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Other EU-funded fuel cells and hydrogen projects

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

  • HIT (2011-EU-92130-S): Hydorgen Infrastructure for transport
  • HIT-2 (2013-EU-92077-S): Corridors

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
  • B: Transnational cooperation
    • HYRREG 2008-2012
    • HyTrEc 2012-2015: Hydrogen Transport economy for the North sea region