
Find below a (non exhaustive) list of recent EU-funded projects related to hydrogen and fuel cells (mostly 2007 onwards)
Research and Innovation projects:
Research and Innovation projects can be browsed on the European Commission's Cordis website (download searchable files): FP7, Horizon 2020
Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions
(Selected Horizon 2020 projects based on the search "hydrogen" and/or "fuel cell" in project objectives)
- ELECTROCHEM (201711)
- NANOWGS (219674)
- FLUPOL (220323)
- DECNAHED (231059)
- HYDROSOFC (231058)
- EA-BIOFILMS (231072)
- GDL/GFC (235386)
- HYGENMEMS (236667)
- SUSHGEN (238678)
- COMHMAT (249216)
- ATLAS-H2 (251562)
- ENGINEERED OXIDES (252711)
- SOLAR BIO-HYDROGEN (253602)
- MATERHY (253863)
- HYBRID NANOMATERIALS (256392)
- FASTCELL (256583)
- MICROMANUFACTURING (268156)
- XAS-DAFC (272632)
- ELCAMI (272853)
- OXIDE INTERFACES (274730)
- VISELCAT (275450)
- NMRSOFC (275212)
- HEME/(CU-FE)-O2-RED (298414)
- PROTONICS (293441)
- ACOFC (293876)
- GRAPHENE (297728)
- EWOCS (298957)
- ACRES (299767): Advanced control of renewable energy generation systems based on fuel cells\wind power, International Incoming Fellowship
- LLAVES (300884)
- HSPILL-CEMA (301076)
- BI-NANO PT/HYDRO CNF (302197)
- NGDL (303248)
- NANOWGS (303688)
- WASTE2BIOHY (326974)
- EEORR (326083)
- APPOCS (328144)
- CONFIES (331298)
- CARBONCROFS (331612)
- CFDSOFC (328554)
- NANO-FCSC (330946)
- NRFORHF (331003)
- ECOSTORE (607040): Novel Complex Metal Hydrides for Efficient and Compact Storage of Renewable Energy as Hydrogen and Electricity, Innovative Training Network
- CATSENSE (607417): Design of novel high performance catalysts and biosensors based on deposited mass-selected clusters assisted by computational theoretical screening, Innovative Training Network
- ATLAS-MHC (612292)
- ORRmetIR (659306): Development and in situ Infrared study of Novel Strained Core-shell Electrocatalysts: Towards an Understanding of the Oxygen Reduction Mechanism, Individual Fellowship
- MULTIMAT (676045): A multiscale approach towards mesostructured porous material design, Innovative Training Network
- BIOENERGY (607793)
- NEWGENSOFC (612407)
- FUNCCAHNHILLIARDPNP (618548)
- ELWBINSTEM (625462)
- FUNICIS (626158)
- Bioelectroammonia (654836): Bioelectroreduction of nitrogen to ammonia: the incorporation of nitrogenase within enzymatic biological fuel cells for simultaneous production of electrical energy and ammonia.
- ALifeInSOFCs (654915): Augmented Lifetime of Infiltrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- IILSCFLP (655170): The Influence of Ionic Liquid Solvation on the Chemistry of Frustrated Lewis Pairs
- SolHyPro (656132): Water splitting by solar energy: From lab-scale to prototype devices
- WO for solar fuels (658270): Integrating molecular water oxidation catalysts with semiconductors for solar fuels generation
- low Pt loading FCCHP (658217): Innovative fuel cell system for CHP application in Low Carbon Buildings
- ORRmetIR (659306): Development and in situ Infrared study of Novel Strained Core-shell Electrocatalysts: Towards an Understanding of the Oxygen Reduction Mechanism
- EpiAnodes (659491): Heteroepitaxial α-Fe2O3 photoanodes for solar water splitting
- Micro-SOLUTION (659270): Micro-Solid Oxide Fuel Cells based on highly catalytic ceramic oxide thin films nanostructures
- GRAPHENERGY3 (660064): Novel Electrochemical Exfoliation Approach to the Synthesis of Large Area, Defect-Free and Single Layer Graphene and Its Application in Fuel Cells
- 3D-GATED (660721): Three-Dimensional Graphene Architectures as Templates for Electrochemical Devices
- DYNECAT (661145): Microscopic Surface Dynamics of Pt and Pt Alloy Electrocatalysts under operation conditions
- FEDMFC (661579): Development of a high performance flowing electrolyte-direct methanol fuel cell stack through modeling and experimental studies
- DEMETER (674973): Training Network for the Design and Recycling of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Motors and Generators in Hybrid and Full Electric Vehicles
- DOLORES (700786): Degradation of Lifetime of fuel cell Resistance by Electrochemical impedance Spectroscopy
- VSHER (701192): Mechanistic Understanding of Heterogenised Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts Through Vibrational Spectroelectrochemistry, Individual Fellowship
- NanoINCAGE (701745): Luminescent Nanocrystals in a Cage for Solar-to-Fuel Conversion , Individual Fellowship
- SNAPCAT (703864): Scanning probe energy loss spectroscopy of Nanoscale Alloy Particles for heterogeneous CATalysis
- IRS-PEC (708874): Elucidating the water photo-oxidation mechanism by infrared spectroscopy
- PROMECA (734561): PROcess intensification through the development of innovative MEmbranes and CAtalysts
- ACRES (911767): Advanced control of renewable energy generation systems based on fuel cells\wind power, International Incoming Fellowship
European Research Council
(Selected projects based on the search "hydrogen" and/or "fuel cell" in project acronym, title, abstract and free keywords, further narrowed down vs relevance)
to date Jan 2017
- TOHPN(205442): Towards the optimization of hydrogen production by nitrogenase, Starting Grant 2007
- HPAH(208344): Hydrogen interaction with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – from interstellar catalysis to hydrogen storage, Starting Grant 2007
- MMFCS (226238)
- COORDSPACE (226593): Chemistry of Coordination Space: Extraction, Storage, Activation and Catalysis, Advanced Grant 2008
- LIBNMR (247411)
- novcat (246837): Design of Novel Catalysis by Metal Complexes, Advanced Grant 2009
- C3ENV (256962)
- CAT4ENSUS (257096): Molecular Catalysts Made of Earth-Abundant Elements for Energy and Sustainability, Starting Grant 2010
- ENERGYBIOCATALYSIS (258600): Understanding and Exploiting Biological Catalysts for Energy Cycling: Development of Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry for Studying Intermediates in Metalloenzyme Catalysis, Starting Grant 2010
- NANOGRAPH (267160)
- H2-SMS-CAT (267376): Engineering of Supported Molten Salt Catalysts for Dehydrogenation Reactions and Hydrogen Production Technologies, Advanced Grant 2010
- METALLICHYDROGEN (267777): Exploring conductive and metallic hydrogen, Advanced Grant 2010
- LiLo (267816): Light-In, Light-Out: Chemistry for sustainable energy technologies, Advanced Grant 2010
- ARMOS (268049): Advanced multifunctional Reactors for green Mobility and Solar fuels, Advanced Grant 2010
- ORGZEO (278593): Organic Zeolites, Starting Grant 2011
- Nano@Energy (278779): Novel Design of Nanostructures for Renewable Energy: Fundamental Questions and Advanced Applications, Starting Grant 2011
- MEME (280518)
- HOPSEP (293579): Harnessing Oxygenic Photosynthesis for Sustainable Energy Production, Advanced Grant 2011
- photocatH2ode (306398): Gathering organic and hybrid photovoltaics with artificial photosynthesis for Photo-Electro-Chemical production of hydrogen, Starting Grant 2012
- SPINAM (306682): Electrospinning: a method to elaborate membrane-electrode assemblies for fuel cells, Starting Grant 2012
- 2DMATER (306972)
- SPEeD (320725): Single Pore Engineering for Membrane Development, Advanced Grant 2012
- carbenergy (324609): Mesoionic carbene complexes for water splitting: Harnessing renewable energy sources, Proof of Concept 2012
- SPRITES-H2 (334949): SPRITES Optimisation of Bio-inspired Gel Scaffolds for Hydrogen Production, Proof of Concept 2012
- CONIA (334956)
- FOPS-water (336679): Fundamentals Of Photocatalytic Splitting of Water, Starting Grant 2013
- GOCAT (338944): Gold(III) Chemistry: Structures, Bonding, Reactivity and Catalysis, Advanced Grant 2013
- APHOTOREACTOR (340511): Entirely Self-organized: Arrayed Single-Particle-in-a-Cavity Reactors for Highly Efficient and Selective Catalytic/Photocatalytic Energy Conversion and Solar Light Reaction Engineering
- SCIPORE (341225)
- ETASECS (671516): Extremely Thin Absorbers for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage, Consolidator Grant 2013
- H2StoreS (632163): Novel hydrogen storage system, Proof of Concept 2013
- COFLeaf (639233): Fuel from sunlight: Covalent organic frameworks as integrated platforms for photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction, Starting Grant 2014
- FLPower (640988): Frustrated Power: Proton-Electrolyte-Membrane Hydrogen Fuel Cells Catalyzed by Frustrated Lewis Pairs, Proof of Concept 2014
- BlueStep (641415): Blue Combustion for the Storage of Green Electrical Power, Proof of Concept 2014
- SUPERCELL (648518): Single-Use paPER-based fuel CELLs, Consolidator Grant 2014
- HYDRER (664719): A Solar-Powered Hydrolyzer, Proof of Concept 2014
- SINCAT (678941): Single Nanoparticle Catalysis, Starting Grant 2015
- ULTRASOFC (681146): Breaking the temperature limits of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Towards a newfamily of ultra-thin portable power sources, Consolidator Grant 2015
- FANOEC (681292): Fundamentals and Applications of Inorganic Oxygen Evolution Catalysts, Consolidator Grant 2015
- HyBurn (682686): Enabling Hydrogen-enriched burner technology for gas turbines through advanced measurement and simulation, Consolidator Grant 2015
- IL-E-CAT (681719): Enhancing electrocatalysis in low temperature fuel cells by ionic liquid modification
- HECATE (695527): Hydrogen at Extreme Conditions: Applying Theory to Experiment for creation, verification and understanding, Advanced grant 2015
Energy
- ZEOCELL (209481)
- METSOFC (211940)
- RELHY (213009)
- IDEAL-CELL (213389)
- DECODE (213295)
- FCHINSTRUCT (219155)
- PLANTPOWER (226532)
- EFFIPRO (227560)
- DEMOYS (241309)
- QUASIDRY (256821)
- INGRID (296012)
- INSIGHT (612743): Interdisciplinary Strategic Intelligence wareHouse and Think-tank for Energy
Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
- H2SUSBUILD (214395)
- FLYHY (226943)
- SMALLINONE (227177)
- MULTIPLAT (228943)
- HYPOMAP (233482)
- MACAN (233484)
- FC-DISTRICT (260105)
- FREECATS (280658)
- CHIPCAT (310191)
- DECORE (309741)
- NANOMAT-EPC (608906)
- ZAS (646186): Zinc Air Secondary innovative nanotech based batteries for efficient energy storage
- CritCat (686053): Towards Replacement of Critical Catalyst Materials by Improved Nanoparticle Control and Rational Design
- CREATE (721065): Critical Raw materials Elimination by a top-down Approach To hydrogen and Electricity generation
Others
- H2FC (284522), Infrastructures
- ICPE-HYFC (229906), Research potential of Convergence Regions
- SENERES (286100), Research potential of Convergence Regions
- APT-STEP (315871), Research potential of Convergence Regions
- H2OME (222170), Small and Medium Entreprises
- BIOGAS2PEM-FC (314940), Small and Medium Entreprises
- MFC4SLUDGE (605893), Small and Medium Entreprises
- ROUTES (265156), Environment
- BIOELECTROMET (282970), Environment
- ECOWAMA (308432), Environment
- THE ISSUE (287088), Regions
- DIPOP (284081), Space
- GREENAIR (233862), Transport
- MefCO2 (637016): Synthesis of methanol from captured carbon dioxide using surplus electricity, Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency
- Bio-HyPP (641073): Biogas-fired Combined Hybrid Heat and Power Plant, Competitive Low Carbon Energy
- FlexiFuel-SOFC (641229): Development of a new and highly efficient micro-scale CHP system based on fuel-flexible gasification and a SOFC, Competitive Low Carbon Energy
- VEZ (650937): VEZ
- AGRAL (654216): Development of the optimum AGRAL cermet manufacturing process for aluminium inert anode application and fuel cell interconnect plates, SILC-Sustainable Industries Low Carbon
- Symbiotic (665046): Innovative autonomous electrical biosensor synergistically assembled inside a passive direct methanol fuel cell for screening cancer biomarkers, FET-Open
- HighPower (662683): High Efficiency Distributed Power Plant, Small and Medium Entreprises
- PROMETHEUS-5 (662750): Energy efficient and environmentally friendly multi-fuel power system with CHP capability, for stand-alone applications, Small and Medium Entreprises
- IDEAL (662960): InDustrializing Elcogen’s Affordable and durabLe SOFC stack, Small and Medium Entreprises
- GULWESS-PROP (663433): Green Ultra Light Weight Energy Storage System for Propulsion, Small and Medium Entreprises
- HELENIC-REF (665318): Hybrid Electric Energy Integrated Cluster concerning Renewable Fuels, FET-Open
- HyBurn (671950): New high temperature in-situ premix gas combustion systems for more efficient and cleaner combustion of hydrogen and lean gases
- GT WHR system (672881): Green Turbine WHR System
- MetaFuel (674137): High Temperature Methanol Fuel Cell
- HyFast (674440): HyFast - Fast hydrogen fueling and long range for fuel cell vehicles
- SOLENCO (683402): Market study for Solenco Power Box, a zero-carbon small-scale local energy storage product. Potential application as missing link in residential PV uptake (residential and commercial buildings), Small and Medium Entreprises
- Enerbox (684901): Sustainable and Standalone Oxyhydrogen powered heat generator box
- HASTECS (715483): Hybrid Aircraft; academic reSearch on Thermal and Electrical Components and Systems
- HiEff-BioPower (727330): Development of a new highly efficient and fuel flexible CHP technology based on fixed-bed updraft biomass gasification and a SOFC, Competitive Low Carbon Energy
- Safe Hydrogen Fuel (728225): Safe Hydrogen-On-Demand Fuel for E-Vehicles
- SCALE (730105): Production of Scandium compounds and Scandium Aluminum alloys from European metallurgical by- products, SC5-Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
- BALANCE (731224): Increasing penetration of renewable power, alternative fuels and grid flexibility by cross-vector electrochemical processes, Competitive Low Carbon Energy
- PROMETHEUS-5 (733099): Energy efficient and environmentally friendly multi-fuel power system with CHP capability, for stand-alone applications, Small and Medium Entreprises
- TCR (736683): Feasibility Assessment on Thermal Catalytical Reforming, Small and Medium Entreprises
- SISCERA (737954): Smart Implants from Safe CERAmics, Fast Track to Innovation pilot
- Hydrogenlogistics (SME)
- TO-SYN-FUEL
Other European projects:
Trans-European Transport Network
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) - Transport
- COHRS: (2014-EU-TM-0318-S): Connecting hydrogen refuelling stations
- EAS-HyMob (2014-FR-TA-0519_S)
- H2NODES (2014-EU-TM-0643-S): Evolution of a European hydrogen refuelling station network by mobilising the local demand and value chains / North-Sea-Baltic corridor
- Models for Economic Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure (2015-EU-TM-0316-S)
- TSO 2020: Electric “Transmission and Storage Options” along TEN-E and TEN-T corridors for 2020 (2016-EU-SA-0012)
LIFE (LIFE projects are searchable on this page)
- FUEL CELL IN PARIS (LIFE04 ENV/FR/000331) : Installation of A Fuel Cell in Paris
- DEMO SOFC (LIFE06 ENV/DK/000226): Development and demonstration of Manufacturing and Operation of clean and efficient power generation based on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- BioSOFC (LIFE06 ENV/E/000054): Design and demonstration of 3 CHP plants using two 5 kW solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) working with landfill gas and biogas from anaerobic digestion
European Regional Development Funds (ERDF)
Interreg
- A: Cross-border cooperation
- Hydrogen Region 2009-2012 (Waterstofnet factsheet) (Belgium-South Netherlands)
- Next Move 2011-2014
- H2Pyr 2016-2019: Pyrenees Hydrogen Corridor (France, Andorra, Spain)
- B: Transnational cooperation