Regional strategies and activities
Hydrogen and fuel cells received a lot of attention in the Netherlands in recent years. Besides the continuation of a number of hydrogen focused schemes and programs, several groups and platforms studied the possibilities of hydrogen as an energy carrier in the Netherlands. These studies resulted in new insights, new partnerships and resulted in an implementation plan for hydrogen in the Netherlands. This plan was setup by industry in cooperation with the government. As the list below shows the Netherlands already have run and are continuing to run an impressive number of hydrogen and fuel cell projects in a number of different fields. The most committed parties have decided to jointly create a new coalition for hydrogen and fuel cells to continue to set up and initiate the implementation plan and provide a sound basis for further development. The name for this coalition is DutchHy and its purpose is to promote the use of hydrogen and fuel cell technology in the Netherlands, in the broadest sense. DutchHy seeks to achieve this through: A. to support the realization of hydrogen and fuel cell applications in the Netherlands; B. the national and international spread of the Dutch vision and expertise in the [...]
