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Specific Challenge:It is estimated that 1.2 billion people will be without electricity access globally by 2025. A further 1 billion people are connected to unstable networks and are regularly exposed to power outages. It may thus be considered that 2.4 billion people (i.e. around 35% of the global population) are “under electrified”.
When the connection of a major distribution network to the transport network is not a feasible option from a technical and economic perspective, onsite energy is generated off-grid.
Islands are particularly concerned by this type of situation. Indeed, electricity generation there is guaranteed by diesel generating units, despite their high production costs and pollutant emissions simply due to the absence of simple and feasible alternatives.
This is a significant market, part of which is represented by installed diesel production capacity of 600GW, whose half is installed on off-grid sites.
Hydrogen is envisioned as a potential solution for completely off-grid remote areas in Europe (e.g. villages, alpine refuges, etc.). These locations cannot be isolated of the global hydrogen development due to thei...
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Specific Challenge:It is estimated that 1.2 billion people will be without electricity access globally by 2025. A further 1 billion people are connected to unstable networks and are regularly exposed to power outages. It may thus be considered that 2.4 billion people (i.e. around 35% of the global population) are “under electrified”.
When the connection of a major distribution network to the transport network is not a feasible option from a technical and economic perspective, onsite energy is generated off-grid.
Islands are particularly concerned by this type of situation. Indeed, electricity generation there is guaranteed by diesel generating units, despite their high production costs and pollutant emissions simply due to the absence of simple and feasible alternatives.
This is a significant market, part of which is represented by installed diesel production capacity of 600GW, whose half is installed on off-grid sites.
Hydrogen is envisioned as a potential solution for completely off-grid remote areas in Europe (e.g. villages, alpine refuges, etc.). These locations cannot be isolated of the global hydrogen development due to their off-grid characteristic and need to be part of the hydrogen technologies development coupled to renewable systems taking into account their intrinsic characteristics, applications and business case scenarios. The potential use of the hydrogen produced is varied, such as mobility applications, industrial use, stationary heat, large back-up systems, telecommunications, etc. and it increases the potential access to hydrogen technologies to these areas.
The newly proposed solution of off-grid electrolysers can pave the way to efficient hydrogen production systems optimized for a given region. Indigenous off-grid hydrogen generation may occur at highly distributed level close to the point of use (e.g. dc-dc PV-electrolyser systems). It could be used also as an energy system able to assure the energy independence of small locations in a municipal area or industry park, relying as much as possible on renewable sources locally available.
Current electrolysers must be improved in order to match the operation conditions linked to an off-grid and stand-alone scenario (dynamic operation, unpredictability of operation profiles, high robustness and reliability, low maintenance, etc.). Electrolyser manufacturers still need to improve some systems of the technology in order to work at variable load profiles efficiently, high efficiency at broad operating range and cost competitiveness. Proper design of these electrolysers in the range of 50-100 kW for off-grid applications must focus on developments at stack level, power electronics and balance of plant components and system engineering.
Scope:Proposals must address the following objectives:
Development of off-grid electrolysers (alkaline or PEM technology) optimized at component and system levels, supplied by renewable energy sources - RE (e.g. solar PV and small wind energy), achieving MAWP 2017 target for electrolyser systems of 6M€/tpd capacity, high efficiency consistent with MAWP targets (<55kWh/kg by 2017 for electrolyser systems), high annual hydrogen yield and capacity factor with respect to the RE considering the constraints of dynamic operation Development of power conversion and balance-of-plant hardware adapted to operate electrolysers in variable power mode, necessary for the off-grid system to perform efficiently, taking into account system topology (DC-DC, AC-DC, etc.) and grid constraints Development of a control system with the capability of smart integration in off-grid installations and RE generation forecasting In-field testing in relevant environment (TRL 6) is required (relevant environment is understood as existing renewable systems in off-grid conditions – e.g. PV system, small wind energy - in the range of 50-100 kW) for at least 6 months Proposals could address the additional following objectives:
Developments at stack level in order to operate properly the electrolyser in a broad operation load profiles taking into account each installation and at high dynamic operation System engineering in order to decrease the maintenance costs and frequency and increase reliability, robustness and lifetime Identification of eventual RCS barriers between the technology and the business cases identified Potential uses of hydrogen should be explored
Expected Impact: Electrolyser efficiency consistent with MAWP targets by 2017 for electrolyser systems (<55kWh/kg), when converted from solar or wind power to hydrogen (with respect to Lower Heating Value - LHV) Design to integrate solar and/or wind resources Address business cases and applications where the specific off grid approach may have a significant impact As reported in the MAWP, target KPIs on cost per nominal power for alkaline and PEM electrolysers will be considered
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Características de la financiación
TRL start: 4
TRL end: 6
To be eligible for participation a consortium must contain at least one constituent entity of the Industry or Research Grouping.
Indicative funding: The FCH 2 JU considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of EUR 2.5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Number of projects: A maximum of 1 project may be funded under this topic,
Expected duration: 3 years
Type of action: Research and Innovation Action
The conditions related to this topic are provided in the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015 and its General Annexes.
Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application.
The budget breakdown for this call is given in the call conditions section of the work programme.
List of countries and applicable rules for funding: described in part A of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015.
Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in part B and C of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015.
Evaluation
3.1 Evaluation criteria and procedure, scoring and threshold: described in part F of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015.
3.2 FCH2 Guide for applicants on submission and evaluation
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TRL start: 4
TRL end: 6
To be eligible for participation a consortium must contain at least one constituent entity of the Industry or Research Grouping.
Indicative funding: The FCH 2 JU considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of EUR 2.5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Number of projects: A maximum of 1 project may be funded under this topic,
Expected duration: 3 years
Type of action: Research and Innovation Action
The conditions related to this topic are provided in the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015 and its General Annexes.
Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application.
The budget breakdown for this call is given in the call conditions section of the work programme.
List of countries and applicable rules for funding: described in part A of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015.
Eligibility and admissibility conditions: described in part B and C of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015.
Evaluation
3.1 Evaluation criteria and procedure, scoring and threshold: described in part F of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015.
3.2 FCH2 Guide for applicants on submission and evaluation
Proposal page limits and layout: Please refer to Part B of the standard proposal template.
Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement:
Information on the outcome of evaluation: maximum 5 months from the call deadline.
Signature of grant agreements: maximum 8 months from the call deadline.
Provisions, proposal templates and evaluation forms for the type of action under this topic:
FCH2 Research and Innovation Action (FCH2-RIA)
Specific provisions and funding rates
Standard proposal template
Standard evaluation form
FCH2 Model Grant Agreement
H2020 Annotated Grant Agreement
Additional provisions:
FCH2 JU budget flexibility
Technology readiness levels (TRL): described in part E of the General Annexes of the FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015.
Open access must be granted to all scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 (including FCH2 JU) actions, and proposals must refer to measures envisaged. 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.
FCH2 JU additional documents
FCH2 JU Work Plan 2015 - call description
FCH2 JU Multi Annual Work Plan
FCH2 JU Regulation of establishment
Información adicional de la convocatoria
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