Objective
Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) brings together Europe’s 4 most ambitious national initiatives on hydrogen mobility (Germany, Scandinavia, France and the UK). The project will expand their developing networks of HRS and the fleets of fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) operating on Europe’s roads, to significantly expand the activities in each country and start the creation of a pan-European hydrogen fuelling station network. In creating a project of this scale, the FCH JU will create not only a physical but also a strategic link between the regions that are leading in the deployment of hydrogen. The project will also include ‘observer countries’ (Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands), who will use the learnings from this project to develop their own hydrogen mobility strategies.
The project is the most ambitious coordinated hydrogen deployment project attempted in Europe. The scale of this deployment will allow the consortium to:
• Trial a large fleet of FCEVs in diverse applications across Europe - 214 OEM FCEVs (Mercedes and Toyota) and 125 fuel cell range-extended vans (Symbio collaborating with Renault) will be deployed
• Deploy 29 state of the art refuelling stations, using technology from the full breadth of Europe’s hydrogen refuelling station providers. The scale will ensure that stations will be lower cost than in previous projects and the breadth will ensure that Europe’s hydrogen station developers advance together
• Conduct a real world test of 4 national hydrogen mobility strategies and share learnings to support other countries’ strategy development
• Analyse the customer attitude to the FCEV proposition, with a focus on attitudes to the fuelling station networks as they evolve in each country
• Assess the performance of the refuelling stations and vehicles in order to provide data of a sufficient resolution to allow policy-makers, early adopters and the hydrogen mobility industry to validate the readiness of the technology for full commercial roll-out.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-JTI-FCH-2014-1
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Funding Scheme
FCH2-IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
CB5 8AQ Cambridge
United Kingdom
Participants (29)
10829 Berlin
108 Reykjavik
38600 Fontaine
S4 7QQ Sheffield
75007 Paris
82049 Pullach I.isartal
7400 Herning
Participation ended
2027 Kjeller
75007 Paris
76131 Karlsruhe
57208 Sarreguemines Cedex
26190 La Motte Fanjas
91940 Les Ulis
GU2 7XY Guildford
Participation ended
70327 Stuttgart
63067 Offenbach
LE11 3UZ Loughborough Leicestershire
2300 Turnhout
1020 Wien
63073 Offenbach Am Main
LE11 3GB Loughborough
SR53NS Sunderland
181 81 Lidingo
80809 Muenchen
92100 Boulogne Billancourt
7400 Herning
1140 Brussel
59042 Lille
70372 Stuttgart