HyAdvanCe – Joint Development of Hydrogen Plans for Border Regions
Project description
As part of the HyAdvanCE project, researchers from the Reiner Lemoine Institute, commissioned by the Joint Spatial Planning Department Berlin-Brandenburg, are supporting project partners in Germany and Poland in developing a cross-border hydrogen strategy and a planning guide. To this end, the project team is analyzing pilot regions, monitoring pilot projects, evaluating their results, and deriving recommendations for action to support the ramp-up of hydrogen in European border regions.
Planning Guidance for Hydrogen Projects
A key outcome of the project will be a set of planning guidances designed to support regions in establishing hydrogen projects. To this end, the project team is developing a standardized methodological approach as well as templates for documenting pilot activities. The experts are comparing experiences across different regions and developing recommendations for the planning and implementation of hydrogen projects.
Strengthening German-Polish Cooperation
One of HyAdvanCE’s key focuses is the development of a German-Polish hydrogen network. The project team is analyzing regional conditions, existing planning tools, and governance and cooperation structures for the hydrogen ramp-up. It is also facilitating workshops and exchanges with relevant stakeholders in the field of regional planning, such as the Spatial Planning Office of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Szczecin and the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Tourism, and Labor of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Deriving Strategies for Europe
The project team links its findings to existing hydrogen strategies at the regional, national, and European levels. The goal is to identify transferable approaches for other European border regions and to strengthen the transfer of knowledge regarding hydrogen planning and cross-border cooperation.
Project period: September 2026 – September 2028
Tasks
- Develop templates for the standardized documentation of pilot activities
- Evaluate and compare the results of the pilot regions qualitatively and quantitatively
- Develop best practices and technical recommendations for the Planning Guidance
- Review the Planning Guidance editorially and technically
- Analyze the German-Polish pilot region and provide technical support for cross-border workshops
- Further develop the German-Polish hydrogen strategy and integrate it into European strategies
- Derive regional and transnational policy recommendations
- Develop transferable approaches for other border regions in Europe
