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16 Spring 2017 European Energy Innovation

FUEL CELLS

FCHJU Stakeholder Forum 2016, MOU signature ceremony.
Front row: FCHJU Executive Director Bart Biebuck & COR President Markku Markkula

Similarly the H2FUTURE project programmes for green technologies
will build and demonstrate a 6MW including programmes for fuel cells and
electrolysis power plant in Austria that hydrogen. With the FCH JU, Europe is
will be prequalified to provide grid- already ahead of the game.
balancing services. The demonstration
will access low-cost power to generate The PPP is also reaching out to European
hydrogen economically for use in regions and cities, which are increasingly
steel-making processes, and also acknowledging the unique potential of
attract additional revenues from grid this innovative technology. Participants
balancing services. The project should are working together to reinforce
lead to rapid deployment of this synergies and collaborations to facilitate
technology in the steel, fertilizer and and accelerate market introduction.
other process industries requiring ‘low-
carbon’ hydrogen streams. To find out more about the activities of
the FCH JU please visit our website at
GLOBAL AND LOCAL http://www.fch.europa.eu.
Fuel cells and the hydrogen economy
are gaining greater recognition in During 2017, amongst many other
the frame of the global discussion on events, FCH JU will organise, together
Climate Change policy, in particular with its transport projects, a major
at the recent COP22 meeting in conference on Transport and Fuel Cells
Marrakech. With the ratification of in September; and its 10th annual
the Paris Agreement governments all Stakeholder Forum will take place in
over the world are setting up research November. ●

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