The consortium is aiming to remove material technology barriers that are limiting wider hydrogen adoption. Its work centers on validating safe, hydrogen-compatible materials and creating a portfolio of affordable materials, components, and enabling technologies that can withstand hydrogen and other chemicals relevant to the hydrogen economy.

The project is targeting challenges tied to hydrogen’s low density and its effects on metals. It is also seeking to improve reliability in areas such as hydrogen embrittlement, corrosion, weld performance, and the storage and transfer of hydrogen at different scales at reasonable cost.

MatH2 has been established under WISE – Wide and Intelligent Sustainable Energy, a Business Finland co-funded collaboration. The consortium is led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, while Wärtsilä is participating as a member through the WISE program it leads.

The consortium brings together 10 industry and research partners spanning the hydrogen value chain, from materials suppliers and component manufacturers to technology providers and end-use industries. The partners are Wärtsilä, EOS, Neste, Nordic Tank, Teknos, SSAB, Bumax, SP Stainless, VTT, and the University of Oulu.

“Scaling hydrogen cost efficiently is one of the defining energy challenges for the energy transition – one that cannot be achieved in isolation. By bringing together the entire hydrogen value-chain, we are bridging the gap between research and industry to overcome the barriers preventing the growth of hydrogen across Europe and globally,” said Rasmus Teir, Director, Technology Strategy & Decarbonisation of Wärtsilä

Source：  Hydrogentechworld