Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is an internationally oriented university with a strong focus on science and technology, complemented by broad expertise across the humanities, social sciences, economics, medicine, health sciences, architecture, entrepreneurship, and the arts. It hosts over 44,000 students and 8,960 employees and has substantial experience in coordinating and participating in EU-funded projects. NTNU’s strategic priorities include Civil Security, Ocean and Coast, Community, Energy, and Health and Life Science.
The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering conducts research in mechanical engineering, materials, production systems, product development, logistics, maintenance, and risk management, with a strong emphasis on sustainable and industry-oriented solutions.
Within the department, the RAMS research group brings over 30 years of expertise in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS), with internationally recognised competence in socio-technical safety, infrastructure vulnerability, advanced risk assessment, and hydrogen safety. The NTNU H₂SCORE team consists of Nicola Paltrinieri and Dimitrios Tzioutzios.
NTNU will contribute to the H₂SCORE project through an integrated Safety and Social Assessment Approach for hydrogen deployment in Renewable Energy Communities (RECs). The work will combine a two-stage risk assessment strategy with social acceptance analysis. NTNU will perform an early-stage hazard identification (HAZID) at the conceptual design phase (WP4) to support permitting, HSE compliance, and risk-informed design, and a subsequent Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) by evaluating individual and societal risk metrics (WP8). Moreover, NTNU will apply a validated social acceptance modelling framework using stated preference surveys and stakeholder data (WP10) to quantify behavioural drivers, risk perception, trust, and governance factors influencing hydrogen acceptance within RECs.
Coordinated by
Politecnico di Torino – Dipartimento di Energia
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 – 10129 Turin, Italy
steps@polito.it
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H2SCORE is a Horizon Europe project (ID 101251551) supported by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its members and co-funded by the European Union.
