Roads2HyCom (R2H) is an Integrated Project supported by the European Commission?s Framework Program Six (FP6), Priority 6.1 ?Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems?.

Its purpose is to assess and monitor Hydrogen and Fuel Cell technologies for stationary and mobile energy application. This is done by considering what the technology is capable of, relative to current and future Hydrogen infrastructures and energy resources, and the needs of communities that may be early adopters of the technology. By doing this, the project will support the Commission and stakeholders in planning future research activities.

Road2HyCom will:

			Map the extent of European research in Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, including research outside the Framework programmes
			Assess the state-of-the-art of technologies against a number of criteria, in order to profile technology capability
			Assess the extent, capacity and economics of current and future Hydrogen production and distribution infrastructures, and renewable or carbon free resources that could be used to make Hydrogen as an energy vector
			Develop generic profiles for types of potential ?hydrogen community? that could (with the right incentives) become early adopters of the new technologies, perhaps building on existing Hydrogen / Fuel Cell demonstration projects
			Analyse evolutionary pathways by which current mainstream technologies and infrastructures can evolve towards the needs of a sustainable future
			Identify gaps and opportunities in technologies and infrastructure, and related economic issues
			Contribute to the engagement and planning of early-adopting Hydrogen Communities by providing information to the Commission and Stakeholders

Roads2HyCom is structured to run alongside the linked HyLights co-ordination action, which addresses transport demonstration projects. Both projects will in turn use strategic and technical outputs of other EC funded projects, and the strategic activities of the Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology Platform, to support this work. In addition, key stakeholders are invited to contribute to the project via ?reference groups?.