Objective Scope and background of projectIn the 4th call of the European FCH JU (AIP 2011) a project has been called to map out the relevance of hydrogen underground storage. The focus being on seasonal energy storage at large scale, the potential, application profile, impact of and schedule to implement this concept may differ across Europe. In recent studies a clear profile for various large-scale storage concepts / technologies has been elaborated for Germany, and here specifically the northern regions, with involvement of the public sector and industry.Utilizing this knowledge, also actors in other regions have started to assess the individual geographic hydrogen underground storage potential in their respective region such as in Spain and the UK and show interest to commercially deploy this concept.Expected resultsThe idea behind the project is to establish a European initiative supporting the deployment of hydrogen energy storage in underground storage caverns at large scale, benchmark their storage potential in relation to the energy market and competing storage technologies, and to identify and assess application areas, stakeholders, safety, regulatory framework and public acceptance.The general concept of the project foresees case studies for five representative European regions benchmarking against the results from ongoing German industry projects. Each of these case studies will consider the competitiveness of hydrogen storage against other large scale energy storage concepts, the geologic potential for hydrogen storage in the region, and how to embed the hydrogen energy storage in the energy market. The perspective of the cases studies is potential business cases for each region and the development of an Implementation Plan at European scale. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydrogen energy Programme(s) FP7-JTI - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives Topic(s) SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.5.1 - Assessment of benefits of H2 for energy storage and integration in energy markets Call for proposal FCH-JU-2011-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme JTI-CSA-FCH - Joint Technology Initiatives - Coordination and Support Acti Coordinator FUNDACION PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGIAS DEL HIDROGENO EN ARAGON Address Cr zaragoza n 330a km 566 cuarte 22197 Huesca Spain See on map Region Noreste Aragón Huesca Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jesus Simon (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Ludwig-Boelkow-Systemtechnik GmbH Germany EU contribution € 146 455,00 Address Daimlerstr. 15 85521 Ottobrunn See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Landkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ulrich Buenger (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data HINICIO Belgium EU contribution € 103 015,00 Address Boulevard saint lazare 4 10 1210 Bruxelles See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Patrick Maio (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data KBB UNDERGROUND TECHNOLOGIES Germany EU contribution € 128 794,00 Address Baumschulenallee 16 30625 Hannover See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Daniel Jansen-Smutny (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPIC TECHNOLOGIES ICSI RM VALCEA Romania EU contribution € 115 352,00 Address Strada uzinei 4 240050 Ramnicu valcea See on map Region Macroregiunea Patru Sud-Vest Oltenia Vâlcea Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ioan Iordache (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data DEEP. Underground Engineering GmbH Germany EU contribution € 112 496,00 Address Eyhauser allee 2a 26160 Bad zwischenahn See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Manfred Pilchowski (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIPER ENERGY STORAGE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 74 181,00 Address Franziusstrasse 12 40219 Dusseldorf See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tobias Rudolf (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND Netherlands EU contribution € 61 219,00 Address Westerduinweg 3 1755 LE Petten See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Kop van Noord-Holland Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Marcel Weeda (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV Netherlands EU contribution € 141 998,00 Address Carel van bylandtlaan 30 2596 HR 's-gravenhage (den haag) See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Ball (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CENEX - CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR LOW CARBON AND FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES United Kingdom EU contribution € 94 255,00 Address Holywell building holywell park ashby road LE11 3UZ Loughborough leicestershire See on map Region East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicestershire CC and Rutland Activity type Other Administrative Contact Peter Speers (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SOLVAY CHEMICALS GMBH Germany EU contribution € 43 278,00 Address Hans boeckler allee 20 30173 Hannover See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Andreas Becker (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France EU contribution € 25 094,00 Address Rue leblanc 25 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Daniel Nacchache (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data