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Overview

The tool represents GIS-based decision-support tools that help public authorities plan and monitor the regional hydrogen transition. By combining economic/enterprise data (e.g., Unioncamere surveys) with spatial layers (infrastructure, mobility, renewables, land use, environment), the tools let decision-makers map potential H₂ demand and supply, locate priority sites, simulate hydrogen conversion scenarios, and quantify impacts (e.g., CO₂ avoided, fossil fuels saved).
 

Two interoperable prototypes were tested:

• Veneto: a web-based Atlas GIS with a Decision-Maker Dashboard to model sector-by-sector conversion to hydrogen (0–100%) and visualize hotspots and siting options at municipal, provincial, and regional levels.

• Styria: a QGIS planning tool built on a stakeholder-driven data concept, covering production, demand clusters (industry, mobility, power), infrastructure, renewables, logistics, and constraints to support corridor and hub planning.

Together, they demonstrate how data-driven spatial analysis can strengthen hydrogen strategies, action plans, and investment readiness across H2CE regions.

Objectives

• Empower regional authorities with practical, GIS-based tools to integrate hydrogen into planning and development—moving beyond project-by-project views to system-level planning.

• Test and document a transferable methodology (data model, indicators, workflows) that other H2CE regions can reuse when developing their own strategies and action plans.

• Integrate economic and territorial evidence by linking business registry & survey data with geospatial layers, enabling robust siting, sequencing, and scenario analysis.

• Support implementation & monitoring via configurable dashboards that simulate hydrogen uptake across sectors and provide impact KPIs (CO₂ reduction, fossil displacement).

• Improve cross-regional comparability by standardising units (e.g., TOE), scales (municipal → regional), and outputs, facilitating transnational cooperation and funding alignment.