Below you may find a selection of some of our most important projects.
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HI2 – Hydrogen Industrial Inland Valley AustriaTimeframe: 01/2025 – 12/2030 Funding programme: Horizon Europe – Clean Hydrogen Partnership (Grant Agreement No 101192356) |
The HI2 Valley project will establish a large-scale renewable hydrogen (H2) economy in the Austrian industrial regions of Upper Austria, Styria and Carinthia, directly contributing to the goals outlined in the European Green Deal, REPower EU and Hydrogen Strategy. The project will achieve this by decarbonising key sectors through H2, drastically reducing emissions in the steel, chemical, and cement industries as well as in energy and mobility via displacement of fossil fuels – including reducing the reliance on natural gas which Austria overwhelmingly imports from Russia. With 13,000 tons of green hydrogen being needed in the regions by 2028, over 10,000 tpy of green hydrogen will be produced within this HI2 Valley. By introducing strategically placed, decentralised H2 production facilities, the project will strengthen the country's energy resilience and flexibility and create a robust domestic market for green H2. The HI2 Valley will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between Southern and Eastern European hydrogen supply corridors. Being embedded on the European Hydrogen Backbone and TEN-T network and future pipeline connections (PCIs) with Southern Europe and North Africa, the HI2 Valley will seamlessly connect Austria's multi-user H2 ecosystem with neighbouring countries like Germany, Italy and Slovakia, fostering a truly interconnected Central European hydrogen network. This role model helps to secure industrial jobs, and through standardisation and integration brings costs of hydrogen down, creating a green industrial future for Europe. Going beyond its immediate neighbours, the HI2 Valley will also foster knowledge sharing and wider adoption of green hydrogen through the active collaboration with five other emerging Hydrogen Valleys in Eastern Europe in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Latvia and the Czech Republic. More information is available at: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101192356 |
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GRENDEL – Green and Efficient Danube FleetTimeframe: 06/2018 – 11/2020 Funding programme: Interreg Danube Transnational Programme |
The project aimed to support the Danube vessels operators and their public counterparts in ecological and economic modernisation of the inland navigation sector and in definition and deployment of necessary transition measures. Dedicated activities raised the awareness of the Danube fleet operators & sector concerning the impact of new regulations, advanced technologies which reduce air pollutants & energy consumption of inland vessels as well as improved transport & logistics management processes making use of digitalisation. On the other side, GRENDEL supported ministries and public authorities in elaborating public support measures (State Aid schemes) based on investment priorities of relevant Danube inland waterway fleet operators.
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DANTE - Improving Administrative Procedures and Processes for Danube IWTTimeframe: 01/2017 – 06/2019 Funding programme: Interreg Danube Transnational Programme |
DANTE aimed at identifying and eliminating the administrative barriers for inland waterway transport (IWT) on the Danube & its navigable tributaries as a joint initiative of the private sector and the national public authorities responsible for these barriers. The project partners developed good practices and guidelines for effective administration of IWT activities in relation to the identified barriers. The proposed solutions were discussed with the responsible authorities at national and transnational working tables. This approach delivered quick solutions and facilitated a wide harmonisation of procedures and processes along the Danube river. One key element for the successful project implementation was the development of a transnational IWT barrier reporting tool for collecting user experiences. The DANTE project was co-funded by European Union Funds (ERDF, IPA) under the Danube Transnational Programme and will run for 30 months (January 2017 – June 2019). It was implemented by a transnational consortium of 16 co-funded organisations and 12 associated strategic partners (public authorities, consulting companies, universities and NGOs) from 10 European countries. The project had a total budget of 1.982.786,00 Euro, out of which ERDF contribution amounts 1.650.134,75 Euro & IPA contribution amounts 35.233,35 Euro.
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DAPhNE - Danube Ports NetworkTimeframe: 01/2017 – 06/2019 Funding programme: Interreg Danube Transnational Programme |
DAPhNE aimed to facilitate a balanced development of Danube Ports as eco-friendly, well accessible multimodal hubs for the transport system of the region and to turn Danube Ports into buzzing economic centres functioning as catalysts for economic growth and creation of high value jobs. The project established a well-managed and permanent working platform which tackled the most urgent insufficiencies with the help of guidelines, recommendations and concrete pilot activities based on best practices and leading into an overall development strategy and action plan. The solutions elaborated by the consortium were shared with more than 60 Danube ports as possible blueprints. Improved coordination and transnational integration achieved via pilot actions and common tools developed by private and public members of the port community led to joint solutions for revising and harmonizing port legislation, port administration and port management in the entire Danube region. “DAPhNE – Danube Ports Network” project was co-funded by European Union Funds (ERDF, IPA) under the Danube Transnational Programme and will run for 30 months (January 2017 – June 2019). The project is implemented by a transnational consortium of 16 co-funded organisations and 7 associated strategic partners (public authorities, consulting companies, universities and NGOs) from 9 European countries (AT, SK, HU, HR, RS, RO, BG, UK, MD). The project had a total budget of 2.985.406,15 Euro, out of which ERDF contribution amounts 2.415.219,42 Euro & IPA contribution amounts 122.375,77 Euro.
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HINT - Harmonised Inland Navigation Transport through Education and Information TechnologyTimeframe: 12/2012 – 12/2014 Funding programme: South East Europe |
Capitalisation of NELI outputs and experience, cooperation and synergies with institutions and projects provided a valuable basis for a follow up project. The HINT project (Harmonised Inland Waterways Navigation through education and information technology) fostered and enlarged transnational partnerships among stakeholders in inland navigation education & training (E&T), administrative and transport sectors in the South-East European Region. The project had the following objectives:
Further details on the project are available here |
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