13/07/2016
With the increasing uptake of hydrogen as an energy carrier for the transport sector, making hydrogen available is becoming an underpinning issue. One way around the building of expensive pipe infrastructure while it would not be fully utilized is to relay on the existing natural gas grid.
For this, the FCH JU has signed HyGrid (call 2015), a project that aims to develop a novel hybrid separation system based in a combination of three purification technologies (membrane, electrochemical and... Read more
05/07/2016
Brussels, Belgium, 5 July 2016 - Following the result of the United Kingdom’s referendum on its membership of the European Union, the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (FCH 2 JU) refers its stakeholders to this statement on the European Commission's Participant Portal.
05/07/2016
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking is currently recruiting for the following positions:
Project Officer (AD 8)
Deadline for applications is 21 August. For more information click here.
04/07/2016
The FCH JU project DEMOSOFC received the SMAU prize “Innovation 2016- SMAU Torino”, rewarding its innovation contents in the field of renewable energy and circular economy.
30 June: Andrea Lanzini receiving the SMAU Prize
Born in 1964,SMAU has been a benchmark of innovation for companies and public administrations for over 50 years. Since 2008 SMAU organizes a series of local events throughout Italy’s main regions to promote a culture of innovation among businesses and local... Read more
22/06/2016
The FCH JU recently signed a Grant Agreement to fund project INSPIRE, which will validate the next generation of automotive fuel cell stack technology and accelerate the commercialisation of high performance zero emission fuel cell electric vehicles.
Leading industrial and academic partners with expertise in the design and manufacture of PEMFC stacks will collaborate to advance materials and components having already shown promising results in other FCH JU projects,... Read more
20/06/2016
On the occasion of the 11th European Sustainable Energy Week, the FCH JU participated to several initiatives aiming at highlighting the role of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies against the backdrop of this year's theme: Power to the Consumer.
On the 15 June, the FCH JU joined a session together with CEDEC, Eurogas, EBA & GEODE, to underline the potential of renewable gases in decarbonising the energy system. Since the role of renewables... Read more
14/06/2016
The FCH JU signed a new Grant Agreement for the amount of almost 35 million € to fund project H2ME 2.
This is the launch of a second pan-European deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure as well as passenger and commercial fuel cell electric vehicles.
The six-year H2ME 2 project brings together 37 partners from across Europe. It will include the deployment and operation of 1,230 fuel cell vehicles, the addition of 20 new hydrogen-refueling stations (HRS) and will... Read more
07/06/2016
As more renewables are being integrated to the grid, the next generation water electrolysers must achieve better dynamic behaviour to provide superior grid-balancing services. FCH JU recently signed a Grant Agreement for project HPEM2GAS which will develop a low cost PEM electrolyser optimised for grid management. Reduced costs will be achieved by incorporating smarter Balance of Plant (BoP) and lower cost Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) stack technology targeting increased current densities and... Read more
02/06/2016
Fuel-Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) have been deployed in multiple demonstrations in Europe, Canada and the USA, but they still suffer somewhat from comparatively high costs and low availability.
Oddly enough, the availability issues have mostly been due to control issues and hybridisation strategies rather than to the fuel cells themselves. GIANTLEAP aims to increase availability and reduce the total cost of ownership of FCEBs by increasing the lifetime and reliability of... Read more
26/05/2016
The FCH JU just signed a new Grant Agreement for the amount of almost 34 million € to fund project PACE.
PACE is a major initiative aimed at ensuring the European residential (µ-CHP) sector makes the next move to mass market commercialisation. The project will deploy a total of 2,650 new fuel cell µ-CHP units with real customers and monitor them for an extended period. This will enable fuel cell µ-CHP manufacturers to scale up production using new series techniques, and increased... Read more