IPCEI on Hydrogen
An IPCEI on Hydrogen is being prepared. This includes a significant number of projects in all the areas important for Hydrogen such as
Generation of green Hydrogen from Renewable Energy Sources using Electrolysers
Transportation of Hydrogen through trucks and railway tube trailers, cargo ships and pipelines in various packaging forms (liquefied, pressurized, LOHC, NH3, etc)
the Mobility sectors using Fuel Cells in heavy duty vehicles (HDVs), public busses, trains, barges, seagoing vessels, etc. including Hydrogen Refuelling Stations (HRS) on roads, ports and bus depots
Industry applications such as green Steel, Fertilizers, Cement, or production of industrial heat for many production sectors (mixed with natural gas in varying percentages), as well as refineries and Hydrogen use in the chemical sector
Energy Sector applications such as Temporary and Seasonal Storage, utilization of curtailed energy to off-load the electricity grid, generators for electricity production from excess hydrogen
In the Housing sector for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) applications, replacing natural gas in specific applications
In end user driven applications such as super market chains wishing to green their logistics or cruise ship lines trying to accommodate customer wishes for clean travel
Many of the technologies behind are well developed, but applications are as of today not yet commercially viable, because of the supply demand dead-lock which does not bring the hydrogen prices down to the necessary level at the desired locations to drive big volume applications. In order to brake that deadlock, a kick-start for the involved technologies and a massive investment in green hydrogen production is necessary.
This conference should serve as the initial step of a Hydrogen launch platform in order to better determine the most promising applications and to bring together the relevant industrial actors in the EU as well as the relevant financing sources from all the regions of the EU.
