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Hydrogen Mobility Europe 2 (H2ME 2)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2022,

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 bene ...
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PROcess intensification through the development of innovative MEmbranes and CAtalysts (PROMECA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

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 gene ...
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HyBalance

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

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 o ...
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Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2020,

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 fuell ...
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Environmentally Friendly, Efficient Electric Motion (3EMOTION)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

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, a ...
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Developing Cryogenic Energy Storage at Refrigerated Warehouses as an Interactive Hub to Integrate Renewable Energy in Industrial Food Refrigeration and to Enhance PowerGrid Sustainability (CryoHub)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

...pe is about to generate 20% of its required energy from RES by 2020, so that the proper RES integration poses continent-wide challenges.The Cryogenic Energy Storage (CES), and particularly the Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES), is a promising technology enabling on-site storage of RES energy during periods of high generation and its use at peak grid demand. Thus, CES acts as Grid Energy Storage (GE ...
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Hydrogen For All of Europe (HY4ALL) (HY4ALL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

"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 ...
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HyLIFT-EUROPE - Large scale demonstration of fuel cell powered material handling vehicles (HyLIFT-EUROPE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...efuelling infrastructure at 5-20 sites across Europe, making it the largest European trial of hydrogen fuel cell material handling vehicles so far and the world’s first large scale demonstration of airport tow tractors. This will continue efforts of the ongoing FCH JU supported HyLIFT-DEMO project.In the HyLIFT-EUROPE project the partners will demonstrate fuel cell systems in material handling veh ...
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Demonstration of Small 4-Wheel fuel cell passenger vehicle Applications in Regional and Municipal transport (SWARM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

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 Plymouth), the Brussels area and Wallonia, and the Weser-Ems region in NorthWest Germany. Each of these regions will deploy a new hydrogen refuelling site to close ...
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Large scale demonstration of substitution of battery electric forklifts by hydrogen fuel cell forklifts in logistics warehouses (HAWL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

... 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, ...
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HYdrogen cells for AiRborne Usage (HYCARUS)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

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 ...
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Pre-normative research on resistance to mechanical impact of composite overwrapped pressure vessels (HYPACTOR)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

... 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 dev ...
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Demonstration & validation of a heat recovery packaged solution for decreasing oxy-glass factories’ environmental impact (LIFE Eco-HeatOx)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background Glass is a key element to many industries and in Western Europe, the average annual consumption of glass is estimated to be 18 kg per person. The manufacturing processes of mineral products such as glass, lime, and cement are responsible for 50% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, more than the chemical and metal industries. Glass ...
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Pre-Normative Research for Thermodynamic Optimization of Fast Hydrogen Transfer (HYTRANSFER)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

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 l ...
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Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

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 o ...
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European Hydrogen Emergency Response training programme for First Responders (HYRESPONSE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

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 profes ...
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Modelling the thermo-mechanical behaviour of high pressure vessel in composite materials when exposed to fire conditions (FIRECOMP)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2016,

...ssure 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 radiat ...
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Enhanced Power Pilot Line - EPPL (EPPL)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

A sustainable and competitive European power semiconductor industry is essential to support the megatrend developments formulated in the Europe 2020 strategy - climate change, energy security, food security, and health and aging population. In practically all these areas, power semiconductors play a vital role. Thus, it is of paramount importance to defend and further extend Europe’s leading posit ...
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UNIQUE gasifier for hydrogen Production (UNIfHY)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

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 achiev ...
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SYnthesis and functionality of chalcogenide NAnostructures for PhaSE change memories (SYNAPSE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The SYNAPSE project initially aimed at the metalorganic chemical vapor phase deposition (MOCVD) and study of chalcogenide single material, (core) and double material (core-shell) nanowires (NWs), for innovative multi-level phase change memories (PCM). If Ge-Sb-Te is the most studied material for PCM applications, In-based materials, like In-Sb-Te or In-Ge-Te alloys, are also promising, since they ...
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Optimization of Oxygen-based CFBC Technology with CO2 capture (O2GEN)

Start date: Oct 18, 2012, End date: Oct 17, 2015,

...ent parts of the process to obtain a reduction of the overall penalty caused by CCS. The project is going to deals with this challenge.The project technical leaders are Foster Wheeler Energia Oy and Air Liquide, the demonstration facility is CIUDEN and the utility is Endesa Generación.
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Material Testing and Recommendations for Hydrogen Components under fatigue (MATHRYCE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

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 compres ...
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Highly Efficient Tubular Membranes for Oxy-Combustion (HETMOC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

...es needed to carry out the project. The partners are: Risoe National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy (coordinator; DK), Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (D), Fraunhofer IKTS (D), VITO (B), SINTEF (N), Air Liquide(Fr), Saint Gobain CREE (Fr) and INABENSA (ESP).Two different types of tubular oxygen transport membranes will be developed at the research centres participating in HETMOC, and the technolo ...
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Pre-normative research on safe indoor use of fuel cells and hydrogen systems (HyIndoor)

Start date: Jan 2, 2012, End date: Jan 1, 2015,

...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 hydro ...
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Semiconductor Industry Leading towards Viable Energy Recovery (SILVER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 1, 2014,

There is no doubt that ICT, supported by semiconductor technology, can play in using more efficiently energy resources and in allowing the adoption of renewable energy production, care must be taken that the complete life cycle of the envisaged technologies is considered, and that also the energy costs for the production of the critical semiconductor components are minimized. This concept applies ...
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Enhanced Design Requirements and Testing Procedures for Composite Cylinders intended for the Safe Storage of Hydrogen (HyCOMP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

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, safet ...
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Hydrogen fuel Quality requirements for transportation and other energy applications (HyQ)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

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 purifica ...
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Optimisation of Transport Solutions for Compressed Hydrogen (DeliverHy)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

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 resul ...
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Development and field test of an efficient YBCO Coated Conductor based Fault Current Limiter for Operation in Electricity Networks (ECCOFLOW)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"The project aims at developing a unique device for electricity networks: A superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) based on coated conductor YBCO tape (cc-tape) or 2nd Generation HTS tape. The general trend in Europe to a higher meshing of distribution networks and the rapid growing integration of renewable energy sources leads to an increase of the fault current level by every new installat ...
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CO2 Site Closure Assessment Research (CO2CARE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

CO2CARE aims to support the large scale demonstration of CCS technology by addressing the research requirements of CO2 storage site abandonment. It will deliver technologies and procedures for abandonment and post-closure safety, satisfying the regulatory requirements for transfer of responsibility. The project will focus on three key areas: well abandonment and long-term integrity; reservoir mana ...
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Innovative Catalytic Technologies & Materials for Next Gas to Liquid Processes (NEXT-GTL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

The project addresses from one site the most critical and costly step to produce liquid fuel from natural gas using conventional routes, e.g. the stage of syngas production, and from the other side explores alternative routes to convert natural gas to liquid transportable products. The general objective is to explore novel and innovative (precompetitive) routes for transformation of natural gas t ...
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Identification, Preparation and Dissemination of Hydrogen Safety Facts to Regulators and Public Safety Officials (HyFacts)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

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 ...
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Nano-particle products from new mineral resources in Europe (PROMINE)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

The objectives of the ProMine IP address the Commission’s concerns over the annual 11 billion € trade deficit in metal and mineral imports. Europe has to enhance the efficiency of its overall production chain putting higher quality and added value products on the market. ProMine focuses on two parts of this chain, targeting extractive and end-user industries. Upstream, the first ever Pan-EU GIS b ...
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Self-Assembled Polymer Membranes (SELFMEM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

The aim of SELFMEM is to develop innovation in the field of nanoporous membranes. This will be achieved by taking advantage of the self-assembly properties of block copolymers leading to highly porous membranes with adjustable, regular-sized pores of tailored functionalities. Both polymeric and inorganic (silicon) membranes will be developed. In the case of isoporous polymeric membranes focus will ...
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Enabling advanced pre-combustion capture techniques and plants (DECARBIT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

DECARBit responds to the urgent need for further research and development in advanced pre-combustion capture techniques to substantially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel power plants. The project will accelerate the technology development and contribute to the deployment of large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants in line with the adopted European policies for emiss ...
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Joint Equipment and Materials for System-in-Package and 3D-Integration (JEMSIP_3D)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 1, 2012,

The objective of the project « Joint Equipment & Materials for System-in-Package and 3D Integration » is to validate technological solutions for the fabrication of high value-added heterogeneous components and systems.This theme, generally known as “More Than Moore”, intends to gather within a unique system a set of various functions, implemented with elementary components, those generally being f ...
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End User Requirement fOr Process heat Applications with Innovative Reactors for Sustainable energy supply (EUROPAIRS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2011,

...ergy Technology Platform, which points out high temperature industrial process heat applications of nuclear energy as one of 3 major axes of development recommended for European nuclear R&D, the EUROPAIRS project proposes a step forward towards industrial application of (V)HTR technology: the objective of EUROPAIRS is to identify the boundary conditions for the viability of nuclear cogeneration sy ...
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Validation of environment friendly flat glass production using an innovative hot oxygen combustion technique (HotOxyGlass)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

...is 18 kg per person. Unfortunately, the production of glass requires high levels of energy and entails the emission of pollutants (SOx and NOx). Acid rain comes from the reaction of water with these air pollutants: SOx and NOx. The European Commission has set targets to be reached by 2020 in order to limit the negative impact of pollutants (COM (2005) 446 final). Compared to figures for 2000, and ...
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The new coolant technologies for metalworking (Cool Tech)

Start date: Jan 1, 2001, End date: Dec 31, 2003,

Background ¿ BACKGROUND Metalworking at an industrial scale often requires the use of different sorts of lubricants in order to lubricate and cool the metal and tools. These lubricants are usually an environmental problem and also difficult to recycle. The environmental problem comes partly from hazardous lubricants and partly from strong preservative ...
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