R&D Projects

Hydrogen Production

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…