GREEN-HET

The green hydrogen transition plays a key role in decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors and enabling sustainable energy systems worldwide. To support Sri Lanka's pathway toward a green economy, the GREEN-HET project establishes a comprehensive higher-education framework designed to equip the next generation of engineers, researchers, and decision-makers with crucial competencies in hydrogen and Power-to-X technologies.

Supported by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) programme, the project fosters a collaborative consortium between European academic institutions and leading Sri Lankan universities. Together, the partners are developing a joint, nationally accredited M.Sc. in Hydrogen-Enabling Technologies, accompanied by hands-on research capacity building, curriculum co-creation, and strong linkages with regional industry

Key Focus Areas and Work Packages

The core objective of GREEN-HET is to develop, implement, and institutionalize a practice-oriented curriculum tailored to regional renewable potentials and global hydrogen market integration.

Key focus areas include:

• Curriculum Development: Designing a comprehensive module catalogue encompassing fundamental science, technology, safety, systems modeling, economics, and policy.
• Institutional Capacity Building: Equipping Sri Lankan universities with advanced pedagogical frameworks, open-source computational tools, and laboratory concepts.
• Industry & Ecosystem Linkage: Fostering academic-industrial exchange through real-world case studies, student internships, and industry-oriented thesis topics.

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Norway (Project Lead)

University of Groningen, Netherlands

Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

Project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Sterner

Project duration: November 2026 – October 2029

Funding amount: approx. € 683,000

Funding: This project has been funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) programme under Grant Agreement 101324743

Disclaimer: Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however, those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. The European Union cannot be held responsible for them.