The IPCEI RONA project was approved by the European Commission

The Commission approves public support to thirteen Member States of up to €5.2 billion for a second important project of common European interest in the hydrogen value chain.

So far, two Slovak projects have been approved as part of the IPCEI H2 initiative: NAFTA, a.s. (IPCEI Hy2Tech) a RONA, a.s. (IPCEI Hy2Use).

Project named  „IPCEI Hy2Use“  jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.

IPCEI Hy2Use will cover a wide part of the hydrogen value chain with support

• building hydrogen-related infrastructure, especially large electrolyzers and transport infrastructure, for the production, storage and transport of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen
• the development of innovative and more sustainable technologies for the integration of hydrogen into the industrial processes of several sectors, especially those that are more demanding to decarbonize, such as steel, cement and glass.
• strengthening the supply of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen, thereby reducing dependence on natural gas supplies.

IPCEI will include  35 projects from 29 companies including SMEs and start-ups with activities in one or more Member States. Direct participants will work closely with each other through a number of planned collaborations, as well as with more than 160 external partners such as universities, research organizations and SMEs across Europe.