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The HyConnect project, involving RWTH Aachen, Hochschule Offenburg, H2 Mobility, H2 Green Power & Logistics, and Mansio, aims to create a digital platform for utilizing existing and future hydrogen infrastructure in the transport and logistics sector. The project addresses challenges like cost, process integration, and infrastructure density for hydrogen-powered trucks, which need to integrate seamlessly into existing business processes.

Funded by the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Economic Affairs, the 2.5-year project seeks to combine hydrogen demand data from fleet operators with availability data from station operators to enable precise planning and prevent supply shortages. It will also develop solutions for hydrogen pricing and a universal data interface, with a prototype interface to be evaluated and a capacity management and reservation platform to be piloted.