Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: 8 calls for proposals open until 29 April 2020
March 24, 2020
The public-private partnership Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH-JU) supports R&D in the field of fuel cells and hydrogen. Under its transport pillar, 8 calls for projects are currently open until 29 April, amount to €41 million. There is therefore still time to seize these great opportunities and join a consortium and get in touch with Hydrogen Europe and the Transport NCPs.
The 8 calls under the Transport pillar aim to
- Progress in the development and demonstration of new transport applications : coaches, trains and ships
- Improving embedded storage technologies
- Expanding knowledge of liquid hydrogen
The new features of these calls are
- The integration of coaches
- Trains including new prototypes
- Focus on advanced storage technologies
Calls table
Transport
Type of action
Budget (million euros)
FCH-01-1-2020 : Development of hydrogen tanks for electric vehicle architectures
RIA
2 **
FCH-01-2-2020 : Durability-Lifetime of stacks for Heavy Duty trucks
RIA
3,5**
FCH-01-3-2020 : Liquid Hydrogen on-board storage tanks
RIA
2
FCH-01-4-2020 : Standard Sized FC module for Heavy Duty applications
IA
7,5*
FCH-01-5-2020 : Demonstration of FC Coaches for regional passenger transport
IA
5*
FCH-01-6-2020 : Demonstration of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for segments of the waterborne sector
IA
8*
FCH-01-7-2020 : Extending the use cases for FC trans through innovative designs and streamlined administrative framework
IA
10*,**
FCH-01-8-2020 : Scale-up and demonstration of innovative hydrogen compressor technology for full-scale hydrogen refuelling station
IA
3*
- Eligibility criteria : maximum funding, ** Included in the remaining flexible budget To increase your chances, you need to :
- Describe the added value of each member to the consortium, especially for non-EU members such as the UK
- Rigorously evaluate the starting and finishing TRL of the project
- Highlight the impact of the project in terms of market opportunities, competitiveness and impact on climate change.
- Implement a powerful communication strategy
More details
To be found on the Participant Portal
FCH-1-1-2020: Development of hydrogen tanks for electric vehicle architectures New 70MPa tank system in a conformable shape that can be integrated in cars with flat architectures
- Must fit into a design space of 1800x1300x140 mm3
- At least 10 prototypes to be built
- Exhaustive tank testing expected
FCH-1-2-2020: Durability-Lifetime of stacks for Heavy Duty trucks Study degradation mechanisms and enable increased durability for heavy-duty stacks
- Characterize and rank most critical degradation mechanisms for HD use
- Can be done with aged samples (& corresponding ageing data from field tests or actual trucks) or by performing ageing testes in labs on short stacks following realistic load profiles.
FCH-1-3-2020: Liquid Hydrogen on-board storage tanks Feasibility of liquid H2 on-board storage for heavy-duty vehicles
- Evaluate feasibility through a design study and demonstration test bench
- Must be compatible with existing LH2 refuelling technology
- Target capacity: 40-100kg LH2; boil-off rates <5%/day and compatibility with fuelling rates of up to 10kg/min
FCH-1-4-2020: Standard Sized FC module for Heavy Duty applications Develop and validate standard FC module for heavy-duty applications
- First 12 months: define standard module frame (size, connections, etc…); by min. 7 FC suppliers and 3 OEMs
- After 12 months, a minimum of 7 FC suppliers develop, build and commit their standard sized FC + BoP module
FCH-1-5-2020: Demonstration of FC Coaches for regional passenger transport Demonstrate FC-powered coach buses
- Design of coach buses, optimizing efficiency and space utilization
- Demonstration of at least 6 FC Coaches in two coach segments (inter-city and long-distance)
- To be operated for min. 2 years and 80,000 km per coach per year with a minimum daily travel distance of 100km
FCH-1-6-2020: Demonstration of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for segments of the waterborne sector Use of LH2 as on-board storage in ships
- Develop on-board storage of LH2; min 1,5 tons capacity
- Must include integration into a ship (min 2 MW power), bunkering and prove scalability up to 20MW
- Operational period >12 months (including both winter and summer season) & minimum 3,000 operational hours
FCH-1-7-2020: Extending the use cases for FC trans through innovative designs and streamlined administrative framework Develop new FC-powered train designs
- Innovation prototype design to be tested (demonstrate TRL 7)
- Can address regional trains, shunting or main line locomotives
- Propose a normative framework for the placement on the market of trains using FCH propulsion
FCH-1-8-2020: Scale-up and demonstration of innovative hydrogen compressor technology for full-scale hydrogen refuelling station Scale up and demonstrate new compressor technology
- Upscale and integrate innovative compressor in HRS
- Demonstration in HRS >200kg/d H2, can be 100% with innovation or in a combination with conventional technology