Sector-coupling is a promising approach to replace fossil fuels with renewables. However, this idea of “electrifying” the entire economy requires the rollout of new technologies and rules. The HyEfRe project helps with this by establishing green hydrogen ecosystems in eight regions. The partners foster an investment-friendly environment for renewable energy and green hydrogen technologies. They evaluate hydrogen potentials with a new model and develop and test a new tool to calculate ideal parameters for technical plants. Their action plan for policy actors will reduce regulatory barriers impeding a timely expansion of renewables and green hydrogen.

 

General Project Information:

Project website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/hyefre/

Program: Interreg Central Europe

Project name: Hydrogen integration for efficient renewable energy systems

Project acronym: HyEfRe

Project ID: CE0200523

Program priority: Cooperating for a greener central Europe.

Specific objective under program priority: Supporting the energy transition to a climate-neutral central Europe.

Project type: Classic project

Project duration: 30 months

Project start date: June 1, 2024

Total project budget: 2.355.053,50 € (ERDF co-funding: 1.884.042,79 €)

Indicative KSSENA budget: 185.815,00 €

Partnership: 11 project partners from 8 European countries

Lead Partner: Landshut University of Applied Sciences  - TZE (DE)

Project partners:

• Mazovia Energy Agency - MAE (PL)
• Regional Development Agency of South Bohemia - RERA (CZ)
• Energieninstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz - EI-JKU (AT)
• University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing - UNIZGFER (HR)
• Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar - EIHP (HR)
• HyFuture GmbH - HyFuture (DE)
• Energy Agency of Savinjska, Šaleška and Koroška Region - KSSENA (SI)
• South-Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency - STRIA (HU)
• Deggendorf Institute of Technology THD (DE)
• WeEurope Srl SB - WeE (IT)

Acknowledgement of the Programme Support: As an Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Region Programme project, HyEfRE is co-funded by the European Union.