Discover FCH JU new transport projects

Fuel cells and hydrogen technologies are key for a decarbonised and sustainable transport system and offer great advantages for automotive applications. In addition to their environmental benefits, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) offer 2 major assets: a long-range and short refuelling times.

To support and accelerate the market-entry of these vehicles, the FCH JU research activities aim at reducing the production costs of fuel cell systems, while increasing their lifetime to levels competitive with conventional technologies.

The FCH JU is welcoming new research and innovation projects on fuel cells for transport applications into its programme. These have been selected under the FCH JU 2016 call for proposals and are now starting or about to begin their activities.

Projects DIGIMAN, INLINE, INN-BALANCE will deal with PEM fuel cell stacks and system manufacturing including upscaling, automation, assembly and quality control in view of improving overall product quality and reliability while decreasing costs. The various projects will focus on different components and stages in the production process.

In addition to those, project COSMHYC is focused on developing a new cost-effective low-noise system for hydrogen compression, namely for hydrogen refuelling stations, while project MARANDA will develop a hybrid powertrain for marine applications, including development of the fuel cell system and the hydrogen storage vessels.

For the 5 projects already signed, the FCH JU will contribute with over 17 M€.

 

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