Objective The universally recognised need to curb greenhouse gas emissions and secure a cheap and environmentally friendly supply of energy is a major economic and social driver that can be met by hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The Installation Permitting Guidance (IPG) for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Stationary Applications (HYPER) project is aimed at developing for small stationary hydrogen and fuel cell systems to fast track approval of safety and procedural issues, by providing a comprehensive agreed installation permitting process for developers, design engineers, manufacturers, installers and authorities having jurisdiction. To achieve this objective the project brings together a group of 27 organisations, made up of 15 partners and 12 members of a supporting Monitoring and Implementation Group. The partners include hydrogen system and fuel-cell manufacturers, installers and operators, regulators, research laboratories and universities.The Group has a complementary make up and includes Industrial Associations, hydrogen distributors and an aerospace company. To develop the IPG the consortium will bring together all currently available documents, best practice and experience and identify and fill gaps in current knowledge. The workprogramme includes: detailed case studies of representative fuel-cell and hydrogen installations carefully selected from across Europe, USA and Canada; modelling and experimental risk-evaluation studies to investigate fire and explosion phenomena associated with foreseeable and catastrophic fault scenarios of hydrogen and fuel cell systems and associated fuel supplies; a three stage drafting process for the IPG, which will take feedback from interested stakeholders; a number of carefully targeted dissemination initiatives will be taken in order to ensure the adoption and use of the IPG and project results by stakeholders and with the HySafe NOE the full adoption and continuous development of the IPG after the end of the Project. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generationcombined heat and powerengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells Keywords Explosion Fault Fault Scenarios Fire and Explosion Guidance Fire Permitting Permitting Guidance Scenarios and Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-1.2.2 - New technologies for energy carriers - Hydrogen Call for proposal FP6-2005-ENERGY-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER EU contribution No data Address Oxford Road MANCHESTER United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (14) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Weberstr. 5 KARLSRUHE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VAILLANT GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Berghauser Str. 40 REMSCHEID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SANDIA CORPORATION United States EU contribution No data Address LIVERMORE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES France EU contribution No data Address Parc Technologique Alata VERNEUIL-EN-HALATTE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PLUG POWER HOLLAND B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Wilmersdorf 50 APELDOORN See on map Total cost No data EXERGY FUEL CELLS S.R.L. Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Buozzi 53-55-57 CADRIANO DI GRANAROLO (BO) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RUSSIAN RESEARCH CENTRE "KURCHATOV INSTITUTE" Russia EU contribution No data Address Kurchatov square 1 MOSCOW See on map Total cost No data COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (CEA) France EU contribution No data Address Batiment le Ponant D - 25 rue Leblanc PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS" Greece EU contribution No data Address Patriarchou Gregoriou Str. 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