(Karlsruhe) – The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) wants to comprehensively record and analyze possible partner countries for Germany in a future hydrogen economy in a new project “HyPat – Global H2 Potential Atlas”. In addition to the detailed survey of the global techno-economic potential and analysis of hydrogen chains including transport, the survey also includes the needs of the partner countries, the institute said.
The project consortium is also determining “the countries’ abilities to build capital and technology-intensive hydrogen production facilities.” According to the information, these include, among other things, governance structures, access to capital and geopolitical stability. In addition, it is about the opportunities for local value creation, and acceptance and stakeholder analyzes are carried out in parallel.
Overall picture of global offers and demands
The project team compares the resulting supply of hydrogen and synthesis products with the global demand of importing countries. This creates “an overall picture for the first time,” say the scientists. On this basis, policy recommendations would be made for the development of a sustainable import strategy for Germany.
The project management of the interdisciplinary consortium is the responsibility of a team led by Martin Wietschel from Fraunhofer ISI. The project partners are the Chair of Microeconomics at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster (WWU), the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy (IEG), the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), the German Institute for Development Policy (DIE), the Energy Systems Analysis Associates (ESA²) GmbH and the Institute for Transformative Sustainability Research (IASS). The German Energy Agency (Dena) and the Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH are also involved.
The project runs over a period of three years and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the “Hydrogen Republic of Germany” ideas competition. The results are expected to be available in spring 2024.
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