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Pro Danube's General Secretary Róbert Rafael shared in the frame of an event dedicated to the potential of hydrogen as a solution to sustainable mobility, organised in Vienna by the Austrian Association for Transport and Infrastructure, the results of the interdisciplinary exploratory project H2 meets H2O. Successfully implemented under the lead of Pro Danube, the core findings of the project highlight the fact that hydrogen has an important role to play in achieving a climate-neutral IWT sector.

 

Co-funded by FFG Austrian Research Promotion Agency, the aim of the exploratory project H2 meets H2O was to assess the feasibility and applicability of hydrogen supply along the Danube as a logistics backbone from a technical, legal, and socio-economic point of view. A fruitful collaboration between Pro Danube, Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz, Hafen Wien GmbH, Hochschule Landshut, viadonau and VEREIN WIVA P&G – WASSERSTOFFINITIATIVE VORZEIGEREGION AUSTRIA POWER & GAS, the project resulted in the elaboration of a roadmap for the implementation of hydrogen supply along the Danube.

The presentations delivered in the frame of the event are available for download here.

In line with the United Nations Agenda 2030, the European Green Deal and the Austrian government programme, the recently released Austrian Danube Action Programme sets the direction of national development until 2030. Adopted by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, the programme is a clear commitment to climate and environmental protection, to a resilient Danube waterway and to environmentally friendly and competitive inland navigation.

Pro Danube was actively involved in the consultation and preparation process of the programme. 

 

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Pro Danube, together with its project partners, cordially invites you to participate in the closing event of the exploratory project H2 meets H2O. Coordinated by the Pro Danube Management and co-funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the aim of the project was to assess the feasibility and applicability of hydrogen supply along the Danube as a logistics backbone from a technical, legal, and socio-economic point of view.

With the strong involvement of relevant stakeholder, the project resulted in the elaboration of a roadmap for the implementation of hydrogen infrastructure, along with hydrogen-based transport and propulsion technologies in shipping.

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Elaborated under the coordination of Pro Danube Management GmbH, the PLATINA3 Report on best practices, and recommendations for further integration of IWT in synchromodal logistics chains, is now available for download. In a specially released video, Róbert Rafael and Ruxandra Matzalik Florescu provide first-hand insights into the core results of the report.

The video and the deliverable can be accessed here.