What means the HyLaw?
HyLaw stands for the Hydrogen Law and removal of legal barriers to the deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen applications. HyLaw is a flagship project aimed at boosting the market uptake of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. It has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (grant agreement No 737 977) and is supported by the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Hydrogen Europe and Hydrogen Europe Research. HyLaw is the two-years (01.01.2017 – 31.12.2018) European-wide project including 23 partners and oriented to bring together all national FCH (Fuel Cell & Hydrogen) associations with a common ambition of consolidation this important sector. HyLaw in fact, has a longer term perspective to set up a FCH National Associations Alliance with the aim to bring all actors in the field under a single unified umbrella.
HyLaw resuming seminar
Seminar with around 45…50 stakeholders took place in Hydrogen Europe office on the 6th of December. The Agenda was impressively tight with the Keynote from Dr Nicolas Brahy, Director of the Hydrogen 
Europe in cooperation with Mr Francoise De Jong followed by Mr Alexandru Floristean, the Legal & Project Manager presenting the main findings of the project. Most of the presentations are available on HyLaw Online Database. There are also available the numerous presentations from the national workshops held earlier in the Fall. Some of the partners’ companies presentations were also included to HyLaw workshop agenda. Three sessions with following panel discussions and the final conclusions by Mr Jorgo Chatzimarkakis from Hydrogen Europe made the seminar enjoyably informative and comprehensive.
One of the major target of HyLaw project has been compiling the database on legal situation and empasizing on the barriers hindering wider implementation of hydrogen in national economies. Partners worked on compiling the unified comprehensive database to have the comparable results from country to country. By today the database is completed and publicly available.
Conclusions for Estonia
The one-day seminar has been both extremely informing and teaching. The latest news in the HRS’s (Hydrogen Refueling Station) speedy spreading all over the Europe, also, the transport of hydrogen via pipelines. Administrative practices to introduce the legal framework in many economic sectors, also technical solutions in maritime, inland waterbodies, road transport, electricity generation, electrolysis, fuel cells various applications, etc. were included in 13 presentations.
For Estonia it is the ripe moment to take speedy start in HRS and creating the legal framework for hydrogen and fuel cells zero emmission applications. At present it is obviously one of the most efficient way to fight climate warming and move towards carbon-free economy.
During the seminar good contact with the director of Hydrogen Europe Dr Nicholas Brahy and the project coordinator Mr Alexandru Floristean has been established. They very friendly asked the Estonian Association of Hydrogen Technologies to join the Europe-wide network. This is encouraging offer and our association will accept the invitation with great pleasure. Hopefully Estonia starts to be more seenable, also thanks to signing by our government representative the „The Hydrogen Initiative“ in Linz, Austria this Fall.
It is the most obvious that Estonia has today perfect option to catch the momentum and turn his economic sectors to the path of hydrogen society.