At (today’s) IPCEI event on December 17th, organized by Germany during its Council Presidency, the Czech Republic together with 16 other European countries signed the „Manifesto for the development of a European “Hydrogen Technologies and Systems” value chain” through IPCEI’s on hydrogen.

The manifesto describes the importance of hydrogen technologies as a tool for cost-efficient decarbonization especially of hard-to-abate-sectors like e.g. transport and heavy industries.
Through cross-border collaboration and large-scale joint investment projects the hydrogen value chain should be developed within four areas: production of sustainable low-carbon hydrogen, equipment manufacturing, hydrogen storage, transmission and distribution and industrial applications and build up hydrogen excellence in Europe.

The group invites other countries to join the initiative and presented a schedule for a first wave of IPCEI on Hydrogen. Match-making workshops during Q1 2021, project selection by Q4/2021, Start of project implementation in 2022.

Manifesto for the development of a European “Hydrogen Technologies and Systems” value chain

Source:

https://www.eu2020.de/eu2020-en/events/-/2424420