RegioHyt

About the project:

The objective of this project is to analyze the Czech railways and locate areas where hydrogen train technology would be a preferred technical, economic and environmental solution compared with other train technologies. This study will examine and collect initial data especially from the non-electrified railways where diesel train are operated. Through the methodology and software developed by SINTEF, the analysis will generate techno-economic analyses and make a comparison ranking of train technologies solution between diesel, battery, hydrogen and hybrid trains. The results will allow to identify preferred areas with a beneficial techno, economic and environmental outcome by deploying low-emission trains for replacing future decommissioned diesel trains on non-electrified railway.

2021

In the first year of the project duration, activities were carried out in accordance with the project
proposal. Namely, the following activities:

  • monitoring of existing and description of potential new hydrogen sources in the Czech Republic
    (Task 1)
  • development of a methodology for selection of suitable routes (Task 2)
  • selection of 16 routes (Task 2)
  • verification of the applicability of simulation method (Task 3)

During the year, the project team met regularly on the first Tuesday of each month. Due to epidemiological limitations, all meetings were held on-line. In addition to the above activities, one webinar in English and one face-to-face workshop in Czech were organised for professional society.

2022

In the second year of the project duration, activities were carried out in accordance with the project
proposal. Namely, the following activities:

  • update of existing and potential new hydrogen sources in the Czech Republic, hydrogen
    production modelling (Task 1)
  • finalisation of a methodology for lines selection and railway data collection (Task 2)
  • techno-economic analysis of R14 Line (Task 3)
  • initial definition of feasibility study structure (Task 4)

During the year, the project team met regularly each first Tuesday of the month. Two personal working meetings of whole research teams were held in the Czech Republic (April, May). Furthermore, on personal meeting of the research team took place in German Salzgitter, combined with a technical excursion to the production site of hydrogen trains (Alstom).

Beneficiary and project partners:

ÚJV Řež, a. s.
Výzkumný Ústav Železniční, a.s.
SINTEF AS
Česká vodíková technologická platforma
Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze

The RegioHyt project benefits from a € 0.6 mil. grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants and the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.
The project is carried out under the KAPPA funding programme for applied research, experimental development and innovation, managed by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.