HyRAIL made an assessment of the state of the art of technologies available and R&D activities and projects on hydrogen and fuel cell, drawing possible scenarios of transport system and energy supply related to railways.
HyRAIL made an assessment of the state of the art of technologies available and R&D activities and projects on hydrogen and fuel cell, drawing possible scenarios of transport system and energy supply related to railways. Gaps and technological innovations were identified and proposal put forward to solve fragmentation and to remove bottlenecks. HyRAIL provided a “vision” and drew a position paper for its implementation in European Railways for the medium long term.
Areas of business and sustainable
use of energy and resources were investigated.Particular attention was paid to identify user’s needs and industrial suppliers, especially for SME,
as well as cost and benefits, energetic and environmental issues were taken into account.
The results of discussions would strengthen and update the vision, the deployment strategy (DS) and the strategic research agenda (SRA) of EU Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Platform (HFP), as basis for further projects to be set up as response to next call series of FP7.
The final goal is to strengthen European Rail actor’s collaboration, rendering it more effective as well as corresponding to their major interests, showing in conclusion possible applicability areas of hydrogen in railway sector.
Enno Wiebe, Manager for Research Programmes and Projects
