Abstract
In Scandinavia most activities within hydrogen for
transport is coordinated in the Scandinavian Hydrogen
Highway Partnership (SHHP) which is constituted by
national hydrogen transport network bodies in Norway
(HyNor), Denmark (Hydrogen Link) and Sweden (Hydrogen
Sweden). SHHP works towards establishing an early
infrastructure of hydrogen filling stations by 2015 that
enables driving hydrogen fuelled vehicles in Scandinavia.
In Iceland, Icelandic New Energy (INE) has been the key
player functioning mostly as an enabler for the hydrogen
technology, i.e. providing infrastructure with partners,
demonstrating vehicles and coordinating most of RD & D
activities connected to hydrogen. In Finland, the key
players in the field of hydrogen and fuel cells R&D are
Tekes, VTT and the Fuel Cell Finland Industry Group, with
activities so far mainly in research, development and
societal studies.
The main hypothesis of this report is that the success of
advancing hydrogen for transport and of realizing the
SHHP goals is manly depending on securing an effective
user-driven colorant triple helix innovation process
between industry, academic and governments on multiple
levels in terms of actors from local, regional, national
and international level, thus demanding cross-border
collaboration. For the purpose, the project partners
compiled a list of relevant actors throughout the Nordic
countries, carried out meetings with and visits to
interested actors, co-organised three networking
conferences (in Iceland, Finland and Norway), presented
the project in the context of relevant seminars and
exhibitions, distributed a targeted invitation leaflet to
key network actors, assessed the collaboration
possibilities between SHHP, Iceland and Finland, and also
contributed to the initiation of relevant R/D/D projects
by putting relevant actors together. This enabled a
successful Scandinavian application for an EU-supported
lighthouse demonstration project.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Oslo |
Publisher | Nordic Innovation |
Number of pages | 51 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
MoE publication type | D4 Published development or research report or study |
Keywords
- Hydrogen economy
- hydrogen
- fuel cells
- innovation network
- Nordic collaboration
- early markets
- demonstration