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- Hydrogen is not a source of energy, but is considered an energy vector, that is, a substance or device that stores energy and can later be used.
- Hydrogen is a good energy vector because it can be produced from a variety of abundant precursors, including natural gas, coal, water, and renewable energy sources.
- The use of hydrogen in fuel cells, especially in the mobility sector, will make it possible to diversify the energy supply in the future, with greater use of national resources, and thus reduce dependence on oil imports.
- Green hydrogen is the only carbon-free one and will be key to climate neutrality. It is the hydrogen produced by electrolysis of water using renewable sources such as hydraulic, wind or solar.
Catalonia is part of the European Valley to promote green hydrogen. Below you can check different European funding opportunities in the field of green hydrogen:
RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE MECHANISM (NEXT GENERATION)
PERTE Renewable Energy, Renewable Hydrogen and Storage
This PERTE will mobilize resources worth 16,370 million euros, of which 6,920 million will be from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and more than 9,450 million from the private sector.
Regarding the breakdown of the investment, a first block of measures distributed in 25 specific instruments is expected, which will mobilize 3,558 million euros from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and 5,390 million of private investment. A second block of actions will consist of 17 facilitating measures for an amount of more than 3.3 billion euros that must achieve the objectives to generate the necessary training, technological and professional environment or that stimulate the demand for beneficiary products and solutions of this PERTE. These measures will have an additional public budget of 3,362 million euros, which will allow a private investment of more than 4,060 million.
Political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on REPowerEU in the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism
The European Parliament and the Council have reached a political agreement on the financing of REPowerEU which allows Member States to introduce REPowerEU chapters in their recovery and resilience plans. This agreement builds on the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism to further respond to the economic difficulties and disruption to the global energy market caused by the conflict in Ukraine.
NGEU grants to industrial actions in the naval sector (Regulatory bases)
The objectives of the aid include the design or development of processes, organization, adaptation of the construction infrastructure, equipment, components, systems or prototypes for the use of marine renewable energy, including parks for the generation of marine renewable energy or for the generation of renewable hydrogen at sea.
4 incentive programs for the innovative value chain and knowledge of renewable hydrogen, within the framework of the PERTE for Renewable Energy, Renewable Hydrogen and Storage.
These 4 programs, currently closed, are aimed at research projects, test lines and development of green hydrogen.
Call for pioneering and unique renewable hydrogen projects
The aim of this call, currently closed, is to promote the development of comprehensive actions for the production, distribution and use of renewable hydrogen, located in the Spanish State, which can be considered pioneering and unique, with the aim to contribute to the objectives set by Component 9 "Renewable hydrogen road map and its sectoral integration".
OPEN CALL HORIZON EUROPE
Horizon Europe call for intersectoral solutions for climate transition
The call covers thematic areas that are transversal in nature and can offer key solutions for climate, energy and mobility applications. In accordance with the scope of cluster 5, these areas are batteries, hydrogen, communities and cities, innovative early-stage technologies, as well as citizen participation.
Until April 18, 2023.
Horizon Europe call for a sustainable, safe and competitive energy supply
This call includes activities aimed at a sustainable, safe and competitive energy supply. In accordance with the scope of cluster 5, it includes activities in the fields of renewable energies; energy system, networks and storage; as well as carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).
Until March 30, 2023.
Open 19 Horizon Europe topics for clean and competitive solutions for all modes of transport
The transport sector is responsible for 23% of CO2 emissions and remains dependent on oil for 92% of its energy demand. Although there has been significant technological progress over the past decades, projected GHG emissions are not in line with Paris Agreement targets due to the expected increase in transport demand. It is therefore necessary to intensify research and innovation activities, in all modes of transport and in accordance with the needs and preferences of society, in order for the EU to achieve its political objectives towards net greenhouse gas emissions. zero greenhouse effect by 2050 and significantly reduce atmospheric pollutants.
Until April 20, 2023.
For more information on the Horizon Europe calls for cluster 5, on energy, ACCIÓ is organizing a face-to-face information session in Barcelona on January 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
INNOVATION FUND
Third call for large-scale projects to decarbonise Europe
The European Commission launches the third call for large-scale projects within the framework of the EU Innovation Fund. With a doubled budget of up to €3 billion thanks to increased revenue from auctioning emissions rights in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), this 2022 call for large-scale projects will boost the deployment of industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe. With a particular focus on the priorities of the REPowerEU Plan, the call will provide additional support to end the EU's dependence on Russian fossil fuels.
One of the themes of the call is to support projects for innovative electrification in industry and innovative production and use of hydrogen, in support of the 2030 renewable hydrogen targets established in the REPowerEU Action Plan, and to reduce the use and dependence on imported fossil fuels.
Until March 16, 2023.
OTHERS
EUSEW awards for sustainable energy projects
The European Sustainable Energy Awards (EUSEW Awards) competition highlights the success of recently completed or ongoing projects and activities, as well as individual and collective actions in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies.
There are three award categories: Innovation, Local Energy Action and Women in Energy-
Until February 9, 2023.
NEWS
H2Med's candidacy for the European Union's Project of Common Interest presented
H2Med, the EU's first renewable hydrogen corridor, has been submitted to the call for Projects of Common Interest (PCI) to receive European funding. The H2Med includes two cross-border infrastructures, one between Celorico da Beira (Portugal) and Zamora, and another, underwater, between Barcelona and Marseille (France).
The implementation of the project will make Spain the first renewable hydrogen hub in the world, by incorporating the first axes of the national trunk network that will connect the green hydrogen production centers with domestic demand and the two international interconnections with France and Portugal.
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATIONS
The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership)
The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) is a multilateral and strategic partnership formed by RDI programs of the different member states and associated countries. It was created with the main objective of promoting and accelerating the energy transition so that Europe becomes the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
Clean Hydrogen Partnership
The main objective of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership is to contribute to the European Green Deal and the hydrogen strategy through optimized funding of R&I activities. The Clean Hydrogen Partnership is the successor to the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 (FCH 2 JU) joint venture and has taken over its legacy portfolio from 30 November 2021.
SUCCESS PROJECTS
RESOLVED
The global project involved 3 partners in Spain: IREC, INAM and ICN2. IREC's Energy Storage, Harvesting and Catalysis research group focused on three different approaches:
- Green hydrogen generation with special attention to solar hydrogen as an energy carrier, or basic raw material for CO2 hydrogenation processes
- Electro-reduction of CO2 to C1-C2 products (syngas, CO, methanol, ethylene, ethanol, ...), improvement of functional materials and development of electrochemical cells to obtain renewable electrosynthesis products , which can replace those obtained from petrochemical processes.
- Valorization of waste and seawater as raw material in electrosynthesis routes
TMB put into service between May and June seven more hydrogen buses financed with European funds
TMB has announced the addition of seven hydrogen vehicles, financed with European funds, to the X1 line. They will join the first hydrogen bus that already runs throughout the State on this same XPRESBus line, which connects the city center with the intermodal nodes of Francesc Macià and Glòries. In addition, until 2025 TMB will incorporate up to 60 vehicles with this zero-emissions technology.
The hydrogen bus is already becoming more efficient in terms of consumption. This is demonstrated after last April 7 TMB put into service the first hydrogen bus with a consumption forecast of 9kg/100 km which in reality has remained at 6.82kg/100 km, although during in the summer an increase in consumption of approximately 40% is expected, with which the weighted average throughout the year would be 7.51 kg/100 km.
The adoption of green hydrogen by the TMB fleet is supported by the European JIVE 2 program for the promotion of fuel cell vehicles and zero emissions co-financed by the European Union.
Cell3Ditor
The Cell3Ditor project, in which the IREC (Energy Research Institute of Catalonia) participates, as a leader, and the company FAE (Francisco Albero SAU), brings a dream closer to reality: to make the manufacture of fuel cells, both in terms of costs and efficiency.
The deployment of an innovative hydrogen infrastructure hub for public buses and private users in the city of Barcelona has been selected in the CEF Transport Blending Facility Call
The EU continues to support safe and green transport by granting €39.4 million to eight projects that will contribute to the goal of making the transport sector more environmentally effective by facilitating the use of alternative fuels, as well as improving safety and the sustainability of rail transport.
The projects have been selected under the CEF Transport Blending Facility, an instrument specifically designed to blend private funding with EU support.