The advancement of the project in the last 12 months has continued at a good pace, even if some delay in the UoR and PM is showing. In terms of work produced (DELs and MILs), the delay in the UoR seems not to be affecting that much. Still, the end of the project approaches and the impact of these delays has to be addressed. There was a major shortfall in the period, the cancellation of activity WP3.1.2 due to a risk of not having the biosourced resin on time for the pre-preg use case. Fortunately, the resources were redirected to WP1.1 where one of the demonstrators was lacking them due to a failed call in a different funded program. Regarding the technical progress, a lot of good results have been produced along the period. Architecture of the H2 system integration is defined, requirements are set for the project, Key Technologies have been identified (Accessibility, Tank attachment, Crashworthiness, Distribution and Integration, H2 Safety…) and different concepts in each of them have entered an evaluation process that will conclude with a down-selection early on RP3 for the next phase of the project. Different materials and surface protections are under scrutiny, including new developments that are thought to have a relevant contribution. Regarding testing, a wide variety is being conducted, from H2 fire testing to static and dynamic material characterization and other relevant tests. Results are being integrated into the requirements and the technologies under development. Use cases for LCA have been identified and their assessment is going forward. The project is now heading to the downselection of solutions and validation of the technologies via TRL3 milestones taking place in RP3.
