The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, set up by Regulation (EC) No. 521(2008) of the Council of 30 May 20087 has demonstrated the potential of hydrogen as an energy carrier, and of fuel cells as energy converters. The FCH 2 JU members are: the European Union, represented by the European Commission (EC) as a public representative; the 'New Energy World Industry Grouping Fuel Cell and Hydrogen for Sustainability – NEW-IG' (hereafter "the IG") which represents European companies; and the 'New European Research Grouping on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen - N.ERGHY' (hereafter "the RG"), representing European research organizations and universities
The following topics under the call H2020-JTI-FCH-2014-1 are open:
- FCH-01.1-2014: Standardization of components for cost-efficient fuel cell systems for transportation applications
- FCH-01.2-2014: Cell and stack components, stack and system manufacturing technologies and quality assurance
- FCH-01.3-2014: Development of advanced fuel cell systems and system components
- FCH-01.4-2014: Hydrogen storage standardisation and components optimization for mass production
- FCH-01.5-2014: Development of cost effective and reliable hydrogen refuelling station components and systems for fuel cell vehicles
- FCH-01.6-2014: Engineering studies for large scale bus refuelling
- FCH-01.7-2014: Large scale demonstration of refuelling infrastructure for road vehicles
- FCH-02.1-2014: Research in electrolysis for cost effective hydrogen production
- FCH-02.2-2014: Decentralized hydrogen production from clean CO2-containing biogas
- FCH-02.3-2014: Stationary fuel cell system diagnostics: development of online monitoring and diagnostics systems for reliable and durable fuel cell system operation
- FCH-02.4-2014: Robust manufacturing of stationary fuel cells with reduced quality control costs
- FCH-02.5-2014: Innovative fuel cell systems at intermediate power range for distributed combined heat and power generation
- FCH-02.6-2014: Development of centrifugal hydrogen compressor technology
- FCH-02.7-2014: Stand-alone hydrogen purification systems for new hydrogen pathways
- FCH-02.8-2014: Improvement of electrolyser design for grid integration
- FCH-02.9-2014: Significant improvement of installation and service for fuel cell systems by Design-to-Service
- FCH-02.10-2014: Demonstrating the feasibility of central large scale electrolysers in providing grid services and hydrogen distribution and supply to multiple high value markets
- FCH-02.11-2014: Large scale fuel cell power plant demonstration in industrial/commercial market segments
- FCH-03.1-2014: Hydrogen territories
- FCH-04.1-2014: Educational initiatives
- FCH-04.2-2014: Develop strategies to raise public awareness of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies
- FCH-04.3-2014: Pre-normative research on vented deflagrations in containers and enclosures for hydrogen energy applications
Each topic requires different types of proposals, which are desribed as follows.
1. Research and Innovation action
Description: Action primarily consisting of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution. For this purpose they may include basic and applied research, technology development and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment.
Projects may contain closely connected but limited demonstration or pilot activities aiming to show technical feasibility in a near to operational environment
Funding rate: 100%.
2. Innovation action
Description: Action primarily consisting of activities directly aiming at producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or services. For this purpose they may include prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication.
A ‘demonstration or pilot’ aims to validate the technical and economic viability of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution in an operational (or near to operational) environment, whether industrial or otherwise, involving where appropriate a larger scale prototype or demonstrator.
A ‘market replication’ aims to support the first application/deployment in the market of an innovation that has already been demonstrated but not yet applied/deployed in the market due to market failures/barriers to uptake. 'Market replication' does not cover multiple applications in the market of an innovation10 that has already been applied successfully once in the market. ‘First’ means new at least to Europe or new at least to the application sector in question. Often such projects involve a validation of technical and economic performance at system level in real life operating conditions provided by the market.
Projects may include limited research and development activities
Funding rate: 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
3. Coordination and Support Action
Description: Actions consisting primarily of accompanying measures such as standardisation, dissemination, awareness-raising and communication, networking, coordination or support services, policy dialogues and mutual learning exercises and studies, including design studies for new infrastructure and may also include complementary activities of strategic planning, networking and coordination between programmes in different countries
Funding rate: 100%
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