The next important step for the creation of the Helmholtz Cluster for Sustainable and Infrastructure-Compatible Hydrogen Economy (HC-H2) has been taken: it is now certain that the new research building planned for Brainergy Park near Jülich by 2030 will receive funding. The Supervisory Board of the Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier awarded the third star to the new research building project in its most recent meeting.
All projects in structural change in the Rhenish mining area must go through the three-stage qualification procedure if they are to be funded in accordance with the Structural Development Act (Strukturstärkungsgesetz). This means that Forschungszentrum Jülich, which forms the core of HC-H2 with its new Institute for Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW), can now submit funding applications for the new research building. Preliminary planning is expected to begin this year.
The new research building will be constructed by 2030 in Brainergy Park in the immediate vicinity of the current HC-H2 site on an area of almost 20,000 square meters. The NRW Ministry for Culture and Science (NRW-Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft) is funding this important sub-project with € 90 million. A campus with 400 workplaces in office buildings, technical centers, and laboratories is planned. The campus is being built according to the guidelines of Brainergy Park using sustainable and innovative construction methods.
Für das INW und das HC-H2 hat der Forschungsneubau zentrale Bedeutung. Hier soll dauerhaft die Forschung an Themen der Wasserstoff-Infrastruktur stattfinden, von hier aus sollen die daraus folgenden Projekte koordiniert werden, die im gesamten Rheinischen Revier stattfinden. Bis der Forschungsneubau fertig ist, wird für das INW noch mehrfach gebaut werden. 2023 werden eine Technikumshalle und Labormodule fertiggestellt, die neben den aktuellen Bürocontainern im Brainergy Park entstehen. Auch danach wird das Wachstum des INW zusätzliche Baumaßnahmen notwendig machen.
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