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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Observatory Report: Technology and Market
Mar 2022
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The information in this report covers the period January 2021 – December 2021. The technology and market module of the FCHO presents a range of statistical data as an indicator of the health of the sector and the progress in market development over time. This includes statistical information on the size of the global fuel cell market including number and capacity of fuel cell systems shipped in a calendar year. For this edition data to the end of 202 Read More
The European Hydrogen Policy Landscape
Apr 2024
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This report aims to summarise the status of the European hydrogen policies and standards landscape. It is based on the information available at the European Hydrogen Observatory (EHO) platform the leading source of data and information on hydrogen in Europe (EU27 EFTA and the UK) providing an overview of the European and national policies legislations strategies and codes and standards which impact the deployment of hydrogen technol Read More
Study on Hydrogen in Ports and Industrial Coastal Areas - Report 1
Jan 2023
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The study feeds into the work of the Global Hydrogen Ports Coalition launched at the latest Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM12). This important international initiative brings together ports from around the world to work together on hydrogen technologies. The planned study will be a comprehensive assessment of the hydrogen demand in ports and industrial coastal areas enabling the creation of a 'European Hydrogen Ports Roadmap'. It will also feature clea Read More
2021 Hydrogen Supply and Demand
Sep 2021
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Purpose: The purpose of the hydrogen supply and demand data stream is to track changes in the structure of hydrogen supply capacity and demand in Europe. This report is mainly focused on presenting the current landscape that will allow for future year-on-year comparisons to assess the progress Europe is making with regards to deployment of clean hydrogen production capacity as well as development of demand for clean hydrogen from emergin Read More
Market Uptake and Impact of Key Green Aviation Technologies
Jan 2023
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Steer was appointed by the Directorate-General of Research and Innovation (DG RTD) to undertake an overview of key green aviation technologies and conditions for their market uptake. Steer is being supported in delivery by the Institute of Air Transport and Airport Research of the German Aerospace Centre DLR. The study was undertaken in the context of the Clean Aviation Partnership’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for the period Read More
Hydrogen, the First Element Podcast - Episode 4: Reskill to Repower - Preparing the Hydrogen Workforce
Dec 2022
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During her State of the Union Address the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen defined 2023 as the "European Year of Skills" highlighting the urgency to overcome the shortage of skilled workforce in Europe a challenge that affects the hydrogen sector as well. The rapid development of the European Hydrogen Value Chain over the coming years is expected to generate approximately 1 million highly skilled jobs by 2030 and up t Read More
2021 Standards Report
Jul 2021
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Purpose: The standards module of the FCHO presents a large number of standards relevant for the deployment of hydrogen and fuel cells. The standards are categorized per application enhancing ease of access and findability. The development of sector-relevant standards facilitate and enhance economies of scale interoperability comparability safety and many other issues. https://www.fchobservatory.eu/observatory/Policy-and-RCS/Standards Scope: Thi Read More
Hydrogen for the De-carbonization of the Resources and Energy Intensive Industries (REIIs)
Aug 2022
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This study deals with the use of hydrogen for the de-carbonization of the Resources and Energy Intensive Industries (REIIs) and gives a specific insight of the situation of the steel-making industry. The growing use of hydrogen in our economy is synonym for an equal increase in electricity consumption. This results from the fact that the current most promising technologies of H2 production is water electrolysis. For this purpose the EU hydrogen strategy fores Read More
Energy and Economic Costs of Chemical Storage
May 2020
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The necessity of neutralizing the increase of the temperature of the atmosphere by the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in particular carbon dioxide (CO2) as well as replacing fossil fuels leads to a necessary energy transition that is already happening. This energy transition requires the deployment of renewable energies that will replace gradually the fossil fuels. As the renewable energy share increases energy storage will become key to avoid c Read More
Fly the Green Deal: Europe's Vision for Sustainable Aviation
Jul 2022
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Europe’s aviation sector continues its resilient and pioneering spirit as it leads the world’s transport system into its new era of great transformation. Surviving the pandemic it is adapting rapidly to satisfy the rising demand for competitive air mobility services while managing a scarcity of resources and embracing the new challenges of climate change and energy transition. Facilitated by ACARE the European Commission its Member States aviation research Read More
Hydrogen-powered Aviation: A Fact-based Study of Hydrogen Technology, Economics, and Climate Impact by 2050
Jul 2020
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This report assesses the potential of hydrogen (H2) propulsion to reduce aviation’s climate impact. To reduce climate impact the industry will have to introduce further levers such as radically new technology significantly scale sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) such as synthetic fuel (synfuel) temporarily rely on offsets in large quantities or rely on a combination thereof. H2 propulsion is one such technology and this report assesses its potential in aviatio Read More
Evolutions in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Standardization: The HarmonHy Experience
Dec 2007
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HarmonHy is a European Union-funded Specific Support Action aiming to make an assessment of the activities on hydrogen and fuel cell regulations codes and standards (RCS) on a worldwide level. On this basis gaps have been identified and potential conflicts between regulations codes and standards have been investigated. Types of document to be referred to include international regional and national standards EU directives UNECE regulations… Particul Read More
True Cost of Solar Hydrogen
Sep 2021
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Green hydrogen will be an essential part of the future 100% sustainable energy and industry system. Up to one-third of the required solar and wind electricity would eventually be used for water electrolysis to produce hydrogen increasing the cumulative electrolyzer capacity to about 17 TWel by 2050. The key method applied in this research is a learning curve approach for the key technologies i.e. solar photovoltaics (PV) and water electrolyzers and leve Read More
Strategies for Hydrogen-Enriched Methane Flameless Combustion in a Quasi-Industrial Furnace
Jan 2020
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In this present work simulations of 20 kW furnace were carried out with hydrogenenriched methane mixtures to identify optimal geometrical configurations and operating conditions to operate in flameless combustion regime. The objective of this work is to show the advantages of flameless combustion for hydrogen-enriched fuels and the limits of current typical industrial designs for these mixtures. The performances of a semi-industrial combustion c Read More
Scientific Assessment in Support of the Materials Roadmap enabling Low Carbon Energy Technologies Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Apr 2014
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A group experts from European research organisations and industry have assessed the state of the art and future needs for materials' R&D for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The work was performed as input to the European Commission's roadmapping exercise on materials for the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan. The report summarises the results including key targets identified for medium term (2020/2030) and long term (2050) timescales.
Roadmap Towards Zero Emissions, BEVs and FCEVs
Oct 2021
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A “combined world” of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will create a greener transportation sector faster and cheaper than one of the solutions alone. Hydrogen Council with analytical support from McKinsey and Company published a report that highlights the complementary roles of FCEVs and BEVs in a decarbonised transportation sector.The analysis found that each solution has comparable systemic efficiencies and si Read More
Overview of First Outcomes of PNR Project HYTUNNEL-CS
Sep 2021
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Dmitry Makarov,
Donatella Cirrone,
Volodymyr V. Shentsov,
Sergii Kashkarov,
Vladimir V. Molkov,
Z. Xu,
Mike Kuznetsov,
Alexandros G. Venetsanos,
Stella G. Giannissi,
Ilias C. Tolias,
Knut Vaagsaether,
André Vagner Gaathaug,
Mark R. Pursell,
Wayne M. Rattigan,
Frank Markert,
Luisa Giuliani,
L.S. Sørensen,
A. Bernad,
Mercedes Sanz Millán,
U. Kummer,
Christian Brauner,
Paola Russo,
J. van den Berg,
F. de Jong,
Tom Van Esbroeck,
M. Van De Veire,
Didier Bouix,
Gilles Bernard-Michel,
Sergey Kudriakov,
Etienne Studer,
Domenico Ferrero,
Joachim Grüne and
G. Stern
The paper presents the first outcomes of the experimental numerical and theoretical studies performed in the funded by Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH2 JU) project HyTunnel-CS. The project aims to conduct pre-normative research (PNR) to close relevant knowledge gaps and technological bottlenecks in the provision of safety of hydrogen vehicles in underground transportation systems. Pre normative research performed in the proje Read More
Expert Perceptions of Game-changing Innovations towards Net Zero
Dec 2022
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Current technological improvements are yet to put the world on track to net-zero which will require the uptake of transformative low-carbon innovations to supplement mitigation efforts. However the role of such innovations is not yet fully understood; some of these ‘miracles’ are considered indispensable to Paris Agreement-compliant mitigation but their limitations availability and potential remain a source of debate. We evaluate such potentially game-chan Read More
European Hydrogen Train the Trainer Framework for Responders: Outcomes of the Hyresponder Project
Sep 2023
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Síle Brennan,
Didier Bouix,
Christian Brauner,
Dominic Davis,
Natalie DeBacker,
Alexander Dyck,
André Vagner Gaathaug,
César García Hernández,
Laurence Grand-Clement,
Etienne Havret,
Deborah Houssin-Agbomson,
Petr Kupka,
Laurent Lecomte,
Eric Maranne,
Vladimir V. Molkov,
Pippa Steele,
Adolfo Pinilla,
Paola Russo and
Gerhard Schoepf
HyResponder is a European Hydrogen Train the Trainer programme for responders. This paper describes the key outputs of the project and the steps taken to develop and implement a long-term sustainable train the trainer programme in hydrogen safety for responders across Europe and beyond. This FCH2 JU (now Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking) funded project has built on the successful outcomes of the previous HyResponse project. HyResponder ha Read More
Renewable Heating and Cooling Pathways - Towards Full Decarbonisation by 2050
Feb 2023
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With the adoption of the EU Climate Law in 2021 the EU has set itself a binding target to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent compared to 1990 levels by 2030. To support the increased ambition the EU Commission adopted proposals for revising the key directives and regulations addressing energy efficiency renewable energies and greenhouse gas emissions in the Fit for 55 package. The heating a Read More
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