A winning project that is excellent: H2 BlackForest

Companies and municipalities can participate as project partners [ Picture: Visualization: Lutz Wahler] - In cooperation with Campus Schwarzwald and the Fraunhofer IPA, the Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management (IFF) and the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) at the University of Stuttgart participated in the RegioWIN 2030 competition with their proposed project "H2BlackForest", the research center for a biointelligent hydrogen circular economy - and won. H2BlackForest received the prize from three ministries and is one of the three flagship projects of the Northern Black Forest region. The winners are now looking for other industrial partners, municipalities, and public utility companies that would like to participate in the funding of the project. "The state will use about EUR 80 million from the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) for RegioWIN projects and supplement the amount with state funding," promised the Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister for Economic Affairs, Hoffmeister-Kraut, during the announcement of the awarded flagship projects. A significant portion of the funding will benefit Campus Schwarzwald, the IFF, the EEP, and the IPA, whose project for a biointelligent hydrogen cycle is budgeted at a total of EUR 12 million. The project is open to other partners The project is to be opened to other partners from industry, energy supply, and municipal administration. "We plan to add just under EUR five million to the EU and state budget," says Stefan Bogenrieder, Managing Director of Campus Schwarzwald.