Although many predictions for the hydrogen economy in the last decade have proven optimistic, the maturity of it is now increasingly evident by the substantial investments in R&D, demonstration and industrialisation made by public and private institutions in Europe. The USA and Japan are leading the hydrogen based energy infrastructure, becoming a mainstream solution for society’s need to transition to clean, renewable and widely available energy sources. To ensure that non-technical barriers to the deployment of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen (FCH) technologies are properly addressed, the H2TRUST project has been created by a team of highly experienced and qualified industry and academic experts with the following objectives:
- Assess industry efforts to assure FCH technology is safe and that there is an adequate regulation, hazard awareness, incident readiness and ability to respond to public concerns.
- Hazard and risk assessment in the FCH industry in each of the main application areas (H2 Production, Storage and Distribution, Mobility and Vehicles, Non-vehicles and residential power generation).
- Systematically map safety issues and assess how they are addressed.
- Compile information demonstrating safety due diligence and best practices.
- Seek input from previous, on-going and upcoming Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) demonstrations and pre-normative and training projects and from similar international activities.
- Make recommendations for further safety efforts by FCH community.
- Develop communications network to manage public reaction to incidents and give documented responses.
- Disseminate the results so as to create a long lasting culture of safety practices in the industry and a legacy of tools and knowledge serving to reinforce best practices and assure public confidence.
H2TRUST is a response to the FCH JU call for proposals in their Annual Implementation Plan of 2012, page 101(Topic SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.5: Assessment of safety issues related to fuel cells and hydrogen applications).
Topic:
SP1-JTI-FCH.2012.5.5 - Assessment of safety issues related to fuel cells and hydrogen applications
Coordinator:
MATGAS 2000 A.I.E., Spain
Contact:
Dr. Lourdes Vega
Other participating organisations:
Organisation | Country |
AIR PRODUCTS PLC | United Kingdom |
FAST - FEDERAZIONE DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE E TECNICHE | Italy |
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A. | Italy |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO | Italy |
McPhy Energy SA | France |
SOL S.p.A. | Italy |
CIAOTECH Srl | Italy |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | Netherlands |
- Reference
- 325357
- Project duration
- 1 Jun 2013 - 28 Feb 2015
- Project locations
- Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Overall budget
- €1 208 420
- EU contribution
- €796 67865.9% of the overall budget
- Project website
- http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/109535_en.html