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Best wishes for the launch

A message of greeting from Thomas Rachel, Member of the German Bundestag from Düren.

Thomas Rachel, Member of the German Bundestag from Düren and long-time State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, has been one of the first companions of HC-H2. In a message of greeting, he wishes the employees of the cluster great success.

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Speed, technology and teamwork

October 9, 2025

Germany is at an important crossroads: looking towards the future of energy, we will either be followers – or pioneer. The goal is clearly the

Nineteen new jobs at Brainergy Park

September 8, 2025

Growth continues at Brainergy Park in Jülich: The Institute for Sustainable Hydrogen Economy at Forschungszentrum Jülich, which forms the core of the HC-H2 cluster, is

Prof. Peter Wasserscheid takes over institute division

June 6, 2025

The founding phase of the Institute for Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW) at Forschungszentrum Jülich has been completed. Prof. Peter Wasserscheid took up the position of

Hello, neighbour!

November 15, 2024

Hydrogen technologies: Forschungszentrum Jülich and FH Aachen are cooperating The new partnership aims to make greater use of synergies between research and practice in order

The professor of small things

October 29, 2024

What do hydrogen, Conrad Röntgen and a dark forest have to do with each other? From Hans-Georg Georg Steinrück’s point of view, quite a lot.

A year of secret milestones

October 22, 2024

The growth at Brainergy Park Jülich is becoming increasingly visible. Almost every month, excavators open a new construction site in the intermunicipal and innovative industrial

Major success for Regina Palkovits

January 8, 2024

Prof Regina Palkovits and Prof Jürgen Klankermayer have won the Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS) ideas competition with their project “catalaix: Catalysis for a circular economy“.

A Milling Machine for Greater Flexibility

December 6, 2023

The stock of machinery continues to grow at the Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy. Jülich hydrogen researchers recently acquired another important tool. For a

New Director at the Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy

November 29, 2023

Forschungszentrum Jülich’s Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW) continues to grow. On 1 December, Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Steinrück will be appointed director of Catalytic

New Director at INW

September 29, 2023

Regina Palkovits becomes head of INW-2 Hydrogen research in Jülich is being bolstered by the arrival of a high-profile expert: Prof. Dr. Regina Palkovits is