Research Priorities and Progress in Hydrogen Energy Research in the EU

The European Commission (EC) fosters and funds under its multi-annual work programme - currently the Seventh Framework Programme (2007-1013) - research, development and demonstration activities on hydrogen and fuel cells. It has also successfully mobilised key European stakeholders via the establishment and operation of the industry-led European Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform and most recently with the launching of its follow-up, the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative (JTI), a long-term public-private Joint Undertaking to be funded by the European community and an Industry Grouping. . The aim of this joint undertaking is through integrated, focused actions to explore the potential and accelerate the development and deployment of these key technologies at European level, with a vision of clean, affordable and secure energy systems based on hydrogen as an energy carrier and fuel cells as energy converters. The presentation highlights some illustrative EC co-financed R&D projects on hydrogen technologies and their key achievements. It also includes a brief overview of the enabling supporting functions assumed in this research field by the Commission's Joint Research Centre and in particular by the Institute for Energy. An outlook on hydrogen energy research and respective priorities in the Seventh Framework Programme and under the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen JTI, is also discussed.

MORETTO Pietro;  MARTIN-BERMEJO Joaquin; 

FILIOU Constantina; 

2009-04-15

J. Wiley & Sons

JRC42658

978-0-470-40836-0,   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC42658,