{"id":4163,"date":"2025-03-14T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:00:36","slug":"ro-hydrohub-romania-unveils-eur-140-mln-hydrogen-technology-hub-to-boost-green-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=4163","title":{"rendered":"Ro-HydroHub: Romania unveils EUR 140 mln hydrogen technology hub to boost green energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian Hydrogen and New Energy Technologies Hub, or Ro-HydroHub, a strategic project aimed at advancing hydrogen-based technologies, was officially launched on Thursday, March 13. The initiative, which is funded through the Smart Growth, Digitization, and Financial Instruments 2021-2027 Program (PoCIDIF), represents a nearly EUR 140 million investment and seeks to modernize Romania&#8217;s energy sector while accelerating the transition to green energy.<\/p>\n<p>Marcel Bolo\u0219, the minister of investments and European projects, attended the official launch, emphasizing that this initiative is not just about starting a new project but about laying the foundations for &#8220;a new economic model for Romania-one built on innovation, sustainability, and technological excellence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am confident that the European funding allocated will mark a turning point in transforming Romania into an economy of the future,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/mfe.gov.ro\/un-nou-impuls-pentru-energia-verde-lansarea-ro-hydrohub-proiect-strategic-in-valoare-de-aproape-140-milioane-euro\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> Bolo\u0219.<\/p>\n<p>The project will be led by the National Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies (ICSI R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea), in partnership with the University Politehnica Bucharest, the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, and nine private-sector partners.<\/p>\n<p>Ro-HydroHub is set to become a strategic center for the development and integration of hydrogen-based technological solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The project will focus on a wide range of research, development, and innovation activities, including the development of hydrogen production, supply, and storage technologies; the creation of advanced solutions for fuel cells and electrolyzers; the implementation of integrated hydrogen systems based on renewable energy sources; and the technology transfer to companies, accelerating the industrial adoption of hydrogen technologies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Ro-HydroHub will play a key role in training the next generation of specialists through master&#8217;s and doctoral programs, the Ministry of Investments and European Projects said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ro-HydroHub project will foster collaboration between academia, the private sector, and European institutions to facilitate the rapid adoption of innovative solutions and support the European Union&#8217;s decarbonization goals, according to the same source.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: the ministry)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian Hydrogen and New Energy Technologies Hub, or Ro-HydroHub, a strategic project aimed at advancing hydrogen-based technologies, was officially launched on Thursday, March 13. The initiative, which is funded through the Smart Growth, Digitization, and Financial Instruments 2021-2027 Program (PoCIDIF), represents a nearly EUR 140 million investment and seeks to modernize Romania&#8217;s energy sector [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}