H2GLOBAL aims to contribute to positioning Europe as the world’s technological and industrial leader in the green hydrogen economy. The main objective of the project is to build-up a partnership of European leading clusters to configure a “European Strategic Cluster Partnership – Going International” focused on cluster cooperation and internationalization tailored to supporting and promoting hydrogen-related businesses, technologies, and services. Specifically:
- To intensify cluster and business network collaboration across borders and sectoral boundaries
- To promote the pan-European Strategic Cluster Partnerships to lead international cluster cooperation in new areas of clean hydrogen technologies
- To better support SMEs in global competition and contribute to the emergence of new value chains
- To implement the basis of a permanent platform for mutual exchange and international project development cooperation
The consortium will structure a collaborative internationalization strategy focused on intensifying cross-sectoral collaboration between European clusters and transnational cooperation within and beyond Europe. We will develop through peer learning and best-practices exchange new approaches in internationalization of clusters, to support and foster the commercialization of European hydrogen- related innovations internationally, while seeking opportunities to explore synergies for long-term collaboration with third countries. The action will target international high potential growth markets and key contributor players in the (green) hydrogen ecosystem, in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Chile and North Africa.
The H2GLOBAL meta-cluster is composed of leading organizations in hydrogen sector such as:
- The Foundation for the Development of New Hydrogen Technologies in Aragon (Spain);
- Capenergies competitiveness cluster (France);
- EnergyIN: Competitiveness and Technology Cluster for Energy (Portugal);
- Clust-ER: Energy and Sustainable Development Cluster of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy);
- Regional Pomeranian Chamber of Commerce: Cluster of Hydrogen Technologies (Poland).
