Project

Fraunhofer is developing a sustainable energy carrier for the transportation of hydrogen. Over the next three years, the researchers in the project consortium will be looking at the entire value added chain: reactors and catalysts for flexible, energy-efficient ammonia synthesis as well as technologies for splitting ammonia and using it to generate electricity, heat and motion. Storage and logistics concepts are also being created and business models developed. All with the aim of making hydrogen available on a decentralized basis in the future.

Fraunhofer is tackling the current challenges facing industry head on. Its lighthouse projects put the focus on strategic objectives with a view to developing practical solutions from which economies such as Germany’s can benefit. The topics these projects address are geared towards economic requirements. By pooling their expertise and involving industrial partners at an early stage, the Fraunhofer Institutes involved in the projects aim to turn original scientific ideas into marketable products as quickly as possible.

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