This toolkit aims to guide decision-makers, educators and communicators, technical stakeholders through the public engagement activities on hydrogen. Exploring guidelines produced by the project and best practices from different European countries, HYPOP intends provide you a user-friendly kit of tools having insights for the public engagement process of hydrogen implementation, knowledge on how to overcome challenges and barriers to obtain permitting and to support first responders in the technologies installations, as well as for the hydrogen products certification with smooth procedures. Useful communication materials, such as videos and infographics, are also free provided to drive you through a more effective public hydrogen knowledge transferring and its engagement.
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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Hydrogen technologies installation is currently a complex procedure involving multiple stakeholders, referring to specific technical requirements for the hydrogen applications, from industrial to transportation fields. Those procedures often differ country by country and require knowledge from the involved players for the safety (first responders), permitting and certification products release (permitting authorities, certification bodies). Challenges and barriers are still widespread present in Europe, where common and smooth procedures are demanded in accordance with an enhanced positive hydrogen perception by the decision-makers and communities. HYPOP has produced three main guidelines, providing recommendations and best practices collected around Europe on safety, permitting, certification topics.
Approaches from EU countries might support national and local regulations improvements taking advantages of previous similar experiences, as well as international standards are able to cover national regulatory gaps
Application of risk assessment methodologies, prescriptive approach with flexibility and easy switch to performance-based approach
Improve awareness and knowledge of safety operators (e.g., projects’ evidences of increase awareness after trainings)
Organize workshops between experts and fire brigades to exchange views and meet mutual expectations in terms of safety
Co-develop emergency protocols for first responders
Resources
Guidelines and good practices for obtaining permitting
Guidelines and good practices for first responders
Guidelines and good practices for certification bodies
Videos and Infographics
Informative videos and infographics to explore what is hydrogen, its applications and technical approaches for their installations.
Videos are available in pills and six different languages (English, Italian, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish).
VIDEOS
- “HYPOP Explains: What is hydrogen?”
Discover the chemical characteristics of hydrogen, hydrogen colours, production methods and applications. - “HYPOP Explains: How to approach safety in H2 technologies”
Understanding of associated risks and safety procedures to ensure safe hydrogen technologies installations, EU example cases. - “HYPOP Explains: Permitting procedures and H2 installations”
Understanding different EU approaches for hydrogen technologies adoption, EU example cases. - “HYPOP Community: experiences and projects around Europe”Interviews to International projects, experts from the EUHYDROGENWEEK 2024
INFOGRAPHICS
- Green hydrogen production and mobility application
Basic understanding of hydrogen production operation in the electrolysers, how hydrogen buses and fuel cells work - The role of hydrogen in the Energy Transition
Why green hydrogen plays a crucial role in the decarbonisation process, what are the different hydrogen colours and its application fields. - Citizens Engagement Infographics
- Knowledge, Safety and Guidelines
Key takeaways to unlock hydrogen potential in Europe
