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Specific Challenge:The path towards a well-established hydrogen economy requires the deployment of sustainable FCH systems. Moreover, such an economy should contribute to the circularity concept. Furthermore, considering that the transition to such an economy will require significant investments, it is important that FCH projects are considered sustainable investments, as specific budgets and funds have been dedicated to investments classified as such. Although FCH technologies are already both explicitly and implicitly mentioned in the Taxonomy Technical Report on sustainable investments [85], the acceptance of FCH technologies as sustainable investment would greatly benefit from factual support.
Within this context, it is of paramount importance to screen and develop eco-efficient actions for the (re)design of FCH products (design for excellence, DfX). For instance, actions regarding the use of secondary raw materials in stack components that include critical raw materials should consider not only FCH products’ manufacture but also end-of-life (EoL), paying special attention to the quality of the recovered materials (PGMs, ionomer, carbon, etc.). Hence, a holistic ap...
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Specific Challenge:The path towards a well-established hydrogen economy requires the deployment of sustainable FCH systems. Moreover, such an economy should contribute to the circularity concept. Furthermore, considering that the transition to such an economy will require significant investments, it is important that FCH projects are considered sustainable investments, as specific budgets and funds have been dedicated to investments classified as such. Although FCH technologies are already both explicitly and implicitly mentioned in the Taxonomy Technical Report on sustainable investments [85], the acceptance of FCH technologies as sustainable investment would greatly benefit from factual support.
Within this context, it is of paramount importance to screen and develop eco-efficient actions for the (re)design of FCH products (design for excellence, DfX). For instance, actions regarding the use of secondary raw materials in stack components that include critical raw materials should consider not only FCH products’ manufacture but also end-of-life (EoL), paying special attention to the quality of the recovered materials (PGMs, ionomer, carbon, etc.). Hence, a holistic approach needs to be followed in order to propose, screen and prioritise actions that minimise the environmental impact of FCH products along their life cycle from the design phase until EoL, without jeopardising (but promoting) their economic feasibility.
This need for the thorough integration of environmental traits into the design of FCH products calls for the development of tailor-made eco-design guidelines, thereby filling the current gap for this type of reference documentation.
Furthermore, this topic addresses the challenge of generating a scientific basis that facilitates the future standardisation of the manufacture of key FCH products’ components, with emphasis on design solutions that allow an effective implementation of EoL technologies as well as an automatic and non-destructive disassembly of FCH products (design for recycling).
In this sense, according to the EU action plan for the circular economy [86], only high quality recycling can ensure the recovery of critical raw materials and it will be essential to improve the recyclability of electronic devices through product design.
[85] Prepared by the Technical Expert Group on sustainable finance in June 2019 (https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/sustainable-finance-teg-taxonomy_en)
[86] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52015DC0614&from=EN
Scope:The objective of this topic is to develop eco-design guidelines that include well-defined solutions for FCH products under the DfX paradigm, where X represents several features such as manufacture, assembly, cost, dismantling, recycling, reuse, etc. Projects proposed under this topic should take into consideration good practices and frameworks from more mature sectors (e.g. catalytic converters at the automotive industry, primary and secondary batteries etc.) as well as the outcomes of the project HyTechCycling (e.g. review on RCS and EoL technologies and strategies) [87].
The focus of this topic should be at least on two key FCH products (PEM fuel cells and electrolysers, alkaline water electrolysers, solid oxide fuel cells…). The integration of the environmental dimension into the design of these FCH products should pursue the minimisation of the current product’s environmental impacts (carbon footprint, energy footprint, abiotic depletion, human toxicity etc.) throughout its whole value chain, conceiving, appraising and prioritising potential actions for its enhancement.
The guidelines should focus on the identification of these actions for the target products, with advances in the product design methodology while integrating environmental aspects in such a way that they can be updated according to future progress in the field of life cycle assessment of FCH systems. The prioritised solutions should be feasible for wide implementation across EU in the medium term, thereby effectively contributing to the eco-design of FCH products. As an additional step within the well-established eco-design methodology, the impact reductions of the eco-designed FCH products should be appraised and benchmarked to check the suitability of the prioritised solutions. According to the focus on the product, the collaboration with industry stakeholders as well as the establishment of an Advisory Board is considered important to both retrieve a complete set of data and propose, screen and prioritise eco-design actions. Since the environmental results should be interpreted in combination with other aspects, especially economic indicators, the use of the standardised methodology of eco-efficiency assessment is recommended. Besides, the project approach should take into account the EU Taxonomy framework [88], as an integral part of sustainable economic development to support economic growth while reducing pressures on the environment and taking into account social and governance aspects.
For a reduced set of prioritised eco-design actions within the guidelines (at least one per FCH product addressed), it should be checked how the different actors involved could benefit from the eco-design process, including EoL recovery and recycling. It is expected that the consortium includes experts in the field of design of FCH products, eco-design, and industry actors relevant to the prioritised eco-design solutions.
The project should contribute towards the activities of Mission Innovation - Hydrogen Innovation Challenge. Cooperation with entities from Hydrogen Innovation Challenge member countries, which are neither EU Member States nor Horizon 2020 Associated countries, is encouraged (see chapter 3.3 for the list of countries eligible for funding, and point G. International Cooperation).
Cross-collaboration with the project to be funded under topic FCH-04-5-2020: Guidelines for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) of fuel cell and hydrogen systems should be sought especially on common approaches to sustainability issues and their impact on future eco-design of products. Furthermore, the extent to which eco-design actions would contribute to FCH products being more comprehensively included in the taxonomy on sustainable investments should be considered.
The FCH 2 JU considers that proposals requesting a contribution of EUR 1 million would allow the specific challenges to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected duration: 3 years.
[87] https://www.fch.europa.eu/page/cross-cutting#HYTECHCYCLING
[88] https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/sustainable-finance-teg-taxonomy_en
Expected Impact:The main outcome of the project should be the delivery of eco-design guidelines for FCH products (one eco-design guideline per involved FCH product, with a minimum of 2 guidelines).
Overall, the project should therefore contribute to:
The availability of eco-design guidelines not only for their straightforward use for the FCH products involved in the project, but also for their supporting use as reference documentation for subsequent protocols and/or standards;Developing FCH devices designed to allow their easy dismantling and disassembly;Reducing the use of the critical materials listed by the European Commission present in the FCH products involved in the project through substitution, otherwise by resorting to recycling strategies;Consolidating FCH products as sustainable energy solutions through increased circularity and sound eco-efficiency reporting of every eco-design action and solution addressed in the project. In this regard, cumulative cost and environmental reductions above 3% and 10% are targeted for the eco-designed products, with eco-efficiency improvements above 10%. The conditions related to this topic are provided in the chapter 3.3 of the FCH2 JU 2020 Annual Work Plan and in the General Annexes to the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018– 2020 which apply mutatis mutandis.
Cross-cutting Priorities:International cooperation
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Características del Proyecto
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Características de la financiación
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in Annex B and Annex C of the H2020 main Work Programme.
For some actions, an additional eligibility criterion has been introduced to limit the FCH 2 JU requested contribution mostly for actions performed at high TRL level, including demonstration in real operation environment and with important involvement from industrial stakeholders and/or end-users such as public authorities. Such actions are expected to leverage co-funding as commitment from stakeholders. It is of added value that such leverage is shown through the private investment in these specific topics. Therefore, proposals requesting contributions above the amounts specified per each topic below will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-4-2020: Standard Sized FC module for Heavy Duty applications
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 7.5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-5-2020: Demonst... 1. Eligible countries: described in Annex A of the H2020 main Work Programme.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon 2020 projects. See the information in the Online Manual.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in Annex B and Annex C of the H2020 main Work Programme.
For some actions, an additional eligibility criterion has been introduced to limit the FCH 2 JU requested contribution mostly for actions performed at high TRL level, including demonstration in real operation environment and with important involvement from industrial stakeholders and/or end-users such as public authorities. Such actions are expected to leverage co-funding as commitment from stakeholders. It is of added value that such leverage is shown through the private investment in these specific topics. Therefore, proposals requesting contributions above the amounts specified per each topic below will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-4-2020: Standard Sized FC module for Heavy Duty applications
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 7.5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-5-2020: Demonstration of FC Coaches for regional passenger transport
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-6-2020: Demonstration of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for segments of the waterborne sector
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 8 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-7-2020: Extending the use cases for FC trains through innovative designs and streamlined administrative framework
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 10 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-01-8-2020: Scale-up and demonstration of innovative hydrogen compressor technology for full-scale hydrogen refuelling station
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 3 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-5-2020: Underground storage of renewable hydrogen in depleted gas fields and other geological stores
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 2.5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-6-2020: Electrolyser module for offshore production of renewable hydrogen
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-7-2020: Cyclic testing of renewable hydrogen storage in a small salt cavern
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-8-2020: Demonstration of large-scale co-electrolysis for the Industrial Power-to-X market
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-02-9-2020: Fuel cell for prime power in data-centres
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 2.5 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
FCH-03-2-2020: Decarbonising islands using renewable energies and hydrogen - H2 Islands
The maximum FCH 2 JU contribution that may be requested is EUR 10 million. This is an eligibility criterion – proposals requesting FCH 2 JU contributions above this amount will not be evaluated.
Proposal page limits and layout: Please refer to Part B of the proposal template in the submission tool below.
3. Evaluation:
Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex H of the H2020 main Work Programme.
Submission and evaluation processes are described in the Online Manual.
4. Indicative time for evaluation and grant agreement:
Information on the outcome of evaluation: maximum 5 months from the deadline for submission.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 8 months from the deadline for submission.
5. Proposal templates, evaluation forms and model grant agreements (MGA):
FCH JU Research and Innovation Action (FCH-RIA)
Specific rules and funding rates
Proposal templates are available after entering the submission tool below.
Standard evaluation form
FCH JU MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
H2020 Annotated Grant Agreement
FCH JU Innovation Action (FCH-IA)
Specific rules and funding rates
Proposal templates are available after entering the submission tool below.
Standard evaluation form
FCH JU MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
H2020 Annotated Grant Agreement
FCH JU Coordination and Support Action (FCH-CSA)
Specific rules and funding rates
Proposal templates are available after entering the submission tool below.
Standard evaluation form
FCH JU MGA - Multi-Beneficiary
H2020 Annotated Grant Agreement
6. Additional requirements:
Horizon 2020 budget flexibility
Classified information
Technology readiness levels (TRL)
Financial support to Third Parties
Other conditions: For all actions of the call, the FCH 2 JU will activate the option for EU grants indicated under Article 30.3 of the Model Grant Agreement, regarding the FCH 2 JU’s right to object to transfers or licensing of results.
Members of consortium are required to conclude a consortium agreement, in principle prior to the signature of the grant agreement.
7. Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 actions.
Where relevant, proposals should also provide information on how the participants will manage the research data generated and/or collected during the project, such as details on what types of data the project will generate, whether and how this data will be exploited or made accessible for verification and re-use, and how it will be curated and preserved.
Open access to research data
The Open Research Data Pilot has been extended to cover all Horizon 2020 topics for which the submission is opened on 26 July 2016 or later. Projects funded under this topic will therefore by default provide open access to the research data they generate, except if they decide to opt-out under the conditions described in Annex L of the H2020 main Work Programme. Projects can opt-out at any stage, that is both before and after the grant signature.
Note that the evaluation phase proposals will not be evaluated more favourably because they plan to open or share their data, and will not be penalised for opting out.
Open research data sharing applies to the data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications. Additionally, projects can choose to make other data available open access and need to describe their approach in a Data Management Plan.
Projects need to create a Data Management Plan (DMP), except if they opt-out of making their research data open access. A first version of the DMP must be provided as an early deliverable within six months of the project and should be updated during the project as appropriate. The Commission already provides guidance documents, including a template for DMPs. See the Online Manual.
Eligibility of costs: costs related to data management and data sharing are eligible for reimbursement during the project duration.
The legal requirements for projects participating in this pilot are in the article 29.3 of the Model Grant Agreement.
8. Additional documents
FCH JU Work Plan
FCH2 JU Multi Annual Work Plan and its addendum
FCH2 JU – Regulation of establishment
H2020 Regulation of Establishment
H2020 Rules for Participation
H2020 Specific Programme
Información adicional de la convocatoria
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