Descripción del proyecto
Mayor concienciación y aceptación de las tecnologías del hidrógeno por parte de la población
El término «economía del hidrógeno» se utilizó por primera vez en 1970 y el hidrógeno ha sido uno de los temas centrales de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía durante décadas. El hidrógeno es un vector energético sin carbono, que puede producirse a partir de fuentes renovables y convertirse en electricidad sin emisiones mediante pilas de combustible. A medida que bajen los costes y mejoren el almacenamiento y la seguridad, la revisión de la opinión pública será importante para su aceptación y adopción. El equipo del proyecto HYPOP, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende aumentar la concienciación y confianza del público en las tecnologías del hidrógeno y sus ventajas. Elaborará directrices y buenas prácticas para ayudar a los ciudadanos a participar en la aplicación de las tecnologías de hidrógeno. Su plataforma web, basada en los resultados de las actividades de participación pública, ofrecerá vídeos informativos y otros materiales.
Objetivo
HYPOP aims to raise public awareness and trust towards hydrogen technologies and their systemic benefits, through: a) the preparation of guidelines and good practices that will help to define more effectively how citizens, consumers/end-users and stakeholders can be involved in the implementation of H2 technologies. b) the creation of a web platform collecting communication material, mainly videos, on new hydrogen technologies, developed according to the early findings of the public engagement activities.
HYPOP is led by ENVI, an innovation accelerator for business with 20 years’ experience in the hydrogen sector. HYPOP is represented by a well-balanced Consortium representing 6 Countries: National Hydrogen Clusters (IT, B, PL, BG), three Research Organisations (IR, ES), an Agency for the Promotion of European Research (IT).
Four guidelines will be developed: one more public oriented that will report on best practices to involve citizens, the other 3 collecting the results coming from the involvement of stakeholders’ groups (First Responders, Permitting Authorities, Certification Body). HYPOP will also contribute to the definition of indicators to be used for Social Life Cycle Assessment of hydrogen technologies, and for this will focus on 2 applications: residential and mobility, which will enter into the daily life of people. HYPOP will also be connected with some ongoing H2 projects characterised by demonstration activities in public spaces. Some of them have already been identified, i.e. Everywh2ere, Reflex, H2Ports, REMOTE: they are well known to the consortium partners and have faced some barriers often due to a lack of specific reference cases for the authorities called upon to grant safety and other permissions for the installation or use of the demonstrators. The HYPOP website aims to become the hosting site of similar videos explaining upcoming hydrogen technology currently under development and demonstration.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
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Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-JU-CSA - HORIZON JU Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinador
10100 Torino
Italia