Overview on the European Research and Innovation in the Hydrogen sector: best practices and priorities
Dokuz Eylül University’s Continuing Education Center (DESEM)
Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 Alsancak, İZMİR, Izmir
IHTEC-2025 will serve as a forum for the exchange of technical knowledge, the dissemination of high-quality research, and the presentation of new policies and scientific advancements in the field of hydrogen energy. The congress will cover a broad range of topics related to the hydrogen ecosystem, including production, storage, distribution, utilization, safety, and policy. We warmly welcome participation from both academia and industry, and we hope that the conference will foster effective and fruitful discussions and collaborations among participants from various disciplines, institutions, and sectors worldwide.
Abstract of Luigi Crema’s talk Overview on the European Research and Innovation in the Hydrogen sector: best practices and priorities
The European Commission is strongly supporting the hydrogen sector with several instruments to promote industrialization and market creation (e.g., Net Zero Industrial Act, European Hydrogen Bank, Renewable Energy Directives II and III, Hydrogen and Decarbonized Gas Package, Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation). Indeed, the growth of the hydrogen sector in Europe is originated from the long-lasting support to a strong research and innovation programme supported through the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking 1 and 2 and from the Clean Hydrogen Partnership inside Horizon Europe. R&I priorities entered the several multi annual work programmes and the ongoing Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, promoting the research inside priority areas, the increase of EU competitiveness and scaling up of technologies along the hydrogen value chain. As of today, the hydrogen sector is developing supported by international policies and by an increasing interest of private actors as well as of investment funds. Indeed, a relevant part of the game will be played by research and innovation policies and by the support to future technologies that can reduce manufacturing costs and increase performance as well as reducing critical raw materials that could become a bottleneck for the scaling up of the sector. Hydrogen Europe Research has identified several priorities of research that deserves an additional support and motivate the continuation of the research programmes in Europe supporting the growth of the hydrogen sector and the maturation of the technologies.