Starting from the R&D/Roadmapping experiences (CEA, HySA, STRATH, IRESEN) and tools (JULICH, ARTELYS, IME, UNIGE) of consortium partners as well as the wide network of stakeholders at AU-EU level (thanks to AHP-HYDROGEN EUROPE relevant support), JUST-GREEN AFRH2ICA aims to develop a GREEN HYDROGEN JUST TRANSITION ROADMAP (based on the analysis of different AU green H2 scenarios analysed at socio-economic-technical level as well as inspired by EU Hydrogen and Just Transition Programmes) also to drive the deployment of future investment and policies in a synergic way between EU-AU. To do so, JUST-GREEN AFRH2ICA will fully involve AU-EU stakeholders also engaging them in a training/capacity building programme (promoted by an UNESCO Chair initiative lead by UNIGE) and stimulating innovation/market opportunities thanks to an open-innovation matchmaking platform (STAM). JUST GREEN AFRH2ICA aims to develop a GREEN HYDROGEN JUST TRANSITION ROADMAP that would make AU-EU transition pathways to H2 synergic, sustainable (from environmental and social point of view) and avoiding any “new EU hydrogen colonization” of Africa, but promoting a mutual benefit collaboration of the two continents towards the development of independent and collaborative H2 economies, R&D ecosystem and value chains. JUST GREN AFRH2ICA aims indeed to be the “stepping stone” of a collaborative H2 roadmap that, based on the analysis of different AU green H2 scenarios analysed at socio-economic-technical level via partners’ tools (also assessing local resources – RES and water mainly as key for green H2 production) , will also drive future investment and policies as well as the setup of local manufacturing lines. Project final outcome will be a set of 2030-2040-2050 AU roadmaps that, duly aligned with EU ones, will pave the ground to the two continents’ hydrogen transition with a key common aspect: sustainability from an environmental and social point of view to guarantee a Green Hydrogen Just Transition.
Project Webpage:https://just-green-afrh2ica.eu/
Partners: UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA (Coordinator) (Italy); STAM SRL (Italy); BLUENERGY REVOLUTION SCRL (Third-party) (Italy); COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (France); IMDEA Energy Institute (Spain); NOORDWES-UNIVERSITEIT (South Africa); AFRICAN HYDROGEN PARTNERSHIP (Mauritius); INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES EN ENERGIE SOLAIRE ET ENERGIES NOUVELLES (Morocco); STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY (Kenya); FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH (Germany); ARTELYS (France)
Funding Institution/Program: HORIZON 2.5.- Climate, Energy and Mobility
Call: HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-1
Type of action: CSA- Coordination and support action
Period: 01/02/2023 – 31/01/2025
IMDEA Energy Institute external funding: 109.850,00 €
Principal Investigator: Javier Dufour
