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Sustainability Assessment of Harmonised Hydrogen Energy Systems: Guidelines for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Prospective Benchmarking

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Ongoing
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€2 142 779
EU Contribution
€1 997 616
Project Acronym
SH2E
STRIA Roadmaps
Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM)
Low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT)
Transport mode
Multimodal icon
Transport policies
Environmental/Emissions aspects,
Deployment planning/Financing/Market roll-out
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Call for proposal
H2020-JTI-FCH-2020-1
Link to CORDIS
Objectives

Hydrogen is expected to play a key role as an energy carrier in the path towards global sustainability. Nevertheless, the right decisions are needed to make fuel cells and hydrogen (FCH) systems effective. Besides technological advancements, methodological solutions that allow checking the suitability of FCH systems under sustainability aspects from a life-cycle perspective are needed to sensibly support decision-making. Such methodological contributions should rely on well-defined guidelines that allow a reliable assessment and benchmarking of FCH systems. In this sense, sound guidelines for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) of FCH systems are urgently needed.

The goal of SH2E is to provide a harmonised (i.e. methodologically consistent) multi-dimensional framework for the LCSA and prospective benchmarking of FCH systems. To that end, SH2E will develop and demonstrate specific guidelines for the environmental (LCA), economic (LCC) and social (SLCA) life cycle assessment and benchmarking of FCH systems, while addressing their consistent integration into robust FCH-LCSA guidelines. These guidelines aim to be globally accepted as the reference document for LCSA of FCH systems and set the basis for future standardisation, going beyond the update of past initiatives such as the FC-HyGuide project and the IEA Hydrogen Task 36 through their reformulation to deal with underdeveloped topics such as material criticality and prospective assessment. For the sake of practicality and extended use of the guidelines, key SH2E outcomes also include user-friendly, open-access software tools with illustrative case studies, also being a source of publicly available data reviewed by a third party. Thus, the project is aligned with international initiatives towards global sustainability, including the Innovation Challenge on Renewable and Clean Hydrogen, by providing robust frameworks and tools that help decision-makers check the sustainability of FCH solutions.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
H2020-EU.3.3.8. - FCH2 (energy objectives)
H2020-EU.3.4.6. - FCH2 (transport objectives)
Other Programme
FCH-04-5-2020 Guidelines for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) of fuel cell and hydrogen systems

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Fundacion Imdea Energia
Address
AVENIDA RAMON DE LA SAGRA 3, 28935 MOSTOLES MADRID, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€544 764
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh
Address
WILHELM JOHNEN STRASSE, 52428 JULICH, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€350 350
Organisation
Greendelta Gmbh
Address
KAISERDAMM 13, 14059 BERLIN, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€999 898
Organisation
Greendelta Gmbh
Address
KAISERDAMM 13, 14059 BERLIN, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€489 125
Organisation
Commissariat A L Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
Address
RUE LEBLANC 25, 75015 PARIS 15, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€267 190
Organisation
Fundacion Para El Desarrollo De Las Nuevas Tecnologias Del Hidrogeno En Aragon
Address
CR ZARAGOZA N 330A KM 566 CUARTE, 22197 HUESCA, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€1 288 456
Organisation
Fundacion Para El Desarrollo De Las Nuevas Tecnologias Del Hidrogeno En Aragon
Address
CR ZARAGOZA N 330A KM 566 CUARTE, 22197 HUESCA, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€164 938
Organisation
Symbio
Address
14 RUE JEAN PIERRE TIMBAUD, 38600 FONTAINE, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€181 250

Technologies

Technology Theme
Fuel cells and hydrogen fuel
Technology
Development of new Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) technologies
Development phase
Validation

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