North Adriatic Smart Communities Hydrogen Accelerator (NASCHA), led by Area Science Park, aims to accelerate transnational innovation in the Northern Adriatic hydrogen ecosystem, validating and demonstrating renewable hydrogen technologies in Croatia, Slovenia and Friuli-Venezia Giulia through pilot solutions, improving investor readiness through three Smart Communities of Practice and two pilot projects across hydrogen storage and retail, scalable across communities.
NASCHA is based on the North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley (NAHV) and NACHIP initiatives, aimed at the value chains of transport and mobility, urban and agricultural areas. Similar to NACHIP, NASCHA received €7.9 million in funding from the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) facility under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA).
ECUBES is a be part of NASCHA as a consortium partner, actively involved in three testbeds, bringing forward practical demonstrations of hydrogen technologies and strengthening the regional hydrogen value chain.