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
HyPROFESSIONALS: Concept
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
HyPROFESSIONALS: Concept
Funding
programs
Best educational
practices
Educational
systems
Target groups and
stackeholders
Educational gaps
& industry needs
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H2&FC in
vocational training
Workshops
New initiatives Pilot actions
Disse
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HyPROFESSIONALS: Concept
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.
HyPROFESSIONALS: results
• 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.
HyPROFESSIONALS: results
• 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
HyPROFESSIONALS: results
• 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).
HyPROFESSIONALS: results
• 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.
HyPROFESSIONALS: results
• 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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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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GAP ANALYSIS: Forklifts
� 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
GAP ANALYSIS: Forklifts
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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GAP ANALYSIS: Automotive
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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
GAP ANALYSIS: Automotive
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
GAP ANALYSIS: Automotive
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
GAP ANALYSIS: Automotive
� 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:
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http://www.hyprofessionals.eu/
•HyPROFESSIONALS Project partnershttp://hyprofessionals.eu/partners
HyPROFESSIONALS Project coordinatorhttp://www.hidrogenoaragon.org