Hydrogen Innovation Projects in NRW

Sludge2P

Hydrogen production

The aim of the research project is to develop a novel process concept in which a product gas and a usable fertiliser are generated by combining a two-stage sewage…

Series production of hydrogen fuel cell-based train propulsion systems

Mobility

At the Herten Hydrogen Centre, Cummins Hydrogenics GmbH has been producing fuel cell systems for Alstom trains for the world's first passenger trains powered by hydrogen fuel…

tKH2steel

IPCEI

The tkH2Steel project of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG is establishing climate-neutral steel production in North Rhine-Westphalia. Through the widespread use of hydrogen, the…

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

Hydrogen shunting locomotive

Mobility

The aim of this study is to create the basis for further activities for the development, construction and commissioning of a hydrogen-powered SGV locomotive and to examine the…

ChemCh2ange

IPCEI

The aim of the project, called ChemCH2ange, is to use the hydrogen produced using renewable energy directly in the ammonia and methanol production operated by INEOS in Cologne. In…

ChemCH2ange (feasibility study)

Other

The plan is to build a 100-megawatt water electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen at the INEOS site in Cologne/Dormagen (see IPCEI project "ChemCH2ange"). Initially,…

Multi-SOFC at Herrmann-Josef Hospital Erkelenz (Subproject A: Research Centre Jülich GmbH)

Hydrogen production

The Hermann-Josef Hospital (HJK) Erkelenz is becoming a showcase project for the climate-friendly energy supply of the future. Robert Bosch GmbH and Hydrogenious LOHC…

H2Giga_QT5.1_HyPLANT100

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

H2Loop

Hydrogen production

The project aims to realise a fully automated control of the process temperature in a solar-chemical multi-chamber reactor by means of the heliostat field. For this…

H2Giga_NG2_StacIE

Hydrogen production

The StacIE (Stack Scale-up - Industrialisation PEM Electrolysis) research project aims to increase the efficiency of PEM electrolysis (Proton Exchange Membrane) for the…

BipolarPilot

Other

The aim of the project is to set up a demonstration plant for coating ready-formed and welded bipolar plates (BPP) made of stainless steel for use in PEM fuel cells. These offer…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project objective is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat turnaround at neighbourhood level.

Together with RWE…

EnCity

Infrastructure project

As part of the overall project, a climate-neutral neighbourhood is to be designed and implemented using the area of the decommissioned air base in Oldenburg, in…

NIP II - ELEKTRA II

Mobility

In this project, water and fuel cell technology will be implemented in combination with accumulators on push boats. The hybrid propulsion for regional transport in Berlin and…

PIN II - FC-Truck

Mobility

Development and testing of a fuel cell system as well as a mobile and self-sufficient refuelling device in the field of application of heavy-duty commercial vehicles

MobFuelH2 2.0

Mobility

Further development and expansion of the mobile filling unit

HyTech

Hydrogen production

The aim of the HyTech project is to produce hydrogen regeneratively using innovative biohydrogen technology (dark fermentation). For this purpose, the process (2-stage)…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

H2 industrial truck fleet for factory traffic

Mobility

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Programme (NIP) - Phase II: H2 industrial truck fleet for internal plant transport at Mercedes-Benz in Düsseldorf - Phase…

GET H2 Nucleus

IPCEI

The GET H2 partners bp, Evonik, Nowega, OGE and RWE Generation want to jointly build the first publicly accessible hydrogen infrastructure. The GET H2 Nukleus project connects the…

Prometheus

Hydrogen production

The consortium of the joint project 'Prometheus' is developing a new type of cell stack for PEM electrolysis to produce hydrogen from renewable energy. The aim of the…

PIN II - GeBe-H2

Mobility

Procurement of two hydrogen vehicles

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

Sludge2P

Hydrogen production

The aim of the research project is to develop a novel process concept in which a product gas and a usable fertiliser are generated by combining a two-stage sewage…

Feasibility study: Power-to-gas plant Coesfeld

Hydrogen production

The project plans to expand an existing biogas plant at the Coesfeld-Höven site with a power-to-gas plant including hydrogen storage and methanation plant. The aim of…

SOC-Degradation_2

Hydrogen production

Electrolysers and fuel cells based on solid oxide electrolytes achieve the highest efficiency compared to alkaline or PEM systems. The problem: The so-called SOC…

Procurement of 10 fuel cell articulated buses

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Procurement of 10 hydrogen-powered fuel cell articulated buses and expansion of the existing hydrogen infrastructure

Introduction of fuel cell buses

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Introduction of Hydrogen Technologies in the Context of 'Power-to-Mobility'-Integration of 10 Fuel Cell Buses into the Fleet (Partner Project…

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project objective is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat transition at neighbourhood level.

Innogy SE will set…

Procurement of a waste collection vehicle

Mobility

NIP II - Market activation: Procurement of a waste collection vehicle with alternative drives

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

H2Giga_QT2.1: TP2 (PEMEL)

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

NIP II - Hy-Lab

Mobility

Hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles enable emission-free electromobility with long ranges and short refuelling times. However, hydrogen can contain impurities that damage the fuel…

NIP II: H2Fuel

Infrastructure project

ISO 14687-2 is the authoritative basis for the mandatory hydrogen dispensing quality at hydrogen filling stations to be specified throughout Europe at the end of…

PowerPaste

Infrastructure project

The content of this joint project is the further development and testing of a compact energy supply for electric drives that is independent of the classic hydrogen…

Trans4ReaL

Other

The joint project Trans4ReaL represents the transfer research of the real laboratories of the energy transition with reference to hydrogen technologies and sector coupling. The aim…

TransHyDE_UP4

Hydrogen production

The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding programme "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

TransHyDE_UP4

Hydrogen production

The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding programme "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

H2TestOpt

Hydrogen production

The overall objective of the project is the conceptual design, development, construction and commissioning of a test stand for various high-pressure hydrogen…

H2-LeakDect

Infrastructure project

The aim of the H2LeakDect project, which is funded by the BMVI and coordinated by NOW, is to develop a new type of testing procedure for the detection and location…

HyCleanUp

Mobility

Quantitative removal of impurities from hydrogen gas for fuel cell applications

MobFuelH2 2.0

Mobility

Further development and expansion of the mobile filling unit

H2 Campus Hüttenheim

Other

Development of a hydrogen research campus in Duisburg Hüttenheim and further development of research capacities for hydrogen applications in NRW

BipolarPilot

Other

The aim of the project is to set up a demonstration plant for coating ready-formed and welded bipolar plates (BPP) made of stainless steel for use in PEM fuel cells. These offer…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

NH3toH2

Hydrogen production

The Chair of Energy Technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Duisburg Centre for Fuel Cell Technology GmbH (ZBT) are working on hydrogen production from…

PtG-MSE

Hydrogen production

In this joint project, a Power to Gas test field is to be set up at the ZBT site as a pilot and demonstration platform on a pilot plant scale and a detailed analysis of…

R2R-CCM

Mobility

The aim of the R2R-CCM project is to reduce the cost of PEM fuel cells by developing a new, more cost-effective production process suitable for mass production. At the core of…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

H2-Substitution II

Infrastructure project

The cooperation project investigates the effects of firing H2-rich gas mixtures on the products of metallurgical processes. In addition, possible effects of the H2…

Procurement of fuel cell vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 7 fuel cell vehicles by iGas energy GmbH

Procurement of fuel cell vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 3 fuel cell vehicles by iGas energy GmbH

Hydra15

Hydrogen production

In order to be able to investigate the performance of such innovative systems with regard to their use in an industrial environment, the aim of this project is to…

HyTech

Hydrogen production

The aim of the HyTech project is to produce hydrogen regeneratively using innovative biohydrogen technology (dark fermentation). For this purpose, the process (2-stage)…

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

NIP II - ELEKTRA II

Mobility

In this project, water and fuel cell technology will be implemented in combination with accumulators on push boats. The hybrid propulsion for regional transport in Berlin and…

HydrOxy

Hydrogen production

As part of the "HydrOxy" project, a PEM electrolyser with a capacity of approx. 150 MW will be developed, built and operated in Duisburg-Walsum by 2027. The plant will…

Green Motion Steel

IPCEI

The aim of GreenMotionSteel is to develop an integrated green hydrogen value chain. The project, developed by Air Liquide, aims to commission a water electrolysis plant with a…

H2Mare_VB1

Hydrogen production

The conditions at sea are ideal for generating renewable electricity. The direct production of green hydrogen in offshore plants from wind energy without grid…

PIN II - HySteelStore

Mobility

Development of high-pressure hydrogen storage systems made of high-strength precision steel tubes for fuel cell vehicles.

smartVessel

Infrastructure project

The aim of the smartVessel research project is to reduce the maintenance costs of hydrogen tanks by at least 50 % and to safely utilise the entire service life of…

Me²H2

Hydrogen production

The joint project Methane Pyrolysis (Me²H2) is researching the production of climate-friendly hydrogen from natural gas. Although processes already exist to convert…

HyCleanUp

Mobility

Quantitative removal of impurities from hydrogen gas for fuel cell applications

ELEFACT

Hydrogen production

In their ELEFACT project, Enapter GmbH and Münster University of Applied Sciences (FH Münster) are working on key levers that can significantly accelerate the market…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

H2Loop

Hydrogen production

The project aims to realise a fully automated control of the process temperature in a solar-chemical multi-chamber reactor by means of the heliostat field. For this…

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project objective is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy transition at neighbourhood level.

E.ON Energy Solutions GmbH…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

H2Giga_QT1.1:

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

H2Giga_TP_DERIEL

Hydrogen production

The DERIEL project deals with the risk minimisation (de-risking) of a newly developed pressurised (series PEM) electrolyser. The main objective is the construction and…

H2Giga_QT1.1:

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

NH3toH2

Hydrogen production

The Chair of Energy Technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Duisburg Centre for Fuel Cell Technology GmbH (ZBT) are working on hydrogen production from…

R2R-CCM

Mobility

The aim of the R2R-CCM project is to reduce the cost of PEM fuel cells by developing a new, more cost-effective production process suitable for mass production. At the core of…

Carbon2Chem

Industrial application

The aim of the Carbon2Chem initiative is to use metallurgical gases from steel production as a feedstock for chemical products - including the CO2 they contain. In…

H2Mare_VB2

Hydrogen production

The conditions at sea are ideal for generating renewable electricity. The direct production of green hydrogen in offshore plants from wind energy without grid…

Me²H2

Hydrogen production

The joint project Methane Pyrolysis (Me²H2) is researching the production of climate-friendly hydrogen from natural gas. Although processes already exist to convert…

PtM - Power-to-Methanol

Hydrogen production

In the project, a profitability analysis of the production of methanol from electrolysis hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a bioethanol plant is carried out.

WESTKUESTE100

Infrastructure project

The overarching goal of WEST COAST100 is to decarbonise the energy system using innovative approaches. The core of this is the construction and operation of a 30 MW…

Portal Green

Other

The aim of this project is to develop a guideline for power-to-gas plants on the applicable regulations and the different legal bases for approval. The guide is to be developed in…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

Sludge2P

Hydrogen production

The aim of the research project is to develop a novel process concept in which a product gas and a usable fertiliser are generated by combining a two-stage sewage…

H2HoWi

Buildings/Quarters

Holzwickede is becoming a pioneer: in the municipality near Dortmund, 100 per cent green hydrogen (H2) is now flowing through a pipeline of the public natural gas supply…

H2Giga_QT6.1_HyLeiT

Hydrogen production

The goal of the H2Giga project HyLeiT is a new generation of electrolysis converters and electrical system technology for hydrogen electrolysis. Compared to the current…

TransHyDe_FP1

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt wants to be a hydrogen region that uses its locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells in the future. So what…

Long-term scenarios for the transformation of the energy system

Other

In the project "Long-term scenarios for the transformation of the energy system in Germany", scenarios for the future development of the energy system are being modelled on behalf of…

Scenario-based analysis in the context of the energy transition

Infrastructure project

The Stiftung Umweltenergierecht (Foundation for Environmental Energy Law) is investigating the legal framework for the planning and financing of energy…

RoadmapGaswende

Infrastructure project

The aim of the joint project is to evaluate the role of synthetic gases in the future energy system, especially with regard to their impact on the transformation of…

SUNIES

Buildings/Quarters

The energy supply (electricity, heating and cooling) and the water supply of islands - both geographically and in terms of decentrally organised island regions - are…

TransHyDE_UP1

Infrastructure project

Mukran Port, Germany's north-easternmost seaport, is located on the island of Rügen. Here, the TransHyDE project Mukran is developing an innovative high-pressure…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

HyGlass

Industrial application

Together with the Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen e.V., BV Glas is investigating the possibility of using hydrogen in the glass industry.

Multi-SOFC at Herrmann-Josef Hospital Erkelenz (Subproject C: HYDROGENIOUS LOHC NRW GmbH)

Hydrogen production

The Hermann-Josef Hospital (HJK) Erkelenz is becoming a showcase project for the climate-friendly energy supply of the future. Robert Bosch GmbH and Hydrogenious LOHC…

HyGlass

Industrial application

Together with the Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen e.V., BV Glas is investigating the possibility of using hydrogen in the glass industry.

H2Loop

Hydrogen production

The project aims to realise a fully automated control of the process temperature in a solar-chemical multi-chamber reactor by means of the heliostat field. For this…

SWDhydrogenium

Hydrogen production

Stadtwerke Düsseldorf and Rheinbahn are investing in hydrogen technology to decarbonise the transport sector. In the SWDhydrogenium project, the companies are…

Real laboratory: EnergieparkBL

Hydrogen production

As part of the 'Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park' project, the production, transport, storage and economic use of green hydrogen on an industrial scale will be investigated…

RWE demonstration plant "Ibbenbüren

Hydrogen production

The special feature of RWE's solution is that the waste heat generated during electrolysis is not released into the environment but used for process purposes in a…

Construction of an electrolyser

Hydrogen production

NIP II - Market Activation: Construction of an electrolyser to supply a hydrogen filling station with 'green' hydrogen.

TransHyDE_UP4

Hydrogen production

The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding programme "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

Heat Island Linnich

Infrastructure project

In autumn 2022, the hydrogen heat island in Linnich successfully started trial operation. Here, Gelsenwasser Energienetze operates a 130-metre-long distribution…

PtG-MSE

Hydrogen production

In this joint project, a Power to Gas test field is to be set up at the ZBT site as a pilot and demonstration platform on a pilot plant scale and a detailed analysis of…

H2Giga_QT5.1_HyPLANT100

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

H2Giga_QT3.1_ ReNaRe

Hydrogen production

In addition to the development and optimisation of electrolysers, the BMBF also supports the recycling of disused electrolysers as part of a holistic approach. These…

H2UB

Other

The five-year project is intended to create an innovation cluster with Europe-wide impact. The H2UB connects start-ups with established companies and research institutions from North…

PIN II - GeBe-H2

Mobility

Procurement of a hydrogen vehicle

Portal Green

Other

The aim of this project is to develop a guideline for power-to-gas plants on the applicable regulations and the different legal bases for approval. The guide is to be developed in…

TransHyDE_FP5

Infrastructure project

The TransHyDE lead project initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aims at the practical introduction of transport, distribution and…

H2Giga_NG2_StacIE

Hydrogen production

The StacIE (Stack Scale-up - Industrialisation PEM Electrolysis) research project aims to increase the efficiency of PEM electrolysis (Proton Exchange Membrane) for the…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

HyCleanUp

Mobility

Quantitative removal of impurities from hydrogen gas for fuel cell applications

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

H2Steel

Industrial application

The H2Stahl real laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. This can reduce CO2 emissions in Duisburg, Europe's…

H2BF

Industrial application

The first step on the way to steel takes place in the blast furnace. There, oxygen is removed from the iron ore, traditionally with the help of carbon. Among other…

LOReley

Infrastructure project

With its research and demonstration tasks, the LOReley project aims to solve some of the existing problems and issues in the field of material-based energy storage.…

WESTKUESTE100

Infrastructure project

The overarching goal of WEST COAST100 is to decarbonise the energy system using innovative approaches. The core of this is the construction and operation of a 30 MW…

Procurement of a refuse collection vehicle

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of a refuse collection vehicle with alternative drive system

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt wants to be a hydrogen region that uses its locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells in the future. So what…

H2HS

Mobility

With 1.8 million euros, the state of NRW is supporting the Rhenish mining area in the development and application of hydrogen technologies. The H2Hs project was launched on the…

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt wants to be a hydrogen region that uses its locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells in the future. The city…

H2Giga_NG1

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles with alternative drives

Production of green hydrogen by means of electrolysis

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Use of renewable, climate-friendly energy to produce green hydrogen by means of electrolysis to supply energy to 10 fuel cell buses (partner project…

R2R-CCM

Mobility

The aim of the R2R-CCM project is to reduce the cost of PEM fuel cells by developing a new, more cost-effective production process suitable for mass production. At the core of…

SUNIES

Buildings/Quarters

The energy supply (electricity, heating and cooling) and the water supply of islands - both geographically and in terms of decentrally organised island regions - are…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

H2Loop

Hydrogen production

The project aims to realise a fully automated control of the process temperature in a solar-chemical multi-chamber reactor by means of the heliostat field. For this…

ASTOR_ST

Hydrogen production

Follow-up project of the ASTOR project: Automation of solar thermochemical cycles to reduce hydrogen production costs on a solar tower

4FH2Max (laboratory tests sub-project)

Industrial application

In the case of stationary gas turbines, the transition to CO2-free energy generation can take place in steps. In this process, the fuel composition is gradually…

AMAZING

Hydrogen production

The use of renewable energy in combination with a membrane opens up not only the advantageous use of renewable electrical energy for reactor heating, but also the…

UG: H2_ReacT

Infrastructure project

H2_ReacT was funded as a collaborative project between RWTH Aachen University, BGR and GFZ as part of the GEO:N specialist programme "Utilisation of Underground…

UG2: H2_ReacT

Infrastructure project

H2_ReacT was funded as a collaborative project between RWTH Aachen University, BGR and GFZ as part of the GEO:N specialist programme "Utilisation of Underground…

Green hydrogen production for public transport in Aachen

Hydrogen production

NIP II Market Activation: Green Hydrogen Generation for Public Transport in Aachen (H2-AC_STAWAG_1ELY)

REFHYNE

Hydrogen production

The world's largest PEM hydrogen electrolysis plant is located on the premises of the Shell Rheinland refinery in Wesseling. Since July 2021, it has been covering part…

REFHYNE 2

Hydrogen production

This project is the continuation of the REFHYNE project (see project "REFHYNE"), in which the Shell Rheinland refinery in Wesseling is installing a 10 MW PEM…

NIP II-HyLand

Hydrogen production

The central high-pressure hydrogen filling centre "H2ub" with a capacity of 3 tonnes of H2 per day is being built on Friesenheim Island in Mannheim. It will thus be the…

H2Steel

Industrial application

The H2Stahl real laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. This can reduce CO2 emissions in Duisburg, Europe's…

Energy-efficient logistics property

Buildings/Quarters

Innovative fire protection and energy-efficient operation of a logistics centre

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project objective is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat transition at neighbourhood level.

The scientific…

Innovationscluster Clean Intralogistics Net (CIN)

Mobility

Fuel cells for logistics: an open platform for technology and knowledge transfer between hydrogen suppliers, manufacturers and users of fuel cell systems in the field of…

Innovationscluster Clean Intralogistics Net

Mobility

NIP II: Clean Intralogistics Net Innovation Cluster ' Fuel Cells for Logistics ' Phase 2 (CIN II): an open platform for technology and knowledge transfer between hydrogen…

Hydra15

Hydrogen production

In order to be able to investigate the performance of such innovative systems with regard to their use in an industrial environment, the aim of this project is to…

VOMBS

Hydrogen production

In this project, a contribution is to be made to the development of industrially applicable high-pressure electrolysers. The stack concept based on hydraulic…

HyHeatStore

Infrastructure project

The aim is to develop and demonstrate a novel, magnesium hydride-based heat storage system for high-temperature applications that has a significantly higher storage…

Hydra15

Hydrogen production

In order to be able to investigate the performance of such innovative systems with regard to their use in an industrial environment, the aim of this project is to…

Convert fleet to alternative drives

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Convert vehicle fleet to alternative drives of sustainable future-oriented mobility

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central project goal is the development of a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat transition at neighbourhood level.

As a project partner,…

TransHyDE_UP4

Hydrogen production

The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding programme "WIR! - Change through Innovation in the Region" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

smartVessel

Infrastructure project

In order to contribute to this goal, this research project aims to reduce the maintenance costs of hydrogen tanks by at least 50 % and to safely utilise the entire…

Trailblazer

Hydrogen production

Air Liquide is planning the "Trailblazer", a 30 MW electrolyser for the production of renewable hydrogen, at the Oberhausen site. The Trailblazer will be connected to…

ALELY - Alkaline electrolysis

Hydrogen production

In the ALELY project, materials such as membranes, ionomers and electrocatalysts already developed by the partners are used and qualified and characterised for use in…

NexPlas

Industrial application

The NexPlas project aims to produce higher-value chemicals from green hydrogen and CO2. The goal of NexPlas is to produce methanol - an important raw material for…

TransHyDE_UP2

Infrastructure project

In the future, a large part of the hydrogen transport will take place via gas pipelines. For example, hydrogen can be transported in former natural gas pipelines. At…

Procurement of a waste collection vehicle

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of a waste collection vehicle with alternative drive system

Production with hydrogen-rich coke oven gas

Industrial application

Three companies from the zinc, aluminium and glass industries (ZINQ and Trimet from Gelsenkirchen and Verallia from Essen) will be supplied with hydrogen-rich energy…

Reallabor:SmartQuart

Buildings/Quarters

The central aim of the project is to develop a modular blueprint for a decentralised energy and heat transition at neighbourhood level.

The holistic approach of…

Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles with alternative drive systems

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

ASTOR_ST

Hydrogen production

Follow-up project of the ASTOR project: Automation of solar thermochemical cycles to reduce hydrogen production costs on a solar tower

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles

Mobility

NIP II market activation: Procurement of 2 waste collection vehicles with alternative drives

ACT ELEGANCY

Hydrogen production

The aim of the multinational ACT project ELEGANCY is to accelerate the decarbonisation of the European energy system by exploiting synergies between CCS and H2.

Renting FC vehicles

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Leasing of FC vehicles to customers from the research and development sectors of the automotive industry.

TransHyDE_UP2

Infrastructure project

In the future, a large part of the hydrogen transport will take place via gas pipelines. For example, hydrogen can be transported in former natural gas pipelines. At…

TransHyDE_UP2

Infrastructure project

In the future, a large part of the hydrogen transport will take place via gas pipelines. For example, hydrogen can be transported in former natural gas pipelines. At…

TransHyDE_UP1

Infrastructure project

Mukran Port, Germany's north-easternmost seaport, is located on the island of Rügen. Here, the TransHyDE project Mukran is developing an innovative high-pressure…

ASTOR_ST

Hydrogen production

Follow-up project of the ASTOR project: Automation of solar thermochemical cycles to reduce hydrogen production costs on a solar tower

NIP II - ELECTRICITY

Mobility

For the first time, an all-electric and hybrid propulsion concept consisting of fuel cells and accumulators is being designed on an inland waterway vessel and the dynamic…

NIP II - ELECTRICITY

Mobility

For the first time, an all-electric and hybrid propulsion concept consisting of fuel cells and accumulators is being designed on an inland waterway vessel and the dynamic…

Hydrogen generator MVA

Hydrogen production

NIP II market activation: Hydrogen generator_MVA Bielefeld-Herford GmbH_1ELY

Use of hydrogen vehicles

Mobility

NIP II: Reduce dependence on fossil fuels through the use of hydrogen vehicles.

Local emission-free waste collection in Duisburg

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Local Emission-Free Waste Collection in Duisburg

ChemEFlex

Hydrogen production

This project aims to determine the flexibility potential of chlor-alkali electrolysis (CAE) and to evaluate it economically. The sub-project deals with the…

SUNIES

Buildings/Quarters

The energy supply (electricity, heating and cooling) and the water supply of islands - both geographically and in terms of decentrally organised island regions - are…

COSIMa

Industrial application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for the future conversion of the glass manufacturing processes to hydrogen with electric auxiliary heating and…

TransHyDe_FP1

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

HYPAT

Other

In the long term, Germany is dependent on energy imports from wind- and sun-rich regions of the world to meet a large part of its demand for green hydrogen and its synthesis…

Trans4ReaL

Other

The joint project Trans4ReaL represents the transfer research of the real laboratories of the energy transition with reference to hydrogen technologies and sector coupling. The aim…

Portal Green

Other

The aim of this project is to develop a guideline for power-to-gas plants on the applicable regulations and the different legal bases for approval. The guide is to be developed in…

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

Me²H2

Hydrogen production

The joint project Methane Pyrolysis (Me²H2) is researching the production of climate-friendly hydrogen from natural gas. Although processes already exist to convert…

TransHyDe_FP1

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

H2Steel

Industrial application

The H2Stahl real laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. This can reduce CO2 emissions in Duisburg, Europe's…

H2BF

Industrial application

The first step on the way to steel takes place in the blast furnace. There, oxygen is removed from the iron ore, traditionally with the help of carbon. Among other…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

H2Giga_NG3_HY-Core

Hydrogen production

Enapter AG is building a factory in Saerbeck for AEM hydrogen electrolysers, which produce hydrogen from green electricity and water. The electrolysers are still…

ELEFACT

Hydrogen production

In their ELEFACT project, Enapter GmbH and Münster University of Applied Sciences (FH Münster) are working on key levers that can significantly accelerate the market…

FlyGo

Mobility

In the FlyGO project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT and its project partners are developing new concepts for a production chain of fuel cell components…

smartVessel

Infrastructure project

In the joint project, the Fraunhofer IPT is responsible for the sensor development and application as well as for the process development of laser-assisted taping of…

Transsonic_CO2

Infrastructure project

The aim of the project is to develop an axial compressor for the properties of CO2, a molecularly heavy gas. The technology developed here for the compression of…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

H2Giga_QT1.1

Hydrogen production

In order to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen, large capacities of efficient, cost-effective electrolysers are needed. Although efficient electrolysers are…

TransHyDE_FP3

Infrastructure project

The aim of TransHyDE is to answer all the questions that Germany still has to ask itself in order to build a national hydrogen infrastructure, whereby these…

TransHyDE_KK

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

CatVIC

Hydrogen production

The CatVIC (Catalytic Valorization of Industrial Carbon) project is a Franco-German initiative supported by the French and German research ministries MESRI and BMBF…

BioJetFuel

Hydrogen production

Together with the partners BP Europa SE, RWE Power and RWE Renewables, the basic feasibility of a demonstration plant in the Rhenish mining area for the production of…

NIP II - DOLPHIN

Mobility

The technical goal of the project is to research a hydrogen storage technology that, compared to the current state of the art or the technologies currently available on the…

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt wants to be a hydrogen region that uses locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells in the future. So it makes…

NIP II - H2-PKWs-KST

Mobility

The district of Steinfurt is becoming a hydrogen region that will in future use its locally generated renewable energies to produce green hydrogen and power fuel cells. What could…

PtG-MSE

Hydrogen production

In this joint project, a Power to Gas test field is to be set up at the ZBT site as a pilot and demonstration platform on a pilot plant scale and a detailed analysis of…

Multi-SOFC at Herrmann-Josef Hospital Erkelenz (Subproject B: Hermann-Josef Foundation Erkelenz)

Hydrogen production

The Hermann-Josef Hospital (HJK) Erkelenz is becoming a showcase project for the climate-friendly energy supply of the future. Robert Bosch GmbH and Hydrogenious LOHC…

BIC H2 Phase 2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Procurement and deployment of a large fleet of fuel cell hybrid buses

Mobility

NIP II Market Activation: Procurement and deployment of a large fleet of fuel cell hybrid buses for public transport and corresponding H2 infrastructure in the Cologne region

Fuel cell cars in commercial fleets

Mobility

NIP II - Market Activation: Application-based Market Activation of Fuel Cell Cars in Commercial Fleets in Germany

Hydrogen Centre Hamm

Hydrogen production

The first municipal joint project "Hydrogen Centre Hamm" is part of a comprehensive strategy of local and regional actors to strengthen Hamm as an industrial location…

Hydra15

Hydrogen production

In order to be able to investigate the performance of such innovative systems with regard to their use in an industrial environment, the aim of this project is to…

HYPAT

Other

In the long term, Germany is dependent on energy imports from wind- and sun-rich regions of the world to meet a large part of its demand for green hydrogen and its synthesis…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial application

The use of hydrogen or its admixture, if possible without costly new installation of complete kiln plants, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry.…

NIP II: H2Fuel

Infrastructure project

ISO 14687-2 is the authoritative basis for the mandatory hydrogen dispensing quality at hydrogen filling stations to be specified throughout Europe at the end of…

Me²H2

Hydrogen production

The joint project Methane Pyrolysis (Me²H2) is researching the production of climate-friendly hydrogen from natural gas. Although processes already exist to convert…

HyQ²Ra

Mobility

The HyQ²Ra project consortium has set itself the goal of ensuring the gas quality and quantity at hydrogen filling stations for the end user. High demands are placed on the…

H2-Ready

Infrastructure project

The project addresses the following questions: Supply, demand and infrastructure: Which transformation paths can the currently natural gas-based infrastructure in…

ElementOne

Hydrogen production

thyssenkrupp intends to build an innovative 20 MW electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen in an innovation centre of NEOM, a Saudi Arabian megaproject…

MefCO2

Hydrogen production

Methanol is one of the most widely used and important platform chemicals and is already being added to petrol today. Methanol is traditionally produced from natural gas…

MAPEVA

IPCEI

With the MAPEVA project, Neumann & Esser, a company based in the Rhenish mining area, is planning to set up a PEM electrolysis production facility with up to 400 jobs. The project…

AMAZING

Hydrogen production

The use of renewable energy in combination with a membrane opens up not only the advantageous use of renewable electrical energy for reactor heating, but also the…

ETSAP-Germany

Other

The 'Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP)' of the International Energy Agency (IEA) was initiated as a Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) in order to advance…

H2-Atlas

Other

The H2ATLAS-AFRICA project is the start of a cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and African partners in the sub-Saharan region (SADC and ECOWAS…

LLEC:P2G++

Infrastructure project

In the sub-project "P2G++" ("Seasonal storage in coupled, regenerative energy systems using power-to-gas (P2G)"), the researchers are investigating how large…

MINFRA

Other

The aim of the project is to answer the following questions: How do different CO2 reduction strategies for the German energy system affect existing and future energy supply…

NeStPEL II

Hydrogen production

A central cost driver for the costs of PEM electrolysis and thus the ultimate hydrogen production costs is the component of the current collector, which is currently…

NextH2

Hydrogen production

The project partners Forschungszentrum Jülich, De Nora Deutschland and ThyssenKrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers are focusing on optimising the core element of an…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

Joint project: BIC H2

Mobility

Since 2011, the Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been using hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid buses in regular service. As part of the company's "Zero Emission" project, in the…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

SOC-Degradation_2

Hydrogen production

Electrolysers and fuel cells based on solid oxide electrolytes achieve the highest efficiency compared to alkaline or PEM systems. The problem: The so-called SOC…

TransHyDE_FP2

Infrastructure project

The lead project TransHyDE aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. Transport technologies are…

iNEW 2.0

Hydrogen production

The Innovation Space iNEW focuses on the research, further development and implementation of advanced electrolysis technologies for Power-to-X (P2X) applications. In…

BioJetFuel

Hydrogen production

Together with the partners BP Europa SE, RWE Power and RWE Renewables, the basic feasibility of a demonstration plant in the Rhenish mining area for the production of…

P2X-2

Hydrogen production

The aim of the project is to develop new technologies with which material energy sources and chemical products for the transport and chemical sectors can be produced…

smartVessel

Infrastructure project

In order to contribute to this goal, this research project aims to reduce the maintenance costs of hydrogen tanks by at least 50 % and to safely utilise the entire…

OffsH2ore

Hydrogen production

Sustainably produced hydrogen is a supporting pillar of the future energy system if the energy transition is to succeed. Due to limited expansion capacities of…