Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking Overview and ...€¦ · EU Institutional...

HYTUNNEL-CS Project - Stakeholders Workshop 4 May 2020

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking

Overview and safety-related activities

Alberto Garcia Project Officer

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Strong public-private partnership with a focused objectiveEU Institutional Public-Private Partnership (IPPP)

Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH 2 JU)

Research grouping over 60 members

Industry grouping More than 130 members

50% SME

To implement an optimal research and innovation programme to bring FCH technologies to the point of market readiness by 2020

FCH 2 JU ObjectivesMarket readiness of a portfolio of clean, efficient and affordable solutions for our energy and transport systems

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Clean Transport

Reduce fuel cell system costs for transport

applications

Green hydrogen

productionIncrease efficiency and

reduce costs of hydrogen

production, mainly from

water electrolysis and

renewables

Minimal use of critical raw materials

Reduce platinum loading

H2 storage for grid balancing

Demonstrate on a large-scale hydrogen’s capacity

to harness power from renewables and support its integration into the

energy system

Heat & electricity

productionIncrease fuel cell

efficiency and lifetime

FCH 2 JU Programme structure

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TRANSPORT • Road vehicles• Non-road vehicles

and machinery• Refuelling

infrastructure• Maritime, rail and

aviation applications

ENERGY • Hydrogen production

and distribution • Hydrogen storage for

renewable energy integration

• Fuel cells for power & combined heat & power generation

CROSS-CUTTING(e.g. standards, safety, education,

consumer awareness, …)

FCH 2 JU:

Total Budget: 1,3 bn €

EC contribution: 646 m €

FCH JU programme implementation

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Energy

Transport

Cross-cutting

457 million euros

145 projects

404 million euros

70 projects

58 million euros

43 projects

• Hydrogen production and distribution • Hydrogen storage for renewable energy

integration • Fuel cells for power & combined heat &

power generation

• Road vehicles• Non-road vehicles and machinery• Refuelling infrastructure• Maritime rail and aviation applications

• E.g. standards, safety, education, consumer awareness …

46 %

6 %

41 %

263 projects supported

for 985 m€

66 million euros

5 projects

7 %

Supporting activities for market uptake - OverviewCross-cutting projects and complementary actions

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Legal, administrative and regulatory

framework

Social awareness

& public acceptance

Education and training

Safety Sustainability Databases & Monitoring

Regulations, Codes and Standards Strategy Coordination Group (RCS SCG)

Collaboration with the Joint Research Center (JRC)

Initiatives: FCH Regions, FCH Value Chain, …

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Funding and financing support services

Studies, …, … ,…

European Hydrogen Safety Panel (EHSP)

Supporting activities for market uptakeFCH 2 JU safety-related activities

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framework

Social awareness

& public acceptance

Education and training

Safety Sustainability Databases & Monitoring

Regulations, Codes and Standards Strategy Coordination Group (RCS SCG)

Collaboration with the Joint Research Center (JRC)

Initiatives: FCH Regions, FCH Value Chain, …

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Funding and financing support services

Studies, …, … ,…


Multidisciplinary approach on safety issues

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 …

HYCOMP

HYACINTH

SUSANA

HYPROFESSIONALS

HYFACTS

TRAINHYPROFHYRESPONSE

MATHRYCE

STACKTEST HYSEA

KNOWHY

HYTRANSFER

FIRECOMP

HYCORA

HYPACTOR

IRMFC

SOCTESTQAFC-EUROGRID

HYQ

H2FC-LCA

HYTECHCYCLING

HY4ALL

PREPAR-H2

ISH2UP

IRAF

H2-LCA

TEMONAS

HYAC

HYLAW

NET-TOOLS

H2 TRUST

H2 SENSE

Safety is an integral part of projects portfolio

PRESLHY

TEACHY

ID-FAST

HYDRAITE

HYTUNNEL-CS

FCHGO

AD ASTRA

> 60% Cross-cutting projects addressing safety directly or indirectly

HYINDOOR

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Cross-cutting Activity Area


framework

Education & training

Safety

Knowledge hubs

Sustainability

Socio-economic research

Legal, administrative and regulatory framework

Focus Areas

Pre-NormativeResearch (PNR)

Legal and administrative processes

Guarantees of originframework

Cross cutting Activity Area – Legal, admin. and regulatory frameworkDeveloping suitable environments for FCH technologies in Europe

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Pro

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Identifying barriers and sharing best practices across Europe

Providing truthful information about the origin of hydrogen

Addressing knowledge gaps to support science-based standards

Stack tests protocols Materials

Pressure vessels

Indoor use

HRSQuality

Metering

VentedDeflagrat.

Pre-Normative Research

www.fch.europa.eu/page/fch-ju-projects

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Pre-Normative Research projects address the entire hydrogen chainProviding science-based information to create and further develop standards

H2

ProductionH2

storageH2

DistributionH2

Consumption

Targeting standards at European and International level

International Standardization OrganizationEuropean Committee for StandardizationEuropean Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

International Electrotechnical Commission

* 4 projects on-going over 2018

AD ASTRA

HYSEA, HYINDOOR

25% 50%

25%

2018 (*)

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Pre-Normative Research & RCSPre-Normative Research: An essential step advancing the State-of-the-Art

Regulation: Legally binding. International & local (national)Standards: NOT legal documents. Serve as guidelines to meet requirements

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FCH 2 JU projects –PNR projects on-goingHYTUNNEL-CS Project: PNR for safety of H2 driven vehicles and transport through tunnels and similar confined spaceshttps://hytunnel.net


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Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda Clean Hydrogen for Europe builds on success of the FCH2 JU

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dd2c9552f6495669955303c/t/5de0f01fd36d6241f15bfbaa/1575022635981/SIRA_introduction_19112019.pdf

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FCH 2 JU projects –PNR projects on-goingHYDRAITE Project: Hydrogen Delivery Risk Assessment and Impurity Tolerance Evaluation

https://hydraite.eu/


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FCH 2 JU projects –PNR projects on-going (2/4)PRESLHY Project: Pre-normative research for safer use of liquid hydrogenhttps://preslhy.eu

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FCH 2 JU projects –PNR projects on-going (4/4)ID FAST Project: Investigations on degradation mechanisms and Definition of protocols for PEM Fuel cells AST

AD ASTRA Project: HArnessing Degradation mechanisms to prescribe AST for the Realization of SOC lifetime prediction Algorithms


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An example of a PNR project outcomes

Safer FCH technologies in confined spaces

Real-life enclosures with industry representative

obstacles

Main objective:To provide recommendations for standards on hydrogen explosion venting mitigation systems and to develop models

• Experimental campaigns• Engineering models• CFD & FE models• Blind-prediction

benchmark studies

HYSEA Project – 3 years - 1.5 m€ of FCH JU funding

Improving Hydrogen Safety for Energy Applications through pre-normative research on vented deflagrations


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> 200 experiments 20-foot ISO container and Small-Size enclosures

Engineering models, CFD-based & FE- based tools

Recommendations for standards (EN 14994, NFPA 68)Ach

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An example of a PNR project outcomesHYSEA Project–achievements at a glance


At the CEN/TC305/WG3/ahGE meeting in Vienna on 14-15 June 2019, the committee decided to include the model developed in HYSEA in the next

revised version of EN 14994

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Industry-led working group coordinating RCS needs of strategic importance for Europe

Regulations, Codes and Standards (RCS) Strategy Coordination Group

Coordinating RCS needs of strategic importance for Europe

Identification of strategic themes for RCS development

Tailoring of FCH 2 JU AWP to best address RCS needs

Proposals of standardization towards the AUWP

Transfer of PNR projects results in RCS development

Enhance European participation and influence in RCS fora

Working activities

www.fch.europa.eu/page/rcs-strategy-coordination-group

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AWP 2019: PNR/RCS priority challenges

Regulations, Codes and Standards (RCS) Strategy Coordination Group

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Collaboration with Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC)Supporting FCH technologies along the entire FCH 2 JU programme and beyond

Overarching support activities

Support to formulation and implementation of RCS strategy

Contribution to safety dimension and safety awareness

Contribution to programme monitoring and assessment

Support to FCH Smart Specialization

Support to specific activities of the FCH2JU

HIAD 2.0: European Hydrogen Safety Reference Database

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Publicly-available revamped database, supported by FCH 2 JU

https://odin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/giada/Main.jsp

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framework


Safety

Knowledge hubs

Sustainability



Focus Areas

Increasing expertise across EuropePromoting the excellence in education and training, preparing the European workforce

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Educational and training programs tailored to multiple target groups

FCH JU supports

Post Graduates and Young

Professionals

TechnicalProfessionals

Technician and workers

First Responders

Regulators and Public Safety Officials

VocationalUndergraduateGraduate

Multiple levels and types of education, learning formats, features…

In person traininge-learning

Serious gamesCompulsory

…

…

……blended Virtual reality

Mock-up installations

E-Platform for connecting knowledge

EuropeanNetwork of Universities

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An example of a project outcomes

FIREFIGHTERSare ready for

hydrogen

First responder educational and practical hydrogen

safety training

Main objective:Establish the World's first comprehensive training programme for FIRST RESPONDERS

• Educational training• Operational training• Virtual reality training

HYRESPONSE PROJECT - 1.8 m€ of FCH JU funding

www.hyresponse.eu


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400+ course slides and 300+ pages divided into 10 items: safety basics, RCS, cases studies..

Exercise scenarios using virtual reality gives first hand experience

Real-life scenarios, to practice what has been learned

Realization of a European emergency response guideAch

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Public access area of the HyResponse website

An example of a project outcomesHYRESPONSE –at a glance

www.hyresponse.eu


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HYRESPONDER projectEuropean Hydrogen Train the Trainer Programme for Responders

16 partners from industry, research , public & fire services

Train trainers from ≥10 European countries, ≥ 7 languages

Update the European Emergency Response Guide (i.e. LH2)

International forum of responders in hydrogen safety training

Materials on an educational NET-tools e-Platform

HYRESPONDER project - 3 years; 1m€ of FCH JU funding

Building on HYRESPONSE:

First and second responders educational and practical

hydrogensafety training

Workshops for responders in at least 10 countries


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FCH 2 JU projects –Education and training projects on-going NET-Tools Project: Novel Education and Training Tools based on digital applications related to FCH Technology

www.h2fc-net.eu/net-tools

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framework


Safety

Knowledge hubs

Sustainability


Safety

Focus Areas

Multidisciplinary approach to key safety-related issuesAddressing key safety-related issues

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HydrogenSensors

CFD for safety analysis

Safety expertgroups

Pro

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Development of best practices, HYMEP evaluation protocol

Development of H2 safety expert groups

Guidelines to select and use the best sensor for a particular application

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HIAD 2.0: European Hydrogen Safety Reference Database

• Hydrogen Sensor Data Base (> 400 references) – publicly available

• Hydrogen sensing technology requirements

• Requirements for RCS• Best practice strategies in guidelines• Approaches to get more and better

sensors on the market at a lower cost

H2SENSE PROJECT - An example of a project outcomesCost-effective and reliable hydrogen sensors for facilitating the safe use of hydrogen

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Achievements


European Hydrogen Safety Panel (EHSP) initiativeExpert group on hydrogen safety assisting the FCH 2 JU at project and programme level

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Projectlevel

Public Outreach

DataCollection

Programlevel

• Assuring that hydrogen safety is adequately handled

• Promoting and disseminating H2 safety cultureWorking groups

https://www.fch.europa.eu/page/european-hydrogen-safety-panel


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2019 outcomes: safety planning guidance document



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2019 outcomes: Assessment and lessons learnt from HIAD 2.0


Call for expression of interest open

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framework


Safety

Knowledge hubs

Sustainability



Focus Areas

Raising social acceptance and public awareness

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Providing a deeper knowledge on social and economic factors around FCH technologies

Understand awareness and acceptance across EuropeIdentify the main drivers of social awareness and acceptance -> recommendations

GermanyUK

France

Norway

Belgium

Spain

Slovenia

Biggest exercise ever on social research around FCH in Europe !

Study 1. Public awareness and acceptance Study 2. Stakeholder acceptance

http://hyacinthproject.eu/


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framework


Safety

Knowledge hubs

Sustainability


Knowledge hubs

Focus Areas

Empowering the European FCH sectorDeveloping advanced databases to find information easily and seamlessly

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Legal, administrative processes (LAP)

SafetyEducation and training

Pro

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Validation and verification of CFD models, safety experiments…

Providing digital tools and services for educational issues and training

Compilation of LAPs around FCH technologies across Europe

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Tech. Market statistics

Policy/ regulatory/ RCS Financial support/ incetives

Societal

www.fch.europa.eu

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FCH 2 JU Initiatives, projects, PRDs, news, etc.

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www.fch.europa.eu

FCH 2 JU

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Programme Review days and Stakeholders Forum 2020

@fch_ju

[email protected]

FCH JU

Alberto J. Garcia HombradosProject officer

[email protected]

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