Project description DEENESFRITPL Drafting guidelines for standardising fuel cell and hydrogen technologies Hydrogen is an essential element in the transition to a low-carbon society. Besides technological advances in the field, life-cycle assessment analyses are crucial for evaluating the suitability of hydrogen technologies and supporting decision-making. These assessments should rely on well-defined guidelines. The goal of the EU-funded SH2E project is to draw up specific guidelines for environmental, life-cycle cost and social life-cycle assessment analyses for benchmarking fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. These guidelines could serve as a reference for standardising hydrogen technologies globally. A significant project output will be an open-source, user-friendly software tool with illustrative case studies. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Hydrogen is expected to play a key role as an energy carrier in the path towards global sustainability. Nevertheless, right decisions are needed to make fuel cells and hydrogen (FCH) systems effective in this crusade. Besides technological advancements, methodological solutions that allow checking the suitability of FCH systems under sustainability aspects from a life-cycle perspective are needed to sensibly support decision-making. Such methodological contributions should rely on well-defined guidelines that allow a reliable assessment and benchmarking of FCH systems. In this sense, sound guidelines for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) of FCH systems are urgently needed. The goal of SH2E is to provide a harmonised (i.e. methodologically consistent) multi-dimensional framework for the LCSA and prospective benchmarking of FCH systems. To that end, SH2E will develop and demonstrate specific guidelines for the environmental (LCA), economic (LCC) and social (SLCA) life cycle assessment and benchmarking of FCH systems, while addressing their consistent integration into robust FCH-LCSA guidelines. These guidelines aim to be globally accepted as the reference document for LCSA of FCH systems and set the basis for future standardisation, going beyond the update of past initiatives such as the FC-HyGuide project and the IEA Hydrogen Task 36 through their reformulation to deal with underdeveloped topics such as material criticality and prospective assessment. For the sake of practicality and extended use of the guidelines, key SH2E outcomes also include user-friendly, open-access software tools with illustrative case studies, also being a source of publicly available data reviewed by a third party. Thus, the project is aligned with international initiatives towards global sustainability, including the Innovation Challenge on Renewable and Clean Hydrogen, by providing robust frameworks and tools that help decision-makers check the sustainability of FCH solutions. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cellsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydrogen energy Keywords sustainability assessment life cycle assessment life cycle costing social impact hydrogen fuel cell harmonisation prospective assessment material criticality benchmarking guidelines Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme H2020-EU.3.3.8. - FCH2 (energy objectives) H2020-EU.3.4.6. - FCH2 (transport objectives) Topic(s) FCH-04-5-2020 - Guidelines for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) of fuel cell and hydrogen systems Call for proposal H2020-JTI-FCH-2020-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator Fundacion IMDEA Energia Net EU contribution € 544 763,75 Address Avenida ramon de la sagra 3 28935 Mostoles madrid Spain See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all International partner Legal entity established in a non-associated third country that is not eligible for funding under Article 10 of the Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020. THE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENERGY Not active in the Specific Grant Agreement of the project Japan Address 1 14 2 nishi shimbashi minato ku 105 0003 Tokyo See on map Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window GREENDELTA GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 489 125,00 Address Kaiserdamm 13 14059 Berlin See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 350 350,00 Address Wilhelm johnen strasse 52428 Julich See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Düren Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France Net EU contribution € 267 190,00 Address Rue leblanc 25 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON Spain Net EU contribution € 164 937,50 Address Cr zaragoza n 330a km 566 cuarte 22197 Huesca See on map Region Noreste Aragón Huesca Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SYMBIO Participation ended France Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 14 rue jean pierre timbaud 38600 Fontaine See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Isère Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SYMBIO FRANCE France Net EU contribution € 181 250,00 Address 5 rue simone veil 69200 Venissieux See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhône Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
