Impct of Activities on FCH Technologies nd Policy Development for NERGHY Grouping Deborh Jones Centre Ntionl de l Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, Frnce 1
Europen Community in FCH technologies Europen FCH reserch community is exceptionlly wellstructured, result of efforts in previous FPs s well s ntionlly FP6 NoEs FP6 FCH TP FP6 Coordintion FP6 Integrted Projects Action NOW HYSPAC Supergen Virtul Competence Centres in FCH R&D Competence, cpcity, cpbility, continuity Plurinnulity of FPs nd progrmme vision in FCH JU re key Virtul competence centres in Europen FCH R&D 2
RG-IG collbortion leding to competitive Europe in FCH technologies Joint efforts between IG nd RG members to forwrd Europen FCH technologies to commercilistion re centrl nd crucil. Most effectively: Cler nd detiled industril guidnce chllenges clerly defined Complementry cpbilities, no overlp or gps Knowledge gps nd bottlenecks require RG reserch Current position of FCH technologies is legcy of high level R&D (RG, IG) - two exmples where reserch prtners hve pivotl role 3
Demonstrtion project exmple of RG-IG collbortion: ene.field prtners > 25%, led role in 3 of 6 WPs prtners' contributions to dt collection, nlysis nd developing commercilistion pthwys for fuel cell µ-chp, producing reports bsed on their findings, re key to delivering ene.field project objectives 4
Improved membrnes Collbortive reserch project exmples of RG-IG collbortion: utomotive trnsport From lb to production 2011 Development of mechniclly robust membrnes by reserch Vlidtion in ccelerted geing short-stck testing by industry 2 reserch (coord) 2 industry 9 industry 3 reserch (coord) 1 industry 9 reserch (coord) 2015 Optimise existing fuel cell component detil designs to chieve 2.5 A/cm 2 t 0.6 V Develop volume mnufcturing cpbility nd in-process qulity controls 90 kw utomotive stck Jointly developed stck pltform specifictions Hrmonised test formt Vlidted new components undergoing scle-up Automotive stck with plnned specs chieving progrmme trgets Europen utomotive stck product 5 industry (coord) 1 reserch 5
Fuel Cells nd Hydrogen the time is now 6
Improvement of AWP Preprtion RG inititive to stremline/ structure the FCH JU prioritistion process - AWP nd MAWP revision Fuel Cells for Rod vehicles propulsion (Pssenger crs, buses, vns, two wheelers) 1) Strt by greeing on Key Chllenges Mterils Volume Cost Mnufcturing Mterils Durbility Dynmics Fuel Qulity RCS Public Acceptnce 2) Which KPI must be met to become competitive, when? 3) Which Topics re required in cll to rech those KPIs? Bi p ol r Pl G D L s C t l y s t M e m b r n e C t l y s t G D L s Bi p ol r Pl New mterils nd designs for utomotive PEMFCs Dignostics nd Prognostics of Automotive PEMFCs Exemplified for R&D ctivities on "Next genertion FC components" "Tools to identify Stte of Helth" - remining lifetime, mitigtion 7
Intensifying RG-IG collbortion Better lignment of RG efforts with industry needs Fcilitte pursuit of successful project outcomes dvncing to higher TRLs for more "lb to product" Industry Fundmentl understnding Mterils, components development Field tests nd demonstrtion Cost reduction nd increse of lifetime, innovtive reserch Demonstrtion nd commercil brekthrough Stndrdistion, LCA, trining, teching, next genertions Increse focus in AWP topics commensurte with the urgency in reching progrmme trgets 8
Lower TRL reserch is crucil for next genertion FC technology Shift towrds higher TRL nd more demo ctivities in FCH 2 JU The current genertion of FCH technologies is not the finl nswer - costly Toyot continues reserch on new fuel cell ctlyst concepts despite its Miri Pt/Ctlyst issues PEMFC relince on Pt ctlysts: cost, resource limits Ctlyst concepts to increse Pt utilistion (g/kw) core shell, de-lloy, non-pgm Better relising the intrinsic kinetic benefits of novel ctlysts in ctlyst lyer design Lower TRL reserch still required for competitive Europen FCH technology would be identifible with intermedite KPIs Gthering ll focussed reserch on FCH technologies, under the FCH 2 JU, provides the gretest opportunities for synergy 9
Cross-cutting Impcts of Activities results provide support to policy decisions COP21 Unique fcilities nd pltforms: from lrge science fcilities nd unique test pltforms, to pilot lines nd simultion support to SMEs Incresing involvement of EU12 countries in FCH 2 JU Sfety, eduction nd trining, role of hydrogen in overll energy mix, climte chnge, public informtion 10
Conclusions RG is structured, well-identified community ssembling world level competence RG is supporting nd fcilitting IG in reching H2020 trgets nd succeeding in trnsition to commercilistion. There is overll greter cpcity nd potentil of the RG contribution thn is being used currently by IG t lower, intermedite nd higher TRLs for next genertion lower cost FCH technology is essentil to void technology stgntion, with loss of impct nd competitiveness Improved coordintion with ntionl progrmmes is required to dd vlue nd void dupliction 11
Finl Remrks RG-IG tskforces re coordinted pproch towrds optimistion of JU funding nd pltform usge Intermedite technicl milestones (KPIs) would fcilitte project nd progrmme monitoring Feedbck from demonstrtion projects cn be improved: feed technicl issues into reserch topics Linking potentil brekthrough discoveries from other res or progrmmes (FET, grphene flgship) to industry will reinforce competitivity Incresed prioritistion nd focus re required to push Europen FCH technology to commercil rediness Joint rodmp nd involvement of public reserch in technologicl mrket introduction, product improvement, codes nd stndrds definition, qulity ssessment 12