PRHyUS

Many regions across Europe are developing hydrogen related strategies, but at the same time local industries and stakeholders have not found the conditions to make hydrogen a sustainable business for their production processes and infrastructure. Most of these regions are highly dependent on fossil fuels and their industrial sector is one of the main economic drivers and contributors to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Significant investments have already been made in the renewable hydrogen sectors, offering an integrated solution to meet the goals of a greener and more sustainable Europe. The challenge now lies in bolstering hydrogen demand for and use of hydrogen in different sectors to improve the deployment mechanisms, encourage wider uptake of hydrogen and overcome industrial sector boundaries. PRHyUS aims to advance regional policy frameworks in Europe to support hydrogen demand, investment and use across different sectors and to facilitate the widespread deployment adoption of renewable hydrogen technologies. The project will contribute to the EU's goals of a “Greener Europe'' by facilitating greater knowledge of hydrogen technologies and seeking to contribute to a significant reduction in GHG emissions. In order to advance regional policy frameworks in Europe the PRHyUS consortium brings together policy and technical partners from: Italy (Regione Campania LP, Fondazione Enrico Mattei), Germany (Development Agency Region Heide), Poland (Association of Municipalities Polish Network), Belgium (Free University of Brussels), Bosnia and Herzegovina (City of Gradiska), France (Tenerrdis Energy Cluster), Serbia (Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade) and Romania (Regional Development Agency Centru). Drawing on their different experiences and areas of competence (public authorities, education and research institutions, clusters, NGOs), they will jointly improve 7 policy instruments to accelerate industrial decarbonisation and enhance renewable energy use through hydrogen.