IERE | Activities: Technology Foresight

Technology Foresight

New Project

Main purpose of the Technology Foresight project

IERE has started the next IERE in-depth research on hydrogen. The main purpose of this project is to share the hydrogen related information in order to foster collaboration among members. In total 14 IERE member companies join the project. This project consists of three phases. The targets of each phase are as follows:

Phase 1 - Scouting
Share the international perspective on current status of technology, market and R&D and identify most relevant technology – market combinations.
Phase 2 - Research
Focus on the future perspectives and the most relevant R&D demand and collaboration opportunities.
Phase 3 - Collaboration
Develop collaborative hydrogen related projects.

RWE Technology International, our regular member, lead the "Phase 1" which was completed at the beginning of 2020. Participating members were 14 from 11 countries. Four Working Packages (WPs) were prepared and each member was expected to contribute to some of the WPs.

14 IERE member companies join the project

Technology - Market evaluation on Hydrogen worldwide

Goals

International state of the art technology - market perspective from industries for industries

Techno-economic evaluation

Technology solutions/ -supplier
costs and cost-reduction potential

Market opportunities

value pools
Utilisation of H2 & by-products

Framework

Political / Regulatory frameworks
Relevant funding programs and volumes
national targets

Future perspective

Aggregating and analysing findings: Interpretation and guidance for indications for Innovation, Research & Development and business opportunities

Scope

Timeline

* The Brisbane Workshop for hydrogen was postponed to May 2023 due to th COVID-19.
The collaboration results were presented at a members-only 1st IERE Webinar on September 23, 2020.