EnEff:Stadt: enerPort II – Optimized energy use in the port microgrid @ DGT
The Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) serves as an example of how a modern container terminal can achieve a sustainable energy supply that benefits the system as a whole. The terminal relies on a local,…
HyHeat
The HyHeat demonstration project shows how hydrogen can be optimally integrated as a fuel gas into the heat treatment process. This opens up the possibility of ensuring the production of car body…
HYInno Tank
Low-maintenance mobile high-pressure accumulators - Structural monitoring and impact damage detection in continuous fiber-reinforced components under static and cyclic loading, as well as the…
HydroNet
The large-scale HydroNet project will develop new products, solutions, and insights for the planning, construction, and operation of an energy-optimized hydrogen economy by the end of 2029. The aim of…
Ammonia cracker demonstration plant in Scholven
Uniper and thyssenkrupp Uhde entered into a strategic partnership in spring 2025 to bring a key technology for the hydrogen economy to industrial maturity. The goal is to develop a large-scale ammonia…
Hydrogen-based energy supply system Bünde
The hydrogen-based energy supply system in Bünde serves the purpose of knowledge transfer and research in the field of hydrogen technology. The entire system is transparently housed in a container on…
H2Rollout
The H2Rollout project is investigating the conversion of flat flame burners in the galvanizing industry to hydrogen as a fuel. The aim is to achieve a 100% hydrogen content in the galvanizing process,…
H2SME
The H2SME project is investigating the development of efficient, durable, and cost-effective fuel cell stacks for industrial applications. It is being carried out by Westphalian University of Applied…
H2SpeicherRuhr
Together with Business Metropole Ruhr (BMR), the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies IEG is investigating hydrogen storage requirements in the commercial and industrial…
H2!Academy
The “H2!Academy” is run by the North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) and focuses on training and continuing education in the field of hydrogen technology. The project team's goal is…
H2Reallabor Castrop-Rauxel
The “H2Reallabor Castrop-Rauxel” is researching how hydrogen technologies can be implemented in a practical way in a city. In close cooperation with Gelsenwasser AG, the municipal utilities, the…
DAVID
Digital design methods for inline-monitored pressure vessels. The aim is to accurately map the behavior of the entire system during manufacture and throughout the product life cycle, thereby…
BOOST
The BOOST research project is developing an innovative, software-based toolbox for optimizing electrolysers and integrating them into various applications. The focus is on simulating and planning…
PEM electrolyser in the H2 Application Lab
The H2 Application Lab at Münster University of Applied Sciences uses a proton exchange membrane electrolyser (PEM) for the flexible production of hydrogen from renewable energies. The aim is to…
AEM test bench in the H2 Application Lab
A 24 kW anion exchange membrane electrolyser (AEM) serves as a test platform for the further development of AEM technology in the H2 Application Lab at Münster University of Applied Sciences. The…
Smart Factory Metelen
The Smart Business Park Metelen aims to operate the office buildings of Westnetz GmbH almost entirely self-sufficiently in terms of electricity. Two photovoltaic systems on the roof convert sunlight…
H2.Modus
The project is based on the idea of simplifying the design of today's fuel cell systems. The result should be a significant increase in robustness, service life, and efficiency, while at the same time…
HZwoBoost: Development of innovative production processes for manufacturing hydrogen recirculation blowers
HZwoBoost is developing a safe and cost-effective manufacturing process for low-voltage and high-voltage hydrogen recirculation fans. Pierburg Pump Technology GmbH is integrating laser welding and…
Hydrogen shunting locomotive
The aim of this study is to create the basis for further activity in the development, construction and initiation of a hydrogen-powered SGV locomotive and to test its feasibility. In particular, it is…
H2Giga_QT5.1_HyPLANT100
HyPLANT100 focuses on optimisation and automation in the construction of large electrolysis plants. It researches the use of robotics and digital support in assembly to make production processes more…
H2Giga_NG2_StacIE
The StacIE (Stack Scale-up - Industrialization of PEM Electrolysis) research project aims to increase the efficiency of PEM electrolysis (Proton Exchange Membrane) for the gigawatt scale. Using…
BipolarPilot
The goal of the project is the construction of a demonstration system for coating pre-formed and welded bipolar plates (BPP) made of stainless steel for use in PEM fuel cells. These offer technical…
HyTech
Dark fermentation of biomass is a sustainable and resource-efficient way of producing green hydrogen. By spatially separating the biogas process into hydrolysis, acidogenesis and acetogenesis in the…
Prometheus
The consortium of the joint project 'Prometheus' is developing a new type of cell stack for PEM electrolysis to generate hydroseration from renewable energy. The aim of the consortium is to achieve a…
H2 in the brick industry
The use of hydrogen sulfide or its admixture, if possible without the costly reinstallation of complete kiln systems, has not yet been introduced in the brick industry. Knowledge about the current…
H2Giga_QT2.1_DegradEL3: TP2 PEMEL
Degrad-El3 investigates degradation mechanisms and makes lifetime predictions for various electrolysis technologies. Accelerated aging tests and the use of AI technologies are intended to speed up…
PowerPaste
The content of this joint project is the further development and testing of a compact energy supply for electric drives based on PEM fuel cells, independent of the classic hydrogen infrastructure…
Trans4Real
The Trans4ReaL joint project reflects the transfer research of the real-world laboratories of the energy transition, with a focus on hydrogen technologies and sector coupling. The aim is to…
H2-LeakDect
The aim of the H2LeakDect project, funded by the BMVI and coordinated by NOW, is to develop a novel test procedure for the detection and detection of leaks in hydrogen components and systems.
NH3toH2
The Faculty of Energy Technology of the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Duisburger Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik GmbH (ZBT) are working on the "NH3toH2" project on hydrogen production from…
KaLiBer
The trend in the use of hydrogen in PEM fuel cells is increasingly towards larger applications. In addition to heavy-duty transport (long-distance trucks and buses), the fuel cell is also interesting…
H2-Substitution II
The cooperation project investigates the effects of firing H2-rich gas mixtures on the products of metallurgical processes. In addition, possible effects of H2 admixture on fittings and pipe materials…
BiDRoGen - Decentralized production of green hydrogen from solid waste materials
The decentralized production of green hydrogen from solid waste materials using thermochemical gasification is technically feasible, but to date it has rarely been possible to implement it…
H2Mare_VB1: H2Wind 'Self-sufficient offshore H2 electrolysis'
The best conditions for generating renewable electricity exist at sea. The direct production of green hydrogen in offshore plants from wind energy without a grid connection can significantly reduce…
P2X-2
The goal of the project is to develop new technologies that can be produced using renewable energy from water and CO. "Power-to-X" technologies thus represent a solution approach towards successful,…
H2Giga_TP_DERIEL
The DERIEL project investigates the ageing mechanisms of various electrolyser components. The focus is on investigations that are as close as possible to real-world applications. The aim is to develop…
Carbon2Chem: Overall project
The Carbon2Chem initiative aims to utilize metallurgical gases from steel production as a raw material for chemical products. In addition to CO₂, these gases also contain carbon monoxide (CO),…
H2Mare_VB2: PtX-Wind 'Offshore Power-to-X processes'
The best conditions for generating renewable electricity exist at sea. The direct production of green hydrogen in offshore plants from wind energy without a grid connection can significantly reduce…
Me²H2
In the “Methane Pyrolysis” project, two different processes for the endothermic decomposition of methane, e.g., as a component of natural gas, into the elements carbon and hydrogen were developed, one…
HyFilDrain
The future increase in hydrogen demand is bringing pipeline transport to the fore. Due to long transport distances, hydrogen must be regularly compressed to its initial pressure. Compression requires…
COSIMa
The aim of the project is to prepare for the world's first climate-neutral glass production in 2030. Glass production requires temperatures of more than 1,500 degrees Celsius, which until now have…
H2HoWi
Holzwickede is becoming a pioneer: In the community near Dortmund, 100 percent green hydrogen (H2) is now flowing for the first time through a public natural gas pipeline. The distribution network…
H2Giga_QT6.1_HyLeiT
HyLeiT focuses on the electrical system technology of electrolysis plants, in particular the power converter technology between the grid and the electrolyser. The aim is to reduce the costs of power…
TransHyDE_FP1: System analysis of transport solutions for green hydrogen
The TransHyDE flagship project aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research and four demonstration projects. The goal is to answer all questions that are still open…
MarrakEsH - Modular, renewable, and self-sufficient energy supply with H2 technology
The consortium behind the MarrakEsH joint project has set itself the goal of researching a renewable, efficient, self-sufficient concept for supplying energy to private households, small businesses,…
Long-term scenarios for the transformation of the energy system
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 the Federal…
Perspectives of offshore hydrogen production in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
This study analyses new approaches for connecting offshore wind farms in the German EEZ. It focuses on innovative concepts for combining electricity and hydrogen grid connections – for example,…
HyNRGCube - Development, implementation and testing of a stationary hydrogen fuel cell system
Green hydropower will be an energy source with a derived availability, and highly efficient solutions must be used for its reconversion to electricity. For the overall operation, economically viable…
SUNIES - Sustainable and innovative fuel cell applications for island energy systems
The energy supply (electricity, heating and cooling) and water supply of islands – both geographically and in terms of decentralised island regions – are part of a modern, sustainable energy policy.…
HyGlass - Hydrogen use in the glass industry
Together with the Gas and Heat Institute Essen eV, BV Glas is exploring the possibility of using hydrogen in the glass industry.
Heat island Linnich
In fall 2022, the hydrogen heating island in Linnich successfully began trial operations. Gelsenwasser Energienetze operates a 130-meter-long distribution network here that runs exclusively on…
H2Giga_QT3.1_ ReNaRe
ReNaRe develops technologies for recycling PEM and high-temperature electrolysers. The project aims to create specific process schemes that will enable recycling on a technical scale in the future and…
RISE - Recycling of Hydride Storage
Hydride storage is a proven technology for storing hydrogen. The recycling of the storage and the hydrogenatable special alloys contained therein has not yet been achieved in a sustainable manner. At…
Portal Green
The aim of this project is to develop a guide for power-to-gas plants on the applicable regulations and the different licensing bases. The guide should be developed in such a way that it can serve…
TransHyDE_FP5: Standardization, norms and certification
The TransHyDE flagship project aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research projects and four demonstration projects. The goal is to answer all questions that are…
H2steel
The H2Stahl real-world laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. In this way, CO2 emissions can be reduced in Duisburg, the largest European steel…
H2BF
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 things, carbon dioxide in the form…
LOReley
The LOReley project aims to solve, with its research and demonstration tasks, one part of the existing problems and questions in the area of materially based energy storage. This includes both…
H2Giga_NG1_StaR
The StaR (Stack Revolution) project addresses challenges in the cost-effective manufacture of electrolysis stacks. A new stack design based on low-cost materials and production-oriented manufacturing…
FlexLadleHeat - Flexible use of hydrogen and ammonia in ladle fires in the steel industry
The aim of the FlexLadleHeat project is to develop a fuel-flexible oxyfuel ladle heating system for preheating and drying ladles in the steel industry. The ladle furnace system is to be capable of…
R2R-CCM
The aim of the R2R-CCM project is to reduce the costs of PEM fuel cells by developing a new, mass-market and more cost-effective production process. The core of the project is the so-called Catalyst…
4FH2Max
In stationary gas turbines, the transition to CO2-free energy generation can be made in steps. Here, the fuel composition is successively shifted from pure natural gas towards hydrogen. The burners in…
AMAZING
The use of renewable energy in conjunction with a membrane not only offers the advantage of using renewable electrical energy to heat the reactor, but also opens up the potential for improved use of…
Redox3D - Development of optimized reactive structures and receiver-reactor geometries for solar thermochemical hydrogen production
Solar thermochemical processes represent a promising possibility for producing large-scale, regenerative and cost-efficient hydrolysis under these conditions in the future. The technology of solar…
Transport of hydrogen in rocks, taking into account abiotic and microbial redox reactions (H2_ReacT2)
As part of the GEO:N specialist program “Use of Underground Geosystems,” H2_ReacT and the follow-up project H2_React2 were funded as collaborative projects between RWTH Aachen University, the Federal…
Pilot project H2-MiX
In Niederberg and Borr, hydrogen is being used for heat supply for the first time. Since October 2022, 20 percent has been fed into the gas network of the two Erftstadt districts. Before I came to the…
AmmoniaValid
The theme of the project is the development and validation of reactors for nearly loss-free hydrogen production from ammonia (NH3). The energy to maintain the endothermic decomposition reaction is…
CAMPFIRE TransHyDE (UP4)
The CAMPFIRE alliance was founded as part of the funding program “WIR! - Change through innovation in the region” of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The aim is to research and…
smartVessel – Fibre-based sensors in hydrogen tanks
The smartVessel research project is developing an intelligent condition monitoring system for fibre-reinforced plastic hydrogen tanks in order to reduce maintenance costs by at least 50% and safely…
ALELY - Alkaline electrolysis
In the ALELY project, materials developed by the partners such as membranes, ionomers and electrocatalysts were used and qualified and characterized for use in an AEMEL system. New membrane electrode…
NexPlas – NEXT GENERATION PLASMA CONVERSION: Integration of green hydrogen into the plasma conversion of CO2
The NexPlas project aims to produce higher-quality chemicals from green hydrogen and CO2. The goal of NexPlas is the production of methanol – an important raw material of the chemical industry. The…
GET H2 TransHyDE (UP2)
The project considers the entire transport chain for gaseous hydrogen via pipeline: starting with the feed-in, including the compressor station, to the feed-out to downstream networks, hydrogen…
NIP II - HZwoSafeTank
Continuous and economical monitoring of hydrossert pressure vessels using integrated sensors
H-dot - Radical chemistry with the hydrogen atom through water activation
Water activation, which enables the transfer of universally abundant hydrogenation into value-added compounds, is an important field of research in modern science. Hydrogenation of alkenes, arenes and…
HYPAT
In the long term, Germany is dependent on energy imports from regions of the world with plenty of wind and sun to cover a large part of its demand for green hydrogen and its synthesis products. In…
PolyH2Pipe
The production of green hydrogen is currently still quite expensive. In order to reduce the plant costs for electrolyzers, the materials used must be considered. The use of thermoplastic pipes instead…
H2-HotRoll
The aim of the project is to reduce or avoid CO2 emissions in the steel industry through the use of hydrogen in continuously operated thermal process plants, using reheating furnaces as an example.…
H2Giga_NG3_HY-Core
The HY-Core project aims to scale AEM electrolysis from laboratory scale to megawatt scale by ensuring high operational stability and resilience. The modular system consists of several connectable…
H2Giga_QT1.1_PrometH2eus
Oxygen evolution at the anode of an electrolytic cell has a significant influence on the performance of alkaline water electrolysis and is therefore the focus of PrometH2eus' research. The aim is to…
TransHyDE_FP3: Reforming of ammonia (AmmoRef)
The TransHyDE flagship project aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research projects and four demonstration projects. The goal is to answer all questions that are…
Multi-SOFC at the Herrmann-Josef Hospital Erkelenz
The Hermann-Josef-Krankenhaus (HJK) Erkelenz is a showcase project for the climate-friendly energy supply of the future. Robert Bosch GmbH and Hydrogenious LOHC NRW GmbH are demonstrating for the…
StEAM - Sector transformation in the energy system: Analysis and modeling of possible hydrogen strategies
In previous research regarding the future design of the future economy, the focus is often on the national perspective, for example in the optimization of an inner German supply chain. However, to…
H2-Ready
The project addresses the following questions: Supply, demand, and infrastructure: What transformation paths can Germany's current natural gas-based infrastructure take in light of evolving supply and…
MAPEVA
With the MAPEVA project, Neumann & Esser, a company based in the Rhineland, is planning to set up a PEM electrolysis production facility with up to 400 jobs. The project will, with a highly innovative…
ETSAP-Germany
The 'Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program (ETSAP)' of the International Energy Agency (IEA) was initiated as a Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) in order to drive the IEA and its member…
H2 Atlas
The H2ATLAS-AFRICA Project is the beginning of a cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and African partners in the Sub-Saharan region (SADC and ECOWAS countries) to…
NextH2
The project partners are focusing on optimising the core element of an electrolyser, the cell. The participants are investigating how the thickness of the partitions between the electrodes of a cell…
SOC-Degradation 2.0
Electrolysers and fuel cells based on solid oxide electrolytes achieve the highest efficiency compared to alkaline or PEM systems. The problem is that SOC technology is less durable and less robust…
TransHyDE_FP2: Secure infrastructure
The TransHyDE flagship project aims to advance hydrogen transport technologies in five accompanying research projects and four demonstration projects. The goal is to answer all questions that are…
iNEW 2.0
The focus of the Innovation Space iNEW is the research, further development and implementation of advanced electrolysis technologies for Power-to-X (P2X) applications. In this way, not only green…
H2BCTurbo - Effect of H2 combustion on the durability of thermal insulation layers in the hot gas section of gas turbines
The combustion of hydrogen in a gas turbine has been identified as a sustainable solution for reducing CO2 emissions. However, the combustion of pure hydrogen leads to a significant increase in the…
H2BED
The 'H2BED' project aims at the development of technologies for 100% hydrogen-gas turbines to speed up the energy transition in Germany. Technologies for the DLE hydrogen combustion, materials…
OffsH2ore
For the energy transition to be successful, sustainable hydropower is a key pillar of the energy system. Due to limited expansion capacity of wind turbines and photovoltaic systems on land, importing…
NIP II - HyLand H2 Hagen
H2 Hagen – Integrated hydrogen concept for the region
SolidScore – Biological hydrogen production from biomass solids
The SolidScore research project uses innovative biohydrogen technology to expand the existing range of aqueous starting substrates used for biological hydrogen production. Against this background, the…
H2LogisticsOnRail
The company DB Cargo BTT GmbH already transports liquid hydrogen safely and in an environmentally friendly way by rail. Hydrogen as a compressed gas is currently still transported in pressure…
AmmonVector
Transporting hydrogen over long distances, under high pressure or liquefied at cryogenic temperatures, is very costly compared to transporting oil and is not yet feasible due to a lack of suitable…
DUH-IT
The DUH-IT cooperation project promotes the transfer of knowledge and technology on the topic of blockchain in the Dortmund-Unna-Hamm region. The focus is on logistics, trade and production as well as…