The “National Electricity System Research” is a program that involves a set of research and development activities aimed at reducing the cost of electricity for end users, improving the reliability of the system and the quality of the service, reducing the impact of the electricity system on the environment and health and allow the rational use of energy resources and ensure the country has the conditions for sustainable development. The research and development activities, the objectives, and the economic allocations are defined through three-year plans approved by the Ministry of Economic Development, once the observations resulting from public consultation have been acquired and after having acquired the opinion of the Regulatory Authority for Energy Networks and Environment (ARERA). For the implementation of the research activities defined in the Three-Year Plans, the Ministry of Economic Development stipulates a Program Agreement (AdP) with the three entrusted entities RSE S.p.A, ENEA, and CNR. The latter then develops Three-Year Implementation Plans (PTR), divided into research projects, which constitute the technical specifications of the agreement. Research Theme 1.3 of the PTR 2022-2024, with a total cost of €18M, concerns a vast and ambitious research program that deals, at different levels, with multiple technologies that affect the entire hydrogen value chain, from production to uses finals. The lines of activity carried out by ICAR-CNR have the objective of designing and creating a demonstrator of a robotic system to assemble the elements of the hydrogen fuel cell stack.

Announcement: Integrated Hydrogen Technologies Project (CUPB53C22008610001) of the Three-Year Implementation Plan 2022-2024 of National Electricity System Research (Research Topic 1.3).

Geographic scope: National

Project Coordinator: Carmelo Mineo

Start date: 1 January 2022

End date: 31 December 2024