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Development of educational

HyPROFESSIONALSDevelopment of educational

programmes and training initiatives related to hydrogen technologies and fuel cells in

Europe

Grant Number: 256758 1

• HyPROFESSIONALS, Development of educational programmes

and training initiatives related to hydrogen technologies and fuel

cells in Europe (www.hyprofessionals.eu )

• Duration 24 months, from 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2012

• 10 project partners (Coordinator: Foundation for Hydrogen in

Aragon):

About HyPROFESSIONALS

Aragon):

– From 5 countries: D, F, UK, I, ES + two international entities.

– Partners from education (2), FC&H2 tech (6), associations (2)

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CONCEPT

HyPROFESSIONALS: Concept

Educating future professionals is a critical step towards thewidespread acceptance and implementation of hydrogen fuelcell technology

� The project aims to develop training initiatives for technicalprofessionals– Develop a well-trained work-force– Secure the required mid and long-term human resource

availability

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The lack of skilled technicians cannot add abarrier for the technology development, nor anextra cost


O&M

H2&FC economy

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Research

Researchers

Development

Engineers

O&M

Technicians

HyPROFESSIONALS: concept

Fuel Cells 2000’s current estimate of direct fuel cell industry

jobs worldwide totals more than 13,000, based on company

reports and expert opinion. Supply chain employment is

estimated at more than 25,000.

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• Size of FC & H2 market by 2020

• Forklift market - 20,000 fuel cell powered handling material

• Automotive market - 1 million vehicles

• Stationary market - more than 50,000 households using stationary fuel cell

systems

HyPROFESSIONALS: concept

• By 2020,

� Global FC industry could create

700,000 manufacturing jobs

Job Creation by Region of Production 2009 - 2019

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• By 2030:

� EU puts the job potential at

500,000.

� Korea has the goal of 560,000

jobs.

� US employment estimates for

FC & H2 industries up to

925,000 jobs.

Source: Fuel Cell Today


Funding

programs

Best educational

practices

Educational

systems

Target groups and

stackeholders

Educational gaps

& industry needs

Disse

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atio

n

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H2&FC in

vocational training

Workshops

New initiatives Pilot actions

Disse

min

atio

n


Mapping of existing

training programs

-What has been done so

far in H2&FCs?

-How is innovation in

vocational training

funded?

Proposals for initiatives

-Who are the “offer and

the demand”?

-What will be the

mismatch of “offer and

demand”?

-What could be done? at

Testing and

implementation of

initiatives

-Pilot actions within the

project

-Seed for new steps

(broader initiatives funded?

-How does vocational

training evolve?

-What could be done? at

what time?

(broader initiatives

outside the scope of the

project )

Dissemination plan

-Workshops with Target Groups. Bringing together industry, education, authorities…

-Website, media…

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RESULTS

HyPROFESSIONALS: results

• Funding programs

analysis

– Objective:

• Mapping the funding

programs in the origin

countries of the

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– Results:

• Funds for educational measures are available.

• Extensive R&D programs (partly owned H2&FCs) exist in most of the countries, but the

education and training topic (e.g. service and maintenance) is often a minor priority as

it appears at the end of the value chain.

– Conclusions:

• No direct calls for supporting education and training activities in the field of H2&FCs.

But funding is somewhere else...

countries of the

partners involved.


• Best educational practices– Objective:

• Collect the best or excellent

educational initiatives (to

replicate in other regions).

– Results:

Educational initiatives database

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– Results:

• Very little educational offer

focused exclusively on the

technology of H2&FCs.

• H2&FCS studies mostly related

to renewable energy and

graduate or postgraduate level

– Conclusions:

• Training educational offer at the vocational training level is very limited. This could

grow by adding H2&FCs modules within the current vocational training courses.


• Standards of different

educational systems– Objective:

• Facilitate the future implementation

of educational activities

– Results:

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– Results:

• Mapping the national educational

system per country

• Identified how to improve/add

contents on the national

educational system per country

– Conclusions:

• H2&FCs modules can be adapted

to existing or future vocational

training curricula. Each country is

different.

• SPAIN

• FRANCE

• UK

• GERMANY

• ITALY

• TURKEY


• Pilot actions– Objective:

• To test FC & H2 contents in vocational

training and have feedback.

– Results:

• Example of Pilot Action 1, Online course

Objective: Qualify technicians and

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• Objective: Qualify technicians and

automotive students for O&M of

FCEV

• Target group: Automotive technicians

and trainees

• Students: minimum 130

• Practical trainings - H2 & FC

• Students: minimum 30

E-learning platform course �

Electric Vehicle: H2 and FC in

Automotive field (Sept - Nov 2012).


• Proposals and new initiatives– Objective:

• Develop new initiatives on H2 & FC

(including funding mechanisms)

targeting specific groups of technicians

and near term applications.

– Results:

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– Results:

• Example of including H2 contents in

the New Curriculum for Renewable

Energies Vocational Training in Spain

� Include one subject (50h.) with

H2 training

� Some practical trainings are

going to take place from

September 2012 on, at the

facilities of the Foundation for

Hydrogen in Aragon.

• Example: Possible project on training on

H2&FC technologies for O&M technicians,

using the existing Demo projects in Europe

as basis.

• Rationale: provide basic knowledge in

hydrogen and fuel cell technologies as

well as safety training

• Objective: avoid rejection to H2&FC

technologies by specific technician

levels. Hands on experience in existing

facilities + e-learning modules.


• Identification and analysis of educational gaps and needs

• Educational offer normally adapts to the needs and does not anticipate those needs. This is especially critical for official curricula, that need several years to be put in place.

• Market for FC & H2 applications will evolve at very different paces and sizes

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• Market for FC & H2 applications will evolve at very different paces and sizes depending on the application:

• Example 1: FC powered forklifts is a near term application but with a limited size.

• Example 2: Passenger cars is a mid term application, of a big size and needing several years to completely develop.

• Gap Analysis tries to shed light on the different approaches to cover the

mismatch of “demand” of trained technicians and “offer” by the educational

system.

GAP ANALYSIS - FORKLIFTS

GAP ANALYSIS: Forklifts

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Forklift market

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

� Current market of forklifts is 350,000 units per year sold in Europe.

� By 2011, in the USA 2,300 fuel cell powered forklifts were sold.

� Sales expected to be around 4,000 units this year (2012).

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� Fleets of fuel cell material handling equipment are already in use at

dozens of warehouses and manufacturing plants.

� 24 sites operating nearly 800 FC lift trucks in North America.

� Central Grocers in Illinois is operating with over 200 FC lift trucks.

� Sysco is operating fleets over 200 lift trucks in Texas, Pennsylvania and� Sysco is operating fleets over 200 lift trucks in Texas, Pennsylvania and

Michigan.

� Numerous automotive-related manufacturing facilities such as: GM,

Toyota, BMW, Nissan, Bridgestone-Firestone, and Michelin.

Pike Research’s analysis indicates that forklifts will be the

largest driver of hydrogen fuel demand by 2020,

representing 36% of the total market by that time.

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Jobs created - Fuel Cell Forklift

Deployment scenario

Year Jobs created

2015 1075

2016 1440

2017 1233

2018 1473


Only for forklifts deployment,

between 1000 and 2000 jobs should

be created in the US, most of them

in Installation & Infrastructure.

Similar figures in Europe would

stimulate an offer for specialized

short courses, probably privately

promoted.

2019 1749

2020 2289

Source: FY 2011 Annual Progress Report

(DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program) 20

GAP ANALYSIS - AUTOMOTIVE

GAP ANALYSIS: Automotive

Industry analysts at Pike Research – an American research firm

specializing in clean energy – predict sales will reach a cumulative 1

million vehicles globally by 2020.

Source: Hyways Road map

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Example: Automotive vocational training

Spain population: 47,190,000

4,175 students/year in SpainIn Spain: 167 Vocational Training Centers

Average of 25 students/year


Spain population: 47,190,000

Europe population: 500,000,000 44,236 students/year in Europe

10,000,000 workers on Automotive field in EU

250,000,000 cars in EU 0.04 worker/car

According to HyWays road map:

� 2015 – 10,000 FCEV units

� 2020 – 500,000 FCEV units

� 2030 – 4,000,000 FCEV units24

For example: Automotive vocational training

2015 2020 2030

FCEV 10,000 500,000 4,000,000

Technicians with FCEV knowledge 400 20,000 160,000


Technicians with FCEV knowledge 400 20,000 160,000

0.04 worker/car

10,000 FCEV400 people needed with FC knowledge

0.04 worker/car

500,000 FCEV20,000 people needed with FC knowledge

0.04 worker/car

4,000,000 FCEV160,000 people needed with FC knowledge

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For example: Automotive vocational training

2010 - 2015 2015 - 2020 2020 - 2030

FCEV 10,000 500,000 4,000,000

People needed with FC knowledge 400 20,000 160,000


� By 2015, only some specialization courses will be enough to satisfy the

demand.

� By 2020, demand is equivalent to half of the Automotive vocational

training students � Automotive vocational training has to be updated and

adapted to the FC technologies, at least in some centers.

� By 2030, demand is more than 3.5 times the Automotive vocational

training students � all training centers will need to train FC technologies.

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CONCLUSIONS

HyPROFESSIONALS: conclusion

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Target group Identification

“Users” and “Providers””

Gap Analysis

Needs to cover mid and long-term

Proposals & Initiatives

Well trained

workforce

Thank you

Contact:

[email protected]

To know more:To know more:•HyPROFESSIONALS Project

http://www.hyprofessionals.eu/

•HyPROFESSIONALS Project partnershttp://hyprofessionals.eu/partners

HyPROFESSIONALS Project coordinatorhttp://www.hidrogenoaragon.org

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