble eLectrolyzers | 2024-04-01 | 2026-03-31 | 2024-03-12 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 181152.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | Electrolysis technologies are pivotal in accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Among them, proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, currently stand at an installed capacity of 0.92 GW and continue to grow, in view of their desirable performance traits such as high operating currents and fast response. However, their reliance on perfluorinated materials such as Poly(Trifluoroethenesulfonyl Fluoride) (C2F4O2S)n for core parts (membrane and catalyst binder), and critical raw materials (iridium and platinum for catalysts), raises environmental concerns due to the recycling challenges of forever chemicals –the EU weighs a complete ban for forever chemicals such as Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), and cost. The reliance on noble metal catalysts, especially iridium, does not contribute to high capital costs, but poses scalability concerns due to the extremely limited availability of iridium. Overall, these hinder the sustainability prospects of PEM technologies at scale, and their widespread commercialization. These underscore the pressing need for innovative strategies to realize sustainable and efficient electrolyzers.VITAL (Cost-effectiVe materIals for susTainAble eLectrolyzers) addresses these challenges through the development of novel, fluorine-free membranes, integrated with cost-effective, non-critical raw materials. VITAL aims to demonstrate electrolyzer systems for H2 generation which combine sustainable scalability and performance. VITAL innovation relies on the development of fluorine-free membrane electrode assemblies, implemented through a recyclable olefin polymer membrane paired with in situ grown catalysts; free of platinum group metals (PGMs), and designed to achieve competitive performance for H2 electrosynthesis. This project addresses the need for scalable and sustainable electrolysis, vital in the shift towards renewable energy sources, and reducing fossil fuel dependency. | ||||||||
| 127358 | 101178210 | E-ECO Downstream | Development of heating technologies for the Efficient renewable Energy COnsumption of CO2-neutral DOWNSTREAM-processes | 2025-01-01 | 2028-06-30 | 2024-09-11 | Horizon_newest | 4940583.76 | 4940583.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-46 | The aim of E-ECO Downstream is to enable a clean steel production by developing advanced and breakthrough technologies for the steel making downstream processes. This will decisively support the EU in achieving its goal towards climate neutrality by 2050.E-ECO Downstream focuses on the efficient utilization of hydrogen, biogas, and electricity to substitute carbon-based fuels and drastically lower the carbon footprint of the steel production. Energy efficiency is pursued to enable sustainable utilization of volatile green energy. Currently installed burners of reheating furnaces will be enabled to utilize green H2 by integration of newly designed and 3D-printed burner components instead of replacing entire burner systems. To increase fuel flexibility hybrid heating concepts (H2 and electricity) will be investigated in a pilot walking beam furnace. Since the mentioned solutions will change the waste heat streams and their heat recovery in future downstream processes must be reevaluated. This will be done by analysing the partners processes and plants, development and testing of waste heat recovery concepts and recuperators regarding their suitability to new fuels and their off gases, while considering their impact on materials/product. Energy efficiency potentials of downstream processes will be evaluated by case studies for the application of hot charge from casting to hot rolling by covering of the slabs with passive and active panels.The elaborated solutions will be assessed by techno-eco-environmental analysis to evaluate their applicability and to increase their acceptance in the steel community.The E-ECO Downstream consortium has a deep and shared knowledge of iron and steel making, downstream processes and heating technology, materials engineering, numerical simulation, experimental investigations, economy, and life cycle analysis. | ||||||||
| 127364 | 101137974 | WAVETAILOR | Modular laser sources for sustainable production of short personalized production series | 2024-01-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2023-12-12 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 4090265.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02 | WAVETAILOR focuses two industrial scenarios which are related to the complex multi-material component and assembly. The first one is Directed Energy Deposition of a multimaterial leading edge for a hypersonic hydrogen-driven airplane, while the second relates to the Powder Bed Fusion of complex multi-material assembly of a drone for urban delivery. The challenges in both cases are related with zero-defect manufacturing, sustainability and first-time-right manufacturing. WAVETAILOR aims to solve the high-precision in complex material structure manufacturing, the disassembly, reuse and recycling of components, while reducing the environmental footprint of both manufacturing process and the components itself. To achieve this, three main pillars are developed in the project: 1) flexible energy efficient photonic setup based on modular diode-based laser source and multi-wavelength optics; 2) full reconfigurability of this setup, to use minimal energy and material resources in manufacturing of two use cases and 3) ZDM and ZDW strategies at assembly level controlling the compliability of complex multimaterial products at machine level, shop floor level and delocalized manufacturing chain level. The latter pillar will be based on digital sibling (shop floor level) and twin (cloud level) for automatic assessment of component/assembly design for circularity; first-time right process planning using synthetic legacy data and ZDM/ZDW based on real time process and post-process monitoring.When the WAVETAILOR objectives are achieved, the manufacturing process of the two use cases will have spent 200MWh of energy less, 923kg of waste less, while the production costs are going to be 50-65% lower. In order to prove this a dedicated sustainability study is provided along the project. | ||||||||
| 127393 | 101058643 | HySTrAm | Hydrogen Storage and TRansport using Ammonia | 2022-06-01 | 2025-11-30 | 2022-05-16 | Horizon_newest | 5707538.27 | 5707393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17 | Hydrogen is an important factor in the EU quest to drastically reduce GHG emissions and curb its use of fossil fuels. The storage and transport of hydrogen, however, faces important challenges which hinder its broad application as an alternative and zero emission fuel. Storage of hydrogen as a gas typically requires high-pressure tanks (up to 700 bar tank pressure); storage of hydrogen as a liquid requires cryogenic temperatures because the boiling point of hydrogen at one atmosphere pressure is -253C. Therefore, for several applications, ammonia rises as a rather prominent vector if it can be produced efficiently. The production is traditionally bound by the constraints of thermodynamics, which require high synthesis pressures, as well as temperatures. Thus, NH3 is produced centralised/large-scaled. HySTrAm builds on developing physical H2 storage materials, enabling short term storage (buffering renewables dynamics), as well as the 3 structural corner stones of flexible low pressure NH3: decreased Ru content catalysts, high temperature NH3 sorbents and induction-heated support granting (optimal) responsiveness. The project will demonstrate a compact containerised ammonia synthesis system which is based on two main consecutive stages:1) A short-term storage hydrogen vessel which will serve as a buffer to store and transport the hydrogen produced by electrolysis. Within the hydrogen vessel, new ultraporous material will be identified and optimised through machine learning technology 2) An ammonia synthesis reactor based on an improved the Haber-Bosch process where the stored hydrogen will react with nitrogen to form ammonia using the novel catalysts and sorbents developed in HySTrAm. | ||||||||
| 127396 | 101138813 | AgiFlex | Agent-based models minimizing carbon usage in flexible and efficient future integrated steelworks | 2023-12-01 | 2028-11-30 | 2023-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 5203182.5 | 4691795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-43 | To curtail CO2 emissions, many changes of steel production chains are needed. Investments have to be planned while future framework conditions are unknown. The increasing replacement of fossil sources with intermittent renewable energy (in particular H2) will increase fluctuations in energy availability and prices. Injecting H2-rich gases in the BF and replacing a BF with DR-EAF significantly affect the site-wide gas supply. Process integration will need re-optimisation, in particular with respect to gas and energy flows. Current ICT tools are not able to address these new tasks due to lack of flexibility and optimisation capability. These challenges are addressed in AgiFlex, which exploits a highly innovative multi-agent approach for production and energy management on a completely new level. This tool monitors and controls processes, conditions and resources and optimises process integration and gas and energy flows along the complete steel production chain. AgiFlex develops digital twins for existing and new production steps and couples them into a framework for holistic optimization. The new system is demonstrated as “digital AgiFlex plant“ at two industrial sites in TRL 7 and is thoroughly verified with existing data and tools. By this, it will immediately decrease the carbon footprints. Scenarios for future framework conditions (e.g., availability and costs of renewable energies, future plant states) are studied with the new ICT tool and different options for injection, utilisation, recycling or export of gases are assessed considering process needs, safety issues and economic aspects. Decarbonisation strategies with optimised process integration are derived for different steps of plant transition to low carbon technologies. This includes also possible control measures for demand-side response. The easy and flexible transfer of the modular tool to other plants will be proven, supported by intensive communication and dissemination actions. | ||||||||
| 127404 | 101092697 | BROMEDIR | Broadband MEMS-based InfraRed spectrometers: The core of a multipurpose spectral sensing photonic platform | 2023-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | 2022-11-17 | Horizon_newest | 4999821.25 | 4999821.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | “There is a continuously increasing need for miniaturised sensors providing simultaneous access to multiple chemical and biochemical parameters sensing. Optical spectroscopy is the golden standard for the identification and quantitative measurement of several chemicals simultaneously, using a single device: a spectrometer. Challenge #1: Conventional FTIR spectrometers are bulky benchtop instruments. Regarding PTS for gas sensing, the proof-of-concept has only recently been validated at macroscopy scale. Considering field deployment of such spectrometers, the main challenges are related to the production cost, ruggedness & size of the instrument.Challenge #2: A key advantage of FTIR absorption spectroscopy is its broad spectral range in the MIR range, where fundamental molecular vibrational tones have large absorption cross section. However, while conventional benchtop FTIR spectrometers can operate up to 25000 nm or more, it is still a big challenge when considering miniature spectrometers to reach a wide spectral range coupled with high sensitivity. SIWARE recently developed an ultra-compact, MEMS-based, FTIR spectrometer. The commercial product, NeoSpectra, is operating in the Near-Infrared range up to 2500 nm.BROMEDIR will address the aforementioned challenges and make an important step towards meeting the related need, using Neospectra as a Spectroscopy Development Platform, targeting though the development of a radically new spectrometer with multiple extensions of its capabilities beyond the SotA. In parallel, a novel, miniaturised PTS spectrometer will be developed, taking advantage of the same silicon-MEMS technology platform that has been used for the development of the PIC used in Neospectra’s FTIR chip. In BROMEDIR, this new generation of miniature spectrometers will be used to develop sensing platforms, to be demonstrated in 3 application domains: a) sustainable farming, b) hydrogen supply chain quality monitoring and c) fuel quality control” | ||||||||
| 127405 | 101138742 | Dust2Value | Pioneering Sustainable Recovery in Steelmaking: Hydrogen-Based Technology for Byproduct Management | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-07 | Horizon_newest | 4602250 | 4602250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-45 | The Dust2Value project aims to transform the steelmaking residue recycling process by introducing an innovative hydrogen reduction technology that efficiently recovers valuable metals, such as zinc and iron, from steelmaking residue streams. This environmentally-friendly technology supports the circular economy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and contributes to a sustainable future for the steel industry.The Dust2value process utilizes green hydrogen to reduce zinc oxide and iron oxide present in the residue, converting them into gaseous zinc that evaporates, re-oxidizes with water vapor to fine-dispersed ZnO particles which leave the furnace via the off-gas system and are recovered in bag house filters. Additionally, a secondary DRI is produced. The novel design of the Dust2Value process recovers heat and hydrogen generated during the re-oxidation of gaseous zinc to fine-dispersed ZnO particles, optimizing its energy efficiency. The project will design, construct and optimize a prototype rotary kiln that enables optimized heat transfer and gas-solid interactions, ensuring effective metal recovery.A key aspect of the Dust2Value project is the integration of digitalization and machine learning techniques for process modelling and optimization. The project will leverage machine learning algorithms trained on kinetic data from thermogravimetry to create an accurate and comprehensive process model. This model will be used for the dimensioning of the prototype and will be further developed into a digital twin, providing a real-time representation of the physical process. The digital twin will enable continuous monitoring, analysis, and optimization of the process, ensuring optimal performance, and facilitating the rapid implementation of improvements. This advanced approach to process modelling will significantly enhance the Dust2Value process optimisation, driving innovation in the field of steelmaking residue recycling. | ||||||||
| 127514 | 101183082 | PacemCAT | Photoanodes advanced by cost-effective catalysts to secure future Solar Hydrogen | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-08-01 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 1200600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01 | In the realm of renewable energy, the generation of hydrogen via photo- and electrochemical water splitting has emerged as a focal point for energy storage and emissions reduction. However, achieving the desired efficiency remains a formidable challenge, primarily due to constraints in the performance of the anodic reaction involving the endergonic oxidation of water and the subsequent release of oxygen. Despite recent strides, current catalysts are either prohibitively expensive, or suffer from inadequate stability and durability. To address this pressing issue, an interdisciplinary and intersectoral Consortium comprised of seven academic and two industrial teams endeavors to pioneer a breakthrough solution.Our goal is to develop novel materials with enhanced catalytic activity in electrochemical and photochemical water oxidation reactions, coupled with stability under operational conditions. These materials will be rooted in polychelate, macrocyclic, and clathrochelate complexes of 3d-elements. The project will pursue systematic synthetic strategies to obtain the desired water oxidation catalysts, followed by comprehensive characterization employing various analytical, structural, and physico-chemical methods.By elucidating the factors influencing the catalytic efficiency of water oxidation catalysts, the Consortium aims to facilitate the rational design of novel photo- and electrocatalytic systems for hydrogen and oxygen production from water. Furthermore, pathways for leveraging these new substances as highly effective homogeneous and immobilized molecular catalysts for photo- and electrochemical water splitting will be explored, fostering innovative technological solutions for energy conversion and environmental preservation. Through this staff exchange program, we anticipate promoting and enhancing the complementarity of the participating teams, fostering cross-fertilization, and cultivating a hub of synergy in research, innovation and technology. | ||||||||
| 127563 | 101204014 | FLAMINGO | Flashback and Thermoacoustic Instabilities in Hydrogen/Ammonia Flames | 2025-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2025-03-10 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 251578.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Carbon-free fuels, such as hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) can be produced from renewable energy, holding vast potential to develop carbon-free combustion technology and ensure a secure energy supply. Significant differences in the characteristics of the two fuels compared with traditional hydrocarbons present numerous challenges for their application, including issues that hinder the safe and flexible operation of power plants which use gas turbines. However, these challenges can be mitigated through fuel blending. The present proposal will focus on safety related issues, i.e., flashback (FB) and thermoacoustic instability, of aerodynamically stabilized H2/NH3 flames in a novel fully optically-accessible model trapped vortex stabilized combustor. The proposal will address three scientific questions: i) Can the important physical mechanisms underlying FB and thermoacoustic instability be better understood, and can quantitatively predictive FB models be developed? ii) Can the interaction between FB and thermoacoustic instability, which are important in gas turbines operating with hydrogen blends, be characterized, and predictive FB models extended to account additionally for the presence of inlet flow oscillations? iii) Can advanced diagnostics that enable time-resolved three-dimensional (3D+t) measurements be applied to closely confined flames in order to fully understand these inherently unsteady 3D processes? Multidisciplinary knowledge, including combustion science, acoustics, fluid dynamics, optical diagnostics, computational tomography, and signal processing will be employed to address these three questions. After addressing these, we will better understand how flashback occurs, aiding the development of H2/NH3 co-firing technology. Ultimately, this will allow us to develop the next generation of reliable and fuel flexible gas turbines, contributing to Europe’s leading position in the global energy transition. | ||||||||
| 127582 | 101210552 | OURLEM | Optimization of Gas Turbine Cooling Hole Ramp Configuration via Multi-Fidelity AI/ML Model | 2026-03-02 | 2028-03-01 | 2025-04-15 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 209483.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Gas turbines play several important roles in Europe, contributing to various sectors of the economy. According to the Polaris Market report, the global gas turbine market was valued at 22.25 billion USD in 2021 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.3% till 2030. At this huge global market size, since fossil fuels are burned in gas turbines, they release greenhouse gases, including CO2. Based on the 2030 EU Climate Target Plan, sets Europe on a responsible path to becoming climate neutral by 2050, greenhouse gas emissions should be cut by at least 55% by 2030. Hydrogen gas turbines offer several advantages over fossil fuels, making them an attractive option for clean and sustainable energy generation (zero emissions), helping to face climate change, and reducing air pollution. However, hydrogen burns at a higher temperature compared to other fuels, which poses challenges for turbine blade cooling and requires an efficient cooling technique to maintain blade integrity. Film cooling, by injecting cold air at discrete locations over the exposed surfaces through holes and slots, is one of the available technologies. Additive structures, such as ramps, near the exit of the cooling hole geometry can be used to improve the film-cooling effectiveness, thus increasing the gas turbine efficiency. The geometrical configuration of the upstream ramp can significantly affect the cooling effectiveness on the surface and the mixing between coolant and mainstream. Therefore, the ramp configuration should be carefully designed. In this project, this goal will be achieved through a multidisciplinary optimization approach, based on the combination of experiments and high-fidelity Large Eddy Simulations, making use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning approaches. The outcome of the project will be an optimization tool and an optimized ramp to be applied on the cooling hole and expected to result in better thermal efficiency in the gas turbines and lower fuel consumption. | ||||||||
| 127600 | 101210031 | CH2ARM | Characterizing H2 natural reservoirs At Rifted Margins | 2026-03-01 | 2028-02-29 | 2025-04-07 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 202125.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | The ongoing energy transition requires new technologies and ingenuity to provide timely solutions. One major discovery in this direction is the production of hydrogen through natural processes. Hydrogen is a promising source of green energy, but our understanding of its natural formation is currently superficial. In particular, we need to quantify the potential hydrogen fluxes that occur during the formation of continental rifted margins, which make up half of the world’s margins and extend hundreds of kilometres beneath the ocean. As these margins form, mantle rocks react with seawater to release hydrogen. However, accurately estimating this production is challenging due to the complexity of rifted margins, limited access to high-resolution data and difficulties in modelling the process.CH2ARM aims to estimate hydrogen fluxes resulting from serpentinization at two European continental rifted margins. The project leverages the applicant’s expertise in seismic data and numerical modelling to achieve two main objectives: first, to map the occurrence of serpentinised mantle using a novel joint inversion of high-resolution seismic data sets; and second, to quantify hydrogen production rates through numerical modelling of fluid infiltration processes. By advancing the understanding of large-scale natural hydrogen production associated with serpentinisation, CH2ARM will provide critical insights for the exploration and potential future exploitation of natural hydrogen reservoirs as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. | ||||||||
| 127878 | 101138228 | H2PlasmaRed | Hydrogen Plasma Reduction for Steelmaking and Circular Economy | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-04 | Horizon_newest | 6374937.5 | 5997965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-43 | The main objective of H2PlasmaRed is to develop hydrogen plasma smelting reduction (HPSR) technology for the reduction of iron ores and steelmaking sidestreams to meet the targets of the European Green Deal for reducing CO2 emissions and supporting the circular economy in the steel industry across Europe. Our ambition is to introduce a near CO2-free reduction process to support the goal of the Paris Agreement – a 90% reduction in the carbon intensity of steel production by 2050. To achieve this, H2PlasmaRed will develop HPSR from TRL5 to TRL7 by demonstrating the HPSR in a pilot-HPSR reactor (hundred-kilogram-scale) that is an integrated part of a steel plant, and in a pilot-scale DC electric arc furnace (5-ton scale) by retrofitting the existing furnace. The project’s end goal is to establish a way to upscale the process from pilot-scale into industrial practice. To support this goal, the novel sensors and models developed and implemented in the project are used for HPSR process optimization from a reduction, resource, and energy efficiency standpoint. | ||||||||
| 127936 | 101202622 | DEEPSEA | Development of High Entropy Alloys (HEAs)-based Electrocatalysts for Clean Hydrogen Production via Seawater Splitting | 2026-02-02 | 2028-02-01 | 2025-03-19 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 268568.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | The DEEPSEA project aims to harness the unique properties of High entropy alloys (HEAs) to address the critical challenge of efficient and sustainable hydrogen production through seawater splitting. HEAs, composed of five or more metal elements, exhibit exceptional mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, and stability. These characteristics make them promising candidates for advanced electrocatalysts. The DEEPSEA project focuses on predicting novel HEAs using density functional theory, evaluation of thermodynamic quantities and active sites responsible for water oxidation, and guiding practical synthesis. Structural and electrochemical characterization of newly synthesized HEAs will be carried out to confirm the phase formation and electrochemical activity. The primary objective of this project is to study the water-splitting activity of HEAs for green hydrogen production via seawater splitting. The key electrochemical performance metrics including overpotential, Tafel slopes, and long-term stability, will be evaluated to identify the most efficient compositions of HEAs. Various HEA compositions and structures will be optimized to enhance the bifunctional seawater-splitting activity. The project’s expected outcomes include the development of HEAs with lower overpotentials than commercial HER/OER catalysts at high current densities and excellent electrochemical stability. This research project will not only contribute to the advancement in clean hydrogen production technologies but also provide valuable insights into the design and optimization of advanced materials for energy applications. By addressing the pitfalls of clean hydrogen production, this project aligns with global efforts to move towards a carbon-emission-free future, offering a promising roadmap for the development of scalable, and efficient clean hydrogen production systems. | ||||||||
| 128283 | 101105047 | Pressuriz3D | 3D printing fabrication of tailored interfaces for pressurized Protonic Ceramic Electrolysis Cells | 2023-07-01 | 2025-06-30 | 2023-04-13 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 172750.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Pressuriz3D aims to advance in the field of pressurized protonic ceramic electrolysis cells (PCEC) with the utilization of advanced fabrication techniques such as masked-stereolithography (MSLA) and robocasting. Aiming to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels on a global scale, the design of systems for hydrogen production via steam electrolysis is fundamental to increase the reliability of renewable energy sources. PCECs are high-temperature electrolysers which use ceramic electrolytes characterized by high protonic conductivity. Compared with other HTEs (e.g., solid oxide electrolysis cells, SOEC), this type of conduction mechanism can significantly reduce the operating temperature of the device (e.g., from 700-900 °C to 300-650 °C respectively for SOEC and PCEC). Additionally, PCECs can produce directly pure hydrogen eliminating the purification process to remove steam necessary for SOECs.Fabrication of a PCEC via additive manufacturing (AM) techniques can significantly reduce production costs and the waste of material during processing, thus boosting sustainability and circularity aspects. complex-shaped electrolyte can be produced increasing the mechanical resistance with the joining materials to maintain the gas tightness of the system (i.e., glass-ceramic sealants). Patterned surfaces coupled with glass ceramic sealants will allow the utilization of pressurized gases, which are expected to significantly increase PCEC performances. Furthermore, geometry modification of the electrolyte membranes, thanks to the fabrication via MSLA printing, can further improve the performance and the hydrogen production rate. A high impact on the future career of the candidate is expected by complementing his current background with new skills in the field of hydrogen conversion, in particular, the design and processing of PCEC and the integration of glass-ceramic sealants for the fabrication of pressurized systems. | ||||||||
| 128338 | 101108465 | P2XSACat | Single-atom decorated 2D catalysts for power-to-X conversion and sustainable future | 2023-11-15 | 2025-08-14 | 2023-09-29 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 165976.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | High efficient Power-to-X technologies such as hydrogen production by water splitting, the electrocatalytic reduction reaction of carbon dioxide to fuels, and nitrogen reduction to ammonia are the cornerstones for building sustainable future energy and economy. P2X technologies are a direct tool for achieving carbon neutrality and reducing the negative effects of anthropogenic climate change, as well as, dramatically reducing the role of fossil fuels in energy and industry, making it impossible to use the fossil fuels supply as an instrument of political pressure. The Proposed project is aimed at the development and complex study of the electro- and photo-electro active materials based on single-atom-modified 2D flakes of MXenes and MBenes, aimed at significant improvement of the energy efficiency of Power-to-X technologies. Optimization of the composition and structure of catalytic sites, including the simultaneous decoration of material by two or several atoms of different elements, controlled by electrochemical atomic-force spectroscopy will be used for the preparation of efficient catalytic materials with outstanding properties. Novel methods of decorating 2D materials by laser and microwave exposure, as well as, general patterns of controlling the catalytic MXenes and MBenes activity by SA (SA ensemble) structure will be also developed. | ||||||||
| 128341 | 101062014 | carbodoH2 | Transition metal carbides decoration of 3D graphene nanostructures for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen production [CARBODOH2] | 2023-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2022-08-01 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 165312.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | The exhaustible nature of fossil fuels places our society in seek for alternative and renewable energy carriers. Hydrogen has attracted significant attention as it holds the highest specific energy density of any known fuel. In addition, it is a clean fuel that, whose consume produces only water, electricity, and heat. Water splitting through electrolysis is an environmentally responsible, carbon-free alternative technique for hydrogen generation. Water splitting takes place in an electrolytic cell (or electrolyzer). The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) occur at the cathode and the anode of the cell, producing gaseous hydrogen and oxygen molecules, respectively. Heterogeneous electrocatalysis is a process that can accelerate these electrochemical reactions on the surface of catalysts materials. For the production of H2, the design and development of efficient catalysts towards the HER is of fundamental importance. Up today, noble metals of the platinum group (e.g. Rh, Pt, Ru) are the most attractive electrocatalysts for HER. Nevertheless, the high cost and scarcity of these materials limit their potential applications. Earth-abundant transition metals (TM) based catalysts also show great potential for the HER. Especially transition metal carbides (TMC) are very promising materials for this application, thanks to their performance and availability. In order to increase H2 generation per electrode surface area, it is beneficial to engineer catalysts with high active surface area (offering an increased amount of active sites). The present project is prepared placing this necessity in its core and aims towards the design of novel nanostructured TMCs which can exhibit a very efficient activity towards the HER. To address this challenge, we propose a novel synthetic approach which promotes the preparation of nano-engineered TMCs films standing on graphene-based highly conductive templates that exhibit very high active surface area. | ||||||||
| 128370 | 101153928 | Waste4Bio | Waste4Bio: Advancing Food Waste Utilization Through Multiplatform Biorefinery | 2025-03-01 | 2027-02-28 | 2024-05-14 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 165312.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | Food waste (FW) is a significant global issue, with around one-third of all food produced wasted annually. FW biorefineries constitutes a green route to valorise the enormous untapped potential of FW via its bioconversion into marketable products and fuels in a circular bioeconomy scheme. However, to date, FW biorefineries have not reached the maturity level needed for full-scale and widespread application. To meet the European Green Deal and Sustainable Development Goals, Waste4Bio project aims at engineering and validating an innovative, cost-competitive FW biorefinery for the cascade production of biohydrogen (bioH2) and biodegradable biopolymers (polyhydroxyalkanoates; PHAs). To this end, Waste4Bio will go beyond of the state-of-the-art of dark fermentation to design advanced mass transfer hydrogen-producing fermenters able to support a high density of biocatalyst and a superior bioH2 production performance. Waste4Bio will also upgrade the acidogenic gas mixture evolved by using well-engineered outdoor algal-bacterial photobioreactors to produce near-pure bioH2 and treat the carbon dioxide into algal biomass, contributing to a net-zero carbon balance for FW valorisation. In addition, the DF broth rich in short-chain carboxylic compounds will be further valorised for highly efficient PHA production with purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB). This action also aims at bringing deeper understanding of the microbiome, and its associated potential functionality and ecological interactions, involved in every fermentative bioH2 production, photosynthetic bioH2 upgrading, and PPB-based PHA production stage. Waste4Bio with transferable skills and a cross-sectoral nature will apply a cross-disciplinary approach involving bioprocess and chemical engineering, environmental biotechnology and microbiology and bioinformatics. A techno-economic model and a market-uptake roadmap will also be created to facilitate the fully exploitation of Waste4Bio. | ||||||||
| 128580 | 101152892 | REWCHEM | Recycling Electronic Waste to Catalyse H2 Production and CO2 Reduction Using Recovered Metals: A Step towards Circular Economy | 2025-01-13 | 2027-01-12 | 2024-05-17 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 181152.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | This proposal combines physical science research with metallurgical process design and engineering to promote positive change in the electronic waste (e-waste) industries and create economic and societal benefits for the world. We undertake coordination and supramolecular chemistry research to understand and develop reagents for e-waste metal separations, integrate this insight into practicable solutions for e-waste recycling, and translate research outputs into innovation for the e-waste industry in a sustainable way. We utilize the recovered precious metals from e-waste to develop catalysts for hydrogen evolution and CO2 reduction through electrochemistry. Hence, the proposal targets three key agenda of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme and the United Nations Sustainability Goals, i.e., circular economy, sustainable energy, and environment. | ||||||||
| 128625 | 101207456 | PRECISE | Precision Synthesis of High Entropy Chalcogenide Nanocrystals to Elucidate Growth Kinetics and Surface Properties for Energy Applications | 2025-04-01 | 2027-03-31 | 2025-03-06 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 268568.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | As technology advances, traditional semiconductor materials and designs are approaching their physical and performance limitations. This underscores the urgent need for innovation of advanced materials that offer enhanced performance. The aim of the proposal is to design advanced high entropy metal chalcogenide (HECh) nanocrystals (NCs) via colloidal chemistry to elucidate their nucleation and growth mechanism by using real-time and post-synthetic characterization techniques. Specifically, high-throughput characterization will explore the bulk and surface properties, while computational modelling will predict structure, formation energy, and phase stability. These NCs will demonstrate high efficiency and robust stability in producing hydrogen energy through (photo)electrocatalysis. The originality of my proposal is to develop a scientific insight that will go beyond the state-of-the-art to establish colloidal chemistry as the ‘universal synthesis platform’ for the scalable production of HEChs NCs, thereby expanding HEChs compositional space and enabling rapid screening and data mining to accelerate the exploration of HEChs for transformative advancements. This, in turn, will impact next-generation energy production applications. The main training goal of the fellowship is to acquire experience in advanced material synthesis, high throughput characterization, and gain international experience. These results will be disseminated to the scientific community in the standard way (conferences, peer-reviewed journals, and patents) and to the public through magazine articles and science festivals. All materials used will meet the criteria of sustainability, affordability, and safety. This ambitious project will be conducted in two different research groups in Ireland and Italy. This prestigious fellowship will provide a platform of renowned subject experts, and exposure to international collaborators will provide a unique opportunity to grow as an independent researcher. | ||||||||
| 128711 | 101111273 | INCEPT | A new strategy for chilldown enhancement in cryogenic propulsion systems | 2023-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2023-07-28 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 175920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Ambitious goals of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and decarbonisation have been set by the recent policies European Green Deal, Energy Union (2030 energy and climate targets) and European Unions 2050 long-term decarbonisation strategy, aiming for a successful green energy transition. My project objective is to enhance the cryogenic chilldown process to minimise liquid hydrogen consumption in future applications as fuel for terrestrial, maritime and aviation transportation. Indeed, combined with partial vehicle electrification, the use of cryogenic fuels (first and foremost liquid hydrogen) in terrestrial, maritime and aviation transports has gained an increasingly prominent role thanks to their environmentally friendly nature and ability to store the energy and control its release. Cryogenic fuels can be stored as gas or liquid. Even though cryogenic liquefaction requires energy due to typical low temperatures (< 120 K), it is advantageous since it produces high fuel densities. This makes liquified cryogenic fuels particularly suitable for the next hybrid transport systems. However, defined as the initial transient process of keeping the system adjusted to the low temperature, cryogenic chilldown in pipelines of fuel storage and handling systems is still highly inefficient (average quenching efficiency < 39%). I propose a new strategy for cryogenic chilldown enhancement by tuning the inner wettability of pipelines using surface engineering via femtosecond laser texturing. | ||||||||
| 128731 | 101063496 | HydroMOF | Hydrogen Storage in Electric Field Responsive Metal Organic Frameworks Studied by Machine Learning Potentials | 2022-09-01 | 2024-08-31 | 2022-07-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 189687.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | Hydrogen storage is a key technological barrier to the development and widespread use of hydrogen energy in transportation, stationary, and portable applications. The safe and efficient storage of H2 is an important and still challenging issue. In this regard, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) possessing large surface areas, a variety of topological/chemical structures, high porosities, and high stabilities are considered promising nanoporous materials for gas storage applications. Theoretical studies have shown that electric fields can promote gas storage in MOFs by inducing controlled structural changes, which has recently been experimentally confirmed.To unravel the underlying mechanisms at the atomic level, I aim to investigate the H2 storage characteristics of electric field responsive MOFs by combining machine learning (ML) and molecular modeling methods. In order to model switchable MOFs, I will construct machine learning potentials and use them in Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations in order to overcome the restricted time and length scales of ab-Initio MD, and the accuracy and reliability concerns of MD. In order to determine the H2 uptakes of the MOFs, I will push the limits further and combine machine learning potentials with the Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations. The main research objectives are to generate accurate machine learning potentials with a low computational time cost, determine how selected MOFs react to an applied electric field, control pore opening/closing, control and improve H2 uptake by switching electric field, determine the impact of an electric field on the interaction between the host and H2 as well as on the presence of different adsorption sites. This project has the potential to be a “door-opener” for fast and accurate design of switchable MOFs and boosting their applications in H2 storage by providing a fundamental perspective. | ||||||||
| 128842 | 101105995 | HYDRIDE | HYDRIDE: Hydrogenase Driven H2 production through Design and Evolution | 2024-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2023-03-20 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 222727.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Climate change is shaping up to be the greatest existential threat that humanity has ever faced. To combat climate change and the corresponding energy crisis, greenhouse gas emissions must be substantially reduced by 2030 while developing non-fossil future fuel alternatives, such as hydrogen. Hydrogen is highly versatile as it can be used in both fuel cells and electricity production. However, currently >95% of the global hydrogen production is fossil fuel-based and not sustainable. Biotechnological hydrogen production is realized through microorganisms harbouring hydrogenases and represents a promising alternative to expand the proportion of sustainable hydrogen within the global budget. However, the utilization of these enzymes is limited by various mechanisms, including inhibition by oxygen, making biohydrogen in its current state not economically sustainable.HYDRIDE is an interdisciplinary study aiming to overcome the oxygen sensitivity of [FeFe]- hydrogenases by designing and evolving high-performance hydrogenase enzymes. This will be achieved by 2 major steps: 1) Using sequence data, ancestral enzymatic scaffolds (AEC) of [FeFe]-hydrogenases will be designed and characterized towards their ability to produce hydrogen, their oxygen sensitivity and active site characteristics. AECs have been shown to provide good starting points for laboratory evolution. Thus, these ACEs will be 2) evolved to overcome low hydrogen production under oxygen exposure using a high-throughput selection system. Consequently, HYDRIDE will tackle one of the major bottlenecks for the utilization of [FeFe]-hydrogenases, paving the way for sustainable and economical biotechnological hydrogen production. While addressing two societal UN sustainability goals, the knowledge gained from this study will substantially advance other scientific fields, aiding e.g., the development and design of artificial catalysts. | ||||||||
| 128932 | 101148726 | SolarWay | Solar syngas streamed from photonic-enhanced perovskite photovoltaics: paving the way for market deployment | 2024-07-01 | 2026-06-30 | 2024-03-25 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 156778.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | In the face of the escalating environmental challenges, the transition to renewable energies has emerged as a critical and pressing necessity for a sustainable future. Installation of photovoltaic panels is one way to contribute to the decarbonization, but currently there is only one cost-effective technology available for commercial applications – silicon. Perovskite Solar Cells (PSC) have emerged recently as a very promising alternative, but some issues like poor stability and the use of an evaporated metallic back-contact are still hindering its way through industrialization. A promising holistic solution is to replace the metallic back-contact by a highly conductive carbon material. The challenge now is to match the efficiency obtained by the metal back-contact, by maximizing the carbon materials conductivity, enhancing the interfacial contact or increasing the photon absorption. Regarding the latter issue, light trapping structures are a promising solution since they already proved successful at maximizing the current generation in silicon solar cells. Furthermore, large-scale deposition methods must be adopted to develop a realistic experimental procedure compatible with large-scale production, and the encapsulation must be optimized to maximize the life time of the solar module. Still, the intermittency nature of solar energy might create a mismatch between energy production and consumption. An effective solution is to convert the excess energy into syngas (mixture of CO and H2) by co-electrolysis of CO2 and water. This gas can then be converted into a synthetic fuel and replace the fossil fuels derivatives, contributing for the EUs goal of achieving net-zero carbon-emission by 2050. The optimization of the solar-to-syngas system can be complex due to the extend of dependent processes in series, and thus a computing simulation is a strong tool for predicting the operation and maximizing the energy efficiency of the entire process. | ||||||||
| 129034 | 101066568 | FRUMALIQ | Frustrated systems with low-dimensional magnetism for magnetic refrigeration and hydrogen liquefaction | 2022-10-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2022-08-02 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 130385.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | Carbon-free hydrogen represents one of the pillars of global energy transformation. However, higher efficiency within the hydrogen supply chain, including liquefaction, is the crucial prerequisite to reduce its cost and trigger its wider use. Magnetic refrigeration, which utilizes the magnetocaloric effect, promises to double the efficiency of hydrogen liquefaction compared to gas-compression cryocooling, but the technologies available at present mostly employ magnetocaloric materials containing strategically important rare-earth (RE) metals and expensive superconducting magnets. We propose to search for suitable RE-free materials within an emerging class of magnetocalorics based on frustrated magnets, which are especially suitable for cooling at cryogenic temperatures. According to theoretical predictions and pioneering studies, these materials offer high effectivity in permanent magnets, higher cooling rates, and a larger temperature span than non-frustrated systems. The RE-free frustrated magnetocalorics have been little prospected so far to achieve the limits of their efficiency. The project aims to (1) synthesize novel RE-free frustrated magnets with low-dimensional magnetic motifs and to enhance their magnetocaloric performance at cryogenic temperatures by suitable chemical modification, while (2) exploring correlations between the magnetocaloric effect, local atomic and magnetic structure, and magnetic fluctuations. The synthesis of novel compounds will be followed by magnetometry and calorimetry, while local information will be extracted from Mssbauer spectroscopy and neutron methods. Theoretical calculations will complement the experiment. The fellow and the host will combine their fields of expertise, the low-temperature physics and solid-state chemistry, to elucidate the phenomena behind the magnetocaloric effect in frustrated systems and ultimately to design efficient magnetocalorics that beat the present obstacles. | ||||||||
| 129046 | 101169009 | H2POWRD | Harnessing Hydrogen’s POtential With Rotating Detonation | 2024-10-01 | 2028-09-30 | 2024-07-09 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 4063536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01 | H2POWRD seeks to harness hydrogen’s potential with rotating detonation combustion (RDC) integrated with a gas turbine (RDGT). Rotating detonation is a paradigm breaking technology that revolutionizes the thermodynamic process to be significantly more efficient. This efficiency leap also introduces new challenges in the form of unsteady, transonic flow at the turbine inlet and higher heat transfer. Building on insights of a previous ITN (INSPIRE), which underscored the potential benefits of RDC, H2POWRD focuses on efficiently harnessing the unsteady outflow from the combustion of H2 in an RDGT. This project revolves around three primary areas of investigation: (1) delving into the fundamental aspects of the combustion, encompassing reactant injection, mixing, detonation propagation, and heat transfer; (2) optimizing the transition region between the combustor and the turbine to tailor Mach number, pressure, and velocity fluctuations for turbine compatibility; and (3) refining the aerodynamics of rotors and stators to maximize efficiency within relevant design philosophies and Mach number regimes. Employing a comprehensive approach, H2POWRD combines experimental and numerical methods to gain profound insights into both individual component physics and their intricate interactions. The project’s outcomes are expected to deepen our understanding of critical scientific questions surrounding the unique features of RDC detonation waves, exhaust flow conditioning for targeted properties, and the design of turbines adept at handling heightened levels of unsteadiness. Beyond scientific inquiry, H2POWRD will showcase the technology’s potential and delineate pathways toward realizing higher efficiency and reduced fuel consumption. Moreover, H2POWRD is committed to fostering sustainable innovation in research and in a training program designed to prepare the next generation of researchers with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the complexities of RDGT technology. | ||||||||
| 129085 | 101150584 | ABLE OER | Accelerate Sustainable Enabling of Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalyst for Water Electrolysis | 2025-02-01 | 2027-01-31 | 2024-05-22 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 230774.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | Large scale synthesis of efficient, durable, and environmentally friendly electrocatalysts is key for commercialization of proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE), which is a vital route for renewable H2 production. State-of-the-art PEMWE is limited by the high price of the electrocatalysts which are composed of Ir, Pt and Ru (40% of fabrication costs of PEMWE). Against this background, the project ABLE OER aims to develop, characterize, and electrochemically evaluate low-cost, and up-scale supported electrocatalysts from commercial and recycled precursors using microwave continuous flow synthesis (MWCFS). The specific objectives of ABLE OER are to provide proof-of-concepts on i) synthesis of active and robust supported-OER catalyst, which reduces Ir loading by 80% at equivalent activity; ii) incorporation of abundant nano ceramics (as support material) and secondary PGMs for OER catalyst to reduce material cost by 70%; iii) an up-scalable continuous OER catalyst synthesis process, which lowers the production cost by 50%. The novel catalyst structure and the associated synthesis process will accelerate technological advancement and societal adoption of the PEMWE technology. My experience in inorganic materials and electrochemistry combined with the expertise of the host group in electrocatalysis for water splitting and recycling will synergistically contribute to achieving the ambitious aims of this project, which will be implemented at the University of Southern Denmark. I will learn new techniques in up-scale production of catalysts, mature my skills as an independent researcher, and increase my network to nurture international collaborations. The results of this project have the potential to greatly reduce the cost of H2 generated from renewable sources and thus transform the European and global energy sector. | ||||||||
| 129151 | 101111194 | MAX4LES | Analysis of Molten Salt-Air Heat Exchangers for Large Scale Energy Storage Technologies | 2023-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2023-03-28 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 230774.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Molten salt-air heat exchanger thermal sizing design influences the performance and, in turn, the cost-effectiveness of a range of emerging technologies (such as concentrated solar power integrated pumped thermal energy storage, process heating, and high-temperature processes like H2 production) supporting the green transition. As per 2019 reports, worldwide power generation capacity from molten salt storage in CSP plants was 60 GWh (thermal) and is expected to rise several folds by 2030 [1]. The primary goal of MAX4LES is to develop and provide a scientific benchmark for the optimal design of molten salt-air shell and tube heat exchangers. I aim to identify the cause and effect of freezing and time required for melting the solidified molten salt inside the tubes of molten salt-air heat exchangers. And to propose selective coatings to avoid the salt deposition on the tubes to prevent clogging that might lead to reduced performance and/or cause structural damage. The project outcomes will bridge the existing knowledge gap and support the future development of molten salt-air heat exchangers. The training at the host, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, secondment at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, and the short stay and cooperation with the industrial partner, Aalborg CSP, Denmark, will provide me with the ideal technical, ethical, and cultural exchange and significantly strengthen my future career prospects. The intersectoral approach will provide the basis for implementing the research outcomes commercially. Overall, the project will set a foundation for me to continue focusing my expertise and skills to contribute toward meeting the long-term European Unions (EUs) Net-Zero decarbonization goals by 2030. | ||||||||
| 129248 | 101210892 | TEAMS | MuTi-modulE smArt systeM for selective electroSynthesis | 2025-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2025-04-22 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 209914.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Electrosynthesis, powered by renewable energy, has the potential to remap existing industries like energy, transport, and manufacturing, by generating clean fuels and chemicals. Examples include water electrolysis to produce green hydrogen and the emerging CO2 electrolysis to synthesize important carbon chemicals such as ethylene. One challenge in these reactions is reactant and product management – gas, both as a reactant and product, brings solubility barriers (e.g., limited solubility of CO2) and strong fluctuations due to the formation of bubbles (H2 in the cathode, and O2 in the anode). Inefficient reactant supply and complex interfacial phenomena are often addressed in these systems at the atomic scale and in a static fashion (i.e., catalyst and environment design). TEAMS (MuTi-modulE smArt systeM for selective electroSynthesis) seeks to address this problem through the nano-macroscopic scale and in a dynamic way. It proposed to do so by integrating three key modules in a modular and smart, self-driven architecture: a nanobubble generator to increase gas availability, an interface reaction module to enhance efficiency and selectivity, and a feedback optimization module for continuous real-time system adjustments. TEAMS targets the application of this system into two reactions limited by gas availability and interface bubble formation, such as CO2 electrolysis into ethylene (cathode) and ethylene oxidation into ethylene oxide (anode). By combining nanobubble engineering, fluid dynamics, and electrochemical methodologies, TEAMS aims to create a next-generation, scalable, and automated electrosynthesis system. | ||||||||
| 129477 | 101111296 | Bezzagood | Design and Synthesis of MXene-Based 3D Porous Heterostructure Composites for Enhanced Photocatalytic Ammonia Production Under Ambient Conditions for Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Storage | 2024-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2023-03-31 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 156778.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | While hydrogen is an excellent green energy carrier, which holds tremendous potential as a sustainable, environmentally friendly, efficient, and clean energy alternative, its storage remains costly, energy-intensive, and hazardous. Recently, the possibility of chemical storage of H2 in the form of ammonia (NH3) is receiving increasing attention. However, despite the potential of NH3 for hydrogen storage the existing fossil fuel-based NH3 production technology is highly energy intensive and costly. Photocatalytic NH3 synthesis is gaining familiarity as it is environmentally benign and sustainable, however, the conventional photocatalysts suffer from low NH3 yield, poor photocatalyst operational stability, and low solar-to-chemical conversion efficiencies, thus it is the current scientific challenge to design an efficient photocatalyst to convert atmospheric N2 to NH3. Hence, the design and construction of novel hybrid photocatalysts with enhanced photocatalytic performance is vital for efficient synthesis of ammonia as a hydrogen energy storage medium. In recent years, the two-dimensional transition metal carbides, carbonitrides and nitrides ( MXenes), are gaining popularity for photocatalytic N2 reduction owing to their diverse elemental compositions, large surface area, light-harvesting ability, and capability to host a broad range of intercalants. Besides heterojunction formation by combination of MXenes with 3D reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and other novel photocatalysts such as MetalOrganic Frameworks, Z-scheme photocatalysts would significantly increase photocatalytic performance of the hybrid by combining the merits of each component. Besides the interconnected structure of 3D rGO framework possesses a macroscopic porous structure, for efficient incorporation of semiconductor nanoparticles in the 3D structure. Thus, the current studydesigns and fabricates innovative 3D MXene-based hybrid photocatalyst for efficient photocatalytic synthesis of NH3 | ||||||||
| 129489 | 101181231 | WINDHY | Multi-disciplinary risk management for stable, safe, and sustainable offshore wind-powered hydrogen production | 2024-10-01 | 2028-09-30 | 2024-10-04 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 1016600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01 | The WINDHY project focuses on the novel production phase of offshore wind-powered green hydrogen as a new energy solution, where the main tasks include obtaining electricity from offshore wind turbines, utilizing electrolysis to derive hydrogen from water, transferring hydrogen to a certain energy carrier, and injecting the hydrogen carrier into a designated transportation mechanism. Many new technologies are under consideration and development for this process, and each of them has own advantages and limitations, as well as varying risks to operators, communities, and the environment. The WINDHY project aims to utilize cross-industry knowledge worldwide and global evidence to understand the risky issues that threaten the stability, safety, and sustainability of offshore wind-powered hydrogen production, and integrate multi-disciplinary expertise to control and mitigate risks of the new process and value chain of offshore wind-powered hydrogen production.The WINDHY project builds a multidisciplinary consortium, with five MS/AC partners, and eight TC partners from 13 countries in all continents. It designs a staff exchange programme with 263 person-months for secondments realized in six work-packages. Through the secondments, and diverse networking activities, the project is expected to conduct a global survey in all participating countries to understand public perceptions and concerns on risky issues, interconnect knowledge about accidents in isolated databases in multiple sectors and regions, evaluates different aspects of social-, economic-, and environmental sustainability of new technologies, and develop a risk management framework with digital supporting tool for the new production equipment and process. The project follows the open science policy with a dedicated data management plan, and aims to develop skills of participating researchers, and improve R&I potential of Europe in offshore renewable energy. | ||||||||
| 129906 | 101058547 | MOST-H2 | Novel metal-organic framework adsorbents for efficient storage of hydrogen | 2022-06-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2022-05-24 | Horizon_newest | 4917262.5 | 4917262.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17 | Widespread use of hydrogen as an energy carrier is a key priority for the EU, in order to achieve its climate and energy transition targets. Developing sustainable, efficient and safe hydrogen storage technologies has, however, proved challenging. MOST-H2, in full alignment with the requirements of HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17, proposes an integrated multiscale lab-to-tank approach to develop, validate and demonstrate innovative, low cost cryo-adsorptive hydrogen storage, using monolithic Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) adsorbents, with an optimal combination of volumetric and gravimetric capacity, but also a small environmental footprint. Advanced synthetic strategies and sophisticated computational techniques, including molecular simulation and machine learning, will be combined in a cyclic materials development approach, to deliver new high performance, sustainable-by-design MOF adsorbents. The main aim is to computationally design, then synthesise and validate experimentally, ultra porous MOFs with usable storage capacities above 10 wt% and 50 g/L on a materials basis, at an operating pressure below 100 bar. This represents an essential step towards more efficient, intrinsically safer and cost effective storage solutions, compared to conventional hydrogen storage technologies. An important part of the project will be devoted to developing and upscaling monolithic forms of optimal MOF materials to allow easy integration into a cryo-adsorption storage tank, specifically designed for this purpose, which will be tested in a TRL 5 environment. The outcomes, coupled with full life cycle analysis and techno-economic assessment of MOST-H2 technology, with a view to selected end uses (rail and road applications), will form the basis for elaborating future market penetration plans through a solid horizontal dissemination and exploitation strategy. | ||||||||
| 129924 | 101103593 | GEOLEARN | Real-time hydrogen-storage monitoring via energy-efficient deep learning | 2024-01-29 | 2026-01-28 | 2023-03-13 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 181152.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | The use of renewable hydrogen as green fuel and energy storage was deemed key to achieve the European Green Deal. However, its large-scale storage is still facing significant challenges. Measurement inversion via deep learning (DL) is a state-of-the-art approach used for underground storage-site detection and monitoring. However: 1) It requires a huge amount of training data; 2) DL training is expensive, and 3) There are no efficient and reliable DL techniques for multiscale electromagnetic measurement inversion.The goal of GEOLEARN is to guide hydrogen storage technologies by inverting subsurface multiscale electromagnetic measurements in real time using energy-efficient DL methods. For this purpose, GEOLEARN will leverage mixed-precision (MP) computations to maximise energy- and cost-efficiency, and ensure scalability. GEOLEARN proposes to address the above challenges as follows: 1) Develop MP finite element methods (FEMs) that can rapidly generate large training data; 2) Design MP DL algorithms that can efficiently process huge databases during training and invert measurements in real time, and 3) Apply the new techniques to invert multiscale geophysical electromagnetic measurements and guide hydrogen storage.We will collaborate with industry to disseminate the project results and maximise exploitation, and the new methods will lead to high impacts in and outside academia.The host has extensive experience in DL methods for inverse problems in geophysics and FEMs, and already collaborates with relevant companies. The secondment host is expert in high-performance computing and FEMs, and the applicant is expert in MP methods for scientific computing. This multidisciplinary research team is essential for the success of GEOLEARN, and will enhance the applicant’s knowledge, network and skills, promoting his future career in research in Europe. The hosts and applicant will mutually benefit from the project outcomes and the industrial and academic collaborations. | ||||||||
| 130181 | 101204785 | H2SOUTH | Sustainable transformations? The political geographies of green hydrogen in the Global South | 2026-09-01 | 2028-08-31 | 2025-04-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 216240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Green hydrogen is increasingly seen as a critical pillar of the global energy transition. Its appeal is also felt in the Global South, where countries seek to benefit from export opportunities, new infrastructures, and technological innovations. Yet, green hydrogen is predominantly discussed from technical and financial angles, prioritizing the experiences and interests of the Global North. Its political, societal, and spatial implications, particularly in more unequal Global South contexts, remain neglected and poorly understood. H2SOUTH addresses these insufficiencies by investigating the governance and spatial dimensions of green hydrogen’s incipient deployment in the Global South, focusing on Brazil and India. Drawing on the interdisciplinary field of political geography, it conceptualizes green hydrogen systems as inherently political and spatial processes, embedded in prevailing–often uneven –power structures. H2SOUTH pursues two research objectives. The first investigates the ways in which green hydrogen governance is articulated in official political discourses, approaching the role of overall power relations. The second examines the making of green hydrogen spaces through specific investment sites, exploring their ground-level implications to host societies.H2SOUTH adopts an innovative multimethodological approach that aggregates topic modeling-based discourse analysis, social cartography, and qualitative techniques. It combines the study of governance frameworks with experiences and practices at the ground-level to further new, more complete understandings of green hydrogen, capturing its multifaceted, differentiated, and controversial consequences in and for the Global South.H2SOUTH’s impact will go beyond academia through dialogues with civil society, practitioners, and policymakers, raising awareness about the political and geographical implications of green hydrogen and offering policy directions towards more just energy transitions. | ||||||||
| 130223 | 101116228 | FLOWSCOPY | Unravelling unsteady fluid flows in porous media with 3D X-ray micro-velocimetry | 2023-12-01 | 2028-11-30 | 2023-08-11 | Horizon_newest | 1500000 | 1500000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-STG | Models of fluid flows in porous materials commonly fall short because they fail to capture the effects of the puzzling underlying microscopic dynamics. These flows are very common: examples range from groundwater flow and H2 storage in underground rocks to water discharge in fuel cells. The fluctuating, microscopic dynamics are poorly understood because they have so far been inaccessible in the 3D labyrinths formed by pore geometries, hampered by the optical opacity of the materials. In FLOWSCOPY, I will cause a paradigm shift by resolving this inaccessibility, enabling the measurement of unsteady 3D flows inside opaque porous materials. First, I will enable the inspection of flow fields in all their m-scale complexity by creating a method that tracks tracer particles flowing through the pores with 3D X-ray imaging. To achieve the required millisecond imaging times – up to 3 orders of magnitude faster than my state-of-the-art preliminary results the new approach will retrieve tracer locations in each of the many radiographs that conventionally make up a single tomographic time frame. Then, I will untangle the upscaling problem, building the first method that can measure flow maps averaged on a sliding scale from nano- to centimetres. Finally, I will apply the methods transformative capabilities to two pertinent problems in arguably some of the most complex porous media: geological materials. First, I will investigate how two fluids, such as water and H2, displace each other in porous rocks, lifting the veil on capillary fluctuations that deviate from current models. Second, I will unriddle flows of viscoelastic fluids, such as those to clean up polluted sediments, which exhibit a poorly understood transition from steady to chaotic dynamics. Beyond this, the new techniques will be applicable to a wide range of natural and engineered microstructures, from arteries to building materials. | ||||||||
| 130326 | 101070721 | GH2 | GreenH2 production from water and bioalcohols by full solar spectrum in a flow reactor | 2022-10-01 | 2025-09-30 | 2022-06-09 | Horizon_newest | 2201654.72 | 2201654.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04 | Water splitting for H2 production driven by solar energy is quite attractive while the current efficiency is very moderate due to both the extremely sluggish water oxidation half reaction and limited light harvesting (mostly UV-visible light). In addition, the separation of one product H2 from the other O2 during water splitting is very costly. The project is designed to address these challenges by i) utilizing the full solar spectrum (300-2500nm) instead of UV-visible light (300-700nm), ii) coupling water splitting with biomass-derivative oxidation to avoid water oxidation, iii) well combining solid Z-scheme UV-visible photocatalysis and Infrared-driven thermal catalysis, and iv) using a flow double tube reactor other than batch reactors, thus targeting to produce green H2 from both water and biomass with a high quantum yield of 60% . Furthermore the project will co-produce high-value chemicals with a high selectivity of >90%. In addition, the integration of low-cost and efficient catalysts with novel flow reactors will assure a continuous and efficient production of H2 and high-value chemicals. The entire process does not use fossil fuels nor produce CO2, thus a zero carbon-emission technology. Finally the system can be readily scaled up by numbering up the reactor modules. All these are built upon a multidisciplinary and international consortium with the global experts in photocatalysis, thermal catalysis, reactor engineering, product separation, simulation and social science. Therefore the scientific and technical challenges, as well as the environmental, societal and economic impacts will be fully addressed in the project. The proposed technology will typically benefit the EU economy by an innovative green H2 production process from water and biomass, heavily contributing to a low carbon society. In addition, the international team including members from Asia will facilitate the technology exploitation out of the EU, to further benefit the EU economy. | ||||||||
| 130338 | 101213941 | Roll-E | Self-Supported Electrodes via Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Using Non-Critical Materials for GrEen Hydrogen Production | 2025-03-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2025-02-21 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 150000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2024-POC | Hydrogen is expected to be essential in achieving EU objectives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, while water electrolysis (WE) efficiency can be comparable to fossil fuels, hydrogen produced by WE via renewable or low-carbon energy (green hydrogen) only accounts for 4% of the global hydrogen supply, mainly due to the still-high costs and lower performance of current electrolysers, as a result of the sluggish kinetics and the high overpotentials needed for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which remains the bottleneck of this technology. In this regard, the electrodes’ capital costs the core component of the AEMWE electrolyser can be reduced by developing more performing and stable catalyst layers through advanced manufacturing techniques to meet industry volume demand.In this respect, this project aims to obtain high-performance self-supported electrodes through a ground-breaking wet growth roll-to-roll process. Our value proposition focuses on offering the AEMWE electrolyser manufacturing industry the high-quality of self-supported electrodes that improve electrolyser performance and reliability, together with the ease of industrialisation provided by the well-established roll-to-roll technology, thus avoiding the high temperature and pressure conditions and corrosive environments that are currently necessary for the batch-to-batch synthesis of self-supported electrodes, while reducing costs, allowing AEMWE to reach large-scale applications and accelerate its commercialisation.To achieve this, the project will aim to develop a proof of concept of advanced mass-produced self-supported layered double hydroxide (LDH) electrodes for AEMWE. The performance and stability of these electrodes will be validated in a relevant environment, which is a critical milestone in translating the highly promising results of the research conducted during the ERC-StG awarded to Dr G. Abelln into a marketable innovation. | ||||||||
| 130370 | 101164616 | TREASURE | Towards reliable and safe GFR | 2024-10-01 | 2028-09-30 | 2024-05-13 | Horizon_newest | 4146075 | 3999831.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EURATOM2027 | HORIZON-EURATOM-2023-NRT-01-03 | Gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR) is considered as one of the six most promising advanced nuclear reactor technologies, supported worldwide by the Generation IV International Forum and ESNII in Europe, with concepts under development in Europe and the USA. It excels in versatility, combining very high core outlet temperatures and the possibility to close the fuel cycle, allowing for very efficient and sustainable electricity and industrial heat production, replacing burning fossil fuels. The TREASURE proposal presents a Research and Innovation Action aiming at connecting European developers of GFR demonstrator ALLEGRO (V4G4 Centre of Excellence) with expert organizations with experience in GFR and HTR research, who will utilize their unique expertise and knowledge and bring fresh ideas to the GFR development. It is divided into 6 Work Packages, four of them dealing with open research and development problems of GFRs, namely the Core operation and safety optimization (WP1), Experimental validation of the DHR concept (WP2), GFR as industrial heat and power source (WP3), Enhancing GFR safety (WP4). Dissemination and outreach activities are included in WP5, alongside with communication activities with regulators and relevant international organizations, and education and training activities. WP6 ensures smooth management and execution of the project.The main objectives of the TREASURE project are:•Further optimization of the GFR fuel design and fuel cycle.•Exploring possibilities to further reduce produced waste and to further enhance proliferation resistance in GFRs.•ALLEGRO safety concept demonstration, including large-scale experimental verification.•Optimization of operation flexibility and performance of GFRs, using intermediate heat storage system, cogeneration, and hydrogen production.•Further enhancing ALLEGRO safety via use of passive and redundant safety systems.•Attracting students and young professionals to work on GFR development. | ||||||||
| 130512 | 101108281 | CHyAMera | COx-free Hydrogen Production in Additively Manufactured Electrified Reactor through Catalytic Decomposition of Ammonia | 2024-02-01 | 2026-01-31 | 2023-08-02 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 155559.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Europe’s transition to a decarbonised energy system, as outlined in the EU Green Deal, will radically transform how the EU generates, distributes, stores, and consumes energy. It will require virtually carbon-free power generation, increased energy efficiency, and the deep decarbonisation of transport, buildings, and industry. Europe is further boosting its green hydrogen ambitions to secure energy independence following the global geopolitical tensions and market instability. The current need to decarbonise our economy makes the search of new methods crucial to use chemicals, such as ammonia, that can be produced and employed as carbon-free (COx) hydrogen carrier. Dr. Milan Vukšić (applicant) will design and additively manufacture a modular, monolithic, multiscale ceramic catalytic reactor for magnetically heated COx-free hydrogen production with the fully electrified decomposition of ammonia. The project will be carried out at the Institute Jozef Stefan and the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, under the supervision of Dr. Aljaž Iveković, Prof. Andraž Kocjan, and Prof. Blaž Likozar as consequence of a high level of interdisciplinary work. In contrast to the established stereolithography process, where ceramic filler particles are bound by a polymeric binder, the proposed project aims to form polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) structures by photopolymerisation of pre-ceramic polymers (PCPs) followed an additional heat treatment (pyrolysis) in collaboration with the TU Wien, supervised by Prof. Thomas Konegger. The main research focus will be on the additive manufacturing of ceramic catalytic reactor components with magnetic functionality induced by the in-situ formation of magnetic nanoparticles. The final goal of the project is to demonstrate the viability and advantages of the proposed approach for technical innovations and improvements in end systems that can use ammonia fuel. | ||||||||
| 130513 | 101130773 | CHyAMera | COx-free Hydrogen Production in Additively Manufactured Electrified Reactor through Catalytic Decomposition of Ammonia | 2024-02-01 | 2026-01-31 | 2023-05-09 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 155559.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.4.1 | HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04-01 | Europe’s transition to a decarbonised energy system, as outlined in the EU Green Deal, will radically transform how the EU generates, distributes, stores, and consumes energy. It will require virtually carbon-free power generation, increased energy efficiency, and the deep decarbonisation of transport, buildings, and industry. Europe is further boosting its green hydrogen ambitions to secure energy independence following the global geopolitical tensions and market instability. The current need to decarbonise our economy makes the search of new methods crucial to use chemicals, such as ammonia, that can be produced and employed as carbon-free (COx) hydrogen carrier. Dr. Milan Vukšić (applicant) will design and additively manufacture a modular, monolithic, multiscale ceramic catalytic reactor for magnetically heated COx-free hydrogen production with the fully electrified decomposition of ammonia. The project will be carried out at the Institute Jozef Stefan and the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, under the supervision of Dr. Aljaž Iveković, Prof. Andraž Kocjan, and Prof. Blaž Likozar as consequence of a high level of interdisciplinary work. In contrast to the established stereolithography process, where ceramic filler particles are bound by a polymeric binder, the proposed project aims to form polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) structures by photopolymerisation of pre-ceramic polymers (PCPs) followed an additional heat treatment (pyrolysis) in collaboration with the TU Wien, supervised by Prof. Thomas Konegger. The main research focus will be on the additive manufacturing of ceramic catalytic reactor components with magnetic functionality induced by the in-situ formation of magnetic nanoparticles. The final goal of the project is to demonstrate the viability and advantages of the proposed approach for technical innovations and improvements in end systems that can use ammonia fuel. | ||||||||
| 130524 | 101192359 | HYCELAND | HYCELAND : Iceland Small Hydrogen Valley | 2025-05-01 | 2029-10-31 | 2025-04-30 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 8997502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-06-02 | HYCELAND is a Small Hydrogen Valley project in Iceland, which will produce hydrogen to serve end users across mobility, industry and power sector applications. The project is being led by Landsvirkjun (the national power company of Iceland) in partnership with Linde (one of the world’s leading industrial gas suppliers), who have established a consortium of partners to cover the entire value chain. | ||||||||
| 130529 | 101111903 | ZAHYR | Zagora Sustainable Hydrogen Region | 2024-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2023-12-17 | Horizon_newest | 17322791.93 | 7999785.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-06-02 | Stara Zagora is a strategic logistic centre in Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula. It is also host to one of the biggest power production complexes in Europe (Maritsa East). This makes it the perfect location to showcase the versatility and potential of green hydrogen as means to improve air quality in the city, reduce CO2 emissions for energy production and mobility applications, and generate economic welfare. The demonstration of clean, safe, and sustainable hydrogen technology applications will improve public perception of hydrogen ecosystems, and kick start a hydrogen-based economy not only in the region but across the country.ZAHYR will install and demonstrate two electrolysers with a combined installed power of 5MW, to be run on green electricity produced in a new 20MW PV plant. The hydrogen produced will be used in various transport and energy applications. These include the installation of two Hydrogen Refuelling Stations to service a fleet of 10 city buses, 2 heavy transport trucks and 2 light-duty vehicles. A bi-fuel gas turbine will be installed in which blending limits between hydrogen and natural gas will be tested. A 1MW fuel cell at Stara Zagora will provide the municipalitys public night lighting, showcasing how this municipality can become net zero emission. Finally, a broad training and education program will be set up resulting in a masters degree. An intense replicability activity will be carried out based on the organization of the Hydrogen Valley Development Group. | ||||||||
| 130530 | 101192557 | ACCEPT | Advanced Clean Combustion for hydrogen-basEd Power Technology | 2025-05-01 | 2029-04-30 | 2025-05-21 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3999022.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-04-02 | Hydrogen-fired gas turbines can potentially produce electric power (or mechanical work) at unmatched scale with zero carbon emissions. Furthermore, they will yield this potential at high cycle efficiency and with virtually zero emissions of atmospheric pollutants once advanced Dry Low Emission (DLE) combustion systems, able to robustly and reliably stabilise premixed hydrogen flames at high pressures, are successfully developed.However, the development of such advanced DLE combustion systems is presently hampered by the existence of knowledge gaps about premixed hydrogen combustion at high pressure. More specifically, a crucial lack of knowledge concerns the pressure dependence of the turbulent burning rate in premixed hydrogen flames. This is due to the fundamental combustion characteristics of premixed hydrogen flames, largely deviating from those of natural gas and other more conventional hydrocarbons and affects our ability to accurately predict the stability limits of these flames. | ||||||||
| 130542 | 101096286 | MYTHOS | Medium-range hybrid low-pollution flexi-fuel/hydrogen sustainable engine | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-11-28 | Horizon_newest | 3135145 | 3135144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-12 | MYTHOS proposes to develop a demonstrated innovative and disruptive design methodology for future short/medium range civil engines capable of using a wide range of liquid and gaseous fuels including SAFs and, ultimately, pure hydrogen, thus aiming at fulfilling the objective of decarbonize civil aviation as fore-seen by the ACARE SRIA short, mid and long-term Goals by 2050. To achieve these, the MYTHOS consor-tium develops and adopts a multidisciplinary multi-fidelity modelling approach for the characterization of the relevant engine components deploying the full power of the method of machine learning. The latter will lead through hidden-physics discovery to advance data-driven reduced models which will be embedded in a holistic tool for the prediction of the environmental footprint of the civil aviation of all speeds. A unique aspect of the project is the high-fidelity experimental validation of the numerical approaches. MYTHOS consortium through this approach will contribute to reduce time-to-market for engines designed and engi-neered to burn various types of environmentally friendly fuels, such as SAF, in the short and medium term, and hydrogen, in the long term. The proposed work responds to the needs and objectives of the HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-12: Towards a silent and ultra-low local air pollution aircrafts Call as described in detail below. | ||||||||
| 130551 | 101192306 | CleanH2Shipping | Demonstration of CAPEX- and OPEX-efficient hydrogen fuel cell-powered inland shipping using swappable H2Tank-Tainers and building an H2 ecosystem in and around ports | 2025-04-01 | 2028-03-31 | 2025-03-21 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 5770214.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-03-04 | “The ambitious CleanH2shipping project unites ports, research organisations, technology providers and a ship operator, with the aim of developing and implementing a viable hydrogen ecosystem and showcasing the potential of hydrogen fuel-cell-powered inland and short sea shipping. Our vision extends beyond mere demonstration; we aspire to catalyse widespread adoption across Europe and beyond.Unlike land-based hydrogen applications for vehicles, there are no international regulations for safe use of hydrogen at sea, rivers or in ports. The volume required to power marine vessels is of an entirely different magnitude compared to road transport vehicles, and any potential accident could have far-reaching consequences. This lack of regulations is one of the main barriers to implementing hydrogen at scale, as shipbuilders, ports, shipowners, and logistics providers require clarity before committing to a new technology. Another major barrier are high investment costs for the production and port infrastructure and high operating costs of hydrogen-powered vessels.To realise the vision of hydrogen-powered shipping, CleanH2Shipping will engage policy makers and authorities to advocate for harmonised regulations, demonstrate the complete hydrogen supply chain and create a blueprint for replication in other European ports and ships. Innovative swappable hydrogen fuel tank containers, “”H2Tank-Tainers,”” will be used, hence no investment in port infrastructure is required. Our demonstration with the 610 TEU inland container ship Letitia, featuring a 1.2MW fuel-cell main drive, will showcase sustainable shipping.Further standardisation, efficiency enhancements, scaling and AI-based container logistics will further decrease CAPEX and OPEX costs to build an H2 ecosystem.With our goal to lay the foundation of a H2 ecosystem in and around the European ports, this project can make a significant contribution to achieve the “Fit for 55” goals and significantly reduce CO2 emissions” | ||||||||
| 130557 | 101137734 | H2IF | Horizon 2020 to Innovation Fund: up-scaling H2020 projects in the Energy Storage and Hydrogen sectors to the Innovation Fund | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-01 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 999480.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-01-07 | The aim of this proposal is to promote and facilitate technologically, financially, and operationally mature projects from Horizon 2020 to reach deployment phase by means of developing synergies with the ETS Innovation Fund.The overall objective of H2IF is to validate such connection could be effective between promising Horizon funded R&I results and Innovation Fund for hydrogen and energy storage projects. This proof of concept will be made thanks to the scaling-up and submission of 3 projects to the Innovation Fund instrument, all of them having been selected due to their high ‘climate neutrality’ potential, their innovation degree, while already being supported by Horizon 2020. | ||||||||
| 130559 | 101135828 | DC-POWER | Direct Current – Power flOws in megawatt-scale Energy gRids | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-11-20 | Horizon_newest | 8452854.15 | 7136536.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-11 | The current electric energy distribution grid—based mainly on alternating current (AC)—has servedus for over a century. Transporting energy generated at large power stations over long distances to a distributed network of consumers. It is starting to show its shortcomings due to a rise in localgeneration with renewable energy sources and the essentially direct current (DC) nature of manymodern electric loads.Modern grids need to deal with two-way energy flows, local intermittent generation fromrenewables and local energy storage in stationary batteries. Medium voltage distribution microgridsusing DC instead of AC hold the promise to address the shortcomings of the AC main grid.There are several initiatives in low voltage secondary distribution grids, and DC-POWER is expandingtheir concepts into the medium voltage range. We propose the D3Bus, a bipolar DC bus operating at ±1.5 kV. Compared to standard 3-phase 400V AC distribution the D3Bus can reduce distributionenergy losses by over 90%, reduce downtime, equipment cost, and space requirements whileincreasing sustainability.DC-POWER demonstrates, tests and validates the D3 Bus concept in two operational pilots: Onepowering an industrial-scale hydrogen electrolyser stack at 2 MW power, and one powering a newdata centre with up to 500 kW installed IT power. Both pilots include sizeable solar PV arrays (200kW), while the data centre also includes a directly coupled DC UPS solution.In order to realise these pilots, DC-POWER develops several DC-DC converters, an AC activefrontend, as well as system protection components and a power/energy management system.The D3Bus is intended as a first stepping-stone towards standardization of MVDC distributionmicrogrids. It is such industry-wide standards that will enable and accelerate the adaptation of the electricity distribution system towards the energy demands of the future and net zero. | ||||||||
| 130563 | 101138411 | SAFeCRAFT | Safe and Efficient Use of Sustainable Fuels in Maritime Transport Applications | 2023-12-01 | 2027-11-30 | 2023-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 12477375 | 9389662.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-12 | SAFeCRAFT’s overall goal is to develop and demonstrate the safety and viability and accelerate the adoption of Sustainable Alternative Fuels (SAFs) in waterborne transport. It demonstrates four technologies, acting as SAF enablers for different types of oceangoing and short sea shipping vessels, both newbuilding and retrofits. SAFs used during handling, storage, and for main propulsion include liquid & compressed green H2, and two green H2 carriers, LOHCs and ammonia. SAFs used will be demonstrated on a bulk carrier and assessed and validated through detailed desktop studies for four other types of vessels typical in EU ports.For the demo vessel, H2 will be used as the primary fuel source for a Generator Set providing power to a shaft motor (Power-Take-In) in parallel with the M/E, thus covering part of ship’s propulsion needs. The desktop studies feature the aforementioned SAFs that lead into three powertrain options for each vessel, 1) fuel cell stacks & marine-type battery packs, 2) internal combustion M/E (for newbuildings), 3) internal combustion PTI generator similar to the demo.These SAF enabling power train systems will be analyzed in-depth, using specific KPIs for safety, energy efficiency, environmental impact and technoeconomic feasibility.SAFeCRAFT A-Z approach in utilizing SAFs, including bunkering, storage, handling and fuel consumption onboard, and the issuance of Approval in Principle for the engineering and design processes, will accelerate their implementation.Three societal objectives will be served: 1) facilitating the creation of highly skilled jobs, 2) economic growth in the EU by development of new technologies and regulatory standards for waterborne transport, 3) reduction of the environmental footprint and acceleration of the transition to SAFs. The core consortium members of the current proposal are also the core team of the NH3CRAFT and LH2CRAFT projects, while the well-balanced consortium consists of 11 partners from 6 countries. | ||||||||
| 130564 | 101192901 | SEASTARS | SEASTARS: SUSTAINABLE EMISSION ABATEMENT STRATEGIES & TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED REVOLUTION SHIPS | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2024-12-12 | Horizon_newest | 9850143.75 | 7183927.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-12 | SEASTARS main objective is to demonstrate a well-to-wake GHG emissions reduction of minimum 30% by 2030 (compared to 2008) as well as a 20% energy efficiency improvement (compared to 2022 reference performance) on eight market-ready vessel designs (4 retrofits and 4 newbuilds) addressing inland, short and high-seas shipping by combining different emission reduction and efficiency improvement technologies that will be market ready by the end of the EU project. The project aims at incorporating different technical efficiency measures directly related to the vessels hydrodynamic, by propeller-hull optimization and air lubrication implementation, the vessels machinery, by selecting different technologies such as fuel cells, electric motors, integrated solar panels, sails and electrochemical storage systems, and the vessels Energy, by exploring different alternative fuels such as biofuels, hydrogen, methanol, LNG, ammonia and different energy treatment systems like fuel preparation, fuel reforming, cold ironing, pre-combustion and post-combustion Carbone Capture Storage (CCS).Through the use of an advanced design methodology derived from Systems Engineering (SE), known as Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and a phased assembly-to-order approach, SEASTARS will help shipowners not only to evaluate the vessels emission reduction and efficiency enhancement but also to generate appropriate action-time plans for the decarbonization process and to quantify the related investment decisions, so to adapt their fleet to be always in line with the imposed regulation. Emission reduction and efficiency improvement technologies are designed as modules that can be added, scaled up or replaced in phases over time into a ship that is designed in a flexible and traceable way, enabling decreasing emissions progressively while maintaining a reasonable investment risk, controlled by the shipowners. | ||||||||
| 130566 | 101138341 | MARPOWER | Efficient zero-emissions gas turbine POWER system for MARitime transport | 2024-09-01 | 2028-08-31 | 2024-05-27 | Horizon_newest | 7999805 | 7999805 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-11 | The transition of the waterborne fleet to a zero-emission mode of transport critically depends on the development of power conversion systems that effectively can use sustainable alternative fuels. Going beyond the state-of-the-art in gas turbine technology, MARPOWER will deliver a highly efficient system endowed with an intercooled recuperative two-shaft gas turbine with a bottoming cycle. The modularity and versatility of the system is a unique function and provides its own competitive benefit, it is designed for flexible use of neutral (green methane, green methanol) and zero-emissions (hydrogen, ammonia) fuels, and it can reach up to 50-55% electrical efficiency and 73-76% overall electrical+thermal efficiency. In this sense, it can be operated to optimise the electrical power generation on-board a ship, but also to be operated in Combined Heat and Power (CHP) mode, both modes will be assessed through two case studies.MARPOWER will optimise the design of the turbomachinery components which are essential and specifically conceived for using zero-emission fuels. Accordingly, it will develop a new fuel-flexible combustion concept, in which the combustor will be able to run on 100% hydrogen or other neutral or zero-emission fuels without any additional changes to the combustion system. High efficiencies will be additionally fostered by the integration of an Active Magnetic Bearings (AMB) technology for control of long high-speed shafts. The impacts generated from MARPOWER will allow the creation of a value chain for the construction and deployment of the energy conversion system in different types of ships worldwide, achieving significant economic, social, and environmental impacts, and therefore boosting European leadership in the maritime sector: The project can contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of the maritime sector avoiding the emission of more than 2.3 million of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. | ||||||||
| 130567 | 101137915 | SEAL-HYDROGEN | Stable and Efficient Alkaline Water Electrolyzers With Zero Critical Raw Materials for Pure Hydrogen Production | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-11 | Horizon_newest | 3000048.75 | 3000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-01 | The EU Hydrogen Strategy sets the goal of installing at least 40 GW of renewable H2 electrolysers by 2030, which imposes significant challenges for water-electrolysis technology. Although current zero-gap alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) has potential for cost-effectiveness and scalability, it needs further optimization in activity, stability, and gas crossover to increase efficiency and system lifetime.This project will develop a new class of AWE combining proven benefits of classic systems with cutting-edge innovations in materials science, catalyst design, and process engineering. Driven by an industrial-feasibility vision, a system that is both technically advanced and economically viable for large-scale commercial deployment is pursued. The proposed innovations include highly efficient and earth-abundant two-dimensional layered double hydroxides (LDH) obtained through a starightforward synthetic route, offering a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to noble metal-based catalysts. An innovative technology for up-scaling the production of LDH layers by direct growth of catalysts in porous transport electrodes will be implemented and explored on commercial separators. The interplay between the substrate, catalyst, and separator will be thoroughly optimized through the development of triple-phase boundary electrodes (catalyst-support-ionomer) structures with improved thermo-mechanical stability. A reliable method based on Raman spectroscopy, will be developed for the precise determination of electrode stability, offering an appropriate quality control of great interest both in research and industry. The optimal design will be assembled and tested, first in single cells of 5 cm, then in 25 cm, and finally scaled to a 6-cell stack of 300 cm, to demonstrate a next generation technology with improved performance, stability and durability, aimed to accelerate the commercial uptake of water electrolysis and turn green H2 into an economically viable solution. | ||||||||
| 130587 | 101111933 | HYPOP | HYdrogen Public Opinion and accePtance | 2023-06-01 | 2025-09-30 | 2023-05-23 | Horizon_newest | 1062755 | 1062754.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-05-01 | HYPOP aims to raise public awareness and trust towards hydrogen technologies and their systemic benefits, through: a) the preparation of guidelines and good practices that will help to define more effectively how citizens, consumers/end-users and stakeholders can be involved in the implementation of H2 technologies. b) the creation of a web platform collecting communication material, mainly videos, on new hydrogen technologies, developed according to the early findings of the public engagement activities.HYPOP is led by ENVI, an innovation accelerator for business with 20 years’ experience in the hydrogen sector. HYPOP is represented by a well-balanced Consortium representing 6 Countries: National Hydrogen Clusters (IT, B, PL, BG), three Research Organisations (IR, ES), an Agency for the Promotion of European Research (IT).Four guidelines will be developed: one more public oriented that will report on best practices to involve citizens, the other 3 collecting the results coming from the involvement of stakeholders’ groups (First Responders, Permitting Authorities, Certification Body). HYPOP will also contribute to the definition of indicators to be used for Social Life Cycle Assessment of hydrogen technologies, and for this will focus on 2 applications: residential and mobility, which will enter into the daily life of people. HYPOP will also be connected with some ongoing H2 projects characterised by demonstration activities in public spaces. Some of them have already been identified, i.e., Everywh2ere, Reflex, H2Ports, REMOTE: they are well known to the consortium partners and have faced some barriers often due to a lack of specific reference cases for the authorities called upon to grant safety and other permissions for the installation or use of the demonstrators. The HYPOP website aims to become the hosting site of similar videos explaining upcoming hydrogen technology currently under development and demonstration. | ||||||||
| 130592 | 101101946 | fLHYing tank | flight demonstration of a Liquid HYdrogen load-bearing tank in an unmanned cargo platform | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 3947691.25 | 2998491.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-04 | The fLHYing tank project aims to flight-test a 1,000-liter flight-load-bearing vacuum-insulated composite LH2 tank in the Pipistrel Nuuva V300 cargo UAV. This project proposal is disruptive in several perspectives: (i) definition of requirements, design, manufacturing and qualification of a relevant-scale flight-load-bearing fully composite liquid hydrogen tank, (ii) accelerated acquisition of knowledge via flight-testing low-TRL hazardous technologies using UAVs, and (iii) effective application of the knowledge via calibration of a fluid-dynamic, thermal and structural digital twin of a composite LH2 tank using flight test data for advancement towards digitalized certification of aeronautical technologies.The fLHYing tank project covers the disruptive maturation of lightweight liquid hydrogen storage systems via the accelerated acquisition of knowledge on flight operation of LH2 tanks, as required by the demonstrator strategy of the Clean Aviation Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.The main impact of the fLHYing tank project is the unprecedented reduction in the time-to-market of revolutionary technologies in the aeronautical industry, thanks to the ground-breaking fast-track flight testing of a relevant-scale composite LH2 storage system using a UAV, achieving comprehensive understanding of the behaviour of LH2 tanks in the flight environment within minimum timeframe, risk, and cost. This ambitious goal can be achieved within the 1st phase of the Clean Aviation Programme thanks to the fLHYing tank project. | ||||||||
| 130597 | 101111899 | HOPE | Hydrogen Offshore Production for Europe | 2023-06-01 | 2028-05-31 | 2023-05-26 | Horizon_newest | 40287430 | 20000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-10 | Hydrogen Offshore Production for Europe (HOPE) intents to pave the way for the deployment of large-scale offshore hydrogen production. To this aim, HOPE will design, build and operate the first offshore hydrogen production demonstrator of 10MW by 2025 in an offshore test zone near the port of Oostende in Belgium. The two-years demonstration of a mid-scale concept on a retrofitted jack-up barge will prove the technical and commercial sustainability of renewable offshore hydrogen production, export by pipelines and supply to end-clients onshore. It will also provide an extensive experience to assess the feasibility of 300MW and 500MW offshore concepts. The experience gathered by the consortium members and the maturity levels reached at the end of the project will enable the deployment of commercial large-scale solutions as soon as 2028.HOPE gathers a unique consortium of European players with cutting-edge expertise across the whole hydrogen value chain: an offshore wind power developer, a renewable hydrogen producer, an electrolyser manufacturer, a desalination solutions manufacturer, an offshore hydrogen pipes manufacturer, a research centre, a regional development agency, a strategic consultancy and a renewables communication agency.HOPE will produce a large range of exploitable results including not only detailed designs of replicable offshore hydrogen technologies, operational data and resulting analyses from a first-of-a-kind project but also pre-feasibility studies and techno-economic assessments of two large-scale concepts. Through an ambitious dissemination and exploitation plan, the consortium intends to accelerate the deployment of large-scale offshore hydrogen solutions to contribute to reach the 10 Mt of clean hydrogen produced in Europe by 2030 to decarbonize the European economy and reach our climate goals. | ||||||||
| 130599 | 101096809 | SYNERGETICS | Synergies for Green Transformation of Inland and Coastal Shipping | 2023-01-01 | 2026-06-30 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 5321955.05 | 4184312.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-04 | The extent of shipping decarbonization and reduction of air pollutant emissions remains limited, despite the rapid development of greening technologies. This is particularly valid for existing inland vessels and coastal ships.A large scale retrofit of the fleet would accelerate the greening transformation. However, there is a wide variety of ship types with different power demands and different required volume of energy carriers. Alternative fuels require more space on board and/or more frequent bunkering. The bunkering infrastructure for such fuels is scarce, and their future price levels are uncertain. Most measures are associated with considerable investments. In addition, the existing regulatory framework still does not provide an adequate support.The question arises: which retrofit solution would be the most adequate for a ship of certain dimensions, type, and operational profile?To answer this question, the project SYNERGETICS (Synergies for Green Transformation of Inland and Coastal Shipping) will:- create synergies between the leading research institutions in ship hydrodynamics and energy transition, innovation centres and shipbuilding industry, regulatory bodies, ship owners, and technology providers with the goal to provide a catalogue of retrofit solutions which will accelerate the green transformation of inland vessels and coastal ships.- demonstrate the greening capacities of retrofit by implementing hydrogen and methanol combustion in internal combustion engines on selected existing ships in real life operational conditions;- address the greening potential of hydrodynamics improvements, by demonstrating the effectiveness of the aft-ship replacement which comprises the optimized shape of the aft part of the hull, duct, propeller, and rudder design, and implementation of exhaust gas after-treatment and hybrid propulsion systems;- contribute to electrification of fleets by further developing swappable battery container services and a system for power management of ships with hybrid propulsion. | ||||||||
| 130601 | 101192169 | RESCUE | Reliable and Efficient Dual Fuel System for Civil Protection during Natural Disasters using HT-PEM Technology | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-12-16 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 4983490.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-04-01 | This proposal entitled “RESCUE – Reliable and Efficient Dual Fuel System for Civil Protection during Natural Disasters using HT-PEM Technology” is about the development and the demonstration of a fuel cell system which allows the operation using 100% of hydrogen and additionally using methanol and assures 50 kW of electrical power. The containerised and modular design in combination with the duel fuel approach leads to an application flexibility for various important facilities during natural disasters like the civil protection with different energy requirements. The HT-PEM technology is characterised by increased operating temperature of around 160 °C and enables a simplified cell design and operation regarding water management, heat rejection and direct use of reformates.After system requirements (WP2), the fuel cell module equipped with the fueling possibilities will be constructed and tested in laboratory environment (WP3). After fuel cell and fuel container contructions (WP4), the system integration (WP5) considering safety and transport certification requirements (WP2/9), demonstration using defined load profiles and conditions with performing grid integration is planned (WP6). Testing for at least 2,000 hours on site of a civil protection organisation shows the system capabilities and completes the project (WP7). State-of-Health against the criterium of system efficiency and fuel flexibility on system and on fuel cell level is analysed and accompanies the whole project duration (WP8). Dissemination and exploitation are mandatory in this project (WP10). | ||||||||
| 130642 | 101192091 | FASTER | FLEXIBLE AMMONIA SYNTHESIS TECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY STORAGE (FASTER) | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-11-28 | Horizon_newest | 2933107.5 | 2933107.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-04 | The increased penetration of variable renewable energy (VRE) in the future will require backup technologies due to intermittency, and long-term energy storage in the form of a chemical vector (such as green ammonia) is increasingly favoured. FASTER will develop and demonstrate the techno-economic feasibility and reliability of a non-noble catalyst based on metal nitrides/ hydrides/amides active at low temperature (< 250 C) and pressure (<50 bar) in combination with a new reactor concept using structured catalysts and temperature swing absorption unit for synthesis and separation at TRL4. The use of highly thermally conductive reactor and absorption scaffolds will increase heat transfer, allowing fast transitions during operation at fluctuating loads (0-100 %). FASTER is a consortium of 5 companies and 3 research universities. The consortium aims to develop (1) novel catalysts highly active at low temperature and pressure for ammonia synthesis, (2) improved heat and mass transport reactor concepts using structured reactors and absorbers, (3) develop and validate a demonstration installation for the FASTER technology, and (4) generating accurate and reliable techno-economic models to identify suitable locations to deploy the concept across Europe and beyond. The innovation tasks will be supported by a dissemination, communication and exploitation strategy focusing on an effective market roll-out by the industrial project partners in the European Union. For this purpose, FASTER gathers a selected group of private and public organizations as Advisory Board Members (ENEL, STEDIN, UPL Mumbay, Fertiberia, Abengoa, TNO, Ammonia Energy Association, Smart Port Systems, and Port of Huelva) to ensure fast-tracking of technology take-up. Ultimately, FASTER will deliver an affordable and clean alternative for hydrogen storage and transport using ammonia as vector in the EU context. | ||||||||
| 130658 | 101157530 | H2-SEAS | Coastal Fishing Vessels Powered by Zero Emission Hydrogen Fuel Cell | 2024-05-01 | 2026-10-31 | 2024-04-23 | Horizon_newest | 3379175 | 2798772.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-05 | H2-SEAS initiative is an Innovation Action targeting the overarching objectives of the topic HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-05. The initiative proposes a novel, fully-integrated hydrogen-electric fishing vessel to accelerate a sustainable and accessible transition to clean and efficient power for small-scale fishing fleets. Based on hydrogen fuel cell technology, the prototype will demonstrate increased energy efficiency and an environmentally friendly solution for the marine environment: zero emissions and low sound pollution. The project will be implemented by the design, construction, and operational demonstration of a hydrogen-electric fishing vessel, to test and validate its resilience in the harsh marine environment. The outcome will be complimented by the gathering of technical competencies provided by the Latvian Maritime Academy (Riga Technical University) and the Latvian shipyard AtoZ, which are in charge of major activities of hull design, engineering, building, and testing. Genevos, a French SME leader in the integration of hydrogen technologies in the maritime sector will provide the complete energy system engineering, including certified Hydrogen Power Modules, gas integration design and installation. In parallel, survey and research activities will be undertaken by the Estonian Tallinn Centre of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Latvian Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences to report on regulation and barriers for small-scale fishing ship decarbonisation and to assess the environmental impact of the H2-SEAS initiative on the marine environment. The Distance Education Study Centre (Riga Technical University) will implement and maintain effective project management to create and lead dissemination and exploitation of results forming long-term synergies to broaden hydrogen fuel cell energies for small-scale fishing ships perspectives and meet the European Green deal objectives and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. | ||||||||
| 130666 | 101137988 | HyAcademy.EU | The European Hydrogen Academy | 2024-01-01 | 2028-06-30 | 2023-12-08 | Horizon_newest | 2987233.75 | 2987233.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-05-02 | HyAcademy.EU will capitalise on the investments already made by the European Commission and Member States in education and training activities. The consortium brings together representatives from multiple projects (Table 1), enabling previous outputs to be consolidated and exploited, maximising the Academy impact and reach.In order to realise its objectives, the European Hydrogen Academy will have achieved by midterm to-build and sustain a network of over 100 universities (The Network of 100) offering recognised qualifications, specialisations, and degrees in hydrogen technologies,-build and sustain a network of over 500 schools integrating hydrogen topics into their science teaching, including technical schools and colleges with more specific technical training, -create a network of 5 hands-on, physical training laboratories,-offer a portal to showcase and link the educational programmes available in the network and beyond, in order to supply prospective trainees with accurate and detailed information on training and career opportunities, with a minimum of 100.000 accesses to documents specialising in hydrogen topics,-provide free training materials across European languages to lecturers and teachers in order to enable educational staff to deliver the vast body of educational measures necessary, -develop and integrate novel (online) teaching methodologies into university, college and school curricula, and train educational staff to successfully employ these, and -create and implement an organisational structure and a successful business case allowing continuation of the project activities post-funding in establishing a European Hydrogen Academy spanning all levels and types of education and training.HyAcademy.EU will considerably contribute to the EU goals of offering access to high-quality education, supporting the creation of a highly-skilled workforce and more and better jobs in the European hydrogen industry. Through the school activities it will foster public awareness and acceptance of hydrogen technologies. | ||||||||
| 130679 | 101192534 | SYRIUS | SOEC HYDROGEN INTEGRATION AND CIRCULAR USE IN STEELMAKING PROCESS | 2025-01-01 | 2029-06-30 | 2024-12-12 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 9999165.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-05 | Facing the urgent challenges of climate change and the necessity for a transition towards more sustainable and efficient energy systems, the industrial sector, with the steel industry at the forefront, is compelled to significantly cut energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The steel sector, accounting for 9% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions and consuming an average of ~5.2 MWh of primary energy per ton of steel produced, is at the heart of this challenge. The SYRIUS project, spanning 54 months, aims to revolutionize this landscape by integrating a 4.2 MWel Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) for producing 100 kg/h of green hydrogen into a real Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) plant. Hydrogen will feed a 280tsteel/h – 84 MWth slab reheating furnace, demonstrating the potential to reduce steel reheating process CO2 emissions by 5,600 t/year during the project and up to 100% with full hydrogen feeding. By generating steam through furnace off-gas heat recovery, implementing by-product oxygen recovery in the furnace (allowing additional savings of 430 tCO2/year in SYRIUS and of 2% fuel input in future expansion) and analysing options for water recycle, SYRIUS seeks to minimize external energy consumption and sets industrial circularity at the project core. With a viable business case centred on process integration, SYRIUS aims to strongly enhance market opportunities in the short to medium term by driving industrial green hydrogen costs below 2.2 €/kg, surpassing the SRIA targets for 2030. By preserving end-product quality at competitive costs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, lowering hydrogen costs, and creating new direct and indirect jobs, SYRIUS will play a pivotal role in enhancing the circularity of the EU steel sector. A first-of-its-kind TRL7 plant, ready to be scaled up, extended to other industries, and replicated globally thanks to the unique geographic coverage of the technology providers in the SYRIUS consortium, will showcase innovation in action. | ||||||||
| 130682 | 101192913 | LowC | Safe and sustainable LOW-Carbon fuels for heavy-duty, aviation, and maritime sectors | 2025-02-01 | 2029-01-31 | 2024-11-21 | Horizon_newest | 3530382.5 | 3530382.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-18 | Heavy-duty vehicles (including non-road mobile machinery, e.g. excavators), aircrafts and ships are contributing significantly to emissions of green-house gases and health-relevant air pollutants, such as fine airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) as well as emerging pollutants. For decarbonization of the sector, several new fuels, ranging from hydrogen via ammonia to synthetic eFuels are considered. An import question is how these potential new fuels will influence the emission of air toxicants and other environment- and climate-active compounds. LowC will address if these new fuels for high-power engines have an impact on the emissions of air pollutants and climate-drivers, considering also upstream emissions and secondary pollutants formed under different atmospheric conditions (daytime photochemical aging or night-time atmospheric radical chemistry). LowC will apply a series of state-of-the-art technologies and models. This includes a unique Engine Emission Facility equipped for testing of all currently considered low- or zero-carbon fuels with real ship, aircraft and land-based heavy-duty engines, oxidation flow reactors for atmospheric simulation, novel real-time in-situ exhaust characterization approaches, cutting-edge technologies for offline analysis of collected samples and advanced online air-liquid-interface (ALI) exposure systems for in vitro testing of biological effects in lung tissue models. The toxicological testing will be applied in a tiered manner (screening and in-depth verification), in line with visions of Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century. Emission data, including regulated and emerging pollutants, will feed into pollution emission and atmospheric transport models currently used to underpin EU policy and the Zero Pollution Action Plan. Finally, LowC will evaluate health and environmental impacts and provide guidance and recommendations to ensure that solutions to reduce CO2-emissions and prevent climate change are safe and sustainable. | ||||||||
| 130693 | 101138008 | ECOHYDRO | ECONOMIC MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF RECYCLABLE COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR DURABLE HYDROGEN STORAGE | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-11 | Horizon_newest | 9617290 | 9617290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-07-01 | ECOHYDRO aims to develop a new energy efficient filament winding process of hydrogen storage tanks using recyclable materials. We will improve the thermoplastic acrylic resin for in-situ polymerization, which has been used for wind energy and marine applications so far, for the high-speed filament winding process by optimizing the UV polymerization of the resin and developing new filament winding tools and equipment. Especially, we will develop multi-functional resin with fire-resistance, thermal insulation and self-healing capacity which are expected to enhance the safety of hydrogen storage, and hybrid tows to reduce microcracking. We will develop a recycling technology to recover 100% of carbon fibres and resin from hydrogen tanks after their end-of-life. These recovered materials will be used for the rewinding process for new tanks manufacturing. This recycling and rewinding technology will contribute to significant reduction of the cost and of carbon footprint of hydrogen storage tanks. To improve the safety and durability of hydrogen tanks, a new structural health monitoring technology via sensor integration into the tanks in service life, will be developed in combination with data science using AI algorithm. These sensors embedded into the tank during the manufacturing process will be used to monitor the soundness of filament winding process in real time to improve the yield ratio. The developed technologies will be validated by four different types of industrial demonstrators (TRL4) using either compressed gas hydrogen storage cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage, such as aboveground station, tube trailor, truck and bus, and aviation. The industrial partners of ECOHYDRO (Tier 1, end-users) will validate the demonstrator development and prepare a future plan for a higher TRL (4-8) development in terms of the KPIs. Dissemination and communication activities will be performed in relation with other EU projects as well as general public and scientific community. | ||||||||
| 130698 | 101056940 | sHYpS | sustainable HYdrogen powered Shipping | 2022-06-01 | 2026-05-31 | 2022-05-04 | Horizon_newest | 14295314 | 8621612.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-07 | Thegeneral objectiveofsHYpSis tosupport the decarbonisation of the shipping industry, by leveraging onprevious and on-going workand investment madeby Viking and some consortium members. It will developa hydrogen-based solution, which can be adapted to multiple types of vessels and in some casescanalready achieve IMOs target for 2030 and 2050.The project will developa (i)novel hydrogenstorageintermodal 40ISOc-typecontainer,(ii) the complete detailed design of modular containerised powertrain based on optimised PEM Fuel Cells and (iii)their dedicatedlogistics. On one hand the project will define a logistic based on swapping pre-filled containers, on the other hand it will define a perspective scale-up of the storage capacity and the supply applied to the Port of Bergen use-case. This will allow to kick start a supply-chain without waiting for the full infrastructure to be in place. We show how this approach can already support a remarkable part of the vessels in the EU waters. The project will use the window of opportunity of 1 Vikings newbuilds Ocean Cruise vessel to install the storage system onboard with the complete gas handling and energy management system and test it during the shakedown cruiseby 2026, with a limited power Fuel Cell. When the 6MW will be in place (pendent investment decision by Viking) this will allow to cut 50% of emissions in a 14 days fjord cruise. The midterm outcomes are remarkable, since Viking has a building program of 6 Ocean Cruise ships by 2030 and several river ships. With the right logistics in place the ISO container technology can develop in hundreds of units per year. In the meantime, the upscaled design of the container from this project will approach more segments in sea and IWW application and look to hundreds of vessels in the order book of commercial fleets. The value-chain include LH2 suppliers, giving the opportunity to speed up a supply of thousands tons of LH2 per year in the next 20 years. | ||||||||
| 130717 | 101138530 | ZEAS | Ferry demonstrator for the switch to safe use of sustainable climate neutral fuels in Adriatic – Zero Emission Adriatic Ship – ZEAS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-15 | Horizon_newest | 18904285 | 13503786.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-12 | The main aim of the project is to contribute to accelerating the shift to safe use of sustainable climate neutral fuels in waterborne transport through a full scale on board operational demonstration of a new system powered by hydrogen fuel cells with maritime applications. An international consortium of top-notch entities covering the whole innovation value chain will develop, validate and demonstrate a new zero emission passenger ship powered by hydrogen and the associated hydrogen distribution, storage and bunkering solution. The ship will be specifically designed to operate in the Adriatic Sea, which is known for its pristine environment and sensitive marine ecosystems. The commissioning and validation in the operational environment through sea trials will be performed to ensure compliance with certification authorities. Emissions assessment, environmental performance studies, risk and safety assessments will be performed on the new system. Advanced digital technologies, including digital twin for monitoring, control and simulation and predictive maintenance solution enhanced with augmented reality systems, will also be developed, documented, tested and optimized during the project for ship owners, operators, shipyards and associated engineering firms. Finally, a detailed feasibility assessment and business planning will be developed to establish commercialisation and scalability opportunities. A successful realisation of the project will facilitate the wider adoption of sustainable climate neutral fuels within the European maritime transport sector in line with the Green Deal objectives, contributing to its efficiency, safety, resilience and international competitiveness. | ||||||||
| 130732 | 101209322 | INNOSHEAL | Innovative Self-healing Chalcogenide Catalysts for Green Hydrogen Production | 2025-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2025-03-10 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 194074.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Electrochemical water splitting (WS) to produce hydrogen has been recognized as an up-and-coming technology for storing zero-carbon electricity generated from intermittent and non-dispatchable renewable energy sources. Among water electrolyzers, the emerging anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) are the most promising, combining efficiency and sustainability. Although it is an attractive technology, it is not yet mature and needs to be further improved to meet market needs. One of the main bottlenecks is related to the efficiency and durability of the WS catalysts. In this context, INNOSHEAL project (INNOvative Self-HEALing chalcogenide catalysts for green hydrogen production) aims to develop new WS catalysts, free of critical raw materials (CRM-free), highly efficient, and durable thank to self-healing groundbreaking properties. The innovative strategy is based on developing a design that allows for a large number of Fe-, Ni- and Mo-based catalytic active sites and an auxiliary system that promotes material self-healing due to the presence of a subnanometric layer of chalcogenide (S-, Se-, Te -based) sites. To ensure the successful achievement of project goals, the project will be conducted at ICB-CSIC, the Spanish National Research Council, with operando investigation during a secondment at PSI in Switzerland. The expected results of this proposal will primarily concern new knowledge on catalytic properties and self-healing characteristics, together with a contribution to the reduction of hydrogen production costs and the elimination of CRM dependency. The resilience of hydrogen-integrated energy systems is crucial for a reliable energy transition in Europe and will consolidate Europe’s leadership in this field. Moreover, this project will help the researcher to enhance her academic profile and research skills, offering exciting career prospects while promoting new collaborations. | ||||||||
| 130735 | 101189796 | MERLIN | Demonstration of long-endurance intelligent multi-purpose autonomous vehicles for marine applications | 2024-11-01 | 2028-10-31 | 2024-10-29 | Horizon_newest | 7946786.25 | 7946786.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | The importance of our seas and oceans to the economy and societal well-being is broadly acknowledged. In addition, offshore infrastructure in the form of ports, wind farms, aquaculture facilities, natural gas pipes, etc. has continuously expanded and has become more commonplace in recent years. Activities associated with seabed mapping, monitoring of the health and status of marine habitats, offshore infrastructure inspection, seabed mining and underwater sensing have traditionally been based on the use of crewed support vessels which are expensive to run and have limited endurance. The MERLIN project seeks to exploit long-endurance operational capabilities offered through the use of hydrogen fuel cells and renewable energy installed onboard Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) and Autonomous Underwater Vessels (AUVs) which are capable of navigating and operating autonomously based on AI algorithms without the need for human intervention. A Mission Remote Control Centre (MRCC) will permit data from the autonomous vessels to be transmitted to base. Conversely, the MRCC will allow the transmission of commands from the supervisor to the robotic vehicles. The vehicles will incorporate advanced surface and underwater grasping capability for the collection of samples, handling, installation and recovery of sensors using custom-built robotic arms. The USV will provide geotagging reference data to the AUVs when they operate underwater and be able to track them during the mission. The USV will be able to navigate from its base to the location of the mission where the AUVs will be released. At the end of the mission the AUVs will dock again with the USV so they can be safely returned to base. The vehicles will be capable of operating independently as well as in combination with support vessels . The demonstration activities include three different high value use cases, including marine habitat monitoring, underwater volcano seabed mapping, and port infrastructure inspection. | ||||||||
| 130939 | 101215113 | ZeroCarb | Intermediate temperature catalytic methane splitting for a swift energy decarbonization | 2025-04-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2025-03-28 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2476872.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2024-TRANSITIONOPEN-01 | Project ZeroCarb will develop, optimize, and operate an intermediate-temperature catalytic methane splitting (IT-CMS) reactor, with the balance of plant, in a relevant environment (TRL6), using biomethane as feedstock and green electricity. This project follows 112CO2 (GA 952219), which developed the fundamentals for the IT-CMS. It is generally accepted that this reaction, also known as methane decomposition or pyrolysis, will play a critical role in the swift and cost-effective energy transition. Due to this great potential, several different processes have been proposed, and new and existing companies are investing in this technology. IT-CMS technology displays, however, critical advantages over all other technologies: i) avoids the use of special reactor’s envelop materials, since it runs at 750 °C and 1 bar, and is catalytic; ii) when fed with biomethane it produces H2 with a negative CO2 footprint and renewable graphitic carbon; iii) the produced metal-free carbon nanofilaments (mostly MWCNT) are shaved off chemically using H2; iv) the reactor is more energy efficient since it uses a fixed bed; v) the catalyst is activated steel foil, commercially available, which reduces the CAPEX tremendously; vi) the reactor module is expected to display a high power density, ca. 1.5 kW L-1, and energy efficiency > 80 %, and a catalyst high stability >> 8500 h; and vii) low CAPEX plant, significantly cheaper than an SMR plant.ZeroCarb targets the development of a demonstration unit producing 2 kgH2 h-1 (ca. 67 kWH2e) and 6 kgC h-1, based on an activated steel foil packed in a plate and frame module. HyCarb aims to bring this technology into the market and meet industry standards or regulations. The business model will be validated with the two industrial partners, CapWatt for hydrogen exploitation (for refineries and synthesis of ammonia/methanol) and BeDimensional as an off-taker of high-purity carbon (for electrically conductive inks/pastes and electrochemical devices). | ||||||||
| 131195 | 101172705 | EnergyGuard | Large-Scale Testing and Experimentation Facility (TEF) for Assessing, Validating, and Enhancing AI-Powered Next-Generation Energy Solutions | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2024-12-04 | Horizon_newest | 5752248.5 | 4939644.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-11 | EnergyGuard aims to develop, kickstart and sustain an open, green and robust Testing Experimentation Facility operating under real-world conditions to empower innovators in bringing trustworthy AI products to the energy market in a cost-effective manner. It will integrate five significant European large-scale testing and experimentation facilities that cover the full energy value chain,supported by European’s greenest HPC infrastructure (Meluxina). This includes a digital twin (DT) of the Portuguese Transmission Network (RDN), the CEDER-CIEMAT Microgrid with its Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), the Hydrogen testing platforms at CEA LITEN, CARTIF, BER and CIEMAT, a high-fidelity local DT of Riga’s multi-apartment residential buildings and the Antrodoco Renewable Energy Community. This includes a wide range of elements to cover diverse AI test needs,including wind power, photovoltaic systems, hydropower plant, AEM,PEM and SO eletrolysers, fuel cells, EV charging stations, electric and public buses and battery storage systems. The facilities will be accessible to EnergyGuard end-users through a set of properly configured Digital Twins (DTs) and curated assets, including data, models, inference APIs, services, and applications through a AI development Testing environment. It will enable easy seamless access to assets from the EU ecosystem including AIOD, Data Spaces, DIHs and other TEFs; Moreover, EnergyGuard facilitates users to validate their products with an Acceptance Environment and a common open AI risks database for a wide range of cybersecurity and trustworthy AI assessments. The TEF will serve as full infrastructure to support national AI regulatory sandbox initiatives and deliver 5 pilot cases for the private and public sector. EnergyGuard will build upon a long-term, self-sustainable business model driven by a new entity, incorporating market-ready features early in the design, such as a subscription/plan framework, billing, and professional support | ||||||||
| 131206 | 101211309 | SDL-MFHYD | Accelerated quantification of photolytic hydrogen using multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization and automation | 2026-02-15 | 2028-02-14 | 2025-02-27 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 260347.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | The fossil fuel sector is projected to emit 200 million tons of CO2 equivalent by 2050. Hydrogen is emerging as a crucial energy carrier, essential for achieving net-zero emissions (NZE) by 2050. The European Commission is actively funding initiatives for decarbonization and green hydrogen production. Green hydrogen can primarily be produced through photocatalytic water splitting, involving either proton reduction or overall water oxidation. While several photocatalysts, predominantly inorganic or noble materials have been reported, recent advances in environmentally friendly nano-covalent organic frameworks (Nano-COFs) catalysts offer tunability and significant synthetic diversity. However, photocatalysts alone are insufficient for substantial hydrogen production. Multiple components must be integrated, such as co-catalyst selection, catalyst-to-co-catalyst ratios, and physicochemical parameters like pH and viscosity, to optimize hydrogen yield. The complexity of optimizing these parameters is challenging for manual testing, especially as the search space expands exponentially. Self-driving laboratories (SDLs) are poised to revolutionize this field by leveraging advancements in robotics, computational power, and artificial intelligence (AI). SDLs can achieve scientific objectives hundreds of times faster than traditional automation, integrating hardware for experiment execution and software for data analysis and subsequent experiment design. Despite these advancements, the time-intensive steps of photolysis and gas analysis remain bottlenecks. This proposal addresses the challenge of accelerating the photolysis process beyond current SDL capabilities. By employing a multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization algorithm, I aim to reduce the frequency of crucial yet time-intensive steps in photocatalysis. This novel approach, untested in real photolysis experiments, has the potential to extend broadly to other areas of electrochemistry, including CO2/N2 electrolysis. | ||||||||
| 131218 | 101202256 | FRIES | Fluid-Rock Interactions for Environmental Sustainability | 2025-06-01 | 2027-05-31 | 2025-03-06 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 276187.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Molecular hydrogen has already been demonstrated to be a viable source of clean fuel that is carbon-free, with water as the only byproduct when combusted. However, traditional methods of hydrogen production such as steam reforming are energy intensive and not viable as a mechanism for addressing demand on a global scale. Recent studies have demonstrated the occurrence of substantial amounts of molecular hydrogen produced naturally by fluid-rock interactions such as serpentinization, at a depth of few kms to several tens of kms in the Earth’s subsurface and if these reserves were to be exploited, they would alleviate at least a substantial fraction of the demand for carbon-free fuel globally. Through the proposed research, we aim to integrate petrographic and microstructural observations from a suite of representative rocks from the Isle of Skye Volcanic Complex and the Shetland Ophiolites in the United Kingdom, with reactive transport and microstructural models to determine if fluid-rock interactions that produce hydrogen in the subsurface can be engineered to occur at near-surface conditions. Additionally, rocks which produce hydrogen are compositionally similar to rocks that have been used to sequester carbon dioxide and our proposed research aims to conduct an in-depth investigation into the potential coupling of these processes, to determine if hydrogen production and carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere can be engineered to run concurrently. Finally, we aim to assess any potential risks associated with hydrogen production from water-rock reactions, as these induce profound transformations in the physical properties (such as volume) of rocks, which may have the potential to generate natural disasters such as earthquakes. The results from our proposed project would have extremely important implications for the much-needed energy transition and demonstrate the viability of ongoing geological processes for generating carbon-free sources of fuel. | ||||||||
| 131315 | 101137867 | HYGHER | HYdroGen High pressure supply chain for innovative and cost Efficient distRibution | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 6769096.25 | 4991009.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-04 | HYGHER HYGHER aims to improve gaseous hydrogen delivery infrastructure for hydrogen mobility, developing innovative solutions and integrating them optimally along the supply chain steps. These include an innovative filling center able to compress and fill over 2t/day of H2 from green electrolysis, two new high pressure trailers (featuring novel cascading concepts for optimized filling/unloading) each able to transport 1.25 tons of H2 at 500 bar, and HRS adaptations for full valorization of high pressure H2, increasing economic and technical advantages. The 14-month demonstration will take place in the region of Paris to supply the HYPE fleet of hundreds of FCEV taxis with locally produced H2 via a network of HRS, reinforcing EU H2 infrastructure along TEN-T corridors. A strong reduction in CAPEX, OPEX and footprint will be demonstrated, thus reducing the price of hydrogen at the nozzle. The project will pave the way for replication of the solution via standardization efforts including a generic design of component interfaces, as well as recommendations on regulations and standards to simplify future implementations. Safety will play a central role, through the involvement of H2 safety experts. Circularity aspects will be studied and applied to progress toward a sustainable supply chain. Throughout the project, a future upscale of the solution to higher pressures and capacities will be prepared and all requirements regarding design, safety, economic, and regulatory aspects identified. Related requirements and challenges will be discussed with an Advisory Committee and with a wide panel of stakeholders. This will strengthen collaboration, raise awareness about potentials and benefits of the high pressure HYGHER solution, and accelerate replication and scale-up. To foster market uptake, 6 replications will be initiated in the scope of the project. HYGHER will accelerate the development of 3 SMEs, thus contributing to consolidation of EU leadership in H2 technologies. | ||||||||
| 131326 | 101130520 | H-GREEN | Innovative Functional Oxide Materials for Green Hydrogen Energy Production | 2024-03-01 | 2028-02-29 | 2023-09-20 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 1260400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01-01 | The H-GREEN project aims to address the global energy crisis by advancing pioneering technologies and materials in the photo-, pyro-, and electro-catalysis of water splitting. The project will leverage the unique properties of functional oxide materials to facilitate the cost-effective production of green hydrogen through water splitting, aligned with climate objectives in Europe. The consortium consists of fundamental research organizations and industrial companies with the expertise needed to solve this critical problem. Our research partners include the University of Picardie – UPJV (France) and the Joseph Stephan Institute – JSI (Slovenia), as well as the applied Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems at FRAUNHOFER Society (Germany). Two industrial companies, NANOTECH (Ukraine) and STERIMED (Morocco), are also part of our consortium. Through secondments and knowledge-sharing training, we’ll equip a new cluster of material scientists with the skills and expertise needed to develop H-GREEN technologies that will power the world sustainably. | ||||||||
| 131348 | 101138184 | exFan | Novel recuperation system to maximize exergy from anergy for fuel cell powered geared electric aircraft propulsion system. | 2023-12-01 | 2027-11-30 | 2023-11-16 | Horizon_newest | 3984082.5 | 3984082.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-08 | “To achieve climate neutrality in aviation by 2050, hydrogen powered aircraft propulsion can be key. For this, several challenges need to be tackled such as thermal management and heat rejection of fuel cells in the aircraft. For each watt of electricity produced by a fuel cell, one watt of waste heat is generated. Recuperating it to further use would be indeed an asset. The exFan project will target such innovation by including a ducted heat exchanger in the nacelle of the propulsion system. It will use the ram jet effect, called also “”Meredith effect”” (ME) to generate thrust from waste heat. The design of a lightweight heat exchanger and the recovery of waste heat using the ME are promising topics further investigated in detail here. The exFan system will be included in a geared electric fan propulsion system of mega-watt class powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology. The heat exchanger will be a bionic design duly surface finished to hinder particle accumulation, corrosion, and erosion. Additionally, novel thermal management system will be designed, to optimize the heat quality of the waste heat and control the heat flux of the propulsion system. Optimal operation conditions will also be investigated. A simulation model will be set up for operation parameter optimization. First functional lab scale tests of exFan will serve to verify such model. The breakthrough innovations proposed in exFan will i) allow European aircraft producers to offer savings in cost operation ii) enable European aeronautics industry to maintain global competitiveness and leadership, and iii) create significant contribution in the path towards CO2 and NOX emission free aircrafts. exFan brings together multidisciplinary experts from academia, aeronautical associations and industry, supported by a selected technical advisory board. exFan will be in close contact with Clean Aviation and Clean Hydrogen to create synergies and speed up the development.” | ||||||||
| 131358 | 101137925 | ENDURE | Alkaline electrolysers with enhanced durability | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-05 | Horizon_newest | 2492868.75 | 2492868.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-03 | Today’s alkaline electrolysers are typically operating at voltages exceeding 2 V/cell, corresponding to electrolyser power consumption >54 kWh/kg. Improved performance is often achieved by incorporating platinum-group metals (PGM) in electrode coatings, but the wider adoption of such approach is severely hindered by the limited availability and high cost of PGM. Not only does electrode degradation negatively affect the efficiency of the electrolyser stack, but also the efficiency of the entire system. Degradation also negatively affects CAPEX: due to degradation, the amount of waste heat that needs to be removed from the stack increases, which means that electrolyser components need to be significantly oversized. If electrolyser degradation rate could be reduced, it would result in two-fold benefits: 1) lower operating expenditures via lower energy consumption over electrolyser lifetime, 2) lower capital expenditures via lower level of oversizing of balance-of-plant components needed. Both would positively affect the levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH).We aim to develop a PGM-free alkaline electrolyser stack with PEM-like performance and low degradation rate. Proposed innovations:•Development of 3D structured, laterally graded, flow-engineered, monolithic porous transport electrodes (PTE), drastically improving electrode kinetics and mass transport compared to state-of-the-art cells•Multi-level computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling coupled with advanced X-ray tomography•Novel PGM-free high performance electrocatalysts fabricated using inherently scalable methods•Stack-level improvements and performance validation using 100cm2 and 1000cm2 stack platforms, and benchmarking with state-of-the-art•Building upon the work done by the JRC, the development of harmonised test protocols and accelerated testing procedures for alkaline water electrolysers. | ||||||||
| 131360 | 101137604 | EXSOTHyC | EXSOLUTION-BASED NANOPARTICLES FOR LOWEST COST GREEN HYDROGEN VIA ELECTROLYSIS | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-05 | Horizon_newest | 2495480 | 2495480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-01 | Today’s alkaline electrolysers favour current densities over efficiency: to achieve commercially relevant current densities, these systems typically operate at voltages exceeding 2 V/cell, corresponding to electrolyser power consumption of >54 kWh/kg. There are four reasons for employing high voltages: 1) electrodes’ insufficient electrochemical activity, 2) the relatively high gas permeability of commonly employed diaphragms means that improved hydrogen purity can be achieved at high current operation points, 3) the stack designs are not optimised for low-current operation due to very simple flow fields, and 4) high currents are required to achieve attractive electrolyser CAPEX costs (EUR/kW). Yet, there is a growing consensus that the wider adoption of green H2 is not hindered by electrolyser CAPEX: the costs of green H2 are in most cases vastly dominated by OPEX, which in turn is a direct function of electrolyser efficiency. Thus, to achieve lowest possible levelised cost of H2, efficiency should be prioritised over current density.EXSOTHyC will optimise electrolyser operation towards lower voltages and higher efficiencies. The innovation is three-fold and addressing all four above-mentioned reasons:•Alternative pathways to the O2 and H2 evolution reactions by new anode and cathode approaches•Novel concepts of membrane electrode assemblies with integrated components •Novel cell design to enhance overall cell efficiency by integrating disruptive conceptsIn the project, we adopt an approach combining computer simulations, rapid prototyping, and thorough experimental validation on single cell, SRU and short stack level. In a nutshell, we will combine electrodes made using powder metallurgy with ceramic nanoparticles fabricated by exsolution, leveraging on the synergy that both methods require reducing atmospheres. Also, membrane-electrode assemblies based on Zirfon will be developed. The cell/stack will be backed by computer modelling. | ||||||||
| 131368 | 101135156 | ENLIGHTEN-ED | European iNitiative for Low cost, Innovative and Green High Thrust ENgine – Engine Demonstration | 2024-03-01 | 2027-02-28 | 2023-12-20 | Horizon_newest | 20307271.25 | 19965202.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-21 | The space sector is a source of economic growth, jobs and exports, contributing to all Key Strategic Orientations of the EU strategic plan. Faced with growing competition and technological disruption, it is drastically vital to act in support of European space launchers development to preserve European independent access to space.European launchers must improve their competitiveness by halving launch price in the short term. In the long term, Europe will create common building blocks for an integrated and competitive European family of launchers of all scales with reusability functionalities. The purpose of ENLIGHTEN is to develop and test advanced production means and technologies for reusable rocket engines, following on the Prometheus® ESA program, in order to create a family of reusable, high-power engines fueled by bio-methane or green hydrogen.In the continuity of ENLIGHTEN, ENLIGHTEN-ED aims at maturate enabling technologies, subsystems, tools and processes by bringing them to TRL5/6. Then, ENLIGHTEN-ED will demonstrate the above technologies by engine on-ground demonstration tests by 2026 to reach TRL7.In the frame of ENLIGHTEN-ED, a tailored consortium (including major aerospace actors, SME, RTO and an university) will prepare a demonstrator of green high thrust engine (GTHE) based on liquid hydrogen using:-The latest advances in additive manufacturing to reduce the cost and number of engine parts,-Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to develop the first space engine health Monitoring System in Europe necessary to implement reusability,-New ultra-low-cost subsystems as engine ignition system, nozzle extension, electric valves and multi-functional lines.Therefore, ENLIGHTEN-ED will demonstrate the ability of such an ultra-low-cost engine to be rapidly operational and available for all European launcher families and thus strive to increase the competitiveness of European GTHE. | ||||||||
| 131428 | 101192235 | Sea4Volt | Sea water Electrolysis by AEM technology For VariOus Liquid feeds without pre-Treatment | 2025-09-01 | 2028-08-31 | 2025-05-21 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3996557 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-03 | The main objective of the Sea4Volt project is the development of a novel low temperature Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) electrolyser concept, able to operate efficiently, selectively, and durably with a direct seawater feed under a slight pH-gradient. Reaching this will require identifying and developing new suitable materials (catalysts, membrane, coatings, porous transport layers, bipolar plates, sealings), as well as novel electrolyser design options.The Sea4Volt will develop and demonstrate a direct seawater electrolyser prototype with novel materials/components and membrane/ionomers to reach effective high-performing and corrosion-resistant seawater electrolysis system. Results of in-operation tests will be published in public deliverables, workshops, and conferences, making it possible for the partners outside of Sea4Volt consortium to exploit leading to a wider impact throughout the European electrolyzer and fuel cell industry.The choice of the newly emerged AEM technology proposed in this project, on one hand, emphasises the extensive innovative technological impact exhibited in the implementation of novel non-CRM materials, PFAS-free anion exchange membranes and ionomers, new electrode designs and protective coatings. On the other hand, the intrinsic cost-effectiveness of the AEM technology, embedded in utilization of low-cost materials, is expected to provide further cost reductions to such an offshore electrolyser system, and will result to anticipated lower cost of green hydrogen production.The technology enabling the generation of green hydrogen directly from seawater holds immense societal-wide impacts. Shift towards green hydrogen production could also stimulate economic growth through the creation of new industries and job opportunities, particularly in regions with abundant seawater resources. Sea4Volt is also being targeted in the areas characterised with deficit of fresh water especially in underdeveloped regions around the globe. | ||||||||
| 131451 | 101137610 | H2AL | Full-scale Demonstration of Replicable Technologies for Hydrogen Combustion in Hard to Abate Industries: The Aluminium use-case | 2024-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2023-12-07 | Horizon_newest | 7005639.25 | 5993812.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-04 | The H2AL consortium aims to address the challenges of adopting hydrogen (H2) in hard-to-abate industries (HTAIs) through a hybrid approach using digital tools and state-of-the-art experimental techniques. The consortium will develop an integrated H2 burner and support system for a heating furnace in an HTAI, specifically the aluminium scrap recycling industry. The project will investigate the impact of H2 combustion on the furnace structure and product quality while minimizing emissions. H2AL will apply Oxyfuel combustion of H2 as combustion technology, which will be combined with low-NOx combustion techniques, most likely the flameless/MILD combustion mode. This approach will allow us to benefit from the main advantages from oxyfuel combustion while minimizing its emissions (particularly NOx). The impact of H2 combustion on the refractory materials, overall furnace structure and product quality (aluminium) will also be investigated and measures to minimize its impacts will be implemented.To ensure widespread replication and exploitation of the technology, the consortium will perform techno-economic modeling, develop guidelines for technology integration, analyze geographic information, and develop new business models. The consortium comprises 10 partners from four countries, including 4 research organizations, 5 industrial partners, and an industry association, and includes an end-user association representing the aluminium sector in Europe. The H2AL project seeks to achieve TRL7 by running a full-scale demonstration for more than six months, with at least one trial of 100h at 100% H2 and with a thermal output of at more than 2 MWth. | ||||||||
| 131453 | 101192325 | FASTCH2ANGE | Fluorine-free mAterialS for susTainable-by-design electrolysis Cells towards the H2-bAsed New Generation of clean Energy technologies | 2025-03-01 | 2028-02-29 | 2025-03-21 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2998628.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-05-02 | FASTCH2ANGE aims to pioneer a sustainable-by-design method for developing TRL4-compliant 100% PFAS-free proton exchange membrane-based electrolysis (PEMEL) cells. It will focus on developing four fluorine-free components: proton exchange membranes, catalyst-supporting layers, transport and gas diffusion layers, and new sealing components like gaskets and insulation plates.FASTCH2ANGE will achieve this by designing, developing, and testing new PFAS-free PEMs at TRL4. These PEMs will be made using TEOS-based hybrid organic-inorganic ionomers, targeting an operating current density of 3.0 A/cm at 1.8 V cell voltage, with a degradation rate under 5 V/hr by 2030. Innovations in catalyst coating technologies will be explored, including an optimized ink deposition technique.Additionally, fluoroelastomers-free liquid-gas diffusion layers will be prepared using a sol-gel process with silicon alkoxides to improve hydrophobicity and thermal stability. FASTCH2ANGE also plans to develop PFAS-free sealing components using silicon-based sol-gel formulations and advanced materials like stainless steel, polyetheretherketone, and polyphenylene sulfide, employing high-performance coatings such as diamond-like carbon and ceramic.Hence, an advanced testing platform utilizing multisingle cells proprietary technology will test the newly developed catalyst-coated membranes (CCMs), achievinga first-of-its-kind PFAS-free 5-cells stack with optimal components.Harmonized European testing protocols will be used, and the cross-integrability with fuel cell technologies will be assessed in close synergy with SUSTAINCELL and EVERYWH2ERE projects.FASTCH2ANGE new components will allow the replacement of 10-11% by weight of a new generation of electrolysis systems with harmless materials, that for the envisioned European 140 GW capacity would mean saving up to 10500 tons of PFAS crafted into PEMEL components by 2030. | ||||||||
| 131486 | 101192454 | ASTERISK | Integrated process for seawater electrolysis using a PGM-free anion exchange membrane stack | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2024-12-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3973258.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-03 | ASTERISK proposes integrating seawater treatment and green hydrogen production using a Platinum Group Metal (PGM)-free anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyser. The consortium will work on developing AEM stack components compatible and stable under saline conditions, namely water oxidation and water reduction electrocatalysts, anion exchange ionomers and membranes, porous transport layers and electrical contacts. ASTERISK will incorporate a minimal seawater treatment step before the stack to remove biological, organic and suspended solids content with minimal energy requirements and operating costs, leaving the ions naturally present in seawater to enter the stack. The project will meet the challenging KPIs set by this call and significantly improve upon the degradation rate of <5% over 500h operation leveraging the current experience on materials and membranes design already developed in ongoing projects involving several ASTERISK partners. A final ASTERISK demo will achieve up to 100 gH2/h production on a 5 kWe stack operating for 2000h, to achieve the goal of reaching TRL 4 at project end.The technical work will be complemented with an eco-design process supported by an environmental and socio-economic analysis to guide the development of a low impact and circular designed AEM device maximising socio-economic benefits. A techno-economic and exploitation plan to move from laboratory scale single-cell to a multi-stack electrolyser will be studied to ensure a fast-track to commercialisation. If successful, ASTERISK will advance cost-effective and sustainable green hydrogen production and contribute to the European Union's long-term carbon neutrality and renewable energy leadership goals. | ||||||||
| 131500 | 101106487 | UNVEIL | Revealing the natUre and ideNtity of actiVe sites through structure-depEndent mIcrokinetic modeLing for CO2 electroreduction reaction | 2023-12-16 | 2025-12-15 | 2023-03-23 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 188590.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | “The present-day chemicals industry heavily depends on fossil fuels, contributing significantly to the concerning rise in global CO2 emissions. However, for transitioning to renewables, large-scale and high energy-density energy storage is needed. The CO2 electroreduction reaction holds promise in this direction, due to its unique ability to convert waste CO2 emissions back into valuable base chemicals at ambient conditions, using renewable electricity. However, it currently lacks industrial adoption, due to the lack of highly selective and stable catalysts. Understanding the catalytic properties such as selectivity and stability at the atomic scale requires fundamental insights about the “”real”” catalyst structure under reaction conditions and its effects on the reaction mechanisms. The goal of this project is to investigate this structure sensitivity of the Cu-based CO2 electroreduction reaction by developing a structure-dependent microkinetic model. To achieve this, I will use Boltzmann statistics and DFT calculations to predict ensembles of Cu nanoparticles with thermodynamically most stable morphologies under experimental reaction conditions and account for the respective distribution of active sites. Thereafter, the reaction pathways towards key products such as hydrogen, methane and ethylene over the active sites will be investigated. The multiscale analysis based on the structure-dependent microkinetic modeling will connect the experimentally observed macroscopic reaction rates with the nanoscale true structure of the catalyst, revealing the structure-property relationships of the CO2 electroreduction catalyst. The potential outcomes are: 1) understanding how catalyst structure at the nanoscale affects its properties in the CO2 electroreduction process; 2) achieving a wider adoption of multiscale modelling as a tool for rational electrocatalyst design; and 3) establishing stronger collaborations between experimental and theoretical catalysis.” | ||||||||
| 131503 | 101137866 | Hy-SPIRE | Hydrogen production by innovative solid oxide cell for flexible operation at intermediate temperature | 2024-02-01 | 2027-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | Horizon_newest | 2999523 | 2999523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-02 | According to long-term goals of EU, renewable hydrogen will become an energy vector for decarbonisation of the EU economy. The technology of solid oxide-based electrolysers (SOEL) can become a key technological advantage for EU to become a world leader in hydrogen economy. The Hy-SPIRE project aims at further boosting the potential of SOEL by lowering the operating temperature below 700°C, and increasing its flexibility in order to fit with RES generation profiles.Within the project, novel cells will be developed towards achieving strict KPIs such as low degradation equal to or lower than 0.75% per 1,000 h, operation at high current densities ca. 1.2 A/cm^2 and ability to operate dynamically and fast ramping. The goal will be reach by the means of developing and applying new materials, advanced manufacturing techniques and optimized cell and stack designs. The Hy-SPIRE project will aim at developing oxygen ion- and proton-conducting cells (O-SOE and P-SOE, respectively) on both, ceramic and metallic supports, therefore analysing broad range of technological possibilities. The new cells and stacks will go beyond the SoA technology in terms of designs, performance and operation. The consortium of the project brings together a recognized European stack manufacturer (SolydEra), top players in the development of materials for SOCs, expertise in fabrication as well as unique testing capacities and know-how in technology assessment. Techno-economic analysis, supported by the LCA will be used for the evaluation of project novelties and the market potential. The project will cover definition of barriers and research directions to achieve SRIA objectives such as reduction of hydrogen production cost to 3 €/kg by 2030, reduction of CAPEX 520 €/(kg/kW) and OPEX 45 €/(kg/kW). Moreover the technology of cells and stacks – the effects of Hy-SPIRE – will be designed for large-scale production, and tailored for coupling with RES and other industry sectors. | ||||||||
| 131524 | 101084261 | FreeHydroCells | Freestanding energy-to-Hydrogen fuel by water splitting using Earth-abundant materials in a novel, eco-friendly, sustainable and scalable photoelectrochemical Cell system | 2022-11-01 | 2026-02-28 | 2022-10-21 | Horizon_newest | 3748300.25 | 3748300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-02 | The FreeHydroCells project aims to create a new photoelectrochemical system capable of clean, efficient solar-to-chemical energy conversion, with hydrogen gas storing the chemical energy. The system would mimic the solar-energy absorption potential of a leaf by arraying cascades of nanometre thick semiconducting materials as buried pn-junctions that, when submerged in water and exposed to sunlight, are capable of freestanding photoelectrochemical water splitting. A number of technological challenges restrict the cost-effective efficiency of clean, green, solar-to-chemical hydrogen, state-of-the-art systems, making it commercially unattractive, and severely limiting hydrogens role in decarbonisation. However, the FreeHydroCells project proposes to leverage a number of advancements in thin film materials, devices, and processes to make similar breakthroughs in photoelectrochemical band-engineering for interconnected bands, defect minimisation, thin film thickness uniformity continuity to minimise drift-dominated transit times, carrier doping for high conductivity, carrier type selectivity and, importantly, preventing significant recombination of light-generated carriers by ensuring drift transport under multiple in-built electric fields. These breakthroughs would transform the transfer efficiency of solar-to-chemical energy via the carefully aligned redox potential and propel the photoelectrochemical water splitting reactions to morph solar energy into hydrogen bonds. The new materials system could be cost-effectively realised through modified delivery techniques of atomic layer deposition and chemical vapour deposition in manufacturing-compatible, large-area capable, equipment that is now common in commercial chip and solar cell processing technologies. FreeHydroCells multidisciplinary expertise is key to making this substantial science-to-technology leap: to verify a paradigm proof-of-concept for a self-driven system suitable for up-scaling and commercialisation. | ||||||||
| 131525 | 101147546 | SUNNY | SUstaiNable eNergy sYstems for refugee and host communities in Africa | 2024-06-01 | 2028-05-31 | 2024-03-28 | Horizon_newest | 5331738.75 | 4659260.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-16 | Gathering 18 partners from 3 African, 5 European countries and 2 associated countries, SUNNY is a 48-months project that aims to provide highly replicGathering 17 partners from 3 African, 5 European countries and 2 associated countries, SUNNY is a 48-months project that aims to provide highly replicable solutions for green energy transition and energy access in Africa. To reach that goal, five Renewable Energy Technologies, reaching TRL 7-8 will be improved, adapted to the local context and demonstrated in two sites in Uganda and Rwanda, reaching around 1300 refugees and persons in the local host populations.The technologies developed in SUNNY will be upgraded following circular economy and local value chain approaches in order to create economic activity locally as well as ensure relevance of the solutions and long-term sustainability. To ensure uptake, a strong focus will also be made on cost-effectiveness and adapted business models. Solar home systems will ensure the access to basic energy needs at a household level (PR1). Clean hydrogen (PR2) and biogas (PR3) cooking solutions will allow cooking to be decarbonised while improving health conditions. Refrigerated food storage (PR4) and smart solar irrigation, combined with biogas, will allow to improve food security in rural African areas and address the WEF nexus. Holistic models (PR5) and assessment methods (PR8) will allow to identify and validate the benefits and sustainability of the technologies, while social innovation through among others capacity building will support the long-term socio-economic impact (PR6) and ensure local uptake as well as a strong replicability potential. Indeed, SUNNY ambitions to widely impact humanitarian energy practices through a replication plan comprising the involvement of 15 replication cases with new interoperability of technologies, training activities towards African and EU-wide energy-access and development agencies and camps managers, and policy recommendations (PR8). | ||||||||
| 131532 | 101137889 | PH2OTOGEN | ACCELERATION OF PHOTOCATALYTIC GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION TO MARKET READINESS THROUGH VALUE-ADDED OXIDATION PRODUCTS | 2024-01-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2023-12-06 | Horizon_newest | 2498813.75 | 2498813.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-04 | With rising anthropogenic CO2 emissions resulting in climate change, solutions to rapidly bring green hydrogen to market are required. PH2OTOGEN aims to build a scalable photocatalytic flow reactor for green hydrogen production with parallel production of value-added oxidation products, which will contribute to the revenues of the overall system. The PH2OTOGEN consortium will use advanced characterisation techniques to determine promising and novel combinations of semiconducting materials to achieving an average solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of > 5% over 500 hours in a 500 cm2 demonstrator. | ||||||||
| 131554 | 101172850 | COSEC | Biogenic CO2 capture into Sustainable Energy Carriers: A novel photosynthetic and hydrogenotrophic CO2 fixation combined with waste nutrient upcycling for production of carbon negative energy carriers | 2024-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2024-08-08 | Horizon_newest | 3906925 | 3906925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-05 | This research project endeavours to pioneer a biological solution for mitigating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from effluent gases produced by bioenergy combustion systems. The primary focus is on converting the captured CO2 into carbon-negative energy carriers, specifically emphasizing the photosynthetic conversion of biogenic CO2 into energy-rich biomass. The transformation of this biomass into widely used renewable energy carriers, such as biocrude and biogas, is targeted, with an additional emphasis on enriching these carriers with renewable hydrogen to achieve carbon circularity.The project is structured to address key aspects, including; efficient biogenic CO2 capture from effluent systems, development of resilient microalgae strains to enhance resistance to flue gas toxicity, novel biomass pre-treatment methods for cell disruption and nitrogen removal (concurrent production of biostimulants), and improvements in the efficiency and sustainability of hydrothermal liquefaction (biocrude), anaerobic digestion (biogas) and hydrogenotropic conversion of CO2 to biomethane. The ultimate goal is to validate the viability of the developed direct CO2 fixation methods through integration with effluent systems at a pilot scale, reaching TRL5.This multifaceted approach underscores the project’s commitment to advancing sustainable and efficient methods for biogenic CO2 fixation and subsequent conversion into renewable energy carriers. To assess the economic viability, a detailed techno-economic analysis of the proposed carbon capture and use solution will be conducted. Furthermore, sustainability and social impact assessments will be performed, taking into account circular economy principles and addressing social, economic, and environmental aspects in alignment with the priorities outlined in the European Green Deal. | ||||||||
| 131555 | 101118318 | H2Heat | Hydrogen from renewable energy for commercial building heating – a full supply chain demonstration | 2023-09-01 | 2028-08-31 | 2023-06-23 | Horizon_newest | 12818625 | 10655475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-03 | The overall aim of the H2Heat project is to demonstrate the full value chain for green hydrogen (H2) heating for commercial building heating. 40% of total energy consumed and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions in EU correspond to buildings, with 79% of that energy used for heating of water and air conditioning. H2HEAT, in exciting alliance with the Canary Health Service (SCS), wish to create a full demonstration of Green H2 for heating (and later energy). This will serve as the replicable model to be rolled out across the SCS hospitals enabling the SCS fulfil its ambitious Health Zer0 net Emissions Strategy delivering deep decarbonization.H2HEAT will use offshore wind renewable energy (RE) to produce H2, from Esteyco 6MW EU funded WHEEL project. The centralised onshore H2 facility, will produce H2 initially with a 1MW electrolyser, to be used to substitute conventional fuel by the large end-user hospital CHUIMI with substantial heating requirements (>0.5MW), using a novel combination of an advanced combustion technology burner specifically designed for H2 operation H2-CHP, and a heat pump. The H2-CHP will produce heat and energy and the energy will power the heat pump for substantial heat provision to the hospital with no waste. Full end-to-end infrastructure for H2 transport and use will be planned, installed and commissioned. Comprehensive and complementary mixture of expertise and know-how provided by the consortium partners will ensure an efficient realization of the technical objectives of the project, reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) of H2 fuel for consumers, and develop replicable business models for wide-scale commercial usage of H2 as a direct heating alternative across Gran Canaria. H2Heat will contribute to enabling Gran Canaria become part of the H2 valley economy through locally produced H2 from RE. | ||||||||
| 131558 | 101096033 | LoCEL-H2 | Low-Cost, Circular, plug & play, off grid Energy for Remote Locations including Hydrogen (LOCEL-H2) | 2023-01-01 | 2026-12-31 | 2022-12-09 | Horizon_newest | 7394776.5 | 6193128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-05 | Many communities in developing regions suffer disproportionately from energy poverty and the effects of climate change. Females in these communities face additional threats, including exposure to harmful cooking emissions. LoCEL-H2 will address underlying causes of these issues by providing renewable, cost-effective, plug-n-play, and sustainable provision of electrical energy and access to clean fuels.Our integrated prosumer renewable energy solution will be developed in harmony with local communities needs; our SSH team will evaluate critical socioeconomic factors for use in system development and future rollout. It is our ambition to provide operational training for deployment communities and future local partners.LoCEL-H2 features three impressive technical innovations: 1) a unique, low-cost, hydrogen-based energy solution, the Battolyser, 2) a novel battery technology, with high performance and excellent circularity, 3) a decentralized, peer-to-peer, prosumer microgrid designed holistically to facilitate sustainable rollout. Following system-level integration & validation (via a virtual pilot and a pre-pilot in Asia at TRL-7), the LoCEL-H2 team will deploy two full-scale TRL-8 pilots in Africa (Cte d’Ivoire and Zambia), including physical, digital, and social tools, achieving TRL-8 by the end of the current project. Our teams existing commercial networksAsian and Africanwill enable the further post-project commercial rollout of LoCEL-H2, boosting European export potential in sustainable energy solutions. | ||||||||
| 131566 | 101146861 | NIAGARA | Next advanced bIofuels from AlGae biomAss and oRganic biogenic wAstes for electricity generation through fuel cells application | 2024-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2024-04-08 | Horizon_newest | 3965334.75 | 3965334.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-07 | NIAGARA’s project intends to make a significant contribution to the development of a sustainable process chain, involving the shaping and procurement of openly available EU biogenic wastes (wastewaters, digestate, sewage sludge etc.), a production of carbohydrate-rich microalgae , an innovative continuous and flexible HTC process to convert the mix of biogenic wastes and microalgae into a solid fraction (hydrochar) and an aqueous phase that will in turn be converted into an advanced biofuel (a biogenic syngas rich in hydrogen) via gasification and aqueous phase reforming. Subsequent syngas cleaning processes are envisaged to ensure a full compatibility of the syngas to the solid oxide fuel cells. NIAGARA’s value chain will feature a very low carbon balance with a strong potential to become carbon negative overtime.NIAGARA will dramatically improve advanced biofuel production by combining complementary scientific and industrial know-how while fostering various promising market applications (e.g., fuel cells). the NIAGARA methodology, which derives from the ambitious idea of producing advanced biofuels from EU-widely available biomasses and wastes on a fully circular basis, making this value chain ultimately sustainable. The main market application that is sought in the NIAGARA project is the generation of electricity using highly efficient SOFC. This implies (i) individually developing key innovative and carbon-efficient processes, (ii) assessing their performances (carbon footprints, energy balance and production yields), and (iii) demonstrating their integration and global compatibility to reach the objective of negative carbon emission on the biofuel production chain up to the generation of electricity.NIAGARA will contribute towards lowering the technological, economic, and social barriers faced by the development of the contemplated processes at TRL5. The outcome of this work will contribute directly and significantly to EU’s overall renewal energy targets. | ||||||||
| 131588 | 101146291 | SWARM-E | LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND: BOTTOM-UP ENERGY TRANSFORMATION OF LAST-MILE COMMUNITIES | 2024-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2024-04-09 | Horizon_newest | 5378338.75 | 4437613.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-16 | SWARM-E is a trans- and multi-disciplinary approach for sustainable, affordable and modern energy access and well-being for Sub-Saharan Africa, aligned with the AU-EU Agenda 2063. SWARM-E consists of several layers: 1) an innovative renewable electricity infrastructure, the SWARM grid, a circular and cyber-smart network where end-users exchange electricity of their solar home systems and form the nodes of a smart grid which can dynamically grow to meet demand; 2) unlocking unutilised renewable energy for productive uses in the water energy food nexus – cold storage, water purification, water pumping and irrigation, carpentry; 3) transfer and decentralisation of Global North energy transformation innovations – decentralised hydrogen production for cleaner cooking, bi-directional charging of light electric vehicles (two- and three-wheelers) to transport goods and people. SWARM-E builds on network effects generated through the inclusion of localised economies with strong producer-consumer linkages embedded within larger systems of trade and exchange for the creation of bottom-up energy communities. SWARM-E will operate and replicate 5 pilots in Rwanda and Tanzania, under which 5 SWARM grids are installed, delivering 6.9 GWh of renewable electricity while generating income through the trading of electricity and avoiding the discard of 3,200 batteries; 5 water purification applications deliver 101.M L of clean water; 15 light electric vehicles deliver farmers’ produce, power mobile productive uses and cold storage, increasing the yields of 1,000 farmers and reducing the food losses of more than 5,000; 700 kg of H2 are blended with LPG for cleaner cooking, and more than 500 jobs for women and youth are created. The balanced participation of EU and AU private, public and civil society organisations in the consortium will ensure the knowledge transfer North-South and South-South, and the sustainability of value chains based on local value creation and entrepreneurship. | ||||||||
| 131593 | 101118293 | SOMMER | Solar-Based Membrane Reactor For Syngas Production | 2023-11-01 | 2027-10-31 | 2023-06-26 | Horizon_newest | 4711516.25 | 4711516.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-06 | SOMMER will develop and demonstrate a novel carbon-neutral pathway for syngas production by integrating solar energy directly into a catalytic membrane reactor for the splitting of H2O and CO2 (e.g. captured from high carbon emitting industries or by direct air capture). This will allow SOMMER to overcome the fossil-based energy requirements for the production of syngas and to consume CO2 instead of natural gas as feedstock. Syngas, the mixture of H2 and CO, is a crucial intermediate product in the chemical industry. Thus, SOMMER will consider the entire value-chain from CO2 provision from a cement plant to syngas formation and further processing syngas to valuable and shippable products such as DME or methanol. The core of the SOMMER technology lies in the optimized energy integration of an emerging single-step CO2 and H2O thermochemical conversion process supported by highly selective catalysts and a dual-phase composite membrane, and a concentrated solar-thermal plant to supply the thermal energy demand. The main outcomes of SOMMER involve the experimental demonstration and evaluation of the innovative solar-powered membrane technology, and the development of high performance and cost-effective membranes as key components, thereby bringing the technology to the next level. SOMMER will advance membrane manufacturing via slip-casting, as a more mature approach, and via additive manufacturing to optimize the effective membrane surface area in the reactor. The concept is expected to have the future advantage of prolonged and flexible operation by switching between two operational Cases: I) Purely solar approach at 1500 °C and II) a biogas-supported approach at 900 °C.In addition, the identification of technological, ecological and economical potential for a flexible and highly efficient solar syngas production will contribute to the development of a detailed roadmap and provide the basis for the pre-commercialization through follow-up R&D development activities. | ||||||||
| 131624 | 101075660 | FEDECOM | FEDErated -system of systems- approach for flexible and interoperable energy COMmunities | 2022-10-01 | 2026-09-30 | 2022-08-23 | Horizon_newest | 9474375 | 7635000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-05 | Building on results of recently (or soon to be) concluded EU projects, FEDECOM aims to enable integrated local energy systems through sector coupling and cross-energy vector integration, increasing RES penetration via optimal utilisation of energy dispatch, storage and conversion assets. FEDECOM pursues the idea of electricity becoming the leading energy carrier, with power grids as the backbone for the decarbonisation of all energy sectors and aggregators as the cornerstone enabler of the potential exploitation. FEDECOM adopts and maximizes the potential synergies of two complementary deployment strategies: (i) direct electrification (e.g. via demand electrification), and (ii) indirect electrification (with power-to-X technology). FEDECOM will deliver a scalable and adaptable cloud-based platform composed of analytical, modelling and optimization services for planning, supervision and control of integrated local energy systems (power, gas, heating and cooling, industry, electric and hydrogen mobility). Optimized operations of the integrated systems will be demonstrated as part of hybrid RES/storage infrastructures, while enabling a holistic cooperative demand response (DR) strategy across federation of energy communities. With a concept of federated energy communities, FEDECOM unlocks the flexibility potential, enable energy exchange, and provide coordinated actions across near and remote sites, while maximizing the positive impact on grid transmission level. FEDECOM’s integrated package will be verified on three real large-scale pilots, each composed of multiple (federated) demo sites (communities): Spanish Virtual Green H2 Federation, Swiss Residential Hydropower Federation and BENElux cross-country e-Mobility Federation. After FEDECOM, local energy communities and service providers will be fully trained and upskilled via dissemination and engagement activities to take full ownership of FEDECOM solution and its business ecosystem. | ||||||||
| 131659 | 101208369 | NECTAR | Stand-alone Photoelectrochemical Tandem Devices for Solar-driven Overall Water Splitting | 2025-12-01 | 2027-11-30 | 2025-03-18 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 216240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | The project proposes to convert solar energy into hydrogen fuel by utilizing a thermoelectric integrated tandem photoelectrochemical (PEC) system with the main goal of generating a robust, scalable, and competitive solution of solar energy technologies. The project will focus on materials development, rigorous characterization, cell development, and prototyping. We will utilize solution-based techniques to address the urgent need for efficient absorbers for PEC systems via transferable methods for large scale production. We will target cost-effective and abundant materials for all required components without sacrificing their performance. Our proposed system will be the first work on solar driven-overall water splitting utilizing solution processing routes with benign molecular ink for photoabsorber synthesis coupled with earth-abundant and low-cost material cocatalysts. Furthermore, rigorous in-situ characterization will provide an overview of the overall processes involved in PEC reactions which will further guide system design. Finally, a prototype of an efficient and durable PEC cell will be realized. | ||||||||
| 131684 | 101150653 | PIMIonFuelCell | Fuel Cell Ionomers from Durable Aromatic Hydrocarbon Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity | 2025-03-01 | 2028-02-29 | 2024-04-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 290627.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | Vehicular transportation is responsible for a third of greenhouse gas emissions globally. Hydrogen fuel cells, comprising of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) coated with catalyst layers (CLs) and sandwiched between gas diffusion layers, generate electrical energy with high efficiency and zero emission. The concern regarding a potential ban by the European Union on the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl-type forever chemicals that are currently used as PEMs and CL ionomers prompts us to seek sustainable alternatives, such as aromatic hydrocarbons (AH). Significant progress has been made to use AHs as PEMs, due to their excellent thermal stability and eco-friendly synthesis. However, presently the specific adsorption of aromatic constituents on the noble metal catalyst and low gas permeability in the CL causes a performance penalty, thus aggravating the use of AHs as catalyst ionomer.The aim of this project is to address these issues by developing a new class of catalyst ionomers based on AH polymers with intrinsic microporosity (PIMs). AH PIMs are expected to improve FC performance: as highly gas permeable ionomer in the CL, they facilitate chemical reactions and improve interfacial compatibility between CLs and PEM.Using chemically durable polyphenylenes as scaffold we propose to synthesize a range of AH PIMs with enhanced gas permeability and chemical durability (objective 1-2, University of Yamanashi). Catalyst ink formulations will be prepared and coated on both sides of best-in-class AH-based PEMs to obtain catalyst coated membranes (CCMs) with optimized morphology, electrochemical surface area, electrochemical activity and ionic conductivity (objective 3-4). Finally, the performance and durability of the novel CCMs will be evaluated in the single fuel cell at University of Freiburg (objective 5). This project will contribute to the increased market penetration of the fuel cell technology and to the realisation of a more sustainable society. | ||||||||
| 131718 | 101101337 | PressHyous | PRESSurized HYdrogen prOdUced by high temperature Steam electrolysis | 2023-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2023-05-23 | Horizon_newest | 2499426 | 2499426 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-01 | The production and use of clean H2 is a key lever for the decarbonation of industries, as a fuel for transportation and as a storage vector for renewable electricity at large scale. The RePowerEU plan, for saving energy, producing clean energy, and diversifying energy supplies sets out a strategy to double the previous EU renewable H2 target (10 million tons/y of domestic production +10 million tons/y of H2 imports). Meeting these targets requires the EU to significantly upscale its manufacturing capacities for innovative equipment such as electrolysers.However, using H2 requires given levels of pressure depending on applications. Thus to pave the way to the delivery of down to zero emissions of pressurised H2 at reduced cost (around 3 €/kg by 2030), PressHyous will validate the operation of a 20 kWe pressurised lab-scale device (eq. 13.5 kg H2/d) composing of a solid oxide electrolyser (SOEL) stack placed in a pressurised vessel, up to 30 bar at 1 A/cm2 and 1.3V during 4000h. PressHyous will also investigate a promising pressurised stack concept (without pressure vessel) relieving the cost of Balance of Plant. This will be tested up to 10 bar at short stack scale, at a similar current density to the stack operated in a pressurised vessel. These two stacks will integrate optimised components such as cell and sealing. PressHyous will in parallel deliver model-based insights for H2 production under pressure for up to 5 identified use cases, on expectable performances of both stack concepts (with or without pressurised vessel) towards large scale developments up to 100s MWe, in strong link with techno-economic and life-cycle analysis.PressHyous consortium gathers a large portfolio of skills from modelling to system manufacturing, and a wide range of partners (RTOs and industrials) all along the value chain. The scientific and technological activities are all intended to strive towards the overall design and validation of future MWe large scale pressurised SOEL. | ||||||||
| 131727 | 101091777 | CLEANHYPRO | Open Innovation Test Bed for Electrolysis Materials for Clean Hydrogen Production | 2023-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2023-09-05 | Horizon_newest | 13777356.75 | 11721891.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-20 | CLEANHYPRO gathers some of the most recognised experts in Europe on the electrolysis field for clean hydrogen production and acknowledged facilitators of technology transfer, corporate finance, funding and coaching, making available (i) the most promising and breakthrough manufacturing pilots and (ii) advanced characterization techniques and modelling together with (iii) non-technical services through this Test Bed: while relevant improvement metrics can be defined, the potential network of reachable stakeholders counts thousands of businesses on an international scale. Key facts are reported below. Within the scope of CLEANHYPRO, several circular innovative materials and key components, four main electrolysis technologies and geometries will be covered, providing for the first time a single entry point for industrial partners, mainly SMEs, aspiring to answer their concerns but with minimum investment costs and reduction of risks associated with technology transfer, while opening-up opportunities for demonstration of materials and components (TRL7) and thus faster opening the market for these new products. The main KPIs for CLEANHYPRO: Technical: >20% cell productivity improvement, 30% faster verification, 27-58% and 22-79% cost reduction of technologies in CAPEX and OPEX respectively, 3-9% efficiency enhancement. Non-Technical: 4 Showcases, 4 certification schemes, ≥16 Democases, >100 reachable SMEs and > 300 reachable investors. INNOMEM stems from the consideration that the development of products based on key materials and components for electrolysis require access to finance and an optimised business planning, relying on a sound prior analysis of the market, of the economic impacts and capacity of a company. The project aims at developing and organizing a sustainable Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) for electrolysis materials and components for different applications. The OITB will also offer a network of facilities and services through a SEP to companies. | ||||||||
| 131739 | 101192151 | PROMISERS | PROMISERS: PFAS FREE POLYMER MATERIALS FOR PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM)-BASED FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROLYSERS. | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2024-12-03 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2997579.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-05-02 | The PROMISERS project goal lies in the advancement of new non per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) components for PEMFCs and PEMELs utilizing materials based on hydrocarbons and cellulose. The project will achieve this objective by focusing on developing multiple disruptive approaches for ionomers, membranes, electrode inks and MEAs which are free of PFAS. The project is aligned with sustainability principles, with no projected environmental barriers. Sustainable-by-design approaches and non-harmful materials will be targeted to ensure the environmental compatibility. Besides sustainability and zero pollution for the material fabrication also aspects such as safe-by-design, scalability and processing routes will be taken in account. PROMISERS represents a powerhouse consortium, including four major multinational companies: Syensqo (SOF, Chemicals and Polymers), Fumatech (innovative membranes for energy applications), Industrie De Nora (electrochemical industry) and RINA Consulting, two SMEs: Cellfion (sustainable membrane solutions) and Hysytech (engineering), two international research and technology organisations: Leitat, TNO, and an European university: IIT. PROMISERS will deliver and validate short stacks of PEMFC and PEMEL, targeting performances of > 1.5 Wcm-2 at 0.65 V for PEMFC and 3.0 Acm-2 at 1.8 V for PEMEL and with a degradation rate < 5 µV/hr. A techno-economic evaluation and exploitation plan will be executed to move from the technological concept (TRL2) to a laboratory scale multicell-stack (TRL4) PEMFC and PEMEL to ensure a fast-track for its commercialisation. | ||||||||
| 131740 | 101192481 | H2UpScale | High-power hydrogen fuel cell system balance of plant component up-scale and optimization | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2024-12-08 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3998498.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-03-02 | Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells are considered as one of the solutions enabling long-term sustainable transport, however, incumbent systems provide electric power outputs below 200 kW. To cater to the need of the heavy-duty transport sectors, the development of next generation of Fuel Cell systems aims at durable PEMFC stacks offering power output between 250 and 500 kW. To support this development, the H2UpScale project aims to design, build, test and validate key BoP components for PEMFC systems generating more than 250 kW electric power suitable for heavy-duty transport applications (aviation, maritime, on-road long-haul).H2UpScale brings together 3 research organisations, 2 academic and 11 industrial partners, including BoP manufacturers and OEMs. The project will identify application-specific requirements, that will then drive the requirements, development and optimization of 3 standards for modular and scalable PEMFC architectures 250kW (electrical power supply architectures & waste heat management system designs).The BoP components in focus include the hydrogen ejector, H2 recirculation pump, H2 leakage sensor, air compressor, cathode air filter and air humidifier, water separator, exhaust resonator, coolant heat exchanger and coolant medium. The targeted advancements for BoP components include efficiency and durability improvements, weight and volume reduction, and architecture simplification. The components will be designed to be compatible with both single- and multi-stack platforms, with scalability and modularity in mind, facilitating their integration into multi-MW scale systems. Selected full-scale BoP components will be validated on a Hardware-in-the-Loop test bench and a techno-economic analysis of the potential impact of the developed BoP components on the HD markets will be performed. With these main targets, the aim for H2UpScale is to provide critical technological bricks enabling the creation of a TRL7 demonstrator from 2027 onwards. | ||||||||
| 131774 | 101192495 | CyLH2Valley | Unlocking the Castilla y León region potential to establish a clean Hydrogen Valley and Economy | 2025-04-01 | 2030-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 19551306.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-06-01 | CyLH2Valley aims to develop and demonstrate a large-scale Hydrogen Valley in Castilla y León region, encompassing mobility, industry and energy applications. The project will guarantee at least two years of full operation aiming to achieve a full integration and operation during the period 2028-2029.The focus will be on operating the CyL Hydrogen Valley to demonstrate its financial viability, how all the different applications (9 pilots) fit together in an integrated system approach, and the versatility of hydrogen, as an energy vector, in enabling sector coupling.The financial viability of the CyL Hydrogen Valley will pave the way for the upscaling of the valley and the creation of a clean hydrogen economy in the CyL region by 2035, aligning the interests of the most relevant stakeholders from the hydrogen value chain. This contributes to the achievement of the EU hydrogen strategy and REPowerEU plan, while advancing towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. | ||||||||
| 131910 | 101178435 | ZEROSTEEL | Decarbonized Steel Production with Novel Processes | 2024-10-01 | 2028-09-30 | 2024-09-23 | Horizon_newest | 4998951.25 | 4998931.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-46 | The ZEROSTEEL project aims at reducing the CO2 emissions in the steel production applying novel technologies, integrating green hydrogen, coming from local networks and electrolyzers, for the direct reduction of the iron ore. In particular, four novel direct reduction processes will be applied which will be integrated from hydrogen or/and renewables, namely (a) the Circored Fluidized Bed (CFB), (b) the rotary kiln direct reduction, (c) the hydrogen plasma smelting reduction and (d) the molten oxide electrolysis. Additionally, the possibility of utilizing biomass to produce green hydrogen will be also investigated, aiming at the valorisation of biobased residues as well as the development of a Digital Twin for AI-based steel quality monitoring. Biochars will be also be produced from the biomass utilization which will be applied as alternatives foaming agents at the EAF process. At last novel hydrogen- based hydrogen-based technolgiestechnologies will be integrated in the forming and shaping of the steel closing the loop of the zero emissions technologies for the steel production. The above-mentioned activities will be completed by a detailed life cycle and environmental assessments along with a clear business case for the exploitation of project’s activities and the corresponding business plan. | ||||||||
| 131951 | 101137893 | REDHY | REDOX-MEDIATED ECONOMIC, CRITICAL RAW MATERIAL FREE, LOW CAPEX AND HIGHLY EFFICIENT GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-12-11 | Horizon_newest | 2998988.75 | 2990238.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-01 | The REDHy project tackles the limitations of contemporary electrolyser technologies by fundamentally reimagining water electrolysis, allowing it to surpass the drawbacks of state-of-the-art (SoA) electrolysers and become a pivotal technology in the hydrogen economy. The REDHy approach is highly adaptable, enduring, environmentally friendly, intrinsically secure, and cost-efficient, enabling the production of economically viable green hydrogen at considerably increased current densities compared to SoA electrolysers. The REDHy method is based on the findings of numerous EU-funded initiatives and patented by the DLR (TRL2). It is uniting academic and industrial entities across a broad spectrum of expertise. Unlike SoA electrolysers, REDHy is entirely free of critical raw materials and doesn’t require fluorinated membranes or ionomers, while maintaining the potential to fulfil a substantial portion of the 2024 KPIs. In accordance with Europe’s circular-economy action plan, a 5-cell stack with an active surface area exceeding 100 cm2 and a nominal power of 1.5 kW will be developed, capable of managing a vast dynamic range of operational capacities with economically viable and stable stack components. These endeavours will guarantee lasting and efficient performance at elevated current densities (1.5 A cm-2 at Ecell 1.8 V/cell) at low temperatures (60 C) and suitable hydrogen output pressures (15 bar). The project’s ultimate objective is to create a prototype, validate it in a laboratory setting for 1200 hours at a maximum degradation of 0.1%/1000 hours and achieve TRL4. This final phase will emphasize the potential of the REDHy approach and its crucial role in the upcoming hydrogen economy, secure subsequent investments, and showcase the necessity for ground-breaking, innovative thinking to reach climate objectives in a timely fashion. | ||||||||
| 131993 | 101119058 | HYROPE | Hydrogen under pressure | 2024-09-01 | 2030-08-31 | 2024-08-08 | Horizon_newest | 12744754 | 12744754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-SyG | HYROPE proposes to combine unique, fundamental skills of four European laboratories to perform atmospheric and high-pressure experiments coupled to high-performance simulations of an innovative concept for gas turbines to burn zero-carbon, hydrogen-based fuels. Due to their high-power density, it would be a potential game-changing technology that can deliver energy on demand for both power and aviation. Gas turbine technology has evolved from an abundance of hydrocarbon fossil fuels but has the unique potential to be fuel flexible and burn renewable, zero-carbon hydrogen-based fuels such as hydrogen or ammonia. However, these fuels raise several fundamental issues as they have very different combustion properties and emission properties when compared to hydrocarbon fuels. Hydrogen is highly diffusive, extremely reactive, and its turbulent burning rate exhibits an unexplained strong pressure dependence. Predicting whether hydrogen flames that are stable at atmospheric pressure will be stable at higher pressures, as needed in gas turbines, remains an unsolved fundamental problem. Ammonia is a convenient hydrogen carrier that can be partially decomposed to hydrogen but requires careful control of NOx emissions. How to handle the effects of pressure on these fuels is a major gap in our scientific knowledge. HYROPE will study the effects of pressure on the combustion of hydrogen-based fuels in a fuel flexible, staged combustion approach where the first stage is controlled by flame propagation and the second one by autoignition. This configuration offers enormous potential that has not yet been exploited for such fuels. This can only be achieved through a joint work combining state-of-the-art tools, from novel experimental facilities at high pressures, advanced optical diagnostics to high-performance computing. The project will accelerate the development of new, high-power density, fuel-flexible combustion systems and unleash the potential of zero-carbon gas turbines. | ||||||||
| 131996 | 101192485 | ENDURION | Efficient and Durable Pressurised Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolyser with Novel Triple-Boundary and Stack Designs | 2025-05-01 | 2028-10-31 | 2025-03-31 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 3977952.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-02 | The Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolyser (AEMEL) demonstrates potential advantages compared with the more established Alkaline Electrolyser and Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyser in easing the cell design, and lowering capital and operating expenditures. Nevertheless, AEMEL faces challenges due to its poor durability and low efficiency, which demands further research and innovation in Membrane-Electrode-Assembly (MEA) optimisation and cell design. Furthermore, coupling the AEMEL with industry requires another technological challenge in producing direct pressurised hydrogen to the end user. Taking the aforementioned challenges into consideration, ENDURION’s main objective is to develop an efficient, durable, low-cost pressurised AEMEL through the synergistic approach of MEA materials development and novel cell design employing exclusively earth-abundant materials and up-scalable processing. Learning from the previous progress of main EU projects on AEMEL, ENDURION addresses the AEMEL challenges through integrating recent advances in materials science, modern characterisations and processing tools, data-driven optimisation through machine learning, internal and external AEMEL components designed for electrochemical compression. Systematic works on novel materials development of sustainable porous transport layer, CRM-free catalysts, ionic liquid co-catalysts and environmentally benign bioresource membrane, along with novel up-scalable AEMEL cell and stack design will be the main tasks. ENDURION is expected to demonstrate an innovative pressurised AEMEL with a 30 % improved efficiency and 30 % more durable, at H2 production cost reaches EUR 450 /kg H2 It is also projected that ENDURION’s outcomes in the long run will contribute to an increased market share of AEMEL for the production of green hydrogen, reduced global carbon emission, a reduction of the European dependency on critical raw materials. | ||||||||
| 132129 | 101192341 | PEPPER | Performant and Efficient Planar Proton-conducting Electrolysis Reactor | 2025-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2024-12-17 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2998152.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024-01-01 | The PEPPER project introduces a groundbreaking advancement in hydrogen production technology aimed at meeting the soaring global demand for green hydrogen. At the heart of PEPPER lies the development of a cutting-edge planar Proton Conducting Ceramic Electrolysis Cell (PCCEL) reactor. Operating optimally between 400C and 600C, PEPPER’s PCCEL technology aligns seamlessly with industrial waste heat sources, maximizing resource utilization. By harnessing two robust planar cell technologies and optimizing material interfaces and manufacturing processes, PEPPER aims to slash electrical energy consumption by up to 20% compared to existing low-temperature electrolysis methods. Led by the Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), PEPPER boasts a consortium includes key European research and industrial partners. This collaborative effort ensures a holistic approach to research and innovation, emphasizing real-world applicability. PEPPER’s objectives encompass the fabrication of cells up 100cm in size, the validation of PCCELs under various conditions, the integration into specialized short stacks tailored for PCCEL technology, and the demonstration of long-term operational stability and safety at temperatures 600C. Through comparative studies with Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOEL), PEPPER aims to establish benchmarks for performance and sustainability, guided by comprehensive Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), setting a pathway towards commercialization.By elevating technological readiness from TRL 2 to TRL 4 PEPPER will set the stage for a future where highly efficient and environmentally sustainable hydrogen production can significantly contribute to Europe’s energy security and decarbonization goals. | ||||||||
| 132159 | 101077129 | ELECTROPHOBIC | HydroPHOBIC solvation at ELECTROchemical interfaces | 2023-10-01 | 2028-09-30 | 2023-02-13 | Horizon_newest | 1357500 | 1357500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2022-STG | The last two decades have seen an explosion of scientific interest in hydrophobic solvation due to its stunning importance for biology, catalysis and environmental science. However, it is only recently that we realized how important hydrophobicity is for electrochemical interfaces. There, hydrophobic molecules are involved in key electrochemical reactions, such as water splitting and CO2 reduction for renewable energy technologies. Identifying and predicting hydrophobic solvation contributions to thermodynamics is expected to advance our comprehension of these processes, unlocking new ways to improve their efficiency. This can only be achieved through a substantial advance in theoretical understanding. The Lum-Chandler-Weeks theory that revolutionized our comprehension of hydrophobic solvation does not hold true at electrochemical interfaces. A change of paradigms is needed: first, the present theory is based on density fluctuations in the liquid bulk, but these are modulated by surface and applied potential at the interface; second, it is not only the solute size, but a combination of size/shape/position that matters at the interface. Developing a theoretical model from these new paradigms is the challenge tackled by ELECTROPHOBIC. The breakthrough will be to predict hydrophobic contributions to many electrochemical processes with my model. To start, I will focus on how hydrophobic solvation contributes to two problems that currently plague water splitting and CO2 reduction at metal-aqueous interfaces: the undesired aggregation of H2 molecules into interfacial bubbles and the selectivity toward multi-carbon products, respectively. Tremendous advances in the theoretical understanding of these reaction mechanisms and on the role of the electrode catalyst have been made by density functional theory calculations. I will couple these calculations with my model in a hybrid scheme such that surface and solvation contributions are simultaneously but separately evaluated. | ||||||||
| 132176 | 101131245 | MAMBA | Materials irradiation: from basics to applications | 2023-11-01 | 2027-10-31 | 2023-09-29 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 1637600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01-01 | Quite frequently matter is subject to irradiation. One can think of electronic devices in space, radiotherapies, materials processing by sputtering, nanoparticle modification, materials in the civil nuclear industry, radiation detectors, and many others. There is a common denominator to these scenarios, and is that radiation brings matter out of equilibrium, sometimes quite dramatically as in laser ablation, leading to a variety of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena at all scales, starting at the attosecond and nanometer with electronic excitation, and going up to meters and days or even years at the engineering or biological scale, where macroscopic phenomena like failure, fracture, explosion, or death can occur as a consequence of irradiation. Sometimes the goal is to avoid or mitigate damage, and other times is to harness the effects of radiation to alter the properties of materials. In all these scenarios it is crucial to understand the fundamental mechanisms of material response to intense and fast energy deposition.The research aim of MAMBA is to advance our understanding of material response to irradiation and to apply it to tailor and control the properties of materials exposed, purposedly or involuntarily, to intense radiation environments. We have selected five case studies lying at the frontier of knowledge, and spanning applications in diverse, although connected, fields: space electronics, photovoltaic cells for space applications, radiation-resistant nanostructures for nuclear fusion applications, radiation detectors for clinical studies, proton radiotherapy, and radiolytic hydrogen generation in nuclear decommissioning. These topics will be addressed through a combination of experimental and modelling techniques that, to a large degree, are common to these areas. This commonality allows for cross-pollination between themes and for implementing a rich training program that includes Schools, workshops and many PM of secondments. | ||||||||
| 132200 | 101097984 | SELECT-H | SafE and reliabLE COmbustion Technologies powered by Hydrogen | 2023-10-01 | 2028-09-30 | 2023-06-26 | Horizon_newest | 2499489.84 | 2499489.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2022-ADG | Hydrogen is uniquely placed to achieve both energy security and net-zero greenhouse emission goals provided it can be produced by low-carbon resources and systems powered by hydrogen can be operated safely and reliably. Hydrogen can be burned to produce heat or power. It can also be used in fuel cells to produce electricity. Due to its high reactivity with oxygen, it often results in violent dynamics that raises challenges to guarantee the integrity and reliability of the systems powered by hydrogen but also their safety. The objective of SELECT-H is threefold: (1) develop fundamental knowledge on combustion science associated with the use of hydrogen in real systems, (2) develop and validate simulation tools to predict these flows and (3) develop solutions to favor the shift from technologies powered by hydrocarbon fuels to safe and reliable systems only powered by hydrogen. These objectives will be achieved in SELECT-H by combining detailed experiments, low order physics-based models and high-fidelity numerical simulations in two different sets of configurations with large societal impact. The first set considers technologies in which hydrogen must burn efficiently, including domestic boilers, cooking stoves and gas turbines for propulsion and power generation. They cover a wide range of operating conditions, fuel and oxidizer injection schemes, including laminar atmospheric cases and highly-turbulent flows at high pressure and elevated temperature where combustion dynamics can threaten the system integrity and reliability. The second set considers cases where hydrogen combustion must be avoided. Typically, hydrogen leaks from fuel cells or from high pressure storages will be considered to understand how hydrogen leaks may ignite and, if they do, how they will interact with walls. The fundamental knowledge gained in SELECT-H will allow the design of safe and reliable hydrogen-powered units. | ||||||||
| 132208 | 101096436 | FFLECS | Novel Fuel-Flexible ultra-Low Emissions Combustion systems for Sustainable aviation | 2023-12-01 | 2026-11-30 | 2023-10-09 | Horizon_newest | 1905741.25 | 1905741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-12 | “Improving Local Air Quality at airports while at the same time decarbonising aviation can be achieved by switching to sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) and hydrogen (H2), as confirmed by recent engine development programs. However, both these fuels require significant developments in the gas-turbine combustor because present technologies not only to further reduce NOx and PM emissions as expected by long-term standards and objectives but also are not normally suitable for 100% direct combustion of hydrogen. In this project, revolutionary combustor architectures will be studied, extending the preliminary results of previous Clean Sky 2 “”Innovative NOx Reduction Technologies”” projects in terms of scientific scope and TRL. In particular, this project will advance (i) the Lean Azimuthal Flame (LEAFinnox), a novel combustion system based on Flameless Oxidation, (ii) the Compact Helically Arranged combustoR (CHAIRlift), a new system which uses interacting lean lifted flames, and (iii) plasma and electric manipulation of the spray and of the flame stabilisation mechanism. The fuel flexibility offered by these novel concepts is key to allow for SAF and H2 operations. This unique feature will be exploited to give novel dual-fuel LTO cycle strategies and ultra-low NOx, ultra-low soot single or dual-fuel use. Experiments on available dedicated rigs and numerical work will be performed to provide knowledge at the fundamental and practical level that will allow TRL3 and higher developments at the end of the project. The project will include new CFD, low-order, and AI models, and novel stabilisation techniques ripe for commercial exploitation.” | ||||||||
| 132213 | 101135374 | HyWay | Multiscale Characterisation and Simulation for Hydrogen Embrittlement Assessment: Development of an Open Knowledge Platform to Foster Capability Integration | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-11-14 | Horizon_newest | 6947437.5 | 6947437.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-12 | HyWay aims to develop adaptive multiscale material modelling and characterisation suites for assessing interactions between hydrogen and advanced metallic materials and demonstrate their capabilities on hydrogen storage and transport components.Advanced materials application like hydrogen technologies is essential for achieving the EU carbon neutrality goal. However, deploying hydrogen technologies needs a tremendous effort to complete the infrastructure, requiring efficient material assessment suites, enabling industries to be more effective in developing and working with materials. Furthermore, since hydrogen is stored and transported in several forms, the material assessment suites must be flexible and capable of revealing hydrogen-material interactions in various conditions.The HyWay suites contain 3 key modules: Physical realm, Virtual world, and Data and knowledge management platform (DKMP). The Physical realm will advance experimental capabilities to reveal hydrogen-material interactions by compiling characterisation methodologies across length scales. The Virtual world will develop a multiscale and multiphysics materials modelling framework for disclosing how hydrogen alters changes in advanced materials under various service conditions. The Physical realm and the Virtual world are interdependent and complement each other through the data exchange between modules. We will establish the DKMP to facilitate the data exchange and merge material research disciplines.HyWay will ensure the productive allocation of investments required in constructing the hydrogen infrastructure. We will strengthen European capability in steering green transition with digital technologies and future emerging enabling technologies and ensure an open strategic autonomy by supporting the transformation of the EU energy mix to be dominated by hydrogen. The consortium comprises renowned experts from academia and industries across the EU and will support Ukraine on its European path. | ||||||||
| 132393 | 101137582 | HYWAY | Climate impacts of a HYdrogen Economy – the pathWAY to knowledge | 2024-09-01 | 2028-08-31 | 2024-05-28 | Horizon_newest | 3949193.75 | 3949193.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D1-01-03 | The HYway project will be the most comprehensive study on environmental effects of large-scale hydrogen usage to date. HYway is led by a team of experienced scientists who have already conducted extensive research on the climate effects of hydrogen. To fully understand the climate effect of hydrogen emissions, HYway will constrain the hydrogen budget by novel work on surface emissions, measurements of leaks and soil uptake fluxes, and application of a global atmospheric model ensemble combined with observations to quantify the atmospheric sources and sinks of hydrogen. To improve monitoring tools for hydrogen leakages, HYway will develop novel emission modelling and installation-level emission measurements. We will measure the hydrogen soil sink using flux chambers and instrumented drones, and we will use this knowledge to improve process-based models of the sink. The Global Warming Potential of hydrogen and its Effective Radiative Forcing will be quantified, including the component contributions from methane, ozone, stratospheric water vapour and aerosols. HYway will also quantify several environmental effects associated with hydrogen emissions such as stratospheric ozone depletion and air pollution. HYway will build on existing methods to create realistic future scenarios to fully explore the climate and environmental impacts of a hydrogen economy, including co-emissions and associated reductions in fossil fuel-related emissions. HYway includes a large advisory board of industry partners, several of them from established hydrogen collaborations. The advisory board will assist in estimating hydrogen leakage rates and in establishing realistic scenarios for a future hydrogen economy. By evaluating the potential climate and environmental impacts of a hydrogen economy, HYway will provide critical information to policymakers and stakeholders, allowing them to make informed decisions about the role of hydrogen in the transition to a low-carbon economy. | ||||||||
| 132408 | 101105640 | OMATSOLFUEL | Valence band engineering of oxidation materials for cheap and sustainable solar fuel production | 2023-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2023-04-18 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 211754.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | Given the need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence on fossil fuels, there is a great interest in the development of solar fuels and especially solar H2. However, the production cost of solar H2 is still not yet competitive. Current strategies rely on converting water into H2 and O2, a low-value-added molecule. This is because process feasibility was based on the reduction half-reaction, with the oxidation half-reaction being secondary. In OMATSOLFUEL, the focus is shifted instead to the oxidation half-reaction. I will develop routes for the photoconversion of model glucose reactive mixtures and rich-glucose industrial mixtures. They are cheap, renewable, and could help micro industries become self-sufficient in fuels and energy. Instead of simply generating H2 and O2, the glucose will be photocatalytically converted into high-value-added molecules (e.g. arabinose or erythrose) and H2. These molecules would be highly interesting for plummeting the cost of solar H2 and replacing molecules produced by the petrochemical industry. To reach this objective I will design efficient and selective photocatalysts based on oxynitrides and novel chalcogenides structures. The main efforts will be on the electronic structure engineering by adjusting the S 3p, N 2p, O 2p, and metallic d orbitals to shift the valence band maximum and the oxidation potential of the photogenerated holes closer to the targeted glucose oxidation potentials. Powders and thin films will be synthesized by soft route methods and chemical or physical vapor deposition methods. The resulting morphology, structural and electronic properties will be characterized with the well-equipped platform of the Institut des Matriaux de Nantes (IMN), and in particular with photoelectron spectroscopy. | ||||||||
| 132520 | 101068441 | EC-MAXene | Green electrochemical synthesis and characterization of MXenes for sustainable energy | 2023-02-01 | 2025-01-31 | 2022-07-22 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 150438.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 | To minimize the consequences of climate change, stopping greenhouse gas emissions and thus decarbonization of the energy supply chain is crucial. A highly promising solution is the utilization of fuel cells, which require hydrogen for energy generation. The supply of hydrogen by green technologies like water splitting is not economically feasible yet. To resolve this issue, cheap and efficient catalysts to drive this reaction are required. In the recent years, 2D materials moved in the focus of research as some of them show excellent catalytic activity to support the electrochemical splitting of water to obtain hydrogen.Among the vast field of 2D materials, MXenes are potential earth-abundant candidates with high stability and a broad range of potential applications, including the catalysis of water splitting. To date, 30 different MXenes have been synthesized, while more than 100 of them are predicted. However, established protocols use hazardous chemicals for the synthesis. Among the different methods, electrochemical etching of MAX phases to MXenes has the highest potential for an environmental approach. Thus, the main effort of this project is to develop electrochemistry-based synthesis routes for MXenes using environmentally friendly chemicals. The developed techniques will be evaluated in terms of yield and the structural and electrochemical characteristics of MXenes will be correlated.The etching process will be further optimized using scanning electrochemical microscopy. The technique enables the analysis of the localized electrochemical activity and the electrocatalytic activity towards the hydrogen evolution reaction. This will provide a deeper knowledge about the etching process in two regards: The minimum time required to achieve full conversion of MAX phase to MXene on an electrode surface can be determined, and local differences in catalytic activity can be spotted and correlated with structural and chemical deviations. | ||||||||
| 132529 | 101130785 | PlastiFuel | The Development of Hetero structured Nanofibrous Microrobot for Upcycling of Microplastics Integrated with Hydrogen Evolution: From Trash to Treasure | 2023-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2023-06-29 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 166278.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.4.1 | HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04-01 | Plastics are playing indispensable parts in the modern civilization. Given its beneficial characteristics, it would be hard to envisage a world without plastics. However, a more sustainable method to manage plastics after usage is critically needed in the present scenario. So far wide variety of plastics have been produced over 8 billion tons, out of which about 40% have been superfluous. The plastic waste ends up as a litter, in the environment will become small fragments as microplastics (MiP)/ Nanoplastics (NiP) and only degrade slowly in natural environments and persist over years. In past decades, scientific community has investigated the efficient remediation technologies towards MiP waste. However, contemplating the MiP waste reforming to value added material, still has profound knowledge gaps. The chemical upcycling suggests a promising approach to deal with the challenges triggered by plastic wastes. Hydrogen could become an excellent energy carrier to appease the energy demand of humankind as a sustainable future alternative energy economy. The conversion of MiP into value added hydrogen fuel by photo-reforming is a newly emerging field with enormous economic potential. To better combatting the global challenges of MiP contamination, heterogenous nanomaterials play vital role due its surface functionality. The present proposed work underlines the on-site upgrading of MiP with self-propelled heterostructured 3D carbon nanofibrous based architectures (carbon-MXene/Fe-Mo2N) will be used for hydrogen evolution by photo-electrocatalytic method. These present approaches help to demonstrate trash to treasure generation of clean H2 fuel on plastic upcycling to overcome the economical hurdle and building a pollution free economy. It helps inspiring more electrocatalytic process based fuel production in future energy. | ||||||||
| 132635 | 101137786 | H2MAC | Hydrogen fuel cell electric non-road mobile MAChinery for Mining And Construction: An innovative, efficient, scalable, silent and modular power-train concept | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-11-24 | Horizon_newest | 6563805 | 4990769.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-03-01 | In H2MAC, two machines, namely an excavator and a shredder for the construction and mining sector, will be newly designed to integrate a FC powertrain and the related subsystems. The machines selected for the project will demonstrate a modular solution scalable, as the excavator will be powered by a FC consisting of one module of 120 kW, and the shredder will upscale the concept using two modules to enlarge the power to 240 kW. The operation of the machines is also complementary, as the excavator has a load profile derived of its movement during operation, while the shredder is a more static machine when operating. At the proposal stage, a preliminary assessment of the duty cycles have been performed to select the perfect showcase for the project activities, as well as carefully assess the size of the systems which will be developed during the project. This actions already done will pave the way to a successful project and minimise the project risks related to the planning of project resources.That, together with the simultaneous demonstration of the machines during 1000 hours in a single real environment, will allow the partners to develop solutions capable of operation in different sectors and operative patterns, and help broadening the project impacts and commercial exploitation. The consortium is composed of different technological partners, component manufacturers, machinery manufacturers and associations that will help communication, dissemination and exploitation through standardisation. | ||||||||
| 132670 | 101192598 | UNIC | Understanding Non-CO2 Impact for deCarbonized aviation | 2025-02-01 | 2029-01-31 | 2024-11-19 | Horizon_newest | 4533939 | 4533911.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-07 | “The UNIC proposal, under the “”Accelerating climate neutral aviation, minimizing non-CO2 emissions”” call, will enhance scientific understanding and mitigate the impact of non-CO2 aviation emissions which emminate from both combustor and oil lubrication vent. UNICs objectives are to improve non-CO2 emission measurements, including nitrogen oxides and volatile and non-volatile particulate matter, across all flight phases. This will improve the understanding of the impact of alternative fuels (SAF and H2) on non-CO2 aged emissions and refine aerosol-cloud interaction models whilst providing robust data to support future aviation policy decisions.To achieve these objectives, UNIC will develop and enhance novel technologies including a cold oxidation flow reactor and an integrated on-board sensor for real-time CO2 and non-CO2 emission quantification across the entire flight envelope, including cruise. UNIC will conduct extensive laboratory, combustor, engine and flight tests using both conventional and alternative fuels. These extensive tests will go beyond certification testing to provide a comprehensive assessment of pollutantes that impact climate. They will include particle size distributions down to 1 nm , gas- and particle-phase chemical composition, charged particle/ion concentration and ice nucleation potential of emissions, including those of lubrication oil. The project will leverage advanced modelling techniques to simulate the interactions of emissions with clouds to improve assessment of their radiative forcing impact more accurately.UNIC aligns with the Horizon work programme by addressing urgent needs in aviation emission science and regulation, providing data that supports the development of effective emission reduction strategies. The proposal’s relevance is underscored by its potential to guide regulatory frameworks and contribute to the broader goal of reducing aviation’s climate impact, ensuring it supports sustainable development in the sector.” | ||||||||
| 132769 | 101056818 | OVERLEAF | nOVel low-prEssure cRyogenic Liquid hydrogEn storAge For aviation. | 2022-05-01 | 2025-10-31 | 2022-04-07 | Horizon_newest | 5951731.25 | 5951729 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-05 | In order to meet the objectives of the European Green Deal by 2050 in the aviation sector, the transition towards H2-powered aviation is the solution with the most potential. Although hydrogen-powered aircrafts exist, the current cost of storing and using H2 as a fuel in prolonged flights make their democratization impossible. The main blocking point is the absence of viable storage systems of H2 in aircrafts considering the strict limitations in terms of weight, volume, and cost-efficiency. A sensitivity analysis shows how the economics depend on the tank’s gravimetric index (GI). Today’s technology can barely achieve 20% GI for 500kg of H2, while industry actors need at the very least 35% GI for 500kg of H2 to transition towards H2-powered aviation. OVERLEAF intends to develop a game changer Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) storage tank to enable the transition towards H2-powered aviation. Based on a disruptive design (under patent process) and leveraging innovative materials and technologies, the OVERLEAF solution is expected to boast a GI higher than 60% for 500kg of LH2, with no venting over 24h. Furthermore, the concept is an enabler for using the aircraft’s fuselage as the outer tank, allowing to seamlessly integrate the tank in the aircrafts structure.OVERLEAF will have an interdisciplinary R&D approach focusing on advance materials engineering, testing and combination at lab and at pilot scale, together with appropriate simulation of different design architectures of the hydrogen storage system. The project will be based on three distinctive phases and implemented in 7 Work Packages. The consortium includes multidisciplinary partners from 6 different EU countries and contains all the necessary expertise and know-how to carry-out all tasks needed to achieve OVERLEAF’s ambitious objective. | ||||||||
| 132784 | 101137955 | ACHIEVE | Advancing the Combustion of Hydrogen-AmmonIa blEnds for improVed Emissions and stability | 2024-01-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2023-12-05 | Horizon_newest | 2994200 | 2994200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-02 | To mitigate the impact of greenhouse gas on the environment and climate, the gas turbine power generation industry must rapidly reduce its emissions. This requires abandoning the traditional combustion of carbon-based natural gas in favour of carbon-free fuels. ACHIEVE aims at developing the fundamental knowledge to enable a transition to unconventional carbon-free fuel blends based around H2 and NH3 to achieve zero carbon emissions, ultra-low NOx emissions, and stable gas turbine operation. ACHIEVE proposes a three-pronged strategy consisting of (a) experimental and (b) numerical activities, that will advance the technology readiness level (TRL) up to 4 for practical low emissions combustors for realistic and representative blends of fuels, as well as (c) system level engagement with OEMS, end users, and stakeholders. Experimental campaigns will explore combustor stability limits, emissions, and fundamental aspects of the combustion of hydrogen blends, with the complexity of the experimental burners and operating conditions increasing over time and culminating in tests performed at intermediate pressures and powers relevant for gas turbine conditions. Numerical activities will address combustion modelling challenges, including chemical kinetics, fundamental physics governing flame dynamics, ushering in new modelling techniques such as artificially thickened flames coupled with virtual chemistry, sub-grid LES models for thermo-diffusive instabilities and stability analysis aimed to understand and predict NOx formation mechanism, lean blow off, flashback limits and thermoacoustic instabilities. Real-time monitoring and predictive capabilities for practical combustion systems will also be developed. Finally, in the third prong, engagement with industry, OEMs, and other target groups will leverage the results of ACHIEVE with the necessary stakeholders to progress the transition to a carbon-free fuels for power generation. | ||||||||
| 132786 | 101138960 | TRIATHLON | THERMODYNAMICS-DRIVEN CONTROL MANAGEMENT OF HYDROGEN POWERED AND ELECTRIFIED PROPULSION FOR AVIATION | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-11-22 | Horizon_newest | 3998865 | 3998865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-08 | In order to mitigate the negative impact of human activity on the environment, significant efforts to lower carbon emissions are being pursued at both the global and European levels. Globally, the aviation industry aims for a 50% reduction of its carbon emissions by 2050, relative to 2005. In this transition towards net zero carbon emissions, novel powertrain technologies exploiting fuel cells and/or combustion systems that rely on hydrogen will play a significant role. TRIATHLON will use the synergy between powertrain components to overcome the challenges associated with scaling up hydrogen powertrain technology to MW class. The ambition of TRIATHLON is the development of disruptive approaches to design more robust, low-maintenance, low-emmision, highly responsive hydrogen-electric powertrains for megawatt class aircraft. When the distruptive technologies developed by TRIATHLON are adopted by the industry beyond TRIATHLON, it will lead to: 1)Reduction of emissions by implementation of NOx reduction strategies like injection of exhaust water of the FC into the CC and by capturing vented and permeated hydrogen and recompressing it;2)Elimination of the need for a cryogenic pump by using a high-pressure storage buffer for pressurisation of the fuel distribution system (making the fuel distribution more robust for turbulence as well);3)Reduction of the power required for hydrogen conditioning using excess heat from FC and CC by means of 3D printed heat exchangers using innovative materials like ceramics, and smart thermal management;4)Improvement of the gravimetric index of the entire powertrain by providing an effective heatsink to powertrain components, reducing the need for coolant, allowing design of a more compact and lightweight CC, as well as the need for insulation of the hydrogen storage whilst enabling a longer dormancy time. | ||||||||
| 132794 | 101135542 | CirculH2 | Hydrogenases for Large Scale Deployment of H2 as a Circular Energy Carrier in Industrial Biotechnology Based on Enzymatic Catalysts | 2024-01-01 | 2027-12-31 | 2023-11-22 | Horizon_newest | 5676950 | 4999895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.6 | HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-5 | Rapid transition toward the use of renewable, energy-efficient and recyclable resource is needed in industrial biotechnology to achieve sustainable production of chemicals. However, enzyme based biocatalytic processes still mostly rely on fossil-sourced or carbon rich reactants. Efficient, scalable, selective and robust catalysts are needed to deploy H2 as a clean, circular and renewable reactant in industrial biotechnology. Our recent breakthrough in making robust and scalable hydrogenases, Nature’s highly active catalyst for H2 oxidation and H2 production, opens the possibility to meet the industrial requirements in terms of i) compatibility with biocatalysis, ii) circular chemistry, and iii) economic and technical competitiveness over fossil-sourced reactants. The overarching aim of CirculH2 is to demonstrate the successful development of one or more highly robust and scalable hydrogenases for use of H2 that selectively drives biotransformations of bio-based materials to specialty and commodity chemicals in an industrial environment (TRL6). Modelling of the reaction processes and lifecycle assessment will deliver a full quantitative evaluation of the performances and applicability of the hydrogenase-biotransformation systems. This will provide convincing evidence for the adoption in industry. CirculH2 will deliver a scalable and robust H2-driven biotechnology compatible with the existing infrastructure that will advance European competitiveness in the sustainable and circular production of chemicals. It will minimize energy usage by having negligible resource losses and minimal downstream processing due to its highly selective hydrogenase catalysts. The CirculH2 technology aims at replacing the heavily used legacy methods of chemical production and enable decarbonization of industrial biotechnology. | ||||||||
| 132810 | 101161294 | CONTEXT | Control of Extreme Events in Turbulent Flows with Scientific Machine Learning | 2025-04-01 | 2030-03-31 | 2024-10-07 | Horizon_newest | 1499068 | 1499068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2024-STG | Climate change and the race to decarbonise our society is making extreme events in fluids more prevalent. These are rare events where the flow suddenly takes extreme states far from its normal state. These can be found in any flow systems, such as in the atmosphere with atmospheric blocking causing extreme heatwaves, or in our oceans with rogue waves (waves of extreme heights) capable of capsizing boats, or in engineering flows in hydrogen-based clean combustors with flashback events where the flame suddenly moves back into the injection system.Currently, we cannot accurately predict such extreme events due to several roadblocks. First, the chaotic nature of these turbulent flows makes them hard to predict: any infinitesimal perturbation leads to drastically different evolutions (the butterfly effect). Second, extreme events originate from complex nonlinear interactions which are very different for systems with different physical mechanisms. This makes any past development difficult to generalize across different flow systems. Third, we have very limited observations of such events.To revolutionize how we tackle extreme events, the CONTEXT project will create a cutting-edge scientific machine learning framework that blends deep learning with physics-based techniques. CONTEXT’s framework will provide the means to (i) identify precursors and mechanisms of extreme events, (ii) forecast the flow evolution before and during extreme events and (iii) control the flows to prevent extreme events. CONTEXT’s framework will be able to handle diverse and disparate physics, with this being demonstrated across different flows of increasing complexity and with different physics, culminating in a demonstration of the practical impact of the framework on the engineering-relevant multiphysics test case of a flashbacking hydrogen combustor.CONTEXT will provide a comprehensive framework to achieve the understanding, prediction, and prevention of extreme events in turbulent flows. | ||||||||
| 132816 | 101210201 | LH2COMP | Multiscale data-driven constitutive modelling and failure analysis of composite liquid hydrogen tanks | 2025-07-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2025-02-26 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 242260.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Liquid hydrogen (LH2) is a promising propellant for aviation decarbonization. Developing safe, lightweight composite LH2 tanks is crucial to ensure long-range and safe transportation in future sustainable aircraft. LH2 tanks have the potential to replace traditional metal tanks, enabling high hydrogen storage densities per unit mass. However, due to the poor impact resistance and complex damage mechanisms of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites, safety is still a concern when the tank is subjected to transverse impact. Therefore, it is imperative to design impact-resistant LH2 tanks that meet safety requirements. Determining how to replace costly dynamic tests and accurately predict the thermomechanical responses of composite LH2 tanks under complex conditions is critical for developing and deploying new LH2 tanks. Therefore, this fellowship, with a planned secondment at TU Delft, aims to achieve the following:(1) Obtain the comprehensive mechanical properties of composites for LH2 tanks under complex loading conditions (uniaxial and biaxial), strain rates (0.1 to 5000 s⁻¹), and temperatures (−253 to 25°C).(2) Establish high-fidelity RVE-based FE models of CFRPs and develop a PINN-based constitutive model using small sample data, incorporating strain rate sensitivity, temperature effects, and biaxial loading coupling into the LaRC05 criterion to enhance its predictive capabilities under service conditions.(3) Create a systematic and fundamental understanding of the CAI strengths and failure mechanisms of CFRPs under much broader multiaxial loading conditions and various temperatures using a patented test rig;(4) Develop a multiscale virtual design and test tool for LH2 tanks to assess CAI strengths under various impacts (LVI to HVI), and train DNN models to predict biaxial CAI strengths;(5) Create a dedicated platform to disseminate the proposed failure criterion and promote virtual design and testing of LH2 tanks backed up by physical tests. | ||||||||
| 132857 | 101120068 | HELIOS | The adoption of hydrogen metallurgy in the climate-neutral production of steel | 2023-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2023-07-05 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2716898.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01-01 | The HELIOS Doctoral Network will train 10 motivated and talented Doctoral Candidates (DCs) in breakthrough technologies for the hydrogen-based production of green steel, including both carbon steel and stainless steel. These DCs will be equipped with the necessary science capital and diverse transferable skills to pursue their careers in Europe and become the experts that our society needs to achieve the climate-neutral production of steel by 2050. The intersectoral training programme is dedicated to the technical and economic challenges and innovative developments associated with the transition to hydrogen-based green-steel production. The combination of state-of-the-art doctoral research projects, intersectoral secondments and supervision by leading companies (Tata Steel, SSAB Europe Oy, Aperam Stainless Europe, Heraeus Electro-Nite International and LUXMET), universities (KU Leuven, TU Delft, University of OULU, MU Leoben) and competence centres (K1-MET) will be the foundations of HELIOS’s success. HELIOS targets in 3 interconnected scientific work packages to (1) engineer processes and develop models to leverage the hydrogen-based steel production route to the same state-of-the-art level as the BF-BOF route for carbon steel; (2) develop first-of-a-kind hydrogen-plasma smelting reduction processes for stainless steel production; (3) design and evaluate innovative hydrogen and/or hydrogen plasma-based processes to recover and separate metals from stainless steel residues; and (4) develop measuring and analysis tools and models supporting the application of hydrogen-based processes for steel production. | ||||||||
| 132879 | 101137583 | HYLENA | HYdrogen eLectrical Engine Novel Architecture | 2024-01-01 | 2027-06-30 | 2023-11-23 | Horizon_newest | 4271243.75 | 4271243.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-08 | HYLENA will investigate, develop and optimize an innovative, highly efficient, hydrogen powered electrical aircraft propulsion concept. This is based on the integration and combination of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) with turbomachinery in order to use both the electric and thermal energy for maximisation of propulsive efficiency. This game-changing engine will exploit the synergistic use of:a) an electrical motor: the main driver for propulsion,b) hydrogen fueled SOFC stacks: geometrically optimized for nacelle integration,c) a gas turbine: to thermodynamically integrate the SOFC. This concept will achieve significant climate impact reduction by being completely carbon neutral with radical increase of overall efficiency for short and medium range aircrafts. The HYLENA methodology covers on:- SOFC cell level: experimental investigations on new high-power density cell technologies- SOFC stack level: studies and tests to determine the most light-weight and manufacturable way of stack integration- Thermodynamic level: engine cycle simulations of novel HYLENA concept architectures- Engine design level: exploration, through resilient calculation and simulation, of the best engine design, sizing and overall components integration- Overall engine efficiency level: demonstration that HYLENA concept can reach an efficiency increase of more than 50 % compared to state-of-the-art turbofan engines- Demonstration level: a decision dossier for a potential ground test demonstrator to prove that the concept works in practice during a second phase of the projectThe HYLENA consortium consists of one aircraft manufacturer (Airbus), 3 universities and 2 research institutes covering the expertise in aircraft design, propulsion system design, SOFC technology, hydrogen combustion and climate impact assessment. This project is fully complementary to Clean-Aviation to investigate a low level TRL concept and bring it to TRL3 in 42 months prior to a demonstrator in phase 2. | ||||||||
| 132888 | 101120321 | ICHAruS | Investigation and Control of Hydrogen flames Across the Scales | 2023-10-01 | 2027-09-30 | 2023-07-14 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 2681280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01-01 | ICHAruS is a Doctoral Network aimed to train early-stage researchers, able to face current and future challenges in the field of innovative, edge-cutting technologies based on electro-magnetic assist to achieve full control of the hydrogen flames. ICHAruS has been built to provide doctoral training in a collaborative partnership between academic and industry partners who are major European gas turbine manufacturers. The aim of this partnership is thus to understand the physical processes that govern the interaction between hydrogen combustion and electro-magnetic fields at all flow scales to achieve such control and identify the key parameters that would allow for the design of an innovative, ultra-low NOx and flashback-proof combustion device. The behavior of hydrogen flames under plasma discharge and electromagnetic conditioning offer the opportunity to strongly accelerate the path towards zero-carbon energy and transport sectors. Three specific research objectives will be pursued: 1) Investigation and modelling of electromagnetic field effects on the species transport and chemical kinetics to unveil the effect of external electromagnetic fields on the reaction chemistry of hydrogen in both pure oxygen and air, and also determine any effects on the formation of pollutants. The effect of differential diffusion on the flame structure as opposed to electromagnetic drift will be also investigated. 2) Develop turbulence combustion models for low- and high-energy electromagnetic assisted combustion. The competing effects between electromagnetic drift and turbulence transport will be investigated and sub-grid scale closures for large-eddy simulations that consider the effect of electromagnetic fields and plasma will be developed. 3) Experimental and numerical investigation of innovative electromagnetic-assisted control technologies for the stabilisation of flames of practical interest. Both single swirl flames and annular configurations will be investigated | ||||||||
| 132911 | 101147454 | DEMOQUAS | DEsigning, Manufacturing and Operating Quantification of Uncertainties to increase Aviation Safety | 2024-05-01 | 2027-04-30 | 2024-04-18 | Horizon_newest | 2655807.5 | 2655807.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-11 | The main goal of DEMOQUAS is to develop an efficient framework of uncertainty quantification (UQ) and provide holistic aircraft/engine design tools (i.e. multi-fidelity, multi-disciplinary, digital threads/twins and Model Based System Engineering {MBSE} or Model Based Definition {MBD} modalities) with the capability to become ‘UQ-enabled’. In this way, it will contribute to achieving the highest level of aviation safety, regarding novel propulsion technologies. The project includes representation, characterization and propagation of uncertainties through the life cycle phases of design, manufacturing and operations, applied in six industrially relevant test cases. In this way, it will contribute to advancing the current state of the art in UQ methods, by effectively improving their efficiency (i.e. regarding ‘curse of dimensionality’ for simulation time and accuracy). The project’s ambition is to provide comprehensive UQ guidelines and enhance decision and policy making of unknown technologies’ development, support virtual certification and ensure a high level of safety and improved risk management.To achieve its main goal, the project will build on the following main objectives:•Perform detailed characterization of life cycle uncertainties for components and systems of components developed for a turboprop aircraft, based on a hybridized, liquid-H2/SAF configuration;•Employ and further develop UQ methods in a multi-layered manner: [Lifecycle] design, manufacturing/measuring, operations, [Scales/fidelities] sub-systems, systems, systems-of-systems;•Deliver an ‘as open as possible’ framework that will allow integrated propulsion system design tools/platforms to become ‘UQ-enabled’ and increase safety and risk management;•Verify and validate the UQ methodologies via testing campaigns (up to TRL5) including operational cases;•Promote the project’s benefits via targeted synergies in European, national and international level. | ||||||||
| 132934 | 101161583 | Green SWaP | Green Solar-to-propellant Water Propulsion | 2024-10-01 | 2028-09-30 | 2024-06-12 | Horizon_newest | 3997916.25 | 3997916.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-05 | Similar to terrestrial photosynthesis, whereby plants convert solar energy into chemical energy through the capture of light energy, Green SWaP project seeks to harness this potentiality in space by converting water into highly valuable propellants, specifically hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen. Green SWaP will prove and validate a technology that will use solar energy to produce propellants from water for in-space green propulsion. It will be a crucial building block to enable innovative green propulsion solutions for in-space mobility, resulting in low-cost and eco-friendly innovative concepts. It is a novel approach, never developed for in-space mobility. Studies exist for terrestrial applications, but the space environment introduces additional constraints and dedicated challenges that the project will try to solve. The new technologies, based on innovative chemical processes, will harvest solar power to enable green propulsion. It is a plausible methodology because underlying technological concepts of producing/concentrating/storing hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen using solar energy have been proven (separately) even though for different constraints and conditions of use than in-space applications. Moreover, the combination of hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen has never been investigated in detail and the utilization of hydrogen for solar thermal propulsion is theoretically proven to be the most promising but it has never been developed as technology. The combination of these technologies will drastically increase future spacecrafts’ capabilities, facilitating renewable and self-sustainable in-space mobility. Optimisation concerning the quality and quantity of hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen produced onboard and the efficiency improvement will be fully explored. | ||||||||
| 132944 | 101078821 | OTHERWISE | Control of Hydrogen and Enriched-hydrogen Reacting flows with Water injection and Intensive Strain for ultra-low Emissions | 2023-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2022-12-14 | Horizon_newest | 1499958 | 1499958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2022-STG | We are racing against time to find a clean, yet abundant, energy source able to arrest global warming. Hydrogen has all the characteristics to address this challenge: it can be produced cleanly from water; it is incredibly energetic; and more importantly, it is carbon-free. However, hydrogens strong reactivity and diffusivity make the control of its flame in energy-generation devices extremely challenging. Moreover, toxic nitric oxides (NOx), a major concern for air quality, are still abundantly produced in a hydrogen flame. Enabling the use of hydrogen requires thus solutions where the flame is stable and with ultra-low NOx at the same time, and at any power setting.In this research I will study, for the first time, the combination of intensive strain and water injection in the context of lean premixed combustion. My preliminary research has indicated that intensive strain improves the reactivity of the hydrogen flame and simultaneously pushes the NOx down significantly, a property yet to be understood. Water injection further pushes down the NOx, but it commonly causes flame extinctions and inefficiencies. Its combination with hydrogen and intensive strain, by enhancing the flame, offers a way of surpassing these limitations, and further allows to operate the flame at richer conditions, so preventing common instabilities from occurring in lean premixed combustion.The objective of this research is to push the hydrogen flame into a high-strain regime characterised by stable flame and ultra-low NOx, and find the extreme limits and physical knowledge allowing full control of the reacting flow in such a regime. The flame dynamics, still unknown in this regime, will be explored for the first time and fully characterised in this research by using high-fidelity simulations, experiments and theoretical analyses. The gathered understanding will allow the control of hydrogen flames at any power setting. This will pave the way for the exploitation of green energy. | ||||||||
| 132967 | 101138379 | GOLIAT | Ground Operations of LIquid hydrogen AircrafT | 2024-05-01 | 2028-04-30 | 2024-04-15 | Horizon_newest | 15203387.63 | 10800156.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-07 | Developing aircraft using hydrogen is seen as a major lever to reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and to secure the long-term sustainability of air travel. In order to enable a widespread development of hydrogen aviation, it is essential for airport operators that a future regulatory framework is implemented for the handling of large quantities of hydrogen at airports and that there is a clear understanding of how hydrogen-powered aircraft will be integrated into airport operations and the required changes to current aircraft ground handling operations are known. In parallel to this, and for industrial partners, it is also necessary to develop new ground-handling equipment for hydrogen aircraft, and more specifically liquid hydrogen refuelling equipment that will enable safe and efficient turn-around operations. GOLIAT will demonstrate liquid hydrogen aircraft ground operations at three different types of European airports using a small hydrogen operated aircraft allowing the necessary procedures to be developed. It will also, through two demonstrators, showcase several critical technologies needed for future certified high-performance liquid hydrogen refuelling. In parallel, GOLIAT will answer key questions that will lay the foundations for the standardisation and certification framework of future safe hydrogen operations. Indeed, a key output of the project will be the gap analysis of certification rules and requirements for ground operations and equipment. Finally, GOLIAT will also assess the sizing and economics of hydrogen value chains for airports, critical for the competitive development of hydrogen powered aviation. To achieve its goals, GOLIAT reunites technology providers (aircraft manufacturers, liquid hydrogen suppliers, logistics experts, cryogenic component manufacturers and standardisation experts) and academia as well as several European airport operators all of whom will be supported by EASA. | ||||||||
| 133062 | 101124803 | X-STREAM | Power-to-X: STREAMing Hydrogen from 3-Band Solar Cells boosted with Photonic Management | 2024-05-01 | 2029-04-30 | 2024-02-13 | Horizon_newest | 1999608 | 1999608 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.1 | ERC-2023-COG | X-STREAM will sprout a new era of sustainable power sources based in photovoltaic (PV) systems which are not bounded by fundamental limits that hamper the efficiency of conventional solar cells, and endowed with energy storage via a synergetic coupling with electrochemistry (EC). This will be achieved via an unprecedented energy-package integrating two disruptive advances:1) Light management via quantum structuring amplified by photonic trapping, to create 3-band PV – a new trend that will be launched, realized with wide-bandgap nanostructured solar cells capable of pronouncedly converting photon energies below their bandgap, thus exploiting the broad solar spectral range. This will allow, for the first time, to increase the efficiency of single-junction PV towards a 50% theoretical maximum, which is close to the limiting efficiency of triple-junction cells but here is attained with a single-junction.2) Smart combination between PV cells and EC flow cells, in compact PV-EC devices that deliver the energy in hydrogen (H2) fuel synthesized from water splitting, enabling close to 30% solar-to-H2 efficiency with high operation stability, by capitalizing on: a) high voltage per junction of the 3-band PV technology, which is favourable to drive the EC reactions; b) thermal coupling between PV and EC in single devices, which naturally provides heat management of both systems.The targeted fuel is a highly convenient energy vector in view of the present European urgency for a resilient, competitive and environment-friendly H2 economy. All the project developments will be attractive for industrial deployment, since mostly Earth-abundant materials and scalable processes are applied, so that the PV-EC prototypes can be easily customized and scaled for different uses.The expertise of the PI team and his network of collaborators in nanotechnology, multi-band PV, photonics for light-trapping and solar fuels via PV-EC, places him in the best position to realize X-STREAM goals. | ||||||||
| 133067 | 101183014 | McGEA | Metallo-enzymes and Cells for Green Environmental Alternatives | 2024-12-01 | 2028-11-30 | 2024-08-01 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 1039600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01 | “””By far, nature is the best chemist of all time”” according to Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold. McGEA will develop nature inspired strategies to help avert the pending climate catastrophe. We will discover, characterize, engineer and exploit metalloenzymes as potent biocatalysts to efficiently perform chemically challenging reactions of high environmental impact. Specifically, we will use metalloenzymes to tackle three burning issues that fall squarely in the remit of the EU Green Deal action plan: CO2 capture, (bio)hydrogen production, and wastewater monitoring and remediation. These challenges will be addressed using purified metalloenzymes incorporated into hybrid materials and live bacterial cells as self-regenerating catalytic metalloenzyme carriers. Implementation of these two strategies will proceed with research activities across the full pipeline of metalloenzyme development. This will include i) the assembly of the metallic co-factors, as a prerequisite for establishing protocols for efficient metalloenzyme production, ii) rational redesign, directed evolution and in silico strategies to develop enzyme variants that show improved catalytic activity and stability, and iii) the incorporation of the enzymes into matrices that allow for enzyme reusability, stabilization, or their self-assembly into multi-enzymatic nanostructures for substrate channeling. The execution of this program relies on a strong interdisciplinary and intersectoral team. The McGEA brings together 6 research groups from EU and 2 research groups from overseas, all of them internationally recognized for their scientific excellence, and 3 EU companies that will join forces to accelerate the transition to a climate-neutral Europe. The consortium is designed to provide a diverse portfolio of skills through staff secondments to achieve integration from the stages of fundamental scientific discovery to the development of metalloenzyme-based processes and prototype devices.” | ||||||||
| 133158 | 101147027 | NanoC3 | NanoConfinement effects from Capacitors to Catalysis | 2024-04-01 | 2026-03-31 | 2024-03-13 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 187624.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 | The societal transformation to renewable energy necessitates more efficient ways to store energy. This can be achieved by direct energy storage in batteries or supercapacitors (SCs) or by using electrocatalysis to convert energy, e.g., to green hydrogen. The efficiency of such processes can be enhanced, by increasing the surface of the electrode. Increase of the surface can be achieved by introducing pores into the electrodes. However, in recent years the porosity has reached the nanometre scale. At this scale the pores become so small that the interfacial layer known as double-layer, as well as ions at the surface, are confined. In NanoC3, we aim to understand the effect of confinement of ions and of the double-layer on charge storage and hydrogen production. For this purpose, we will analyze materials, with unprecedented control of the pore size, provided from collaborations with material scientists, using innovative surface science techniques. These measurements are enabled by the expertise of the ER in microcalorimetry and of the host institution in spectroscopy and electrocatalysis. To study confinement of the double-layer, gold electrodes with tuneable slits will be provided by Serge Lemay (Twente, NL). Gold is a well-studied model electrode to investigate the double-layer and hydrogen evolution, allowing for comparison of the results with literature data. Theoretical calculations will be performed by Alexei Kornyshev (Imperial College, UK).To obtain the even smaller pore sizes necessary to study ion confinement, MoS2 and V2O5 electrodes will be provided by S. Fleischmann (KIT, GER). These layered materials can be tuned by intercalating molecular pillars, leading to an increase of the interlayer spacing. MoS2 can be used to substitute the expensive Pt in the hydrogen evolution, while V2O5 is a well-researched SC, exhibiting ion confinement.In summary, the goal of NanoC3 is to advance the field of electrocatalysis in a new and yet unexplored direction. | ||||||||
| 133186 | 101210733 | Lipo4AP | Self-assembled liposomes functionalized with transition metal-based photocatalysts as a supramolecular platform for efficient photocatalytic water splitting | 2025-06-01 | 2027-05-31 | 2025-04-14 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 232916.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 | Artificial photosynthesis is aimed at developing photocatalytic systems that convert solar energy into chemical energy carriers such as renewable hydrogen. These artificial systems draw inspiration from natural photosynthesis which takes place at the core of lipid membranes. The artificial lipid membranes of liposomes hence hold strong potential for designing visible light-driven water splitting supramolecular systems. However, it remains a photochemical challenge to couple the two half redox processes that altogether form water splitting: water oxidation and water reduction. In this project, we use bioinspired, supramolecular photocatalytic assemblies supported on the membrane of liposomes, to realise such coupling. Liposomes provide nanocompartments to confine reaction spaces and enable vectorial charge transport. Amphiphilic transition metal-based photosensitizers and molecular catalysts will be anchored to the lipid bilayers, facilitating the concomitant evolution of O2 and H2 from the two half-reactions. To couple both half-reactions, will use an hydrophilic cobalt cage complex as reversible electron relay. The project has been structured to realise key operations: light harvesting, charge separation, directed proton and electron transport from the water oxidation side to the proton reduction side, ultimately achieving water splitting via a Z-scheme mechanism. The study will focus on assessing the coupling of two redox processes by optimising pH and minimising charge recombination on both sides of the photo reaction. The successful implementation of Lipo4AP could lead to innovative strategies for the next generation of biomimetic artificial photosynthetic systems. The complementary advanced skills obtained by the fellow will complete her prior expertise to successfully advance her research career dedicated to catalytic transformations of small molecules, which are relevant to the economic and environmental targets of the European Green Deal. | ||||||||
| 133187 | 101135537 | DECODE | DE-centralised Cloud labs fOr inDustrialisation of Energy materials | 2023-12-01 | 2027-11-30 | 2023-11-14 | Horizon_newest | 6836306.75 | 6794831.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.4 | HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-12 | DECODE aims at creating and demonstrating a decentralised and adaptable future lab concept that connects multiple labs on a single platform in order to boost the effectiveness and speed-up the development and innovation path for clean energy materials and technologies. Initially demonstrated for selected hydrogen technologies, the DECODE platform is expected to find wide adoption in the clean technology field in the longer run, including energy harvesting, conversion and storage; clean water technologies; and the synthesis of value-added chemicals and fuels. The core of the platform comprises three elements: the DECODE FABRIC that connects adaptative multi-scale modelling and characterisation suites in a matrix-like structure; a scoring concept to assess modelling and characterisation suites in terms of their integration readiness level (IRL); and an AI-enabled central unit (CPU) that processes the IRL scores, performs the technology mapping to the FABRIC and orchestrates contributions in modelling and characterisation from partner labs. For the platform as a whole, DECODE strives to achieve a high level of flexibility, adaptability, and interoperability, in terms of materials modification strategies, technologies and operating regimes that it will be able to handle. Water electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cell technologies are selected for the demonstration of DECODE’s decentralised labs platform. The project will join leading expertise and capabilities in physical theory and modelling, design, fabrication, operando characterisation and testing of functional materials and components, materials digitalisation and cloud-connected lab operations, and industrial-grade component integration and in-line/end-of-line testing and validation by industrial partners in the consortium. | ||||||||
| 133195 | 101103762 | SolarHyValue | Simultaneous solar hydrogen and value-added product generation by inexpensive photoelectrodes | 2024-09-01 | 2026-08-31 | 2023-05-16 | Horizon_newest | 0 | 157622.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.1.2 | HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01 | The role of solar energy and the need for clean fuels (such as hydrogen) is essential in achieving a net zero future. A sustainable way of green hydrogen generation is photoelectrochemical water splitting, which uses only solar energy and water to produce green hydrogen and concomitantly oxygen. This technology, however, with the currently demonstrated efficiencies is not cost-competitive. A less explored application of photoelectrochemical devices is the generation of a value-added oxidation product from abundant polymeric waste materials (e.g., biomass, plastics), instead of the low market value oxygen. Such a device can lead to a reduced energy consumption (compared to water splitting), as well as high market value anodic product. Excitingly, in this approach green hydrogen is generated as a by-product (virtually free) on the cathode. The SolarHyValue project proposes the use of perovskite and organic photoactive layers with a protective sheet to fabricate stable photoelectrodes for simultaneous solar hydrogen and value-added product generation. Efficient bias-free operation of waste valorisation with photoelectrochemical device was only demonstrated with expensive precious metal catalysts (platinum, palladium). The proposed large bandgap caesium lead halide perovskite layer has the potential to enable bias-free, and at the same time efficient photocurrent generation even with the use of solely earth-abundant materials. This will be allowed by the novel device design and the development of a transition metal dichalcogenide (MoS2) catalyst doped at its basal plane with non-precious metal heteroatoms, resulting in excellent catalytic activity. Through increased scientific understanding the SolarHyValue project will lead to the first ever demonstration of a photoelectrochemical device that allows simultaneous, bias-free production of solar hydrogen and value-added product relying solely on inexpensive materials. | ||||||||
| 133220 | 101138003 | HASTA | Hydrogen Aircraft Sloshing Tank Advancement | 2024-09-01 | 2027-08-31 | 2024-07-01 | Horizon_newest | 3294823.75 | 3294823.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-08 | Environmental concerns motivate a transition to liquid hydrogen aviation fuel in coming decades, and for this technology the size, placement and connections of the hydrogen tank on an aircraft are key decisions. The Hydrogen Aircraft Sloshing Tank Advancement project (HASTA) aims to experimentally and computationally investigate the storage of liquid hydrogen (LH2) for airborne use as fuel in civil aircraft applications. Size and position of a LH2 tank inside an aircraft are limiting factors for range, payload and aircraft size, and consequently play a crucial role in the environmental impact. The goal of facilitating tank design will be achieved through creation of design criteria for LH2 aircraft tanks; these design guidelines will be based on the different tools and models of derived during the project, in particular those aimed at complex cryogenic sloshing.The experimentally validated design tools developed during HASTA are to be used for both conceptual and detailed design in the aircraft industry, and therefore span a range of fidelities from reduced order models to full computational methods. The primary focus of this project will be the development of LH2 capabilities, and particularly the extension of mature capabilities already available for sloshing of standard civil aircraft fuel (kerosene) to the cryogenic temperatures associated with LH2. These capabilities are well reflected in the composition of the consortium, which includes partners with both experimental and modelling experience of fuel slosh, as well as cryogenics for space applications. The ultimate goal of the project is development of experimentally validated numerical and analytical simulation tools to model the complex thermo-fluid-dynamics of cryogenic LH2 coupled to the thermo–mechanical behavior of a tank and its operational environment. | ||||||||
| 133729 | 101191948 | PECATHS | PHOTO-ELECTROCATALYTIC ROUTES FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE HYDROGEN STORAGE (PECATHS) | 2025-01-01 | 2028-12-31 | 2024-11-07 | Horizon_newest | 2049322.5 | 2049322.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-04 | PeCATHS is committed to developing an integrated long-term energy storage system utilizing hydrogen in the form of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs), coupled with innovative biomass conversion. This approach enables the direct transfer of hydrogen from biomass to LOHCs without the hydrogen gas production, while simultaneously generating high-value chemicals. By integrating chemical and energy sectors, the project aims to synthesize platform chemicals and achieve long-term energy storage in liquid form, enhancing both the sustainability and efficiency of energy systems.A major advantage of LOHC technology is its ability to transform hydrogen gas into a stable liquid energy carrier, significantly facilitating the storage, transport and distribution. To tackle the economic challenges associated with this technology, PeCATHS employs a cost-effective strategy that utilizes biomass as a hydrogen source and solar power as a renewable energy source. This method allows for the direct integration of hydrogen into LOHCs without the complexities of gas compression and storage, thereby reducing costs and enhancing competitiveness against conventional energy storage systems.PeCATHS addresses the critical need for sustainable and viable energy storage, transport, and distribution solutions through the use of advanced (photo)electrocatalytic transformations. This project not only aims to reduce operational costs but also seeks to contribute to the development of sustainable energy infrastructures vital for future energy networks. | ||||||||
| 133771 | 101057679 | Super-HEART | Super-HEART: a fault-tolerant and highly efficient energy hub with embedded short-term energy storage for high availability electric power delivery | 2022-04-01 | 2025-03-31 | 2022-03-22 | Horizon_newest | 2499267 | 2499267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.3.1 | HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-01-02 | “Power electronics (PE) is spreading through society, including in mission critical applications. However, PE devices are prone to failure, and high availability is usually ensured using redundancy – which is expensive and bulky. In the meantime, PE allows hybrid (AC & DC) electric distribution, which is key to integration of solar power and use of hydrogen as energy carrier. But loads can be affected by the limited dynamics of power sources like fuel cells and by disturbances carried by the network.With Super-HEART, we want to build an energy hub connecting power sources and load, and able to deliver uninterrupted power. To this end, we will develop a multi-port modular converter with fault ride-through capability. This will be ensured using fault-tolerance strategies already proved in the ERC PoC Project “”U-HEART””, improved by the integration of supercapacitors (SC) to allow using reliable and low-cost mechanical switches to isolate the faulty parts instead of semiconductor switches, leading to a significantly higher TRL. Super-HEART will use SC also for compensating disturbances and the low dynamics of hydrogen-based storage. But commercial SC have power and energy densities too low to be practically considered here. Therefore, previously developed high-performance and environment friendly SC will be further optimised in this project and embedded in the converter by optimal co-design.In parallel to the technological development, we will prepare the monetisation of the IP, comprising a market analysis, the development of solid business model and tech-to-market transition plan, and the search for clients and partners.Ultimately, a power converter with embedded SC with availability, power density, cost, and losses, 20% better than state-of-the-art will have been developed, with reduced environmental impact. It will be ready for qualification and have undergone field tests. Potential clients and partners for the development and distribution will have been found.” | ||||||||
| 133878 | 101172891 | SPECTRUM | Solar PolygEneration Collector for combined heaT, poweR, hydrogen fUel and wastewater treatMent | 2024-10-01 | 2028-03-31 | 2024-08-16 | Horizon_newest | 3036835 | 2999866.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-10 | The SPECTRUM project aims to develop, validate and test an innovative solar concentrating collector that fully harness the solar spectrum by converting solar radiation into three renewable energy vectors (solar heat, solar electricity and green hydrogen) required by industrial sector, while performing industrial wastewater treatment. SPECTRUM will boost the sustainability of IWW treatment, converting waste into a valuable solar fuel, through an efficient photocatalytic remediation process coupled with H2 cogeneration. Matching the energy grade between the solar spectrum and the conversions, the system uses the UV for photocatalytic H2 production with synergistic degradation of pollutants, infrared for generating thermal energy and visible-near infrared light for PV electricity, allowing to achieve higher solar conversion efficiency. SPECTRUM concept will go beyond the current state of the art through i) the development of low cost, sustainable photocatalysts with focus on dual-functional photocatalysis processes, i.e H2 production and pollutants degradation, and considering the easy recovery and reuse of the catalysts and ii) development of spectral splitting solutions to separate IR part of the solar spectrum allowing the PV cells to be thermally decoupled from the thermal absorber, generating high-temperature heat without compromising the electrical efficiency. Integrate optical, thermal, and electrical subsystem of SPECTRUM hybrid solar collector will be design and developed aiming to reach an effective total management and distribution of the solar radiation. Two hybrid solar collector prototypes for low and medium temperature (SPECTRUM-LT and SPECTRUM-HT) will be constructed and tested under outdoor conditions. Techno-economic analysis using Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing, together with social impact analysis, will be used to validate the sustainability of the SPECTRUM approach in the economic, environmental and social domains. | ||||||||
| 133883 | 101069690 | STORMING | STructured unconventional reactors for CO2-fRee Methane catalytic crackING | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-31 | 2022-06-03 | Horizon_newest | 3125714.75 | 3125714.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HORIZON.2.5 | HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01-09 | STORMING will develop breakthrough and innovative structured reactors heated using renewable electricity, to convert fossil and renewable CH4 into CO2-free H2 and highly valuable carbon nanomaterials for battery applications. More specifically, innovative Fe-based catalysts, highly active and easily regenerable by waste-free processes, will be developed through a smart rational catalyst design protocol, which combines theoretical (Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics Calculations) and experimental (cluster) studies, all of them assisted by in situ & operando characterisation and Machine Learning tools. The electrification (microwave or joule-heated) of structured reactors, designed by Computational Fluid Dynamics and prepared by 3D printing, will enable an accurate thermal control resulting in high energy efficiency. The project will validate, at TRL 5, the most promising catalytic technology (chosen considering technological, economic, and environmental assessments) to produce H2 with energy efficiency (> 60%), net-zero emissions, and decreasing (ca. 10 %) the costs in comparison with the conventional process. The dissemination and communication of the results will boost the social acceptance of the H2-related technologies and the stakeholder engagement targeting short-term process exploitation and deployment. The key to reach the challenging objectives of STORMING is the highly complementary and interdisciplinary consortium, where basic and applied science merge with engineering, computer and social sciences. |