Deployment of innovative low power fuel cell vehicle fleets to initiate an early market for hydrogen as an alternative fuel in Europe

Project Information

HYCHAIN MINI-TRANS

Grant agreement ID: 20006

Project closed

Start date 15 January 2006

End date 14 January 2011

Funded under

• Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 37 652 922,00

EU contribution € 17 000 000,00

Coordinated by

AIR LIQUIDE S.A.
France

Objective

The HYCHAIN MINI-TRANS project will deploy fleets of innovative fuel cell vehicles in four regions in Europe (France, Germany, Spain, Italy) operating on Hydrogen as an alternative fuel. The fleets are based on similar modular technology platforms in a variety of applications with the main objective to achieve a large enough volume of vehicles (180) to justify an industrial approach to lower costs and overcome major cross sectional barriers.

Addressing early adopters for transport, the first sustainable business cases for hydrogen based fuel cells in Europe will be initiated where they will have the best chances to continue and grow beyond this project. Following a four step approach the project will start from existing prototypes of seven low power fuel cell applications that
- are optimised in design and functionality.
- Pre-commercial manufacturing lines will be set up to reduce costs

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• social sciences › economics and business › economics › sustainable economy
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › fuel cells

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Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-1.1.5 - Alternative motor fuels

Call for proposal

FP6-2004-TREN-3
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

AIR LIQUIDE S.A.

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 75, quai d'Orsay ; PARIS ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (23)

AIR LIQUIDE GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Hans-Günther-Sohl-Str, 5 ; DÜSSELDORF
• Total cost: No data

AIR LIQUIDE ITALIA SERVICE S.R.L.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Capecelatro 69 ; MILANO
• Total cost: No data

AL AIR LIQUIDE ESPAÑA,S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Pso. Castellana, 35 ; MADRID
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ASSOCIATION DE SURVEILLANCE ET DE CONTRÔLE DE LA POLLUTION ATMOSPHÉRIQUE DE LA RÉGION GRENOBLOISE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 44, AVENUE MARCELIN BERTHELOT ; GRENOBLE
• Total cost: No data

AXANE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 2, rue Clémenciére ; SASSENAGE
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BESEL S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: General Martinez Campos, 11,1º ; MADRID
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CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenida Complutense 22 ; MADRID
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COMMISSARIAT A L' ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 31-33 Rue de la Fédération ; PARIS
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DEMOCENTER CENTRO SERVIZI PER L'INNOVAZIONE S.C. A R.L.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Viale Virgilio 55 ; MODENA
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EDICIONES Y SERVICIOS ESCOLARES DOMÉNECH,S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: BALMES, 422 ; BARCELONA
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FEDERAZIONE DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE E TECNICHE

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Piazzale Morandi 2 ; MILAN
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HYDROGENICS

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Am Wiesenbusch 2 ; GLADBECK
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IBERDROLA S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Tomás Redondo, 1 ; MADRID
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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L'EVIRONNEMENT ET DES RISQUES

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Parc technologique ALATA ; VERNEUIL EN HALATTE
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INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 46 Avenue Félix Viallet ; GRENOBLE
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MASTERFLEX AG

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Willy-Brandt-Allee 300 ; GELSENKIRCHEN
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MORONI AUTOSERVICE SRL

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA PIER LOMBARDO, 30 ; MILANO
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NACIONAL MOTOR S.A.U

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Barcelona, 19 ; MARTORELLES
• Total cost: No data

PAXITECH SAS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 15 rue du 11 novembre ; CLAIX
• Total cost: No data

RÜCKER LYPSA, S.L.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Carretera del Prat, 65 ; CORNELLÁ DE LLOBREGAT (BARCEL
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UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO-CEU

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Issac Peral, 58 ; MADRID
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WIN EMSCHER-LIPPE GESELLSCHAFT ZUR STRUKTURVERBESSERUNG MBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Herner StraBe 10 ; HERTEN
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WUPPERTAL INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT ENERGY

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Doeppersberg 19 ; WUPPERTAL
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