Advanced materials for hydrogen storage tanks

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Code: 27414 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-07-01 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

This topic focuses on developing advanced materials to reduce whole life costs and produce lighter solutions for hydrogen storage, whilst developing sustainable circular economy-based components and considering the environmental and social impacts. The hydrogen storage emphasised under this topic covers the form of gas, liquid or cryo-compressed states supporting high-pressure tanks even up to 1,000 bar.

This topic aims to develop a step change, supporting key elements of the long-term needs of hydrogen storage, notably:

• Reduction of whole lifetime costs of hydrogen storage technologies;
• Development of environmentally sustainable and circular storage systems;
• Ensuring the safety of innovative hydrogen storage technologies.

Small-scale Hydrogen Valley

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Code: 27411 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-06-02 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The scope of this flagship topic is to develop and demonstrate a small-scale Hydrogen Valley. It could demonstrate a combination of technologies either in existing and/or new markets for clean hydrogen, especially when applications are used in symbiose with each other.

This topic should demonstrate innovative approaches at system level: global and synergetic integration of hydrogen production, distribution and end-uses technologies. It should also seek integration within a broader energy system, considering elements such as renewable energy production, gas and electricity grid, digitalisation, etc. Technologies demonstrated should be state of the art following technology development previously funded by (but not limited to) the JU.

Large-scale Hydrogen Valley

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Code: 27403 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-06-01 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The scope of this flagship topic is to develop and demonstrate a large-scale Hydrogen Valley. It could demonstrate a combination of technologies either in existing and/or new markets for clean hydrogen, especially when applications are used in symbiose with each other.

This topic should demonstrate innovative approaches at system level: global and synergetic integration of hydrogen production, distribution and end-uses technologies. It should also seek integration within a broader energy system, considering elements such as renewable energy production, gas and electricity grid, digitalisation, etc. Technologies demonstrated should be state of the art following technology development previously funded by (but not limited to) the JU.

Pre-Normative Research on the determination of hydrogen releases from the hydrogen value chain

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Code: 27399 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-05-03 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The natural gas industry has for decades been strongly committed to identifying, quantifying, and mitigating gas releases along the entire value chain, from production (extraction) to final uses. In addition, the effects of releases of gases in the environment have been widely studied and assessed, with the aim of limiting the climate-change effects as much as possible.

While methane emissions is a well-known topic, with emission quantification methods/technologies and mitigation strategies defined, the case of hydrogen is different, as there are no indications/guidelines that exhaustively cover all the different elements of the hydrogen value chain. This case requires in-depth analysis, supported by experimental campaigns, in order to understand the potential leakage rates of hydrogen across its value chain and assess the overall hydrogen releases of a large adoption of this energy vector. Proposals should therefore assess the potential hydrogen releases of the future hydrogen value chains.

European Hydrogen Academy

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Code: 27393 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-05-02 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The education focus needs to shift to establishing a large alliance of universities and institutions that can provide certified educational training and continuously update the teaching materials, thus reflecting the rapidly developing area of FCH technologies and actively supplying the education and training necessary. Hydrogen education at schools should be targeted in order to provide FCH technology basics and foster societal awareness and acceptance.

Future work should then concentrate on further developing, translating, and organising the supply and (digital) access to content and training activities at universities, educational institutions and schools and addressing the issue of a joint qualification framework across the EU university ecosystem. For this purpose, solving the issue of portability of e-learning content and its copyright and supporting ease of implementation on any institutional learning management systems is essential. Proposals should show concrete contributions to the Digital Education Action Plan with the aim of greater cooperation at the EU level on digital education and to address the challenges and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Product environmental footprint pilot for a set of FCH product categories

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Code: 27390 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-05-01 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

This topic addresses the development and application of a set of thorough PEFCRs in the specific field of FCH products according to the latest version of the European Commission’s guidance document for the development of PEFCRs, thereby considering the latest recommendations as regards the PEF method. Accordingly, the main project outcome of the topic will consist of PEFCRs developed for, and applied to, FCH product categories.

Project results are expected to contribute to the following objectives:

• Strengthening the focus on environmental aspects in the framework of the transition to a circular economy – supplying the necessary assessment tools for decision making. In this regard, the results from this topic should facilitate decision-making processes effectively oriented toward environmental aspects in the FCH sector;
• Reinforcing EU’s leadership position and accelerating mass-market adoption of sustainable FCH products – enhancing the sustainability and circularity of FCH technologies to support the ‘EU Strategy on energy system integration’ and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the objectives of the Paris Agreement. In this sense, this topic should provide a sound basis for the potential identification and subsequent promotion of environmentally sustainable FCH products.

Hydrogen for heat production for hard-to-abate industries (e.g. retrofitted burners, furnaces)

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Code: 27386 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-04 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The scope of this topic is to develop and validate an integrated hydrogen burner system within heating furnaces in energy intensive industrial applications by retrofitting existing furnaces so that they are able to run on up to 100% hydrogen. With the aim to contribute to the demonstration and promotion of the use of H2 for thermal use in industries that are hard to abate.

Retrofitting of existing industrial sector natural gas turbomachinery cogeneration systems for hydrogen combustion

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Code: 27382 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-03 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

Technological development of gas turbines combustion systems is aimed to handle incremental percentage of hydrogen blended in the natural gas as fuel. A further step, in accelerating the energy sector decarbonisation, is to provide gas turbine solutions able to be used with their own flexibility in handling fast load changes over the wider range of natural gas / hydrogen blends up to the full hydrogen composition.

In parallel with the incremental hydrogen availability offer expected for the next years, the required final TRL 7 is pushing gas turbine technology and products development to the commercialisation phase and the fleet replacement and/or enhancement by the end users by new engine solutions able to provide with hydrogen/natural gas blends, similar performances of the current natural gas ones.

EU Competence Centre to support data management in tourism destinations

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Code: 27375 | Identifier Code: PPPA-2022-TOTOLAB-01 | Programme name: 2280 | Start submission calls: 23/02/2023 | End submission calls: 26/04/2023

The objective of the grant will be to contribute to setting up and operation of a knowledge hub that can provide destinations with guidance and information related to data management, as well as business intelligence on how to source and use data and apply data-intensive information to address policy actions and strategies.

The selected beneficiary, under the present call, must set up a competence centre (knowledge hub) with a business and intelligence support scheme for destination management organisations (DMOs) across the EU, and optionally for tourism SMEs, with a view to support their transition towards data-driven management practices.

Research on fundamental combustion physics, flame velocity and structure, pathways of emissions formation for hydrogen and variable blends of hydrogen, including ammonia

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Code: 27373 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-02 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

Use of natural gas mixtures with high hydrogen content still exhibits high NOx pollutant emissions, thus requiring the implementation of appropriate combustion technologies in new or existing gas turbines, such as DLE, sequential combustion, EGR and micro-mixing approaches. Besides, although recent research has shown that partial decomposition of ammonia (after transportation) to a blend of ammonia/hydrogen/nitrogen can be an interesting solution, many fundamental aspects of ammonia/hydrogen flames are not yet known, and NOx emissions are a concern too. Other potential not well-known hydrogen blends could show similar issues.

Development and validation of high power and impurity tolerant fuel cell systems ready to run on industrial quality dry hydrogen

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Code: 27371 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-04-01 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

This topic aims to bridge the power gap between small stationary and MW installations, by developing and validating a building block in the shape of a renewable hydrogen fuelled fuel cell system (of at least 100 kW), which can be customised for various applications, have a modular design and be impurity tolerant.
The duration of the validation should be at least 5,000 hours.
This building block should be able to operate at any location having access to any renewable hydrogen supply sources underground storage facilities initially used for natural gas storage, natural gas grid enabled to transport hydrogen as well as dedicated hydrogen grid.

Moreover, the durable and flexible (full and partial load) operations of a ≥ 100 kW fuel cell system with industrial quality dry hydrogen (95% pure) should be also explored. The validation should be performed for use case cold ironing or ground power supply at the site, where industrial quality dry hydrogen fuel without blending is available.

Ultra-low NOx combustion system for aviation

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Code: 27369 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-03-03 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The scope of the topic is to develop a direct burn hydrogen combustion system with low NOx emissions compatible with aero engine specifications and progress it up to TRL 4. Because of the specific thermo-physical characteristics of hydrogen (very high flame speed, high diffusivity, high reactivity, high flame temperatures, etc.) there are many technological hurdles to overcome in order to realise a reliable and successful low NOx combustion system.

Development of a large fuel cell stack for maritime applications

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Code: 27365 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-03-02 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

Proposals should cover the development of a high-power stack for maritime applications and should address in particular either PEM or Solid Oxide technologies, which are considered the most promising technologies for maritime sector as already proven by the already funded projects MARANDA, HyShip, FLAGSHIPS, and ShipFC.

A large FC stack for maritime applications should be developed by the end of the project according to either one of the following minimum requirements:

• A PEM stack with nominal power in the range of 250-500 kW at beginning of life and with scalability at system level to several tens of MW;
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• A Solid Oxide (SO) stack with nominal power in the range of 100-250 kW at beginning of life and with scalability at system level to tens of MW.

Real environment demonstration of Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM)

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Code: 27363 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-03-01 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

This topic is addressing types of NRMM currently running with an ICE utilising conventional fuels in the construction & mining (excavators, loaders, haulers, bulldozers, etc.) and agricultural & farming (harvesters, cultivators, etc.) sectors.

The scope is to develop and demonstrate mature prototypes of hydrogen FC propelled machinery, operating in a defined end-user ecosystem. Hydrogen should be available on / very close to the work site, for refuelling purposes.

Demonstration of LH2 HRS for Heavy Duty applications

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Code: 27361 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-05 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The topic aims to develop and demonstrate the technological foundations of large LH2 refueling stations for heavy-duty transport sectors such as aviation, shipping and railways, and thereby address and overcome the challenges that remain in their development. Demonstration of a large, high-efficiency hydrogen refueling station would have an impact on other SRIA roadmaps related to liquid hydrogen (transportation, storage, aviation end-use, etc.).

The subject of this topic is the development, construction and operation of a liquid hydrogen refueling station that should demonstrate a delivery rate of at least 5 tons per hour.
The LH2 HRS:

• it should demonstrate scalability with technical and financial improvements
• it should be able to reduce the energy consumption and specific cost of hydrogen to prepare for the widespread deployment of hydrogen for the benefit of heavy-duty transport and its zero-emission ecosystem.

Demonstration of high pressure (500-700 bar) supply chain

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Code: 27359 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-04 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

It is of the utmost importance to improve the Gaseous Hydrogen (GH2) logistic. From a current 200 bar transportation pressure, the industry needs to move to higher pressure to increase the payload and decrease significantly the cost of transportation. It means to demonstrate the full logistic chain from the filling centre phase (to load the trailers at high pressure), through the trailers rolling on the road to the HRS able to feed the final vehicle.

This higher pressure GH2 logistic is timely needed to prepare for the deployment of heavy-duty vehicles (as trucks or trains) and corresponding infrastructure (HRS with high quantities of GH2 delivered), the increase of industrial needs of GH2 and ultimately to reduce the TCO of an extensive HRS network in Europe. Proposals submitted in this topic should demonstrate the entire concept of filling centre, trailer fleet and HRS, in complementarity/synergy with the previous two topics supported already in AWP2022.

Novel insulation concepts for LH2 storage tanks

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Code: 27354 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-03 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The scope of this topic is to develop and validate novel insulation concepts for storage of liquid hydrogen. The concepts developed should be suitable for a later scale-up to dimension similar to LNG storage tanks for shipping and or onshore storage.

Pre-Normative Research about the compatibility of transmission gas grid steels with hydrogen and development of mitigation techniques

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Code: 27351 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-02 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

This topic is aimed at accelerating the deployment of a safe, flexible, and efficient hydrogen grid by repurposing part of the gas networks, as this solution is expected to be particularly cost-effective compared to the development of new pipes.

The project should focus on specific critical issues that are insufficiently covered by existing publicly available knowledge, like hydrogen embrittlement in pipe and girth welds and heat affected zones (HAZ), Fatigue Crack Growth mechanisms and update of criteria for assessment of flaws. Modern new steel grades likely to meet the deployment needs of H2 networks should also be investigated (allowing connections of hydrogen producers and consumers to repurposed grids).

This project should cover steel grades constitutive of the gas Transmission networks, that are particularly sensitive to hydrogen embrittlement due to some high strength grades, high service pressure and potentially impacting pressure cycling.

Large-scale demonstration of underground hydrogen storage

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Code: 27349 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-02-01 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

The aim of this flagship topic is to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of large-scale underground hydrogen storage to provide the flexibility to manage the imbalance between intermittent supply from renewables and variability in demand in an integrated electricity-hydrogen energy system, and to qualify all technologies and their components in an integrated storage system by demonstrating large-scale hydrogen (energy) storage in underground salt caverns and/or gas fields and/or other geological structures, which are located in many places across EU.

This flagship topic aims at integrating the innovation brought by large-scale underground storage to the whole value chain, to better understand how renewable hydrogen can be supplied continuously to industrial, mobility and other end-uses, while allowing production to be intermittent (daily or seasonally) due to renewable electricity supply. To this effect, large-scale underground storage will contribute to limiting the curtailment of renewable electricity and optimise the whole value chain to make energy more sustainable, more secure and more affordable for hydrogen consumers.

Hydrogen use by an industrial cluster via a local pipeline network

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Code: 27346 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-07 | Programme name: 27323 | Start submission calls: 31/01/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2023

This flagship topic involves installing a large electrolyser and a new or repurposed 100% hydrogen pipeline network of sufficient transport capacity to fully or partially decarbonise at least two industrial processes that are located within a single industrial zone, either inland or in coastal areas.

The action is open to any type of hydrogen end use and any combination of off-takers in the local area (including chemical processes, co-generation systems, hydrogen gas turbines and any technology that combusts hydrogen or hydrogen/natural gas blends). Where appropriate as a secondary application, it may also provide hydrogen for vehicle.