Small-scale Hydrogen Valley
Funds one consortium to build and run a smaller Hydrogen Valley in an EU-13 country, producing at least 400 tonnes of clean hydrogen a year.
The Clean Hydrogen Partnership funds one Innovation Action from this topic's EUR 8,000,000 lump-sum budget, awarded through a single-stage call on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. Applicants build a consortium in which at least one partner already belongs to Hydrogen Europe or Hydrogen Europe Research, and submit a single application package covering the technical proposal, a hydrogen safety plann…
This topic wants a demonstration of a hydrogen ecosystem located in one of the 13 EU member states that joined in 2004, 2007 or 2013, since Hydrogen Valley deployment there has lagged. It requires at least 400 tonnes per year of new clean hydrogen production capacity supplying one or more of the energy, industry or transport sectors, at least two years of monitored operation, and a path to financial viability. It sits inside the EU's push to reach 50 Hydrogen Valleys under construction or operating by 2030.
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