Project description DEENESFRITPL Creating green supply chains for fuel cells and electrolysers The close future arrival of next-generation electrolyser and fuel cell technologies is bound to revolutionise several industries. However, their supply chains remain unfinished and unplanned. This creates the potential of making those supply chains ecologically friendly. The EU-funded SUSTAINCELL project aims to achieve this goal by focusing on reducing the current dependency on critical raw materials and reducing emissions, costs and footprint of those supply chains. Further, they plan to introduce routes and technologies that will allow for improved supply chain flexibility and parts and materials that are more durable and sustainable. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The SUSTAINCELL project aims at supporting the European industry in the development of the next generation electrolyser and fuel cell technologies (both low and high temperature) by developing a sustainable European supply chain of materials, components and cells, significantly less reliant on critical raw materials (CRM), with lower environmental footprint and costs, and higher performance and durability than existing technologies. This will rely on scientific breakthrough innovations with the development of eco-design guidelines and environmentally friendly manufacturing routes applied for the production of new CRM-lean and/or CRM-free materials and architectures designed for maximising functionalities and durability, while decreasing CRM content per unit cell. The new flexible and scalable processing routes will exhibit higher productivity, as well as reduced utilities consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The development of enhanced recovery and treatment processes for optimising both recovery and reuse of PGMs/CRMs and ionomers extracted from end-of-life stacks and production processes will furthermore reduce the reliance on import of materials. The novel solutions will be validated at cell level for all technologies using harmonized testing procedures. This ambitious work will be supported by the development and implementation life cycle thinking tools addressing environmental and economic dimensions to drive the research and development work using quantifiable sustainability criteria. The project is led by SINTEF and gathers CEA, CNRS, VTT, Forschungszentrum Juelich, TECNALIA, DTU, DLR, EPFL and HESSO world leading experts in the value chain of alkaline, proton exchange membrane, anion exchange membrane, solid oxide ion conducting and proton ceramic conducting electrolysers and fuel cells. The open innovation research will be actively communicated to European academia and industry to exploit the results of SUSTAINCELL for the benefits of the society. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processingsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivityengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells Programme(s) HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-07-01 - Addressing the sustainability and criticality of electrolyser and fuel cell materials Call for proposal HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator SINTEF AS Net EU contribution € 1 844 687,50 Address Strindvegen 4 7034 Trondheim Norway See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag 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 (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France Net EU contribution € 847 490,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 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 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. 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UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER France Net EU contribution € 102 281,25 Address 163 rue auguste broussonnet 34090 Montpellier See on map Region Occitanie Languedoc-Roussillon Hérault Activity type 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 COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France Net EU contribution € 1 548 325,00 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 FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 1 298 418,75 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 DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET Denmark Net EU contribution € 1 387 393,75 Address Anker engelunds vej 101 2800 Kongens lyngby See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type 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 FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION Spain Net EU contribution € 866 250,00 Address Parque cientifico y tecnologico de gipuzkoa, paseo mikeletegi 2 20009 Donostia-san sebastian (gipuzkoa) See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa 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 TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY Finland Net EU contribution € 748 857,50 Address Tekniikantie 21 02150 Espoo See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa 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 DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV Germany Net EU contribution € 1 349 948,25 Address Linder hohe 51147 Koln See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt 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 Partners (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE Switzerland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Route de moutier 14 2800 Delemont See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Espace Mittelland Jura Activity type 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 ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Batiment ce 3316 station 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type 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