WELCOME TO H2PV

As co-chairmans, Professor Jean-François Gérard (INSA Lyon) and Stéphane Villalonga (CEA), of the 4^th Symposium on Hydrogen Pressure Vessels (H2PV 2020), it is our great pleasure to cordially invite you to the very nice french city of Tours (1 hour by train of Paris) to attend this unique event joining end users, industrials and researchers.

We will have the opportunity during these two days to take time to exchange around the topics of Composite High pressure vessel for gazeous hydrogen storage and also storage system. A maximum of topics will be developed. The time dedicated for networking (coffee breaks, dinner) will be very precious to exchange point of views, find new solutions and new partners.

CONTEXT

To fight against global warming, we shall reduce CO2 emission responsible for 70% of climate change. Since hydrogen is produced with a low carbon footprint, fuel cell technology using hydrogen and oxygen is a means of producing electrical energy without CO2 emission. However, hydrogen storage system is a key factor, particularly in transport sector. The technology of composite tanks for high pressure hydrogen storage remains perfectible. Solutions have yet to be found to reduce costs while increasing performance.

H2PV 2020 is the fourth edition of a conference only dedicated to Hydrogen Pressure Vessel and storage system (after PHASE 2016, PHASE 2017 and PHASE 2018 that was coupled to Copernic Project). These two days of conference are a unique opportunity to bring together all the stakeholders involved in the tank and the storage system. Around technical presentations, H2PV is an event which allows to find and amplify its international network.

This fourth edition conference is organized by CEA that is involved in the Hydrogen Pressure Vessel R&D for many years in the CEA center of Tours.