Hy2Tech

This European integrated project IPCEI Hydrogen Technology (“IPCEI Hy2Tech”) involved 41 projects from 35 companies at the time the project was approved by the European Commission. These projects were submitted by 15 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain.

Information on the individual projects can be found on the Technology Field subpages.

IPCEI Hy2Tech is intended to serve as front runner and enabler for all further integrated projects by advancing the relevant technologies in the areas of hydrogen production, infrastructure and utilization for commercial and economic exploitation.

Focus of IPCEI Hy2Tech is the development of innovative technologies to produce renewable and low-carbon hydrogen using mainly electrolysis. The usage of hydrogen in fuel cells for mobile or stationary applications is another focus. Further focus points are storage, transportation and distribution of hydrogen followed by the end use of hydrogen in industry and transport with a clear emphasis of the mobility sector.

The RDI and FID (Research, Development & Innovation and First Industrial Deployment) work carried out by the Direct Participants is organised along four Technology Fields (TFs):

• TF1 – Development of Hydrogen Generation Technologies
• TF2 – Development of Fuel Cell Technologies
• TF3 – Development of Technologies for Storage, Transportation and Distribution
• TF4 – Development of Technologies for End Users

IPCEI Hy2Tech covers the entire hydrogen value chain, advances timely integrated innovation and enables and implementing the deployment of hydrogen applications (RDI and FID). IPCEI Hy2Tech pursues the following joint overarching objectives:

• Scale up production capacity for electrolysers, fuel cells, key enabling technologies and critical components
• Scale up capacity for renewable and decarbonized hydrogen production
• Scale up hydrogen storing capacity in underground porous structures
• Create a cost-optimized and stable hydrogen value chain in Europe through standardized, automated and robust production processes
• Establish large-scale First Industrial Deployment of innovative hydrogen technologies in order to capitalize on the RDI efforts made in these fields and unlock vast decarbonisation potential
• Transfer knowledge to new or improved applications as well as new RDI in the different sectors and disseminate knowledge within the industry at large by fostering collaboration among stakeholders on overarching topics
• Create new jobs and sustainable growth in a high-potential market of the future and thereby greatly contribute to post-pandemic economic reconstruction and a socially just energy transition
• Coordinate and integrate hydrogen activities in Europe in order to create a hydrogen ecosystem