Germany aims to become “the supplier and producer number 1” for hydrogen, thanks to a plan of 9 billion euros to support this technology, for décarboner its industry and revive the economy after the pandemic Covid-19.
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“For reasons of competitiveness and especially to reach” its “climate goals”, Germany wants to become “number 1” in the hydrogen, sustainable, stated the Economy minister Peter Altmaier, at a press conference Wednesday, following the adoption of this programme by the council of ministers.
Fuel for electric vehicles
This gas, which is mainly used today in certain industries, such as chemistry or steel, allows us to store the electricity, regardless of its origin. In its programme, the German government does develop that hydrogen “green”, that is to say from low-carbon energy, according to him. The hydrogen can also be used as fuel in the electric vehicles equipped with fuel cells, giving rise to many hopes in terms of ecological transition in the transport sector.
Germany provides a total envelope of € 9 billion, including $ 7 billion to develop the domestic market and 2 billion aimed at the conclusion of the “international partnerships”. It is part of the huge stimulus package of 700 billion euros, announced by Berlin last week, to revive its economy devastated by the effects of the restrictive measures taken against the spread of coronavirus in the country.
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The program aims to increase the capacity of hydrogen production, green in Germany, with almost 5 gigawatts by 2030 and 10 gigawatts by 2040. The government also wants to “green up” the hydrogen used by the industrial germans have for the time being use massively to hydrogen derived energy is non-renewable.
another axis of the project is the development of distribution networks. Germany also plans to invest in the research, the technology is for the moment still face many practical difficulties.
The editorial team conseilleRelocalisations : what activities should we do back in France, and how ?49 commentairesMarcelole 10/06/2020 15:15
And hop, a way to over pollute.
di rectle 10/06/2020 15:02
Remember that -very ironically – VW has decided last month to abandon the study of development of fuel cell cars (hydrogen)…
Accuracy : all manufacturers know how to manufacture and have manufactured a prototype car at PAC (hydrogen)
Taipanle 10/06/2020 14:53
No problem, if Air Liquide (French) has access to this manna to equality with Linde AG (German) For the time being the global leader in hydrogen fuel cells is the canadian Ballard.
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