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Programme Name
Programme Description
The Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking or Clean Hydrogen Partnership is a unique public-private partnership supporting research and innovation (R&I) activities in hydrogen technologies in Europe. It builds upon the success of its predecessor, the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.
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Call
Summary
Utilisation of the by-product oxygen as well as simplification of the balance-of-plant through integration into the downstream process can improve the economics and the total cost of ownership of the electrolyser.
This flagship topic should focus on improving efficiency of the electrolyser system as well reducing the footprint by optimising the electrolyser system-downstream process integration. Furthermore, the project should give insight into the effect of this integration on electrolyser degradation phenomena compared to a standard electrolysis system, if applicable.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should address the following:
- Demonstrate an improved electrolyser (>15MW) with innovative balance-of-plant able to deliver hydrogen and oxygen and/or an optimised heat integration with the downstream process. The demonstration should operate for a minimum of 1 year (4,000 cumulated hours at nominal load);
- Demonstrate the scalability to multi-MW of the solution, including optimised control strategies and the economic benefit at scale including the impact on the final cost of the product;
- Include a plan for use of the installation after the project;
- Quantify the impact of the system operating strategy on the durability of the electrolyser;
- Effect of use of by-product O2 into the downstream process and/or product properties;
- Assessment of the different industrial activities, utilities or services that could be benefited from heat integration and oxygen production, including their requirements, i.e. purity, profile etc;
- Show complementarity with other EU funded projects such as HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-01-08 “Integration of multi-MW electrolysers in industrial applications” and HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17 “Integration of hydrogen for replacing fossil fuels in industrial applications” or any other relevant EU funding programs.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
EU contribution per project: € 10,000,000
Number of proposals: 1
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Consortia are expected to include off-takers for the hydrogen, oxygen and/or heat and an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner for appropriately integrating these electrolyser outputs at the site.
At least one partner in the consortium must be a member of either Hydrogen Europe or Hydrogen Europe Research.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
Email: info@clean-hydrogen.europa.eu
Phone number: +32 22218148
Postal address: Avenue de la Toison d’Or 56-60, 1060 Brussels, Belgium
(Publish Date: 28/02/2023-for internal use only)