What are we doing in LIHYP?
Objective
In Work Package 1, our focus is on establishing and implementing the NSR Hydrogen Triple Helix Platform – a dynamic marketplace for 2,000 associates. This platform serves as a hub for contact, information sharing, and collaborative planning, supporting members in informed decision-making for hydrogen applications.
Communication Objectives and Target Audience
Committed stakeholders utilize the platform for their plans and activities, guided by data on hydrogen production, demand, supply, and usage. The goal is to expand regional networks across the NSR, initiating knowledge transfer and collaborative activities, and fostering bilateral communications.
Key Activities
Our strategic approach involves developing a user-friendly digital platform through agile methods, incorporating features like interactive web maps and a hybrid application. An expert advisory committee contributes to prioritizing and rating features.
We create the database structure and platform architecture, implementing optimization through agile sprints. Datasets from around 250 projects are collected, including project details and hydrogen-related information. Stakeholders are identified, and their know-how is integrated into the platform, bridging project activities.
Our analysis extends to optimizing pilot value chains by assessing implementation possibilities using platform data. Stakeholder user analysis informs external communication enhancements, addressing features and overall platform perception through technical analysis and surveys.
A dedicated communication campaign is launched through various channels, raising awareness of the platform's capabilities as a solution provider. NSR stakeholder involvement is facilitated through hydrogen stakeholder events, fostering connections, and enabling cross-border hydrogen value chains.
Objective
In Work Package 2, we focus on H2 Demonstrators to showcase and develop solutions, demonstrating the feasibility and acceleration of hydrogen use. Our aim is to provide practical insights into local system integration, generate essential data, and present innovative logistic concepts.
Communication Objectives and Target Audience
The primary audience for this initiative includes external governmental and business partners as potential platform members. By engaging with LIHYP demonstrators, they can learn and adopt tested hydrogen solutions, contributing to the acceleration of market adoption.
Key Features
We plan to establish five H2 local demonstrators, each playing a pivotal role in leading to the development of regional hydrogen value chains. These pilots serve as practical examples, generating a wealth of technical, economic, and legislative knowledge specific to regional value chains. This valuable data and insights will not only inform an interregional database but also play a crucial role in shaping and supporting regional roadmaps. Additionally, it will contribute to the development of a comprehensive North Sea Region (NSR) roadmap for regional hydrogen value chains. This holistic approach ensures that the knowledge gained is utilized at both the local and regional levels, fostering innovation and sustainable hydrogen integration.
Objective
In Work Package 3, our focus is on harmonizing regulations to fulfill Fit-for-55 targets and maximize the impact of LIHYP beyond the consortium. We strive to identify and address regulatory barriers hindering the implementation of a cross-border clean hydrogen economy, fostering awareness and harmonization. This includes the comprehensive consideration of "fit for purpose hydrogen" and "demand-supply planning of hydrogen" until 2030.
Communication Objectives and Target Audience
Our communication activities target decision-makers in the North Sea Region, engaging national energy agencies, ministries, and branch organizations. This broader engagement aims to establish new cross-border hydrogen value chains, providing solutions and recommendations at both national and EU policy levels. Work Package 3 activities support LIHYP pilots, contribute to WP1 platform, and shape WP4 Roadmaps.
Key Activities
Thoroughly mapping frameworks and regulations, we align them with the platform, roadmaps, and pilots, informing a publication on cross-border green hydrogen value chains. We analyze LIHYP pilots for regulatory gaps, considering certification, standardization, safety, and Fit-for-55 target policies.
Researching conditions for aligning certifications and standards, we ensure the guaranteed origin of green hydrogen. Roundtable discussions contribute to a comprehensive report. Organizing roundtables mid-project and at the end, we engage stakeholders to provide solutions and recommendations for national and EU policy levels.
Consolidating pilot and platform findings, we identify governments' roles in supporting hydrogen implementation, resulting in coherent recommendations for industries, infrastructure, and NSR hydrogen supply. Supporting pilot actions and regions from legal perspectives, we disseminate lessons learned. Ensuring coherence with regulatory frameworks, we transform learnings into a strategic plan, actively contributing to LIHYP objectives.
Objective
In Work Package 4, we craft a Hydrogen roadmap for the North Sea Region (NSR) until 2030. Drawing insights from bottom-up platform data and LIHYP pilot regions, this roadmap serves to elevate awareness of Fit4-55 targets, offering decision support for stakeholders.
Communication Objectives and Target Audience
Our aim is to inform policymakers and SMEs, guiding them on optimizing hydrogen tools and policy instruments to align with Fit-for-55 hydrogen goals. This outreach targets regional and national stakeholders involved in NSR hydrogen development.
Key Activities
We conduct comprehensive studies, interviews, and questionnaires to collect regional and national hydrogen goals, ambitions, and strategies. Collaborating with WP partners, we consolidate this information into a top-down roadmap report for the NSR, including regional chapters.
Platform data on H2 supply and demand is sorted and enriched from WP1, transforming it into a detailed bottom-up roadmap for the NSR. This enables in-depth analysis and monitoring of hydrogen development.
Insights from pilot actions (WP2) and regulatory assessments (WP3) are compiled into yearly reports, offering valuable input into regional roadmaps. A dynamic LIHYP interregional roadmap is developed, updated three times during the project.
Interviews assess policy effectiveness, and stakeholder input is integrated through advisory group sessions twice a year. Engaging in discussion and feedback sessions, we organize a roadshow with five sessions and actively participate in at least 10 regional, national, and EU Hydrogen events.
Disseminating roadmaps and recommendations is a collaborative effort across all WPs during the final conference. Work Package 4 actively shapes the hydrogen landscape in the NSR, ensuring informed progress toward Fit-for-55 targets.